0 2B - The Michigan Daily - Changing times - Tuesday, April 16, 2002 NEWS Professor recogized y for solving gene co 1e Sequencing of human genomic code seen as top scientific accomplishment By Lsa Koivu July 3, 2000 Goss resigns after three years as Athletic Department head ' On June 26, in a trans-Atlantic news conference held by President Bill Clinton and British Prime Min- ister. Tony Blair, the two announced that the majority of the human genome has been successfully sequenced, a feat that has been compared to man first walking on the moon. The biotechnology company Cel- era Genomics and the publicly funded Human Genome Project had been in competition for more than two years, as each tried to be the first to complete the rough draft. Yet, both Francis Collins, Univer- sity professor and head of the Human Genome Project, and Celera Chief Executive Officer J. Craig Venter joined together at the press conference to tell the world of their findings. "Science is a voyage of explo- ration into the unknown. We are here today to celebrate a milestone along a truly unprecedented voyage, this one into ourselves," Collins said at the press conference. According to the Human Genome Project, a genome is all of the DNA in an organism, including the genes. The genes carry the proteins that determine what an organism looks like as well as how well the body is able to fight off disease. DNA is made up of four chemi- cals, adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine. These chemicals are repeated about three billion times within the human genome and the order of the chemicals is extremely important, as it is this order which makes each person different from the next. Jack Dixon, biological chemistry professor, compared the lack of information we had prior to the sequencing to a list of parts needed to build a car. "Scientists are like mechanics - they must understand how things work. What the genome project pro- vides us is all of the parts - a com- plete list of everything in the car," Dixon said. "If we were writing, it would be like writing'with only a few letters: Now we have the whole alphabet and are able to write novels," he added. By Jeannie Baumann and David Den Herder Feb. 9, 2000 University President Lee Bollinger offi- cially accepted the resignation of Athletic Director Tom Goss yesterday, after appoint- ing him in September 1997. "Every decision that I have made in the past 29 months was made from the heart and in the best interest of the University of Michigan and its student-athletes," said Goss, who is scheduled to leave office at the end of the winter athletic season in March. "Not everything has been accomplished, but a pathway has been chartered for the next athletic director," Goss said. Bollinger said the resignation came after much deliberation. "This is a decision Tom and I have arrived at that goes back over many months and over many discussions," Bollinger said. "It is far too complex for any kind of sim- ple statement. This is the right decision for the University." Bollinger refused to give the specifics behind the athletic director's departure. But as Goss addressed his future options, he mentioned the abruptness of this development. "I really haven't had the time to really consider (my options)," Goss said. "This just happened real quick." Bollinger then said the months of discus- sion pertained to the future of the Athletic Department and not specifically to Goss' tenure at the University. He refuted claims that this development is an attempt by Uni- versity administrators to exert more execu- tive control over athletics. "I've said from the beginning that one of the things I would not do is run the Athlet- ic Department," Bollinger said. "It's sim- ply not the role of the president of the University." Bollinger said he recognized the impor- tance of deferring "in most instances to the judgements of individual departments." But at the same time, he stressed the need for administrative participation in cer- tain matters to allow for a collective deci- sion-making approach. "I do not want a University where vari- ous parts simply decide how to deal with things and the University, which we are supposed to represent in the central administration, is only informed about," Bollinger said. A source said the NCAA's recent investi- gation of Jamal Crawford's eligibility - and Bollinger's unawareness of it - was a factor in Goss' departure. "You can take any of the issues that have been raised in the media over the past two or three years. Every single one of those issues has been a collective effort on the part of the Athletic Department and on the part of the administration," Bollinger said. "Take any of those issues, and you have University involvement." Near the end of this academic term, Goss is to receive a lump sum of $280,500 and will no longer be on the University payroll. Bollinger said he may name* an interim director this spring and plans to form a committee to search for the University's tenth athletic director. The appointment will be the second in Bollinger's three- year tenure. i0 a Athletic Director Tom Goss announces his resignation as University President Lee Bollinger watches. Family, f riends saddened by sudden death of 'U' student By Nikita Easley Oct. 19,1998 Remembering her vivid imagination, sense of humor and love of life, hundreds of friends and family attended services yesterday for LSA freshman Courtney Cantor, who died Friday morning after falling from her sixth- floor residence hall window. Investigators suspect that Cantor, whose body was found near the loading dock of Mary Markley Residence Hall, may have fallen from the ladder of her y, loft while climbing into bed. "She had a sparkle that drew people to her," Rabbi