You nt want to know sPT I N LIIIEI-HUNDREDSEVENTEN K \ KSIII I N nn Arbor, ichigan www.michigandaily.com Iuesday, April10 2007 COCA-COL A CONT ROVERSY Coke investigations behind schedule DEADLINE TROUBLE The pair of investigations into Coca-Cola have missed this deadline: * March 31, 2007Deadlinefor assessments of the conditions for Coke workers in Colom- bia and environmental issues in India appear lkelp that they will make these two: " April30,2007: Deadline to report investi- gation results to the University " Map 3,2007: Il Deadlinetor Coketo have a plan oftaction in place to deal with the alleged infractions " Inquiries into alleged violations were slated to end in May By EMILY ANGELL Daily StaffReporter When the University reinstated its contracts with the Coca-Cola Company in April of 2006 after a four-month suspension, the cor- poration agreed to an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in Colombia and environmental violations in India. A year later, both the Interna- tional Labor Organization inves- tigation in Colombia and the Tata Energy Research Institute inves- tigation in India haven't met the deadline set by the University's Dispute Review Board for produc- ing a documented assessment of conditions in either country. In June of 2005, the Dispute Review Board said it had evidence that local Coke bottlers' labor vio- lations and pesticide use in India may have violated the University's Vendor Code of Conduct. See COKE, Page 3 IN THE ART SCHOOL, PREPARING FOR FINALS Record year for ''apps Last set of decisions for class of 2011 to go out on Friday By LAYLA ASLANI Daily StaffReporter Be glad that you've already been accepted to the University. On Friday, letters will go out to the last crop of high school seniors who applied to the University for next fall. Early next week, they'll arrive in their mailboxes, and the hopeful applicants will find out if they got in. Chances are, they didn't. The admissions cycle for next fall's freshman class is ending Friday, and statistics suggest that this is one of the most competitive admissions cycles ever. The acceptance rate for this year's freshman class is expected to be about 45 percent compared to about 47 percent last year, according to the University's Under- graduate Admissions website. Chris Lucier, the University's director of recruit- ment and operations, said the University set a new application record this year, with about 27,000 appli- cants. That includes an increase in in-state, out-of- state and international applications. The University's targeted freshman enrollment is 5,400 students, but it sent out only about12,300 accep- tance letters because slightly more than half of those accepted will not enroll. Last year, 25,733 people applied for admission, about 1, 200 fewer than this year. Because University does not admit more students in response to an increase in applications, admissions is becoming more selective instead, Lucier said. Lucier said the application increase is a reflection of the University's growth in popularity. "I think Michigan is truly recognized as one of the See ADMISSIONS, Page 3 BY THE NUMBERS Approximate number of freshman Number of freshman applications applications received for fall 2007 received for fall 2006 Art and Design seniors Julie Kramer and Katie Mason set up their final projects in the Slusser Gallery on North Campus last night. All 86 Art and Design graduates must complete a year- long project. The annual senior exhibition begins Thursday with a film screening at the Michigan Theater. The students' work will also be presented beginning Thursday in the Work, Slusser and Robbins Galleries. Approximate freshmanaccep- lance rate for fall 2007 Freshman acceptance ratefor fall 2006 EXAMINING THE ELECTION Exit poll: Most Asian voters rejected Prop 2 After being fired from Blue, Amaker hired at Harvard In California, shows that Asian American voters opposed Proposal 2 by awider mar- Asian American gin than each of the three cities did as a whole. college enrollment A decade ago, before a similar ban was passed in California, the went up after ban University of California system's freshman class was 36 percent By JAKE HOLMES Asian American, but Asian Ameri- Daily StaffReporter can students ake usp 42 percent of this year's freshman class. Asian Exit poll results show that in Americans make up only 14 percent last fall's election, Asian American of the state's high school graduates. voters from three Michigan cities At the University of Michigan, overwhelmingly opposed a ban on Asian Americans are not consid- affirmative action even though the ered underrepresented minorities ban may be against their own self- and therefore did not receive pref- interest when it comes to college erences in admission before the admission. passage of Proposal 2. The passage of a similar ban in Still, Mark Grebner, president of California resulted in an increase the consulting firm Practical Politi- in Asian Americans at public uni- cal Consulting, said he's not sur- versities. prised by the data. The Asian American Legal He said Asian Americans feel Defense and Education Fund pre- marginalized in American societyin sented yesterday at the University a similar way to black Americans. Law School the results of an exit Because Asian Americans are poll that showed that 78 percent of also minorities in a primarily white all Asian voters surveyed in Ann society, Grebner said they sympa- Arbor, Hamtramck and Dearborn thize with the interests of black voted against Proposal 2, which people, thus they would oppose an banned the use of affirmative action anti-affirmative-action measure by public institutions in Michigan. like Proposal 2. Those numbers show far more "For 80 percent of the people, opposition to Proposal 2 from Prop 2 was a referendum on 'How Asian voters than from white vot- do you feel about black people?' " ers. The measure passed with 58 Grebner said. percent of the vote. The data also Ann Arbor is one of the least seg- BY THE NUMBERS Percentage of Asian Americansuwho voted against Prop 2 in Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Percentage of voters statewide who voted against Prop 2 Percentage of the state's population that is Asian American, according to the 20DQ Census Percentage of Ann Arbor's population that is Asian American, accordingtothe census regated towns in the country, Greb- ner said. He said that because Ann Arbor has little separation between where different races of people live, there are high feelings of inclusion See VOTERS, Page 7 Wife, an assoc. dean, to go with him By DANIEL BROMWICH Daily Sports Editor Former Michigan basketball coach Tommy Amaker has been offered the head coaching job at Harvard and is expected to accept it as early as tomorrow, The Bos- ton Globe reported. Amaker was fired last month after the Wolverines missed the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year under his watch, but he "dazzled" the Harvard search committee in an interview Fri- day, according to the Globe. He is expected to get a multi-year con- tract worth about $225,000 per year. The 41-year-old Falls Church, Va. native, coached Seton Hall before coming to Ann Arbor and was on Mike Krzyzewski's staff at Duke as an assistant coach before See AMAKER, Page 7 A PIECE OF THE DIVERSITY PUZZLE Students work together yesterday evening in the Parker Room of the Michigan Union to paint a puzzle piece representing their group, Experimental Aircraft, for a giant mural. The mural will feature pieces from more than 100 student groups and will form a block M. The goal of the project is to bring diverse groups together. TODAY'S HI 46 WEATHER Lo:27 HAVE A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail ON THE DAILY BLOGS Transgender students at all-women's colleges INDEX NW... cXVII, No. 132 SUOU.. .2007 The Michigan Daiy U michigondoily.com OP IN ION. .2 ART5............ 3 CLASSIFIEDS .4 SPORTS....... news michgandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/THEWIRE