1)E AhIl4an&V~ Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 29, 2011 michigandaily.com THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR UNIVERSITY FACULTY Credit hr. regulation discussed at SACUA ALLISON KRUSKE/Daily Members of the national service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega compete in a cheerleading competition yesterday. The competition was part of Professional Greek Week and took place during halftime of a powderpuff game, in which various professional fraternities competed against one another. Sxperts mull trend of mental health in Provost seeks opinions on Dept. of Education's proposed changes By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporter Though each school in the University requires a specific number of credit hours before a student can graduate, there has been controversy in the past about what exactly constitutes a credit hour. University Provost Philip Hanlon asked members of the leading faculty governing body for informal recommendations about credit hour requirements at the Senate Advisory Commit- tee on University Affairs meeting in the Fleming Administration Building yesterday. A move by the federal government to define credit hours could affect student financial aid funding and gradu- ation requirements, Hanlon told the faculty members. The U.S. Department of Edu- cation proposed defining credit hours last June. The proposed regulations would impact Uni- versity accreditation and access to student financial aid because the more credit hours a student takes, the more funding he or she can receive in most cases, accordingto a Council for Higher Education Accreditation Federal Update from June 28. Hanlon said the rules defin- ing a credit hour were set by the Department of Education in October, but the American Council on Education has asked the department to reconsider guidelines. He said he wanted to bring the issue to the attention of SACUA members and hear their opinions onwhere the University stands. If the Department of Educa- tion declines to reconsider, the guidelines determined in Octo- ber will take effect on July 1, according to the timeline estab- lished in the Federal Update. The Department of Educa- tion wants to require two hours of outside work for every hour of time spent in a class that is more than 15 weeks long, Hanlon said. For research, the requirement would be two hours of work out- side of a laboratory. See SACUA, Page 7 Editor's Note: This is thefirst of a three-part seriers about mental health issues on college campuses. By SUZANNE JACOBS Daily StaffReporter For many students, exam preparation and writing papers takes up the majority of week- ends, and home is just a place to rest between library visits. The effects of grueling schedules on students' mental health has become increasingly examined by mental health professionals. However, while depression and anxiety may be a part of students' daily lives, experts aren't sure if these con- ditions have resulted in more mental health issues on col- lege campuses. Measuring the trend is difficult, mental health experts say, due to factors like the reduction in stigma of psy- chological health problems. Other confounding factors - such as an increase in the num- ber of students seeking help and easier access to medications - can cause growing awareness of mental health issues to be mistaken for increased occur- rence. But many mental health professionals still believe the trend exists. Daniel Eisenberg, an asso- ciate professor in the Univer- sity's School of Public Health, and Justin Hunt, an assistant PART 1 OF 3: MENTAL H EALTH ON CAMPUS professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas, addressed the issue in a study published in the Jour- nal of Adolescent Health last January. In the study, titled "Mental Health Problems and Help- See MENTAL HEALTH, Page 6 IN MEMORY SACUA member, SI Prof. Frost dies at 58 Students create Relay for Life team in Frost's honor By HALEY GLATTHORN and KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporters Robert Frost, a respected associate professor in the School of Information and member of the Univer- sity's lead faculty gov- erning body, passed away on Saturday in his Ann ' Arbor home FROST after battling colon cancer. He was 58 years old. School of Information Dean Jeffrey MacKie-Mason wrote in a statement released by the school yesterday that Frost was an influential professor who had a significant impact on the lives of many undergraduates. "Many (students) say that he had a transformative impact on their choice of major and career," MacKie-Mason wrote. "Bob was passionate about teaching, about his students, and about our school." See FROST, Page 7 AROUND ANN ARBOR Power outage causes State Street area businesses to shut down early The new version of Four Loko sold at 7-Eleven on South State Street yesterday. Decaffeinated version of Four Loko returns to Ann Arbor store shelves DTE expected power to be restored this morning By RACHEL BRUSSTAR and BRANDON SHAW DailfStaffReporters Restaurants and other busi- nesses in the South State Street area were forced to close their doors early last night when a power surge left them in the dark. DTE Energy spokesman John Austerberry said in an inter- view last night that the outage impacted mostly parts of East Liberty Street, East Washington Street and South State Street and began at about 7:20 p.m. due to an underground cable failure. About 200 DTE customers were affected, Austerberry said, add- ing that he was unsure how long it would take the company to fix the issue. "We have crews working on it and really can't say with many great degree of certainty when we'll make the restoration, but they're working on it tonight, and they aren't going to stop See POWER, Page 7 Alcoholic energy drinks banned by state in November By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily StaffReporter A non-caffeinated ver- sion of Four Loko has legally found its way back onto con- venience store shelves after being banned in Michigan last November. The old version of the drink - sometimes referred to as "blackout in a can" - was banned by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission because its , mix of alcohol and caf- feine was deemed dangerous to consumers. The beverage contained about as much alco- hol as four beers and the same amount of caffeine as three to four cups of coffee. A press release issued in November by Phusion Projects - the company that makes Four Loko - stated that the original Four Loko product was safe since drinks like rum and cola have been around for years without contention. The com- pany also stressed that it clearly prints the alcohol content and warnings on every item it sells and that it isn't in the business of selling dangerous products. According to the Phusion Projects website, the company decided to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine from its See FOUR LOKO, Page 7 WEATHER HI: 43 TOMORROW LO: 26 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILIYM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail Experts anticipate influx of crows on campus news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE WIRE INDEX Vol. CXXI, No.119 02011 The Michigan Daily michiondaiiy.com AP NEWS.....................3 ARTS ...........................5 SUDOKU......................3 NEWS......................6 OPINION-...................4 SPORTS ...................8 a I