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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 22, 1998 - 3
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* CRIMEm
Toxicology
-reports remain
unfinished
Autopsy reports and toxicology
results concerning the death of LSA
*ophomore Chris (iacherio will not be
released for another few days, Ann
Arbor Police Lieutenant Jim Tieman
said yesterday.
(iacherio was found dead in the
home of a friend last 'uesday, and pre-
liminary autopsy reports indicate hero-
ine and cocaine may have contributed
to his death.
Markley resident
injured by fall
into pothole
A resident of Mary Markley resi-
dence hall injured her ankle early
Sunday morning after stepping in a
pothole on S. State Street, Department
of Public Safety reports state.
IThe caller told DPS officials the vic-
tim had fallen on the curb and broken
Or sprained her ankle.
The victim took a cab from S. State
Street to Markley and remained in the
lobby elevating her ankle. The victim
was taken by Huron Valley
Ambulance to University Hospitals'
eme'rgency room.
Dog left in
parked vehicle
A dog was left unattended in a vehi-
cle parked in the Greene Street park-
ing .lot Saturday. according to DPS
reports.
DPS officers who checked on the
canine said the animal did "not appear
in distress'" The tinted windows of the
vehicle were reported open and
reports said the officers would check-
up on the animal at a later time. Three
hours later, Officers said the dog was
*no longer in the vehicle.
Several young men were reported
trespassing on the Recreational
Sports Ropes Course on Dixboro
R. Sunday morning, DPS reports
st*e.
Trespassers play
on ropes course
Four or five individuals were seen
nning through the ropes course
with- flashlights, a caller told DPS
officials. Arriving on the scene, DPS
officers could not find anyone on the
property or any signs of a distur-
bance.
Vandals deface
sign in stadium
A .group of three vandals were
caught using paintball guns in the
Michigan Stadium complex Sunday,
according to DPS reports.
- -DPS officers observed the suspects
=using a paintball to deface a business
sign. The suspects were located at a
nearby residence by the DPS officers
and questioned. 'Ihe sign was cleaned
by the suspects with no permanent
damage.
'U' student found
Intoxicated in Diag
A University student was found
intoxicated on a bench in the Dia,
r Sunday morning, DIPS reports
'lhe student was lying on a bench
end had apparently vomited in the area.
;Huron Valley Ambulance personnel
removed the suspect and placed him
into police custody for minor in pos-
session.
The student, a resident of Mary
'MUkley residence hall, had no out-
sta'nding warrants and was released
later that morning.
Occupational Safety and
Environmental Health officials were
called in to clean the holding room
iere the suspect had vomited and
defecated both on himself and about
whe room.
- 'ompiled by Dailv StaffReporter
Jennifer Yachnin.
Survey calls
consulting good
career choice
Luck of the draw
By Josh Kroot
Ir the Daily
'This year's crop of seniors are begin-
ning to realize they must decide on a
plan for their future, and for many, con-
sulting is a popular choice.
According to the National
Association of Colleges and
Employers' salary survey, 9.3 percent
of technical jobs and 7.6 percent of
non-technical jobs offered to graduat-
ing seniors this year have been in the
consulting field.
Consulting companies, who supply
advice and information to the business
world, have experienced steady growth
during the past decade. But salaries
jumped drastically this year, due in part
to the strength of the economy.
"In the past year," said Camille
I ,ukenbaugh, employment information
manager for NACE, "we have seen a 5
to 8 percent increase in salaries for con-
sulting jobs."
The average starting salary for a com-
puter science major who chooses con-
sulting is $41,949, an increase of 12.7
percent from last September, according
to the NACE survey. A petroleum engi-
neering major who signs on as a consul-
tant will average S49,926 a year, up 14.9
percent, the survey reports.
Student with non-technical majors
who go into consulting also have seen a
dramatic increase in salaries during the
past year. Consultants who concentrated
in English are earning 10.4 percent more
than they did a year ago. Starting salaries
for accounting majors are up 8.9 percent.
"These increases have a lot to do with
the economy right now," Lukenbaugh
said. "The early '90s were a really rough
time, but in the past few years, employ-
ers have been swarming campuses.
Career consultants on campus said
the economy has helped create job
opportunities for more students.
