NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 11, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS t U.N. goodwill ambassador to screen documentary Goodwill ambassador to the United Nations and member of a popular Paki- stani band, Junoon, Salman Ahmad will be screening his documentary "The Rock Star and the Mullahs" at the Modem Lan- guage Building this Sunday at 7 p.m. The documentary will be followed by a question and answer session and an unplugged performance. How to make the most of your " math major Today, beginning at 1:00 p.m. in East Hall there will be a conference for stu- dents who are concerned with what they'll do about their Math degree when they graduate. The conference will provide informa- tion on careers in business, finance and more. There will be chances for questions and discussion during the event. Indian students to hold annual cultural show Tickets for "Empowerment through Expression," the 2005 Indian American Student Association cultural show are available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office. The show will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Hill Auditorium tonight. Prices for seats on the main floor are $20, seats in the upper balcony are $16 and balcony seats are $12. CRIME * NOTES Drill stolen from B-school building A contractor reported to the Department of Public Safety that a drill and black case were stolen from the basement of the Business Admin- istration Building around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. He said both items were stolen during his lunch hour. There are no suspects at this time. Male student assaulted during football game A male student reported to DPS that he was assaulted during a game of touch football on Wednesday around 3 p.m. The student received minor lacerations on his face and may have suffered a possible concussion. The suspect was another male student. Math department laptop stolen in East Hall A laptop belonging to the math department was stolen on Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. in East Hall. The room with the laptop was locked. The perpetrator entered through an adjoin- ing room, according to DPS. There are no suspects at this time. THIS DAY ISR receives grant By Ben Beckett Daily Staff Reporter The Institution for Social Research has been trying to get inside voters' heads for more than 50 years, and the federal gov- ernment is taking notice. The National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency, has awarded the ISR $7.6 million to fund the American National Election Studies, a program that has tracked public opinion before and after elections since 1952. As part of the grant, the survey, which has remained largely unchanged since its inception, will be revised in hopes of mak- ing it more accurate. In addition to conducting.polls before and after elections, as it always has, ANES will conduct interviews with the same panel of voters several times throughout an election year. This format is designed to provide insight into the ways campaigns affect voters throughout an election cycle. The survey will also begin using visual media in its interviews to see how partici- pants respond to photographs of politicians and television campaign commercials. Finally, the survey will ask some ques- tions through a computer, with subjects responding electronically. Political Science Prof. Arthur Lupia, principal investigator for the American National Election Studies, attributed the award to the program's long-standing reputation. "The reason we get the kind of funding that we do is that we don't compromise when it comes to survey quality," Lupia said. He added that the ANES surveys are longer, more in depth and are open to sug- gestions from scholars than other surveys. "We let the scientific community know months or years in advance and get as much input as possible about what are the best ways to ask our questions," Lupia said. The National Science Foundation has regularly contributed funding for the surveys, but this is the first time it has given the program such a large or ambitious grant. The foun- dation has an annual budget of $5.5 billion and is the source of about 20 percent of all federally funded scien- tific research conducted at the nation's universities. T-SHIRT PRINTERY A2'S FINEST & FASTEST PRINTED & EMBROIDERED TEES, SWEATS, CAPS, TEAM SHIRTS, SHORTS --UM PO#S ACCEPTED- --CALL FOR OUR LOWPRICE QUOTE S-DAY TURNAROUND 1002 PONTIAC TR. TEL 994-1367 adranstshirts.com Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, left, answers questions about the relocation of Nissan North American headquarters to middle Tennessee as Gov. Phil Bredesen, left, looks on in Nashville, Tenn. Nissan moves headquarters and jobs NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nis- san Motor Co. announced yesterday it is moving its North American headquarters and nearly 1,300 jobs from California to the Nashville area to take advantage of the lower cost of doing business in the Southeast. "The board of Nissan decided to relo- cate our North American headquarters, and we're coming to Tennessee," Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said at a news con- ference at the state Capitol attended by Gov. Phil Bredesen and other top state officials. The headquarters, which has been based in Gardena, Calif., will relocate to Williamson County, a suburban area south of Nashville. Industry analysts say the move could threaten Southern California's domi- nance as a hub for Japanese automakers and strengthen the Southeast's standing as a major manufacturing center for auto- "The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business in Tennessee." -Carlos Ghosn Nissan CEO Tennessee government officials say they offered Nissan an incentives pack- age, which included tax breaks and other credits, but did not give a total amount Thursday. Nissan currently has a manufacturing headquarters in Smyrna and an engine plant in Decherd and employs more than 7,000 people in Tennessee. Nissan's plant in Smyrna was built in 1980 as the com- pany's first factory outside Japan. Altima cars, Xterra and Pathfinder sport utility vehicles and Frontier pickups are manu- factured there. Nissan was one of the first of several major carmakers - DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes division, BMW AG, General Motors Corp.'s Saturn unit, Toy- ota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. - to build plants in the Southeast. The region remains one of the cheapest areas to do business in the country because of low taxes, wages and real estate costs. makers. Ghosn said the company will invest $70 million to build a new headquarters building in Franklin, which is expected to be complete by 2008. The first employ- ees will transfer to Tennessee next sum- mer and work out of temporary offices in downtown Nashville. The nearly 1,300 people employed at Nissan's Los Angeles-area headquarters work in management, marketing, advertis- ing, sales and distribution and dealership development for North America. Ghosn said he expects about half the California employees will move to Tennessee, but he's not sure of the exact number. Ghosn cited lower real estate and busi- ness taxes as major reasons for the move. "The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business in Ten- nessee," he said. U So. You want to earn a pharmacy degree fromn the ea lVI 1C0 n Here are 12 good reasons, for starters: In Daily History Prisoners teach * literature, poetry by 'U' students Nov. 11, 1997 - The cold walls of Western Wayne Prison didn't intimidate the four LSA women on their mission to teach inmates Shakespeare, poetry and literature. Enrolled in the Project Community LSA class, the women were there to educate and allow the prisoners to express themselves creatively. The class also allowed the stu- dents, many whom were interested in criminal justice, a chance to partici- pate in a very active way. The students said they were enthu- siastic about their experiences. Sean 1. Unparalleled career choices 2. Continuous growth potential 3. Job security in economically uncertain times 4. 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