ILOCAL/STAIrt The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 20, 1995 - 3A -international workshops on wrld cultue .heduled The University's International In- stitute is offering a series of work- shops that will concentrate on art, ,literature, music and theater around the world. The five workshops scheduled cover Africa (Nov. 18), South and Southeast Asia (Jan. 27), China and Japan (Feb1 10), the former Soviet Union and East- ern Europe (March 23), and the Middle East (April 20). The sessions are designed for teach. ers of grades 6-12, community college faculty, teachers-in-training, librariars and curriculum specialists. For mos information, call 764-0351. ViYsa to award scholarship for travel essay An essay writing contest awarding a $5,000 scholarship is being sponsored by Visa USA and applications will be accepted until Nov. 26. Contestants should address the ques- tion, "How does travel help to break through cultural barriers?" Students will be judged based on creativity, origiral- ity, and clarity of thought. To enter, visit the Loci home page (httpJ/www.loci.com) on the World' Wide Web and e-mail an essay inclbud- ing name, address, city, state, zip code, °e-mail address and phone number. Ei- ther cut and paste the document or at- tach the document, file to 'essay@loci.com. If contestants do not have access to the Internet, they can mail atypewritten essay to: Visa Scholarship Essay Con- test, P.O. Box 8013, Grand Rapids, MN 55745. The contest is open to students 18 years of age or older enrolled at two- or four-yearuniversities within the United States, or students who are offibially accepted as incoming students for the spr ng 1996 semester. Kidney Foundation wants used cars The National Kidney Foundation is sponsoring a program that allows indi- viduals to donate used cars or tracks to help Michigan residents who suffer from kidney disease. The process of donating a vehicle is free and donors will receive year-end tax deductions based on the value of their cars. The donated vehicles and all their fluids are recycled. For information, call 1-800-488- CARS (2277). The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan will send in- formation and make arrangenents to pick vehicles. Weather conditerns available by phone Free current weather information and forecasts are available by cilling the Weather Bureau at (313) 994-9000. Information on temperature, wind chill, wind speed and barometric pressure is updated every minute by their auto- mated system. This service will help outdborenthu- siasts and those students who are not sure how many sweaters to, wear this ": winter. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Kate-Glickman AIESEC hosts hoiday dinner By Heather Miller Daily Staff Reporter Nicole Bayrleithner and Nicola O'Hare carried a dish of gravy and set it amongst a table filled with turkey, cranberries and mashed potatoes. Bayrleithner arrived in the United States from Austria last April and is celebrating her first Thanksgiving. "It's something completely new," Bayrleithner said. "We wouldn't have the whole turkey as a dish (in Aus- tria)." About 30 members of the University's chapter of AIESEC - a French acronym for the Interna- tional Association of Students from Economics and Business - dined with 10 international interns last night at St. Andrew's Church to celebrate the American tradition of Thanksgiving. Through AIESEC, graduates from other countries travel to the United States to work in local businesses. Part of the program is to educate the interns about American culture. "(The dinner) is to educate them about the Thanksgiving tradition," said LSA junior Cindy White, a mem- ber of AIESEC. "A lot of people say we don't have a culture, but we do and I think that that's evident in the reception we're holding tonight," said Busi- ness junior and AIESEC member Tonya Fuhs. Mauricio Carvajal Trevino also is celebrating his first Thanksgiving. He arrived in the United States from Mexico last July. "(American culture) Panelists defend affirmative action at EMU forum V By Kate Glickman Daily Staff Reporter Members of the educational, busi- ness and legal communities spoke out in favor of affirmative action Saturday at Eastern Michigan University. More than 50 people attended a fo- rum sponsored by EMU affirmative action program Director Tamara Fackler Hendricks and U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor), who was unable to at- tend because of the budget crisis in Washington. Lester Monts, vice provost for aca- demic and multicultural affairs the Uni- versity of Michigan, warned against cutting affirmative action programs. "Today, that any university should abandon affirmative action is a denial of historic and social conditions that exist in the country," Monts said. "International studies, global stud- ies, and women and gender studies of- fer new ways to look at the world," Monts added. Monts touted the University's progress under President James J. Duderstadt and the Michigan Mandate, a program instated in 1988 in an effort to increase numbers of people of color at the University. "I attend a number of meetings deal- ing with these issues with other Big Ten schools and as I discuss and make com- parisons, University of Michigan stands very tall," Monts said. Seven years ago, 15 percent of the University student population was re- ported to be people of color, but today that number is 24 percent, Monts said. Barbara Palmer, corporate director of diversity at Henry Ford Health Sys- tems, spoke favorably about diversity in business. "Diversity cannotbe aprogram. Itcan- not sit as an island by itself," Palmer said. While Henry Ford Health Systems does not exercise affirmative action in a strict sense, the hospital supports it, Palmer said. She added that a diverse staff is good business for her company, because cusL tomers of all backgrounds can feel com- fortable with their health care providers. "Health care is competitive," Palmer said. "We want patients to feel we loop at them as individuals. We need to meet the needs of the ethnic community where we are located." While all three speakers supported affirmative