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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 3

ON CAMPUS
Researcher to
talk on Brazilian
telenovelas
Esther Hamburger, a leading tele-
vision scholar conducting research
in Brazil, will deliver a lecture today
titled "Gender and Genre, or the
Expansion of the 'Feminine' in Bra-
zilian Telenovelas." The event will
begin today at noon in room 2239
of Lane Hall. Admission is free and
open to the public.

Provost and president both
came from outside U'


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programs

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niology

Benjamin Park will speak today on
"Infectious Disease Outbreaks and
the Epidemic Intelligence Service of
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention." The intelligence ser-
vice is a post-graduate program that
offers on-the-job training to help
care professionals interested in the
filed of epidemiology. The speech
will take place at 3 p.m. in Auditori-
um I of the Henry F. Vaughan Public
Health Building.
Program to
inform students
about Plan B
A presentation on emergency
contraception will be held today
from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hussey
Room of the Michigan League. A
health educator and Sylvia Hacker,
a sexual health expert, will make
the presentation.
The event is sponsored by the
Student Health Advisory Coun-
cil, Students for Choice, Univer-
sity Health Services and the group
Peers Utilizing Leadership Skills
for Education.
CRIME
NOTES
Caller reports
damage to
bathroom door
A caller reported that a door to
the men's bathroom at the Taub-
man Medical Library was kicked in
Monday, the Department of Public
Safety said. The caller also report-
ed that a wall in the bathroom was
also damaged.
Accidental car
fire extinguished
by AAFD
A caller reported that a car was on fire
in front of Canham Natatorium Monday,
DPS reported. The fire was extinguished
by the Ann Arbor Fire Department and
appears to have been accidental.
Caller reports
cereal stealer in
South Quad
A caller reported being with a
subject Monday who tried to steal a
cereal box from the South Quad Res-
idence Hal cafeteria, DPS reported.

PROVOST
Continued from page 1
Coleman told the Daily that it is
"absolutely not true" that she told
Jackson she expected the search pro-
cess to culminate in the selection of
an external candidate.
But presumably Coleman is too
adept at University politics to be so
blunt. The steering was much subtler
than that, one person close to the
search told the Daily.
That Coleman wanted an external
candidate and got one is the prevail-
ing attitude among some knowledge-
able people on campus.
In an e-mail interview, Cole-
man said she did not ask Jackson
to encourage internal candidates to
withdraw from the process, nor did
she take any other actions to influ-
ence the search in a way that would
have discriminated «
against the internal That wo
candidates.
"That would been Unf
have been unfair candidat
to the candidates,
the integrity of the integrity
search process, and
to the search com- search pr
mittee itself," she
wrote. and to th
In his forthcom-
ing book examining Committ
presidential leader-
ship, former Univer- -_M
sity President JamesU
Duderstadt chimes in U
on a national debate
that puts the local one into context.
He writes about the increasing
professional character of university
administrators, which he says leads
to "institution hopping" and large
compensation packages that can
detach the president from the rest of
the faculty.
He also writes that this trend can
prevent university presidents from
understanding "the distinctive insti-
tutional saga of their university." He
goes on to say that there is evidence
"to suggest that leaders without the
experience or appreciation for 'the
business' of an organization can get
their organization into real trouble,
threatening its very survival."
On the other hand, individuals
may also gain valuable administra-
tive experience and insight at other
institutions, which they can bring to
their new posts.
At a meeting of the Senate Adviso-

ry Committee on University Affairs
earlier this month, Sullivan said
having an external provost is not the
typical practice for research univer-
sities or for the University: "Having
an outside provost is not such a usual
thing," she said. "It's a high-risk
operation for you and for me."
In December, when discussing
her transition from a professor to
an administrator, Coleman told the
Daily that she views her time as an
administrator like a second career.
And both Andrea Fischer New-
man, the chair of the University
Board of Regents, and Jackson told
the Daily that it is more important to
find the best candidate in the nation
than to choose an internal candidate
with more knowledge of the Univer-
sity.
Jackson also cited Sullivan's
"extensive administrative experi-
ence" when explaining why she was

uld have
air to the
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of the
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ee itself."
4ary Sue Coleman
niversity President

chosen.
Coleman most
likely did not
rule out an inside
candidate from
the outset, but
she also made
it clear that she
did not place
any preference
on an internal
candidate. While
previous provost
searches were
national search-
es, they always
ended with the
selection of an