Harold Loss said during yesterday's service at Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Mich. "She taught us lessons about living, caring for each other and being there for each other." Cantor The 18-year-old Chi Omega pledge from West Bloom- field attended carry-in ceremonies at the sorority Thursday night. She then went to a party at the Phi Delta Theta frater- nity, where she was seen drinking alcohol. She returned to Markley in a cab with three friends at about 3 a.m. Cantor's roommate, LSA freshman Marni Golden, saw her in the room after Cantor returned from the party. Golden left the room once between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. to go to the bathroom. Cantor, found in her nightshirt, was taken to University Hospital Emergency Room and pro- nounced dead at 5:48 a.m. Through tears and shaky voices, friends and family yesterday remembered Cantor's love, willingness to accept challenges, loyalty as a friend and even her sense of fashion. "She was the strongest in our group, like the leader," said LSA freshman Rebekah Parker, one of Cantor's close friends from Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills. "She held everything together. She was a best friend to a lot of people." Loss read a paper Cantor recently had finished that demonstrated the writing talent she inherited from her father, Detroit News columnist George Cantor. In the paper, Cantor describes her mother, Sherry, as her "best friend" and calls her father her "knight in shining armor." "She had a huge capacity of giving," George Cantor said of his daughter. He said just a few weeks ago his daughter told him she was intimidated by the competitive atmosphere at the University, but said, "I can do this." Cantor's ability to balance numerous extracurricular activities, maintain good grades and still have fun often mystified some of her friends. "She knew how to budget her time and no one could understand how she did it," said Jennifer Raznick, a high school friend and freshman at Emory University. Cantor "lit up a room" when she entered it, Parker said. "She was very beautiful and always caught people's eye." An honor student at Andover Cantor was an a'tive mem- ber of the debate, tennis and forensic team, National Honor Society and school newspaper staff. She worked hard during high school so she could be accepted at the University and be with her sister, LSA senior Jaime Cantor. "It was very important for her to go to Michigan," George Cantor said. "She was elated last year when she found out she was accepted." As a resident of the Markley community, Cantor was involved in the 21st Century Living-Learning Program. Just more than a week ago, she accepted her bid to Chi Omega. i II II Er HOW DO YOU SHOW HER HOW PROUD YOU ARE OF HER 4 f W ' o Congratulations and Good Luck Class of 2002!s From your friends at The University's Alpha Epsilon PI chapter lost their charter in December 1999 after several pledges came forth with hazing allegations Fraternity's chapter suspended due to hazing accusations DEGREE? JEWELRY AND WATCHES 1113 SOUTH UNIVERSITY - ANN ARBOR. M 48104 TELEPHONE (734) 552.3773 $50 OFF! Mention this ad when you enroll in any full course Thfe Princeton 800/2REVIEW www.princetonreview. comr L_ I By David Enders Dec. 8, 2000 The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity's national chapter officially suspended the campus chapter yesterday after a fraternity pledge was injured in an alleged hazing incident. A fraternity member allegedly shot the pledge, who is an LSA first-year student, in the penis at close range with a BB gun early Monday morning. The injured pledge was clad only in boxer shorts at the time f the incident. The 19-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, was scheduled for surgery yesterday at University Hospital. The family has requested that the hospital not release further infor- mation on the victim's condition. The incident prompted other Pi pledges to speak out on initiation rites they endured while pledging the fraternity this semester. Many of the pledges said the fraternity practices some of the most brutal initiation rites on campus. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the pledges discussed activities that took place in the house this semester. Among the activities, pledges said they were duct taped to chairs and each other, and placed into a bathroom for seven hours while mem- bers of the house threw eggs into an nen window ofthe ronm Monday had been purchased by the fraternity's chapter President Brad Lundy. The president could not be reached for comment. Pledges said the gun was fired into the air during other pledge activities this semester. On Monday night, assuming the gun was fempty, one of the pledge educators aimed and fired at individual pledges' eyes, temples and back before a BB discharged from the gun, injuring the seventh pledge in the line. "There is resentment towards the older brothers," a second pledge said, but added that "it was a select few that focused their time toward" hazing and that he has "a positive feeling towards most of the brothers in the house." The group of Pi pledges said Mon- day's shooting was not the first time a fellow pledge needed medical attention this semester. Two pledges were admitted to the hospital for alcohol poisoning, and another pledge was sent to the hospi- tal hours before the BB gun incident after being struck with a snowball containing a rock during an activity in which pledges were stripped down to their boxers and pelted with snow- balls by members of the house, the pledges said. Of the active fraternity member that threw the snowball, "his only concern (of the incident) was whether it would affect his ettini into the bnsiness 0 H o