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HIGHER ED
From page IA
answers, now give us money.'"
Still, in a culture where univer-
sities are often considered "cre-
dentialing factories" used to boost
income and create opportunities,
the public understands the impor-
tance of higher education, she
said.
"The public absolutely knows
that higher education is the game
in town," Cantor said.
Charles Vest, former president
of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, said the United States
will fall behind the rest of the
developed world if it cannot pro-
duce more college graduates.
Vest, a former dean and provost
at the University of Michigan, said
universities should collaborate
and make knowledge available to
the public to create what he calls a
"meta-university."
MIT has taken a step in that
direction by creating the Open-
CourseWare project.
About 80 percent of MIT pro-
fessors have put teaching materi-
als for their courses online. Course
information from more than 1,800
MIT courses is available to the
public.
While many of the site's users
are students and educators, nearly
half the visitors to the site are try-
ing to teach themselves about a
subject.
MIT has also started an initia-
tive in which its laboratory equip-
ment can be controlled remotely
over the Internet by authorized
users.Students and faculty without
the money to use complex equip-
ment can apply for virtual access
to MIT's labs.
Vest also praised the University
of Michigan's collaboration with
Google in the Google Book Search
project. Google intends to copy all
seven million volumes in the Uni-
versity's library and make them
searchable through an online data-
base.
Although- MIT faculty and
administrators have discussed the
idea of turning OpenCourseWare
into a program that would enable
learners to earn a degree, it's not
likely to happen any time soon, Vest
said.
The project has faced some
opposition from faculty who don't
want to make their research or
courses public, Vest said. Most
professors, however, understand
the importance of the free flow of
information to modern universi-
ties, he said.
University President Mary Sue
Coleman, sitting in the front row
of the amphitheatre, asked Vest
whether the OpenCourseWare
project had come under fire from
the government for making sophis-
ticated scientific and technological
knowledge available worldwide.
The government could possi-
bly try to oppose the open flow of
information as a threat to home-
land security and the American
dominance over the knowledge
economy, Vest said.
"I am absolutely astounded that
it hasn't been attacked on those
grounds," Vest said. "Keep your
fingers crossed."
Former University of Michigan
President James Duderstadt, a
member of the 19-member Secre-
tary of Education's Commission
on the Future of Higher Educa-
tion, said American higher educa-
tion is falling behind because it has
become increasingly unavailable to
underprivileged students.
Summarizing research about
the correlations between wealth
and college attendance,Duderstadt
said the U.S. has created an educa-
tional atmosphere where "it's bet-
ter to be dumb and rich than smart
and poor."
This atmosphere is in part the
result of an educational arms race
between the nation's richest uni-
versities and all the others. As elite
universities spend millions to draw
top faculty and build expensive
campuses, poorer universities must
spend beyond their means if they
hope to continue recruiting talent-
ed students.
These costs - along with the
additional university expenses
after cuts in state funding - are
passed along to students as tuition
increases, Duderstadt said.
University of Illinois President
B. Joseph White later touched on
the same point.
White, a former dean of the
University of Michigan who also
served as interim president in
2002, said the spending spree has
affected all but the wealthiest uni-
versities.
"Even the people at Harvard
don't feel rich," he said. "Well,
maybe they feel rich. But people
at public universities don't usually
feel that way."
Duderstadt proposed a reinven-
tion of the way the nation subsi-
dizes schooling, including what he
calls a "learn grant."
For each child entering kinder-
garten, the federal government
would create a 529 savings account
and deposit $5,000. The state
would match that sum with an
additional $5,000. Each year, par-
ents or guardians would receive
a letter with the size of the learn
grant. By the time the student fin-
ished high school, interest on the
money would be just about enough
for four years ata public university,
Duderstadt said.
The "learn grant," which could
only be spent on higher education,
could provide students from low-
income families with the hope of
attending college and the stimulus
to prepare for it, he said. Duder-
stadt said the government could
take steps to even the playing field
between the rich and poor and
increase the number of college
graduates.
White said public research
universities are walking a tight-
rope, expected to maintain their
academic excellence in spite of
state funding decreases and com-
plaints from the public about
what he called "modest tuition
incr eases."
Compounding the problem is a
reluctance by universities to make
any changes to their business mod-
els. Administrators often face stiff
opposition from faculty when they
try something innovative, White
said.
"Everybody loves students,"
White said. "Almost no one likes
administrators."
Although the presidents point-
ed out the many challenges, they
remained optimistic about the
United States's role as the world
leader in higher education.
Duderstadt, for one, ended his
speech with a quote from Walt
Kelly's classic comic strip "Pogo."
"We are confronted with insur-
mountable opportunities," he
said.
BAMN MARCH
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co-chair of BAMN, said the main
goal of the rally was to let both
the University administration and
the state of Michigan know that
the group will continue to oppose
Proposal 2 - even after the Uni-
versity has announced that it will
not file any new legal challenges to
the constitutional amendment for
now.
Currently BAMN has filed two
separate lawsuits seeking to weaken
and reverse the effects of Proposal
2.
The first asks the U.S. Supreme
Court for a stay that would delay the
implementation of Proposal 2 until
the end of this year.
The second suit challenges the
validity of Proposal 2. It alleges that
proponents of the law used "racially
targeted voter fraud" and "lies and
deception" during the campaign to
get the proposal onto Michigan's
ballot. The suit is before a federal
court.
George Washington, the lawyer
representing BAMN, said he is con-
fident both cases will fare well in
court.
