The Michigan Daily -Friday, February 8, 1991- Page 3 Int. center ponsoring ccupation workshop by Bonnie Bouman War in the Middle East won't be enough to crush the hopes of many students who want to work overseas. cknowledging the continuing interest, the nternational Center and the Career Planning & Placement office (CP&P) are co-sponsoring workshops oninternational careers. "International Careers For U.S. Citizens" will be held Monday from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union. Simultaneously, foreign students interested in working in the U.S. can attend "Practical Training & Job, Search Information." :'It's a huge area of interest," said CP&P intern pro- rams supervisor Paula Di Rita about international ca- ers. Sixty people showed up for last year's workshop. Di Rita organized the panel for the International Careers workshop. Four speakers - covering a broad range of backgrounds from business school to the Peace Corps - will share their perspectives and advice. These people have first-hand experience," said Bill Nolting, international opportunities coordinator at the International Center. ,,,Any career, but especially international ones, can look glamorous and exotic from the outside," Nolting id, "but the person actually working can find it very lustrating and lonely." Nolting will give an overview on likely work sec- tors, potential career tracks, and locating foreign internships. w !'I don't consider myself an expert on international careers," Nolting said, "but I do know where to find the information to start crafting one." Foreign student advisor Charlene Schmult also hopes to spread information to students. She will speak ogiimmigration and visas at the Practical Training *orkshop. The workshop will warn students about cultural dif- feinces in U.S. job hunts. "They (students) have to come across assertively and confidently," Schmult said. =Schmult advised students to start their job search now. "I hate it when they show up and the deadline was a Tonth before," she said. ;'I am definitely interested in an international career," said Luke Kakogeorgiou, an LSA senior who plans to attend "International Careers for U.S. Citizens." akogeorgiou hopes to work for an international Erm some day. "I love foreign cultures," he said. "I feel like a trapped rat if I can't get that exposure." MBA students to travel to U.S.S.R., forge economic ties by Jenny Adler Giving the gift of life Veteran blood donor Mike Swieczkowsky, a Business school junior, gives blood at the Business school. Swieczkowsky has been giving blood since he was in 11th grade. IRA shell lands 50 feet Michigan students are going on a field trip. However, it's not to the Ford plant, the Detroit Institute of Art, or the local forest preserve. On February 20, two dozen University MBA students will travel to Moscow for 11 days to participate in an educational ex- periment which could help U.S. in- vestors conduct joint ventures with the Soviet Union. These students will investigate business opportunities available in the Soviet Union for American firms. During their stay in Moscow, the students will be guests of the Academy of National Economy, an arm of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers that trains middle and upper-level government and busi- ness executives. The students have arranged to meet with representa- tives from U.S. firms now conduct- ing business in Russian and Soviet free-enterprise co-ops, high-level Soviet officials, and Russian stu- dents with similar interests. The trip's aims, according to organizers, include gathering ma- terial for reports about various in- dustries within the Soviet Union. That research will be used to cul- tivate and smooth the business re- lationship between the United States and U.S.S.R. Eventually, the students may publish a book about their findings. Until recently, it has been diffi- cult, if not impossible to conduct business with the Soviets. How- ever, within the past couple of years, a number of joint ventures have been made between major U.S. and Soviet companies. "The Soviet Union is changing and will continue to change," said Gunter Dufey, a University profes- sor of international business and finance who will be making the trip. "It makes it worthwhile for U.S. businesses to examine in- from 10 Dov LONDON (AP) - A mortar shell fired by the Irish Republican Army from an aban- doned van exploded yesterday within 50 feet of Prime Minister John Major as he met with his War Cabinet, Scotland Yard said. Major and his colleagues were not in- jured in the attack near 10 Downing St., his office said. Three police officers and a civil servant were treated for minor injuries, a spokesperson at Westminster Hospital said. It was the IRA's first mortar attack in Britain, though it has often used the weapon in Northern Ireland. Major, who lives and works at 10 Down- ing St., simply moved the War Cabinet meeting to another room and stuck to his daily schedule. He said in the House of Commons that the attack was deliberately timed "to kill the Cabinet and to do damage to our system of government." vning St. "It is about time they learned that democracy cannot be intimidated by terror- ism and we rightly treat them with con- tempt," Major said. Queen Elizabeth II, who seldom speaks