The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 9, 2003 - 7A Soakin' up the sun CAUCUS Continued from Page 1A at nearly 450 voting sites, Democrats can also cast their ballots by mail. University students also said they did not think the new policies were unfair. "People who don't have computers right now aren't at a loss," LSA junior Adam Kelsey said. "The people that don't have computers still have the chance to vote - the only way they won't do it is if they don't want to." Business school junior Walter Moore said he thought the new policies would prove more convenient to Uni- versity students. But he added that the policies are "unfortunate for those who don't have a computer." Michigan is not the first state to institute online vot- ing in the presidential election process. In its 2000 presidential caucus, Arizona Democrats also had the option of voting online. PROPOSITION Continued from Page JA racial preferences. That's something people are more educated on." Ward has led two similar and successful initiatives in Washington and California. Jones said those outcomes in those elections are better indicators of what could be the outcome in Michigan. An Associated Press Poll taken three weeks ago showed 52 percent of Michigan residents do not sup- port the University's admission policies. ROD'S Continued from Page 1 compete. Big chains can afford to lose money, but local business owners are putting their life savings into it. It's hard, it's very difficult. I've been in business here 17 years. There have always been ups and downs with a semi recession." McKendry added that the new owners do not plan to make any drastic changes to the diner, due to the heavy scrutiny and costs that would come with updating the build- ing to meet current Ann Arbor build- ing standards. "Being successful as a businessman - I didn't make it. But being success- ful in my goal to make kids feel spe- cial no matter what was," Craig said. "Me and my wife just wanted to be part of the student community, in a way of supporting each student no matter what race, whether they were straight or gay. They always felt com- fortable and we trained our staff to to make each student feel special too," Craig said. LSA junior Priya Pai said she can remember her first time coming to the diner, known best for its "Colliders"- non-fat yogurt desserts mixed with multiple toppings that include any- thing from pretzels and cereal to bits of chocolate bars. "It was when I was really bummed out freshman year. A friend brought me here and I had one of these and the world became a better place," she said. Now an Ann Arbor fixture, the diner found its start in the basement of the Zion Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, where Craig was youth director. "I started this program called Rod's Diner. It would meet Wednes- day night and kids would come from school to play games and study there was space for them there. I provided them a smorgasbord type of menu for them. I wanted the center to be a place for them to come and social- ize," Craig said. "So they would feel comfortable being with friends and eat and drink there." He added that in time, the situation turned into one where kids (who it was meant for) would drop in, but their parents would socialize together as well. "So the little sandwich menu drew into 175 people Wednesday night. It kept growing so much it developed into something special. The busier it got the more the parents started to help out," Craig said. His decision to look for another place to hold Rod's Diner began with his wife Susan. He saw the ad in the paper and when he visited the building, he had a vision of it as a diner with silverware and plates instead of its present day condition as a fast food restaurant. "Colliders were here when we bought it, but they were delivery and more food than colliders and real lim- ited in the number of things you could put in them," Craig said. "Also it was in Styrofoam instead of the Collider cups they come in now. So we focused on what we could do to make it more appealing thing. We stressed the fact that it was a healthy thing to eat, no- fat yogurt and cereal and it kind of caught on, it's a meal in itself." But it was more then just the food that the Craig's concentrated on; they said they were most concerned with keeping the comfortable environment that they had created in the basement of the church. They said they worked to keep stu- dents at ease through a mixture of tak- ing their pictures, giving free birthday Colliders and in general socializing with them. Music sophomore Hannah Williams and her visiting friend, Giovanni among those enjoying the unseasonly warm weather yesterday. KELLY LIN/Daily Nicoli, are BUDGET Continued from Page 1A tain current levels of financial aid and academic quality in the face of another round of state budget cuts, she said. State Sen. Tom George (R-Kalama- zoo), a member of the Senate Appro- priations Committee, said he does not dispute Boulus' claims, but he added that other state institutions and pro- grams have had to decrease their qual- ity in response to budget cuts. "Everyone says they can't handle any more cuts," George said. "Other areas that depend on state appropria- tions would argue similar things." Budget cuts are nothing new for uni- versities, George said, pointing out that several decades ago the University was forced to close two departments in response to a decrease in state aid. The revised expectations for the budget shortfall come only days after a report released by the Presidents Coun- cil praised state universities for striving to keep their costs down. According to the report, schools eliminated 1,395 faculty and staff positions and reduced spending by $159 million. Such measures kept the universities' spending increases below the rate of inflation, the report states. Schools also compensated for decreased state aid with tuition increases averaging 9.9 percent. "They are doing all they can to pre- vent a lack of resources from limiting the aspirations of students and the quality of education in Michigan," Boulus said in the report. When draw- ing up their budget over the summer, university administrators were faced with double-digit increases in energy prices and health care, as well as a 1- percent increase in student enrollment, the report states. Boulus said schools responded by cutting hours at libraries and comput- ing facilities, increasing class sizes and freezing hiring and pay increases. According to the report, state aid for higher education increased slower than almost all other areas of state spending. 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