Ube 1Midiigan 0ailj Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, March 31, 2011 michigandaily.com Hoke signs six-year deal as coach of Wolverines New head football coach will receive [=i] See Hokes contract on MichiganDaily.coms $ 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. Rice dioscuLsses interatio na 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 Brac contra Monda after r as M coach. The could annual satedS his ba $100,0 also e bonus the he anothe he's s after tl The deal pt among of sala this ines re $125,0 the Capital One Bowl or Out- 2M this year back Bowl, games in which the second and third best Big Ten 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. 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