Wednesday, October 5, 2005 MATT SINGER ON HOCKEY'S TRIUJMPHANT RETURN ... PAGE 11 Opinion 4 Jeff Craven: Look for me on the Diag Arts 8 Vince Vaughn brings comedy to Detroit it4iVgn44aV One-hundredfifteen years ofedftorilfreedom www.michikandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 5 ©2005 The Michigan Daily Student groups rules * revised Regulations aim to bring accountability to campus organizations By Amber Colvin Daily Staff Reporter New requirements for student orga- nizations will take effect this semester, including a constitution, a 10-member minimum and adherence to the Uni- versity's nondiscrimination policy. Susan Wilson, director of Student Activities and Leadership, said the new procedures are more than just rule changes. "Really the whole idea is that it's a cultural shift of the way we think of groups," Wilson said. Under the old system, Wilson said even well-established groups like Dance Marathon struggled to under- stand and access the resources avail- able to them as student organizations. Bidish Sarma, who graduated from the University last year and served as executive director of Dance Marathon, said that he, along with incoming and outgoing heads of Circle K, the Detroit Project and K-Grams, wrote a propos- al for the administration in 2004 that detailed ways to improve the relation- ship between the University and stu- dent groups. Wilson said she was excited when the groups brought their concerns for- ward because the proposal gave her the opportunity to reform procedures governing student organizations. "I was thrilled," she said. "I had wanted to start some initiatives." Spurred by the 2004 proposal, the University created the Student Orga- nization and Recognition Advisory Committee, given the task of review- ing the University's relationship with student groups. SOAR's report, issued in April, said "the lack of a student organiza- tion recognition system has resulted in unintended negative outcomes for both student organizations and the University." The report concluded that under the old system, there was no way for the University to hold groups accountable for misconduct or rectify the uneven distribution of resources among groups. Now, the University will classify student organizations into three cat- egories - sponsored, voluntary and nonaffiliated. It will allocate resourc- es according to organization classifi- cation. The University will be able to hold groups accountable to their constitu- 'tions and will require group mem- bers.to attend a student organization See SOAR, Page 7 "I DROVE FOR FOUR HOURS AND LISTENED TO FOUR LECTURES." -PAUL LOPEZ, SECOND-YEAR DENTrISTRY STUDENT Strikers picket regent Northwest Airlines workers protest Andrea Fischer Newman, who is an NWA executive By Amber Colvin Daily Staff Reporter Northwest Airlines employees and University students assembled outside University Regent Andrea Fischer Newman's (R-Ann Arbor) Main Street apartment yesterday to protest Newman's actions as a Northwest executive. leagues an hour and a half take the replacement mechanics about eight hours. The Department of Transporta- tion recently found that Northwest, the fourth-largest airline in the country, had more late flights than any other major carrier during the weeks surrounding the beginning of the AMFA strike. Signs at the protest read "Don't Gamble With NWA," suggesting that flyers traveling with North- west are risking their lives. "Security of the airline just isn't the same anymore," said Barbara, a flight attendant from Ann Arbor Mechanics at the protest said Newman, senior vice president of government affairs for Northwest, lied to employees about the finan- cial health of the airline before Northwest filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and tried to bust the union by sending in scabs during the strike. "She's telling us everything's OK - that there's no problems," said Ralph Neopoli- tan, a Northwest who asked "You just don't replace ... years of experience with 10 weeks of training. Bottom line, it's not safe to fly Northwest Airlines right now. - Ralph Neopolitan Northwest Airlines mechanic from Ann Arbor that her name not be with- held because she still works for Northwest. She added that flight atten- dants and other workers came to support the mechanics because their situations are similar. "They're doing the same thing to us, making it impossible for us to sign a new contract," she said in regards Northwest's management of its other employees. Members of DAVID TUMAN/Daily Second-year dentistry student Jared Van Ittersum holding his IPod on which he can listen to recorded lec- tures. He proposed to