,] NEW rQ The Michigan Dailv - Mnnrav. Ainaust A 900 - 3 1 1TllsiehIn fls6 i Uliy - IMenIUps, AUgt A '+,5AQ _-'3 i -- NICK AZZARO/Daily The 37th Annual Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games was held this year in Detroit from July 23 to August 2. The young women's field hockey competition was held in Ann Arbor on Ocker F Reld on the last day of the games. Mural to brighten up South University Avenue area By Victea Edwards DailyNewsEditor A new mural in the alleyway between the Safe Sex Store and Jimmy Johns on South University Avenue is currently being painted by high school campers. This mural aims to beautify the street and in doing so provides an art course to pragmatically apply design, said Mark Tucker, its organizer and the director of Arts on the Hill, which is also helping to sponsor materials for the project. For funding to begin work on the mural, Tucker said he first spoke to Nancy Lautenbach, coordinator of Marketing and Programs with Arts at Michigan, then walked to see Maggie Ladd of the South Univer- sity Area Association. He added the process was brief, and that five minutes later Ladd wrote a check for materials and a few days later the painting began. "We'll be painting for six weeks, there are three groups of students - one junior-high group and two senior- high groups. And when all this is com- pleted it will look like one continuous mural," Tucker added. "They have to collaborate well in a short period of time, they're making this in only 35 hours," Tucker said. The high schoolers who are con- structing the mural belong to an aca- demic summer camp at the University called Summer Discovery. Painting the mural came as a real sur- prise to high school junior Allison Chod of St. Louis Country Day School. Chod said that when she signed up for the painting and drawing course, she was expecting some- thing more traditional. "I thought it would be individual painting and I could put a portfolio together to get into an AP Class at school," he said. "But now what I'm getting out of it is experience painting. ... I'll take pictures of the wall when I'm done "I see it everyday. I like it. I'm not an artist or anything but its a whole lot nicer than it used to be, that is for sure." - Danny Romm Jimmy John's Manager and turn that in as part of the portfo- lio," Chod added. Tucker echoed that the mural was a big surprise for most of the Summer Discovery campers, who, when signing up for drawing and painting, had expected a more traditional course. "The course was mistitled. When they signed up for it a couple of people really wanted to do the more traditional art class. But the ones who stayed enjoyed the process,"he said. "I think itsis much more rewarding than sitting in a studio and figuring it out for yourself,"Tucker added. But high school junior Katherine Sharp from Houston, Texas said PJ's RECORDS & USED CDS 617 Packard Upstairs from Subway Paying $4 to $6 for top CD's in top condition. Also buying premium LP's and cassettes. Open 7 days T s663-3441 The selection is ENDLESS although the course was a surprise, her experience thus far has been rewarding. She added that instead of dealing with a small individual campus the project allows her to greatly expand her workspace. "I've really enjoyed it. It's a cool idea and not something you normally get to do in a painting class," Sharp said. South University Jimmy John's Man- ager Dan Romm said that even though he is not directly part of the project, he has enjoyed the presence of the mural. "I see it everyday, I like it. I'm not an artist or anything but its a whole lot nicer than it used to be, that is for sure," Romm added. .fe i 8 0 PATRIOT Continued from Page 1 ly proper and necessary. I am concerned that the hastily crafted law that passed the Congress threatens certain constitutional protections that all Americans have the right to rely upon," he said. General Attorney John Ashcroft said ina speech at the Office of Domestic Pre- paredness Conference that the PATRIOT Act has been misunderstood. "The PATRIOT Act was a long overdue measure to close gaping holes in the government's ability, responsibly and lawfully, to collect vital intelli- gence information on criminal terrorists. It updated the law to accommo- date modern technology, such as cell phones and the Internet. It allows law enforcement investigators to use the same tools in terrorism that we have used for years in drug cases and organized crime cases," he said. Justice Department officials held a forum about the act at Wayne State University on the same day the ACLU filed its suit. --Daily News EditorAndrew McCormack contributed to this article.