NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 25, 2005 - 3 . ON CAMPUS Medical students perform musical The "Galens Smoker," an annual musical written, directed and per- formed by University medical students that skewers medical education, will be performed this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Mendelssohn Theater. Dental School hosts symposium The 32nd annual Moyers Sympo- sium, an event that aims to contribute to the continued education of practic- ing dentists and orthodontists, will take place Saturday from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Rackham Auditorium. This year's symposium, sponsored by the School of Dentistry, will focus on the question of whether to switch to dig- ital radiography and three-dimensional imaging in clinical practice. For a full schedule, see http://www.dent.umich. edu/depts/opd/ortho/symposium.html. 'Midsummer Night's Dream' at * Hill tonight Tonight at 8 p.m. in Hill Auditorium, the University Musical Society is spon- soring a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The concert will be performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and conducted by the Globe Theatre's Tim Carroll. Tickets range from $10 to $56. More information can be obtained at www.ums.org, CRIME NOTES Loose change reported stolen A caller reported to the Depart- ment of Public Safety Wednesday that someone had been using her computer after hours in Haven Hall. The caller also reported that a key and unknown amounts of loose change had been sto- len from her desk. Skateboarder in possession of illegal drugs Two males were spotted skateboarding aggressively out of a carport on Thomp- son Street around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. One subject was arrested for possession of controlled drugs, DPS reported. Patriotic trespasser in women's hall An unknown male was found tres- passing in the basement of Helen New- berry Residence Hall late Wednesday night. The subject was in the TV lounge wearing a red hat and carrying a plastic bag with American flags on it. THIS DAY House speaker knocks Granhoim on MEAP LANSING (AP) - State House Speaker Craig DeRoche criticized Gov. Jennifer Gra- nholm's proposal to cut scholarships for high school students who scored well on state stan- dardized tests in middle school yesterday. "The fact that we're proposing reneging on a promise to middle school students that achieve their MEAP tests is something that is outra- geous to me," the Novi Republican said during a news conference. "These kids did their work, they studied and got the grades and now they're getting a raw deal." The Democratic governor proposed sav- ing $9 million in the upcoming fiscal year by not giving $500 Michigan Merit Award schol- arships to an estimated 48,600 high school seniors. They earned the scholarships by pass- ing all four Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests in seventh and eighth grades. The $500 scholarships would have been given along with the $2,500 Merit Award earned by high school students who do well on the high school MEAP test and enroll in Michi- gan colleges. Former Gov. John Engler promoted the middle school awards when he unveiled the Merit scholarship program in 2000. The Class of 2005 was to be the first to qualify for the awards. They were cut in an effort to help resolve a $750 million shortfall in the state spend- ing plan for the for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said the state simply does not have enough money to pay for the middle school Merit Award schol- arships. She said the state has not sent letters to college-bound students promising that they would receive the $500 Merit Award. "No one has ever received this funding," Boyd said. "In many regards, it was a hollow promise made by the Engler administration. They cut revenue and didn't cut spending and we are still reeling from the effects of those decisions today." DeRoche's opposition to the cut hurts its chances in the Republican-controlled Legisla- ture, but a spokesman for GOP Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema of Wyoming didn't rule out following Granholm's lead. "We're going to do our best to protect the Merit Award scholarship, but we also realize that given the current budget situation, we have to be willing to put everything on the table and discuss what the state can and cannot afford to do," Sikkema spokesman Ari Adler said. Sikkema told The Associated Press earlier this week that GOP lawmakers must be willing to consider changing the Merit scholarship pro- gram so that the $2,500 award went to needy students, not to everyone who did well on high school MEAP tests. DeRoche said he is opposed to awarding the scholarships based on financial need rather than achievement. DeRoche also said he doesn't agree with Granholm's proposal to replace the Merit Award with a $4,000 scholarship that would go to students who complete two years of col- lege or technical training. Granholm proposed the change, begin- ning for 2007 high school graduates, as a way to encourage more college students to get a degree. She said students could take out loans, knowing they would be able to repay them with the $4,000 award, and that too many stu- dents who get Merit scholarships now never complete a college degree. She also points out that students would get $1,500 more than they get now. The governor wants to double the number of Michigan residents with college degrees in the next decade. But DeRoche said changing the Merit award is the wrong tactic. "I know that it's more important that the kids have the money when they graduate" from high school, he said. "If you say you want to double the number of kids that get a college education in Michigan, how are you going to do that if you take away $2,500?" Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks about Michigan's economic future in Traverse City this month. BUSH Continued from page 1 his shut-down of independent media out- lets, can sway public opinion because they the sign of a healthy society, Bush added, "Obviously there has got to be constraints. There's got to be truth." Another question fromaRussian reporter prompted a broad defense from Bush on the DEPRESSION Continued from page 1 hopes that their messages help men to become aware that depression is affective, there's help out there and "are richer than those who are in favor." "We often "V7je agreed do not pay the WeV ag attention to that," accelerate ( Putin said. Bush was chal- protect nuc lenged as well, by a Russian journalist and materii who asked about "violations of the our two na rights of journal- ists in the United around the States" without giving specifics. -Presid Bush seemed irritated. He said he talked with Putin about Russian press freedom and that the Russian leader asked in turn about practices in the United States. "People do get fired in American press," the president said, adding that they get fired by editors or producers or others - not by government. But while saying that a free press is d to our work to lear weapons als both in tions and world." waydemocracyis practiced in the United States. "I'm perfectly comfortable in telling you, our country is one that safeguards human rights and human dignity, and we resolve our disputes in a peaceful way" he said. how to get help," Pinder-Amaker said because of the stereotype that men are emotion- ally numb, the campaign targets men with tradi- tionally masculine professions as their spokesmen. For example, fireman Jimmy Brown, who suffered from depression, is a spokesperson for NIMH. "The campaign is consistent across the sexes Sevig said. "The camp consistent a sexes but de for men bec they have d reaching ou there is something wrong and abnor- mal about them. The second differ- ence is that men perceive seeking help a personality flaw and a denial of their masculinity. "A man is being stronger when he asks for help and receives help. There's medi- cal evidence aign is that men who do get help actu- .cross the ally improve with their aca- 2signed demic careers as a result," Sevig ause said. diffcultEven though ty the campaign is t for help." aimed toward men, its pur- pose is to edu- e Pindar-Amaker cate the general dean of students public about the seriousness of depression as an illness. One with the hotline by giving advice to the people who respond to calls from students suffering from a cri- sis. SHARE and Finding Voice are both mental health awareness groups on campus. "Being a part of the planning team for the campaign, we helped plan the timing and ways the hotline should function to accommodate students," Latus said. Shansky said, as a male student, he recognizes a pattern that men are less likely to seek treatment, but he thinks the campaign should be called "Real Students - Real Depression," instead of "Real Men - Real Depres- sion." "Students in general deal with these real issues of mental health" Shansky said. "The range between adolescence and adulthood causes a lot of stress in a student's life and the college community needs to be there to create a comfortable educational experience." Latus said she has already heard positive feedback about the cam- paign from fellow students. "I think the campaign will be a success, whether or not it will be measurable, because everyone on campus knows at least one other student dealing with depression," she said. "That is how I know it will be effective." id ent George W. Bush Bush and Putin said they were in united on the desire to stop sus- pected nuclear weapons programs in North Korea and Iran. They remained at odds over Russian arms sales to Syria, which the United States wants halted, said a senior administration official. "We agreed that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. I appreciate Vladimir's understanding on that," Bush said. -Stephani Associate but designed for men because they have difficulty reaching out for help and making connections with symp- toms," Pinder-Amaker said. Sevig said there are two major dif- ferences between the way men and women react to depression. Men are less likely to ask for help because, by doing so, they fear that it means benefit of this campaign is student involvement in the project. "Student input is vital in tailoring the campaign for the campus," Pinder- Amaker said in a written statement. LSA junior Aaron Shansky of the Student Health Advocacy and Research Exchange and LSA Senior Karen Latus of Finding Voice helped SMOKING Continued from page 1 Kate Sigworth, an RHA representa- tive for Martha Cook Residence Hall, stated her concern that RHA may over- look some of the residents in continuing on with the proposal. "This is a hugely subjective issue and it's hard to write a solution to encom- pass everyone," Sigworth said. An alternative solution of creating housing for smokers was also consid- ered, as well as designating regions of buildings only to smokers. Large numbers of students who LGBT Continued from page 1 learn about the LGBT community, about what life is like as someone who is actually LBGT, about what their experiences are. I would like to learn to not be afraid to speak up, and I would like to learn when and where to speak are bothered by second-hand smoke outside of their residence halls have voiced their desire for the liberty to ask smokers to leave the courtyard, Edick said. "Many residents want to be able to go up to smokers and ask them to move. They want this to be written out formally in the Community Living at Michigan handbook," Edick said. Edick was appointed as head of the task force. The committee will further review this issue and speak with indi- vidual residence halls and attempt to find a solution to the lingering smoker debate, he said. up," Ng said. The details of the program are not final- ized yet, but Amquist said the final pro- duction is expected to assist the cause of the LGBT office and ally students. "They can promote education, under- standing, resources and referrals to peo- ple who have questions around LGBT identity," Almquist said. In Daily History Doctoral programs found most costly Feb. 24, 1963 - The University's doc- toral programs are more expensive than those at other large graduate schools, according to a survey by the Graduate Student Council. The report, commissioned after the previous year's tuition hikes hit the gradu- ate programs especially severely, found that in-state students at the University's doctoral programs pay more than in-state students at other public universities. 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