e ver Blue won't have Football Saturday, inside to forfeit to PSU Sports, page 8A IelyIciganBaiai Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 5, 2007 ommchmaaimmm michigandaily.com LIFE ON CAMPUS 'U' considers consolidation of dining halls JEREMY CHO/Daily Theodore Shaw, the head of the NAACP's legal defense and education fund, condemned the "massive incarceration of African-Americans in the criminal justice system" in a speech at the Michigan League yesterday. Defending race-based affirmative action System where each dorm has its own cafeteria nearing end By JILLIAN BERMAN For the Daily In a decade, on-campus din- ing could consist of several large. dining halls instead of smaller, scattered cafeterias. Administrators say those din- ing halls will likely offer more upscale, marketplace-style options. Starting with the opening of the Hill Dining Center next year, the University's Residential Din- ing Services plans to introduce marketplace-style dining, into one, large dining hall each on the Hill, Central and North.Campus- es, according to Christine Siegel, the senior associate director of Housing Services. After the Hill Dining Center is finished, the University will close the dining halls in Stockwell, Couzens and Alice Lloyd. That sort of consolidation could happen in other campus neighborhoods, Siegel said. Although it has no concrete plans, the University could end up creating a large marketplace- style dining center to serve both South and West Quads, Siegel said. Siegel said the University would work to make sure that there is a dining hall within a five-minute walk of every resi- dence hall. The changes are part of a multi-phase plan to modernize campus dining that grew out of University President Mary Sue Coleman's residential life initia- tives, which she announced in 2004. According to Michael Lee, the director of Residential Dining Services, the marketplace eat- eries will have more open floor plans than older dining halls like East Quad and Couzens. They'll also include more features like those being included in the Hill Dining Center, an international food station, stone pizza ovens and a soup, salad and deli bar. The new dining system will also feature some smaller opera- tions, like Bursley's The Blue Apple Emporium, a convenience store. Lee said the Hill Dining Center's retail store will sell more food made-to-order, and that cooks will prepare some food right in front of students. A marketplace-style dining hall will be in place at North Quad when the new residence hall opens. The opening is planned for 2010. Siegel also said a survey of stu- dents influenced the changes the University is making in the din- ing system. Siegel said students filled out dining service surveys and that students wanted more quality, variety and hours of service. Some students maintained that a five-minute walk may be a point of contention, too. "It's more convenient to have See DINING, Page 7A Shav By MA Thec 'the N educati affirma and th- needed Sinc' mative many h to adop w says class-based a proxy. But Shaw, a former University preferences Law School professor, said affir- mative action based only on class won't work wouldn't mean more blacks in higher education and positions of kRIEM QAMRUZZAMAN power because there are still more Daily StaffReporter poor white people than poor black people. odore Shaw, the head of "I know the majority of poor AACP's legal defense and people in this country continue to ional fund, said class-based be white," he said. tive action is not sufficient Shaw told an audience at the at race-based programs are Lydia Mendelssohn Theater yes- l. terday that some think it's time to e Proposal 2 banned affir- move past the issue of race because action in Michigan last fall, they feel the nation has reached a ave called for the University level of racial equality. it a system based on class as "The political effort is a difficult one because people deeply want to Shaw said the Jena example is just believe that we've put these prob- one in the "massive incarceration lems behind us," Shaw said. of African-Americans in the crimi- Shaw discussed a number of nal justice system." issues hurting the black commu- Shaw also voiced his disappoint- nity during his talk. ed with a recent Supreme Court He talked at great length about ruling that he said has set back the the case involving six black teenag- cause of racial equality. ers in Jena, La. who were charged He called a June ruling that with attempted murder for alleged- banned some uses of race in K-12 ly beating up a white student. The school assignments "a betrayal" incident occurred after students at of the landmark Brown v. Board of the school hung a noose from a tree, Education decision. heightening the tension between "I appreciate his honest style," the black and white students there. , said LSA senior Sheldon Johnson, Shaw, who attended the protests the speaker of the Black Student in Jena two weeks ago, said the Union. "The topic is something you black students are facing "draco- don't necessarily get to hear. We nian" sentences for a small crime. sort of glaze over diversity." TEXTBOOK PRI Shaman Drum aims for more transparency Internship intended to help students understand industry By CHRIS HERRING Daily News Editor Shaman Drum owner Karl Pohrt is opening his bookstore's books. Two LSA freshmen will start work at the store next week as part of an unpaid internship program designed to help other students understand how the oft-criticized textbook business works. Pohrt said students have lots of misconceptions about his store. He says he makes less than $50,000 a year, but he said he thinks people assume his personal prof- its are much higher. "I think the perception is that those of us in the book industry are lighting our cigars with $10 bills, but that's not all always true," Pohrt said. Pohrt held a meeting yesterday to finalize plans with LSA freshmen Mengyuan Hou and Marcus Smith, who will observe the inner workings of the store throughout the first semester. By working with the students, Pohrt said he hopes to tear down the perceptions people might have of Shaman Drum. Hou and Smith will go through an orientation session this week at the State Street store to gain an understanding of how it operates. For the rest of the semester, they'll play every role at the store. They'll help unload shipments, sit in on publishers' sales pitches and examine Sha- See SHAMAN, Page 7A On campus, another kind of presidential debate Students from Obama, Clinton, Edwards and Biden groups argue ByALESE BAGDOL Daily StaffReporter LSA junior Salim Alchurbaji wasn't himself last night. The College Democrats execu- tive board member told the audi- ence to call him Tim Russert as he moderated an hour-long debate between the heads of four campus groups campaigning for Democrat- ic presidential candidates. The debate was held between students representing Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, former North Car- olina Sen. John Edwards and Illi- nois Sen. Barack Obama. It covered eight topics, including the candidates' plans for the Iraq War and their proposals for mak- ing college tuition more affordable. LSA senior Travis Radina, who chairs Students for Edwards, highlighted Edwards's plan to pay See DEBATE, Page 7A LSA sophmore Kelly Bernero spoke for Hillary Clinton in a debate between campus representatives of four Democratic canditates for president last night in the Michigan Union. ADING YOUR Pa OFESORS Online course evaluations to replace paper surveys FRANCISCAN FUNK New evaluations could result in lower response rates By AIMEE BOWEN For the Daily Online course evaluations are replacing the pencil-and-paper surveys used in most University classes. But the move could decrease student participation. This semester, all of the College of Engi- neering's mid-term evaluations will be conducted online. Officials plan to launch online evaluations at the rest of the Univer- sity's schools and colleges for the winter semester evaluations. "It's a more efficient way of collecting data," said James Kulik, director of the University Office of Evaluations and Exam- inations. At the moment, the office prints almost 500,000 surveys and distributes them to about 15,000 classrooms. Then it collects, sorts and scans them. See SURVEYS, Page 7A Music Prof. Stephen Rush leads his jazz group called Quartex on the Diag yesterday. The group performed to celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi TODAY'S HI:84 WE ATHER LO: 62 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. ON THEDAILYBLOGS Life in a college band MICHIGAN DAILY.COM/THEFILTER INDEX NEWS.............................. .2A CLASSIFIEDS.....................,6A Vol. CXViINo. 24 OPINION ...........................4A SPORTSI............................8A 02007TheMichigan Daily ARTS .................................5A FOOTBALLSATURDAY....... ..1B michigandoily com