The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, January 15, 1991 - Page 3 Anti-war activism brews on campuses by Melissa Peerless Daily Higher Education Reporter As today's deadline for Saddam Hussein to pull out of Kuwait ap- proached with no sign of a gulf ci- resolution, many American col- e campuses were abuzz with stu- dent activism. Throughout the country, student groups, community organizations, and university faculty have been planning protests, rallies, and vigils to protest American military in- volvement in the Persian Gulf. More than 10,000 people turned out for a student-organized anti-war Sly yesterday at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. "It wasn't just students. It was also Vietnam vets. We had several speakers," said Lida Polezt, a re- porter for the Minnesota Daily. On the campus of Williams Col- lege in Williamstown, Maryland, a vigil sponsored by student and community groups began at 4 p.m. *terday. "We started at four because that's midnight in Saudi Arabia. The vigil will be going on all night. There has been a lot going on here," said Jeff Merritt of the Williams Record. Last night, Duke University's Student Activist Cooperative orga- nized a peace march, rally, and can- dlelight procession for an expected *wd of up to 3,000. It was our first rally since 14 people were arrested at our Die-In Dec. 7," said graduate student and Co-op member Tim Tyson. "We dressed like we were dead, put fake blood on our faces, and laid down in the street. We were taken in when we refused to move from the street." When the University of North Carolina's Daily Tarheel published 4esident Bush's letter concerning his Persian Gulf policy, "students made a banner about 50 yards long containing messages to Bush. Some were supportive; some were not," said Daily Tarheel reporter Nancy Wykle. Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held an anti-draft protest in the Wisconsin Union. * "It's been very active here in Madison," said Badger Herald re- porter Mike Schneider. "We had a se- ries of protests over the weekend. A Madison group, the Coalition to Save Ourselves, has done most of the organizing." But anti-war sentiment has not dominated all campuses. Student journalists at Georgetown Univer- *ry, Penn State University, Harvard University, University of Pennsyl- vania, and University of Virginia said because students are just return- ing from winter break or are in the middle of finals, there has not been much protest. Students at other universities are not protesting because they may not harbor strong feelings against Amer- n military involvement in the rsian Gulf. "Nothing anti-war is going on. Nobody cares here, this is the Uni- versity of Alabama," said Alabama Crimson White reporter Peter O'Connell. MSA to vote on resolution opposing war by Jay Garcia Daily MSA Reporter essary, Van Valey said. She a dded, Praying for peace As the Jan. 15 deadline for Iraq's withdrawl from Kuwait looms, Maria Moreno says a prayer for peace in the Mideast at St. John's Vianney College Seminary in Miami yesterday, where a 24-hour prayer vigil was in its seventh and final day. Joining her are her nephew Christopher Martinez (left) and her sons Michael (center) and David. LSA faculty drop 'foreign' from anguage require-ment by Sona Ivengar A resolution opposing a war in the Persian Gulf will be voted on at the Michigan Student Assembly's (MSA) first official meeting of the year tonight. The resolution, to be proposed by MSA President Jennifer Van Valey and Peace and Justice Commission Chair Paula Church, will endorse the plans for action set up by UM Stu- dents Against U.S. Intervention in the Gulf, the anti-war student coali- tion. The actions proposed in the stu- dent coalition's information leaflet include morning picket distribution and leafletting, a Diag rally and march through the campus and to the Federal Building, civil disobedience action, and an emergency meeting to discuss future actions on the day fol- lowing the first U.S. led military at- tacks. Van Valey is confident the reso- lution will pass but said it was diffi- cult to tell how the voting will go since many assembly members are new. "I hope people are informed enough to oppose a war," she said. Up until now MSA's involve- ment in the anti-war movement was essentially the work of the Peace and Justice Commission and various as- sembly members acting indepen- dently. The campus' anti-war movement started through the Peace and Justice Committee and still op- erates under its auspices, Church said. While making clear that she can- not speak for the assembly, Van Va- ley said she wants MSA to play an activist role against the war. "I hope we would be able to mobilize stu- dents" in the event of war through rallies, teach-ins, and strikes if nec- however, that there may be people on the assembly in favor of a war. MSA Medical School representa- tive Jonathan Uy said he would sup- port a resolution depending on its wording and noted the history of anti-war movements. 