The Michigan Daily -Monday, March 18,1991 - Page 3 Students insist 7 1**BI on bylaw y Jeannie Lurie aily Staff Reporter Nearly 50 members and sup- porters of New Queer Agenda (NQA) gathered on the Diag Fri- day to do an early St. Patrick's Day jig and call for the inclusion of "sexual orientation" in Regen- tal Bylaw 14.06 on discrimination. "Increase visibility and de- mand your rights," University alum David Horste said as he =danced to music specially mixed by WCBN. "The bylaw will be changed." Members of NQA are angry :because the bylaw guarantees equal rights for "all persons re- 'gardless of race, sex, color, reli- gion, creed, national origin or an- cestry, age, marital status, handi- cap, or Vietnam-era veteran sta- tus," but does not include "sexual orientation." "Different groups have been trying to change the law for al- most 20 years," DeLaurier said. "Twenty years ago it was forward thinking, 10 years ago it was timely, now it's way past due." DeLaurier said the dance car- ried more meaning than the re- cent NQA Valentine's Day Dance on the Diag because it ties in strongly with St. Patrick's Day and Ireland. Ireland is in the process of re- 'pealing its old sodomy laws. An NQA flier reads, "If Ireland can join the 20th century, so can the UM!"~ Jenifer Levin, an NQA mem- ber and RC fiction writing instruc- tor, said she disagrees with the University's explanation for not change including "sexual orientation" in Bylaw 14.06. "The U of M lags behind all peer institutions and 100 other leading universities who have passed anti-discrimination rules in university bylaws," she said, University officials have main- tained that including sexual orien- tation in Bylaw 14.06 is unneces- sary because enough protections already exist for the homosexual community. Levin said the gay community is in the process of consolidating and healing differences. "The gay community has suffered in the past from fragmentation and dif- ference of process. Gay liberation is ready to consolidate," she said. Levin believes homosexuals face two serious problems. "We don't have civil rights and we are dying of AIDS in mas- sive numbers," she said. "Our government has to start caring." Having a dance is better than not doing anything, said LSA ju- nior Marcia Ochoa. "I don't know if James Duder- stadt is going to say, 'Oh my God, what was I thinking,' but every- body walking through here is go- ing to see there is a gay group on campus and there's an issue here," she said. Onlookers had varying opin- ions about whether or not the dance would accomplish any change in University or govern- ment policy.. RC first-year student Carolyn Allen thought the dance was a great idea, but was doubtful about what it could change. Court accepts anti-imperialist alReprty's otda.heipondre pweal by Jay Garcia Daily M1 SA Reporter omitted. The elections director was Brian Spolarich holds up a sign at 1 "This is supposed to be such a progressive school, but I don't think anyone cares," Allen said. "The U of M is a place where you go to perpetuate society as it is." Ann Arbor resident Martin Massaway disagreed with the group's methods of educating the public, claiming they harm the gay community. "I am gay and this is impor- tant, but I think there are other ways. Uneducated people see this dirty dancing and think that's what gay people are all about. It reaffirms bad stereotypes that straight people have of gays," Massaway said. LSA senior and University American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Treasurer Joyce Gresko agreed. "To people on the outside ROB KROENERT/Daly the "Dance on the Diag" Friday. it looks like a freak show. I don't think this is going to change any- thing," Gresko said. "I'm at a loss for a solution, but the ACLU may work on changing the bylaw in the future,," she said. Ann Arbor resident Brian Dur- rance said, "I wouldn't miss this for anything. We need gay people to be visible on campus." Cathy Schindler, also from Ann Arbor, agreed. "This needs to happen more often. It takes a lot of guts," she said. Ann Arbor resident Jay Miller said he participated in the dance specifically to draw attention to himself and the issue. He said he chose to wear a pink flowered skirt because he would do "anything to be more visible." The Michigan Student Assem- bly's election court ruled that the Anti-Imperialist Action Caucus (AIAC) could run candidates for the assembly's executive offices, overturning an initial decision bar- ring the party from presidential contention. The AIAC party has decided on a ticket of LSA senior Paul