KATRINA-REVISITEDSECOND TIME'S A CHARM 'N' alum was nominated for a national bookward After coming off the bench in the season for her fictional account of the 2005 hurricane.opener, Trey Burke got the start yesterday. A PAGE 5 A)PAGE 8 (INE-UNIIIE I1)-\WENTY \\W()YEARS EDITIIIA1I11I )( E)\I Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Ann Arbor, Michigan michigandaily.com BOARD OF REGENTS Coleman questions new model for funding AUSTEN HUPFORD/Daily LEFT: A crowd applauds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman who spoke in Rackham Auditorium yesterday. Nobel Prize winnerhighlights womens rolei Arab Spin Regents to review president's letter to state budget director By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporter University administrators are sending a clear message to state officials: the University of Michi- gan is important, and it needs to be properly funded. The University's fiscal year 2013 budget development letter was released to the University's Board of Regents in a communi- cation yesterday._At the regents' monthly meeting on Thursday, they will vote on whether to send the letter to John Nixon, director of the State Budget Office. In the letter, University President Mary Sue Coleman questioned the new funding model proposed by the state - known as formula fund- ing - and claimed that the model poses "a new array of challenges" for the University. In the letter, Coleman sug- gested that the state should focus on measuring the University's performance when employing formula funding - a system in which state appropriations would be determined based on universities' fulfillment of cer- tain criteria, including gradu- ation and freshman retention rates. "The objective of formula funding should be to allocate funding based on the value that each university brings to the state, so that the formula pro- vides financial incentive for each university to maximize that value," Coleman wrote. Coleman argued that the new model ignores the unique mis- sion of the University and may cause the state to cut more fund- ing. She cited the University's educational programs and stu- dent body of more than 27,000 undergraduates and 15,000 grad- uate students as well as the Uni- versity's $1.24 billion research expenditures in fiscal year 2011 as reasons to reconsider compar- ing itsvalue to other state univer- sities. See COLEMAN, Page 3 2011 laureate Tawakkul Karman talks importance of democracy By CHARLENE LERNER For the Daily Sounds of the Arab Spring reverberated off the walls of lrn c full Rarkhva i winner Tawakkul Karman led the audience through chants promoting women and peace. Karman, a journalist and senior member of Al-Islah political party in Yemen, is the first Arab woman, the second Muslim and the first Yemeni person to win a Nobel Prize for her work with women's rights. Karman discussed the sweep- ing changes in the Arab Spring, particularly women's roles in nnrcino hi-mvmn Thi man to speak on campus as part of the program's curriculum. Karman began her talk by making it clear that she is a revolutionary figure for not just her country, but for humanity. "To begin, I am a citizen of the world," she said. "The Earth is my country, and humanity is my nation. This is my motto: What everyone has longed for and will be achieved when all of the people shall also celebrate thiic nr7it tv Y m~i has also won beside me..." Karman discussed how democracy and freedom are necessary to create a nation where justice prevails. She emphasized the new role of Arab women in leading protest- ers in the revolutions for demo- cratic principles. "Women have become at the forefront of these demonstra- tions and lines in protests - in the medical camps, in the secu- rity services, in the strategic planning for the revolution and See NOBEL, Page 2 an almost run ac nam au - progressing the movement. 1 e tns prize tat every semeni, torium yesterday, as 2011 co- University's Arabic Language and every Arab, and every recipient Nobel Peace Prize Flagship Program invited Kar- human being and every woman CAMPUS CRIME Man arrested, charged for assault in East Quad 24-year-old Canton man arraigned on nine total charges By HALEY GLATTHORN Daily StaffReporter On Saturday, University Police arrested the man believed to be responsible for the sexual assault in East Quad Residence Hall on Oct. 30. Adam Hester, a 24-year-old Canton resi- dent who is unaffiliated with the University, was charged today with fourth- ADAM HESTER degree crim- inal sexual conduct and eight other charges for crimes that occurred on campus in the past 13 months. Hester is being charged with three felonies, three high court misdemeanors and four misde- meanors. The police allege that Hester committed a litany of crimes, such as photographing an individual in a campus bath- room stall, indecently expos- ing himself on three occasions, stealing a laptop in October 2010 and stealing an iPod in March 2011. Hester faces serious penal- ties resulting from sentencing enhancements. Under Michi- gan law, "sexually delinquent See ASSAULT, Page 2 e CANADA' 244 students SOUTH KOREA 687students TAIWAN 287students INDIA 752 students CHINA 1,747 students GRAPHIC BY H ELEN LIUEBLICH The countries with the most number of students who studied at the University in 2010-2011. 'U' ranks eighth in number MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY MSA seeks to fill rep. vacancies in election of international students Only one Rackham student running with 10 open seats By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter With the polls for Michi- gan Student Assembly elec- tions open tonight at midnight, assembly members say they hope to fill current vacancies in the student government. The vacant seats this semes- ter have resulted from repre- sentatives from several schools and colleges not being elected, resigning or being dismissed because of multiple absences from MSA meetings. However, of the three schools that did not elect MSA representatives in March - the School of Nat- ural Resources and the Envi- ronment, Medical School and School of Social Work - only the School of Social Work has a candidate running in the elec- tion. Additionally, until three weeks ago, Rackham Gradu- ate School had not been repre- sented at an assembly meeting this semester. Since then, two Rackham representatives have attended the two most recent meetings. MSA President DeAndree Watson said the assembly is reaching out to organizations like the Graduate Employees' Organization to foster a bet- See MSA, Page 3 5,595 international nation with the most num- ber of international students, students studied according to a report released yesterday. on campus in last According to data released yesterday as part of the Insti- school year tute of International Edu- cation's Open Doors survey By ANNA ROZENBERG the, number of international Daily StaffReporter students studying in the U.S. increased 5 percent in the past With 5,595 foreign students year to a total of 723,277 stu- studying on campus last year, dents nationally. For the 10th the University was ranked as consecutive year, the Univer- the eighth institution in the sity of Southern California topped the list, as 8,615 inter- national students studied at the school in 2010-2011. In the 2009-2010 aca- demic year, the University of Michigan ranked sixth in the Open Doors survey with 6,095 international students. Despite the decrease in inter- national enrollment during the 2010-2011 academic year, John Greisberger, director of the University's International Center, said he is pleased with See INTERNATIONAL, Page 2 WEATHER HI 46 * TOMORROW LO 31 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115ore-mail Donde esta 'Community' in the NBC schedule? news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE FILTER INDEX AP NEWS ................. Vol.CXXII,No.49 NEWS................... @201 The Michigan Daily OPINION ............... oichigaoduiycum .2 ARTS ...................... 5 .3 CLASSIFIEDS................6 .4 SPORTS .......................7 D #