The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 14, 1997 - 7 iBEGENTS Continued from Page 1 ER-Ann Arbor) would not comment to The Michigan Daily yesterday, she said she stood by the remarks she made to The Ann Arbor News that stated she did not believe the University treated Fisher with appropriate respect. Horning said he was also upset that he did not receive the full report until after the press conference Thursday. But Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison said Horning received the first 40-45 pages of the report Wednesday evening, while six other regents were "essentially told what the report was about" Wednesday. Harrison also said that logistics allowed him to get Newman a full copy of the report Wednesday. Harrison said he regrets that Horning and Newman feel they weren't informed on time, but said he has made every effort to maintain open lines of communication with the regents. "What is the difference whether they saw the report before e had the press conference?" Harrison asked, Harrison said that he was informed Tuesday that the law firm would release the results of the basketball investigation Wednesday. Since University President Lee Bollinger had planned -to be out of town Friday, the WE ATHER "Mst Continued from Page 1 direction for a short period. The last predictinj time that happened was 1982-83. But forecasters disagree whether O Whaf'S conditions this winter will emulate those of 1982-83. While the majority of happened El Ninos have caused warmer than nor-be o . mal winters in the Midwest, nothing's a F$e$ore sure bet. "Not all El Nios are the same as far Florida State Un as (Midwest winter) maximum tem- peratures are concerned," said Peter Sousounis, an atmospheric sciences of the upper-level assistant professor at the University. equator and the am "Some have actually been below nor- ty. al." Sousounis has been studying "The winters tha Ann Arbor weather data from previous to be the most like El Ninos, 1987-88 winters in An El Niio's strength also is factors," D'Aleo sa determined by how much warmer In Detroit, th than normal the waters off the coast marked by only ne of South America become. At 8-10 normal temperatur( legrees Fahrenheit above normal, precipitation. water temperatures have already "My guess is tha * surpassed those of the 1982-83 sea- near-to above-norm on bly near-, maybea The-National Climate Prediction temperatures," D'A Center estimates a warmer-than-usual On the other h winter in the Midwest and above-nor- Climate Center r mal precipitation in the South and snowfall estimates West,. similar to the 1982-83 condi- predicting below- tions... the Midwest. But Joseph D'Aleo, chief meteorolo- One reason fo gist at Weather Services between El Nio fo Incorporatedllntellicast, said many tions are based com forecasters are not taking into account data instead of for ;wo factors outside of El Nio that models can predict pact winter weather - the direction atures in the Pacific TICKETS Continued from Page 1 game management personnel were apprised of the split-sea- son ticket policy. I trust the ticket-takers are diligently check- ing for fraudulent tickets and preventing any invalid entry into the stadium,' Chaddock said. Despite the ticket-takers' instructions, the two had no problems etting past them. "(We check the tickets) as close as possible, but when you've got 10,000 people coming at you, you can't get a microscope,' said ticket-taker Tom Kay, an Ann Arbor resi- dent. Ticket-takers who doubt a ticket's validity show suspi- cious-looking tickets to officers from the Michigan State Police, Ann Arbor Police Department and Department of Public Safety, who are stationed inside the stadium entrance. DPS spokesperson Elizabeth Hall said she could not com- ent specifically on the alleged forgeries because an official report wasn't filed. Hall said students who make and use counterfeit tickets can face fines and other charges. "(Counterfeiting) is something that we take very seriously. We're not going to allow that. DPS will prosecute people who do counterfeit them," said Hall, adding that DPS has previ- ously caught people with counterfeit tickets. Tjepair said they tried to purchase tickets from the ticket University decided to release the report Thursday, Harrison said. "Since nothing remains a secret around here, I thought we would have to release it quickly," Harrison said. Bollinger would not comment on why the media received full copies of the report before the regents. "I have decided long ago that I will not engage in discus- sions with the regents through the media," Bollinger said. "We felt we had a commitment to make sure the results of the report were fully disclosed as soon as they were in our pos- session." Regent Shirley McFee (R-Battle Creek) said she "did- n't have any problems with the way the report was released." "I think (Bollinger) has done a good job of sharing with us whatever information there was to hear," McFee said. Power said Bollinger kept the regents informed accurately and on time prior to the report's release. "I think that sitting on the report could have exposed the University to great criticism and I don't see any damage that was done whatsoever," Power said. McFee said it is time to stop dwelling on the firing. "The decision has been made and it is time to stop rehash- ing what has occurred," McFee said. "What's been done is done ... so let's move forward." Optional SAT scores to slow UC admissions By Megan Exley Daily Staff Reporter When applying to college, the option not to take a standardized test would be a welcome relief for many high school seniors. If the University of California regents pass a recommendation to drop the Scholastic Aptitude Test as an admission requirement next year, appli- cants will have this luxury. A UC task force recommended earli- er this year that the school eliminate the use of the SAT - a factor that has largely determined who has been accepted to the university for the past two decades - as part of the admis- sions process for its nine campuses. Eugene Garcia, dean of UC