www.mic/ngandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 52 Q2004 The Michigan Daily -a - S Googi 4 By Karl Stampfl Daily Staff Reporter Soon anyone will be able to browse the Uni- versity library, whether he is in Ann Arbor or Europe or anywhere in between. The University announced a partnership with Google today in which the Internet search1 engine will digitally scan all University books and other media and make them available to anyone worldwide with an Internet connec- tion. Plans are in place to convert all 7 million items in the University library collection into e to digitize ' ' libraries digital form and place them online in about six years. Users will be able to search the collection by phrases and keywords. If the relevant material is currently under copyright, users will be able to view three snippets per work. Snippets con- sist of the sentence where the match occurs and the sentences before and after. The user can then determine whether the work is valuable to them and, if it is, find a copy. If the material is not under copyright, users will be able to view the text from cover to cover. "Suppose in the second edition of John Stuart Mill's essays there was a particular twist no one has seen for 50 years - that's in our library," Provost Paul Courant said. "But the value is not the particular documents, it's that you can search this huge library." He added that in the age of the Internet, if things can't be found online, people do not both- er to find them, especially among the younger generation. "Now they will be able to," he said. Google will shoulder the entire cost of con- verting the materials, said John Price Wilkin, associate University librarian. "I think what it's going to do is give Google a significant advantage in providing information content," Wilkin said. Google has already started the project and it can scan an average of 5,000 University items a year. By the time the program is in its most advanced state, Google plans to scan more than one million items per year. Previously, that would not be possible. But Google has created innovative scanning technol- ogy specifically for the library project that won't destroy the University's physical copies. "It's fast and high quality," Wilkin said. "It takes the operators as long to scan a book as it takes to turn pages." The partnership was made because Google founder Larry Page is a University alum. The University is also a good candidate because it has one of the six largest research libraries in the country, Wilkin said. It will join other libraries - notably the New York Public Library and Harvard University's library - in digitizing their collections through Google. "It's all about democratizing access," Wilkin said. See GOOGLE, Page 5 Greek hazing mvesigtion w.down Administrators plan to release statement soon ALls.LSEN/Daily According to Counseling and Psychological Services, three out of four women struggle with eating disorders. Out of ten people with eating disorders are men. "Ul ieaer gra~~~~~~plswt ain iodr By Emily Kraack Daily News Editor As the term winds down, the Office of Student Conflict and Resolution is entering the final stage of its inves- tigation into allegations of hazing within the Greek system. University officials added that a state- ment can be expected in the near future, and that this statement will be followed by resolutions that may include plans to restructure the Greek system. Last week, Interim LSA Dean Sue Eklund said she thinks that some alle- gations would be dropped. "As one would expect with the whole long list of allegations, some seem not to have had much substance behind them, or at least on further investigation did not seem to be hazing. Some just had a few twists. Some seem to have been well borne out through investiga- tions," she said. She added now the office will be forming resolutions regarding the outcome of the investigation. She said meetings had been set up between OSCR staff and those fra- ternities and sororities still under investigation and said she hoped these could conclude before the end of the term. The allegations, which were made public in late October, included seven incidents brought to the attention of Eklund and possibly one more given to OSCR. Incidents included reports of sexual coercion and forced con- sumption of excessive amounts of alcohol. Eklund said the process has taken a long time due to the magnitude of the allegations and "because people's lives are complicated." The OSCR panel has conducted about 200 interviews during the investigation. Eklund said OSCR even hired a tem- porary employee to keep up with the investigation. University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said in an e-mail that the statement released to the public would probably include "what the investiga- tion found in the way of hazing" and which organizations will be held responsible. Individual names will most likely not be publicly released because of federal privacy laws regarding student records. Peterson said the statement will include information about what steps will be taken as a result of the investigation's findings. Keith Elkin, the director of OSCR, said he expects the state- ment to include "at a minimum," the information that some instances of hazing did occur. He said he expect- ed the final resolution to encourage a "combination of penalties, educa- tional interventions, a restructuring of the Greek system" and would involve a wide-ranging