e iC1 igaIi Wi1m ,Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Say, anuar~y 16,07 U 1 h I i I i 4 4 4 _ I i y i I r -- _- f _ , ___., i BERENSON WINS ARTS, 600TH GAME PAGE 5A SPORTSTUESDAY SOUTH U SHODOWN KEEPING HIGHER ED RELEVANT WHAT'S NEXT FOR COLLEGES? University secondary Education, pro- posed ways for universities presidents call to become more relevant and more successful in lead- for tuition help, ing the United States to the forefront of the informa- culture shift tion-driven world. Syracuse University Pres- By GABE NELSON ident Nancy Cantor said the Daily StaffReporter public has become distrust- ful of universities. The modern research uni- With a college degree versity, born at the end of the primarily seen as a ticket to Civil War, might be unrecog- employment, taxpayers and nizable in 50 years, accord- voters often do not appreci- ing to some of the veteran ate more abstract subjects university administrators like Latin or theoretical who spoke at a symposium mathematics, said Cantor, on Friday. a former dean and provost At the event, four former at the University of Michi- and current university pres- gan. idents - all of whom spent "To argue that there's time at the University of classics and then there's the Michigan - said American stuff that makes the world universities face a rapidly run is very dangerous," she growing list of challenges said. that could lead to a dramatic If universities want to change in the structure of maintain their funding lev- the modern university. els and prestige, they must Speakers at the sympo- find ways to make them- sium, "Challenges to High- selves relevant to the com- er Education in the 21st munity at large, she said. Century," held in honor of "We all know what the 50th anniversary of the doesn't work," Cantor said. University's Center for the "It's saying 'we have the Study of Higher and Post- See HIGHER ED, page 7A HOW TO BUILD A i0 FOR-PROFIT UNIVERSITY With public research institutions like the University of Michigan struggling in the face of declining publictfunding, some have called BA MN rally slams Prop 2 passage Group scuffles with right-wing protesters By LISA HAIDOSTIAN For the Daily Eleven-year-olds faced off with University students over the merits of affirmative action as hundreds gathered to protest the passage of Pro- posal 2 on the Diag yester- day. ' Militant pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary sponsored a march and rally that brought hun- dreds of supporters to cam- pus on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Promotional material distributed by BAMN before the event said the marchers would demand "no drop in minority enrollment in higher education in Michigan." Confrontations between marchers and members of the University's chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a politically conservative group, erupted when several YAF members walked in front of the march. Marchers chanted a line often heard at BAMN-spon- sored protests: "They say 'Jim Crow,' we say 'Hell no!"' Most of the marchers were middle school, high school and college students from across the state, though peo- TOP: Alma Noriano, a California high school student, shouts during a pro-affirmative action march held by By Any Means Necessary yesterday. BOTTOM: BAMN marchers clash with members of Young Americans for Freedom. The conservative group held a counter-demonstration duringthe march. ple of all ages took part in At least 40 members of the brought the students to Ann the march. Organizers said band played music, twirled Arbor so they could fight for the group bused almost 300 flags and danced at the front a cause that matters to them. students from Detroit area of the pack. "This is a fight for their schools, including members Maricruz Lopez, co-chair lives," she said. of the Cass Technical High of the University's BAMN Shanta Driver, the national School marching band. chapter, said the group See BAMN MARCH, page 7A for universities to manage themselves like businesses, University of Ilinois President Joseph White said at Friday's symposium. "Sometimes I'd like to, butyou wouldn't let me - and I shouldn't" White said. Although schools like the University of Phoenix have followed corporate busi- ness practices and made billions, trying to run public research universities this way wouldn't be effective, he said. White, a for- mer dean and interim president at the Uni- versity of Michigan, said wniversities would have to take a numberof regrettable steps to maximize profits. . Raise tuition for every program with excess demand . Close expensive programs including medical schools and public health programs . Close the highly unprofit- able library system . Close all academic departments and units that don't funnel students into high-paying careers MIK SYMPOSIUM Civil rights leader issues call to action - ICE-CYCLE Amid change, libraries get high-profile leader M A the Luth since mati Cong calle setb M: on t civil nota NAA B' more drop moth thre beca crim fathe [fume seeks to At 22, he obtained his GED and graduated from Morgan gnite' passion State University in Baltimore. He later earned a masters for change degree at John Hopkins Uni- versity. By DREW PHILP Mfume was elected to Daily StaffReporter the Baltimore City Council - -- in 1979 by a margin of three t the keynote speech for votes. Seven years later, he University's first Martin was elected to the U.S. House ser King Jr. symposium of Representatives, where e the passage of the affir- he served as chairman of the ve action ban, former Congressional Black Caucus. gressman Kweisi Mfume In 1996, he left Congress and d the ballot initiative a assumed the presidency of the ack. NAACP. fume has spent time Students praised Mfume's the front lines of the speech. rights movement, most "His speech didn't speak bly as president of the to just the academics," Social CP. Work student Victor Harrell orn and raised in Balti- said. "It spoke to the political, e, Mfume was forced to social and spiritual aspects of out of school after his what Dr. King stood for." her's death. He raised his In an interview after the e younger sisters but soon speech, Mfume said he hoped .me involved in street his speech would drive stu- re and became a teenage dents to action. er. See MFUME, page 7A Former provost to shepherd system through Google project By KATIE WOODS Daily StaffReporter One of campus's most seasoned administrators is taking over the library system at a crucial time in a Google's mission to digitally copy to more than 7 million volumes in the University's 19 libraries. Paul Courant, a School of Public Policy professor who served as pro- vost from 2002 to 2005, was appoint- ed University librarian and dean of University libraries on Friday. He will take over March 1. Although Google expects to com- plete the copying within four or five years, the company has faced opposi- tion from some publishers who argue that the project infringes on their copyrights. Courant said he hopes the project will make it easier for students and faculty to find specific texts. Many students do not take advantage of library materials that could further help them in their studies, he said. '"We have this enormous amount of educational material," Courant said. "It is the job of the library to help students figure out how to sort out the good stuff from the not-so-good stuff." Courant said he has prepared for the job by researching how a library operates as part of a university. The Google project represents a larger trend as students abandon old- fashioned ways of finding informa- tion. Tracking down specific pieces of information has become a chal- lenge on the Internet because of its enormity, Courant said. He said the Google project will help students find trustworthy sources in context with citations, which will prevent students from using the disreputable informa- tion that pervades the Internet. "The problem lies in trying to trace down specific texts in the vast elec- tronic world of endless amounts of materials," Courant said. "The chal- lenge of the library is to organize everything. He said well-organized electron- ic material is the most important because that's where everyone looks first. A faculty member since 1973, Cou- rantsaidhe plans to continueteaching courses while serving as librarian. He said he is excited to work as librarian because the quality of a university can be seen in its libraries. Until the electronic revolution, it was See COURANT, page 7A ZAcHARY MEIsNER/Daly Bicycles covered in ice outside of East Quad ResidenceN Hall last night during the ice storm that hit campus over the weekend. Thirty-five deaths around the country were caused by the storm. TODAY'S HI: 23 WEATHER LO 13 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michgandaily.com and let us know. COMING WEDNESDAY Tackling the heavy burden of raising children and going to class THE STATEMENT INDEX NEWS.... Vol. CXyll, No.276 SUDOKU )o The Michigan Daily U DO Ky michigandailyrcom O P IN IO .2A ARTS .............. .3A CLASSIFIEDS.. 4A SPORTS.. ...5A ..6A ,.. .3 4 A