41 LocAoLlSimlrt The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 11, 1995 -A Area schools need volunteer mentors The Ann Arbor Public School District's middle schools are in need of volunteers to provide one-on-one posi- tive interaction with students. The schools have established mentorship programs in place to help students work on self-esteem, educa- tional and family issues, and have seen success in preventing drop-outs and raising academic achievement. Volunteers meet once a week with children at the schools and work in teacher-supervised programs. The four middle schools currently seeking volunteers are: Scarlett Middle School- The pro- gram runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4 p.m. (994-2001). Slauson Middle School - Vol- unteers are needed for longer-term re- lationships. They meet from 3-4 p.m. any day of the week (994-2007, ext. 420). Clague Middle School - This school's program runs from 3-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays (994-1980). Tappan Middle School - Tappan's mentors focus on increasing self-esteem. Mentors and students meet from 3-4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (994-2016). Art museum offers tour of finest treasures The University's Museum of Art has organized a tour of its finest treasures designed for children and adults of all ages. Titled "Places to Go and People to See!," the self-guided adventure makes five stops where participants are asked to draw, count, find, circle, describe and look closely. The tour aims to provide visitors with an introduction to the many items of the museum's permanent collec- tion. The tours are free, as is admission to the museum. Guides can be picked up at the information desk. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Michigan radio to present special series on children Ina continuation of Michigan Radio's award-winning coverage of children's issues, WUOM, 91.7 FM, has produced a new 10-part series. "The Generation Gap: How Should we Treat Our Kids?" will run Sept. 11-15 and 18-22 at 12:30 p.m. The shows include interviews with politicians, historians, educators, as well as parents and children, in an effort to help shed light on the subject of grow- ing up in the '90s. Fulbright applications due next week Students interested in applying for a Fulbright scholarship have until Sept. 22 to turn in their application. The scholarships are designed to help students with graduate study, particu- larly international travel and research. Students who are not well-traveled are generally the best candidates, said spokesman Jeff Voris. There will be an informational meet- ing today in 361 Lorch Hall from 9-11 a.m. SAFE house hosts new support group SAFE house has a new drop-in sup- port group for women of color who are survivors of domestic violence. The group will meet every Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 4100 Clark. The support group is free and open to any women of color. -Compiled by Daily News Editor Andrew Taylor. Rain delay pushes FestiFall to Wednesday By Scot Woods Daily News Editor For the second time in three years, inclement weather has postponed FestiFall, the annual stu- dent group recruitment bazaar. The event has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Cold weather and rain that continued into mid- morning Friday interfered with set-up and forced organizers to postpone the event. Coordinator Tamira Goodstein, of the Office of Student Activities and Leadership, said she also was concerned that colder weather, even without rain, would cut into student turnout. "We try to make the best decision for the most number of people, and we understand that there is come inconvenience for people who have their mass meeting scheduled for the days right after FestiFall," she said. But Goodstein noted that the decision to cancel had to be made by 8 a.m. so that the various groups involved could be notified. About 260 student groups were expected to participate in FestiFall. The postponement did interfere with the plans of some organizations. RC senior Sara Pasky, an orga- nizer for U-M Children's Theater, said her group has been advertising tonight's auditions and cannot postpone them to accommodate FestiFall. "We made up fliers and we made a little display with photos," she said. "It would be unfair to have people audition (tonight) and tell them to wait until after a second audition to hear if they made it into the group." Both the men's and women's Glee Clubs held mass meetings this weekend, and will not see any benefits from FestiFall for at least a term. Men's Glee Club President David Chute, Engineering senior, said that if his group has a table at Wednesday's FestiFall, "the result will be ash'eet with guys' names on it for winter term." Chute said the Glee Club was encouraged by the prospect of having FestiFall before their mass meeting for the first time in years, and had been expecting as many as 100 interested men. "It's frustrating," he admitted. The Men's Glee Club spent between $50 and $100 for publicity materials, which will now go unused. "There are a number of groups whose publicity is just going to be recycled," Chute said. Speakers in Detroit- urge crowd to act against violence MICHAEL FILIUGI/D81y A Snapple a day.. University students picked up free Snapple in the Diag on Friday during a promotion for the company. Kathy Radthke (far right) of Sliverback Creative Corp. said 2,400 bottles were distributed in less than two hours. DETROIT (AP)-- People can't turn their backs to violence and hope it goes away. They must stand up and confront it and make it go away, speakers at an anti-violence march and rally said yes- terday. "Don't think you've solved something just by standinghere today," Clementine Barfield Chism, founder of the antivio- lence Saves Our Sons and Daughters, told about 1,000 people gathered for the rally. "We have to change what's inside our hearts. We need to change ourselves and start espousing peace. "Everybody has a responsibility. This is not something that's just going to go away. We have