ON THE ROAD NPT Football travels to Iowa, hockey In his owt to Alaska, and Daily Sports , Cleveland tells you what to expect.a differ b SEE SPORTS, PAGE 8 SEE ART. I~c ffid ian Ba IVj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 9,2009 michigandaily.com FINDING A MASTERPIECE DONATION DIVIDENDS: PART 5 OF A 5-PART SERIES WAhat's next for'U fundraising ARIEL BOND/Daily School of Information student Ashleigh Donaldson searches for books yesterday in the Fine Arts Library in Tappan Hall. The library houses an impressive collection of print and electronic resources in the history, theory and criticism of thevisual arts, consisting of more than 100,000 volumes on painting, graphic arts, architectural history and other topics. LITIGATION REPORT Gayprof,,'s etlawsuit setfr ation New database, donor guidelines,. capital campaign in the works By STEPHANIE STEINBERG and KYLE SWANSON Daily StaffReporters From his office on the ninth floor of Wolverine Tower, Jerry May, the University's vice presi- dent for development, commands" the fundraisers who bring in hun- dreds of millions of dollars to the University each year. Over the past eight years, the office has raised more than $3.2 billion through its Michigan Dif- ference Campaign. The wildly suc- cessful effort - which exceeded its $2.5 billion goal by nearly 30 per- cent - seta national record for the most money raised in the United States by a publicuniversity during a single capital campaign. However, with the campaign now finished and a new campaign not yet started, the question aris- es - what are development office employees doing with all their time? According to May, his staff isn't sitting around waiting for the next campaign. They're busy planning for how they can better relate to donors and how the office can operatemore efficiently. THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION One of those major initiatives is the creation and implementation of a brand new, multi-million dol- lar electronic brain for the Univer- sity's fundraising activities. If's a highly-personalized database that will serve to store and collate the most specific of details for the Uni- versity's donors - which totaled nearly 375,000 over the last eight years - from the basics to the most acute detail regarding their interests. ("Some day we'll be able to know all the people who collect antique maps," May said, only half joking.) The University's current donor database system - known as Development/Alumni Constitu- ency System or DAC - is nearly 20 years old and isvastly outdated. May said the system was eval- uated prior to the Michigan Dif- ference Campaign, and a decision was made to bandage it for the campaign. Major reconstruction or replacement of the system was tabled until after the capital campaign. Once the Michigan Difference Campaign finished last Decem- ber, efforts to select a firm to design a new system were kicked into high gear. See SERIES, Page 7 Peter Hammer says he was denied tenure for being gay ByKYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor Five years and two University general counsels later, a former University professor's lawsuit alleging the University discrimi- nated against him because he is gay still hasn't gone to trial. But two motions being considered later today may get the wheels moving on the case once more. Peter Hammer, who is now a law professor at Wayne State University, left the University of Michigan in 2003 after being denied tenure. Hammer was the first male professor at the Law School to be denied tenure in at least 40 years, according to Hammer's complaint. In that timeframe, three women were* denied tenure, according to the documents. Hammer's suit was filed against the University in 2004 and alleges that the University discriminated against him by denying his tenure. A tenure review board voted 4 to 1 to grant tenure to Hammer. But tenured faculty at the Law School voted 18 to 12, falling short of the two-thirds threshold required to earn tenure. The complaint against the Uni- versity says that at the time Ham- mer was hired, the University was represented as a non-discrimina- tory employer, and that as such, it has a contractual obligation not to discriminate against him on the basis of his sexuality. Though little progress has been made in the case over the last few years, two motions are being con- sidered by Judge James R. Gid- dings of the 30th Judicial Circuit Court. The first motion, to schedule pretrial conference, is in essence meant to bring the case to the court's attention in an attempt to move the case through the judicial system more quickly. The motion outlines what has happened so far, including multiple motions for summary judgment - which are attempts to settle a case and avoid a trial with evidence from' discovery and deposition, among other areas. See LAWSUIT, Page 7 CAMPUS PROMOTION Colleges employ student bloggers HAMMERING HOME A POINT Admissions offices turn to students for an inside look at campus life By MALLORY BEBERMAN Daily StaffReporter For the most part, those heavy and overwhelming col- lege guidebooks can't really give prospective students a look at college life from a student's perspective. To solve that problem, admis- sions offices at universities across the country have teamed up with student bloggers to offer prospective students an inside look into campus life. Schools like the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology and Amherst College host stu- dent blogs on their admissions websites and the University of Michigan's admissions office has also dabbled in student blogging. Erica Sanders, director of recruitment and operations at the University's Office of Under- graduate Admissions, said the office tested putting student blogs on its website from 2006 to 2009. "The Office of Undergradu- ate Admissions staged a three- year demonstration student blog, which ended last year," she wrote in an e-mail interview. Sanders added that the admissions office recruited bloggers from campus tour guides, student volunteers and student staff members. She also said admissions officials plan to bring the blogs back early next year. LSA junior Mitch Crispell blogged for the admissions office two years ago. He said he was asked to blogbecause of his position as a Campus Day tour guide. "The idea is that you talk about things that prospective students would want to know about and the things that they can relate to," he said. He said that the admissions office never told him what to write about. Furthermore, Crispell said that for the most part, the admissions office didn't edit his entries. "They gave us guidelines but they (knew) how much we love Michigan and they let us show the Michigan that we want(ed) to show," he said. See BLOGGERS, Page 7 RUNNING FOR A CAUSE Alum looks for social change in marathons Zlotoff to run three longtime. "The work that Men Can Stop marathons in five Rape is doing really hit a chord in me because working at the weeks for charity Rape Crisis Center I really saw the issue from a victim's perspec- ByALLIE WHITE tive and from a victim's services For theDaily perspective and I wanted to do something that was true preven- Forget Nike. University alum tion," he said. "Working not just Jordan Zlotoff said he wants to to comfort and support survivors, be sponsored by Snuggie. But for which is incredibly important, Zlotoff, even an oversized blanket but I wanted to work on actu- with armholes probably won't be ally preventing sexual assault and much comfort as he participates rape in the first place.' in three marathons in just five According to its website, Men weeks. Can Stop Rape works with young A graduate of the 2006 Univer- men to prevent violence against sity graduate, Zlotoff is undertak- women and challenges the estab- ing what some might consider lished negative aspects of mas- appropriate only for a Navy Seal.. culinity. The group encourages This fall, he plans to run three males to see their role as allies marathons over a five-week with women and girls in creating period to raise money for a Wash- and fostering healthy relation- ington D.C.-based organization ships. called Men Can Stop Rape. He said that in working at the "I think my motivation goes D.C. Rape Crisis Center, he saw back to the University of Michi- how much men can do in this gan and taking some of my soci- issue. ology classes is when I really "I was one of three male volun- started to understand the female teers at the D.C. Rape Crisis Center' experience in sexual assault," out of probablyt100volunteers they Zlotoff said. have," Zlotoff said. "I was just sort He's worked at the D.C. Rape of immediately attracted to work- Crisis Center and had a recent ing on this issue because I saw so internship with Men Can Stop few men involved. Iknew that men Rape, a group Zlotoff said he have such a huge potential impact had wanted to work with for a See MARATHONS, Page 7 ARItL BOND/Daily High school senior Alex Flannigan hammers a nail for Habitat for Humanity on the Diag yesterday. Students camped out with sleeping bags and blankets last night to bring awareness to the homeless who don't have a place to sleep. WEATHER HI: 57 TOMORROWW- Lo:38 GOT A NEWS TIP? 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