NEWS
The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 18, 2005 - 3
. ON CAMPUS
Midsummer
Night's Dream
performed at Frieze
Malcolm Tulip, a University profes-
sor of theater and drama, is directing
William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" today at 8 p.m. Spon-
sored by the School of Music, the event
will take place at the Trueblood Theatre
in the Frieze Building.
General admission is $12 and $9 with
a student I.D. Tickets for the event can
be purchased at the Michigan League
Ticket Office.
Award-winning
writer to give
poetry reading
Adam Zagajewski, winner of the
2004 Neustadt International Prize for
Literature, will give a poetry reading
today at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham
Building ampitheater.
His reading, titled "Without an
End: A Poetry Reading by Adam
Zagajewski," is part of the Annual
Copernicus Lecture program, spon-
sored partially by the Copernicus
Endowment and the Institute for
the Humanities. There is no cost to
attend.
V-Day supporters
to rally against
misogynism
Supporters of V-Day will gather
today at noon on the Diag to rally.
The event is intended to bring aware-
ness to the fight against violence
against women.
The rally is part of a week of events
leading up to a performance of The
Vagina Monologues, which will take
place Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at the
Power Center.
CRIME
NOTES
Senate panel kills Granholin's budget cuts
LANSING (AP) - A state Senate panel yes-
terday rejected Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plan for
resolving a shortfall in the current budget, balking
at a $30 million cut for higher education.
Senate Republicans said they stayed true to their
word to maintain state funding for universities and
community colleges that kept tuition increases at or
below the rate of inflation this school year.
But the Democratic governor called the commit-
tee's action "fiscally irresponsible."
"Today's example of obstructionism on the part of
the Senate is not acceptable," Granholm said during
an interview in Traverse City. "This is not time for
playing around, this is not time for ... these partisan
salvos from across the aisle."
The rejection effectively kills Granholm's execu-
tive order, even though the House Appropriations
Committee approved it 28-0 yesterday morning.
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected it
with a 10-5 vote along party lines. Both commit-
tees had to approve the executive order for it to take
effect.
Granholm has said she is willing to work with
lawmakers on proposed spending cuts to resolve
a $376 million shortfall in this year's $8.8 billion
general fund. But some Republican legislative lead-
ers said she should have negotiated with lawmakers
before she issued her executive order.
Her proposal would trim state spending by about
$227 million, including a $30 million cut in state
universities' and community colleges' operating
budgets.
The governor said she was willing to give higher
education $70 million more than what it would lose
by using up to $100 million in bonds to cover spe-
cial building and maintenance projects at universi-
ties and community colleges.
But Senate Republican leaders said that wasn't
what higher education institutions had been prom-
ised. Universities that held up their end of the
bargain by keeping tuition levels in check should
expect state officials to do the same, said Senate
Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Shirley
Johnson.
"We believe so strongly in that commitment that
we placed the language in the budget to protect the
promise," the Royal Oak Republican said. "We
remain committed to upholding not only the law,
but our word and our integrity as well."
Lawmakers had 10 days after Granholm released
her executive order last Thursday to approve or
reject it. Johnson said House and Senate leaders ran
out of time to work out a compromise.
"Our communication broke down between each
other but not in a negative way. We just didn't have
time to sit down with the House," Johnson said,
noting that lawmakers agreed with 90 percent of
Granholm's proposed cuts.
The House committee had approved a supple-
mental spending plan that included language to put
off the $30 million cut in spending for the state's
15 public universities until August, when the state
would have a clearer idea if revenues had risen
enough to avoid the cut.
House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) said
he hoped the results of Thursday's votes would not
hurt his relationship with Senate Majority Leader
Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming).
"I think we're going in the right direction,"
DeRoche said of the House committee's decision
to approve the executive order. "Senate members
whom I respect have a different direction that they
would like to go in negotiations."
While Granholm heaped criticism on Sikkema,
she had kind words for DeRoche.
"I really praise the speaker of the House because
I think he was exercising leadership," she said.
A spokesman for Sikkema said it was the gov-
ernor's unwillingness to talk about alternatives to
higher education cuts that caused Senate Republi-
cans to vote down the executive order.
"The governor needs to learn that integrity
shouldn't come with an asterisk and a footnote,"
Ari Adler said.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm answers questions about the 2006 Executive Budget, as state
treasurer Jay Rising, left, and budget director Mary Lannoye, right, stand by during a news
conference yesterday.
Senate Republicans voting to reject the executive
order were Johnson, Mike Goschka of Brant, Tony
Stamas of Midland, Cameron Brown of Sturgis,
Alan Cropsey of DeWitt, Valde Garcia of Howell,
Tom George of Portage, Bill Hardiman of Kent-
wood, Ron Jelinek of Three Oaks and Michelle
McManus of Lake Leelanau.
Five of the committee's six Democrats voted for
it: Deborah Cherry of Burton, Hansen Clarke of
Detroit, Michael Prusi of Ishpeming, Martha Scott of
Highland Park and Michael Switalski of Roseville.
Democrat Jim Barcia of Bay City did not vote.
Professor given award for 'service learning' methods
Jacqueline E. Howard
Daily Staff Reporter
Clothing stolen
from League
Imagine a class where instead of sit-
ting in a stuffy lecture hall, you ven-
ture into the city to change the life of a
troubled youth, to study elaborate murals
or to attend a memorable feminist rally.
