I 2A- Wednesday, September 12, 2007 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. 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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. q 4 4