"it comes down to supply and demand.
Unemployment is lower, and there have
been more job opportunities in recent
years," said 'erri IL.amarco, associate
director of the University's Career
Planning and Placement Center.
'PIe number of University students
interested in consulting is also unusual-
ly high. Lamarco said.
I SA senior Denny Powell said he
believes that students are attracted to the
high pay and travel opportunities consult-
ing oflers. Powell, a communications
studies major, is scheduled to interview
with a number of consulting companies
in October. "I know a couple of people in
the consulting business right now, and
they definitely enjoy it,' he said.
Because so many students are inter-
ested in the field, competition for the
top jobs is stitT. Many consulting firms
have minimum GPA guidelines, which
can be as high as 3.5.
"We are always going after the top
students," said Teresa Prentiss, recruit-
ing coordinator for the Boston
Consulting group, which has recruited
at the University for four years. "We
started recruiting at Michigan because
the BBA program is so highly rated."
Some students wonder what qualifies
an undergraduate with no work experi-
ence to advise Fortune 500 companies
on their business practices.
"I might want to be a consultant, but
not right out of college. You have to get
respect in your industry first," LSA
first-year student Nick I lalaris said.
Prentiss said undergraduates are good
at building hypotheses and solving prob-
lems -- skills Prentiss said make up for
lack of business experience.
But because undergraduates have not
proven themselves in a business environ-
ment, it oten takes more than academic
achievement to land a consulting job.
"We look for students with strong
leadership skills:' Prentiss said. "That
means campus involvement; not just
being a member of an organization, but
being a leader in that organization."
Work experien'ce is also highly val-
ued in the interviewing process.
There is a real ditTerence between
college life and the working world,",
Lukenbaugh said. "And employers
want to know that they can count on
someone in a work environment."
Certain skills are especially valued in
the field of consulting.
"Math classes really help," Lamarco
said. "Students who go into consulting
have to have good quantitative skills"
But students don't have to be math or
science majors to work as a consultant.
"We don't look for any specific
majors," said Prentiss, whose company
recently hired students with degrees in
business, computer science, economics
and psychology. Prentiss said inter-per-
sonal skills are a key factor in success,
"As a consultant, you can be put in
front of a client in a very short period of
time, maybe three weeks after you're
hired;" she said.
NATE BZEN/Dully
LSA sophomore Kevin Kuczek, Engineering sophomore Brian Ruhmann, Engineering junior Keith Wallace and LSA senior Jay
Salliotte participate in a euchre tournament held last night at the U Club in the Union. Only four players attended.
'U' rof studies victims of0,
human rights violations
By Nika Schulte
I)aily Stdl Reporter
About two months ater the South
rican 'Truth and Reconciliation
Commission completed public hearings
on the human rights violations that
occurred during 50 years of apartheid
rule, many wonder it the commission,
directed by Archbishop Desmond utu
achieved its goal of healing and for-
giveness.
"On the whole, they were an impor-
taint part in the healing process,: said
Oscar i3arbarin. executive director of
the t Jniversity's South Africa Initiative
Office.
"But in raising the issues, there is the
possibility of raising hatred and anger
with no clear resolution," Barbarin
added.
In order to deternine if the commis-
sion met its goal of forgiveness or led to
more pain for the victims, University
family medicine Prof. Je trey Sonis is
studying the psychological effects on
the human rights victims that testified:
Working in conjunction with a team
in South Africa, Sonis is conducting a
three-year study sponsored by an inter-
national research program for Scientific
Studies on the Subject of Forgiveness
that will compare the psychological dis-
tress of those that testified to those who
did not.
"Ihere is not great evidence, but it is
thought that persons who have suffered
significant trauma may relive that trau-
ma when they testify," Sonis said. "'his
could lead to an exacerbation of anxiety
or depression among persons who have
post-traumatic stress disorder or
depression.
But Sonis said other research has
shown that for child victims of sexual
abuse who testify in court, testifying
relieves anxiety in the long run.
"The purpose of our study is to deter-
mine which happens among persons
who testify before the TRC," he said.
'Iruth commissions are established to
obtain an accurate account of events
without punishment for the perpetra-
tors Those who testify are eligible for
amnesty.
