The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 MONDAY: TUESDAY: * THURSDAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Michigan Myths Professor Profiles Campus Clubs Law prof. moonlights as watchdog FRIDAY: Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SMILOVITZ KATIE JOZWIAK Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-41a-4115 eat. 1252 734-418-4ils ext. 1241 smilovitz~jmichrigandaily.com rrndbnsinean@annaileom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Officehours:sun.-Thurs. 11a.m.-2a.m. 734-418-4115 opt.3 News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Photography Department photo@michigandaily.com Arts Section artsaraemichigandaily.com Law School Professor Nina Mendelson has come a long way since she dreamed as a teenager of becoming the first female Supreme Court justice. After receiving her law degree from Yale University and spending a decade practicing law in both the public and private sectors, Mendel- son landed a teaching position at the University eleven years ago - an opportunity she said has provid- ed her "unparalleled opportunities to keep learning and developing." "My experience here has been consistently positive," she said. "This is clearly the best job I've ever had." Mendelson said she was origi- nally attracted tothe University for its quality of research and in her current position she splits her time between researching the scope of presidential control and teaching classes on administrative law. In addition to her work at the University, Mendelson also par- ticipates in the public discourse. She recently developed a proposal urging federal agencies to publicly disclose the content of the orders they receive from White House officials. "It's controversial because even though presidential administra- tions claim they want to operate in a transparent manner ... they really resist disclosure of this type of information," she explained. Mendelson also consults for the newly reinstated Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency that acts as a watchdog for hundreds of federal institutions. She's joined by a group of 40 attorneys, government officials and professors from across the country. "All of us have a deep interest in how bureaucracies function," she said. "I think this is such an interesting area (of government) ... I don't think people learn about it in most high school civics-type classes." Mendelson explained that agen- cies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Communications Commission have a "tremendous amount of power that is difficult to oversee." "People sometimes call bureau- cracies the headless fourth branch of government," she said. While continuing to serve for the Conference, Mendelson said she hopes to devote time to provid- ing pro bono, or free, law service to clients. Outside of the courtroom, she also participates in a very different type of volunteer work - helping out at her two children's schools. - CLAIRE GOSCICKI Editorial Page Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance opinion@michigandaily.com sorts'n@michigandaity.com, display@m~ichigandaily.com ctassified@mihgandaily.com ontineads@michigandaiy.corm financer@m icigandaily.coo COURTESY OF NINA MENDELSON Law School Prof. Nina Mendelson recently developed a pro- posal to encourage federal agencies to make public all orders they are given f rom the White House. 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However, the complaint states that problems at Fifth Quar- ter worsened over the summer including many incidents that were so serious they required officers from all parts of the city to leave their beats and attend to calls at the bar. The complaint states that police were forced to close the bar on multiple occasions due to fights and large crowds, which in many cases spilled on to sidewalks sur- rounding the bar. The complaint describes one incident in particu- lar, where officers were hindered from assisting a woman, who had allegedly been assaulted, due to large crowds and fights in and around the bar. The complaint also discusses incidents of bar staff and bouncers assaulting and injuring patrons. One incident, in which a patron was knocked unconscious by a bouncer, resulted in a civil lawsuit. "After the civil lawsuit was served on the Fifth Quarter in early February of this year, the City has received approximately nine more complaints of bounc- ers or other employees assaulting and/or injuring patrons," the com- plaint asserts. The complaint states that, according to city ordinance, being declared a public nuisance is a misdemeanor crime. The officer addressing the case and the defendants could not be reached for comment. According to Larcom no other information about the case other than the complaint has yet to be released. "I can't really discuss the case, that's just the basis of the lawsuit," Larcom said. Multiple calls to the Fifth Quar- ter in the past three days seeking comment haven't been returned. HOMELESSNESS From Page 1A handlers coming to Ann Arbor," Schulmeister said. Another factor that brings peo- ple to the city is the sense of secu- rity that Ann Arbor offers. Brian Nord, a founding mem- ber of the tent city for homeless individuals known as Camp Take Notice, said that some people feel more comfortable in Ann Arbor in comparison to other cities. "It may be a little safer here than it is in Detroit, for example," Nord said. "Some people at camp have said that they're happy to be here because they don't have to worry about someone stealing a few dollars from them." Nord is the president of the non-profit organization MIS- SION that helped establish Camp Take Notice in 2009. The camp, which is located in the woods at the intersection of I-94 and Ann Arbor-Saline Road, is a self-gov- erning community of people who, for various reasons, are without traditional housing. But as the number of people without traditional housing increases, shelters are becoming overcrowded, Nord said. To people like Nord, it seems unwise for those who seek shel- ter to leave their family and their community in order to come to Ann Arbor in this climate. "It's a long trek just to get here, and I think people know that ser- vice centers are over capacity," Nord said. The Delonis Center, which is the primary shelter center in downtown Ann Arbor, offers 75 beds as part of their permanent residential program. The program is designed to help people obtain income and find housing within the local community. According to Schulmeister, the program is capable of serving 400 people a year in its permanent residential 'program. However, through other shelter services, the Delonis Center serves 1,200 to 1,500 people a year. But for Schulmeister, that's not enough to accommodate all of those in need. "We just plain don't have enough resources," Schulmeister explained. "We can't move people through shelter fast enough in order to have empty beds." And for the past several years, the Delonis Center has had to accommodate more people than ever. The reasons for the increase, however, haven't been officially determined. "We can substantiate the fact that there have been more people becoming homeless since the eco- nomic downturn," Schulmeister said. "But the idea that there's a huge influx of people coming here who aren't from our community hasn't been proven." But whether or not Ann Arbor's homeless population can be attributed to an influx of non- county residents, many students say they've noticed an increase of panhandlers in their neighbor- hoods. Engineering senior Justin Kahl said he encountered a panhandler one night at his fraternity house. The man approached the house asking for money and cans, Kahl explained. And though he turned the man away, Kahl said the man returned another night and entered the house. "He climbed in through a win- dow in the front room, and started collecting cans from the tables," Kahl said. "It was pretty unrea- sonable." Kahl said he asked him to leave and the man did not return. LSA sophomore Kelly Muir said she has encountered panhandlers near her house on West Jefferson Street. Muir said she's seen people rummaging through the dump- ster behind her house. And while she said she's had conversations with the peoplebefore, she's never been bothered or hassled by them. "I always find them to be polite and friendly," Muir said. "They've never inconvenienced me in any way." Muir also said the people she'd seen on her street never came up to her house - she only interacted with them in passing. Unlike Muir, LSA sophomore Quintin Meek said he had a pan- handler climb the steps to his porch on North Division Street and ask for money and cans. "He was friendly, but it was just odd," Meek said. "Usually you just walk by them. You don't have them coming up onto your porch." Meek said that the man wasn't forceful, and he didn't overstay his welcome. "We didn't have any money to give at the time, but we were more than happy to give him some com- pany," Meek said. "We were wel- coming to him, and he knew when it was time to move on." The city has recently been working to solve the panhandling problem, creating a panhandling task force last September. The organization's goal is to iden- tify more cost-effective ways to enforce city ordinances against panhandling. But according to Nord, there's still more to be done to address the issues surrounding panhan- dling. Nord said he believes educating the public about panhandling and helping students understand the problem when they arrive on cam- pus are two of the most important elements for any program trying to resolve panhandling issues. Nord added that he encourages people to lend more than their money to addressing the issue. "Instead of giving someone fifty cents a day," he says. "Lend a few hours of your time. Then you can really see who the people are who are in need." WANT TO WORK IN THIS OLD * TIMEY BUILDING? E-mail berman@michigandaily.com to write for Daily News.