LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 3, 2001-- 3A 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 Pick a card, any card vu "r -km-qa I u SNRE/ 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. Past Martha Coc residents honorc a essa 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. 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