"M = The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 14, 2000 LOCAL/STATE Persistence guides MSA president in new dutiest By Lisa Koivu Daily Staff Reporter Two years ago LSA senior Hideki Tsutsumi had never greeted anyone on the University's campus. But after transferring from a commu- nity college in Maryland after his sophomore year, Tsutsumi is now the student government president and starting to begin his work on the platform that got him elected. After winning the presidential election for the Michigan Student Assembly, Tsutsumi said his greatest asset is the perserverance that helped him win the election, which he hopes will help him accomplish the goals of his campaign platform. His platform includes helping students save money by providing cheaper textbooks, lob- bying the state government for more funding to minimalize tuition increases, privatizing residence hall dining services and lobbying the administration to provide more University buses on the weekends. "My biggest goal for this year is to carry out my platform. I will be very successful because I'm very persistent," Tsutsumi said. "I will start working on it this summer." LSA Rep. Amit Pandya said he believes the upcoming year will be a learning experience for the assembly without former President Bram Elias and Vice President Andy Coulouris. "Truthfully, it will be rough for the first month and a half, but Hideki's really dedicated and he'll learn to do everything," Pandya said. "It'll be tough because Brain and Andy's lives were MSA. If you've never been in MSA before it's tough to learn the protocol," he said. Pandya said he plans to share his MSA experience in order to make sure things run smoothly. "It's pointless to be negative and not help them out." But not all members took the change with optimism. LSA Rep. Kym Stewart resigned from the assembly last week because she said she wasn't comfortable with the direction MSA is headed. "I think this will be a rebuilding year for MSA. They will be rebuilding internally and I am more into the external aspects," Stewart said. "The restructuring will be great because the new people will not be stuck in a set process and they can question things," she added. LSA Rep. Shari Katz, chairwoman of the Voice Your Vote Task Force, said with so much change in leadership the assembly will have to work even harder this year to get everything done. "A lot of the leadership is graduating from the assembly, but a lot of excited new people have come in. It will be a challenge for the current leaders to continue the standards of the previous representatives," Katz said. "Hideki is trying really hard, but it will take time for him to learn everything. The entire assembly needs to unite to accomplish our goals," she added. Assembly treasurer Siafa Hage said he is confident the assembly will continue to do well. "I think this new assembly will work effi- ciently. There should be less confrontation on the assembly than there was when Bram was running things, because Hideki doesn't have affiliations with any of the organiza- tions that Bram was criticized for," Hage said. Vice President Jim Secreto said he believes Tsutsumi will be an effective presi- dent, especially when it comes to reaching out to students. "I admit it will be a very large challenge to continue the success of MSA and achieve his platform, but because of the dedication he has shown through his campaigning, MSA will succeed," Secreto said. Tsutsumi said he hopes the assembly will be able to work with him to accomplish his agenda. "I'd like to get them all to be behind my platform, that's what is most important for me. I'm going to do my best to get them to 4 DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Michigan Student Assembly President Hideki Tsutsumi is known for the sign he has carried around campus. help me," Tsutsumi said. This summer, Tsutsumi plans to spend time taking classes, running the summer MSA meetings and meeting incoming freshmen during orientation sessions. "I want to speak to the freshmen so all stu- dents will know me in the fall," he said. "Many students may think it is impossible to accomplish their goals, but if you never give up you can accomplish anything," Tsutsumi sai "No one thought I would win, but since I di know I can also accomplish my platform." Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ and S&P 500 Composite for Week Apr. 6- Apr. 13 DJIA NASDAQ S&P 500 Close Change Close Change Close Change 4/6 11,114.27 +80.35 4,267.56 +98.34 1,501.34 +13.97 4/7 11,111.48 -2.79 4,446.45 +178.89 1,516.35 +15.01j 4/10 11,186.56 +75.08 4,188.20 -258.25 1,504.46 -11.89 4/11 11,287.08 +100.52 4,055.90 -132.30 1,500.59 -3.87 4/12 11,125.13 -161.95 3,769.21 -286.69 1,467.19 -33.40 4/13 10,923.55 -201.58 3,676.36 -92.85 1,440.53 -26.66 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK: Wednesday saw the biggest one day point loss in NASDAQ history as it closed below 4,000 for the first time since Jan.31. The sell-off was due to a Goldman Saf1hs analyst lowering his revenue estimates for Microsoft in the upcoming quarter. The Dow followed the selling trend in case if selling were to continue over the next few days and there were margin calls, so investors wanted to take a profit in order to have enough capital. NASDAQ's volatile market has seen its nine out 10 worst and best days in its history since the beggining of the year. WHAT IS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE? The DJIA represents 30 stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and are all major factors in their respective industries. These stocks are widely held by individuals and institutional investors. Many financial advisers think of it as a good indicator in telling whether the NYSE is doing well or poorly. WHAT IS THE NASDAQ COMPOSITE? The NASDAQ is the fastest growing stock market in the United States due to it being a screen-based stock market, compared to a trading floor market like the NYSE. It also has almost all of the technological stocks available for trading, which has proved to be a very volatile industry in the last couple of years. WHAT IS THE S&P 500? The S&P 500 is a marketvalue weighted index composed of 400 industrial stocks, 20 transportation, 40 financial, and 40 utility. It is a far broader measure than the DJIA because it takes into account 500 different stocks traded on the two main exchanges (NYSE and NASDAQ-AMEX) compared to the DJIA's 30 all traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Kevin Magnuson from wire reports. ZBT Continued from Page 1 the national chapter found no evidence to support the claims. "The National Fraternity has always taken the necessary steps to protect its undergraduate members and maintain the integrity of its non-pledging a non-hazing policies," Yulish said. e The ongoing investigation con- cludes a tumultuous academic year for the Greek system. "Some of the events that took place this year are really forcing our com- munity to make change - this isn't a cliche we can throw around anymore - we get closer and closer to experi- encing a serious loss. I'm confident that with the kind of muscle we ha behindour newbhazing policy that our houses will be forced to make changes," IFC Vice President for External Affairs Jerry Mangona said. In addition to Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Gamma Delta having their charters revoked this year, several fraternities will be switching houses. Sigma Phi Epsilon will be vacating its house at 725 Oxford St. to move into the Pi Kappa Alpha house at 1801 Washtenaw A - Pike is moving into Delta Sigma P house at 1501 Washtenaw Ave. Delta Sig is moving into Sigma Chi's tempo- rary residence at 1437 Washtenaw Ave. Sigma Chi will be returning to their ren- ovated house on South State Street. JOSTENS RING DAYS North Campus Commons Bookstore April 17, 18, and 19 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM jostens Latin and Argentine Tango Club of Detroit proudly presents: Live from Argentina And Folklore Argentino Don't miss this exciting performance! 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