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ing some candidates and bash-
ing others.
Many presidential hopefuls
have joined the independent
Facebook groups as a way
of increasing their visibility.
John Edwards, for example, is
a member of 93 groups, includ-
ing The Largest Facebook
Group Ever.
If Facebook is any indica-
tion, Obama will be the 44th
president.
One Million Strong for
Barack has the most members
of any group supporting a 2008
candidate.As oflast night, it had
more than 242,000 members.
LSA junior Kurt Garwood,
who created the largest John
McCain group in Facebook's
Michigan network with 1,589
members, agreed that the site
could play an important role
in 2008.
"It's a good way to find those
who are politically active," he
said. "People our age like to
go on it and it's a good way for
politicians to try to appeal to
young voters."
Many leaders of the nation-
al campaigns agree.
"Using new technology
like Facebook and MySpace
to take advantage of the tre-
mendous grassroots energy
out there for Obama is tremen-
dously important to him," said
Bill Burton, a spokesman for
Obama's exploratory commit-
tee, in an e-mail interview.
It is unclear, however,
whether support on network-
ing sites will translate into
more volunteers and voters for
candidates. After all, joining a
Facebook group takes only a
few mouse clicks - less effort
than putting a bumper on a car
or a sign in a front yard.
Some politicians do more on
Facebook than simply build-
ing a profile. Jamie Ruth, the
chair of the University's chap-
ter of the College Democrats,
recently received a Facebook
friend request from Michigan
State Senate member Glenn
Anderson (D-Westland), who
was elected with the help of the
College Democrats in 2006.
"We actually went on a dis-
trict invasion for him, which
means we went and knocked
on doors for him," Ruth said.
Many students try to com-
municate with candidates
through official Facebook
profiles. Obama's Facebook
wall currently has almost
3,000 posts from eager sup-
porters. Clinton's wall has
about 2,300 wall posts.
But allowing supporters to
post on their Facebook profiles
could cause some embarrass-
ment for candidates.
Mitch Irvin, who is listed as a
student at The University of St.
ThomasinMinnesotadeclared
his support on Obama's wall in
stronger terms than most in a
post dated Feb. 7.
"Barack IS THE MAN!!!!!!
Im leaving the country if Hill-
ary wins! I can't have that
Crazy Biatch representing out
country!!! WE NEED NEW
BLOOD!!! AND BARACK IS
THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!!!!
Although the candidates
may not log onto Facebook
every day to check their pro-
files, staff members do moder-
ate the activity.
"Senator Obama doesn't
see all of (the wall posts) but
he does see many of them,"
Burton said. "There are top
members of the Senator's staff
who check the Facebook pages
every day."
FRIEZE
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University facilities and oper-
ations spokeswoman.
Leveling the Frieze will
involve an "excavator with scis-
sor-like claws chewing away at
the building," Brown said.
The only part of the build-
ing left standing will be the
set of majestic columns that
forms the front facade of the
Carnegie Library on Huron
Street. The columns will
be incorporated into North
Quad's architecture.
Some community mem-
bers, though, said that isn't
good enough.
When the University began
publicly discussing a plan to
demolish the Frieze in 2004,
some Ann Arbor residents
said the building's history
and architecture should be
preserved.
University alum Susan
Wineberg said she thinks
the University's decision was
cavalier.
Friday, February 9, 2007 - 7
"They don't have the imagi-
nation to see what it couldbe,"
she said.
Brown said the Frieze's
high ceilings and wide hall-
ways would make the build-
ing too hard to transform into
a joint center of academics
and student residence like
the University hopes to create
with North Quad.
"The old high school struc-
ture does not lend itself to
being able to be renovated and
meet the programmatic needs
of a world class university,"
MSA
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said, the support of students
is critical to any effort to
become a more sustainable
University."
The commission's goal, as
stated in the resolution, is to
have the University purchase
a third of its total energy from
renewable sources by this
fall. The commission hopes
to increase that proportion to
half by 2011 and completely
convert the University to
renewable energy sources by
2015.
Electricity produced from
wind power sells at about a
half-cent more per kilowatt-
hour than fossil fuels.
The commission specifi-
cally recommended that the
University look into purchas-
ing wind power.
"Michigan and the Mid-
west in general have a huge
untapped potential for wind
power," said LSA senior Shari
Pomerantz, co-chair of the
commission.
Purchasing a third of its
electricity from renewable
sources would cost the Uni-
versity about $820,500 more
per year. Doing so would also
make the University consume
the most renewable energy of
any American university.
Members of the commis-
sion said the University has
the financial resources avail-
able to make this shift.
Last fall, the Environmental
Issues Commission met with
University administrators and
lobbied them to purchase more
renewable energy. Pomerantz
said administrators, citing
budget constraints were hesi-
tant revamp the University's
energy policy.
"It may seem like a huge
goal," Pomerantz said. "But it
is what other universities are
committing to, what other
institutions have achieved."
New York University pur-
chases 100 percent of its
electricity from renewable
sources. It has been recog-
nized by the Department of
Energy as one of the leading
American colleges in the field
of sustainability.
