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STATE BUDGET
Proposal to
hike higher
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Snyder's budget From the Daily: Snyder can't make up
harm to higher education in Mich.
offers 3.1 percent >>See Opinion, Page 4A
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a university's level of funding
ADAM RUBENFIRE will depend on its ability to keep
Daily News Editor tuition affordable.
"Universities that better con-
ublican Gov. Rick Snyder strain tuition and fee increases
nced his recommendations will receive greater funding,"
ichigan's fiscal year 2013 the proposal stated. "Tuition
in Lansing yesterday, restraint funding will be allocat-
includes a 3.1-percent hike ed to qualifying universities once
flog for public universities all institutions have set their sea-
ill be tied to several crite- demic year 2012-13 tuition rates."
ant to contain tuition hikes The proposal also recom-
courage performance. mends that state universities
der's proposal aims to receive varying levels of fund-
$36.2 million more in ing based on their outcome in a
education than last year's new performance formula. The
, which cut state appro- formula measures include four
ns to Michigan's 15 pub- factors:growth in undergraduate
iversities by 15 percent. degree completion, undergradu-
Jniversity will receive a ate degree completion in "critical
-cent increase in funding, skill areas," the number of under-
ting to the same increase graduate Pell Grants awarded
i funds as Michigan State and the ability of the university
sity. to comply with tuition restraint
University and MSU are standards issued by the state.
ing the second-lowest During last year's budget
se in funding among state cuts to higher education, fund-
sities, just above Wayne See PROPOSAL, Page 3
r-
Classic hopes to .
draw world-record
crowd at Big House
By STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Daily Sports Editor
DETROIT - After months of
speculation, the National Hock-
ey League made its worst-kept
secret official - the 2013 Win-
House.
In a Thursday morning
press conference, the league
announced the Winter Classic at
the'Big House and the inaugural
Hockeytown Winter Festival,
which will be held at Comerica
Park, the home of the Detroit
Tigers.
"The NHL in the Big House
- it doesn't get any bigger than
that," said Christopher Illitch,
son of Tigers and Red Wings
owner Mike Illitch.
day after the University regents
approved a proposal to lease
Michigan Stadium to the NHL
from early December to mid-
January for $3 million.
The match-up will pit long-
time rivals Detroit Red Wings
and Toronto Maple Leafs on
Jan. 1, 2013 in hopes of eclips-
ing the world-record attendance
mark of 104,073 sdt at The Big
Chill at the Big House.
"It's Hockeytown versus The
Center of the Hockey Universe,"
eral manager Brian Burke.
"It's one of the most historic
stadiums in the country," added
Red Wingsgeneral manager Ken
Holland. "To have two Original
Six teams playing at historic set-
ting, it has the makings to be an
incredible day."
It will be red against blue in
the Big House, but it's certainly
not The Game. The all-time
record between the two clubs
currently stands in the Maple
See WINTER CLASSIC, Page 2
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Nursing School,
Peace Corps start
joint grad program
New master's
degree to be offered
this fall
By K.C.WASSMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
After serving as the site
where then Senator John F.
Kennedy announced his inten-
tions to create the Peace Corps
more than Soyears ago,the Uni-
versity is yet again proving to be
a leader in international service
as it will partner with the Peace
Corps to develop a new collab-
orative nursing master's degree
program.
The program, Peace Corps's
Master's International, will be
incorporated into the School
of Nursing's new International
Health concentration this fall
and will include 27 months of
service overseas, ultimately
becoming the first Peace Corps
nursing program in the country.
The University collaborated
with the Peace Corps in 2010
to create Master's Internation-
al programs in the Schools of
Social Work, Natural Resources
and Environment and Educa-
tion. The new nursing program
was added to this partnership
through an addendum signed
last December, according to a
Universitypress release.
Interested students are
required to apply to both the
Peace Corps and the Nursing
master's program, the release
stated. Accepted students will
serve as health extension volun-
teers around the world as a part
of Master's International.
Leslie Dorman Davis, pro-
gram director of the Office of
Global Outreach at the School
of Nursing, said she believes
the program will largely benefit
students, allowing them to fur-
ther their academic goals while
gaining valuable life experienc-
es through assisting others.
"(The program) enables the
students to graduate in four
years withnot only the Michi-
gan master's in nursing, but also
with two years of very solid,
hands-on, practical, formal
experience," Davis said.
Bill Nolting, assistant direc-
tor for Education Abroad at the
University's International Cen-
ter, said the program showcases
the growth of the Peace Corps
at the University.
"(The relationship) is clearly
growing," Nolting said. "I think
that one reason why nursing
and the Peace Corps itself are
interested in establishing a Mas-
ters International program is
the strength of our Peace Corps
See PEACE CORPS, Page 3
TERESA MATHEW/Daly
University President Mary Sue Coleman speaks to students at a fireside chat in the Michigan Union yesterday.
Coleman talks gym,
renovations at forum
CAMPUS COMMUNITY
Center aims
to increase
innovation
in fifth year
Center for
Entrepreneurship
celebrates
anniversary
By AUSTEN HUFFORD
For theDaily
As part of its fifth anniver-
sary celebration this year, the
University's Center for Entre-
preneurship is commemorat-
ing the programs and business
ventures it's helped inspire and
facilitate since its onseL.
Founded in 2008,by the Col-
lege of Engineering, the Center
for Entrepreneurship encourag-
es innovative business projects
among the campus community
by providing tools and resourc-
es to foster entrepreneurial
growth, accordingto Doug Neal,
executive director of the center.
Neal said the center has
multiple methods of fulfilling
its goal, through techniques
like entrepreneurial related
classes, hands-on practicums
and business related activities
coordinated with other campus
groups. The center also runs a
nine-credit program, the Pro-
See INNOVATION, Page 3
At fireside chat,
students share
campus qualms
By PETER SHAHIN
Daily StaffReporter
University President Mary
Sue Coleman and E. Royster
Harper, the University's vice
president for student affairs,
discussed potential renova-
tions to recreational facilities
and improving transportation
on campus at a fireside chat
yesterday at the Michigan
Union.
Complete with a real
crackling fire, couches and
stuffed armchairs, Coleman
and Harper convened with a
diverse group of students to
foster discussion on a variety
of concerns on campus. At the
meeting, many attendees asked
questions regarding construc-
tion and renovation projects
at the University, specifically
pertaining to the state of cam-
pus recreation and exercise
facilities.
LSA senior Adam Davis,
who has previously served as
a supervisor at both the Intra-
mural Sports Building and the
North Campus Recreational
Building, told Coleman and
Harper that he believes the
buildings are in poor condition
compared to recreational facil-
ities at peer universities.
Davis asked whatthe admin-
istration plans to do to in the
future to modernize the build-
ings, and Coleman acknowl-
See COLEMAN, Page 3
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