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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
Scarnecchia
announces
resignation
University's work with faculty members to
provide law services and advo-
general counsel to cate for individuals fighting
human trafficking internation-
join Law School ally and domestically.
"While our students in the
* faculty classroom and the Human
Trafficking Clinic will benefit
By PAIGE PEARCY immensely from her knowledge
Daily News Editor and range of experiences, I
will miss her wise counsel and
In an e-mail sent to members steady leadership inthe general
of the University community counsel's office during the past
on Friday, University President four years," Coleman wrote.
Mary Sue Coleman announced Scarnecchia previously
that Suellyn Scarnecchia, the worked at the University as
University's vice president and a Law professor from 1987 to
general counsel since 2008, 2002 before she took the posi-
will step down to take a faculty tion at the University of New
position in the Law School. Mexico School of Law.
Coleman wrote in the e-mail During her time as general
that Scarnecchia has played an counsel, Scarnecchia advised
integral role as a member of the the University when the NCAA
University's executive board. alleged former football coach
"During her tenure, Suellyn Rich Rodriguei violated prac-
has expertly managed a num- tice regulations in 2010, which
ber of complex and challeng- resulted in a three-year proba-
ing issues, and I am grateful for tion from the NCAA. She also
her thoughtful work," Coleman worked to centralize compli-
wrote. ance information for University,
Scarnecchia, who was pre- organizationsbydevelopingthe
viously the dean of the Uni- Compliance Resource Center.
versity of New Mexico School Law School Dean Evan
of Law, will take a position in Caminker - who recently
the Human Trafficking Clinic announced he will leave in 2013
at the University of Michigan - said in a statement he feels
Law School after her resigna- Scarnecchia's skills will benefit
tion, which goes into effect at her future position on the Law
the end of May. The Human School faculty.
Trafficking Clinic, established "I am absolutely thrilled to
in 2009, allows law students to See RESIGNATION, Page SA
DOWNWARD DOG IN THE DARK
ERIN KIRKLAND/Daily
Students participate in rave yoga hosted by Ann Arbor Lululemon Athletica Store on yesterday.
SPRING COMMENCEMENT
Holder to deliver address
Attorney general
will speak at Law
School Senior Day
By HALEY GLATTHORN,
ALEXANDRA MONDALEK
and ANDREW SCHULMAN
Daily News Editor and
Daoy StajReporters
U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder has been selected to
send off University Law School
graduates at the school's annual
commencement address during
its Senior Day festivities, the
Law School announced yester-
day.
Holder, the country's first
African-American attorney gen-
eral, will speak to the nearly 370
graduates at Hill Auditorium on
May 6.
Law School Dean Evan
Caminker said he is looking
forward to a commencement
speaker that represents the
public sector in a positive light.
A student advisory committee,
also advised the decision.
"Traditionally, the com-
mencement speakers discuss
their personal experiences
after law school, someone who
has taken different paths that
can provide advice or inspire
our graduates," Caminker said.
"I hope that Attorney General
Holder follows in that tradi-
tion."
The excitement surrounding
the announcement of Holder's
visit to the University contrasts
popular sentiments of last year's
commencement speaker, U.S.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio),
who has a history of not sup-
porting LGBTQ issues.
Holder earned undergraduate
and law degrees from Columbia
University before accepting his
first position at the Department
of Justice in 1976. After' serv-
ing as deputy attorney general
in 1997, he worked in a private
firm before assuming his cur-
rent post as attorney general on
Feb. 3, 2009.
He has been appointed to
legal posts by several presidents,
including former President Ron-
ald Reagan and former Presi-
dent Bill Clinton. Caminker said
Holder's prominence in the fed-
eral government prompted the
See HOLDER, Page 5A
AROUND CAMPUS
Museum seeks to document,
preserve mammal specimens
University has
one of the largest
collections in the
United States
By AUSTEN HUFFORD
Daily StaffReporter
Past the two stone pumas
guarding the entrance and
through the large circular
atrium behind the University's
Museum of Natural History
lays one of the largest collec-
tions of mammal specimens in
the country.
While the University's
Museum of Zoology's Mam-
mal Division has remained
relatively unchanged for the
past century, the Internet now
allows the collection to reach
more people than ever. The
museum's mammal collec-
tion has preserved a variety
of specimens from the col-
lection's smallest animal - a
three gram Etruscan shrew
- to its largest, a 27-foot long
humpback whale: The collec-
tion also includes many foreign
specimens- confiscated at the
Detroit Metropolitan Airport,
including the tanned hide of an
African golden cat.
The museum's 130,000
specimens.are preserved using
four different methods. The
most common is to remove an
animal's innards and bones
and stuff it with cotton, but
researchers also use flesh-
eating dermestid beetles to
remove skin and flesh to dis-
play an animal's bones. Speci-
mens can also be preserved in
alcohol and extracted DNA is
stored in liquid nitrogen.
Zoology Prof. Philip Myers,
one of the museum's curators,
See MUSEUM, Page SA
MCKENZI EREZ N/Daily
Dhani Jones, Lloyd Carr and Mike Martin speak at the A&R Benefit Dinner in the Jack Roth Stadium club yesterday.
Football legends support
community involvement
GREEK cEE
Greek Week raises money for local charities
Lloyd Carr, Dhani
Jones and Mike
Martin share
stories at event
By SYDNEY BERGER
Daily StaffReporter
It felt like a Football Satur-
day last night at the Jack Roth
Stadium Club in Michigan Sta-
dium as about 250 guests dined
with former Michigan football
coach Lloyd Carr, former Mich-
igan and NFL linebacker Dhani
Jones and graduating Michigan
defensive lineman Mike Martin,
who's expected to be a top pick
in next month's NFL draft.
At Appreciate + Reciprocate's
second annual benefit dinner,
guests had the opportunity to
mingle with the three guests
of honor throughout dinner, as
well as participate in a panel
discussion and silent auction in
which attendees could bid on
items such as a game of 1-on-1
basketball with former Michi-
gan basketball player CJ Lee.
All proceeds from the event
benefited the LSA Emergency
Student Aid Fund, an effort
developed by A+R to assist stu-
dents struggling to fund their
See FOOTBALL, Page SA
In annual
competition, teams
participate in
community service
By LIANA ROSENBLOOM
Daily StaffReporter
During this year's annual
Greek Week competition, stu-
dents involved in Greek Life
expanded community service
efforts beyond their usual fun-
draising activities.
The 10 day charity event
concluded last night with the
annual "Sing and Variety" tal-
ent competition, where Team
New York - comprised of the
Alpha Delta Pi sorority and fra-
ternities Alpha Sigma Pi and
Delta Kappa Epsilon - was
crowned the winner. The 15
teams of fraternities and soror-
ities, named after large U.S. cit-
ies, raised money for six local
charities.
Greek Week began at the
University in 1978, and the
fraternities and sororities use
the occasion to raise money for
national and local charities.
This year, proceeds will go to
several Southeastern Michi-
gan charities, including the
Vada Murray Fund for Cancer
Research, C.S. Mott Children's
and Von Voigtlander Women's
See GREEK WEEK, Page 5A
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