Members of the commission
believe that the University could
have a significant impact on the
electricity market in the state
and help drive the development
of renewable power sources.
"We need to make a state-
ment of demand for renewable
energy so that the state pro-
duces more," said LSA junior
Chris Detjen,the commission's
other co-chair.
The commission hopes to
gain the support of students
through increasing member-
ship in environmental orga-
nizations on campus, Detjen
said. They also plan on rais-
ing awareness for their cam-
paign during Earth Week this
March.
BUDGET
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percentage of the University's
general fund, with 60 percent
of revenue coming fromtuition
and 25.2 percent from state
appropriations this school
year. Additional funding - like
research grants and donations
-make up the remaining total
of the general fund.
Although tuition accounts
for 34.8 percent more of the
general fund than state appro-
priations this year, the Uni-
versity has been more reliant
on state appropriations in the
past. In 1989-90, the general
fund was 45.6 percent tuition
dollars and 44.1 percent state
dollars. State appropriations
accounted for 76.9 percent of
the general fund in 1959-1960,
while tuition only made up 21.7
percent of the fund that year.
The funding increase for
the University came in a year
when Granholm slashed costs
and proposed a tax hike to
offset the $800 million bud-
get deficit.
She proposed a2-percent tax
on services not taxed under the
current 6-percent sales tax.
The sales tax was raised
from 4 to 6 percent a decade
ago as part of Proposal A,
which restructured property
taxes and school funding.
If approved by the legisla-
ture, the new tax would take
effect on June 1, Granholm
spokeswoman Liz Boyd said.
The Associated Press report-
ed that officials estimated the
tax cut would cost a family of
four with an average income
about $65 each year.
The tax excludes educa-
tion, health care and tickets
to college sporting events.
Granholm also proposed an
increase in the tax on liquor
- but not on beer - and an
additional five-cent levy on a
pack of cigarettes.
In 2002 then-Gov. John
Engler signed a 50-cent per-
pack increase in cigarette
taxes into law.
If the legislature doesn't
approve the taxes, the state
could be forced to cut fund-
ing for state universities and
other services, Boyd said.
Granholm also plans to cre-
ate a Michigan Business Tax
to replace some of the revenue
from the Single Business Tax,
which the legislature elimi-
nated last year.
The tax would raise about
$1.5 billion peryear, Boyd said.
Its revenue would supplement
the state's General Fund and
School Aid Fund.
Although Granholm has
promised to preserve fund-
ing for higher education, her
proposal includes budget
cuts that will affect state col-
leges besides the University of
Michigan.
Granholm proposed cut-
ting $2.5 million in funding
forthe CooperationExtension
Service, a program designed
to improve research at Ameri-
can universities.
The University does not
have a Cooperation Extension
Service program - though
some other public universities
in the state do.
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ARIES (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
(March 21to April 19) Be very careful with financial specula.
Your attempt to help someone might tion today. Things could look better thar
be overly optimistic or unrealistic. Be they actually are. Forewarned is fore.
careful. There is Suich a thing as idiet armed.
compassion. It's goodto help, bat don't SAGITTARIUS
be a sucker. (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
TAURUS Be careful when shopping, and like-
(April 20to May 20) wise, be careful with all your financia
Social occasions will please you transactions today. People are makinu
today. People want to party! Everybody large gestures. Don't do anything you'l
is in the mood to go overboard about regret later.
whatever they're doing. (Take notes.) CAPRICORN
GEMINI (Dec. 22to Jan. 19)
(May 21to June 20) Be careful when signing contracts of
You feel very generous toward part- agreeing to important negotiations
ners and loved ones. However, your People are inclined to promise pie-in-
judgment might not be correct. If you the-sky deals. Try your best to stay real-
think you're going overboard about istic. (Head in the clouds, but feet on the
something, you probably are. ground.)
CANCER AQUARIUS
(June 211o July 22) (Jan.U20t Feb. 18)
Be careful about impulses related to Enjoy good times with friends today
work, travel and education today However, this is not a good day to lent
because you might overestimate some- money to a friend. If you're shopping foi
thing. Today, it's easy to kid yourself. gifts for others, tone it down a bit. ItI':
LEO the thought that counts.
(July 23 10oAug. 22) PISCES
Others might be extremely generous (Feb. 19to March 20)
to you today. However, if you have to You feel joyful and happy today; how-
divide something, be very careful. It's ever, it's easy to go overboard. Be care-
very easy to misjudge things today. ful about indulging or being overserved
VIRGO (You know who you are.) Don't do any-
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) thing that you're going to regret later.
If yea think that family members arc YOU BORN TODAY Many of you
making large denands on you today, you have colorful, active lives. You don'td
don't have to respond. People are asking things halfway - you live life to thu
for the moon right now! fullest! You're both spontaneous anc
LIBRA hardworking. You try hard (and succeed
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) to be positive in the face of daunting
Be careful aboutspromises or estimates challenges. You're always dynamic anu
you make at work today. It's easy to fiull of energy. Partnerships or relation-
promise more than you can deliver. ships will be important for you in thu
Similarly, co-workers might do this with coming year. Focuson these.
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