on current events, mentioned the attackers while opening a London Hospital. "I would like to take this opportunity to remind them that they will not succeed," she said. Commander George Churchill-Coleman, head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist unit, ruled out any connection to the Gulf War. "There is no doubt in my mind ... that this is the work of the Irish republican terror- ist groups and you should discount from your minds any connection whatsoever with any Arab terrorist organizations," Churchill- Coleman told a news conference before the IRA claimed responsibility. .THE LS What's ,happening in Ann Arbor today TAs: negotiations 'unproductive' Meetings Sunday UMAASC Steering Committee, Vnion, rm 4202, 1 p.m. FIminist Womens' Union, weekly neeting. Call 662-1958 for info. Union, 4:00. U-M Chess Club, weekly practice. Call Tony Palmer (663-7147) for info. League, 1:00. Women's Action For Nuclear Dis- armament, mtg. St. Aidan's/Northside Church, 1679 Broadway, 7:30. Speakers Friday " Reward Revision for Discounted 1Markov Decision Problems," Prof. C. White. EECS 1200,4 p.m. Jacqueline Dixon, of CalTec. Chem bldg, rm 1640,4 p.m. Art of Dance: Saving Grace," Vera Embree. Pioneer H.S., Little Theater, 9:30-10:30 a.m. "Women as Artists: The Joy and tlie Reality," Vera Embree. N. Cam- pus Commons, Center Rm, 12:30- 1:30. "The Abortion Consent Law: What does it mean for the individual?" Lori Lamerand. Guild House, 802 Monroe, noon. Prof. Keletso Atkins speaks on Black Americans in South Africa during the 19th century. 3615 Haven, 4:30. Sunday "Reflections on the Artistic Process: View from a Window." Vera Em- bree. Dance Bldg, Studio A, 12 p.m.. Furthermore Safewalk, nighttime safety walking service. Functions 8-11:30 Fri.-Sat., 8- 1:30 Sun.-Thurs. Call 936-1000 or stop by 102 UGLi. Northwalk, North Campus nighttime safety walking service. Functions 8- 11:30 Fri.-Sat., 8-1:30 Sun.-Thurs. Call 763-WALK or stop by 2333 Bursley. sume on Computer" Bursley, 8:10-9:30 p.m. "Applecations H - Mac Show & Tell," Computer Showcase room, Union, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Humanistic Friday Night Services. For more info call Sunny Schwartz at 996-5950. Hillel, 8:00. U of M Women's Rugby Club, Fri- day practice. Call 995-0129 for more info. Sports Coliseum, 8-10 p.m. U of M Ninjitsu Club. For info call David Dow, 668-7478. IM bldg, wrestling rm, 7-9. U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Club, Friday workout. Call 994-3620 for info. CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 8-9. U of M Tae Kwon Do Club, Friday workout. CCRB Small Gym, 6-8:00. U of M Ultimate Frisbee Club, Fri- day practice. Indoor practice football field (beside Yost), 10:30-midnight. German Club Stammtisch, weekly event. Union, U-Club, 7-9:00. Third Annual Nell Staebler Sym- posium, sponsored by the Institute for Public Policy Studies. For info, call Jeff Blend or Tim Lake, 763-2318. Rackham Bldg, 4th floor. "One World," International Dance Party. Union, Pendleton Rm, 10 p.m. Veggie Shabbat Potluck, for grads and young professionals. Reservations, call 769-0500. Law Quad, Lawyers' Club Lounge, 7:30. Saturday U of M Shotokan Karate Club, Sat- urday practice. CCRB Small Gym, 3- 5:00. Rally for the Rainforests, Diag, Environmental Career Conference, Dow Chemistry Bldg, 10-2. Inter-Cooperative Council Open House, Union, Pendleton Rm, 1-3. "The King of Comedy," film. Hillel, 8&10. Allegro Coffee House, St. Mary's Student Parish, Neuman Center, 8-11 p.m. "Mississippi Triangle," opening film of UMAASC's 2nd Annual Asian American Film Festival. 140 Lorch, 7 pm. by Robert Patton Members of the Graduate Em- ployees Organization (GEO) de- scribed the second round of nego- tiations with University officials Wednesday night as "unproductive" and "frustrating." The spokesperson for the Uni- versity negotiating team, Colleen Dolan-Greene, refused to comment on the meeting. The negotiations continued for nearly three hours in a session that GEO bargaining chair Chris Rober- son called "relatively unproduc- tive." GEO must have a contract by March 1, and the feeling among GEO negotiators is that the Uni- versity is stalling. "I don't think we got very far," Roberson said. "The University right now is content to ask for clar- ifications and then just sit back and wait." Roberson stressed that the dis- cussion was limited to "substantive issues." Neither the University's position on the Gulf war nor GEO's request that the University open the talks to the public were discussed. GEO members claimed the University is attempting to delay serious progress in the talks. Among the proposals made by GEO at the meeting was one which would allow a Teaching Assistant who is not rehired at the end of a semester because of misconduct to file a grievance. "We've had cases where people were promised a TA appointment and then not hired," said Ingrid Kock, a graduate student who was present at the sessions. She said while misconduct was given as the reason for the dismissal, the TAs had no chance for a hearing to find out the specific complaints against them or to defend themselves. The union also demanded that the University keep it better informed about changes in the number of TAs hired, the number of hours each TA is expected