The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday. January 20, 2010 - 7A REPORT 0 From Page IA and minority student access and success dropped from the 2004- 2005 to 2007-2008 school years. Monts said the decrease in minority student access to the University is due in large part to the passage of a statewide civil rights initiative in 2006 known as Proposal 2 that banned the use of affirmative action in admis- sions at public universities in the state of Michigan. "Proposal 2 put a real chilly environment around the Uni- versity of Michigan and many underrepresented minority students can gather the wrong . perception about Michigan's commitment (to diversity)," he said. "I think all the public uni- versities are dealing with that issue in the state of Michigan, and in those states where there are these...anti-affirmative action policies, I think you see the same thing." University President Mary Sue Coleman told The Michigan Daily in an interview last fall that before the passage of the statewide civil rights initiative, the University was able to set aside specific scholarships for minority students. But after the initiative passed, these schol- arships became available to a wider applicant pool, making it more difficult for underrep- resented minorities to obtain WCBN From Page 1A doesn't manage to install the new transmitter in time, the opportu- nity will be lost, though Sumrall said she believes three years is enoughtime for the stationto raise the money. "To be frank, I'm pretty con- fident that we will make it," she said. "It's just a question of how we pay for it." In addition to the fundraiser and listener donations, WCBN staff are also planning to make the commu- nity more aware of the station in hopes of acquiring more support. One of the main reasons the sta- tion wants to expand its coverage is because it has somethingunique to offer, said Bryan Dulaney, Uni- ve'sity alum and WCBN produc- tion director. Dulaney added that the station is a "vital resource" for the com- munity because of its autonomy in decidingwhat to air. FRATERNITY From Page IA accessible, creating a wider stair- way leading to the basement and modifying room designs on the second floor. According to a May 26, 2008 Michigan Daily article, the fire that devastated the house started shortly before 6 a.m. that morn- ing, drawing firefighters from the city of Ann Arbor and surround- ing cities. The fire was extin- guished at around 9:30 a.m. that morning. No fraternity members were liv- ing in the house at the time of the fire, as the house was undergoing bathroom repairs. The cause of the fire was never determined, though there was speculation that it could have been electrical, Markiewicz said. Since the time of the fire, the Delta Upsilon brothers have been residing in several different rental houses over the past year and a half. The fraternity brothers are currently living in a rented house at 1012 Hill Street. 0 Cody Stevens, LSA junior and president of Delta Upsilon, said he and the other brothers are very excited for the reconstruction of the fraternity house - which started on Nov. 1, 2009. "Most of our guys haven't even lived in the house," he said. financial aid. Underrepresented minority enrollment at the University has decreased every year since the statewide civil rights initiative passed. The class that entered the University in Fall 2009 includes 535 underrepresented minority students, an 11.4 percent drop from the year before. Though Monts acknowledged the drop in underrepresent- ed minority students, he said Coleman and other University administrators are dedicated to increasing the diversity of the student body through outreach programs to areas in the state, especially Detroit, in order to recruit students from a wide range of ethnic and socio-eco- nomic backgrounds. "We have a programmatic structure at the University that reaches out to (high) schools," Monts said. "We just started The Center for Educational Outreach that is outreaching to schools all over the state of Michigan. We have an admissions office that is committed to reaching out to schools with underrepresented populations." In an effort to recruit more underrepresented minority stu- dents, Coleman has recently traveled to Detroit public high schools, and spoke to the city's students and educators - like at the 2009 Wolverine Outreach Workshop reception in October of last year - about the Univer- sity's commitment to diversity. "We're very invested in hav- ing members of the community and members of the University be able to express themselves freely and be able to tap into subjects that may not get covered in main- stream broadcast radio," Dulaney said. WCBN is commercial-free and plays more alternative and inter- national music than typical radio stations, Sumrall said. The station also has several specialty programs, including an "infotainment" talk show called "It's Hot in Here," which discusses topics related to the environment. Sumrall said the station also has programming that is unique to Ann Arbor, like "Living Waters" - a program featuring different writers every week - and a food satire show called, "Pandora's Lunchbox." Editor's Note: Last semester The Michigan Daily had a radio show on WCBN, which ceased production in December. "My class is the last class that saw the house as it was before the fire." The fire and the subsequent relocation of the fraternity mem- bers have affected the chapter's recruitment