i6B - The Michigan Daily Weekend MILLER Continued from Page 3B 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. - Magazine - Thursday, April 9, 1998 0 0 ... 1 . . _ _ 1 1 1 1 1 -1 - 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 Continued from Page 78 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. Entering the Job Market? OVER 80% OF NEW EMPLOYEES ARE DRUG TESTED KNOW BEFORE YOU GO DO IT YOURSELF TESTING KITS ARE AVAILABLE NOW - ONLY YOU KNOW THE RESULTS - THC - COCAINE - OPIATES - AMPHETAMINE - PCP - Alcohol Call Personal Diagnostic Testing 1-888-410-9858 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 NATHAN RUFFER/Dav 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. - -d ctivi st 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? I k, ,. 1 JC1 . ,._ ,aMIM,- Yxx 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. 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