group of subjects, the including individu- als involved, OSCR, the Office of Greek Life and national fraternity and sorority organizations. Elkin said OSCR cannot take action against fraternity or sorority houses, as the office has no group jurisdiction. "Any action we would take pursuant to rights and responsibilities would have See HAZING, Page 7 By Emily Liu Daily Staff Reporter After having a heart attack due to malnutrition her freshman year of col- lege, Rackham student Marna Clowney finally realized that she needed help. She has since recovered from anorexia. "For what I put my body through, it's a miracle I'm still here," Clowney said. Clowney, who is black, said it was difficult for her to find help because the medical community tends to believe that minorities with eating disorders are rare. "It took (the doctors) two years to change to a diagnosis that would link to the right support," she said, adding that doctors did not want to classify her as anorexic or bulimic. Clowney said therapists were not sup- portive and told her that she would never get better saying things like "anorexia shrank your brain so small you can't recover." After struggling with an eating dis- order for eight years, Clowney finally found a therapist and nutritionist who was able to help. "For what I put my body through, it's a miracle I'm still here." - Marna Clowney Rackham student "I think I went through it to be able to provides peer support and resources for help people," Clowney said. people who are recovering from eat- Clowney, who is a member of Stu- ing disorders. Clowney stressed how dents Promoting Education, Awareness, important peer support was to recov- and Knowledge about Eating Disor- ery, saying, "Out of (the 983 members ders, a student group at the University, of the website), I'd say 150 of them launched a nonprofit website in May that See DISORDER, Page 7 Proposal to revamp higher education By Jameel Naqvi Daily Staff Reporter Students may have an easier time paying for college if Gov. Jennifer Granholm implements a new proposal call- ing for the state to guarantee universal higher education. Tomorrow, a commission led by Lt. Gov. John Cherry will recommend that the governor adopt numerous pro- posals to guarantee higher education for all high school graduates. While the propsals do not specify what this guarantee means, commission members told the Associ- ated Press that the state could increase access to state and federal funding programs or pay for community college education. With a state revenue shortfall of $370 million, it is unclear how this policy would be funded or how even if the commission's proposal can provide all high school graduates with a college education. "It would certainly require higher levels of (taxation) to get it done," University Provost Paul Courant said. But he added that the real issue was not whether the state has adequate resources. "The question is whether the state has the political will to do it," he said. Granholm will have to decide which of the commis- sion's proposals are feasible as she prepares her spending reduction plan and the budgets for the current and next fiscal year. The proposals suggest that high schools offer classes for college credit and more scholarship opportu- nities to students. They also recommend restructuring high school districts with high drop out rates, such as by making the classes smaller. "(The commissioners) recognized that there's a fiscal crisis in the state but they also acknowledged a sense of urgency with these issues," said Cynthia Wilbanks, the University's vice president for government relations. Both Wilbanks and Courant said the payoff from guaranteeing higher education outweighs the cost of the proposed policy. "The state's economic well-being is in many ways tied to the educational achievement of its citizens," Wilbanks said. See HIGHER ED, Page 8 Student tosses possessions out of U Towers window Today's issue is the last edition of the Daily printed this term. We thank you for your readership throughout the semester and encourage you to keep track of the latest campus news MELTDOWN By Farayha Arrine Daily Staff Reporter Computer parts, furniture and other belongings were tossed onto South University Avenue from a 12th floor University Towers apartment window yesterday morning. Before 10 a.m., a man stand- ing at the window had strewn the street with notebooks, CDs, desk drawers and pictures. After receiving numerous calls, the Ann Arbor Police Department arrived at the scene and took the man away for treatment. He was not arrested and will not face charges, as is the case in men- tal health crises, the AAPD said. People walking down the street ran for cover as the man threw the pos- sessions, witnesses said. They also STA Travel, which is across from University Towers, said she was opening the store when she saw the first things flying down from the window. She said she was almost hit by a falling object that landed on the sidewalk in front of the store. "Shelves, checkbooks, CDs, a printer (and) keyboard were all coming down. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen down here," she said. Employees from other stores said everyone stood outside watch- ing, thinking that the man would jump from the window himself. The man left the building shirt- less but police officers covered him before he entered the car, one employee said. - During the incident, the AAPD blocked off the street while Ann i I I ~ ~ -..