action, University Law Prof. Terrance Sandalow spoke about the dim legal prospects facing affirmative ac- tion programs at businesses and univer- sities today. "What do we mean when we talk about affirmative action as a legal prob- lem?" Sandalow asked. Legal issues arise whenever an indi- vidual is given preferential treatment be- cause of their race or sex, Sandalow said. In general, when courts are called upon to examine issues, if any kind of racial discrimination occurs, whether its purposes are to subjugate, benefit or bring people to equality, courts will rule the discri mination unconstitutional, Sandalow said. "Some members of court have said the only objective one can have for racial discrimination that is compelling is remedying current discrimination in programs," Sandalow said. If the government were to abolish affirmative action programs at schools like the University Law School, Sandalow said he believes the presence of minorities would decline drastically. Nate Plerantoni, an LSA first-year student,E at St. Mary's Church yesterday. AIESEC sp has a strong influence in Mexico," Carvajal Trevino said. "I wanted to7 know the true American culture. "(Thanksgiving) is more important than Christmas," Carvajal Trevino; said, referring to his impressions of the holiday. Carvajal Trevino said he plans to travel to New York for Thanksgiving. O'Hare came to the United States from Ireland in 1992 as part of TONYA BROAD/Daily eats at the parish Thanksgiving dinner onsored a similar dinner last night. AIESEC's international internship program. For the past three years, O'Hare has spent Thanksgiving with friends. "It's a nice chance to see American family life," she said. O'Hare plans to travel to Montreal during the holiday. "It's fun to be part of the tradition, but I've done it the last three years," she said. "For us, it's two days off of work." Striking reporters launch Sunday paper; little violence near plants I- DETROIT (AP) - Leaders of the Detroit newspaper strike stressed competition over confrontation yes- terday, launching their own newspa- per while the usual early-Sunday pro- tests at Detroit Newspapers sites were relatively peaceful. "The focus this weekend is on the new paper, on our paper," said Al Young, president of Teamsters Local 2040. "We don't want one arrest. We don't want anything to take the focus away from our paper." The Detroit Sunday Journal pre- miered with 48 tabloid pages and eight sections, including local and state news, entertainment, business, food and sports. The 15 stories in the City-State sec- tion covered topics such as plans to have twice-a-day drawings for state lottery daily games and a look at the Michigan Educational Assessment Program test, up for review by the state Board of Education beginning today. There was no national or interna- tional news. The union strike headquarters re- ceived about 500 calls between 7 a.m. yesterday and mid-afternoon, said Becky Beach, acting as phone coordi- nator. The strike headquarters is also the Journal circulation phone center. "Virtually 90 percent of the calls are people wanting to know where to get the paper," she said. The Journal produced its planned press run of 300,000 papers, she said. Aside from 15,000 copies set aside for distribution later in the week, all were delivered to merchants, street-sell- ers, homes or institutions, she said. The Journal's price is 60 cents. The combined Sunday Detroit News and Free Press has a press run of about I million and sells for $1.50. About 300 demonstrators gath- ered about 3 a.m. yesterday out- side a Detroit Newspapers dis- tribution center in Harper Woods. Delivery trucks had al- ready left, police said. They were met by about 70 police officers. Union leaders began asking the demonstrators to leave at 4 a.m. Some shouted that they had a legal right to picket, but the last left by 4:20 a.m. No one was arrested or injured, although two tires on a van parked near the distribution center were punc- tured and an M-80 firecracker was set off, Lt. Dennis Krezenski said. One union leader warned the strik- ers that Detroit Newspapers would use any violence to justify pursuit of a court order further limiting picket activity. A court order already restricts picket activity at a Detroit Newspapers print- ing plant in Sterling Heights, where lot '4.- AP PHOTO Columbia Review INTENSI VE M CAT PEREPART IO1N CLAISSES NOW :::l:: FILLING! ENROL NOW1-800-300-PREP Nearly 300,000 copies of the first edition of the Sunday Journal, launched by striking Detroit newspaper workers, hit newsstands yesterday. Correction M The Women's Glee Club was reformed in 1976. This was incorrectly reported in Friday's Daily. K.University spokeswomanmJulie Peterson would not comment on what action the University would take if a student sent a lewd e-mail message. This was incorrectly stated in a headline in Friday's Daily. GROUP MEETINGS -U Burning Bush Canji 930-0621, Micli Watts Room, 1st F p.m. D Nlnjtsu Club, begirfie 761-8251, Intran Building, Room G-21, Q Shorn-Ryu KarateD and women, begirne 994-3620, CC R B3 7-8 p.m. What's happening in Ann Arbor today there was violence earlier in the strike. About 2,500 workers went on strike July 13 against the News, Free Press and Detroit Newspapers, which over- sees both papers' business and pro- duction operations. The two papers have continued to publish using re- placements, managers and employ- ees who have crossed the picket line. The unions' Detroit Sunday Jour- nal said about 2,000 striking workers are producing their paper. 1994 murders fell in Detroit rosein Fint DETROIT (AP) - Murders, robber- ies and burglaries -fell in the city last year, as the FBI reported a 1 percent decline in major crime nationwide. Murder rates fell in Grand Rapids and Lansing but rose in Flint. In Detroit, the number of murders dropped from 579 to 541, reducing its murder rate from 57 per 100,000 in 1993 to 55 last year. Grand Rapids had 23 murders, down from 33 in 1993. Lansing had 10, down from 14 the previous year. Flint's 58 murders addedup to 10more than 1993. Detroit Police Cmdr. 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