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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MICHAEL GRASS
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necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michigan Daily.
By Jon Schwartz
Daily Sports Editor
Columbia? Been
there. Done that.
To THE DAILY:
Of course I wish President
Bollinger well and congratulate my
alma mater, Columbia, on the wit and
wisdom of its choice of a new leader.
After all, one of the reasons I came to
Michigan this year was that Lee
Bollinger is president. How can I
begrudge my old school seeking the
best? But even though he received his
law degree in Morningside Heights, I
thought it might be worthwhile for one
Columbian to remind another about
life on the Upper West Side - just in
case he forgot.
1. If you think parking is bad in
Ann Arbor, forget the Heights.
Broadway? Riverside Drive?
Impossible. As for the side streets,
every other Columbia faculty mem-
ber is trolling them, too. Even
College Walk, one of the grandest
entrances to any campus in the
country, is wall-to-wall cars. And
don't expect special favors. I once
watched the Emperor of Japan's
limousine waved ,away by a
Columbia guard.
2. Nicer house? True, you can't
beat Columbia's President's House
for space. It's one of the last free-
standing mansions left in
Manhattan, and designed by
McKim. Mead and White to boot.
But as Mike Sovern, one of your
predecessors, discovered, the neigh-
borhood is so boring that it was bet-
ter to keep his place on the East
Side, a mile away but eons beyond
116th Street in prestige, amenities
and access to big donors. And I
understand that the ghost of Dwight
Eisenhower, who never liked being
Columbia's president (it was easier
winning World War II), haunts the
place.
3. And as for the prices! Dinner for
two at a so-so Midtown restaurant: 300
bucks! Monthly charges for indoor
parking (if you can find it): So high
that some people ask if they can sleep
in their cars! Housing (because you
won't want the President's House): S5
million-plus for a Park Avenue apart-
ment with a dining room big enough
to invite a trustee and his wife over for
a meal!
4. Fewer pesky undergraduates?
Granted, there are only about 3,000 of
them at Columbia, a fraction of the
number at Michigan, but what they lack
in quantity, they more than make up in
whining entitlement (as in they all
should have gotten into Harvard). I
know: I was one of them, then returned
to teach them, spending much of my
time hiding out from them. (It's no acci-
dent that location shots for Seinfeld's
coffee shop, that nexus of New York
neuroses, were taken a block from cam-
pus.) Then there's Barnard College
FILE PHOTO
Lee C. Bollinger, the University's outgoing 12th president and soon to be
Columbia University's 19th president.
across the street!
5. More generous alumni? Not
after taking care of bare necessities.
(See No. 3 above.)
6. Collegiality? You'd think facul-
ty at an Ivy - especially tenured fac-
ulty - would be serenely confident of
their place in the world and conse-
quently gentle and high-minded. Well,
don't confuse Columbia for
Dartmouth. In a city full of billion-
aires, power brokers and celebrities,
university types fall near the bottom of
the social pyramid. Stand clear of any
New Yorker denied a table at Elaine's,
which at Columbia is just about every-
one.
7. And yes, Columbia's graduate
student assistants are organizing.
President Bollinger, may your ship
sail happily east and may alma mater
envelope you in her warm embrace.
Just keep your eyes open. (And while
you're at it. please look into the situa-
tion at the Columbia Club on 43rd
Street. Sharing a house with Princeton
is tacky.)
Roy STRICKLAND
The letter writer is the director of the
master of urban design program at the
Universitw. A. Alfred Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Planning.
Regents should
find minority to
lead University
To THE DAILY:
The University is one of the most
diverse college campuses on this plan-
et. It's time we extend that diversity
from our student body to our adminis-
tration. The University needs a presi-
dent who can specifically relate to the
problems, needs, strides and successes
of minorities. The University needs a
minority president.
Brown University has a new
African American female president
and has experienced great success
already less than a year into her term.
Bowling Green State University, a
MAC school, has experienced such
great success under its African
American leader that the Board of
Trustees havegiven him a raise more
than two times already. It's time the
University does what it does best, and
set a precedent for the rest of the coun-
try to follow. The University is doing
so in its pending affirmative action
cases, it has done so with its Life
Sciences Initiative. It's time to do it up
top.
With the anticipated absence of
current University President Lee
Bollinger next year, the Board of
Regents will be meeting time and time
again to seek a great replacement for
an unfortunate loss.
f I suggest that our Board of
Regents do as Columbia University
did, and seek out a more than qual-
ified candidate - a minority candi-
date, and not simply review appli-
cations.
I am sure it will be more difficult
to locate someone other than a typical
WASP. However as Brown, Bowling
Green, and many other institutions-
nationwide have experienced great
success and fortune, I am confident.
the University will be well pleased
with a minority president.
RAi KUMAR PERRY
LSA freshman
STATE COLLEGE - Probably more
because of the Penn State name than
anyone wearing the blue and white this
season, Saturday's game had a lot of
dangerous possibilities for the
Wolverines, who came into the game
ranked 15th with a 3-1 record.
They were playing a school that had
lost the last four games in the short grid-
iron history between Michigan and Penn
State. They were facing a coach looking
for a record-tying victory. Perhaps most
notably, the Wolverines were staring
across the line at a team desperate for its
first win, always a more concerning
opponent than one with a single win
under its belt.