"When you testify in court, you have
the hope that perpetrators will be
brought to justice:' Sonis said. "In truth
commissions, people testify, but perpe-
trators are never brought to justice and
receive no punishment. What effect
does that have?"
Sois said he hopes the study will
help future truth commissions adhere to
principles beneficial to victims.
"We want to identify the aspects of
testifying that have good outcomes to
help future truth commissions develop
a mechanism that will be beneficial tor
those that choose to testify," Sons said.
Social Work and Public Policy grad-
uate student Alicia Wilson worked in
South Africa this summer at 'the
University of Capetown, South Africa,
for the Child I lealth and Policy Institute
- part of the post-apartheid transition
programs facilitated by the University's
South Africa Initiative Office.
Wilson said that although the TRC
was not a common topic of conversa-
tion in South Africa, it received cover-
age in the news on a regular basis.
"Olen there were reports on the TRC
with interesting commentary whether
or not the TRC (was) producing nega-
tive effects;' Wilson said.
Because every citizen had been
affected by apartheid rule, Wilson said,
the issue has remained a part of their
everyday lives.
"Everyone knew someone who was
involved, hurt or maimed." Wilson said.
"I knew a South African who's parents
were killed. They might have been
detached from the large process of the
testimony, but there is no way to detach
from an experience like that."
Students rally for
Fieger, Democrats
By Jason Stoffer
Daily Staff Reporter
'he band Kung lu Diesel tried to
energize the Union Ballroom crowd last
night, but the 125 people did not come to
life until the man everyone was waiting to
see stepped into the room.
Sporting a blue blazer over a T-shirt
featuring a picture of himself, Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger
shook hands with crowd members as he
walked to the microphone at the front of
the stage. "What time is it'?" Fieger yelled
out. 'Ihe crowd screamed back, "It's
Fieger time!"
l'ieger, a successful trial lawyer
and IJniveristy alumnus, said he was
not the Democratic establishment's
candidate of choice in the August pri-
mary elections and pollsters give him
only a scant chance of victory in the
November general election.
But Fieger, whose rise to fame began
when he became assisted suicide advo-
cate Dr. Jack Kevorkian's attorney, said he
was underestimated before the primary
and is being discounted again.
"Every pollster said 'go home
Geoffrey, you're rocking the boat,' but
people came out and rocked the vote,"
'ieger said. "We attracted voters who
have never even voted before.
"For the first time people knew there
could be a government of, by and for the
people,"he said.
University alumnus Heather Bradley
said Fieger will get her vote because pol-
itics as usual is no longer good enough.
"I think his methods are a little over
the top, but I don't have a problem with
that" Bradley said. "I feel that with the
atmosphere of politics today, with all
the corruption, Fieger is a nice change
because he's honest, tells it like it is and
is not playing games. People respect
that."
Fieger quit his lucrative job to run for
governor, he said, because he could no
longer tolerate what Engler is doing to the
people and natural resources of
Michigan.
"I inhaled," Fieger said. "I got a drunk
walking ticket here in Ann Arbor. And I
don't recommend either.
"But that doesn't compare with clos-
ing mental hospitals. That doesn't com-
pare with destroying the social safety
net," he said.
Kelley Boland, chair of the campus
chapter of College Democrats, said
Fieger can be Michigan's next govemor
with a strong Democratic turnout.
"It's a matter of people listening to
him and not what Engler has to say about
him," Boland said. "If (people) see him
firsthand, they'll like what they see."
Not every person at the rally was there
to hear Fieger's stances on the issues.
First-year Law student Marcus
Sprow laughed as Fieger began his
speech and said he attended the event
for its entertainment value alone.
GROUP MEETINGS
;3 Allanza Weekly Meeting, Michigan
Union, Anderson Room D, 332-
6056, 7:30 p.m.
Production of Tang Xianzu's
[1550-1616) Peony Pavilion,"
ecture, Sponsored by Center for
Chine3e Studies, International
Institute, Room 1636, 12 p.m.
F1 "Dudoif Stainer's Eontrikmmtioins to
Sponsored by University of koommatm
Michigan Hospital and HealthTelf
Centers Ethics Committee,
Michigan League, Mendelssohn e kn
Theater, 7-9 p.m.
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