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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 7A
INMATE EXPRESSIONS
Power Down to
reduce energy
use on campus
MAX COLLINS/Daily
Ann Arbor resident Ken Anbender goes through artwork at the Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners held at the Duderstadt Center Gallery. The
show will be running until April 8 and is meant to bring attention to the abilities of those in the state's prisons. It highlights more than 300 works of art by over 200 artists.
BUSINESS ETHICS
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low said an overall shift in attitude
is underway, as business schools
across the country receive criti-
cism because of the current crisis.
"I don't think the financial crisis
can be blamed on business schools,"
Suslowsaid. "Butwe can and should
work harder to understand how
best to integrate an understanding
of good leadership into the business
school experience."
While new courses have not
been formed, professors in the
school are using the economy as
HOSPITAL
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versity Health System, reported
at February's Board of Regents
meeting that through community
health programs and services and
research costs in excess of funding,
UMHS contributed a total commu-
nity benefit of $323 million in the
2008 fiscal year.
"It is increasingly difficult in
this economic environment to pro-
vide the level of benefit to the com-
munity that it needs," Strong said
MUSEUM MINOR
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man said.
CorecourseswillincludeMUSE-
UMS 301, which will address the
roles of public museums in soci-
ety and provide an introduction
to the field of museum studies,
and MUSEUMS 401, which will
explore the depiction of racial, eth-
nic, gender and religious issues in
MSA
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Union was the traditional "out-
and-in" meeting - when newly
elected representatives officially
. take their seats. At the end of the
meeting, outgoing seniors and cur-
rent executives reflected on their
time in MSA.
WEATHERIZATION
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has to be less than 200 percent of
the federal poverty guidelines.
Based on these regulations, the
annual income of a family of four
would have to be less than $44,100
to qualify for low-income housing
benefits.
Kraft estimated that about
$4,500 will be spent on each home
that qualifies, but that can vary
depending on the state of each
house's insulation.
"Some homes will be relative-
ly new, and won't need as much
work," he said.
Earlier this year, Ann Arbor
City Council members listed the
weatherization of low-income
housing as one of their top priori-
ties if the city was to receive stim-
ulus funding.
Councilmember Leigh Greden
a teaching opportunity, according
to Suslow. She said professors gear
their curricula to the issues facing
the business world today, which
includes ethical decisions in the
workplace.
Mario Macis, an assistant pro-
fessor in Business, Economics and
Public Policy, took the current
economic state into account in the
creation of his curriculum this
semester.
"Certainly the fact that we are
in an economic downturn affected
my choice of topics," Macis said.
Macis is currently teaching a cur-
riculum based on CEO incentives
and responsible actions in the
workplace.
Decisions made by CEOs in
major corporations, like the
bonuses doled out by executives
at American International Group,
have been cited as a major factor
in the need for government aid as
of late.
Joel Slemrod, an Economics and
Business School professor, said he
often pulls his curriculum from
current events. The economic
difficulties occurring worldwide
have allowed for more opportuni-
ties to discuss recent events in his
classroom, he said.
"We always try to relate the
curriculum with what's going on
now," he said. "The day-to-day
events and the state of the econo-
my are even more prevalent than
they used to be."
Business junior Amanda
Vogelsang, said she sees no signifi-4
cant change in the teaching styles
in her classes, but added that her
instructors have started gear-
ing classroom discussions toward
ethical business decisions in the
future.
"I don't really notice any large
change in the classroom, although
many of my professors have
emphasized the importance of
responsible business practices,"
she said.
In Power Down,
colleges compete
to sign up the most
power savers
By STEPHANIE STEINBERG
Daily StaffReporter
If all students and faculty at the
University switched their comput-
ers to power-saving modes, they
could conserve as much energy
as removing 4,500 cars from the
road. And this month as part of
the Power Down for the Planet
competition, University officials
are trying to get the campus to do
just that.
The competition, which the
University entered last Mon-
day, pits several colleges against
each other to see which one can
reduce its carbon emissions the
most by setting personal comput-
ers to energy-saving modes. The
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's Energy Star program
and the Climate Savers Comput-
ing Initiative are sponsoring the
contest, which runs until April
17.
Bill Wrobleski, director of
Technical Infrastructure Opera-
tions for the University's Admin-
istrative Information Services,
said the program's purpose is to
change the energy consumption
habits of students and faculty at
the University.
"By individuals committing
we're hoping to make some sort
of a widespread impact and also
to educate everybody about the
potential positive effects they can
have," Wrobleski said.
To participate in the com-
petition, students, staff and
faculty must go to www.power-
downfortheplanet.org and pledge
to use the power-saving settings
on their computers. The univer-
sity with the highest percentage
of pledges will win.
By pledging, computer users
agree to set their computers on,
sleep mode when not in use and
turn them off at night.
A student steering committee
of about eight members has been
working to promote environ-
mentally friendly computing and
encourage students to participate
in the competition.
LSA freshman Anne Laverty, a
member of the steering commit-
tee, said she joined the committee
to push students toward taking
small steps to better the environ-
ment.
Laverty said switching com-
puters to a power-saving mode is
"a simple thing everyone can do
that will really just pay off in the
long run."
Power Down for the Planet will
sponsor UMix in the Union April
17. Members from the steering
committee are planning activities
like relay races, which end in par-
ticipants turning off computers
and taking trivia quizzes about
green computing facts.