to work and class size. "Yesterdayrwe found out that 67 fewer TAs were hired this semester than last winter," Kock said. "We should have found out about this long before the semester started but they neglected to tell us." According to Kock, the Uni- versity is currently required to in- form the GEO of "significant changes" in its policy concerning TAs. The University, however, has found very few changes significant enough to merit notifying the GEO, Kock said. The union wants to be notified on a regular basis of all changes in University policy. GEO negotiators said the Uni- versity team argued that the proposal, if implemented, would cause an excess of paperwork. The union called for redefining Latino and Puerto Rican TAs as separate ethnic categories instead of "Hispanic." GEO also demanded that TAs have better access to office equipment. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m. vestment opportunities, and we want Michigan students to have a. role in this. "The only problems we may be facing is that it is difficult to do business in the Soviet Union, but we will be meeting with compe- tent people and we hope to squeeze as much as we can in the short amount of time that we'll be there," Dufey said. The trip is an extension of a University class called "Emerging Business Opportunities in the So- viet Union," which is taught by Dufey and Morris Bornstein, a pro- fessor of economics. "This course is in some re- spects a preview of what business courses will look like in the fu- ture," Dufey said. "There will be theory, background and implemen- tation components." MBA students Yuval Moed and Bruce MacRae originated the idea for the class, found the professors to teach it, and organized a com- petitive essay contest required for acceptance into the program. The trip and class were used to rein- force each other. "Businesses are becoming more internationally oriented and we wanted a class that went beyond the usual structure of the class- room," Moed said. Since the course began, the business students have been split up into groups investigating differ- ent areas of Soviet and U.S. busi- ness - agribusiness, energy com- puters and telecommunications, chemicals and pharmaceuticals; and retail. Each group will research its specialty throughout the Soviet trip. Upon their return, the students will write a report on their particu- lar industry in the hopes it will be compiled into one, book-length re- search report. , CANTERBURY HOUSE (Episcopal Church at U-M) 218 N. Division (at Catherine) SUNDAY SCH EDULE Holy Eucharist-5 p.m. at St. Andrew's Supper--6 p.m. at Canterbury House The Rev. Virginia P eacock Ph.D., Chaplain FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AMERICAN BAPTIST CAMPUS CENTER 502 E. Huron SUN.: Worship-9:55 a.m. WED.: Supper & Fellowship--5:30 p.m.- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN NCHURCH (Between lull & south University) SUNDAYS Worship-9:30 & 11 a.m. Campus Faith Exploration Group-9:30 C woTHRSDAYS:-:3 For information, call 662-4466 Amy Morrison, Campus Pastor ASH WEDNESDAY Ecumenical Communion Service WEDNESDAY. Feb. 13 CAMPUS CHAPEL 1236 Washtenaw Ct. Refreshments following ALL STUDENT WELCOME! LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY LORD OF LIGHT LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA 801 South Forest (at lill Street), 668-7622 SUNDAY: Worship-10 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Worship-x,7:30 p.m. Campus Pastor: John Rollefson ST. MARY'S STUDENT PARISH (A Roman Catholic Parish at U-M) 331 Thompson Street SAT.: Weekend Liturgies-5 p.m., and SUN.:-8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 noon, and 5 p.m. FRI,: Confessions-4-5 p.m. SAT., Feb. 9: Allegro Coffee House-8 p.m. WED. Feb, 13: Mass and Ashes 12:10 p.m., 5:10 p.m., and 7 p.m. TIHURS., Feb. 14: Pax Christi Peace Vigil-7 p.m. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 1511 Washtenaw SUNDAY: Worship-10:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Devotion-9 p.m. Pastor. Ed Krauss-663-5560 U, The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC Mon. Feb. 11 Composers' Forum School of Music Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Tues. Feb. 12 Arts Chorale Paul Rardin, conductor Music of Ellington, Randall George Gershwin, spirituals Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Thompson, Afro-American Music Collection Lecture-demonstration by Papa Susso, West-Gambian historian and master performer of the kora Center for Afro-American and African Studies 106 West Engineering , 2:30 p.m. Thur. Feb. 14 Thur.-Sun. Feb. 14-17 Ethel V. Curry Distinguished Lecture in Musicology Inaugural Lecture by Howard Mayer Brown In Praise of Josquin and the Virgin Mary Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, School of Music, 4 p.m. University Players The White Rose by Lillian Garrett Tickets: $ 12, $ 9, $ 5 (students) Mendelssohn Theatre, Michigan League 8 p.m. (Thur.-Sat.), 2 p.m. (Sun.) Friday Sunday "Trailblazers and Troubadours: Sunday Social, weekly event for in- Forty Years of Modern Dance" temnational and American students. In- Tickets: $12, $9, $5, available at ternational Center, 603 E.Madison, Ieague Ticket Office. Power Center, 6:30-8:30.' 8 p.m. Israe inancing One hour of instruc- I I I