These activities are just a sample of what
students in one of American culture and
women's studies Prof. Maria Cotera's
classes have experienced.
Because of the importance Cotera
places upon the use of community ser-
vice in her classes, she was awarded the
Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff
Community Service Learning Award.
MCC is a state-level, nonprofit organiza-
tion devoted to improving the education
of college students in Michigan.
"From the moment I joined the faculty
in 2001, I was intrigued by the pedagogi-
cal possibilities of community service
learning, especially with the idea of creat-
ing a humanities course that might include
an experiential component." Cotera said.
MCC annually recognizes outstanding
community service learning in the class-
room by faculty and staff. Jeffrey How-
ard, who proposed the idea of the award
almost 14 years ago and introduced the
idea of service learning to Cotera, said
one reason Cotera was awarded this
honor was because of her innovative and
creative teaching methods.
"She's an extraordinarily committed
faculty member," Howard said. "She has
a unique commitment to her students."
The community-service projects
Cotera offers her students, along with
her strong commitment, make her
class memorable, LSA sophomore
Michael Smith said.
In Cotera's American Culture class,
Smith attended a field trip to Mexican
Town in Southeastern Detroit. During
this project, he went to the Detroit Insti-
tute of Arts, ate lunch at an authentic
Mexican restaurant and studied murals
within the renovated inner city.
"In her class, I saw new things," Smith
said. "After learning how, within the U.S.,
many cultures adapt and converge, now
I have a new appreciation for Latino cul-
ture."
Cotera said she wanted her students
to learn from these experiences outside
of the classroom. Along with taking her
students to Mexican Town, Cotera has
developed another project in which she
takes her students to Vista Maria, a social
service agency in Dearborn that provides
treatment to abused girls within the juve-
nile justice system. The students actively
interact with the girls while learning
about women's history.
"By providing students with a project to
work on in collaboration with people who
have had very different life experiences
from their own, I hoped to create a space
in which relatively privileged individuals
might come to a deeper understanding of
the social forces that weigh upon different
life choices," Cotera said. "At Vista Maria,
my students encountered highly creative
young women who, because of their race,
gender and especially class, found them-
selves veering toward unhealthy lifestyles
and juvenile delinquency."
With the use of experiential learn-
ing, Cotera said she wants her students
to understand not only how their knowl-
edge can affect the community, but how
they can learn from the community as
well. She said she challenged herself to
always incorporate experiential learning
in her classes.
"Service learning is important because
it changes a student's personal aspirations
to public aspirations," Howard said. "The
use of the community prepares a student
to not only work to fulfill their personal
aspirations, but also those aspirations to
work for their communities as well."
Because of the positive effect service-
learning has produced in Cotera's class-
es, she is working with Maria Montoya,
director of the Latino Studies program,
to incorporate a community service
learning component to the curriculum.
"Community service learning courses
offer both challenges and unique oppor-
tunities to teachers and students." Cotera
said. "For students, it means committing
themselves emotionally and intellectu-
ally to an enterprise that takes them out
of their comfort zone."
With the combination of Cotera's ambi-
tions to positively change academia, her
youthful drive and dedication to the Uni-
versity, this honor is part of the start of her
career as an educator.
"I'm extremely proud to have been rec-
ognized by MCC," she said. "Especially
since there are so many hard-working
faculty at the University who also incor-
porate elements of community serviep
learning into their courses."
A caller reported to the Department
of Public Safety that clothing was sto-
len from the Michigan League early
Wednesday morning. There are cur-
rently no suspects.
Subject takes a
spill in parking lot
A subject fell down at a parking lot
on Observatory Wednesday morning
and was taken to University Hospital for
treatment.
Suspect jailed
after arrest
A subject was arrested on an arrest
warrant Wednesday evening. The sub-
ject is lodged in the Washtenaw County
jail pending arraignment.
CCRB patron's
wallet stolen
A subject's wallet was stolen from the
Central Campus Recreational Building
Wednesday evening, DPS said.
THIS DAY
In Daily History
MSA restricts
role in nonstudent
areas of concern
Feb. 18, 1987 - The Michigan Stu-
dent Assembly passed a resolution to
limit its involvement in national and
international issues, limiting its scope
to matters that involve students.
Although the resolution was binding, no
mechanism was developed to determine
which issues qualify as student related.
The resolution came afterthe Involved
in Michigan Political Action Commit-
tee submitted a petition of 1,800 student
signatures to MSA in an effort to put the
Wsame issue on a student ballot.
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Soweto Gospel Choir
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 8 PM
Hill Auditorium
This inspirational choir brings the rhythm and soul of South
African gospel to Ann Arbor, with music that wraps the sounds
of The Lion King and Ladysmith Black Mambazo together in
one high-energy evening.
Jack DeJohnette's Latin Percussion Summit
Jack DeJohnette, drums; Don Byron, clarinet
Giovanni Hidalgo, congas; Luisita Quintero, timbales
Edsel Gomez, piano; Jerome Harris, bass
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 8 PM
Hill Auditorium
This fiery percussion sextet exploded on the jazz scene at the
2003 Montreal Jazz Festival. Now, they reunite to smoke up the
stage of Hill Auditorium for one cool midwinter evening.
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