LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 11, 1997 -5A
INAUGURAL
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going to be a University inauguration,
not a Bollinger inauguration," said
Regent Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann
Arbor). "So, the emphasis would be on
the University of Michigan and not on
the individual."
Michigan Student Assembly
President Michael Nagrant said he
appreciates Bollinger's effort to make
eevent student-oriented.
'I think it demonstrates his commit-
ment to intellectual character and intel-
lertual diversity" Nagrant said. "By
including all parts of the University ...
he is bringing in voices that may not
have been traditionally heard in the
past."
Following the morning run, the day-
long event will include the installation
ceremony at Hill Auditorium, a campus
procession, an outdoor reception and a
mposium celebrating the Year of
umanities and Arts.
McGowan said she is pleased by the
attention given to YoHA.
"I was particularly touched that they
selected to have a substantial amount of
the afternoon devoted to the Year of
Humanities and the Arts," McGowan
said. "I think it's a spectacular state-
ment."
History Prof. Nicholas Steneck, who
teaches a class on the University's his-
tory, said Bollinger's inauguration will
be similar to Duderstadt's.
"I participated in Duderstadt's inau-
guration and I think it was very similar
to how this one will be, with the
parades and the pomp;" Steneck said.
Steneck said the sense of unity that
typically surrounds a president's inau-
guration brings together many different
groups at the University.
"It is a time when you join your com-
munity together," Steneck said.
"Sometimes it's a chance for higher
education to celebrate. Bringing in
speakers makes it a real national event.
The last few (at the University) have
been important events, but not major
intellectual events."
School of Music Dean Paul Boylan, a
member of the inauguration planning
committee, said it is important that the
president received input from every
group involved, including students and
faculty members.
"I think it is important that all con-
stituents are represented," Boylan said.
"I personally think it's a time to kind of
pause and reflect about the rich heritage
of the University. It is also a time to
look forward to.
"No one can predict what Bollinger
will face during his term as president.
There is the excitement of the course
and new direction:'
MISS AMERICA
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Stec waved and said "hello" to her family and
choreographer who cheered her on from the audience
before answering the master of ceremonies' question
about why Stec thinks women's health - heart dis-
ease in particular - is so important.
"Women are not always thinking of heart disease as
a killer," Stec said. "Through education, prevention
and awareness, we can help women change their
lifestyles."
Stepping on the stage for the first time Tuesday felt
"amazing,' Stec said.
"To know that I was on the Miss America stage and
hear the Miss America music - it's a little surreal."
But when she stood on the stage in front of the
more than 18,000 seats that fill the pageant's glitzy
auditorium, Stec said she was not nervous.
"I'm there as the best Kim Stec that I can be," she
said. "From there, I'm just leaving it up to fate."
Other contestants said they felt equally confident
about the preliminary rounds.
Miss District of Columbia Sonya Gavankar said she
only felt the pangs of stagefright for a moment.
Before she stepped on the stage, she said, she whis-
pered to another contestant, "If I trip, just step over
me.
"I'm there to have my moment in the sun," the
American University junior said. "(Being on stage)
didn't bother me."
"My home is on stage, so I felt at home," said Miss
Connecticut Merissa Starnes, a senior at the University
of Hartford, who said she feels a connection to
Michigan after studying dance at the Interlochen camp
in the northern part of the state. "It's so exhilarating to
be the star of that stage for even two minutes."
Since their arrival in Atlantic City on Labor Day, the
contestants have spent much of the afternoons practic-
ing their talent routines, walking across the stage in
bathing suits and evening gowns, and working with
choreographers to perfect group dance numbers.
The 51 contestants, who are all in various phases of
undergraduate or postgraduate studies, chatted and
joked as they lounged on stage during yesterday's
rehearsal. With little free time, they said, their days are
long and rigorous.
Contestants said they have grown quite close
throughout their time at the pageant.
"I feel like I can sit down and chat with any one of
them," Stec said, adding that she has grown particu-
larly close to Miss New York.
Contestants said the start of the preliminary com-
petitions has not made the women more competitive
-just more internally focused.
"It's not competition;' Gavankar said. "It's just the
contestants getting more focused on themselves."
Starnes said she even helped another contestant by
lending her a pair of shoes.
"I really care about their best interests and I know
they care about mine,' Starnes said.
Diligent fans filled the auditorium during yesterday
afternoon's rehearsal. The pageant attracts all walks of
life, from die-hard pageant directors to pageant hope-
fuls.
"I love show business, so I may want to do this
when I grow up,' said 12-year-old Margaret
Naughton, who traveled with her uncle from
Greenville, N.Y,. to capture a piece of the pageant's
glamour. Naughton first became inspired when she
met Miss America 1972.
"She said I'm living my dream,"' Naughton said.
"Today, I decided I want to do that - to live my
dream."
Jon Ferguson, director of the Miss Jefferson
Pageant in Lakewood, Co, said he thinks people enjy
watching the pageants because they are an American
tradition.
"I think there's something magic about it,"
Ferguson said. "The overall spectacle of the thousands
of people who come here to watch this Saturday night
creates a lot of energy."
Last night, the pageant atmosphere helped to make
the celebration of Starnes 21st birthday a special
evening. Crowds gathered around her as she and a fet-
low contestant put coins into a slot machine at
Harrahs casino in celebration of the event.
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POST OFFICE
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"We'll lose a lot of foot traffic" said
Frank Vincent, manager of Hoffman
Studio, a jewelry store in the Arcade.
"They've been here forever, too"
"It's helpful to have a post office right
here," added LSA junior Andrea Scott.
Some local merchants are so irritated
*ith the move that they're taking their
complaints to a federal level. Thomas
Heywood, director of the State Street
Association, said proper procedure was
ndt followed, and has asked U.S. Rep.
Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor) to investi-
gate the matter.
When a post office shuts down, it
'must first go through an elaborate set of
procedures. Bob Fulmer, post office
stomer relations coordinator, said the
office must make public notices, inform
local government officials and hold
public hearings before shutting down a
'branch office.
But Fulmer said the post office did-
n't have to follow such procedures
since it's not closing - it's just mov-
inag to a different location. The proce-
dures exist, he said, so that small
towns with only one post office aren't
t without one.
Since the announcement, Rivers has
made an inquiry to the Postmaster
General in Washington, D.C.
"We sent a letter and asked the post-
master to see if procedures were fol-
lowed," Rivers said. Rivers said she sent
the letter on Aug. 11, and has not yet
received a reply.
Fulmer said the uproar is uncalled
~for.
qo"It hasn't been a secret that we've
en unhappy there for a number of
years," he said. He said that facilities in
the Arcade are too small and too expen-
sive. The office's future location, in the
'Galleria beneath Tower Records, will be
both cheaper and larger, Fulmer said.
The post office also will have a long-
term lease, something the landlord at
the Arcade wouldn't give them.
"It's not going to be the end of the
;world," Fulmer said.
While many State Street
Association members say they are
upset that the office is moving, the
association has not yet taken any offi-
cial action against it.
aThe association is an organization of
businesses in the area from William to
Washington Streets and between Thayer
and Fifth Streets. Heywood said that
about 90 percent of the merchants with-
that area are members.
Individual members have been
'making their own initiatives against
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that objects to the move, she said, but
presently contains no specific lan-
guage.
"We've been taking names and signa-
tures, but we haven't decided exactly
what we're going to say," Gilpin said.
Chuck Ghawi, owner of the Mason-
Edwards Tobacco and Coffee shop, felt
hopeless about the post office's reloca-
tion.
"What can we do, anyway?" Ghawi
said.
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