THEOF PR Rachel Van Gilder is mad the Ui students of paper they paid for. shnuld mil nvr tr th next se .4 A lVAl 1VI V Gf PAGE 4 PA Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Ann Arbor, Michigan JUST DANCE The Taal dance team performs during Delta Theta Psi's annual variety show yesterday in the Michigan League. This year the show featured performances by Indian student groups on campus. UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS Coeman address, state funding amount MICHIGAN FOOTBALL Brandon, Miles met last night in Louisiana Players' meeting on Monday, citing a source close to Miles, that the coach would scheduled for accept the Michigan job if it was offered. 4 p.m. today LSU Athletic Director Joe All- eva released a statement late last ByTIM ROHAN night saying, "We continue to Daily Sports Editor work with Coach Miles and we remain committed to keeping him After a meeting between Loui- as the head coach of LSU foot- siana State University coach Les ball." Miles and officials from Michi- Miles and Brandon were gan's Athletic Department, specu- teammates under the legend- lation is swirling that Miles may ary Michigan football coach Bo soon be headed to Ann Arbor to Schembechler. Miles was later an lead the Wolverines' football pro- offensive line coach at Michigan gram after the firing of former from 1987-1994, including three coach Rich Rodriguez. seasons under Schembechler. LSU spokesman Michael Bon- When he was hired before the nette confirmed in an e-mail to 2008 season, former Michigan The Michigan Daily last night that coach Rich Rodriguez became a meeting did take place between the first coach since 1969 to guide Miles and Michigan officials on the Wolverines without having Monday, but said he couldn't pro- worked under,$,ch bechler. If vide any details regarding what Miles was hired, he would restart happened in the meeting or who the trend of Schembechler disci- was present. However, the Baton ples coaching the Michigan foot- Rouge television station WAFB ball team. reported that Michigan Athletic Miles is the first-known candi- Director Dave Brandon and Miles date to potentially interview for met yesterday evening at Miles's the head coaching position. Dur- home in Baton Rouge, LA. ing a Senate Advisory Committee A source with knowledge of the on University Affairs meeting yes- situation told the Daily that there terday, University President Mary will be a players' meeting today at Sue Coleman said even she didn't 4 p.m. Brandon could announce to have an inkling of whom Brandon the team at that time who the Wol- will select. verines' next coach will be. "No, I don't know who the next ESPN's Joe Schad reported See MILES, Page 8 At meeting, SACUA members suggest loan forgiveness to prevent 'brain drain' ByKAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporter University President Mary Sue Coleman attended the Senate Advisory Committee on Univer- sity Affairs meeting yesterday and told the faculty governing body that the effect of the state's nearly $2 billion budget deficit on the University's general fund is cur- rently unknown. Coleman said she expects the University and other state-funded institutions to make sacrifices as a result of future budget decisions NOTEBOOK to be made by new Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. Snyder will be making his State of the State address on Jan. 19, and it is only then that the University will know where it stands in terms of receiving state appropriations, Coleman said. About 21 percent of the Univer- sity's general fund is provided by the state - an amount that is at an all-time low for public universities in Michigan, Coleman said. "We hope for the best, but we understand the dire issues that the state faces," Coleman said. While Snyder's agenda for University funding are currently unclear, Coleman said Snyder has been "pretty aggressive" with his budget plans for Michigan. However, Coleman said she thinks the University has been successful in rationalizing the state funding. Later in the meeting, SACUA member Steven Lusmann, a profes- sor of Music, also said that the state could benefit from looking at how the University plans its budget. "There are some things that the state could learn of the Univer- sity," Lusmann said. Anticipating future state bud- geting problems, SACUA mem- bers discussed possible solutions that the University can collaborate with the state on. These include more outreach for research fund- ing on the part of the University and loan forgiveness legislation - which would eliminate a student's See COLEMAN, Page 7 'U' students say they are honest when filling out class evaluations Survey shows students at other universities lie in course feedback By JENNA SIMARD Daily StaffReporter Motivating students to fill out course evaluations is not the pri- mary concern at some univer- sities - it's actually students' dishonest comments about their professors. A recent student survey con- ducted at Southeastern Okla- homa State University and the University of Northern Iowa revealed that students don't always tell the truth when filling out course evaluations, a Dec. 13 article in The Des Moines Reg- ister reported. According to the article, one-third of students surveyed at both universities, admitted to lying on anonymous course evaluations. However, several University of Michigan students interviewed by The Michigan Daily said they are usually honest when filling out course evaluations at the end of each semester. Gretchen Weir, assistant vice provost for academic affairs at the University, said she believes there is no evidence that sug- gests University students have any reason to lie on course evalu- ations. "I don't think that our stu- dents feel like they need to lie about them because they aren't worried about professors finding out who they are," Weir said. The University has always kept evaluations anonymous, See EVALUATIONS, Page 7 UNIVERSITY ALMNI Business School alum puts fashion first with creation of class jewelry (FROM LEFT) MSA President Chris Armstrong talks with Business senior Alex Serwer, LSA senior Caroline Rooney and LSA senior Crist Stilianos at the Spectrum Center's 40th Anniversary kickoff party at UMMA yesterday. Spectrum Center celebrates 40th anniversary with kickoff 2010 graduate partnered with Peruvian designer By LINDSAY KRAMER Daily StaffReporter Many students have passed by the class ring booth outside Ulrich's Bookstore on any given day. But unlike students who stopped to examine the rings for a possible purchase, University alum Sara Jones took a look at the rings and thought about how she could make thembetter. A 2010 graduate of the Ross School of Business's MBA pro- gram, Jones said the slim Opiot for aesthetically pleasing female class rings for women prompted her to create her own line of class jewelry. Jones founded Heart Graffiti - a jewelry company spe- cializing in student pieces that are subtle and meant for daily wear. Jones started working on the companyin 2009 and was inspired by the artistic designs of jewelry makers in Pe'u while she worked there when receiving her MBA. She said that at the close of summer 2009, she traveled down See JEWELRY, Page 7 Director: In light of recent events, 'place of acceptance' essential By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily StaffReporter 'rhe University's Spectrum Center launched a year-long cel- ebration in honor of its 40th anni- versary last night. About 100 attended the event, titled "Doin' it for 40 Years," that was held at the University of Michigan Museum of Art and featured live music, speakers and artwork that honored four decades of LGBT activism. The Spectrum Center - which provides education, outreach, advocacy and support for LGBT students and allies at the Univer- sity - was developed by Jim Toy in 1971 and originally called the Human Sexuality Office. Toy, who became the first person in Michigan to publicly announce his gay identity, is a long-time advocate of gay rights in the state. He is also the co-author of the city of Ann Arbor's LGBT non- discrimination policy. 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