to heal the city of Detroit." It was a theme repeated over and over by speakers. "It's our responsibility to teach one another, to protect one another, to love one another," Wayne County Commis- sion Chairman Ricardo Solomon said. "If we don't take care of ourselves, no one will." The rally was prompted by the Aug. 19 death of Deletha Word, who jumped from the Belle Isle bridge after a beat- ing over a minor traffic accident. Her body was found several hours later. "I've been wondering and searching, trying to find an answer to understand why this had to happen," a tearful Dortha Word, Deletha's mother, told the crowd. "I can't find an answer. Why someone would want to do something so heinous to someone who would not hurt anyone." It is that question that led city and religious leaders to hold yesterday's march across the bridge from which Delethajumped and to hold the rally on Belle Isle. Nearly everyone who attended wore buttons that said "Real Detroiters Take Action" or "Real Detroiters Respect Life." Many carried purple balloons that read "Silence the Violence." The Rev. Ronald L. Griffin, pyesi- dent of the Detroit Urban League; said the key to ending violence is giving youths hope, love and jobs and to no longer tolerate violence. "If we say enough is enough and take our city back block by block, then and only then will we have a true renais- sance," Griffin said. Some of the speakers criticized the media as well, saying they continue to smear Detroit's reputation for incor- rectly reporting that people cheered for Deletha Word tojump that night and for not adequately reporting about the two men who jumped in to try to rescue her: The men, Orlando Brown and Lawrence Walker, were recognized yesterday for their attempt. They were hugged by Dortha Word and presented certificates by Mayor Dennis Archer; who said they were more representative of those who live in Detroit. "We have 1.27 million people who live in Detroit, and the overwhelming number of them are law abiding citi- zens," Archer said. "We are religious. We are respectful of women and we as men and women are respectful of our children.... "It's important forus to wrap ourarms around our children. It's important-to teach them values. It's important to teach them to respect each other," he said. Delivery tmucks leave plant but unions call blockade a success, STERLING HEIGHTS (AP) - In a Labor Day weekend show of strength, some 3,000 striking Detroit newspaper workers and supporters blockaded a printing plant, delaying delivery trucks for more than 12 hours. Union leaders claimed a significant victory yesterday in the bitter strike that has dragged on for more than seven weeks. Management condemned the protest and rushedto deliveryesterday's combined editions ofThe Detroit News and Free Press. "This has to be considered a com- plete victory," said Al Derey, chairman of the Metropolitan Council of News- paper Unions. After the numberofpickets dwindled to about 50 by about 8:30 a.m., police cleared a way for more than 50 large delivery trucks to pull out of the plant as the remaining demonstrators shouted angry slogans. Trucks normally begin leaving the suburban plant by 8 p.m. on Saturday. "I feel great," said striker Robert Glaeser of Roseville, a dispatcher at the plant for 12 years. "They didn't have a truck move from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. Do you know how much it cost them? "Yeah, we did a good job." Frank Vega, president and chief ex- ecutive officer of Detroit Newspapers, characterized the protest as "mob rule and lawlessness." "We are outraged that the unions have encouraged their members to vio- late the law by not allowing us access to our facility," Vega said. Detroit Newspapers handles business and printing operations under a joint operating agreement for Knight-Ridder Inc.'s Free Press and The Detroit News, owned by the Gannett Co. Inc. Before the strike, the two papers published separately during the week and a com- bined edition on weekends; since the walkout, a combined edition has been published all week. The strike began July 13 when six unions representing about 2,500 work- ers walked off their jobs, mostly over wages and work rules. Union members had been working without contracts since their previous agreements were allowed to lapse on July 2. The contracts had been extended day to day since they expired April 30. During contract talks, management sought significant cuts in production and delivery work forces and putting pay increases for newsroom employees largely on the basis of merit. Union members balked, saying it was time for them to get paybacks after years of concessions made when the newspapers, now profitable, were los- ing money in the early 1990s. Management of Detroit Newspapers issued a statement Sunday apologizing to readers and advertisers for the delay in deliveries. "We printed just over a million cop- ies," Detroit Newspapers spokeswoman Teresa Lucido said. Average pre-strike circulation of the two newspapers' -combined Sunday edition was 1.1 million. The newspapers' joint strike edition is being produced and distributed by managers, about 1,100 replacement workers and strikers who have crossed picket lines. There was no immediate indication if advertisers would be forgiving of the late delivery to potential Sunday shop- pers. Some companies had pulled ads at the start of the strike but later resumed advertising. "I wouldn't expect there to be much negative feedback because we are go- ing to be successful at getting the pa- pers out today," said Detroit Newspa- pers Vice President Susie Ellwood. After the union show of force began on Saturday, police tried just before 5 p.m. to force pickets back from the main gate. One officer's face shield was hit by a brick and another officer was hit with a stick, Police Chief Tho- mas Derocha said. Neither was injured. At one point, police used pepper gas to quell some of the demonstrators. Derocha said he would not risk offic- ers' safety to clear the way for the trucks. 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