Car- mouche for president and first-year student Carolyn Allen for vice- president. There are six students total on the AIAC party ticket. All parties vying for seats on the assembly were supposed to of- ficially announce their candidates by March 5. At the first hearing, held March 12, Carmouche argued that his party did not originally announce it would run presidential candidates because an MSA flier did not list the positions of president and vice- president as ones that would be contested. "The elections court had the re- sponsibility of running a list of all the offices being contested in the election. (The flier) was published with president and vice-president aware of the error but published it anyway," Carmouche said. At the first hearing, the election court ruled that AIAC memberS should have clarified any ambiguit ties with MSA's election's direct tor. The AIAC party appealed that decision at the second hearing March 15 and successfully over turned it. There are six students9 total on the AIAC party ticket The court also reprimandeI Election Director Tim Pope for nct specifying all the positions being contested on the flier. "By ruling against us (at the first hearing), they were giving ap implicit sanction to the actions of the elections director," Carmouche added. AIAC's platform calls for the abolition of the University Board of Regents, democratically elected defense patrols made up of stu- dents and workers, and the institti tion of an open admissions policy.+ ISR to study effect of stress on health y arrick Wang Db ily Staff Reporter The University's Institute for Social Research (ISR) is conduct- ing a nationwide survey to study the relationship between stress and health. "It's common knowledge that stress plays an important part in most physical and emotional ill- pess," said Sociology Prof. Ronald Xessler, the head of the study. "However, there has never been a study of this scale to determine how common this relationship is." * The study began earlier this month and consists of in-person in- terviews, which are being adminis- tered nationwide to 12,000 ran- domly selected people, Communi- cations Professor Emeritus Charles Cannell said. He added that the in- terviews will be conducted over a year to account for variations in climate and environment. Kessler said the interviews are performed by ISR's national field staff and take approximately 80 minutes to complete. Each respon- dent will receive a-progress report about the study. Cannell said the questions asked have been developed by the National Institution of Mental Health, the World Health Organi- zation, and other worldwide orga- nizations. He added that ISR modi- fied and improved questions which were considered ambiguous or con- fusing. The respondents will be asked if they have experienced three dif- ferent types of stress including: acute major stress, resulting from factors such as a recent job loss or death of a loved one; "role-related" stress, which results from chronic difficulties at work or home, and; "lifetime trauma-related" stress, resulting from experiences such as combat experience, natu- ral disasters, or death of a parent or parents at a young age. ISR will report its findings to Congress in late 1992. Congress will use the report to determine how many people have difficulties in getting treatment for their health problems, Kessler said. 'U' MTV winners head south to dance on beaches by Jennifer Hiri Sun bathing, strolls along the beach, volleyball games, and scoping - these are the typical scenes on a Florida beach. But last week, MTV hosted its Club MTV College Tour Dance Show at Day- tona Beach, causing serenity and athletics to take a back seat. Last November, the Club MTV College Tour came to the Univer- sity in search of two dancers. The contest winners were originally in- vited to the Palladium in New York City for an appearance on the show. Since then, MTV altered its plans and brought the winners to Florida as part of its Spring Break Endur-a-thon. The edition of Club MTV aired this past weekend. The two winners, LSA senior Reggie Humphrey and LSA junior Liz Follas, were chosen from 230 students competing in the dance contest, which was held at the Union. Humphrey and Follas left last Monday and returned Wednesday exhausted. The vacation turned out to be somewhat of an extensive workout. "They taped the show out of sequence," Humphrey said. "First they had Vanilla Ice and he was actually the final act. So in the beginning of the day, we had to act like it was the end, and then continue. The taping took all day, from about 