The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 4, 1995 - 3 LOtAI41STMS Douglas Unger to read at Rackham J-alamazoo pres. plans to resign Kalamazoo College President Lawrence D. Bryan announced on Fri- day that he plans to resign after the completion of the 1995-96 academic year. Bryan felt that the agenda he had set forth when he assumed the presi- dency on Sept. 1, 1990 was nearing completion. He has timed his last day to coincide with the completion of the changes planned for this academic year. The changes include a new calendar and a revised curriculum. Initiatives are also underway for more fund raising, new student recruitment and improvements in student retention. Bryan has also worked to make Kalamazoo College more affordable for future students. The increase in tuition and fees for this academic year was the lowest at the school in 20 years. Kalamazoo College leads the nation in the percentage of its students who study abroad during their college years and also ranks 13th nationally in the percentage of graduates who go on to earn doctoral degrees in all fields of satudy. Sex terms confusing to Ole Miss students A survey conducted by the Student Health Center at the University of Mis- sissippi found that many students do not have a clear definition of the words abstinence and monogamy. Six percent of the students surveyed responded that you can have vaginal intercourse and still be considered ab- stinent. Ten percent of the students an- swered that anal intercourse could be practiced by abstinent couples. Ninety-two percent responded that engaging in dry kissing does not mean that you are not abstinent and 92 per- cent also responded that phone sex could be practiced while being absti- nent. One-fourth of the students surveyed answeredthatshoweringtogethermeant that you were not abstinent, while 10 percent saidthathaving sexualthoughts about another person also means that you are not abstinent. The survey found that students have widedefinitionsofthe wordmonogamy. Some thought that monogamy is hav- ing sex with the same person for six months, while others thought it just meant having sex with only one person in the same night. The World Health Organization defines monogamy as having sex with the same partner for 10 years. A recent study reported that the Uni- versity of Mississippi has 2 1/2 times the national average of genital warts cases. The national average is reported at 8 percent but the average at the uni- versity is 20 percent. Vanderbilt police crack down on reckless bikers Police at Vanderbilt University be- gan issuing citations to reckless bicy- clists Monday. Bicyclists who endan- ger pedestrians by riding too fast on campus paths will be fined $20 for operating bicycles in an unsafe man- ner. Thenew enforcement is in response totheincreasingnumberofcomplaints thepolice departmenthasreceived from students claiming to have had near- collisions with careless bikers around campus. All uniformed officers will be on the lookoutforspeeding bikers,thoughthey will not pursue the rushing student. The officers are being advised not to place anyone else in danger by pursuing the cyclist. Instead they will be followed and identified when they stop. - Compiled by Daily Staff' Reporter Lisa Poris By Heather Miller For the Daily Acclaimed fiction writer Douglas Unger will be reading from his latest novel, "Voices from Silence," tomor- row at 5 p.m. in Rackham Amphithe- ater. Unger's reading is part of a yearlong series of visiting writers presented by the department of English and Borders Books and Music. Unger's novel chronicles a family dealing with government oppression and abuse in Argentina. Unger is cur- rently on a mini book tour and asked if he could speak at the University. English Prof. Nicholas Delbanco said he is pleased Unger will be speaking. "I've known (Unger's) work for many years now. ... I've been impressed by his ambition and execution," Delbanco said. Delbanco added that Ungerhas "a voice of consequence." Alsopartoftheseriesis James Landis, who is scheduled to read his fiction Nov. 9. Landis was originally apublisher and editor, and behas been to the Univer- sity before to speak on those topics. However, Landis saidhe is now "ex- clusively a writer." "The times I've been (at the Univer- sity) I've loved it," Landis said. "I was so happy. (Delbanco) didn't have to persuade me to come." Landis will be reading fromhisnovel, "Lying in Bed," which was published in June by Algonquin Books. Visiting authors aregenerallyselected on rotation by instructors inthe Masters of Fine Arts Program in an attempt to obtain a variety of voices, said Holly Spaulding, who works in the English department's Hopwood Room. Delbanco selected the fiction writers for this semester. Occasionally,writers areselected for the series through the suggestion of Borders. KazuoIshiguro,authorof"Re- mainsoftheDay"whowillbespeaking Saturday, and T. Coraghessan Boyle, author of"The Road to Wellville" who will be speaking Oct. 26, are currently on book tours. Both authors were on the calendar to read at Borders, but the book store de- cided "to put them into campus venues to make them available to a wider audi- ence," said Dallas Moore, community relations coordinator for Borders. The English department has been pre- senting the series for 10 years. Borders began to co-sponsor the series five years ago when the University was no longer able to provide funding. "We thought it w atnimportantseriesfortheUniversity and the community," Moore said. Spaulding said the series is primarily a resource for students. "It's an oppor- tunity (for students) to see writers who have their writings published,"shesaid. The readings are free and open to the public. A complete list of the authors scheduled to read can be obtained from the English department's undergradu- ate office. Code workgroup to present re sults today Dy Amy Klein Daily Staff Reporter Armed with feedback and student input, the workgroup making recom- mendations on the University's code of non-academic conduct will submit its final ideas to the Office of Student Affairs today. The workgroup's recommendations were originally due Sept. 27, but were postponed after the University Board of Regents decided to delay the vote on the new policy for one month. Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford will take the pro- posed code to the board in November. The workgroup wascreatedinresponse to the University Board of Regents' requestthatHartfordrewriteaclearand concise policy on non-academic con- duct, using student input. Emi Nakazato, a workgroup mem- ber, said the extra week was used for gathering additional feedback from pro- fessionals nationwide. "We were given a little bit of lee- way because ofthe change,"Nakazato said. "We have only gotten back one- third of our feedback forms, so this was just spent integrating that infor- mation." In the past month, the workgroup has been holding focus groups and collect- ing student input through feedback boxes aroundcampus andaWorld Wide Web page. "Our focus groups and individual interviews have given us much more substantive information to work with," Nakazato said. But not all the feedback has been constructive.0 "Ithasbeen frustratinginsome ways. Some of the comments we get aren't helpful because they're antagonistic," Nakazato said. Detroit Newspapers van hits, injures two strikers Who's that masked man? An unidentified man roams the hallways of Angell Hall yesterday, continually speaking to himself. Recent 'TU' gnduate enjoys Teach for Aerica proga By Katie Wang make an impact right out of college. For the Daily "You are responsible for thecstudents as soon as you enter that When Shana Lee grows up, she plans on a career in classroom," he said. "We believe all children deserve equal journalism. Lee, a senior at an inner-city high school in access to an excellent education. We want to show them that Baltimore, is now in pursuit of her dream with the help of they have a lot of potential, which is why we feel that it is Shreerekha Pillai, a recent University graduate now involved important to bring in teachers from all educational andculturs with the Teach for America program. backgrounds." Teach for America, dubbed the "National Peace Corps of Lee said that students started coming to school more often Education,"was founded by 1989 Princeton graduate Wendy because Pilai's class interested them. Kopp. The program recruits recent college graduates who "Ms. Pillai covered topics that other teachers were prob- commit to teach for at least two years in an under-resourced ably scared to talk about. She knew a lot about African area to help offset staff shortages caused by budget cuts. American issues," Lee said. "Teach for America is beneficial to the public school Pillai said she liked the fact that the program gave her the system. It recruits people with lots of energy," Pillai said. freedom to teach in experimental ways to which students It was Pillai'sjournalism class, Lee said, that inspired her were very receptive. to become a journalist. After two years, about 60 percent of the corps members "Ms. Pillai brought out your creative skills," she said. "I continue to pursue a career in the education field. Pillai said haven't had a teacherlike that in my whole life-time. Shewas she plans on entering graduate school after she has fulfilled, so open, she encourages you to go to school," her two-year commitment. Under the supervision of Pillai, Lee and her journalism "Teaching has been a very positive experience," she said. "I class published the first newspaper that the school has seen will be leaving (the program) with more than I ever gave, buti in 25 years. want to go back to being a student before I become a teacher." Danny Morris, Teach for America's Eastern regional di- RecruitersfromTeach forAmericawillbevisitingtheUniversity' rector, said the program offers graduates the opportunity to on Oct.30 and 31. Does waiting in line bug you? - We have all the services to get you in and out FAST! " Automated machines that collate and staple " Report binding while you watreor Canon Color ea in minutes binding " Overheads before class begins.\ cpe Ship UPS with us. SquMAITS my I Fil IWONLLBMICHIGAN 0T-ISHIETS, I ITSHIRTS, ADOOTONETSE DETROIT (AP) -Detroit Newspa- pers defended its driver yesterday after police reported two picketswere struck and injured by a company delivery van outside a newspaper distribution cen- ter. Picket James Mikonczyk of Detroit was in fair condition at Henry Ford Hospital, where he was being treated for a broken leg and broken arm, hospi- tal spokeswoman Kelly Brady said. His injuries were among the most serious reported so far in the 12-week strike against The Detroit News, De- troit Free Press and their joint business, production and distribution arm, De- troit Newspapers. The other picket, John Evans of De- troit, was treated at Detroit Receiving Hospital for neck pain and released, hospital spokeswoman Sharon Jordan said. Police said he was charged with felony assault, as were three otherpick- ets, all accused of throwing rocks at security guards. The delivery van driver, whose name was withheld, returned to the center 15 to20 minutes after themen were struck. He was arrested and charged with felo- nious assault with a motor vehicle, po- lice spokesman John Leavens said. Detroit Newspapers suggested in a statementthatthepicketsweretoblame for being in the way. "We have said over and over again since the strike started that the practices usedbythepicketersare,inmanycases, illegal and likely to have disastrous results. This injury is truly unfortu- nate," the company said. A union spokesman said the newspa- pers' strike strategy was what was to blame for the injuries. "It is sad that the attempts to deliver the newspaper at nearly all costs have reached this state of affairs, where an employee is injured andhospitalized as a result of an allegedly felonious as- sault," said Joe Swickard of The News- paper Guild of Detroit Local 22. GRouP MuTINGS O Haiti Solidarity Group, 971-8582, First United Methodist Church, 120 S. 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