NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS Gates to discuss tech opportunities for students Microsoft founder and multibil- lionaire Bill Gates will be speaking at Rackham Auditorium today about the opportunities computer science can offer students. Although all tickets have been given out, the lecture will be viewable from television screens in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The event will be held at 10 a.m. today. Stonewall Dems to address LGBT- related court cases The Stonewall Democrats, the LGBT Caucus of the College Demo- crats, will hold a panel discussion as part of National Coming Out Week that will center on the court cases Smith v. Salem and National Pride at Work v. Granholm. The discussion will analyze the significance of the rulings and their effect on the LGBT community. The event will be held in the Kalamazoo Ballroom of the Michigan League at 7 p.m. tonight. Former MIT pres to lecture on US intelligence issues Charles Vest, the former presi- dent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver a lecture titled "Improving the U.S. Intelligence Community - Lessons from Iraq, Libya, and Elsewhere," today. Spon- sored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the event will be held in the Michigan Union Ballroom at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. CRIME NOTES Drunken man yells at student on Diag An intoxicated man was verbally harassing students Monday after- noon on the Diag, the Department of Public Safety reported. The man had an outstanding warrant with the Ann Arbor Police Department for having an open container of alcohol in pub- lic. DPS arrested the man and turned him over to the AAPD. Math department receives vulgar e phone messages An employee of the math depart- ment reported finding vulgarities on the answering machine of the math department Monday after- noon, according to DPS. DPS said the obscenities were not targeted at a specific person. The employee also reported that the problem has occurred in the past. 'U' bus driver rear-ends vehicle A University bus driver reported rear-ending a vehicle on Huron Parkway late Monday afternoon, according to DPS. The vehicle that was hit left before DPS arrived. The University bus sustained no damages. THIS DAY In Daily History Hundreds rejected in sorority rush Oct. 12, 1984 - Due to a record num- ber of women participating in fall rush this year, more than 200 women did not receive pledges from sororities said Sonya Norgren, president of the Panhel- lenic Association. About 1,054 female college students rushed this fall, an increase of 136 from last year's fall rush. Only 521 received bids to join sororities, but at least 225 women were not invited to join the sorority of their choice. Last year, 104 Northwest plans to meet with mechanics MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Northwest Airlines Corp. and its striking mechanics said yesterday that they will meet, although neither side described the talks as negotiations. Northwest mechanics, cleaners and custodians have been on strike since Aug. 20, although Northwest has kept flying with- out them. The last round of talks broke off Sept. 11. Northwest filed for bankruptcy protection three days later. A hotline for the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association said the union negotiating committee and the airline agreed to meet "for the purpose of reviewing where the parties stand on the open issues related to the current strike, and to determine whether the open issues can be resolved." "The parties have agreed to meet Thursday to review the status of bargaining and what options remain, if any, for res- New Orleans colleges begi: recruitment olution of the ongoing strike," Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said. Northwest is Michigan's leading passenger air carrier, with a hub at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Earlier talks have been mediated. Ebenhoch said there were no plans for a mediator to attend tomorrow's meeting, although he said Northwest wouldn't object. AMFA negotiations spokesman Jeff Mathews declined to comment. Before the strike, Northwest employed about 4,400 mechan- ics, cleaners and custodians. Its last offer before talks broke off would have kept just 1,080 mechanics. Northwest shifted many of the other jobs to con- tractors, and said it began hiring permanent replacements on Sept. 13. On Monday, AMFA said about 50 of its members had crossed the picket line and returned to work. Union officials said at the time that the key differences were over severance pay and work rules. Negotiator Rich Nygaard has also said Northwest sought a five-year contract with no raises, while the union wanted a three-year deal with two raises. Northwest's demands have increased since the strike began. It originally sought $176 million in concessions, but increased that to $203 million in the last round of talks. It wants $1.4 billion from all of its workers, and other unions have said they expect Northwest to ask the bankruptcy court judge to impose its terms if they don't negotiate cuts soon. DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - The college fair at a University of New Hampshire gymnasium is a regular stop on Rae-Anne Mena's annual circuit through the North- east. tier job is talking up Loyola Univer- sity of New Orleans - its Jesuit service mission, its strong core curriculum, its academic programs and sports teams. If all goes well, maybe she persuades a handful of students to apply. But this year, as students and parents snake along the rows of tables toward Loyola's, they look surprised to see her. "Are you under water?" several ask. "When will you reopen?" Some offer friendly encouragement, others crack jokes within earshot. "I hear their best major now is scuba diving," one man says to his son as they walk past. Mena smiles patiently and stays on message: Loyola was not badly damaged; television exaggerated the violence; the school will be running when they arrive next fall. Maybe by then Mena will get to answer some of the questions that used to seem normal, like "What SAT score do I need?" and "Could I study abroad?" The New Orleans colleges that were closed at least temporarily by Hurricane Katrina face monumental short-term obstacles simply to reopen their campus- es, and next year's freshman class won't arrive for nearly a year. Nonetheless, recruiting is an urgent priority. New stu- dents are the lifeblood of any college, and for schools such as Loyola, Dillard and Xavier - and even for wealthier Tulane - the future depends on filling classroom seats and collecting tuition. For the admissions officers working out of scattered hotels and offices, this may be their most challenging and important recruiting season ever. "We need to be out there and show the flag," Mena says, setting up her Loyola table a few minutes before the fair begins. "People walk by and you see them say, 'You're here, are you OK?' And you can start that dialogue." The challenge is enormous. Admissions officers first had to get their own lives in order after the storm, while at work, important records and plans were destroyed. Against that backdrop, recruiters' sales- manship on the road must be better than ever. There may be just a few moments to persuade a potential applicant that - the chaotic television images nothwithstand- ing - New Orleans will rise again as a great college town. The colleges acknowledge that enthu- siasm from new prospects has been muted so far. But they also insist stu- dents who had already expressed inter- est haven't crossed the New Orleans schools off their lists. They are counting on current students and alumni to help. Late last month, a half-dozen Tulane students showed up at a recruiting event in Providence, R.I., some coming from Boston, 45 minutes away. "Tulane is the greatest place in the world," sophomore Bridget Cheney, tak- ing classes temporarily at Providence College, told the audience. "Every single person I know is going back." Tulane admissions officer Liz Seely, a 2004 graduate, emphasized that the school, which plans to reopen next semester, was not badly damaged. She even talked about unique service opportunities. New Orleans, she said, "is going to be an amazing place to be involved next year." "I really believe it's going to be the same wonderful place it was a month ago again," she said. Then she put the topic to rest, turn- ing to Tulane's facilities, its plans to hire more faculty, its alumni network. Even during the question-and-answer session the audience ignored the storm, asking instead about academic pro- grams, housing and sorority life. The students, at least, seemed unperturbed by the state of New Orleans. Their par- ents appeared more concerned that it's 1,500 miles from home. "I think it might even be an interest- ing opportunity to be there and be part of the rebuilding process," said Kaileigh Ahlquist, a high school junior from Provi- dence. 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