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MONDAY: TUESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes Explained
My professor is hot.
Can I sleep with her (or him)?
THURSDAY: FRIDAY:
Before You Were Here The Extremist
SOLAR FLAIR
You know the feeling. You walk
into class. You find a seat. You look
around.
Then it hits you - you have the
single hottest teacher on campus.
The instructor smiles at you.
Your mind wanders, probably more
than it should.
Would the University be OK with
what you're thinking about doing
with your instructor?
The answer is no.
Sort of.
"The University strongly dis-
courages romantic and/or sexual
relationships between faculty
members and students," according
to the University's Faculty-Student
Relationships policy.
But the policy never explicitly
forbids a student and faculty mem-
ber having a relationship.
Although the University "recog-
nizes" that relationships between
students and faculty can occur, the
policy also states the University's
biggest concern with faculty-stu-
dent relationships - favoritism in
the classroom. ,
Because there is an "inherent
conflict of interest" when instruc-
tors are involved with their stu-
dents, the faculty member must
inform the University of the rela-
tionship.
Any faculty member at the
University who has "supervisory
responsibility" for a student they're
romantically linked to is to notify
his or her administrator.
If a faculty fails to disclose the
relationship to an administra-
tor promptly, the faculty member
could potentially face sanctions
and termination.
The policy, last updated in
2004, was first adopted in 1986.
At that time, the University's Sen-
ate Assembly released a policy
condemning faculty-student rela-
tionships, even when consensual.
Once again, the policy expressed
the University's concern for favor-
itism.
"Sexual relationships, even
when mutually consenting ones,
are a basic violation of professional
ethics and responsibility when the
faculty member has any for the
student's academic performance or
professional future."
The moral of this story? Wait the
three months until you aren't the
student of that particular instruc-
tor anymore.
Or, if you can't keep the secret
for that long, just have your teacher
tell his or her boss.
- CHRIS HERRING
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Engineering junior Ben Kilimer. a member of the Universi-
ty's Solar Car team, stands behind the team's 2005 model
on the Diag yesterday. The team's 2007 model is currently
in Australia as team members prepare for this year's race.
CRIME NOTES
Man sprays a
name on wall
WHERE: Parking lot, 1200
Kipke Drive
WHEN: Monday at about 1
p.m.
WHAT: A witness reported
an older man spray painting
"Jamie Morris" on a wall near
the Department of Public Safe-
ty building, DPS reported.
Jamie Morris is a former
Michigan running back.
Police were unable to find
the suspect.
Safe, data stolen
from campus
WHERE: N. Ingalls Building
WHEN: Monday at about
noon -
WHAT: A safe containing
backup tapes from a Univer-
sity database server was sto-
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
len, DPS reported. The tapes,
which belonged to the Uni-
versity, were swiped over the
weekend.
The department from which
the tapes were stolen was not
immediately known.
DPS has no suspects.
'U' employee has
wallet swiped
WHERE: Student Activities
Building
WHEN: Monday at about 3:10
p.m.
WHAT: A University worker
was burglarized after leaving
his wallet unattended for a
couple of hours, DPS report-
ed.
Along with the victim's wal-
let, the thief stole and used the
University employee's credit
cards.
Police currently have no
suspects.
Fraternity
forum
WHAT: Meet members from
each of the Interfraternal
Council fraternities
WHO:IFC
WHEN: Today from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
WHERE: The Diag
Music auditions
WHAT: Audition for chance
to be paid to perform for a
Union or Michigan League
audience
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs
WHEN: Today from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m.
WHERE: University Club,
Michigan Union
WHIV lecture
WHAT: An event discussing
research methods associated
withHIV/AIDS
WHO: Institute for Research
on Women and Gender
WHEN: Today from noon to
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Lane Hall
CORRECTIONS
* An article in yesterday's
Daily referred to the sponsor
of "Racism 101" as the Pan
Hellenic Council. In fact, the
event was sponsored by the
National Pan-Hellenic Coun-
cil.
* The same article also
referred to one of the co-hosts
of the event, Delta Sigma
Theta, as a fraternity. Delta
Sigma Theta is a sorority.
Please report any error
in the Daily to' correc-
tions@michigandaily.com.
Daughters of the late
Italian tenor Luciano
Pavarotti are upset with
reporters who they say have
made them look greedy, The
Associated Press reported.
Numerous Italian outlets have
said Pavarotti's daughters are
in an ugly financial battle with
his second wife.
With a victory yesterday,
the Michigan volleyball
team's winning streak
increased to nine matches.
>>FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 9A
Chicago mayor Richard
M. Daleysaidhemaypro-
pose a rent-a-bike plan
similar to the one launched in
Paris this summer. Paris resi-
dents have rented out 3.7 mil-
lion bikes this summer.
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