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the program is only a half hour long," he said. One reason the taping of the program elapsed over the entire day was because MTV invited live performers instead of using music videos on large television screens. Some of the musical talents were Cathy Dennis, C&C Music Factory, and Vanilla Ice. Of course, Downtown Julie Brown hosted the party. The set was built on the beach and Club MTV dancers led rou- tines on a platform. The University winners danced below in the sand, while large crowds watched from the boardwalk. THE LIST Iraqi rebels, gov't report JOSE JUAREZDaIly What's happening in Ann Arbor today Meetings Enact, weekly meeting. DANA Bldg., Rm. 1040,7:00. People of Color Against War & Racism, weekly meeting. West Engi- neering, 1st floor Center for African & Afro-American Studies Lounge, 5:00. U of M Asian American Student. Coalition (UMAASC), weekly mtg. E. Quad, rm 124, 7 p.m. Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), weekly mtg. Hutchins Hall, rm 220, 8 p.m. Speakers "Molecular Beams," Norman Ram- sey, Nobel laureate in physics. 335 West Engineering, noon. "Limit Theorems For Markov Random Fields and Their Ap- plications," T.V. Kurien of Florida State University. 451 Mason, 4 p.m. "Women and Mental Illness," Kaaren Brown of Eastern Michigan University. First United Methodist Church, 8-9:30. Furthermore Safewalk, nighttime safety walking service. Functions 8-1:30 Sun.-Thurs., Northwalk, nighttime safety walking service. Functions Sun.-Thurs. 8-1:30 am., Fri.-Sat. 8-11:30. Call 763- WALK or stop by 2333 Bursley. ECB Peer Writing Tutors available to help with your papers Sun.-Thurs., Angell/Haven Computing Center, 7- 11:00 p.m.; 611 Church Street Com- puting Center, Tue. and Thurs. 7-11:00 p.m., Wed. 8-10:00. p.m. U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Club. For info call 994-3620. Every Monday, CCRB, Small Gym, 8-9:00. U of M Tae Kwon Do Club. Every Monday, CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 7- 8:30. U of M Ninjitsu Club, Monday prac- tice. Call David Dow (668-7478) for info. I.M. Bldg., Wrestling Rm., 7- 9:00. Free Tax Preparation. Sponsored by VITA until April 15. Union, 3rd floor, 9-5. The Yawp literary magazine. Submissions accepted until 3/22 in the box at 1210 Angell. Winter Writer Series, weekly event. Guild House, 802 Monroe, 8:30. "Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise," meat-out movie. 35 Angell, 7 p.m. t~n After All Thes Yers.I" film. heavy casual NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Rebels claimed yesterday that government forces massacred thousands of people in napalm at- tacks that left the burned bodies of women and children strewn along a highway in Southern Iraq. State-run newspapers in Bagh- dad also reported horrific scenes of destruction in two southern cities, saying the bodies of hundreds of people killed by anti-government rioters were on the streets or stacked in hospitals. None of the claims by the rebels or the newspapers could be verified because Western journal- ists have not been allowed to cover the fighting. Baghdad Radio said Iraq's Na- tional Assembly would meet in a special session Wednesday. The agenda was not announced for the ties in revolt meeting of the rubber-stamp par- liament. The session was called one day after President Saddam Hussein promised political reforms once the rebellions are crushed. The radio also said Izzat Ibrahim, deputy chair of Iraq's rul- ing Revolutionary Command Council, met with army comman- ders in northern Tamim province. It referred to him for the first time as the deputy commander of the armed forces but did not indicate if that signaled changes in the com- mand of Iraq's army, which was crushed in the Persian Gulf War. On Saturday, in his first address since the Gulf War ended in an in- formal cease-fire, Saddam main- tained that his forces had crushed the Shiite Muslim revolt in the South and would soon defeat Kur- dish guerrillas in the North. Bad to the bone Lonsome George Thorogood jams hard to a raucus crowd at Hill Auditorium last night.J Found someone to SUBLET your house or apartment this summer? F' -mmmmm Don't stress, put an ad in SUMMER SUBLET SUPPLEMENT ThiS ANNUA SECTION Of ThE DAily iS THE fIRST PIACE I RECYCLING Continued from page 1 lack of student cooperation, he added. "A lot of time is spent jumping Some students say they are more aware of the solid waste cri- sis and more conscious of reducing waste in their everyday lives since attending the University. "I make a conscious effort to I