The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 7 * SACUA From Page 1 The 2 million-square-foot com- plex is expected to create more than 2,000 jobs over the next decade. But University officials have expressed concerns duringthe last few months about how to handle the expected increase in traffic to North Campus. In October, President Mary Sue Coleman announced in her State of the University Address she would form a committee focused on improving transporta- tion and avoiding problems from the expected flow of people to the NCRC. According to Forrest, one of the main issues with the University's transportation system is that very few faculty and staff members ride the bus. In fact, Forrest said he drives from North to Central Campus about once a day, which usually takes about 15 minutes including time to get through traf- fic and find a place to park. "I find the whole process stressful, but there's no alterna- tive really," he said. "It's far more efficient than taking the bus, so therefore that's the problem, and until we can get professors to use it, it's really not a transportation \system that's serving the com- munity." SACUA members agreed with Forrest's remarks. Wayne Stark, professor of elec- trical engineering and computer science, said he believes 95 per- cent of people who ride the buses are students, while SACUA Chair Michael Thouless, professor of material science and engineer- ing, said he sometimes avoids traveling between campuses all together. "I would go to physics seminars, but I don't," Thouless said. Stark suggested that a new system with monorails or trains would be more efficient than the current bus system. Forrest shared a similar opin- ion, and said a "usable system" would involve something that was connected indoors, came in SEARCH From Page 1 until an announcement of a selected candidate," the release states. "President Coleman has stressed that she will make a thoughtful and deliberate 10-minute intervals or less and had predictable arrival and depar- ture times. "There has to be a predictabil- ity that it will go there or be here within a certain time," Forrest said, "and to have it so you don't feel like you're walking across vacant lots and open air and snow to get there waiting for that thing to happen." The major drawback of creat- ing a new system is that it will be expensive, but Forrest said the project is necessary to unite the two campuses. "We need to get people to feel that the campus is not two or three different campuses," he said. In addition to discussing transportation to North Cam- pus, Forrest also talked about the University's decision to continue to partner with General Motors, despite the fact that the company filed for bankruptcy in June. "We stuck with them, and they stuck with us," he said. Forrest highlighted the rich history between the company and the University. Last May, GM and the Universi- ty teamed up to form the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research and Education. The institute is just one collaboration between the University and GM, which continued 50 years of partnership between the two entities. Upon recently being asked whether the University would continue its association with GM after the bankruptcy, Forrest said, "it took me about three seconds to answer'of course we will."' Forrest said the $200 million that the University has received in stimulus funds has helped offset the effect of GM's bankruptcy on research projects funded by GM. He added that automotive research has continued with developments in advanced batter- ies, engines and biofuels. "It's a great deal of fun right now," he said. "Probably they're not the biggest issues that I'm working on, but they're probably the most exciting." - Natalie Berkus contributed to this report. choice." A full job description for the position was also released yes- terday morning. According to the release, duties will remain consistent with Martin's cur- rent duties - essentially manag- ing all activities of the overall department. GRANHOLM From Page 1 The Office of the Vice Presi- dent provided a bus for students from the University to travel to Ypsilanti to listen to the governor speak. MSA Business Rep. Jason Raymond said that about 20 peo- ple from the University attended the event. Raymond was part of a round- table discussion the governor held with student leaders from several universities behind closed doors. He said Granholm made a few brief remarks and then took ques- tions from the students. "Basically, these questions focused on why the Promise Scholarship was cut," Raymond said, "what were the contingency plans to potentially refund it and what her view of the whole situa- tion was." LSA Student Government Rep. Carly Goldberg was among the University students who trav- eled to Ypsilanti on the provided bus. She said the Michigan Prom- ise Scholarship had significantly helped her family in the past, and that it's a huge burden on her par- ents now that it has been cut. "There were $3,000 I could've gotten that was taken away," Gold- berg said. "My sister is coming here next year so those $4,000 that she could've gotten, my parents won't get either. So that's $7,000. It makes a difference." LSA Student Government Trea- surer Steven Benson, a former Promise Scholarship recipient, said he believed the cut could cause fewer students to enroll at state universities.* "A lot of people are goingto have a hard time paying for college and even if it's only $4,000 it can defi- nitely help. But, now it's gone and students that don't have financial resources now need to look else- where for scholarships, so it's kind of unfortunate. " Granholm visited a handful of colleges and universities across the state last week - including Michigan State University - and will visit a few more this week. A press release issuedby the Gov- ernor's office last week said she was goingto come to Ann Arbor to speak at the University of Michigan. But a representative from the Governor's office told The Michi- gan Daily late last week that the governor's visit has since been removed from the agenda. "I can't get to everybody, but I'm completely supportive and appreciate the fact that students were here from the University of Michigan and the leadership from University of Michigan was here," Granholm said in an interview after the event. "I'm very grateful for that." University spokeswoman Debo- rah Greene said the governor's office never formally made contact with the University to plan the visit. The governor's office said the announcement was made before the governor's schedule was final- ized and a trip to Ann Arbor sim- ply would not fit into her plans. SYMPOSIUM From Page 1 mitigating the effects of the eco- nomic downturn, like downsizing and mortgaging plants. "(Ford) had good product, and GM had good product, but they got right-sized and they mortgaged their plants while they still could," she said. "If you look at their bal- ance sheet, it's pretty rough now. But if the economy comes back, that means they'll have been able to get through it without disappointing their shareholders and bondhold- ers." Because of the federal bailout last spring, Karaboutis said the U.S. Treasury now owns about 61 percent of GM, while bondholders, the United Auto Workers health care trust fund and the Canadian government own the remaining shares. Kataboutis said GM is taking a holistic approach to improve its business, continuing some of the reformative measures initi- ated prior to the bailout. Some goals center on consolidation of their brands, modifying corpo- rate culture to improve employee satisfaction and a refined, IT- oriented focus on communication with customers. "We're looking at this from every corner of the company," she said. Karaboutis said the changes enacted thus far appearto have had a positive effect, as October 2009 was GM's first year-over-year sales increase in 21 months. Slubowski's remarks were more focused on the future, as health insurance reform remains a hotly debated topic. The current health care system is unsustainable because of poor coordination between insurance companies and care providers, a wasteful fee-for-service system - all of which exacerbate one anoth- er, according to Slubowski. Slubowski added that grave but necessary considerations await health care consumers, most nota- bly in the form of advance direc- tives and end-of-life preferences, each of which can be problematic when neglected. He mentioned a friend and life- long smoker who died of cancer after months of costly treatment to illustrate the trend that most Medi- care spending occurs in the last years and months of life. He said the poor quality of life his friend had in his last days made him ques- tion the prudence of the decision to keep receiving care. "And, answering that, I have to know from an economic stand- point," he said, "what did that cost? How many children could have been immunized?" Both speakers stressed the importance of consumer respon- sibility in helping the health insurance and auto industries recover. In particular, Slubowski extolled healthy habits and keep- ing a personal health record in order to avoid disjointed care and higher c&sts. "You are the best advocate for your own health and the health of the ones you love," he said. "I don't care if it's electronic or on paper. Know your medical history." Business senior TarunrKajeepe- ta, Phi Chi Theta's vice president of external affairs, said he appreciated the speakers' candidness. "A lot of times you can just put up a front and say 'GM is doing great, we want you all to be optimistic about it,' but they really want to not only teach a lot to the people here, but learn from it themselves," he said. LSA freshman Laurel Chamber- lain said she enjoyed hearing the corporate representatives disclose a mix of opinions and facts. 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