'I hope we would be able to mobilize students' -Jennifer Van Valey MSA President I, w t I4~ The LSA faculty voted yesterday that LSA students will no longer have to meet a "foreign language re- quirement." "What? No more foreign lan- guages? "You've got to be kidding. No more French at the MLB at 8 a.m.? "Break out the champagne!" Don't get so excited. The change is merely semantic. LSA students will now have to fulfill a "language requirement" rather than a "foreign language requirement." A four term proficiency in a lan- guage other than English will still be mandatory. Removing the word "foreign" was necessary because some lan- guages, such as Spanish and Ojibwa, are actually native languages of United States citizens, said Greek and Latin Prof. Ruth Scodel, chair of the Curriculum Committee. "There was an obvious inconsis- tency," Scodel said. The language must be related to a culture different from any native cultures of the United States to be called foreign, Scodel said. The issue of rewording first arose last October when the faculty dis- cussed whether American Sign Lan- guage was acceptable as a foreign language. Currently, American Sign is included as a foreign language. The words "additional" and "second" were considered as substi- tutes for "foreign" at the faculty's Dec. 3 meeting. At yesterday's meeting, English Prof. James Turner said the search for a word other than "foreign" is an attempt to describe the language re- quirement as accurately as possible. Turner said "language requirement" was the most common wording found in other universities' course catalogs. History Prof. Mills Thornton proposed an amendment to add the words "natural human" before the word "language" so computer pro- gramming languages would not be acceptable. Physics Prof. Larry Jones said he hoped people would be able to discriminate these languages from foreign languages. Thornton's amendment did not pass. Trisha Dvorak, director of the Language Lab, said this issue has come up because "foreign" had nega- tive connotations. "I wouldn't be surprised if it may be what's going on on campus right now... with the multiplicity of cultures and making people feel they're a part of the same community," Dvorak said. "You look at the 1960s and you see that the anti-war movements did a lot to raise public awareness of the war, bringing scrutiny to it," Uy said. Some, like Andrew Kanfer, chair , of MSA's.Budget Priorities Com- mittee, are uncertain about the as- sembly's support for the anti-war movement. There are MSA represen- tatives who are part of the anti-war movement, but it is an overgeneral-, W ization to say MSA is in support of it, Kanfer said. "Personally, I'm un-: decided as of right now. I do believe Saddam needs to be gotten rid of," Kanfer said. ', z, r Kanfer added, however, that peo- ple have been calling MSA to show their support of the movement and ask about future planned events. Both Church and Uy said they be- lieved a majority of the assembly would support the resolution. Ott~P A.' Political Science dept. forms harassment p by Purvi Shah Daily Women's Issues Reporter The Political Science department recently instituted a new sexual ha- rassment policy designed to reinforce official University policy, to give students general information on ha- rassment, and assist in locating sup- port services. The policy - adopted last De- cember - intends to remedy two problems perceived by the depart- ment: a lack of information concern- ing the topic of sexual harassment and a need to help students find emo- tional and legal counseling in ha- rassment cases. "We need to create an environ- ment where students can feel com- fortable complaining," Department Chair Arlene Saxonhouse said. After attending workshops and conducting a survey within the de-" partment concerning sexual harass- ment last fall, Political Science fac- ulty felt official University policy did not adequately handle these con- cerns. Saxonhouse said the policy at- tempts to remedy the lack of clarity. "It (the department's policy) has to deal with a whole host of issues... The University has to have a policy, where it is clear what the sanctions are and how records are maintained," she said. The Political Science Department unanimously approved the policy. Department members feel an envi- ronment free of sexual harassment is necessary to achieve their fundamen- tal mission - the discovery and dis- semination of knowledge. The policy applies to Political Science faculty, staff, and students. The new policy includes a defini- tion of sexual harassment, lists of counseling services and complaint procedures, and a set of official de- partment investigation procedures. The procedures also specify the responsibilities of the department chair and advisors, methods of pro- tecting the complainant, and publi- cizing the policy to students, fac- ulty, andstaff. Two