The pesky Nittany Lions wouldn't go
away. The winless team made Michigan
pay for every inch. But hard work and
heart couldn't get Penn State into the
endzone - by the time the sun had set
behind Beaver Stadium, the Nittany
Lions faithful were dwelling on another
loss, this time a 20-0 shutout.
"They gave us a run for our money,"
Michigan tailback B.J. Askew said.
Legendary Penn State coach Joe
Paterno had never been shut out at home
in his 36 years at the helm. But early on,
it was clear that his team was out of its
Purdue,
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Hawkeyes
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WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) - Purdue
coach Joe Tiller used a tactic last week
he rarely uses to motivate his team -- he
publicly criticized his defense.
The Boilermakers responded.
Ashante Woodyard returned an inter-
ception 86 yards for a score and Travis
Dorsch kicked three field goals as No.
21 Purdue beat Iowa 23-14 last
Saturday.
Tiller said Purdue's play was unac-
ceptable and threatened lineup changes
after allowing 406 yards of total offense
-- ncluding 241 on the ground - two
weeks ago against Minnesota.
The Boilermakers responded. by
allowing the second-fewest yards (207)
in a game since Tiller took over in 1997.
Akin Ayodele and Joe Odom each had
two sacks and Craig Terrill and Matt
Mitrione added one each. Mitrione also
had an interception.
"The last few weeks we didn't step up
as a defensive line," Ayodele said. "We
took it upon ourselves to improve our
game and make some plays. Everyone
had sacks today."
Boilermakers quarterback Brandon
Hance avoided being sacked but corn-
league.
Take its first drive: Quarterback Zack
Mills - the first Penn State quarterback
to ever start a game as a freshman --
threw to Eddie Drummond. Dropped.
On the next play, he went to Bryant
Johnson. Dropped. On third down, he
passed to tight end John Gilmore.
Dropped.
Three passes, none of them broken
up, and only the third required any effort
from the receiver. But after three good
passes, it was fourth-and.10. Michigan's
Anthony Jordan partially blocked the
ensuing punt.
"The freshman kid goes in there and
throws three perfect passes to start the
game," Paterno said. "All were
dropped."
"Those were three great passes that
were catchable," Gilmore said. "Even
though they were great passes, we have
to make the play."
After the'game, Paterno was at a loss
for words -- no surprise considering the
fact that his team got shut out on a day
that Michigan's offense looked anything
but efficient in the first half. The
Wolverines were inside the Penn State
25-yard line five times in the half, but
came away with only 13 points on two
Hayden Epstein field goals and a
Marquise Walker touchdown.
"The first few series, we came out
flat," Walker said. "It was just a matter
of us getting that one good play to get
the offense going. We had plenty of
chances in the red zone to get three
points or six points, and I think we have
to do a better job of that."
Michigan also benefited from another
touchdown on the two-niinute drill. Up
6-0, quarterback John Navarre drove the
team 80 yards in nine plays, with an
acrobatic Walker touchdown catch giv-
ing Michigan its first touchdown of the
afternoon. The drive took only 55 sec-
onds.
"It was a huge momentum swing in
the game," Penn State defensive end
Michael Haynes said. "Personally, I was
a little disappointed. We kept coming
after (Navarre), but he kept releasing the
ball too quickly. It's frustrating, because
there is nothing much you can do,
because we don't have enough time to
get to him."
Six times this season, Michigan has
run the drill, and all six have resulted in
touchdowns.
With a Ron Bellamy touchdown catch
on the first drive in the third quarter giv-
ing it extra insurance, the Michigan
defense kept the Nittany Lions at bay.
Led by junior defensive end Dan
Rumishek, who. recorded three sacks
and a forced fumble, the defense again
made its opponent one-dimensional,
Michigan's swarming pass rush burie
allowing Penn State only 25 rushi
yards. As a unit, Michigan is allowi
only 51.8 yards per game on the grour
"You have to give a lot of credit to c
D-line," said inside linebacker Lai
Foote. "They just dominated the gan
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pleted only 12 of 26 passes for 80 yards
through three quarters and Purdue (2-0
Big Ten,. 4-0 overall) trailed 14-13.
Hance started the fourth quarter with
25- and 14-yard completions to Seth
Morales that helped the Boilermakers
move the ball to Iowa's 4.
After two straight incompletions,
Hance dropped back to pass before
scrambling down the middle for a 4-
yard touchdown run with 12:07 left in
the game.
The Iowa defense, ranked 11Ith in the
nation and first in the Big Ten in total'
defense, held the Boilermakers to 217
yards - their lowest output this season
- and completely shutdown the passing
game. Hance, who threw for 308 yards
last week against Minnesota, was 17-
for-33 for 147 yards with one intercep-
tion. Purdue had 70 rushing yards on 30
carries.
"We need more consistency with our
offense," Tiller said. "We had too many
dropped balls. We can't do that in our
offense. Once we got going, we were
resourceful."
The Hawkeyes (1-1, 3-1) were even
worse offensively, finishing with 215
total yards. They had their only lead of
the game in the third quarter after safety
Bob Sanders intercepted Hance's pass
and returned it inside Purdue's 20. A
defensive penalty after the interception
brought the ball back to Iowa's 31.
McCann found Hill for a 7-yard
touchdown reception with 6:38 left in
the third and a 14-13 lead.
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