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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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While quick,
Hanlon pick
was much
considered
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Michigan forward DeShawn Sims gets blocked by Michigan State forward Raymar Morgan during Michigan's 57-56 loss last night. For more on the game, see Sports, Page 8A.
A glimse at what could have been
As at at through the second
half of yesterday's game,
I felt
myself getting
wistful. Nostal-
gic, even.
And as I
watched Michi-
gan State's
Kalin Lucas hit
a mid-range NICOLE
jumper with AUERBACH
3.5 seconds
left to seal the
Spartans' 57-56 comeback win
over Michigan, I couldn't help but
wonder how sweet the Wolverines'
season could have been.
Fresh off an NCAA Tournament
second-round appearance, Michi-
gan had no reason to drop off this
season.
It wasn't supposed to be like
this. Ask anyone.
Sure, you can say the shots
haven't fallen this year, but just look
at last night's game. The Wolverines
more than held their own with the
Spartans, the fifth-ranked team in
the nation - they were one rimmed-
out layup away from thebiggest win
of their season. Your average .500
team hoping for an NIT bid doesn't
play like that and doesn't showcase
that level of talent.
Michigan isbetter than a.500
team, yet its record now stands at
10-10. The Wolverines could easily
have stolen awin from Michigan
State last night, no question about it.
So many times this season,
Michigan has kept itself in games
for so long. I'm starting to lose
count of how many times I've left a
Michigan basketball game with the
same exact feeling.
But almost-wins don't count,
and we're beyond moral victories.
Worst of all, the postseason pic-
ture is fading faster and faster with
each loss.
"We're supposed to be good,"
freshman point guard Darius Mor-
ris said last night. "I feel like we
should start winning. Enough of
this losing and learning experi-
ences - it's time for wins."
It's been time for wins all sea-
son, actually, and Michigan has
consistently been in position to get
them. Over and over, even when
they were struggling on the offen-
sive end, the Wolverines have had
See AUERBACH, Page 7A
Retention battle
with UNC pushed
President Coleman
to make fast choice
By KYLE SWANSON
DailyNewsEditor
Thoughyesterday's announce-
ment of University Provost Tere-
sa Sullivan's successor came
sooner than many on campus
expected, the choice of Philip
Hanlon as the next provost was
something few found surprising.
For many on campus, the
choice of Hanlon, who cur-
rently serves as vice provost of
academic and budgetary affairs,
and is a professor of mathemat-
ics, seemed a logical one. What
surprised some was that the
announcement came a mere two
weeks after Sullivan announced
she would be leavingthe Univer-
sity to become president of the
University of Virginia.
However, after interviews
with leading University admin-
istrators yesterday, evidence
surfaced that Hanlon's selection
as Sullivan's eventual successor
was in the works before anyone
knew whether Sullivan would be
chosen for the presidency at the
University of Virginia.
In an interview with The
Michigan Daily yesterday, Uni-
versity President Mary Sue Cole-
man said she had known Sullivan
would be leaving for "quite a
long time," before it became pub-
lic and she began the process of
looking for Sullivan's successor
as quickly as possible.
"I had started considering
this actually about a month ago
and had started just as soon as
I could - I certainly couldn't
reveal anything about Terry -
but getting input from people,"
Coleman said.
To complicate the situation
further, the University was in
See HANLON, Page 7A
1 CITY POLT I
Hotel could fill empty lot
near downtown library
Journalist talks int'l business
Pro
in
cop
)posals for space At a meeting last week, a city-
organized committee recommend-
volve hotel and ed that a hotel be built in the space
that is currently an empty lot next
iference centers to the Ann Arbor District Library.
The committee reviewing the
By DYLAN CINTI proposals for the space - com-
Daily StaffReporter prised of four city employees and
one citizen-at-large - recommend-
pective out-of-state students ed two proposals to the Ann Arbor
tmni returning for football City Council for further consider-
may have a new place to stay ation. Both proposals include the
hey visit campus. construction of a hotel and confer-
ence center.
The city owns the 1.2-acre space,
which formerly served as the
library's parking lot on South Fifth
Avenue.
Ann Arbor City Councilmem-
ber Stephen Rapundalo (D-Ward
2), who is also the chairman of the
committee, said his group focused
on building proposals that wouldn't
tap into city funds.
"We don't want to see a city dime
See LIBRARY LOT, Page 7A
Micheline Maynard
discusses foreign
investment in Mich.
By MICHELE NAROV
Daily StaffReporter
Micheline Maynard, a senior
business correspondent for The
New York Times, spoke yesterday
at the Ross School of Business's
Blau Auditorium, discussing
topics that ranged from foreign
investment in Michigan's econo-
my to Radiohead.
Joined on stage by Business
School Dean Robert J. Dolan,
Maynard - an adjunct professor
atthe Business School and author
of "The Selling of the American
Economy: How Foreign Compa-
nies Are Remaking the American
Dream," - discussed how collab-
oration with foreign companies
providesimportantopportunities,
and suggested that the dreaded
aftereffects of the recession might
actually be a good thing.
Maynard began the discussion
by addressing the stigma often
applied to foreign businesses'
moving into the United States.
When asked about the nega-
tive aspect of increasing foreign
investments in the nation, May-
nard said the so-called "selling of*
the American economy" doesn't
necessarily mean a loss of con-
trol, in fact it has happened many
times before.
"LookatAmericanhistory. For-
eign companies have been invest-
ing in the United States since the
1600's," she said. "If you look at
the Jamestown Colony, if you look
at the settlement of New England,
and if you look atthe railroads."
Rather than putting American
employees at a disadvantage, for-
eign companies investing in the
U.S. provide new economic oppor-
tunities, according to Maynard.
"The average worker in manu-
facturing in a foreign company
See MAYNARD, Page 2A
Prosp
and alu
games
when th
' Few students taking DPS up on free
anti-theft program for electronics
BLEEDING MAIZE AND BLUE
Though program was
launched last fall,
fewer than 500
students registered
By CAITLIN HUSTON
DailyStaffReporter
Though there are thousands of
students with electronics on cam-
pus, less than 500 have registered
their equipment with the Depart-
ment of Public Safety's comput-
er registration program, which
launched last semester.
The program, which currently.
has 432 people and 516 pieces of
equipment registered, aims to pre-
vent the theft of laptops and other
electronics by providing anyone
with a valid uniqname who signs up
on the DPS website with two stick-
ers. One sticker simply identifies
the computer as registered and the
other has a DPS barcode on it with
an identification number.
While DPS and library officials
say the program will help students
find their stolen computers, they
are still working to get more stu-
dents registered.
Stephen Hipkiss, a member of
the Campus Safety and Security
Advisory committee and facility
manager at the Hatcher Graduate
Library, said one strength of the
program is simply the awareness it
raises among students.
"It's one more way to remind peo-
ple that they need to take responsi-
bility for themselves," he said.
While Hipkiss has seen the stick-
ers on a number of students' laptops
in the Hatcher Graduate Library, he
said there should be more students
registered given the number of lap-
tops on campus.
He added that despite the low
number of students registered,
the program will ultimately aid
the department in their search for
other stolen electronics.
"If the authorities manage to
locate one laptop through this pro-
gram, they will be able to close mul-
tiple cases," he said.
Alex Serwer, MSA Business
School representative and Campus
Improvement Commission chair,
said he hopes to see more students
registering for the program. He
added that MSA will be working
See LAPTOPS, Page 7A
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