V One hundred ten years ofeditoralfreedom t r NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wvvmichigandaily com Wednsday February 21, 2001 -,Mo ' liger intrvews again Harvard search committee fliespresident to New York By Nick Bunkley Daily News Editor University President Lee Bollinger interviewed with the Harvard University presidential search committee last week- end in Manhattan, members of the Univer- sity Board of Regents confirmed yesterday. The secret meeting Sunday at the Hotel Plaza Athenee marks the third time Bollinger has interviewed with the com- mittee, which is expected to conclude its eight-month search for a successor to out- going Harvard President Neil Rudenstine as early as next week. Bollinger declined comment yesterday through his secretary, Erika Hrabec, who said Bollinger would not confirm that he met with the search committee. Regent Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann Arbor) said she could not offer any insight on the likelihood that Harvard would offer Bollinger the job. "I truly don't know anything about this," McGowan said. "Harvard is doing its thing and the only person on this campus who knows anything is Lee. I have no speculation." Regent Dan Horning (R-Grand Haven) said Bollinger spoke with the regents about interviewing with the search com- mittee last weekend before his departure. Horning said he has discussed the Harvard presidency with Bollinger as well. "I've had a discussion with President Bollinger and I'd just as soon keep my conversation with him private," Horning said. Bollinger is one of the final four candi- dates for Harvard's top spot, along with Harvard Provost Harvey Fineberg, Prince- ton University Prof. Amy Gutmann and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Harvard's search committee also interviewed Gutmann in New York last month. Fineberg, Gutmann and Summers all have degrees from Harvard. Bollinger's only connection to the Cambridge, Mass., school is his daughter Cary, a 1998 Har- vard graduate. The Harvard Crimson reported yester- day that eight of the nine presidential search committee members met in a closed meeting Sunday in a 14th-floor suite of the luxury hotel. A staff member from the meeting, which was registered as the "Goodall" party, asked reporters from the newspaper to leave the hotel. Following lunch in a second-floor pri- vate dining room, Bollinger spoke briefly with the committee before leaving the hotel at about 2 p.m. with a hotel security guard, the Crimson reported. Committee members then met for another hour before adjourning and declined comment to reporters. The next meeting of the search commit- tee is scheduled for Sunday in Cambridge. Even as Harvard nears the end of its search process, Horning said the regents are not expecting Bollinger to leave the University of Michigan anytime soon. "I stopped by yesterday to wish him a See BOLNGER, Page 7 GA M. GRAF/Tne Harvard Crimson University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger leaves the Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York after interviewing with Harvard University's presidential search committee Sunday. LSA plans to revitalize org anizational studies Chain reaction By John Polley Da ly Staff Reporter LSA Dean Shirley Neuman breathed new life into Organizational Studies Program this week, ouncing a proposal to create a new concentration within the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. The announcement Monday comes four months after Neuman's decision to cancel the individual concentra- tion program in organizational studies, a move that stunned the Organizational Studies Student Assembly. "The college concluded that there was a tremendous interest," said Richard Price, psychology professor and chair of a committee that examined the organizational studies program. "It deserved a real intellectual home with faculty and f of its own, as well as a curriculum that the faculty is pleased with." The concentration, which includes a revised and expanded curriculum, is the result of work by a faculty committee of concentration professors. The program is proposed to begin this fall. OSSA Executive Board member Nikki Brown, who "The college concluded that there was a tremendous interest." - Richard Price Psychology professor had questioned the legitimacy of future plans after the cancellation of the individual concentration, expressed new enthusiasm for the proposal. "The University and everyone who has been working on this have been extremely supportive and have worked very hard," Brown said. OSSA students were consulted in the ongoing work of the committee, an aspect that Price stressed. "I met with students several times. We talked about how plans were going, and they offered reactions and feedback," Price said. Michael Cohen, committee member and professor in See MAJOR, Page 7 CIR files papers to request an appeal By Jon Fish Daily Staff Reporter BRENDAN O'DONNELL/Daily Michigan Student Assembly voted to tighten restrictions on campaigning in r idence halls like Mary Markley, where the assembly met last night. MSA amends code placing restrictions By Carrie The Daily Staff Repo Last night Assembly am place strong dates campail University t time tha fond campa which is spec p.m. Candid after that ti demerits pert The amend it was first campalgnng Wson candidates in residence halls," said rter LSA senior Ryan Norfolk. In an effort to reach students in resi- t the Michigan Student dence halls this week's meeting was fended its election code to held in Mary Markley Hall. Many er restrictions on candi- assembly members commented that gning in residence halls. the noticeable lack of Markley resi- Housing will determine dents served as an indicator of stu- t candidates cannot be dents' view of MSA. igning in residence halls, "There are not a lot of residents ulated to be either 8 or 10 here, and we are in a residence hall," ates found campaigning said College of Architecture and me will be given three Urban Planning Rep. Shana Sevitz. violation. -"That would lead me to believe that Iment, which failed when they don't care about MSA so they presented at the Jan. 30 don't want us knocking on their door The Center for Individual Rights filed papers Friday to request that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals hear its appeal of U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan's decision in the law- suit challenging the admissions poli- cies of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Friday's papers are similar to a petition filed earlier this month by the University in that both parties are asking to begin the appeals process before the damages WDMI NS I '. portion of ONTRIAL , the litigation occurs. Officials from the University and CIR expressed that this filing completes the process of requesting an appeal to the higher court and that each side is similarly interested in having the Court hear the appeal as soon as possible. "Both of us want to have the issue decided sooner than later," said CIR lead counsel Kirk Kolbo. This process of requesting permis- sion to appeal is due to the fact that the litigation is not complete - if the case were completely over, each side would simply file a notice of appeal automatically. Duggan's decision, handed down Dec. 13, settled the case without a trial and was considered to be a vic- BD AN U UUNNE~dLLLIwdoy Engineering freshmen Troy Brinkman and Georgiana Golematis work on a project for their Engineering 100 class last night in Mary Markley Residence Hall. City Council delays parking reform, approves iVig wage * 6-4 vote will allow discussion of budget before implementing changes By James Restive Daily Staff Reporter After months of parking reforms discussions, the Ann Arbor City Council last night passed in a 6-4 vote a reso- lution to delay the implementation of these programs until the proposed budget for the 2002 fiscal year is discussed. The reforms, which were proposed by former council- man Chris Kolb in November, included a "freedom from fine" for those who hadn't received a ticket in six months. The amnesty program - the ability to avoid a fine if a ticket is paid in two weeks - will be reviewed throughout jected $1 million in parking revenue if the changes were implemented. Also passed in a 8-2 vote last night was the long-await- ed living wage, which stipulates a minimum pay for those who work on city contracts. After being passed by council last year by a 6-5 majority, it was vetoed by former Mayor Ingrid Sheldon. The new ordinance requires a $8.70 pay for workers receiving health insurance or $10.20 for oth- ers. Councilwoman Jean Carlberg (D-Ward III) said the new living wage is a vital to the city. "It is necessary in a city with a cost of living as high as Ann Arbor," Carlberg said. "We have an essential respon- sibility to pay employees above the poverty line. It enhances employees lives by having sufficient funds to meet their basic needs."