Locals prepare for ,Earth Day, garade By Heather Miller w Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor residents Gene Darnell and Kevin Newman stand at a table covered with nature books, leafing through the pages. "I'm deciding between a cheetah and an electric eel," Darnell said. 1But Newman has already decided. f'I'm going to be a mudskipper," he d. "It's just the coolest thing. It can breathe on land or in water." .DarnellandNewmanaretwoofabout 15 people who participated in a mask- making workshop at the YMCA yester- day in preparation for the All-Species Parade. The parade is scheduled to be held April 21 in celebration of Earth Day, iwhich is April 22. Parade participants 4s in animal or plant costumes. "It's a parade where people dress up as their favorite species," said Lisa Yee, endangered species organizer for the National Wildlife Federation's Midwest branch. "(The parade) is a celebration of the diversity of life," she said. One of three mask-making workshops was held yesterday for people planning to participate in the parade. Supplies, i luding cardboard, feathers and col- d paper, were provided and partici- LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 18, 1996 - 5A Regents rename 2 schools to clarify roles, purposes MARGARET MYERS/Daily Trevor Mallett, 6, gets his face plastered In the shape of an eagle for the All-Species Parade at a costume-making workshop held at the Ann Arbor YMCA yesterday. pants were asked to give a $5 donation. A majority of the participants made plaster masks. After the face is covered with lotion and vaseline, plaster strips are placed across the face. In about 15 minutes, the plaster dries and the mask can be removed. At the workshop, 6-year-old Trevor Mallett waited while his parents cover his face in the plaster to form his eagle mask. "It feels a little wet," he said. Later, when his parents removed the mask, Trevor smiled. "That's cool," he said. Across the room, Newman covered Darnell's face in plaster as well. Darnell finally decided to create a viper fish. "It's indescribable," Darnell said of the feeling of plaster on his face. "I can't say it's like something else because I haven't had something like this before." But not everyone decided to make a mask from plaster. Five-year-old Noah Linsk decided to make an eagle because, "It's my favorite animal that there is. It can fly." But his mask will be constructed from, cardboard. "We're going to skip the plaster and make attachments like beaks and wings," said Ann Arbor resident Elena Takaki, while she cut a beak from a paper towel tube., "I'm going to make tail feathers too," Noah added. Two more workshops are scheduled to be held March 31 and April 14. Both workshops are scheduled to run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Two University schools have shed their former titles in an effort to move into the future. From now on, the School of Informa- tion and Library Studies will be known as the School of information. The School of Art will be called the School of Art and Design. The changes were approved at Friday's meeting of the University Board of Regents. Daniel Atkins, dean of the School of Information, said the name change signifies the ef- fort his school isu making to be- Ie w come more com- puter-oriented. Atkins said the s school will con- tinue to offer pro- undemlta grams that train students for li- technoI brary skills, while adding more tech- ogania no logy-based d programs. aspet & The School of M" I n form at io n' s new offerings in- School of Ir dlude human- computer interactions, digital publish- ing, organization and information sys- tems, and archives and records man- agement. "The new programs will create gradu- ates that will be hired by all sorts of companies," Atkins said. "We will be graduating students who understand both technological and organizational aspects." Allen Samuels, dean of the School of Art and Design, said it is important to draw a distinction between students working in fine arts and those preparing for a corporate setting. "Corporations don't want to work with artists as much as they want to who ind both gicaI and tional - Daniel Atkins nformation dean work with designers," Samuels said. He said the change of names is intended to draw "a respectful distinction" be- tween the school's disciplines. School of Art and Design junior and Michigan Student Assembly Rep. Ryan LaLonde said he supports the name changes. He said the only possible draw- back from the new name could be that "people might forget that design is still art." Provost J. Bernard Machen said the changes have been analyzed through- out the University. "This action has been thoroughly dis- cussed through- ill be out the academic community," Machen said. Samuels said only one faculty member resisted the renaming' on philosophical grounds. Atkins said some faculty members at the School of Infor- mation vjere con- cerned about the renaming, but that it was a Greek Week kicks off with male pageant By Christopher Wan Daily Staff Reporter A fish that jumped through a ring of fire and a d play of"solo synchrmnized swimming" were among 10 performances for the talent contest that thrilled the audience with hilarity. 'But in the end, as the judges tallied up the scores for all the contests, it was LSA sophomore Greg Roslund, of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, who bagged the Mr. Greek Week title with his tickling perfor- mance on the piano. The opening ceremonies ofthis year's Greek Week as well as the contest were held yesterday at the Power Center at 7 p.m. "Basically (Mr. Greek Week) is a talent competi- , like a spoof of Miss America," said LSA sopho- i re Kathy Wolters, who organized the event with her sorority Alpha Delta Pi. The evening commenced with the shirt-and-tie con- test where all 21 contestants from various fraternities paraded on stage in their best outfits. The next item featured the Michigan Dance Team, which dazzled the audience of about 750 with two fast and upbeat dances. The second round was the hero contest where each contestant imitated their favorite "hero." Personifica- tions of a wide variety of well-known characters included Hulk Hogan, Bruce Lee, RuPaul and even a Marilyn Monroe who sang "Happy Birthday" to a poster of John F. Kennedy. Following the intermission was a performance by The Friars, a University a capella group that delighted the audience with three songs, including one that allowed for audience participation. The talent contest narrowed the 10 finalists to five, and in the last round each of the five finalists had to dress up in homemade togas and answer an im- promptu question. The Mr. Greek Week contest was the first of the many Greek Week events that will take place through March 27 all over campus. "Greek Week is a 10-day multimedia extrava- ganza," said LSA senior Greta Grass, the chair of Greek Week. "It's 10 days full of crazy competition," Grass said. Among the activities planned throughout the week are the Jell-O jump, a hula-hoop contest and a pie- eating contest, she said. Many of the contests are sponsored by local businesses, and the festivities end with thousands of dollars in donations to charities. "Greek Week as a whole donates to five local and one national philanthropy," Grass said. All proceeds of the Mr. Greek Week contest will go to the Ronald McDonald House. unanimous deci- sion once it was understood that library studies will still be represented. President James Duderstadt said the School of Information's new name fits its changing curriculum. "This action is the result ofa recog- nition that unprecedented change in the use of information is reshaping personal activities, community and organizational practices, and national and global institutions," Duderstadt said. The national magazine U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the School of Information second in 'the nation. It has 300 post-graduate stu- dents. Presents: Filmmaker OLIVER STONE Hill Auditorium University of Michigan Wednesday, March 20, 1996 7:30 pm Sponsors: Greek Week LSA-Student Government Michigan Student Assembly U-M Program in Film & Video Studies BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC* BRIARWOOD MEGASTORE Nlichigan Thneaer ,ii !'C ',xI :ii .t am, ' t'ifdti;at6:?:::i:iUr'i;:::i ::77T.