numbers, Markie- wicz said, though he is hopeful the newly refurbished home will have a positive influence in attracting future members. Stevens also said the house's renovations will be important in drawing more prospective mem- bers during winter rush this semester and fall rush later in the year. "We had a little trouble getting guys before because we've been living in different locations, but this fall (recruitment season) will be great for us," he said. Markiewicz said they've been fortunate the weather has cooper- ated thus far, making the renova- tions easier. "Think about the winters before which were horrendous in Ann Arbor," he said. "We've had almost no snow by comparison." The renovations are expected to be completed by the end of August so the fraternity broth- ers can move in for the fall 2010 semester. If the renovations aren't completed by that time, the fraternity has back-up plans to continue renting at their current location on a month-to-month basis, Markiewicz said. SAMANTHA TRAUBEN/Daily Brandon Straub, assistant conductor of the Arts Chorale, plays the piano while LSA sophowore Joey Creery sings. The Chorale held audtions yesterday. CONTRACT From Page 1A in the city have done. "Some of our folks have been contributing in ways others haven't," Fraser said at the meeting last night. Negotiations for the contract that will succeed the current con- tract when it expires at the end of June will start in a few weeks. The Ann Arbor fire station faces the possibility of steep budget reduc- tions. Schroeder said that Tom Craw- ford, chief financial officer of the city of Ann Arbor, said 11 percent of the station's budget - anywhere from $1.4 to $2.4 million - needs to be cut by July 1, 2010, which could result in the station being forced to layoff 14 firefighters. "We've put a bandage on the problem until July," Schroeder said. "We face a daunting task as to how to overcome this." The firefighters union is also worried about complying with federal standards, as Local 693 is already currently operating below the minimum number of firefight- ers mandated by the National Fire Protection Association. The union hopes to involve the University in looking for ways to find a solution to its financial prob- lems, as the school inhabits a large area of the city, Schroeder said. Hieftje said the ratification and approval of the contract doesn't completely solve the budget deficit problem the city is currently fac- ing, though it is a step in the right direction. Other ways to finance the public safety budget are cur- rently being evaluated. "This is a time of shared sacri- fice," City Councilmember Marcia Higgins (D-Ward 4), said at last night's meeting. MSA From Page 1A the meeting occurred. According to MSA President Abhishek Mahanti, WOLV-TV did not have the capacity to film meet- ings that can last a few hours and have a number of speakers. "Filming Michigan Student Assembly meetings with 40 people around the room, as quickly as we go, is very hard," Mahanti said. "I think the two cameras they brought were insufficient to just have two full screens and edit accordingly." Sultani worked for C-SPAN last year and volunteered her time to help with the public service broad- cast of the meeting last week. Sul- tani said she is unsure why the broadcasts were cancelled. "I was thinking we were going to try a different way to record and to just set up the whole thing, but I guess (WOLV-TV) decided against that," Sultani said. While WOLV-TV has decided not to broadcast the meetings, Mahanti said he will meetwith students from the station, along with MSA Vice President Michael Rorro, later this week to discuss whether the station could broadcast the meetings to residence halls in the future. Though the station has decided to drop the project, before they made the decision WOLV-TV pro- posed a different method of filming, but decided against it. Mahanti said the plan involved using three cameras centered around a control center in a sepa- rate room inwhich a manager could edit the shots as the meeting pro- gressed. According to Sultani, WOLV- TV said it would still be "too much work" if the station pursued the alternate plan with three cameras. Mahanti said in an interview last month that the project was intend- ed to create a more transparent stu- dent government. "This is an idea we kind of had in the middle of the semester for transparency and getting people involved," Mahanti said in the interview. "It would be better to have (meetings) televised. Maybe if (students) happen to stumble across it on television, they'd watch it." In exchange for the volunteer work of the videographers and the free price of filming, MSA would have featured advertisements on their website for the station. Though it maynothappen during his term as president, Mahanti said last night that the project should still be a priority. "I'd like to see it come back, whether it's in my term or not," Mahanti said. "I think it would be something that would really benefit both of our bodies." Dupree said he would like to have WOLV-TV film MSA meetings this semester, but there are "pretty significant hurdles" to overcome. - Robin Veeck contributed to this report. I !!!AVAIL FALL 2010 1 & 2 Bdrm. furn. apts. 402 Hill St. & 1313 S. State. Ldry, free util & prkg. 734-904-6735. S COOP U DON'T WAIT UNTIL April 2010 for your Dorm rates - Get low rates to- e e day with University Towers. 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