his professors that they podcast their lectures last year. IPods provide students With recorded lectures mechanic Ann Arbor. Newman not spotted apartment1 from was at her build- By Jacquellne E. Howard Daily Staff Reporter It was no surprise to Paul Lopez to hear his professors on the radio while he was driving to a wedding. As a mat- ter of fact, Lopez said he heard his pro- fessors voice everywhere he went last, weekend. As a second-year dentistry student, Lopez is just one of the growing num- ber of University students who are lis- tening to class lectures on their iPods. "I drove for four hours and listened to four lectures. Without the podcasts, I couldn't have used that time to study," Lopez said. With the ubiquitous iPod is a feature to listen to radio broadcasts as mp3 files called podcasting. Recently University professors have been recording their lectures then downloading them as podcasts for stu-' dents to listen to. At the forefront of this nationwide trend at college campuses is the School of Dentistry. "I think that it adds one more tool to. our communications toolbox," said Lynn Johnson, director of dental infor- matics at the University's School of Dentistry. One year ago, second-year Dentistry student Jared Van Ittersum suggested to professors that they start using lec- ture podcasts. "Before, we would record lectures ourselves and put them on our iPods," he said. "Now it's a lot easier since pro- fessors are doing it." To test out how well this new system would work, Johnson helped construct a study in which two weeks of lectures were recorded. They could be accessed in three ways: as downloadable digital video, audio recordings or power point with audio. Results from the study showed 60 percent of students chose the audio recordings for their iPods. "The audio is what everyone want- ed," said Dennis Lopatin, associate dean of the dentistry school. "Students listen to lectures while they're working out . sounds like our own Richard See IPOD, Page 1 ing during yesterday's protest, nor was she available for comment. On Aug. 19, almost 4,500 North- west mechanics went on strike against Northwest because of sev- erance pay issues. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association is struggling to negoti- ate a new contract with the airline. The main concern raised by the protesters - who included mechan- ics, flight attendants and cleaners - was the safety of Northwest flights during the strike. Neopolitan said the replacement mechanics do not have the knowl- edge or skill to maintain the level of safety provided before. "You just don't replace ... years of experience with 10 weeks of training," Neopolitan said. "Bot- tom line, it's not safe to fly North- west Airlines right now." Neopolitan said that jobs that would have taken him and his col- Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality also pick- eted in front of Newman's apart- ment yesterday to show support for the strike. "These aircraft mechanics deserve fair treatment for the hard work that they do," said LSA sophomore and SOLE member Art Reyas. "We're here just to be in solidarity with the strikers." Reyas added that with Thanks- giving, Christmas and other holi- days approaching, students who fly Northwest to get home could be making a dangerous choice. Neopolitan also urged students to avoid Northwest when flying home for breaks. "Take the bus," Neopolitan said. "You can walk off a bus ... but you can't walk off an airplane." - The Associated Press contributed to this report. . State honors 'U' alum who saved lives in Holocaust Today marks 60th anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg's capture By Jacqueline E. Howard Daily Staff Reporter Known as a Swedish version of Harriet Tubman, Raoul Wallenberg saved about 100,000 people from Nazi execution during World War II. Today, Michigan will recognize the accomplishments of the University alum as it celebrates the first-ever Wallenberg Day. Last month, Gov. Jennifer Gran- holm, proclaimed Oct. 5 Wallenberg Hungarian Jewish victims during the height of the war. He often issued Swedish protective passports, which allowed Wallenberg to evacuate refu- gees to safehouses. In January of 1945 he traveled to Debrecen, east of Budapest. But days later after his arrival, the Russian Army seized Budapest and its surrounding areas and imprisoned Wallenberg, accusing him of being an American spy. He told his friends he would return from Debrecen, the town in which he was imprisoned, within a week - but he never returned. The whereabouts of Wallenberg are still unknown, but Russian authorities claim he died in a Soviet prison in 1947.