2A - Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com (14CMI41"gan DAMl 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BRAD WILEY Editor in Chief BusinessManager 734-418-4115 eat. 1251 734-418-4115 eat. 1241 ateinberg@michigandailycom tmdbuaineat@gnnail.eam Telling stories through anthropology What do you teach here, and how would you describe your teaching style? I teach two large lecture classes, Introduction to Anthropology and Medi- cal Anthropology, and two small seminars - an under- grad Honors seminar, Cul- ture and Medicine, and a graduate seminar, Theory and Practice in Medi- cal Anthropology. I am, at heart, a storyteller, and I think that's a central part of my teachingstyle. When did you decide that you wanted to pursue anthropology? I went to college plan- ning to be an English major. I took Intro to Anthro my first semester to fulfill my social science distribu- tion requirement and fell head over heels in love. It wasn't until I was in gradu- ate school that I discov- ered medical anthropology. Anthropology provided a way to think about illness and healing that amazed me. Why do you like teach- ing at the University of Michigan? I remember the thrill of discovering anthropology for the first time, and it is wonderful to see students make that same discovery. Inmysmallerclasses, Ienjoy the lively discussions among students who often bring very different perspectives to the material. In large lec- ture classes, I love the chal- lenge of finding new ways to present core concepts as the world around us changes. Where didyougoto col- lege? I went to Franklin and Marshall College, a small liberal arts school in Lan- caster, Pennsylvania. I never had a class with more than 25 students, and looking out over my first class of 600 101-ers, I wondered what it must be like to be in a sea of other undergraduates. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? I love to read, and I sing in a choir. 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They left the structure at the request of the police. Peeing inthe Arboretum WHERE: Nichols Arbore- tum WHEN: Monday at about 5:30 p.m. WHAT: A teenager exposed himself in the Arb, University Police reported. The teenager was allegedly intoxicated and trying to urinte. WHERE: University Hos- pital WHEN: Monday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A patient was suspected of misusing pre- scriptions, University Police reported. Detectives are investigating a suspect. Daring drunk WHERE: Mary Markley Residence Hall WHEN: Yesterday at about 12:15 a.m. WHAT: A 49-year-old man unaffilliated with the University was found wandering around with an open alcohol container, Uni- versity Police reported. The man was escorted from the hbuiline. Film screening WHAT: A showing of "Fish Out of Water," which explores whether or not the Bible condemns homosexu- ality. The filmmaker used her experience as a lesbian sorority sister at Vanderbilt University to make the film. 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Subscriptionsfor fall term, starting in September, viaU.S.mail are $110.Winter trm (January through April)is $11 yearong (September through April)is $195. Universityaffiliates are subject to areduced subscptionate.On-campusabriptionsssofalltermae$5.Sabsriptionestboepaid. Thn iian alyos a m~berofTheoAssocited Pessoani ThetAssoatedtCllegiatePes. MSA From Page 1A Grumman specializes in mili- tary aircraft and radar technolo- gies, anid has supplied military apparatuses used in war crimes by the'United Nations fact-find- ing missions, such as the Israeli military. The Israeli military hadupsed these weapons to sus- tain its illegal occupation of Pal- estine and has violated - and continues to violate - dozens of United Nations resolutions in doingso." LSA junior Bidal Baydoun, one of the authors of the resolution, spoke on behalf of the authors. Despite the mention of Israel in the resolution, Baydoun said the authors' main intention wasn't to focus on any specific country the company supplied to, but rather on the company itself. "I don't care about Israel, I don't care about Palestine, I care about the University of Michi- gan," he said. Baydoun and other speak- ers advocating for the resolu- tion argued that the resolution doesn't have political or religious significance. Several students including LSA sophomore Yonah Lieber- man, chair of J Street UMich - a pro-Israel student organization on campus - spoke against the resolution. "We have serious concerns with the resolution," Lieberman said. "Divestment is a polarizing tactic when we should be work- ing together." Lieberman said J Street UMich believes voting on the resolution would heighten ten- sion between Israelis and Pales- tinians. However, others expressed their support for the resolution. Robert Lipton, an associate pro- fessor in the Medical School, said he is in favor of the resolu- tion and identified himself as an "American Jew." "I am not anti-Israel. I'm anti- human rights violations," Lipton said. "I'm in support of social justice whether it's Egypt, Israel, Yemen ... or the Bronx." Lipton went on to voice his support for the resolution, com- mending students' efforts. "I think this is a very powerful step," he said. "Student action is unbelievably important." But Business School sopho- more Todd Siegal encouraged MSA not to vote for the resolu- tion in its current form. "These four companies are very different and need to be dealt with on individual and separate occasions," Siegal said. "Passing this resolution tonight would eliminate the possibility of future dialogue on this issue." After attending