-I 4o~l'Ar The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 2, 1995 - 3 Duke students pressure pres. Last week, more than 50 students at Duke University, took turns sitting outsdePresidentNannerl O' Keohane's office to protest the dismissal of the Vice president/vice provost position re- sponsibleforminority affairs. Thepresi- dent said he planned to restructure the vice presidential post into an executive position. Student and faculty protesters voiced concerns that eliminating the post would diminish the importance .1 e university placed on minority is- ues. Unlike a vice presidential post, an executive position does not have a direct line of communication with the president. "It's a symbolic issue. The posi- tion needed to be refigured, and the broad focus of the office needed to be dipninished. But the title of vice presi- denicy need to be retained," said John E Burness, senior vice president for &ublic affairs. O'Keohane said the vice presi- dential post, which was vacated by Leonard Beckam, was too broad in its. mission and that minority issues in this instance employment - were not being dealt with suffi- ciently. The reconfiguration of the office was meant to strengthen, not eliminate, minority relations' sources say. * O'Keohane publicly apologized and decided that a vice presidential position needed to be retained. Duke will now have a vice president for minority employment. Atty. General sues Jordan College over fvorkers' wages State Attorney General Frank Kelley filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Jordan College in Cedar Springs, claiming it owes employees $133,824 in back pay and interest. Forty-eight employees filed com- plaints with the state Department of Labor, which investigated the matter and found the college was respon- sible for the wages, The Associated Press reported. The institution admit- ted it owes about 150 employees wages. "We do owe them and they are a priority," Lexie K. Coon, Jordan Col- lege president, told AP. Coxon added, though, that the col- lege does not have the money to pay &he employees. The only way to come up with the money is to sell the col- lege, he said. University officials have indicated they want to sell the college within the next 60 days. Classes are still in session at the Cedar Spings and De- troit campuses. In January, classes ended at the college's Grand Rapids and Flint campuses. The suit seeks $127,291 in back pay *and $6, 533 in interest, AP reported. Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Kelly Feeney Doctoral student lands $20K research fellowship By Megan Schimpf Daily Staff Reporter Saving corporations money has earned Lil Mills some of her own. Mills, an accounting doctoral student in the Business School, was named one of 10 recipi- ents nationally of the Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting Awards, given by the Deloitte and Touche Foundation last month. Mills will receive $20,000 over two years to further her research in public finance and tax policy. "I feel excited to know that my faculty have confidence in me and look forward to my research having a great impact in the future," she said. "This award is considered a real feather in one's cap," said Victor Bernard, a University accounting professor and a member of the selec- tion committee. "When the Ph.D. student is apply- ing for jobs, it helps to have this in one's resume." Mills' research involves corporate tax com- pliance costs, which are incidental expenses such as planning, research, bookkeeping and litigation incurred when filing a tax return. "They are the costs of determining what is the right amount of tax to pay and the keeping the proper records for collection agencies such as the IRS," Mills said. Mills deals exclusively with corporations, not individuals. "I'm trying to find out the extent that firms are successful at saving tax costs by spending on tax planning," she said. Any university accounting program nation- wide can nominate one person for the award. "Part of what weighs beyond academic cre- dentials is the relevance of the research to ac- counting practitioners," she said. "Both my prior work experience and research strengthened my application beyond my academic credentials." Mills, a certified public accountant, worked for Deloitte and Touche for one year and Price,. Waterhouse for eight years. She taught for two years at the University of Detroit-Mercy and in the continuing education program at Price Waterhouse. All of these credentials helped Mills win the fellowship, Bernard said. The committee looked at work experience, teaching ability, and, most of all, the research. "Her research proposal was considered quite impressive," Bernard said. "She had more sig- nificant work experience than almost any other applicant nationwide. She had already taught as a faculty member, so she had documented teach- ing experience, and she got excellent recom- mendations." Mills, who holds an undergraduate degree and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Florida. began in the doctoral program at the University of Michigan in Sep- tember 1992 and expects to finish her degree in summer 1996. She hopes to begin in a univer- sity faculty position in September of that year. The fellowship will help her byI freeing up some time from her position as a research assistant to complete her own research. "It puts the Ph.D. student in a situation where they're working on the dissertation full- time instead of being in a part-time teaching position," Bernard said. "Hopefully, it will al- low for a better dissertation." - 'I , f ;> i. :r. .5 7 i i Faculty hail 1st new handbook since '78 edition : t. i s { w f, < >:£ .r --_.. __. __....AP PHOTO cha-ching Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Paul Laurin looks at part of a seizure of $16 million of counterfeit bills. Former Nat'l Science Foundation, director criticizes research funding book as a refer- ence for infor- mation and re- sources con- cerning Univer- sity policies. "In the handbook, it is all pulled to- gether in one spot," Dawson said. The hand- book includes procedural and general informa- tion about tenure, if it is not out-of- date today, then (it) will be out-of date soon" - Jean Loup chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs Biology Prof. Thomas Moore, a Senate Assem- bly member, said he was con- cerned that fac- ulty were not in- volved in the de- velopment of the book. '1 am a little bit disappointed that there. wasn't a more identifiable faculty group from the Senate By Michelle Lee Thompson Daily Staff Reporter A former director of the National Science Foundation said higher edu- cation has suffered at the hands of research spending as part of a lecture series on national research policy yes- terday. Erich Bloch, who headed NSF from 1984 until 1990, told an audience of about 80 students, professors