graduate stu- dents and two faculty members will be chosen by the department chair to serve as department advisors and to monitor complaints. The policy does not carry any en- forcement power since that responsi- bility is left to the University, how- ever. "We can't adjudicate and inves- tigate problems. Some people feel that these are currently problems in the University policy," said second- year graduate student Leslyn Hall. Saxonhouse said she hoped to see similar policies concerning sexual harassment implemented within other departments. The reasoning behind the depart- ment's decision to institute the new Police find Rosebowl ring in Ohio pawn shop Cincinnati police recovered a Rosebowl ring which was discovered missing from the home of a University football player sometime between Dec. 18 and Dec. 24. --- I I i THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today All groups appear in the There will be We apologize Meeting who wish to have their weekly meetings List must resubmit their announcements. no automatic carry-overs from last term. for the inconvenience. Cincinnati police found the ring early last Friday afternoon in a pawn shop. They have a suspect in cus- tody in connection with the incident. Ann Arbor Detective Michael Schubring was unsure yesterday afternoon if anything else had been discovered missing from the house, but is continuing to investigate the incident. P:OLIC Man robs Shell mini-mart A man who appeared to be armed held up the Shell Station Mini-Mart at 2991 South State St. early Sunday morning. At about 1 a.m. Sunday, a sus- pect with his left hand in his jacket pocket walked into the service sta- tion, approached the clerk behind the counter and shouted, "Give me the money," according to police reports. The clerk opened the cash drawer and stepped aside. The suspect took $60 in ones and fives out of the drawer, and fled to his car parked on the north side of the building, police GET INVOLVED IN MSA said. The suspect then sped northbound down State St. The store manager tried to pursue the robber in his own car, but was unable to follow him, reports said. Partier reports he was kidnapped An Ann Arbor man told police that he was kidnapped and robbed after leaving a party on the 800 block of South State St. early Saturday morning. The suspect approached the man in a small silver car, and, wielding a handgun, demanded that he get in the vehicle, police said. The victim soon after passed out, and when he regained consciousness, the suspect demanded the man hand over his wallet. According to police reports, the man gave the suspect his wallet, which contained $40, and was then told to get out of the vehi- cle. Police have a suspect description and are continuing investigation of the incident. Park Ave. Deli reports robbery Ann Arbor police are looking for suspects in connection with the rob- bery of the Park Avenue Deli, 211 South State St. When the store manager opened the restaurant yesterday morning, he discovered the back door unlocked and the safe missing. A padlock which the owner said had been used to secure the back wire screen was found on a shelf in the restaurant's office, but the padlock key was missing. The safe contained more than $900 in cash, and nearly $80 in checks. Reports also said approxi- policy is not clear to everyone. To. clarify the issue, University Affirma tive Action Representative Deborah, Orlowski is meeting today with A Saxonhouse. "What motivated them to do this?" Orlowski asked. "Several of the things (in the policy) are the same things the University does. Ba- sically they just put it into one package." Hall, however, said a new policy was definitely needed, "Sexual ha- rassment was found to exist (in the survey)," Hall said. "That is unac- ceptable. If you went other places, you'd find similar results. It's a University-wide problem." mately $600 worth of compact discs had been stolen. Classic rock lover steals CDs Over $300 worth of compact discs were discovered stolen from an apartment on the 1100 block of Prospect St. early Sunday morning. Police said it appeared the suspect gained entry to the apartment -. through a shattered window adjacent to the stairwell leading to the base- ment apartment. The suspect removed the discs from their cases. The apartment owner said it seemed like the robber had been very selective in his choice of discs, choosing mostly classic rock selections, such as The Beatles,, The Who, Led Zepplin, and Bruce Springsteen. - by Tami Pollak Is laffeestunde, weekly German conversations. MLB third floor con- ference room, 4:30-6. Anthropology Club, weekly meeting. Dominick's, 7:00. Outing Club meeting to discuss upcoming trips. Union, Rm. 2209, 8:00. Society of Minority Engin- eering Students, topic will be "Academy Booster: Strategies for Success." Rm. 1500 EECS, 6:30- - - - - one block east of State St., 7:00. 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