Monday, February 13, 2006 News 2A Cheney accidentally peppers fellow hunter with shotgun pellets Opinion 4A Mara Gay supports a colorful V-Day CAGERS CONTINUE LATE-SEASON IMPLOSION .. SPORTSMONDA One-hundredfifteen years ofeditorrd freedom Arts 8A Final Destination 3 offers no pay-off Boom= www.mkrigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 74 62006 The Michigan Daily *1 GRE changes pushed back another year PHOTOS BY ANGELA CESERE AND TOMMASO GOMEZ Left: A police officer pulls over a car on South State Street yesterday at 7:30 p.m. Top: Officer Gary Veld of the Department of Public Safety writes up a speeder during a night patrol shift In September 2004. Common Ann Arbor speed traps SOUTH CAMPUS CENTRAL CAMPUS ..ivi Fp $ NORTH CAMPUS xS 3 mie*ty Ave. as a. C.14 ^ Students breathe sigh of relief because more difficult GRE won't be launched until 2007 By Kelly Fraser Daily Staff Reporter Changes that would make the Grad- uate Record Exam more difficult have been pushed back until October 2007, a year later than originally planned, the Educational Testing Service announced last week. The GRE serves as a standard evalu- ation for most graduate school appli- cants, except those bound for law, medical and MBA programs. The announcement comes as a relief to anxious juniors and seniors dread- ing the exam's new format. The new is an hour and a half longer. It will go from about two and a half hours to nearly four hours. The new test will also focus more on analytical questions, and limit the window when students can take the exam to about 30 national dates. The transition proved logistically difficult for the testing service, said Matt Fidler, GRE program manger for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. About 400,000 people take the GRE in the United States every year. "The changes were of a large magni- tude," Fidler said. "Logistically, they were unable to nail down the testing changes."~ LSA senior Al Duncan, who received a perfect score on all three portions of the test, said he would have performed more poorly on the test's new format, judging from a set of sample ques- tions. For example, he said multiple- choice questions with several correct answers - all of which the student has to identify to get the question right - would make it more diffi- cult. Coordinating the peak volumes of test-takers that would come with the decreased number of sites and dates was the primary challenge for the testing service, Fidler said. Under the current system, most students take the test as walk-ins, an (A) Column A is greater (B) Column B is greater (C) The columns are equal (D) More information is needed to determine the relationship A sample question from the new test: A sample question from the old version of the GRE: x>I y>0 Column A yx Column B y(x+1) N8 -___-- _ _ x , 4. 4 L A clearing on the right shoulder of South Main Street. 2, Behind the Crisler Arens sign on West Stadium Boulevard. :3. The Parking iot of the First Presbyterian hurch on WashtenawAvn. 4. ear the University HospiW, at several ocations on Fuller Road. GAHC 5IYDNC SOURCE: SPEED TRAP,ORC, Website helps motorists steer clear of local speed traps Quantity A Quantity B (A) Quantity A is greater (B) Quantity B is greater (C) The two quantities are equal (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given option that is slated for elimination in 2007. Because questions will no longer be recycled from test to test to avoid cheating, each exam will also take much longer to prepare, Fidler added. Fidler recommends that students take the test before the changes. He said the delay is positive for both students and companies like Kaplan that work to prepare students for the exam. "(It is) an extra year to get the kinks out and provide a smooth transition," he said. Site documents spots notorious for police radar surveillance By Drew Philp Daily StaffReporter A website could help you avoid spending that last $130 in your bank account on a speeding ticket. Speedtrap.org, which is dedicated to notifying drivers where speed traps are located, warns motorists about 15 speed traps in Ann Arbor. The website allows users to post the locations of speed traps, the level and time of enforcement as well as a detailed analysis of each trap. The mission of the National Motorist Association, which maintains the web- site, is to "protect the interests of North American motorists." One of the speed traps listed is on Main Street near Pioneer High School - exactly where LSA junior Mike Hil- ton got a speeding ticket last week. "He wrote me a ticket for 10 over," said Hilton. His ticket will cost him $130. Hilton said the website might have helped him avoid the ticket. Sgt. Andrew Zazula of the Ann Arbor Police department said the term "speed trap" gives the wrong connota- tion. He said that the city has well-post- ed speed limits. "If they're not paying attention to what they're doing, that's their prob- lem," he said. Zazula said the traps are usually cre- ated in response to an influx of excessive speed and a high acci- dent rate in an area. The traps posted on the web- site are not the only places people speed in Ann Arbor, he said. "I guess I should go on (the web- site) and say that I've seen people running radar in every street in the city," he said. The site also gives advice on how See TRAPS, page 7A Fourth party joins crowded MSA race Student Conservative Party aims to revamp assembly, reallocate unnecessary spending By Sandy Liberman For the Daily A fourth challenger has entered the ring in next month's Michigan Student Assembly elections. The Student Conservative Party offi- cially formed two weeks ago as another choice for student voters disenfranchised with the dominant Students 4 Michigan, the Michigan Progressive Party and the Defend Affirmative Action Party. SCP hopes to decrease student apa- thy by making MSA less partisan, making more responsible spending decisions and giving students another option on the ballot. "The more people running, the more variety of opinions," said Ryan Fantuzzi, SCP's presidential candi- date. "When there's competition, the student's voice is heard." LSA junior Tommi Turner will run for vice president. He said he had the option to run for Studens 4 Michi- gan but knew the assembly needed change. Turner cited resolutions like the one See SCP, page 7A MSA wants profs to disclose book lists sooner 0 New resolution urges administration to require professors to reveal book lists at least one month before classes begin By Joule Dodge Daily StaffReporter The Michigan Student Assembly has passed a resolution urg- ing the administration to require professors to disclose book list- ings at least one month before classes begin, giving students ample time to search for cheaper books by the time school starts. For many students who find out what books they need on the first day of class, the usual options are to purchase books at full price or wait weeks for online orders and risk falling behind in class. The MSA commission that sponsored the resolution is encour- aging professors to post textbook listings on C-Tools, the online course guide or on a separate website created for book listings. The Government Accounting Office estimates the average student spends $900 a year on textbooks, a cost that rises at 45 times the rate of inflation. "This is no joke," said Mohammad Khalil, chair of the Aca- demic Affairs Commission. "Nine hundred dollars is a lot of money," Robert Megginson, associate dean for undergraduate educa- tion in LSA, said there is currently no overarching rule for text- book list submissions in LSA, but many professors submit book lists a month before classes start.. MIKE HULSEBUS/Daily From left, vice presidential candidate Tommi Turner, presidential candidate Ryan Fan- tuzzi and party chair Clark Ruper represent the Student Convservative Party. South Asians put on "Monologues" Actors perform skits about taboos in South Asian community By C.C. Song Dailv StaffRponnter cally to represent female empowerment. "Yoni Ki Baat" began as a project of the South Asian Sisters, a national group that aims to resist oppression faced by South Asian women and explore the taboos and stigmas that surround their lives. It varnered attention at the Universitv when communities. "When we were putting this on, I though this was not going to go through," Shah said. "I'm happy we had a lot of supporters." In a performance about the smell of a Desi, or South Asian, vagina, LSA sopho- mores Juhi A izarwal and Trisha Barua I I m r --