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PROF. LiS SFvEei alUog
Directing diverse dialogues

CELEBRATING CINEMA

What are some of the classes
you teach?
Sociology of Multiculturism. We
talk about diversity and the con-
flicts arising from diversity. It's a
hands-on, face-to-face interaction.
I'm also teaching a class that is new
to LSA about animals and society,
how we associate with animals and
so on.
What are some of your favor-
ite teaching methods?
I consider my classes to be class-
es on dialogues. Students form
small groups, they write journals,
they find ways to contribute to the
class. I have alotofpeople from dif-
ferent backgrounds, which makes
for different conversations.
Do you have any classes you
may want to teach inthe future?

I'm thinking about te
class called the Sociology
We would talk about
bulimia, obesity, dieting,
eat, when we eat, how foo
and international issues
ing food. I may also teach
on the sociology of childh
youth. I'm interested inth
of youth - what kind ofb
and rituals are important
today; and not only Facet
Myspace.
How would you descr
relationship with your st
My students are my1
I really want to hear w
have to say. I don't think
as needing to be educat
brash or childish. I am inte
the whole student. I want

aching a them the protagonist of my class.
of Food. A lot of people talk to me not as a
anorexia, therapist, but as someone to talk to,
how we and that's part of the educational
d is made process.
concern- Do you have other projects in
a course the works, outside of academ-
hood and ics?
e culture I've taken students on study
)ehaviors abroad trips through the Glob-
to youth al Intercultural Experience for
book and Undergraduate Studies. I think
that every student, whether you are
ibe your rich or poor, should take advantage
udents? of the opportunities you have here
partners. at the University of Michigan to
hat they study abroad. You wouldn't have a
of them full understanding of things if you
ed or as didn't know how to navigate anoth-
rested in er culture.
to make -ALEXA BREEDVELD
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CRIME NOTES

Peeping John
WHERE: Mason Hall
WHEN: Monday at about
11:45 p.m.
WHAT: A student in the
third floor women's rest-
room reported that a man
came in and looked at her
from underneath the stall
door, University Police
reported. The suspect fled
after the student threatened
to call police.

Young plumber
dreams dashed
WHERE: Mary Markley
Residence Hall
WHEN: Tuesday at about
3 a.m.
WHAT: Officers found an
intoxicated student tamper-
ing with water pipes ina
fire equipment closet, Uni-
versity Police reported. She
was taken to the emergency
room by ambulance.

LGBT in Panel on global
universities experiences

Halt, who goes .
fih~rP2Artist runs out

WHERE: Haven Hall
WHEN: Monday at about
11:15 a.m.
WHAT: A staff person
said she sawa person she
thought was banned from
campus, University Police
reported. The responding
officer asked the man leave.

of paper
WHERE: 700 North Uni-
versity Ave.
WHEN: Monday at about
3:45 p.m.
WHAT: A University staff
member witnessed a man
spraypaint a poster, Univer-
sity Police renorted.


WHAT: Dr. Sue Rankin,
associate professor of stu-
dent affairs at Pennsylvania
State University, will dis-
cuss the implications of a
report she co-authored on
the experiences of LGBT
students, faculty and staff in
American universities.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: School of Educa-
tion
Water lecture
WHAT: Author and jour-
nalist Charles Fishman will
discuss the fate of water.
Fishman will reflect on
worldwide issues concern-
ing the collection of water
and its low supply.
WHO: Water Theme
Semester
WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Ampi-
theater

WHAT: As a part of global
information week, interna-
tional students and students
who have studied abroad
will discuss their experi-
ences.
WHO: International Center
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: UGLi
Dance lecture
WHAT: Dance Prof. Peter
Sparling will reflect on his
four month stay in Paris.
The lecture will include
multimedia he made while
in France.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Art
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reported. Researchers found
that hospitals have more
resources during off-hours.
Professors from the
math department gave
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grades at the University in the
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At 396 pounds, Kelly
Gneiting hopes to be
recognized as the
heaviest man to finish a mara-
thon, the BBC reported. The
sumo wrestler finished the
Los Angeles marathon in nine
hours and 48 minutes, com-
ing in last of 11,891 men.

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MSA votes against resolution to

