NEWS Monday, October 9, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS Book editor to speak on cultural competence Janet Bennett, executive director of the Intercultural Training Insti- tute in Portland, Ore., will discuss intercultural competence in her lecture, "On Becoming a Global Citizen: The Path to Engaged Citi- zenship' The presentation will be in the Michigan Union ballroom at 4 p.m. today. Free orchestra performance at Hill Auditorium The University Symphony Orchestra will perform today at 8 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Led by conductor Kenneth Kiesler, the performance will include pieces from Britten and Beethoven. The event is free. Workshop to GO RED Detroit to host boot camp for entrepreneurs Two-year ent, based on the phi have about how wealt program expected to Gilbert told Detroit F launch in Janurary umnist Tom Walsh. Gilbert turned a $ DETROIT (AP) - Dan Gilbert, ment in the mid-1 the founder of Quicken Loans Inc. online mortgage and owner of the Cleveland Cava- bought the Cleveland Tiers, plans to create a boot camp $375 million in early to develop young entrepreneurs en Loans includes M and fund start-up costs for busi- gage company Rockl nesses they create in Detroit. An office for Bit Gilbert plans to , always spend about ve halwayshoped $10 milliont to create the ould do boot camp. something that we The 2-year, full-time resi- could fund ourselves, dential pro- gram called something different, Bizdom U is expected based on the to launch in January with philosophies we have Janar ilosophies we th is created," ree Press col- .5,000 invest- 980s into an empire and Cavaliers for 2005. Quick- ichigan mort- Financial. zdom, which is incorpo- rated as a nonprofit academy, has been picked out on the Wayne State Univer- sity campus near where the students will be housed. But FOREST CASEY/saly Dick DeVos, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, walks with his wife Betsy around a parking lot near Michigan Stadium during the tailgate festivities before the football game against Michigan State on Saturday. He was campaigning for next month's election. i demonstrate Lar buyers can lot online library resources .. k - ~ n .a ..b - .- an inaugural about how class of 10 to 20 students. created." Gilbert expects his Bizdom U recruits to be founder r r The University's Digital Library Productions Service will hold a free workshop and discussion on Google's digitiza- tion of University libraries, at 4 p.m. today on the second floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Participants will learn to use the Mirlyn search tool to find full-text works on the Internet. CRIME NOTES Undercover officers catch scalpers Undercover police officers dis- covered ticket scalping Saturday morning near Michigan Stadium just before the football game against Michigan State, the Depart- ment of Public Safety reported. The officers were in plainclothes and were searching specifically for ticket scalpers. Construction triggers fire alarm DPS officers responded to a fire alarm in Weill Hall Saturday afternoon. No evidence of fire was found. Police said that dust from construction triggered the false alarm. Football ticket reported stolen at stadium A fan reported having a foot- ball ticket stolen from his pocket at Michigan Stadium on Satur- day afternoon at about 3 p.m., DPS reported. Police have no suspects. THIS DAY In 'U' History Profs discover space region October 9, 1981 - Associate Astronomy Prof. Robert Kirshner and three colleagues recently dis- covered a region of space 200 to 300 million light years in diameter con- taining almost no detectable matter. The discovery is the largest void ever found in outer space. It has caused a renewed interest in astronomy and its applications. The void was discovered with a University telescope located near Santiago, Chile, during a survey con- ducted to study galaxy clusters. Astronomy Prof. Gordon McAlp- ine uses the Santiago telescope fre- quently to conduct research on voids in space. He said Kirshner's findings could have a "universe-shaking" h impact. "The laws of physics are at stake and the understanding of black holes is at stake, McAlpine said. He explained that black holes are thought to be collapsed stars with a gravitational pull so strong that light cannot escape. WIUI ProorotLcs fcglslLr4cotu4L)It State has discussed 'Dealer Direct' system for more than a decade LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The joy that comes with buying a car in Michigan can be soured by the hassle of having to make a return trip to the dealership for a license plate and registration tab. That's no longer the case at a small but growing number of deal- erships. They're issuing new license plates and tabs immediately, which lets cus- tomers drive off the lot with every- thing they need. For $24, car buyers don't have to bother with temporary plates, return trips or checking the mail for plates and tabs. "They never have to worry about it again," says Spencer Galloway, chief operating officer for the Grand Auto Family, a group of seven deal- erships in the greater Grand Rapids area. "When they drive out of here, it's done." The Michigan Department of State has thought about the so-called "Dealer Direct" concept for more than a decade, but it stalled because of cost concerns and inadequate technology. Now