LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 10, 2000 - 3 C I M E Students join Bollinger to discuss By Anna Clark University Housing falls under the authority campus community are living farther and farther niz Car keyed, Daily Staff Reporter of newly-appointed Vice President of Student away. They're practically commuter students'" spa Affairs Royster Harper, who was also at the He added that "having upperclass students vandalized in As part of a growing focus on campus living, meeting. around really helps the intellectual experience. to early plans for the renovation of University resi- Bollinger said one of Harper's first duties in Some upperclass students might prefer to live on do Vera B aits lot dence halls and the possible construction of new her position will be to make preliminary plans for campus if we offered certain options."I halls should be ready within the next few months, residence hall improvements, but he was able to Harper said her struggle with the residence hall thi A car was vandalized while parked University President Lee Bollinger said. outline some of his main concerns. plans will be with which improvements to focus wh slonday afternoon in the Vera Baits lot "It's a huge issue in terms of the amount that "It's clear to me that we need at least one more on. cu: t North Campus on Monday, Depart- needs to be done and the amount of money it will hall," he said. "On the more mundane side of "The challenge for us is a kind of balance," she I tent of Public Safety reports state. take," Bollinger said. things, we need to bring the residence halls tech- said. "It's deciding what kind of changes to make cot t was reported that the destruction The renovation of residence halls was one of nologically up to speed." that will suit both upperclass and new students." no eems to have been caused by a key. the issues that dominated Bollinger's fireside Bollinger also emphasized his hope to keep Music and RC junior Rachel Razgunas said fro DPS did not report having any sus- chat with about 20 University students yesterday upperclass students on campus. she hoped the University could adopt residence be ects in the incident. in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union. "There's a tradition that students come as hall programs she's seen on other campuses, such I The fireside chat, sponsored by the Michigan freshmen and live in residence halls and then as offering a live-in counselor or mental health cat Nom en hits head Student Assembly's communications committee, move out to an apartment," he said. "I can see specialist for students to talk to when they're to offered computer-selected students from various why that's so attractive, because it makes them stressed late at night. go Carport pipe colleges and student organizations to meet with feel independent. But with. off-campus housing, Similarly, LSA junior BJ. Orandi said the I woman reported sustaining head Bollinger to discuss concerns and ask questions. students who used to be closely linked to the problem of limited office space for student orga- pla njuries after hitting her head on a pipe __ anging from the ceiling of the Church Gone treet carport Monday aftermoon, D)PS Go e olfIn'cnu t eports state.1_ ___ The victim was transferred to Unid ersity Health Service for continuingdollarsfor fall el sega Dreamcast, By Jane Krull questions." s Nothes stolen, Daily Staff Reprie" open LSA se Some cane uspect seen Some students have one more expense to factor into their sage across. A Sega Dreamcast game and sev- budgets. Blie Party ral items of clothing were reported With the Michigan Student Assembly fall elections less rises the phra tolen Monday aftemoon from a room than a week away, campaigning on campus has gone into paign ptich. t Mary Markley Residence Hall, DPS full swing and some candidates are digging deep for money "In sports eports state. to run their bids for office. On MSA I'll The victim stated that he saw who Members of student political parties rely on their budgets to Breakstone,v ad stolen the items and that it was not pay for campaign expenses such as purchasing chalk University student. and printing flyers. isQ The Defend Affirmative Action Party has a [ 1 SO hen found asleep "relatively modest budget" and relies on dona- So tions, said the party's founder, Rackham Rep. Jes- pa inder desks near sica Curtin. o puting site The Blue Party and the Michigan Party both vo p grequire dres frotm their members. The Blue Party bt Three men were reported sleeping receives S25 from each of its 30 members and nder a desk near the Angell Hall Michigan Party collects S20 from its 13 mem- thi uottputing site early Tuesday morn- bers. bu g, DPS reports state. ;.Candidates also have been spending on average DPS officers located the subjects between S50 and 5100 of their personal money pa removed them fronm the building. on their campaigns. 24/7," said B "I'm going out much less often for dinner," independent be re-elected Fire starts in 'U candidate Tony Goodman said of his campaign financial An excepti burden. Goodman is running for one of the eight open a Mione, said iospital cafeteria' i LSA seats. study habits. A fire was reported in the kitchen In addition to traditional campaigning, almost every "It helps it the University Hospitals cafeteria weekday, DAAP has set ip a table in the Diag in an effort get my works arly Tuesday morning, DPS reports to reach out to students. seat. ate. A PHOT "Most of our candidates are spending a good amount of Daii/t S The employee who reported the fire A golfer makes his way through a foggy Ella Sharp Park Golf Course yesterday in time at our table, so it is a good time for students to ask as advised to engage a pull station and Jackson. Thick fog blanketed the Jackson area. hen fire officials arrived On the scene. Tuf 1uLB Au nAU 'U' issues ations on campus could be helped by opening aces within the residence halls. "This