Illic1 i n at 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 27, 2010 michigandaily.com COLD CALL JUGGLE ti. TATE OF THE UNIVERSITY In State of'U, Coleman to talk cost cuts, faculty hiring ARIEL BOND/Daily LSA freshman Evan Kasal simultaneously calls three registered voters in Michigan for the College Republicans yesterday. College students and members of the Republican Party have been making calls since August of 2010. College Republicans National Committee Field Representative Brad Alexander predicted a total of 250,000 calls madejust last night. PEACE CORPS 50TH ANN IVERSARY After fanfare, officials design new University-Peace Corps program University president to deliver annual address at 3 p.m. today in UMMA By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor Mirroring themes from past addresses, University President Mary Sue Coleman is expected to focus on the core topics of cost contain ment, faculty hiring and academic excellence i her annual KYLE SWANSON State of the University Covering the speech later Administration today. Coleman will deliver her speech at a special ceremony in the University of Michigan Museum of Art auditorium at 3 p.m. Details surrounding exact- ly what she will say during the speech have been tightly guard- ed, but core topics were shared with The Michigan Daily yester- day. In the past, the speech has been used to launch major initia- tives in a variety of areas, includ- ing those Coleman is expected to talk about today. In a statement issued to the Daily, University spokesperson Kelly Cunningham shared the three areas Coleman would focus on and explained the purpose of the annual speech. "President Coleman uses the State of the University address as an opportunity to update the community and engage in con- versation about important Uni- versity topics," Cunningham wrote. "She looks forward to it every year.' While Coleman focused a great deal of her speech last year on environmental sustainability, the themes expected to he fea- tured in her address today have been staples of previous State of the University addresses. Last year, Coleman announced she would require University officials to continue extensive cost containment efforts, saying she wanted to eliminate $100 million in recur- ring. expenses from the Univer- sity's General Fund over the next three years. "Now we must double our intensity. Double it," Coleman said sternly in her address last year. To date, the University's ongoing cost-cutting measures have helped to eliminate more than $135 million in annual recurring costs. But last year, Coleman's address came after the sobering news of a $1.6 billion drop in the University's endowment. "No organization can absorb See COLEMAN, Page 6A Parternship allows students to take part in Peace Corps and earn master's at 'U' By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter Peace Corps director Aaron Williams helped the University announce a new partnership with the Peace Corps at the 50th anni- versary for the organization earlier this month, and now that the fan- fare is over, University officials are gettingto work hammering out the specifics of the new program. The partnership, known as The Master's International program, allows graduate students from the schools of Natural Resources and Environment, Education and Social Work to spend a year at the University prior to joining the- Peace Corps, followed by a semes- ter or two at the University upon return. Rosina Bierbaum, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, said the Master's International Program expands on already available options for over- seas study. She said their work overseas counts as six credits and counts as their rdquired'master's thesis., Officials haven't decided how the school will maintain con- tact with students while they're abroad, though some have suggest- ed blogging as an option, she said. Bierbaum said the school first applied to participate in the pro- gram because officials noticed there were six to seven returning Peace Corps volunteers a year enrolled in master's programs at SNRE. She added that she sees "great potential" with the new Master's International program as well. 1 The application process and general features of the program are the same in all three of the schools now involved with the pro- gram, Bierbaum said. She said the categories of the work have the potential to be "blurry." "Someone from our school could work on environmental edu- cation or something from public policy, for example," she said. "I don't think there will be crisp lines between them." SNRE master's student Abigail Hyduke, took part in a different Peace Corps partnership program. She said though she finds the Mas- ter's International program benefi- cial to many, it isn't something she would have chosen. Hyduke completed her Peace See PEACE CORPS, Page 3A ANN ARBO EATERIES Five Guys to hit State Street MSA MASQUERADE Restaurant started by 'U' alum latest to enter Ann Arbor burger scene By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily StaffReporter A red- and white-checkered burger joint hailing from Wash- ington D.C. will soon try to carve a niche in the crowded campus burger scene. Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open a new location at 311 South State St. - the space previously occupied by Shaman Drum Book- shop - on Nov.15. Owners Brian Adelman and Michael Abrams are in charge of nine Five Guys locations in Michi- gan, including a restaurant in East Lansing that opened earlier this month. Adelman said he and Abrams, who have been friends since child- hood, decidedto go into the restau- rant business together after seeing how "wildly popular" Five Guys is. Five Guys is most famous for its hamburgers, which customers can customize with a variety of vege- tables - including lettuce, tomato, mushrooms and peppers - and condiments for no additional cost. French fries are also served as a side. As for vegetarian options, Five Guys offers a veggie sandwich and grilled cheese sandwich. Adelman said the restaurant only uses fresh ingredients. The hamburgers are made to order, the vegetables are brought in each day and the hamburger buns are made five days a week. He added that customers return because of the good service and reasonable prices. A hamburger costs $4.79 and a cheeseburger See FIVE GUYS, Page 3A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Lasers, helicopters, heat-seaking missiles: 'U' prof. probes military defense systems MSA President Chris Armstrong at last nights MSA meeting. For a full story on the meeting visit michigandaily.com/blogs/the wire FINANCING YOUR EDUCATION Warren: New consumer bureau will help students Researcher says lasers throw sand in * 'the eyes of missiles By SUZANNE JACOBS Daily StaffReporter Lasers, helicopters and heat- seeking missiles. While the combination of those three things may not be that sur- prising in a big-budget action movie, some might be shocked to find they are in fact the focus of one University professor's research. Mohammed Islam, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence at the University, is develop- ing a way to use lasers to defend United States military helicopters from heat-seeking missiles. The research is in collaboration with OmniSciences Inc., an Ann Arbor- based technology startup founded by Islam. Islam said the mid-infrared, super-continuum fiber lasers are designed to "essentially throw sand in the eye of the missile." See DEFENSE, Page 6A 'U' prof. says CFPB will add to student loan costs By CHELSEA LANGE Daily StaffReporter In an effort to get the word out to students about the new- ly-formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, assistant to President Barack Obama and special advi- sor to the secretary of the trea- sury on the CFPB, discussed how the bureau will effect students in a conference call with student journalists last night. The CFPB was created as part of the Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which Obama signed into law on July 21. The bureau aims to improve the clarity of financial contracts and pro- tect consumers from hidden charges. Supporters of the new bureau say it will provide con- sumers with much needed pro- tections that weren't available to them during the 2008 finan- See WARREN, Page 6A WEATHER W HI:49 TOMORROW W,, LO: 46 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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