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SAPAC director to be chosen by March
Wallace to narrate
b for Copland piece
The University Symphony Band will
perform Aaron Copland's piece "Lin-
coln Portrait" with CBS "60 Minutes"
anchor Mike Wallace as narrator. The
Friday program will also include other
patriotic works.
"It seems appropriate to relive these
words on the anniversary of a day that
has indeed lived in infamy" conductor
Michael Haithcock said in a written
statement.
Wallace was chosen to narrate the
piece in part because he is a WWII vet-
eran.
Copland's piece was first performed
in 1942 and is meant to convey the
patriotism and humanity that are con-
veyed in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
In addition, a section of the concert
will be dedicated to the victims of Pearl
Harbor and the Sept. 11 attacks through
the performance of on of the most
famous funeral marches, "Funeral
Music for Queen Mary, after Purcell."
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in
Hill Auditorium, and admission is free.
Former Clinton
aide to discuss
public privacy
Former chief counselor for privacy
for the Clinton administration Peter
Swire will give a lecture tomorrow on
the relationship between telecommuni-
cations and the law and how they relate
to public privacy.
Swire has also served as White
House coordinator for the proposed and
final privacy rules for the Health Insur-
ance Portability and Accountability Act
medical.
He has had experience coordinating
administration policy regarding the
public and private sectors such as
financial privacy, encryption, public
records, and computer security and
privacy.
Swire has also published numerous
works in publications such as the Wall
Street Journal, the New Republic and
the American Banker.
The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in
Hutchins Hall.
Lecture to focus
on environment
The U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture's undersecretary for natural
resources and environment Mark
Rey, a University alum, will speak
tomorrow on obstacles the U.S.
Forestry Service and other land
management agencies must deal
with.
As director of the activities of the
U.S. Forestry Service and Natural
Resource Conservation Service,
Rey currently oversees 191 million
acres of national forest, grasslands
and conservation programs related
to private forestry and agriculture.
Rey has also served as a staff
member for the U.S. Senate Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural
Resources where he was involved in
conservation and forestry related
bills.
The talk will run from 4 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. in the Hussey Room of
the Michigan League. The event is
free and open to the public and
reception will be held following the
talk.
Eleven 'U' science
faculty honored
Eleven University faculty members
have been named American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science
Fellows.
There are a total of 288 individu-
als named as fellows.
The University faculty recognized
include: chemistry Prof. Brian Cop-
pola, Dentistry Prof. John Drach,
Medical Prof. David Ginsburg,
physics Prof. Gordon Kane, Educa-
tion Prof. Joseph Krajcik, Medical
Prof. John Lowe, chemistry Prof.
David Lubman, biological cfhem-
istry Prof. Marthat Ludwif, human
genetics Prof. Miriam Meisler, Den-
tistry Associate Dean of Research
Martha Somerman and biology Prof.
Charles Yocum.
- Compiled By Daily StaffReporter
Shannon Pettypiece.
By Jacquelyn Nixon
Daily Staff Reporter
Following the receipt of 47 applications for
the new Sexual Assault Prevention and Aware-
ness Center director, the search committee for
the position met Friday morning to discuss the
minimum qualifications desired for the top can-
didates and the committee's schedule for the
selection process.
"Our goal is to be able to make a recommen-
dation on a final three to five candidates by the
end of February and invite them to the Universi-
ty at that point," search committee Chair Kath-
leen Donohoe said.
The 12-member committee is comprised of
two students and 10 University affiliates who
interact with SAPAC daily. The committee has
representatives from Counseling and Psycholog-
ical Services, the Department of Public Safety,
the Office of Student Conflict Resolution, Uni-
versity and Family Housing, University Hospi-
tals, the Office of Greek Life and SAPAC.
The committee hopes to deliver its recom-
mendations to the Office of Student Affairs by
the beginning of February. Donohoe said that in
order to accommodate the student members, the
final decision must be made prior to their depar-
came to a consensus about the characteristics
and abilities they would like to see in a new
SAPAC director. They also decided the mini-
mum educational qualification for the position
is a master's degree or job experience equivalent
to the title.
Donohoe said they have to quantify how
much experience those candidates need, since
some do not have a master's degree, but have
worked extensively with students.
"The dedication and attention we want in
someone who can work well with students ... is
the paramount qualification," she said. "I think
the couple that have intrigued me are those that
are working at major universities that have
extensive prevention programs. It will be inter-
esting to see their complete resumes ... and to
find the substance of those programs."
Thirteen of the applications for the position
came from candidates who expressed interest at
a Sexual Assault and Harassment conference
Donohoe attended in the beginning of Novem-
ber. Also many candidates responded after see-
ing an ad for the position in the Chronicle for
Higher Education and Black Issues in Higher
Education.
The committee will begin reviewing applica-
tions this week and will meet bimonthly. Closer
to the deadline date, they will begin meeting
weekly.
ture for spring break.
At Friday's meeting, the
committee members
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By Jennifer Misthal
Daily Staff Reporter
Faculty members from several dif-
ferent fields were selected last week
to form an advisory committee for
the LSA and School of Natural
Resources degree program approved
last month.
"Faculty in both schools, SNRE
and LSA, endorsed the new program
because they believed that it would
create better educational opportuni-
ties for students than they have at
present," said John Knott, interim
director of the Program in the Envi-
ronment.
"We've always been proud of the
undergraduate education we offered
in SNRE. But fields are expanding,
and many people who don't want
pre-professional training are now
interested in learning about the envi-
ronment. To serve such a broad audi-
ence, we really need a bigger pool of
faculty," said Bobbi Low, a Natural
sth Resources professor and a member
of the concentration's faculty adviso-
ry committee, in a written statement.