Since the event will be held on
the last night of the campaign, the
steering committee will collect
the final pledges from students
attending UMix.
Wrobleski said if a large per-
centage of the 80,000 computers
located on campus were regis-
tered in the campaign, the Uni-
versity could "make a big dent in
the power usage," while also sav-
ing some green.
"If we can affect as many stu-
dents as we think, we can save
more than 1.6 billion kilowatt
hours of energy," he said. "That's
$150 million. More importantly,
that's one million tons of reduc-
tion in carbon emissions."
While reducing energy con-
sumption will save the University
money, Wrobleski said cutting
down on energy costs is not the
goal of the campaign.
"What we're doing here is we're
trying to change the behavior
of individuals and departments
across the University," he said.
The competition also involves
a video-making contest in which
students can film a story about
their green computing prac-
tices. The videos will be posted
on YouTube, and students with
winning films will receive priz-
es like laptops, software, cash
and bicycles.
This year's contest is the first
with competitors from universi-
ties like Ohio State, Penn State
and Purdue competing. Wrobleski
saidhehopes itbecomes an annual
event with more universities par-
ticipating each year to cut down
energy consumption throughout
the United States.
"Thisisoneofthosecaseswhere
we thought either we can just try
to tackle this in Ann Arbor, or we
could try to tackle this across the
country," he said.
at the February regents meeting.
"Amidst all of our other demands,
we have significantly expanded
our commitment to community
benefit in recent years."
In response rising costs at Uni-
versity Hospital, officials have had
to implement ahiringfreeze, mainly
in administrative areas, and reduce
overtime and temporary positions.
Despite recent challenges, Levy
said that she expects the federal
government to resume a greater
responsibilityforhealthcare under
the Obama administration.
"I certainly think that the finan-
museum displays.
Students will also be allowed
three elective courses that must
be approved by an academic advi-
sor. The courses must be in one of
three areas - institutions, objects
and collections or society - each of
which relate to the minor itself.
Silvermansaidstudentswillgain
a sense of "museum literacy" from
the minor, learn about the histori-
cal role of museums in society, and
achieve a heightened awareness
During the meeting, the outgo-
ing assembly held its last complete
meeting. Then, a Central Student
Judiciary justice swore in Mah-
anti, an Engineering junior, and
Rorro, an LSA junior.
Shingwani then literally and
figuratively handed over the gavel
to the new president. The new
assemblythen held an entire meet-
ing of its own.
(D-Ward 3) explained that City
Council is hoping to receive fund-
ing for the city's low-income pub-
lic housing. This recent backing
from the stimulus package will
only go to non-public low-income
housing.
However, Greden believes that
some of the county's grant will
benefit the city.
"I believe that some of the
money can be used by the city to
conduct a capital needs assess-
ment of our public housing facili-
ties," Greden said.
Capital needs assessments
enable city officials to learn about
the current status of public low-
income housing.
Congressman John Dingell
(D-Dearborn), who represents
the 15th congressional district of
Michigan that includes Washt-
enaw County, expressed his
approval of the funding for the
county in an e-mail statement.
cial troubles facing hospitals as
a result of what is essentially an
unfunded mandate that they pro-
vide care for the uninsured will
lend impetus to President Obama's
efforts to expand insurance cover-
age, since that is another way to
reduce the burden on hospitals of
uncompensated care," Levy said.
Usually, hospitals receive two
forms of compensation for provid-
ing charity care.
The first is through tax breaks.
Not-for-profit hospitals, of which
most hospitals are, pay lower taxes.
The other method, known as
of different cultures and cultural
assets.
Although the College of Lit-
erature, Science and the Arts will
offer the Museum Studies minor,
students from all across the Uni-
versity may elect to take it.
Before now, Museum Studieswas
agraduate-level concentration.
According to Silverman, stu-
dents interested in curatorial work
at a large museum, like the Detroit
Institute of Arts, need a master's
Mahanti began the "in" meet-
ing by telling the assembly that
MSA would not be run as it has
traditionally been in the past, but
would instead cater directly to
students' needs.
"The upcoming year will not be
business as usual for MSA," Mah-
anti said. "(Rorro) and I have a
very clear vision for what we want
to do."
"I was pleased to support money
for weatherization in the stimu-
lus package, as well as the energy
packages Congress has passed in
recent years," he said. "I have long
supported these funds as a way
to help people make their homes
more energy efficient and thus
more cost effective. Moreover,
weatherization is a key piece of the
climate change puzzle."
Nationally the weatherization
program has historically received
$200 million. The 2009 stimulus
package has added an extra $5
billion.
"As we move forward," Dingell
wrote, "I will continue to express
my strong support for these pro-
grams."
Employment Training and
Community Services is the local
agency that will coordinate and
distribute the funds within the
county. The funds originated in
the U.S. Department of Energy.
disproportionate share payments,
provides higher Medicare reim-
bursements to hospitals that pro-
vide uncompensated care.
However, there is a gap between
treatment costs and the amount
with which these programs reim-
burse the hospital. The hospital
is forced to absorb the difference,
usually at a loss.
Adding to the problem, govern-
ment health care programs are
expanding and not equally com-
pensating hospitals for their cov-
erage, putting further strain on
hospital expenses.
degree or a Ph.D., but that a bache-
lor's degree will usually suffice for
work in smaller museums.
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