Luke Massie, BAMN's other
national co-chair, said Proposal 2's
passage was a step backward for
civil rights.
"We're strong, we're proud, we're
loud, and we're not going back," he.
said.
Four members from YAF walked
in front ofthe march waving posters
with things like "Scoreboard: MCRI:
58, BAMN: 0," - a reference to the
58 percent of the vote garnered by
Proposal 2 - written on them.
One sign bore a line from King's
famous "I have a dream" speech:
"They will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content
of their character."
The students also shouted chants
into megaphones like "Hey BAMN,
what do you say? Prop 2 passed any-
way" and told the marchers to "stop
whining."
Andrew Boyd, chair of the Uni-
versity's chapter of YAF, said their
main opposition to BAMN's agen-
da was that Michigan voters had
already passed Proposal 2.
Boyd said BAMN did not
uphold the values of Martin
Luther King Jr.
"Martin Luther King Jr. was
peaceful and tolerant - BAMN is
militant and intolerant," Boyd said.
But Driver said King would
be marching right along side her
group.
"If he were alive today, he would
be here with us today- I am cer-
tain," she said
Passions ignited and shouting
matches erupted as the two groups
clashed ideologically.
Although the marchers most
vocally opposed to the YAF protest-
ers were adults, many of the younger
participants also got involved.
The march turned physical on
State Street when members of the
two groups got involved in a short
pushing match.
YAF member Justin Zatkoff
claims that a BAMN marcher
punched him in the chin during the
altercation.
"Some guy just came up and
pushed me, and then slugged me on
my face," Zatkoff said.
But campus police, who were on
hand throughout the entire event,
said they did not see any signs of
violence.
Zatkoff said an officer was near-
by, but no legal measures were
taken.
BAMN members also disputed
Zatkoff's claim and said they were
just trying to stop the YAF mem-
bers from blocking their route.
Driver described YAF's efforts as
simply "insignificant."
Several BAMN members said
numbers were in their favor.
"There's hundreds of us and just
a couple of them," Law School Stu-
dent Kelli Sussman said.
Although BAMN's tendency to'
bus in inner-city youth has often
stirred controversy on campus,
many young students said it's their
choice to participate and are excited
to do so.
A seventh-grader from Malcolm
X Academy in Detroit said she rel-
ishes the opportunity to be an activ-
ist.
"I'm really excited and hyped
that I can actually make a difference
with what my future looks like," she
said. "My parents are happy I'm
here, too."
Although pedestrian traffic was
low because of the holiday, some
passers by stopped to watch.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 7A
COURANT
From page 1A
the hallmark of a great university,
he said.
"The University of Michigan
library is one of the greatest librar-
ies in the world. Now, we have to
figure out how to use it well," Cou-
rant said
The University is one of a hand-
ful of universities participating in
the digitization process. The proj-
ect uses special technology to scan
the libraries' collections.
The project aims to digitize the
University's entire library collec-
tion by 2010.
MFUME
From page 1A
"It's got to find its genesis in the
heart of students," he said when
asked about how students could
cure social problems. "I tryto ignite
the passion in them."
University President Mary Sue
Coleman also spoke at the sympo-
sium about the University's future
after Proposal 2, which banned
affirmative action in admissions.
She assured the crowd that
the University will do everything
within its legal power to maintain
a diverse and active student com-
munity.
"We want a mosaic of students,"
she said. "We will always work to
attain such diversity, affirmative
action or not, because it is the right
thing to do as a great public univer-
sity committed to academic excel-
lence."
But Coleman, who declared that
"Michigan is diversity" in a speech
on the Diag the day after Proposal 2
passed, toned down her rhetoric.
She saidthe University "is known
first and foremost for its academic
excellence" and spoke about a need
for the University to enroll a stu-
dent body diverse in many ways,
not just racially.
"We want students who are
Croatian or Canadian; students
who speak six languages or have
lived in six countries; students
whose parents have struggled to
provide for them, or whose par-
ents run America's corporations,"
she said.
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ARIES
(March 21to April 19)
Your ambition is strong for the
next six weeks. Be advised that your
aggression might threaten your boss.
(Oops.)
TAURUS
(April 201to May 20)
Try to do something about your
increasing urge to travel or get more
education in the next few months. The
bottom line is simply this: You want to
expand your world!
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
Conflict about inheritances or shared
property could arise in the near future.
You're so clever with words; you'll be
able to handle this diplomatically.
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Today Mars moves opposite your
sign, where it will stay until the end
of February. This indicates that conflict
with partners and close friends is
likely.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Not only do you have increasing
energy to work hard and to get better
organized, you have the motivation as
well. This is all you need to do the job.
Get down to it!
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
You're working hard and dealing with
a time of transition. That's why a plane-
tary change today that helps you to be
playful and prankish is good news!
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Conlict at home in the next few
weeks is likely due to renovations,
redecoratnmg, moving or visiting guests.
Be patient with family members.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Your communication skills are hot
now and in the next few weeks. Writing,
reading, studying and talking to anyone
about anything will be quite successful.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22to Dec. 21)
You're very keen to earn money now
(and spend it as well). You're frill of
good ideas, and some of them just might
pay off. Good luck!
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(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
Mars is in your sign until March. This
gives you increased energy and aggres-
sion. On the whole it's a good thing, but
if you start coming on too strong, get
physical exercise to burn offsome ofthis
steam.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Four planets are in your sign, giving
you strength and improved social skills.
Make the most of this. Talk to people
about what you want to get or achieve.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
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behind the scenes as much as possible.
Don't go looking for a fight. Who needs
it?
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