KENNELLY: WHY DO PEOPLE STILL GO GREEK? OPINION, PAGE 4 IIAsilign ;1wl~ Ann Arbor Michigan Tuesday, September 18, 2007 michigandaily.com PROTECTING GENDER EXPRESSION AND IDENTITY Change to policy goes to regents MBA student Jeremy Sharff says he thinks the business school will work to regain its perch atop the Wall Street Journal's annual ranking of MBA programs. B.-School rank.plu.ets in WSJ If b non clau After versity on whet der iden non-dis Univers If th sure - board's Univers the mor univers that hav discrim ing of ac make c inclusiv and fact Thet current adequat der ind and act because the terr an aster with a f term al and exp But a bisexua oard approves, nity, as well as many others, have vehemently argued that without -discrimination the specific inclusion of the term gender identity and expression in se would expand the bylaws, transgender individu- als remain vulnerable to narrow By MARA GAY interpretations of the discrimina- Daily Staff Reporter tion clause. Jackie Simpson, director of the r years of pressure, the Uni- University's Office of Lesbian Gay Board of Regents will vote Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, ther to add the phrase "gen- said while the current bylaws are tity and expression" to the technically effective, the Univer- crimination clause of the sity's decision to use an asterisk to ity's bylaws. provide this protection rather than e regents approve the mea- simply including transgender in slated to be voted on at the the non-discrimination clause is in meeting on Thursday - the itself troubling. ity of Michigan will join "It sends a wrong message," she e than 75 other colleges and said. "There's something about it ities around the country that doesn't feel right." ve added the phrase to non- Simpson said the proposed dnation clauses at the urg- changes are significant because ctivists who say the changes they send the message that trans- ampuses safer and more gender individuals are an impor- 'e for transgender students tant part of the community and are ulty. supported by the University. University has said that its "I see it as a huge victory," non-discrimination clause she said. "I see it as a historic ely protects transgen- moment." ividuals from hate crimes Regent Julia Darlow (D-Ann s of intolerance on campus Arbor) says she'll vote to approve they are included under the measure. a sex. The University added "Although you can make argu- isk to the term sex in 2005 ments that the bylaw already covers ootnote explaining that the this topic, I think that making the so protects gender identity position and the support unques- 'ression. tionably clear is truly important to ctivists in the lesbian, gay, the people concerned and to all of 1 and transgender commu- See CLAUSE, Page 7 Ross MBA program goes from first to seventh; 'arrogance' of grads cited By DANIEL STRAUSS Daily StaffReporter The Ross School of Business's MBA program is slipping, at least according to 4,430 business com- pany recruiters who took a survey published in The Wall Street Jour- nal yesterday. Last year, the survey ranked the University's program first in the nation. The school ranks seventh in this year's rankings. Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business took the top spot this year. Recruiters rated 86 business programs on roughly 20 different attributes like students' previous business experience, basic knowl- edge of the business world and fac- ulty and curriculum. For a school to be ranked, it must gain 20 ratings from survey- takers who have recruited there in the past. According to The Wall Street Journal's article about the rank- ings, the recruiters who took the survey were disappointed with the University of Michigan program's career services office. The article also quoted a recruiter who said students from the school "weren't as prepared for interviews and were somewhat more arrogant than in the past." Business School Dean Robert Dolan said the University's decline in the rankings may have been because students offended some recruiters when they turned down their offers for other jobs. "I think two things happened: The job market got better. Our students had a lot of offers," Dolan said. "It was a great year for stu- dents and a tough year for recruit- ers. There were a lot of recruiters who got 'no thank you's' from Ross School students this year." Dolan also said that because the school's facilities are undergoing renovations, presentations that would have normally been held in See RANKINGS, Page 7 Grad speaker could be reporter Bob Woodruff Coleman seeks at graduation. If Woodruff is named graduation approval of honorary speaker soon, it will be one of the earliest choices the University has degree for newsman made in recent years. hurt in I Last year's speaker, former Iraq President Bill Clinton, was not announced until December of By LISA HAIDOSTIAN 2006. The 2005 speaker, John Daily StaffReporter Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation, wasn't con- The University's spring com- firmed until March of 2005 - one mencement speaker could be ABC month before he gave the address. News reporter Bob Woodruff, a Most graduating seniors praised I University Law last year's choice of Clinton as a School alum commencement speaker. who sustained In previous years, though, stu- life-threaten- dents expressed disappointment iog injuries ' about the relatively low profile of while covering speakers, like CNN's chief inter- the war in Iraq. national correspondent Christiane In a docu- Amanpour and Brown. ment on the WOODRUFF Woodruffwasnearlykilledwhile agenda for on assignment in Iraq last year. Thursday's meeting of the Univer- Woodruff, who was named co- sity Board of Regents, University anchor of "World News Tonight" President Mary Sue Coleman asks in December of 200, was near Taji, the board to approve awarding an Iraq, reporting on U.S. and Iraqi honorary degree to Woodruff at security forces when a roadside spring ommencement. bomb struck his vehicle on Jan. 29, Traditionally, commencement B 2006. speakers are awarded honorary Woodruff sustained critical degrees. brain trauma in the accident and The University also awards hon- underwent extensive surgery. W orary degrees to people who don't Thirteen months after his injury speak at commencement, but those and following a long recovery pro- people aren't usually as well-known cess, Woodruff appeared on air for as Woodruff. the first time in a special report University Spokeswoman Relly titled, "To Iraq and Back: Bob Cunningham declined to comment Woodruff Reports." on whether Woodruff would speak See SPEAKER, Page 7 Members of the newly-formed Student Veterans Association want the University to lower tuition for returning veterans Group wants to ease transition for vets Going from war to post-high school years with the Marines in places like Hong Kong, class can be struggle Kuwait and Iraq. o paorhelp students liae Byrne, for students LSA junior and six-year Air Force veteran Derek Blumke started By CHRISTINA HAMATI the Student Veterans Association Fao theDaily of the University of Michigan in "-----------May. The group - which had its After graduating high school, first meeting earlier this month Ted Byrne wasn't getting ready - is the first of its kind at the Uni- to pack up his car and head for versicy. Ann Arbor. Instead, he shipped After reading an article in Cut- off to U.S. Marine Corps boot rent magazine detailing soldiers' camp at Parris Island, S.C. Rather transitions from active military than going to fraternity parties or duty to college life, Blumke, who football games at the Big House, worked as a photographer for Byrne, now a 22-year-old LSA The Michigan Daily last semes- freshman, spent his first three ter, decided to create the Student BIG TEN STUDENT VETERANS NO. OF VETERANS PERCENT OF STUDENT BODY SCHOOL Ohio Stale Wisconsin Michigan Slate Michigan Northwestern 591 2.24 98 48 16 1.154 0,544 0.217 0.119 uncertain about the future and walking away from the security of having a job in the military," Blumke said. "I realized I wasn't the only one whose age and See VETERANS, Page 7 Veterans Association. He wanted to build a social network and ease the transition into campus life for other service members. "It just made me realize that I wasn't the only person who was TODAY'S HI: 80 WEATHER LO:.59 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. ON THE DAILY BLOGS Gonzales's safe replacement MICHIGAN DAILY.COM/THEPODIUM INDEX NEWS .............................2 CLASSIFIEDS.. ............ .. ...6 Vol. CXViIll No.11 OPINION .................... ....4 SUDOKU...............................9 20t7TheMchiganDaiy ARTS ................................5 SPORTS .......,.:..................10 michigandoilycom I