ban bottled water on campus
Environmental that the measure would support natures from members of the
inappropriately strong action campus community in support
Issues Commission without enough information on of the ban, said in an interview
administrative and student sup- after the meeting that while she
to continue push port. is disappointed with MSA's deci-
"This is a very extreme posi- sion it won't change her plans to
By ROBIN VEECK tion," Friedman said. push for the ban's implementa-
Daily StaffReporter Critics of the resolution also tion in the future.
emphasized concerns that ban- "The student assembly, appar-
The Michigan Student Assem- ning the sale of bottled water ently they're afraid to make
bly voted not to support a campus- would infringe on students' indi- change," Oliver said. "... (The EIC
wide ban on the sale of bottled vidual rights. is) going forward still."
water by a margin of one vote at "Is the assembly honestly going Oliver also pointed out that
its meeting last night. to tell students what they can and nearly half the elected assembly
After a heated debate, MSA can't buy on campus?" Business was absent at last night's meeting,
voted 11-10 with 2 abstentions Rep. Matt Eral asked at the meet- so the vote may not have reflected
against passing the resolution ing. "Something as physically MSA's opinion as whole. Regard-
proposing the ban, which was benign as bottled water?" less of MSA's vote, she said the
introduced by the MSA Environ- An amendment proposed by commission's work on the resolu-
mental Issues Commission. The Social Work Rep. Allison Horky tion has achieved some important
resolution, which called for the to change the resolution to sup- goals.
University to prohibit establish- port "education on the privati- "This caused alot of talk. This
ments on campus from selling zation of bottled water" and to caused a lot of people to look for
bottled water as awayto increase strike the portions of the resolu- more information," Oliver said.
environmentally friendly prac- tion supporting an absolute ban "That's educated a lot of people,
tices at the University, had 32 failed ina vote of 9-13-1. and that's the purpose of EIC."
student authors, including MSA "If we agree about changing In an interview after the meet-
President Chris Armstrong. the dialogue and tone of the con- ing, Armstrong said he is dis-
In addition to the ban, the versation, then we will get fur- appointed with the assembly's
resolution proposed the installa- ther on making our campus more decision and supports Oliver's
tion of more bottle refill stations, sustainable," Horky said. "For me, continued efforts to work toward
water fountains and recycling this isn't really about the content, the ban.
bins and the distribution of more it's about the process that we're University President Mary
literature supporting the use of goingthrough." Sue Coleman said last month
tap water on campus. LSA sophomore Maggie Oli- that despite supporting student
Several MSA representatives ver, chair of MSA's Environ- activism for environmental sus-
who voted against the resolu- mental Issues Commission and tainability, it isn't probable that
tion, including LSA rep. Brendan author of a petition that has banning bottled water sales on
Friedman, expressed concerns collected more than 1,700 sig- campus wouldbe reasonable.
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President Barack Obarna answers question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with El
Salvador President Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, yesterday.
Obama: U.S. to turn over control
of Libya operations within days

Administration will
not request funding
from Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
four-day air assault in Libya will
soon achieve the objectives of
establishing a no-fly zone and
averting a massacre of civilians
by Moammar Gadhafi's troops,
President Barack Obama said
yesterday, adding that despite
squabbling among allies, the
United States will turn control of
the operation over to other coun-
tries within days.
"When this transition takes
place, it is not going to be our
planes that are maintaining the
no-fly zone. It is not going to
be our ships that are necessar-
ily enforcing the arms embargo.
That's precisely what the other
nations are going to do," the
president said at a news confer-
ence in El Salvador as he neared
the end of a Latin American
trip overshadowed by events in
Libya.
He spoke as one senior Amer-
ican military official said the
Persian Gulf nation of Qatar
was expected to start flying air
patrols over Libya by this week-
end, becoming the first member
of the Arab League to partici-
pate directly in the military
mission.

The president also suggested
the administration would not
need to request funding from
Congress for the air operations
but would pay for them out of
money already approved.
Administration officials
briefed lawmakers during the
day about costs and other details
to date.
Criticism of the operation
has been muted so far, with the
president out of the country, but
is likely to increase once he flies
home today - a few hours earlier
than had been scheduled.
The Pentagon said two dozen
more Tomahawk cruise missiles
were launched from U.S. and
British submarines late Monday
and early yesterday againstLiby-
an targets, raisingthe total to 161
aimed at disabling Gadhafi's air
defenses.
Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III
said Libyan ground troops will
be more vulnerable as the coali-
tion grows in size and capability,
but he declined to provide details
of future targeting. He spoke to
reporters at the Pentagon from
aboard his command ship in the
Mediterranean Sea.
The president and Pentagon
officials have stressed since the
military campaign began that
America would quickly give
other countries the lead.
"I think fairly shortly we are
going to be able to say that we've

achieved the objective of a no-fly
zone. We will also be able to say
that we have averted immediate
tragedy," Obama said.
He told reporters he had spo-
ken earlier with British Prime
Minister David Cameron and
French President Nicolas Sar-
kozy in hopes of quickly resolv-
ing a dispute over the transition
of the military mission.
With congressional critics
growing more vocal, the presi-
dent defended the wisdom of the
operation so far.
"It is in America's national
interests to participate... because
no one has a bigger stake in mak-
ingsure that there arebasic rules
of the road that are observed,
that there is some semblance of
order and justice, particularly
in a volatile region that's going
through great changes," Obama
said
With longtime autocratic gov-
ernments under pressure else-
where in the Arab world, the
president made clear his decision
to dispatch U.S. planes and ships
did not automatically signal he
would do so everywhere.
"That doesn't mean we can
solve every problem in the 0
world," he said.
Several members of Con-
gress, including a number
from Obama's own party, were
increasingly questioning the
wisdom of U.S. involvement.

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