WARD/Daily In addition to Low, committee-
and members are Catherine Badgley of
the Residential College and Museum
of Paleontology, Joel Blum of Geo-
logical Sciences, Deborah Goldberg
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolo-
gy, Raymond De Young of Conserva-
tion Behavior, Gloria Helfand of
Environmental Economics and Mary
Anne Carroll of the College of Engi-
.e neering and Chemistry.
In recent years, SNRE has faced
probig as eethgitiollmnt
quotas, Knott said. He said he hopes
the new program will appeal to LSA
undergraduates since there has also
been an increasing demand for an
environmental concentration from
LSA.
SA joint degree
ommittee named
"The new program will bring
about good changes. Under LSA, the
program will have more money and
more resources to use to accomplish
whatever we want. Now students
don't have to choose between the
two schools when they apply to the
University," SNRE freshman Jamie
Eldrett said.
But Eldrett expressed disappoint-
ment at the change.
"It's a shame that SNRE couldn't
stand alone as its own school and
was eaten up by LSA. It's also a
shame that there wasn't enough
interest and funding in the first
place, but the new program will open
lots of new opportunities," Eldrett
said.
One student expressed disappoint-
ment at the dissolution of SNRE's
undergraduate program.
"I'm not a big fan of the change.
My biggest problem with it is that I
really think the school will lose a lot
of its community feel. If I knew
about the program, I would have
simply applied to LSA," said SNRE
freshman Sam Brown.
The program will be housed in the
Dana Building, the current home of
SNRE.
"The new program differs from
the old in a number of ways. It will
offer more course options to students
and an emphasis on interdisciplinary
approaches to solving environmental
problems, with some new team-
taught courses and also courses
taught by faculty in schools and col-
leges other than SNRE or LSA. It
can lead toither a'BA or a BStLSA
and *SNRE will both be on the diplo-
ma and the transcript," Knott said.
The University hopes to make the
program more original through the
creation of new courses.
"We will be asking for creative
thought, and real interaction from
people in disciplines that previously
may not have worked across these
boundaries. We hope to help students
learn how'to look past 'particulars'
and see the real shape - the guts -
of a problem, no matter what field.
So, every example will have a bio-
logical and a social science problem
- but these problems will have
exactly parallel solutions. It's quite
exciting," Low said.
Knott stressed the interdiscipli-
nary angle of the new program, and
said that there will be a balance
between social science and natural
science aspects of the program.
LSA Dean Shirley Neuman said in
an e-mail that the concentration
requires students to do an interdisci-
plinary core course and a capstone
course that integrates science and
policy issues.
Eldrett said the new program will
better prepare students for employ-
ment.
"Now, there's a lot of job openings
in the social aspect of environmental
careers so the balance is a good
idea," Eldrett said. "It's somewhat
balanced now. There are a lot of dif-
ferent classes that focus on a lot of
different aspects."
The other new component of the
program is the field course or intern-
ship requirement for students. This
will allow students to apply their
classroom knowledge to real world
situations.
"The requirements of a field
course or internship reflects our
Sense that'is important for real stn-
dents to have real-world experience,
either doing the kind of field work
that they would do as scientists or
working in an organization as an
intern. In both cases, there would be
faculty supervision," Knott said.
LSA senior Edward Vurnett deals cards during the Michigan Masquerade
Casino Night, an AIDS benefit, at Trotter House Saturday.
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By Kylene Kiang
Daily Staff Reporter
"I didn't know
After more than 70 years, Trudy
Huebner finally got her wish to "sit
down and be waited on." Huebner, a
1936 graduate and University
regent emeritus, said she was fired
from her job serving diners when
she lived in the Martha Cook Resi-
dence Hall.
"They told me I expended too
much merriment with the guests, so
they moved me to a job working in
the elevator," Huebner said.
But last night, Huebner, along
with more than 140 Martha Cook
residents and special guests, kicked
off the holiday season with the 56th
annual Messiah Dinner held at the
residence hall. The dinner is tradi-
tionally held on the first Sunday in
December, following the perfor-
mance of Handel's Christmastime
oratorio, the "Messiah," at Hill
Auditorium.
The semi-formal event hosted
prominent University faculty,
administration and alumni. All
guests were escorted by Martha
Cook residents.
"We get the chance to meet peo-
ple in the University you normally
don't see," said Rackham student
Jun Hwa Ha, who escorted Univer-
,sity interim Provost Lisa Tedesco.
"That was probably the most
exciting part, to be randomly
hooked up with someone," said
LSA senior Teagan Schweitzer.
Other guests included former
University President Robben Flem-
ing, University Musical Society
Director Ken Fischer and soloists
from the "Messiah" performance.
"It's definitely the major social
event of the building. Every year it
gets a little nicer," said Catherine
what to expect ...
I'm glad I could be
a part of it."
- Amy Costello
LSA freshman
Davis, a member of the Martha
Cook board of governors.
The student escorts are "the
greatest part of the event perhaps.
Getting to meet the young women
of this building is wonderful,"
Davis said.
"They are so talented and diverse
in their interests. It seemed like
when I was a resident, girls were all
either teachers or nurses. Now there
are doctors and engineers. The
change is tremendous," she added.
The evening's theme was "An
Old-Fashioned Christmas." Current
residents honored the building's
past traditions and alumni during
the dinner.
"It's fun to be part of the tradi-
tion," said LSA freshman Alice
Shukla.
Dinner was followed, by a musi-
cal and theatrical performance
which featured the talents of
Martha Cook residents.
"I didn't know what to expect.
But there was a lot of excitement
mounting over these past few days,
and I'm glad I could be a part of
it," said LSA freshman Amy
Costello.
Costello also added that the
process of putting the event togeth-
er strengthened the sisterhood of
the Martha Cook community.
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