better technology is allowing the idea to go forward. More than 20 of the state's 750 new-car dealerships are participat- ing in a pilot program launched by Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. Thirty more will come online in coming months, and 120 others have signed up to join later on. Toyota topped in vehicle study DETROIT (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. lost some ground to the com- petition in an annual vehicle value survey released yesterday. Honda Motor Co. held onto its overall ranking as the best full-line automaker, while General Motors Corp., which won in four segments, was the only domestic automaker with any top-ranked vehicles. Toyota, which had seven segment winners in 2005, took only three cat- egories in this year's study by Strate- gic Vision Inc. Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Co. gained ground, with its Kia Optima taking the top spot for medium car, the Hyundai Azera winning for larger car, and the Kia Sedona ranking as the top minivan. The Hyundai Tucson tied with GM's Saturn Vue for top-ranked small sport utility vehicle. San Diego-based Strategic Vision surveyed more than 64,000 people who purchased new vehicles from October 2005 to March 2006. Par- ticipants were questioned after 90 days of ownership. The study, sepa- rate from Strategic Vision's quality survey, tries to capture whether con- sumers believe they got their mon- ey's worth and factors in emotional components. Honda took top honors in the small car category for the Honda Civic and in the compact pickup seg- ment with the Ridgeline. The Honda Accord Coupe was the top mid-spe- cialty car, and the Honda Pilot was the top medium crossover SUV. The new program lets dealer- ships link to the secretary of state's office and instantly transfer license plates from the buyer's old car onto the newly purchased vehicle or cre- ate new plates and tabs altogether. Dealers also process vehicle titles, though the state still mails them to the owners. The traditional system requires buyers to drive with a temporary plate and registration and either return to the dealership to get the permanent plate and tab, or wait for them to arrive in the mail and attach the plate and tab themselves. Terry Burns, executive vice presi- dent of the Michigan Automobile Dealers Association, says the pro- gram's biggest attraction is conve- nience. "Most of our customers today are time-crunched. They want it now, they don't want to make a second trip," Burns says, adding that drivers don't like driving with the piece of paper in the rear window that counts as a temporary license plate. The onsite service is optional because it costs $24, with the deal- er getting half to cover costs and the rest going to the vendor whose software allows the dealership to do the transaction. Two of Grand Auto Family's five new-car dealerships have the technology, and the other three will install it soon. Galloway says he can't think of any customers who have decided against getting a new license plate on the spot. "Most customers express sur- prise. 'You can do that right here? 18 to 22 years Wow, that's great,"' he says. of age and Dealerships lixe the service high school graduatesv because it expands what they can smarts. offer customers. Letting dealers "I've always hopedt handle the paperwork also eases could do something that crowding at busy secretary of fund ourselves, someth state branch offices, where one or two clerks may exclusively pro-" cess transactions dropped off by Boat capsi dealerships. Dealer transactions account for GRAND MARAIS. 9 percent of business at branches, 90-year-old man and h which process about 1Imillion daughter-in-law were new vehicle title and registrations after their fishing boa: transactions a year. in heavy seas on Lake Twenty other states have the officials said. technology, which also helps cal- A fourth person was: culate taxes and fees for titles, the U.S. Coast Guard or registrations and permits. Enter- after spending nearly 1 ing information at the dealership 55-degree water. is believed to reduce potential errors or glitches because secre- tary of state workers don't have so re-enter paperwork received from dealers, who usually deliver it in person under the traditional system. State officials and dealers cau- tion the program is in its infancy, and they want to proceed carefully to make sure it runs smoothly. In Enthusiastic and pr Wisconsin, where the technology teach English convei has been in place for years, more 300 Al than 90 percent of dealerships are We will be ite using it, Burns says. BA/BS req The program excludes dealer- Japanese languac ships that solely sell used cars, Ar though people who buy used cars at Vsito new-car dealerships also can drive off the lot with their new license and tab in place. with street that I, we, t we could ing differ- wealth is Bizdom is not directly affiliated with the university. - Dan Gilbert Ross of Quicken Loans Sanders, executive director of Bizdom U, has studied other urban entrepreneurship efforts around the country. He said most programs, however, end with the development of a business plan. zes on Lake Superior (AP) - A is son and missing it capsized Superior, rescued by n Saturday 4 hours in The boat capsized about noon Friday, the Coast Guard said. 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