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opera production,' Miller said.
"It's one thing to just study themusic,
but the experience of actually physically
being there, working with singers, work-
ing with musicians, is something you can
only do when you have the job. It's an
interesting profession because you have
to wait until you're in front of a group
before you can practice."
She received a Master's in wind con-
ducting, and upon completing her doctor-
ate, she plans to conduct professionally.
Currently, she is conducting with
Michigan Student Opera Works, a cam-
pus student opera production aiming to
provide an educational opportunity for a
large group of singers in Baroque music.
She is preparing for a performance of
Handel's "Semele" April 15-19. "It's
wonderful to come together and create
something, and that's what has really
happened in this group," Miller said.
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The opera's Baroque style of music is
one that not many of the singers involved
in the Handel opera had been exposed to
prior to the project. The opera, Miller
said, has been an educational experience
in the Baroque style as well as being the
typical performance preparation.
"I want to be able to spend my life
learning music and communicating
music with others. Teaching is a wonder-
ful way of doing that, I think. But first, I
want to gain the experience and the
understanding and the personal involve-
ment in music as well," Miller said.
She stressed that the characteristics of
a good conductor are the ability to con-
nect to the music and the dedication to
make the performance of that music a
success.
"I think that no matter who you are,
whether male or female, you need to be
a leader, be committed to what it is that
you do, be committed to music, and to be
yourself, to respect the orchestra and
trust what you do."
Mezzadri fights for student issues
FARAH
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As the sun comes up, light creeps over all the buildings, and every part of the earth
seems to wake up and become new again. Aside from the chirping of the birds, an
occasional truck dropping off newspapers or a random person walking down the
street (who knows, maybe a Daily Online employee), everything is silent.
You have the world to yourself. There are no distractions of honking horns or pol-
lution spewing out of cars' exhaust pipes. Life just seems to be how it should be.
Nights can be about hanging out with friends, going to parties or having long talks
over coffee. Mornings are about learning to be by yourself.
Wake up early every now and then. Appreciate the morning. Take a walk if it's nice
outside, or if it isn't nice, watch the rain fall from indoors.
Just one thing: If someone asks you to put a college newspaper online every night,
give it a second thought before you take the plunge.
Mornings are one thing, online is another.
-mail Chris Farah at cjfarah aumich.edu.
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By Kerri Murphy
Daily Arts Writer
Student gripes and complaints about
the way things are run at the University
may seem to go unheard, but there are
people who have succeeded in bringing
these issues to the eyes of University
administrators. One such person is
LSA junior Jonathan Mezzadri.
Although popular among students,
especially those who have had prob-
lems with parking or worries about
on-campus housing, Mezzadri said he
is not popular with everyone.
"Housing will be happy that I'm mov-
ing (out of the dorms)," he said.
The secret to Mezzadri's success is
e-mail. He decides who is affected by a
current issue, e-mails selected groups
of students and shows the administra-
tion their printed responses. He also
voices his own complaints, meeting
with the apropriate people.
One of Mezzadri's major accom-
plishments was shedding light on the
changes in Housing policies
announced earlier this semester. He
said more than 200 students respond-
ed to his e-mail, and called that mail-
ing his biggest project so far. He
printed out all of the student respons-
es and turned them into the Housing
office.
lie said he does not forward stu-
dent responses because doing so in
the past caused a problem. When the
administration moved a well-liked
janitor and he forwarded 50 respons-
es, Housing officials let him know
his method of communication was
not appreciated. But his quest to get
his old janitor back was successful.
nonetheless.
Printing e-mails about Housing poli-
cies produced much the same effect.
Detroit TV channels 2, 4 and 7 gave
him and the issue significant publicity.
The talk generated led to consideration
of the issue at a meeting of the
University Board of Regents.
"I didn't solve
the problem but I,
brought a lot of jonathan
light to the issue," Student a
Mezzadri said.'d
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Student activist Jonathan Mezzadri improved the quality of life at residence halls.
Parking at the Public Health building
is another of Mezzadri's pet issues.
Early in the semester, when administra-
tion officials tried to restrict parking to
staff-only all 24 hours, Mezzadri decid-
ed to do something about it. The park-
ing is now evenly split between staff
and students.
Mezzardi has tackled smaller issues,
too, such as bringing Hawaiian Punch
.to the Hill area.
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was a conspiracy,
punch in the other
said.
"None of the
Hill area's cafete-
rias had Hawaiian
Punch, so I called
Markley and
asked them if it
since there was
dorms," Mezzadri
they thought it would slow people
down too much,, Mezzadri said with a
sarcastic grin.
A more behind-the-scenes effort
also went on concerning the condi-
tion and quality of food in the resi-
dence hall cafeterias. Mezzadri felt
the food in Markley was never warm
enough, so he complained to the
health department and had them hold
an inspection. Markley failed the
inspection in April 1995 and
September 1996. Things are better
there now, he said.
So why does Mezzadri do these
things for the student body?
"I felt that the administrators weren't
always aware of the conditions and var-
ious circumstances from a student's
perspective," he said.
He attributed his success in bringing
about changes to his own initiative,
which stems from his desire to always
improve the world around him.
"Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets
the grease, even at U of M" he said. "If
enough people make enough noise
about something, it will change"
Are humans
illogical?
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Remember the
crows that plagued the sidewalks next
to Betsey Barbour and Angell Hall
before they moved to the trees above
Mojo and Stockwell? Now they are
gone ... yup, that was him, too.
"They were crapping all over people's
cars and Mojo and Stockwell, so I called
Pest Management and they said they'd
light some fireworks. They were very
diligent and did some different things to
move the crows," Mezzadri said.
And who among Hill residents
could forget the construction that
extended the pedestrian sidewalk on
the corner of Observatory Street and
Washington Heights?
"I met with DPS and the city of Ann
Arbor about people speeding down
Observatory. I wanted a stop sign but
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