2A - Monday, March 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: s Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained New Yor ity meet Sioux Falls LSA senior Eric Barstad, a native of South Dakota, said he has never met someone from his home state while studying at the University. The Sioux Falls native is one of eight South Dakotans currently enrolled at the University. Chris Lucier, director of recruit- ment for the University's under- graduate admissions department, said a student's home state is one factor in admissions. Students from underrepresented states like South Dakota receive some preference. However, theUniversity's admis- sions department doesn't send any admissions officers to recruit stu- dents in South Dakota, Lucier said. It would be "resource impracti- cal," given the low populations of those states, he said. No alumni serve as recruitment volunteers in South Dakota, either. Barstad said he didn't receive any brochures from the University while he researched colleges. College of Engineering sopho- more Katya Christenson said peo- ple from South Dakota are more likely to stay in-state for college or go to nearby states like Minnesota, Nebraska or Iowa. Some students, though, know plenty of people from their home state. There are 1,684 students from New York at the University - more than any state besides Michigan. Lucier said the large number of University graduates that move to New York has made the school more prestigious there. Michigan has a strong reputa- tion in New York, especially among students attending elite private schools, LSA freshman Matthew Gross said. Gross, like many students from New York, intends to return after he graduates. "Anyone who grows up in New York City has a hard time living anywhere else," he said. LSA freshman Gabriella Kula, who lived in Manhattan before coming to the University, said she came to the Ann Arbor to experi- ence a different lifestyle. The kind- ness of Midwesterners helped draw her to the University, she said. Still, New Yorkers shape the cul- ture of the University by bringing cosmopolitan fashion to the Mid- west, Kula said. "Fashion comes out of New York," she said. "It doesn't come out of Michigan." Kula said New Yorkers help give the University a cosmopolitan atmosphere - and a superiority complex. "If you took the New Yorkers out of Michigan, it wouldn't be as great," she said. REBECCAGRAPEVINE Residential College senior Ryan Smith, a member of the Resi- dential College Players, sits in LSA senior William Gressman's lap during a production of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" in East Quad on Friday night. 413 E. 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The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 0 6 0 CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Students object Man assaulted Talk on body Meeting for to note on unisex in Detroit goes image issues radio lovers bathroom door to 'U' hospital WHAT: A speech called WHAT: A meeting for radio "Locker Room Diaries" about and electronics enthusiasts WHERE: East Quad WHERE: University Hospital anxiety over body image in WHO: University of Michi- WHEN: Saturday at about 3:45 WHEN:Saturday at about 5:30 American culture gan Amateur Radio Club p.m. a.m. WHO: Author Leslie Gold- WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHAT: A female student living WHAT: A 22-year-old man was man WHERE: 1301 EECS Building in East Quad called the Depart- addmitted to the University WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. ment of Public Safety to report Hospital after he was assaulted WHERE: Rackham Audito- a note on the door of a unisex in Detroit, DPS reported. DPS rium CORRECTIONS bathroom that she said harassed consulted with the Detroit " A story in Friday's Daily people based on their sexual ori- Police Department, which ('U' has no stock in Sudan, entation, DPS reported. advised the victim to file a won't rule out investing) police report. said the University divested group from South Africa in 1978. Smiley faces, Although it took steps SCliffKeen sign auditions toward divestment that obscenity drawn year, it did not completely damaged by WHAT: Tryouts for a the- divest until 1988. on Couzens wall ater company that performs " The same story said there airborne bottles educational skits to incoming has been no debate on cam- WHERE: Couzens Hall freshmen during summer pus about divestment from WHEN: Sunday at about 3:45 WHERE: Cliff Keen Arena, 616 orientation Sudan. 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After failing to make the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive year under coach Tommy Amaker, the Michigan basketball team will play Utah State in the first round of the National Invita- tional Tournament on Tuesday. bill being considered in the Maine Legisla- ture would prevent high school students from receiving their diplomas until the school receives confirmation that the student has applied to at least one college, the Bangor Daily News reported. 9