OVER-EXPLORED Once innocuous, Dora the Explorer's makeover sends the wrong message. )PAGE 5 Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, February 9, 2010 michigandaily.com PATROLLNG CAMPUS POLICE SACUA votes to overhaul DPS oversight elections LSA senior Adam Runkle (back left) and Engineering junior Adrian Calderon (back middle) go over notes while LSA junior Brian Lee (front right) reads at an adult and transfer student study group held at the Chemistry Building last week. Life at'U' offers mix of benefits and hardships for adult students Plan would split representatives between tenure, non-tenure faculty By STEPHANIE STEINBERG Daily News Editor The process of electing fac- ulty members to the Department of Public Safety Oversight Com- mittee caused a heated debate at yesterday's meeting of the Senate Advisory Committee on Univer- sity Affairs. While some present at the meet- ing were not immediately satisfied with the proposed election proce- dures, SACUA - the leading fac- ulty governance body on campus - passed a resolution outlining how faculty members would be elected to the DPS Oversight ConS- mittee - a policy that will take effectjpmediately. The oversight committee is an organization that is meant to act as a check on University Police and investigate grievances filed against the Department of Public Safety. The election procedures passed by SACUA will accommodate a decision to split faculty elections between tenured faculty and non- tenured faculty, so that each votes only for the representative within their respective group. SACUA will be charged with overseeing the election of a rep- resentative for members of the Senate:Assembly - a body of more than 4,000 tenured faculty, researchers and librarians - while Human Resources will head the election for more than 2,300 non- tenured faculty. Approval of the revised faculty election procedures will set the faculty election process in motion for the first time since 2001, when the last election of a faculty mem- ber to the oversight committee took place. Michigan statute Pub- lic Act 120 requires the election of student, staff and faculty rep- resentatives to the committee - with each member nominated and elected by its respective constitu- ency. While the decision to hold a faculty election will bring elec- tions to the committee more in line with legal requirements, no See SACUA, Page 7 813 adult students enrolled at the University last year By NATALIE BERKUS For the Daily Before setting foot in Angell Hall, Brian Lee, a 27-year-old LSA student, had already had "the best four years" of his life. Prior to enrolling at the Uni- versity, Lee served in the U.S. Air Force at a base in Califor- nia. Though he wouldn't give up those four years for anything, Lee decided it was now time to pursue his college degree. "In our society today, it is what's expected when you want to get any kind of job whatsoever," Lee said. "When you're trying to write a resume, if you don't have a college background, that auto- matically lessens your chances of being able to get hired." Lee is one of 813 adult students who were enrolled at the Univer- sity last year. And because the University recognizes undergrad- uate students over the age of 24 as financially independent, many of them receive extensive financial aid. Adam Runkle, co-president of the Organization for Adult and Transfer Students, is a 27-year- old transfer student from Kalam- azoo Valley Community College. He said being above the age of 24 brings with it a financial advan- See ADULT STUDENTS, Page 7 THE CAMPUS BAR SCENE South U. mainstay Mitch's Place closes due to economy POLICE ON PACKARD Employee: Landlord offered no help to keep bar open By JILLIAN BERMAN ManagingNewsEditor Mitch's Place, a mainstay in the South University Avenue bar scene, known for its cheap beer and comfortable atmosphere, closed last night due to econom- ic concerns, according to a bar employee. Jody Thompson, who is listed as a contact on the bar's website, wrote in an e-mail to First reported on The Michi- Mchigdn,; ally com gan Daily last night that in light of the economic recession the bar was forced to close. "We have closed," Thompson wrote in the e-mail. "The eco- nomic downturn has forced us to close our doors, we could not get any relief from the landlord." Though there was no infor- mation regarding the permanent closing of the bar on Mitch's web- site last night, the website stated that the bar was closed yesterday. Students on campus had mixed reactions upon hearing the news last night. First-year Law student Colleen Manwell said she is sad to see the bar go. She added that during her time at the University as an under- graduate, she had heard the lore of Mitch's from older students, who See MITCH'S, Page 7 NCAA COMPLIANCE 'U' hires new Athletic Dept. official Texas's Elizabeth Heinrich will fill vacant compliance office post By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor The University recently hired Elizabeth Heinrich to join the Athletic Compliance Division of Michigan's Athletic Department. An official announcement of the hire has not yet been made, but Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Judy Van Horn confirmed the hire in an e-mail to The Michigan Daily yester- day. The hire is a routine replace- ment for a vacated position, not an expansion of the compliance office, Van Horn wrote. Heinrich will begin her role as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance later this week, replacing Matt Stolberg who left the Athletic Department in Janu- ary. Stolberg left to accept a posi- tion at Penn State University as its Associate Athletic Director for Compliance. "I am pleased to announce Elizabeth Heinrich as a new employee with the Athletic Department's Compliance Ser- vices Office staff," Van Horn wrote. "Elizabeth begins her ten- ure as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance with the Univer- sity of Michigan later this week." Heinrich comes to the Uni- versity after working for the past four years as compliance coordi- nator for the University of Texas at Austin. "She has been highly esteemed by the Texas coaches and staff," Van Horn wrote in an e-mail. "In addition, Elizabeth is provid- ing national leadership with the National Association for Athletics Compliance's Reasonable Stan- dards Committee." Prior to working at Texas, Heinrich worked for several years at a law firm in Boston and for one year at the NCAA, where she spe- cialized in secondary infraction with the agents, gambling and See COMPLIANCE, Page 7 SAM woLsuN/Daly a To see more photosfrom the search, e dn aehite van and a K-9 unit vehcle to 731 Packard St. with a search warrant Ios4LE e w ire ndiy~ocheck out the tally's teas bhlogate enter a toy floor apartmnnt of the hoilding yesterdaymciadiycm/lg/h ie S TiUsD E NT GOocVsEnR stEiNtT Ross student gov. changes its constitution New document revamps the makeup of the governing body By ELYANA TWIGGS Daily StaffReporter The Ross School of Business Student Government Associa- tion recently passed a new and shortened version of the body's constitution. In the process, the constitution went from seven to four pages and the bylaws went from 23 to 13 pages and revamped the governing body's structure. Previously the Ross SGA was split up into two bodies under the executive board: Bachelor of Busi- ness Administration SGA and the Masters of Business Administra- tion SGA. The old structure also had a governing body of non-vot- ing members that would advise the council. Now, the SGA Executive board oversees three councils: the Graduate Council, the BBA Coun- cil and the Part-time MBA council. The constitution was passed last week by leaders of each set of Ross SGA constituents with a 97-per- cent approval rate. According to the Ross SGA Constitution syn- opsis given to the representatives who were voting on the change, the main reasons for the revisions were to "create a structure that better represents all Ross stu- dents," and to "simplify the consti- tution and give a more appropriate level of detail when needed." 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