Berkeley graduate school of education and head of the Latino Eligibility Task Force, said that making the SAT optional would boost the number of poor and underrepresented minorities, particular- ly Latinos, admitted to UC schools. The task force began investigating SAT biases against minority groups in 1992. If the proposal is approved, the appli- cants for the fall 1998 incoming class would be judged on how they performed compared to students in their high schools, considering in the analysis the type of schools they came from. The new admissions process would require offi- cials to read through every application, considering everything from personal essays, involvement in sports and clubs to types of classes taken in high school. Bob Laird, director of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley, said that the new process would focus "as much as possible on individual reading rather than admitting students by simple formulas." But don't anticipate big changes in the University of Michigan's admission process in the near future. "We're pretty happy with the admis- sions process as it is now," said University spokesperson Julie Peterson. "The office of admissions does review its procedures, but they have no plans to drop the SAT or the ACT as part of the admissions assessment." Peterson said that when taken by themselves, standardized test scores are poor predictors of college success, but when combined with a student's high school grades and records, they can help in the admissions process. "Overall, one's SAT or ACT score is not that important in getting admitted to the University," Peterson said. "Grades are the most important factor." UC Berkeley Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, chair of the ethnic studies department and a former assistant to the director of undergraduate admissions, said he wel- comes the task force's proposal to elim- inate the SAT as a mandatory part of the admissions process. "It should have been done 35 years ago when affirmative action first began," Wang said. "The SAT has little predictive values. It has been questioned by many educators. There's no proof that the SAT will help admissions select the best stu- dents either." Wang said he acknowledged the com- plexity of admission policies and sug- gested an increased use of criteria such as racial diversity and personal talents in examining applications. "Dropping the SAT is not a simple answer to a complicated question," he said. Few UC regents have voiced support of the task force's recommendation. They will vote on the proposal in March 1998. ople are g based - Jim Obrien iversity professor I winds above the ount of solar activi- t this (winter) seems are the 1977-78 and terms of the three id. ose winters were ar-, and even below- es and above-normal t Michigan will have nal snow and proba- a bit below-normal 4leo said. hand, the Midwest ecently released its for the winter and is average snowfall in r the discrepancy recasts is that predic- npletely on historical ecast models. While ocean water temper- ,they cannot forecast the related changes in weather patterns. "Nobody can predict from a model what's going to happen," Obrien said. "Most people are predicting based on what's happened before." Interest in El Nino prediction bal- looned after the 1982-83 event, after which buoys were placed in the tropi- cal Pacific to keep track of ocean temperatures and sea-level heights and, hopefully, improve El Nino pre- diction. "We've only had the capability to predict El Ninos since the early '90s," Sousounis said. As El Nino has become a major focus throughout the world of meteo- rology, experts have tried to link the phenomenon with everything under the sun. Miles Lawrence, hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, is rather skeptical of El Nifo's effects in general. "I've seen people in my own organi- zation yaking away about the El Nino as if it's the next thing to come along since sliced bread," Lawrence said. "And, in fact, I think there's a lot more noise than substance there." Whatever the upcoming winter holds, the current El Nino is believed to have already impacted some places, although even that's debatable. Most experts agree that heavy rains in South America, drought that has spread over a usually wet Indonesia, and an active tropical storm season in the Pacific are directly related to El Nino. Unot Oct. 16th and 21st 8pm- 10pm CCRB office, the Will Call window near the Michigan Stadium's Gate 9 and student scalpers. "I called every sign (advertising tickets for sale), and there were people that went, 'Well, I have an offer for $130, can you match that?"' said the athlete, adding that the price was too steep. "This was our absolute last resort. We were scared to even use it," said the varsity athlete, adding that she's been attend- ing Michigan football games since she was five years old. The two students said they were faced with the choice between forging tickets or missing the game, a choice that did- n't appeal to two life-long Michigan fans. The varsity athlete said she has not heard about students making counterfeit tickets for other games this season, but that she could foresee students trying to forge tickets for the upcoming Michigan-Ohio State game. Steve Lambright, ticket manager for the ticket office, said voided tickets included in split-season packages must be sent out because the office isn't staffed to remove them. "If we didn't send out the whole sheet it would be a mat- ter of tearing down every single season ticket and then putting them in the envelope and sending them out," Lambright said. "We are not staffed to be able to do some- thing like that. "We can't stop counterfeiting from occurring," Lambright said. "Counterfeiting happens on every ticket, every type of ticket." SPRING BREAK Reps wanted for Acapul- co from $559. Quad Call Dan Regency Travel 665-6122. SPRING BREAK '98 - Sell Trips, Earn Cash & Go Free!!! STS is now hiring campus rps. Lowest rates to Jamaica, Mexico & lorida Call 800-648-4849. 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