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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks as part of the Goff Smith Lecture in Rackham Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Rice's lecture, titled "The
* Interface of Energy and Geopolitics," mas sponsored hy the College of Engineering.
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dna-mics of oil1 dependency
Former Sec. of
State talks impact
of high energy
prices on policy
By HALEY GLATTHORN
Daily StaffReporter
In a speech with themes
paralleling her foreign affairs
work as Secretary of State, Con-
doleezza Rice spoke about an
array of nations, from those in
the Middle East to China dur-
ing her lecture on campus yes-
terday.
Rice gave the annual Col-
lege of Engineering Goff Smith
Lecture titled "The Interface
of Energy and Geopolitics,"
discussing topics centered on
the economic and political
implications of the oil indus-
try. Addressing a crowd of sev-
eral hundred people yesterday
afternoon in Rackham Audi-
torium, Rice spoke primarily
about countries that play major
roles in the international oil
market and how they impact
the United States.
Rice served as Secretary of
State under former President
George W. Bush until 2009 and
now works as a professor of
political science and political
economy at Stanford University.
Rice said during her tenure
as Secretary of State, oil prices
began accelerating and at one
point reached a high of $140
per barrel. While this directly
affected gas price and indirect-
ly impacted the availability of
goods in the United States, they
also had a negative effect on
foreign policy, Rice said.
"During that period of time
I said to my colleagues that I
had never seen anything warp
diplomacy like high oil prices,"
she said.
See RICE, Page 5A
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By NICK SPAR teams typically play.
Daily Sports Editor He will also receive a
$500,000 bonus if the team
dy Hoke inked a six-year wins the Big Ten Champion-
ct with the University on ship game, which Hoke said was
ay, more than two months the ultimate goal for the pro-
eplacing Rich Rodriguez gram on a yearly basis - even
ichigan's head football more important than winning a
national title.
incentive-laden deal Not too shabby for someone
earn Hoke $3.25 million who blindly accepted Michigan
lly. He will be compen- Athletic Director Dave Bran-
$2 million this year, and don's initial offer more than two
ise salary will increase months ago, without knowing a
00 each season. He will dollar amount.
arn a $1.5 million "stay But Hoke says he still couldn't
" after his third year at care less about the money.
lm of the Wolverines and "I couldn't tell you what's in
er $1.5 million bonus if the contract other than my sig-
till coaching Michigan nature," he said yesterday when
he 2016 season. the University released the
incentives in Hoke's details of the contract.
ut him in the upper third If Hoke does eventually reach
Big Ten coaches in terms the $3.25 million salary mark,
ry. He will earn $75,000 he would earn nearly five times
season if the Wolver- the amount he earned last year
each any bowl game and as the head coach at San Diego
00 if the team reaches See HOKE, Page 5A
UNIVE RSIT Y FA CULT
Mich. center requests
Labor Studies e-mails
PHILANTHROPIC PERFORMANCE
Mackinac Center
files FOIA request
to 'U,' MSU and
Wayne State
By MICHELE NAROV
Daily StaffReporter
A request for public records
has raised eyebrows and caused
debate for some about the role
and scope of a sunshine law in
Michigan meant to make public
entities more transparent.
The Mackinac Center for
Public Policy recently filed
requests under Michigan's
Freedom of Information Act to
obtaint copies of e-mails about
the union dispute in Wisconsin
sent between professors, faculty
and staff at three public univer-
sities in Michigan.
The University of Michigan,
Michigan State University and
Wayne State University have
not yet responded to the FOIA
request from the Mackinac Cen-
ter, the nonpartisan, non-profit
organization in Midland, Mich.
that studies state policies that
has created discontent because
of the nature of its request,
which is focused on labor rela-
tions.
An article from Talking
Points Memo originally pub-
licized the requests on Tues-
See E-MAILS, Page 3A
'U' researchers working to gain
understanding of mental illness
Fraternities and sororities perform in a Sing and Variety Show put on yesterday at Hill Auditorium to raise money for nai-
ous charities. See page 3A for the full story.
SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS
'Giver' author Lois Lowry to deliver
Lamstein lecture at Rackham today
Genetics and sleep
among key areas to
uncover causes
By SUZANNE JACOBS
Daily StaffReporter
While the brain remains a
largely unsolved mystery, Uni-
versity researchers are working
to better understand what role
it plays in mental illnesses,
Neuropsychiatric illness-
es such as major depression,
schizophrenia, bipolar disor-
der and anxiety are prevalent
conditions in North America
and Europe, yet scientists still
don't fully understand why
they arise and how to treat
them. But advances in neuro-
science research are continuing
to unfold in the areas of genet-
ics, neural processes and sleep,
PA R 3 OF 3' M ENTA L
which will allow for a better
analysis and treatment of psy-
chiatric conditions.
Huda Akil, co-director of
the University's Molecular &
Behavioral Neuroscience Insti-
tute, co-authored "The Future
See RESEARCHERS, Page SA
Lowry discusses her
writing style before
talk on campus
By DANIEL CARLIN
DailyArts Writer
Finding the perfect book to
read always presented its difficul-
ties inthe latter years ofelementa-
ry school and throughout middle
school, as Lois Lowry: "In
there are
limited the Dreamworld,
options It Doesn't Matter"
for the
puberty- Today at 4 p.m.
stricken. Rackham Amphitheatre
It's like Free
being in
a scene from "Goldilocks and the
Three Bears" - most books are.
either too old or too young, and
very few are "just right."
This all changed in 1993, when
Generation Y was introduced to a
book that would alter children's
literature for good: Louis Low-
ry's "The Giver." This beloved
classic looks at a dystopian soci-
ety through the eyes of a child.
Though most of us are past our
adolescent years, Lowry's visit to
the University today for the Sarah
Marwil Lamstein 5th Annual
Children's Literature Lecture
See LOWRY, Page 5A
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