trying to predict what goes on inside
regents' heads is like trying to pre-
dict what the stock market will do 10
years from now.
In the e-mail, Coleman said the
regents did not influence her deci-
sion to pick Sullivan: "Professor
Jackson led a rigorous and excellent
search, and the selection decision
was mine and mine alone."
Regent Olivia Maynard said that
if discussions took place among the
regents to influence the appoint-
ment she was not privy to them.
She also said she does not believe
that Coleman influenced the search
process. She added that the choice
of an external candidate does not
mark a turning point for the Univer-
sity; if the best candidate had come
from inside, she said, that candidate
would have been chosen.
Many observers of University his-
tory are surprised that an external
president would break a long-stand-
ing tradition and choose an external
provost. They point out that local
knowledge is important and that his-
torically, the University's system of
grooming candidates has been suc-
cessful.
Many University provosts have
gone on to become presidents,
including Duderstadt; former MIT
President Chuck Vest; William Frye,
who became president of Emory Uni-
versity; and Nancy Cantor, president
and chancellor of Syracuse Univer-
sity.
At a number of other prestigious
universities, including MIT and the
University of California at Berke-
ley, with external presidents, the
president has chosen an internal
provost.
There are indeed benefits of a
thorough national search. Sullivan;
for example, has been praised even
by many of those strongest adher=
ents to the University's tradition.
She is credited with being a good
ambassador to the public and the
state Legislature in Texas. She has
also turned down offers at numerous
other universities for years because
of her commitment to stay in Austin
to see her son through the treatment
of a serious medical condition. Now
that he is healthy and away at school,
Sullivan is finally able to accept a
position.
"Outstanding provosts can come
from both inside or outside the home
institution - in this search, we
wound up with the very best person
for the job," Coleman said.

Students unaware
of voiceover jobs

Technological advances,
such as MP3 players and
podcasts have helped
By Sandy Liberman
Daily Staff Reporter

In the highly competitive world
of acting, jobs for recent graduates
aren't easy to get. One way students
can break into the market is through
the booming but unglamorous world
of voiceovers - but only if they're
willing to.
Job opportunities in the voice
acting market are increasing with
recent technological
advances, yet most "People a]
students are unaware
of the expanding me I havi
career option.
School of Music voice,so
graduate Rodney a demo a
Saulsberry has
established a lucra- involved]
tive career with his
voice since gradu-
ating from the Uni- - R
versity in 1978.
"The theatre
department at
Michigan never really talked about
voice acting," Saulsberry said.
"People always told me I have a nice
voice, so I made a demo and got
involved in the field."
Saulsberry is the voice of Toyota,
Crest and Verizon Wireless. He is
a character on a late-night cartoon,
Minoriteam, which premiered on
the Cartoon Network Sunday night.
Several technological advances,
including MP3 players and podcasts
have catalyzed the growth of the
market for voice actors.
For some voice actors, like The-

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atre Prof. Donald Tulip, whose voice
is routinely broadcast in London
radio advertisements, the market is
global.
MP3 files, which are much small-
er than traditional sound files can be
sent across the world in seconds.
Despite the abundant availability
of jobs, most theatre and music stu-
dents do not want to pursue careers
in voiceovers.
"I want to do performance," School of
Music freshman Brittany Connors said.
"However, acting is a very difficult career
choice and I need to make money some-
how. There is money in voiceovers and it's
a great way to get paid between jobs."
The Univer-
wayS told sity's Career
Center has wit-
a nice nessed first-hand
Smade students' apathy
toward the career.
Tid got"We haven't
d ghad a student in
n the field." the past five years
come in for infor-
mation about
)dney Saulsberry voiceovers," said
University Alum Career Center
Internship Coor-
dinator Amy
Hoag.
Recruiters don't usually seek
out students at the University for
voiceover jobs, so students need to
create demos and seek out employ-
ers, she said.
One way to get your voice heard is
through online services.
InteractiveVoices.com, the largest
online voiceover recruiter, lists about
6,911 job opportunities a month.
However, students should be cau-
tious when using third-party recruit-
ers, Hoag said. It is better to get in
touch with a company directly.

internal candidate, even when the
president was groomed at the Uni-
versity. Because the provost runs
the University on a day-to-day
basis, making important budgetary
and academic decisions, there was
an understanding on campus that
a person who knew the institution
intimately - like a professor or
lower-level administrator - would
be a better fit for the job.
Before Chuck Vest became pro-
vost, he'd spent more than 25 years
at the University.
The lack of preference for an
internal candidate this time around
could be a result of Coleman's view
of the professional nature of univer-
sity administrations. She, after all,
has worked at five institutions dur-
ing her career as an administrator.
There is also speculation that the
regents influenced her to strongly
consider external candidates, but

THIS DAY
In Daily Histor

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* Presidential
candidate's name
removed from ballot
March 22, 1962 - The votes cast for
Katherine Ford, presidential candidate
for Student Government Council, have
been discounted by an act of the Student
Government Council Credential and
Rules Committee.
Tuesday evening, Ford's name was
struck from the ballot for violating an
act stipulating candidates must distrib-
ute ballots personally, and may not dis-
tribute them in residence halls.
Ford's ineligibility comes after the
disqualification of candidate Stanley
Lubin Monday, also for a violation of


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