and ad- ministrators that research funding com- promises the educational quality of many public universities and cannot continue to increase at current levels due to budget-balancing efforts. "It is neglect of education in favor of research, and I know this is a touchy subject here," Bloch said with cau- tion yesterday afternoon in Rackham Amphitheatre. Bloch is the distinguished fellow of the Council on Competitiveness. In 1985, he received the National Medal of Technology for his work developing the IBM/360 computer. University Vice President for Re- search HomerA. Neal introduced Bloch, the third speaker in the Distinguished Lecture Series on National Research Policy. Neal emphasized the impor- tance of the federal government as a facilitator between universities and in- dustry and the transfer of research and technology to the private sector. Bloch said some proposals before Congress aimed at balancing the federal budget cut defense, agriculture and dis- cretionary spending while increasing research funding. "This does not support the accusation of neglect that we hear from so many researchers," he said. A proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution could be voted on today by the Senate. "Over the next two or three years, $500 billion would have to come out of the federal budget if the promise of balancing the budget is to be ful- filled," Bloch said, asserting that Con- gress would not be able to accomplish this. "I wish I had something encour- aging to say but I don't." Bloch also criticized the "slash- and-burn mentality and ideology" of members of Congress, nearly half of whom have occupied congressional seats for less than three years. "Whatever we have built up over the years has been decimated," Bloch said. "A lot of the members don't understand science and a lot of them don't want to." Some students who attended the lec- ture were surprised by its content. The lecture was titled "Technology Policy in the New Congress," but focused on fi- nancial aspects of technology. "I thought they were going to dis- cuss technology and responsibility - with any technological development the issue of responsibility has to be discussed," said Business senior Andy Rojeski. "I wanted to find out about what they were researching, not what they were spending," said Engineering jun- ior Ken Grayson. appointments, promotion, policies re- garding working conditions and vari- ous other academic policies. Faculty members can also look up information about benefits and ser- vices, policies governing teaching and research, and compensation. "I am sure faculty will use it to point out to deans and department chairs that they are wrong," said Jean Loup, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. "And vice versa." The handbook was primarily de- veloped by the Office of Academic Human Resources and applies to both instructional and primary faculty in- cluding research scientists, archivists, curators and librarians. Loup said that although the new handbook is an improvement over the previous one, there will always be dif- ficulties keeping information current. Assembly asked to review this edition," he said. Another possible problem Loup mentioned lies in the interpretation of some items in the book. "Many things in here are subject to interpretation but it is at least a place to start and then you can negotiate what it means," she said. Loup said although there may be some differences of opinion, faculty do consult the handbook. "Every now and then, I have referred to it for justification of something that was happening. It is something you also refer to for specific documents," Loup said. The book was published in De- cember and was delivered .Feb. 9. Dawson said the publishing delay since the last edition was due to changes in personnel in the offices responsible for getting the handbook out. Russian reporter headhnes brown-bag lunch the manwdIriu, SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Proudly presents (Chef Xing VW.ILin froin\Aard1XWinning Xi-lung Seafood Restaurant,( hinatosn, New York -To servexouithe best' 625 Briarwood Circle r ontly Special 5% OFf f% (Near Briarwood Mall) /4 er B DINNERETTHE Ann Abor 1 1/4lb. 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Danilochkin was a reporter and editor for the Novosti Information Agency from 1987-91 and served as an international news editor and mem- ber of the editorial board for the na- tional weekly Rossiya from 1991-94. Working from Rossiya's offices in the Russian White House in Mos- cow, journalists of that era had a unique vantage point from which to What's GROUP MEETINGS, t Bible Study and Fellowship, spon- sored by ICM, 763-1664, Baits II, Coman Lounge, 6-8 p.m. 0 Eye of the Spiral, informal meeting, 747-6930, Guild House Campus Ministry, 802 Monroe, 8 p.m. U Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 764-5702, Dana Building, Room 1040, 7 p.m. 0 WOLV Channel 70 Programming: Wolverine Wrap-Up, 7-7:30 p.m.; S and M, 7:30-8 p.m. and 8:30-9 shappening In Ann Arbor today Q "Democratic and Republican Fas- seling phone line, 7 p.m.-8 a.m. cism," sponsored by Ann Arbor Q ECB Peer Tutorial, Angell Hall Com- Libertarian League, Michigan puting Site, 747-4526, 7-11 p.m., Union, Kuenzel Room, 7:30 p.m. Mary Markley, 7-10 p.m. Q "Health Insurance for Interna- Q Campus Information Center, Michi- tional Students," sponsored by gan Union, 763-INFO; events info International Center, International 76-EVENT or UM*Events on Center, Room 7, 2 p.m. GOpherBLUE J "Living Lightly Program," sponsored J North Campus Information Center, by ENACT, Stockwell, Conference North Campus Commons, 763- Rooms 1-3, 7 p.m. NCIC, 7:30 a.m.-5:50 p.m. u "Medical School Info Fair," spon- Q Northwalk, 763-WALK, Bursley Hall, sored by Career Planning and Place- 8-11:30 p.m. ment Michian Union. 10 am.-2 Q PcvrhnInogv AcadAmic Peer Advis- observe the growing factionalization in the Russian government, Danilochkin said. He added that events in Chechnya "only sped up this process, and brought those factions further apart from each other." Danilochkin said the war in Chechnya will have dire consequences for the status of the Russian Federa- tion. "This is the first major wound to democracy in Russia because the gov- ernment showed that it still considers military means as a way of solving political conflicts in society," he said He added that by intervening in Chechnya, Yeltsin "dismantled the remaining bridges of democracy in Russian society." Danilochkin gave three possible explanations for Russia's military in- tervention in Chechnya. First, he said Yeltsin was "trying to mobilize people for future reforms which have been slowing for a while and which have now come to an end." Danilochkin also called Chechnya a "major contributing nation to the shadow economy." 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