way, more students taight be compelled get involved in an organization if it's right wnstairs from them," Orandi said. Harper said she couldn't taake any promises at s point, but she was open for ideas to consider ten the University is ready for "a broader dis- ssion of the new look of residence halls." Besides residence halls, students also expressed tcerns over issues including the role of Lati- s on campus, the isolation of North Campus m Central Campus and the distant relations tween deans and students. LSA sophomore Matt Nolan, MSA's coaittunii- ions chair, said the fireside chats are intended provide better links among students, student vernment and the administration. He said the next discussion will probably take ace next March. shell out ections aid Kate Stenvig, who is running for one of the ats. didates have adopted slogans to get their mes- imember and "SupertFan "Reza Breakstone se "the spirit of the student body" as his catta- I try to be the spirit of the studentt section. try is be the spirit oh the strdent body," said wlto is endntiang or an LBA seat. Independent eandidate Dcigo Bernal, who running uncontested fhr the lone School of icial Work seat, said he does not have a per- nal campaign but chooses instead to cam- ign for the entire election. "I have the freedom to encourage students to te, not only from the School ofSocial work t the entire University," Bernal said. Campaigning has caused candidates to put cir personal and academic and on the back- mer. "I spend probably 5 to 6 hours a day on cam- igning, but the week of the elections it'll be lue Party candidate Matt Nolan, who hopes to Ito an LSA seat on the assembly. on in the group, Michigan Party member John that campaigning has actually improved his ne because it forces iet to budget my time and done," said Mione, who is running for an LSA tiaf'Repioiter Joheiiri imtmhoreiC'onribtied to this report. 1 C i ire had already been put out. PS confiscates .B. gun from est Quad room A resident adviser in the West Quad- ngle Residence Hall reported early ednesdaymorning that a student was possession oh a B.B. grinBPS rts state. PS officers recovered the weapon d reported that charges are currently ending. arkley residents rrested for drug ossession Three students were arrested for vio- tionsofcontrolled substances in Mary arkley Residence Hall early Wednes- morning, DPS reports state. he students. who kvere arrested for ssession of marijuana. were released ,nding the filing of charges. *uspect flees in urse robbery A purse was reported stolen Wednes- y morning from the Art and Atchi- Lire Building located on North pus, DPS reports state. DPS reported that the subject fled hen confronted by the oawner of the arse. The suspect was described as male ith a mustache and wearing a black atherjacket emblazoned with an Ari- >na Fireballs logo, a red bandanna id black baggy jeans. Vindow broken University bus A University bus ismdow was ported broken, Wednesday evening, PS reports state. The driver of the bus reported that a ale subject broke the window. - Compiledrby Daily Staff Reporter Cait!in Nis . Videoconferencing gives new approach to engineering class WE'LT HO hECHA SAILT. WE'LL TELL YOU WHO THE PRESIDENT IS, SOME DAY ... By Kristen Beaumont Daily StaffReporter To mechanical engineering Prof. Debasish Dutta the future of global education looks very promising. Dutta is currently teaching "Global Product Realization," a mechanical engineering graduate course he devel- oped. With the use of videoconferencing technology, the course is taught simul- taneously at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands and at Seoul National University in Soutn Korea. Because of the different time zones, students in Ann Arbor gather for class at 8 a.m., while students in Delft are gathering at 2 p.m. and students in Korea at 10 p.m. Dutta views the class as a ground breaker for future global projects. "This class could be the start of a whole global network," Dutta said. The course focuses on the process and development of products for the world market and the three instructors at the schools take turnslecturing to the other two classes. In addition, experts in other fields occasionally give lec- tures to the students. Dutta stressed that the course gives students a deeper understanding of a global marketplace since students from different countries are interacting with each other. In his lectures Dutta uses industrial case studies that address a variety of issues on globalization and marketing. The students zero in on the technical "This class could be the start of a whole global network." - Debashish Dutta Mechanical engineering prof topics of the case studies. Yesterday President Lee Bollinger and Engineering Dean Stephen Direc- tor visited the class. Bollinger told the students that the University is inter- ested in using videoconferencing tech- nologies in more classes to enhance education. "On behalf of the University we are pleased that you're prepared to be the guinea pigs," Bollinger said. "This is very venturesome. You're all part of a great new experiment," he said. Students will get a chance to meet their virtual classmates in December when they will come to Ann Arbor to present group projects. At the beginning of the semester, the students divided into eight groups, with two students from each univer- sity on the teams. The students are working on designs ofeoffee machines that could be available on the global market. "With the projects, we are giving students the first hand experience of working with the Korean and Dutch students. The culture differences per- meate and formthe global team," Dutta said. Do You Agree . . This is what Scott believes: "I believe in God, who created the world and everything in it. He is eternally existent, all-knowing, all-powerful, glorious, and perfectly loving, just, and gracious. 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