8-The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 4, 1994 Fall from Packard St. window kills student By Lisa Dines DAILY NEWS EDITOR Christopher Garcia, an LSA sophomore, fell out of his Packard Street apartment April 20 and later died of complications from the fall. Garcia fell through the third-story window while wrestling with LSA sophomore Evan Goldschneider. According to the police report, both students were conscious and communicating with the officers who arrived at the scene of the accident. Garcia suffered a broken leg and back as well as several lacerations causedby theglass.Goldschneidersus- tained minor injuries and was released from the hospital on the same day. According to the police report, al- cohol was not a factor in the accident. The window in the apartment ex- tended from the ceiling to the floor without any protective guards to pre- vent an accidental fall, according to the police report. A follow-up police investigation found the other win- dows in the apartment were "not loose or otherwise unstable." According to the Ann Arbor Hous- ing Inspectors Office, there were no outstanding building code violations at the Packard apartment. The code requires landlords to add screens to all windows after May 1. HousingInspectorJackDonaldsonsaid if the same accident took place now, the screen could help prevent a fall. Prime Student Housing, which owns the apartment, declined to com- ment on the accident. Although there is no current legal action, tenant rights advocates said Garcia's family may have grounds to file suit against the landlord. "Even if something is not a code violation, if it is clearly a violation of common-sense safety than the land- lord may still be liable," said Pattrice Maurer, the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union director. Nicholas Roumel, an attorney for Student Legal Services, said the li- ability for the accident will probably be divided among the landlord and the students. Any court award would be reduced by the percentage of "con- tributory negligence" under the law. Mary Perrydore, senior housing adviser for off-campus housing, said accidents like this one are very rare. INTENSIVE SUMMER ARBAB1(C THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO JUNE 19 -AUGUST 20, 1994 This Intensive Arabic Program offers proficiency- Its characters form based instruction in Modern Standard Arabic, the some of the most literary Arabic used throughout the Middle East for ancient literature known to humanity. official communications, including broadcasting It is the devotional and publishing. Six hours of daily instruction in the language of more classroom and the language lab, in addition to than 1 billion supervised study, will help you master the intricacies Muslims through- sueved hl out theworldand of conversation, reading, writing, and listening thedaily language comprehension at the elementary, intermediate, high ofnmore than180 million people in intermediate, or advanced level. Three-course more than 20 Middle sequences at each level provide 300 credit units, Eastem countries. equivalent to 15 quarter hours or 10 semester hours. Current events Students will enjoy weekly lectures in Arabic and indicate its roe as the language of a English on Middle East topics by leading experts in region of cucial the field, and participate in Arabic-language extra- ietn curricular activities including drama, poetry, story- telling, debate and newspaper groups. Instruction will This summer the ... . Universityof also be supplemented by cultural activities including Chicago isonce lectures, films, outings, and performances to broaden again offening understanding of various facets of life in the Arab an extraondinary opportunity to earn world. a full years credit To request a Buletindescribing this program and in the study of this fascinating and other summer courses, call (312) 702-2450 or write: beautiful language. SUMMER SESSION OFFICE CENTER FOR CONTINUING STUDIES JUDD HALL. ROOM 207 5835 KIMBARK AVENUE. CHICAGO. IL 60637 JONATHAN LURIE/Daily The Dalai Lama brings a message of harmony and spiritual awareness to the University community April 21-23. Dalai Lama encourages world peace By Flint J. Wainess DAILY STAFF REPORTER'Werf A stream of cars on State Street tongues. said it all. Donning bright bumper stickers that screamed "Free Tibet" and li- cense plates reading "HOWL," in- formed observers knew the cars were people of all re welcome mats for the visit of the The Dalai L Dalai Lama to Ann Arbor. sponsored by t In athree-day extravaganza, events Jewel Heart, e ranging from a general speech calling theme during th for demilitarization and world peace Speaking to to discussions about what spiritual rium, the Tibe oneness means, the spiritual and tem- pearing eloque poral leader of Tibet spent April 21- ease in both Ei 23 meeting Ann Arbor residents. language - ou But for students, the coming of the "We are fro Dalai Lama happened to coincide with speak different an unusual weekend of beautiful but all humans h weather and finals looming on the structive potent horizon. Nevertheless, LSA sopho- He went on ti mores Katy Fensch and Angie Palmer birth to death, v attended the Saturday discussion. on others' care Fensch said they went to the event the need to stri because they are both interested in and tolerance it other cultures. The Dalai L Palmer said the Dalai Lama's consisting of iml message of universal compassion and ing from Ann human rights is an important one for Sheldon to the1 rom all directions and speak different - Tenzin Gysato 14th Dalai Lama ligions and cultures. -ama, whose visit was he Ann Arbor-based mphasized a similar he talks. a packed Hill Audito- tan Buddhist - ap- ntly peaceful and at nglish and his native tlined his philosophy. om all directions and tongues," he noted, ave "tremendous con- tial." .o say that since "from we are heavily reliant ," there thus follows ve for "non-violence n daily life." Lama sat on a panel pressive persons rang- Arbor Mayor Ingrid poet Allen 'Ginsberg. The life of the Dalai Lama has been one riven with paradox. On one hand, he is the 14th Dalai Lama, a bodhisattva who is supposedly ex- empt from the banes of humanity, and is on his earth merely to help others. Bat the Dalai Lama has also been forced to deal with political realities* In 1950, as China invaded East Tibet and began systemically tearing apart its cultures and traditions, the Dalai Lama fled to India and has ruled in exile from there ever since. Tibetan Buddhism was popular- ized on Western college .campuses in the 1960s, as the counterculture and the student movement embraced many of the teachings of the Dalai Lama But if the small sampling of student at the festivities surrounding the Dalai Lama's visit to Ann Arbor was any indication, student interest has waned since then.