to the rest of its agenda, the assembly returned to the resolution for a final discussion and vote. Before the final vote, Engi- neering Rep. Zeid El-Kilani proposed an amendment to the clause regarding Northrop Grumman. MSA voted in favor of the amendment, which changed the clause about the company so that it didn't explicitly state Northrop Grumman's involve- ment with Israel or any other country. After much debate, the assem- bly voted down the amended res- olution in a 10-12 vote, with two abstentions. NYC Aviation/AP A damaged Airbus A380 belonging to Air France sits on the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport yesterday in New York. The aircraft clipped a much smaller Bombardier CRJ700 on a wet tarmac at JFK on Monday. Airplanes collide on NY airport tarmack 150th anniversary of Confederate attack on Fort Sumter commemorated Obama issues proclamation on Civil War CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war yes- terday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before the Civil War. The events marked the 150th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, an engagement that plunged the nation into four years of war at a cost of more than 600,000 lives. Several hundred people gath- ered on Charleston's Battery in the pre-dawn darkness, much as Charleston residents gathered 150 years ago to view the bombard- ment of April 12,1861. About 4 a.m., a single beam of light reached skyward from the stone works of Fort Sumter. About a half hour later, about the time the first shots were fired, a second beam glowed, signifying a nation torn in two. Nearby, a brass ensemble played a concert entitled "When Jesus Wept" as hundreds listened, some in foldingchairs, others standing. Fifty years ago during the cen- tennial of the Civil War, there was a celebratory mood. But yesterday, the 150th anniversary events were muted. Even the applause seemed subdued. At the White House, President Barack Obama captured the som- ber mood in a proclamation that the date would be the first day of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. "On this milestone in American history, we remember the great cost of the unity and liberty we now enjoy, causes for which so many have laid down their lives," the statement released by the White House said. Alluding to the war's ultimate end in 1865, Obama added: "When the guns fell silent and the fate of our Nation was secured, blue and gray would unite under one flag and the institution of slavery would be forever abolished from our land." "We are the United States of America - we have been tested, we have repaired our Union, and we have emerged stronger," his proclamation added. Of about 1,200 people attending two main commemorative events, only a handful were black. One man whose Confederate ances- tor is credited with firing the first shot of the war acknowledged his family legacy as a "mixed bless- ing." No injuries in ground accident between aircrafts NEW YORK (AP) - A fright- ening collision between one of the world's largest airliners and a commuter jet on a dark, wet tar- mac at Kennedy Airport is under- scoring worries about ground accidents as U.S. airports begin handling a new generation of giant planes. A total of 586 passengers and crew members were aboard the two aircraft Monday night when the left wing of an Airbus A380 operated by Air France clipped a Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jet flown by Comair, spinning the smaller plane nearly 90 degrees. No one was injured. The superjumbo Airbus is so immense - as tall as a seven-sto- ry building, with a wing span as wide as a Manhattan block - that its wing almost cleared the small- er plane. But not quite. "It's the sheer size of these air- craft and the congestion at these airports that's the problem," said Allan Tamm, a consultant with Avicor Aviation, based in Port- land, Ore. "It's a serious concern for all these airports trying to accommodate these aircraft. It's going to happen more and more." The collision happened at one of the nation's most congested airports on a rainy night when flashing lights reflecting off wet tarmac can obscure small air- craft. It comes as airports around the country are beginning to receive a new class of huge air- craft. Fourteen airports have obtained waivers from the Fed- eral Aviation Administration to receive the new Boeing 747-8, which falls intothe same new size class as the A380, The Associated Press reported this week. And Boeing is working with 13 more airports to get approval from the FAA, though not all of them may require waivers. Most U.S. airports cannot legally handle the A380 or 747-8 because of FAA space require- ments aimed at keeping planes from bumping into each other. But the FAA can issue waivers if airport officials agree to certain procedures, such as using only certain taxiways or halting other traffic when one of these mam- moth planes is on the move. Many ofthe airports asking for permission to handle the Boeing 747-8 may have trouble handling them, especially when aircraft are turning, Tamm said. "A lot of these airports are only marginally ready," he said. The flurry of new waivers coincides with an increase in air traffic as the U.S. economy recov- ers. The number of passengers flying in the U.S. increased from 767 million in 2009 to 782 million in 2010. JFK was built in the 1950s, when jets were smaller. Airport officials had to secure FAA waiv- ers for both the A380 and the 747- 8. Monday's collision might spur the FAA to take a second look at JFK's rules for handling large aircraft, said aviation consultant John Cox. *I 0I ia