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the volume," Winfield said. "So
the waits became worse, and the
satisfaction by undergraduates
became much worse."
While the appointment sys-
tem is still in its early phases,
Winfield said it takes six to
twelve months to get back up to
speed, and he is optimistic that
their objectives can be met.
"The ultimate goal is to get
the students in who need to be
seen right away, promptly, and
to have them have a quality,
delightful experience," Win-
field said. "Making changes
every few days to get it right
with the rapid cycle quality
improvement is getting closer to
getting it right. But I think that
it's going to take a good part of
the semester to really feel that
we got this under control."
The change to an appoint-
ment-only system is similar to
other Big Ten schools, including
University of Iowa and North-
western University, where simi-
lar'procedures are followed.
Winfield said the new system
will be more efficient because
EMF
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cautions local officials when their
community is at risk of needing
an emergency manager.
"We're seeing the positive
benefit of that law today," Snyder
wrote. "And I believe it's very
good public policy. We strength-
ened the powers the emergency
manager would have so they
could come in, do their work, fin-
ish their work and get out and get
the community back in charge."
Ann Arbor City Councilmem-
her Sandi Smith (D-Ward 1), said
she opposes the policy because
she believes districts should be
autonomous from the state in
managing their governments,
particularly due to the discon-
nect that often occurs between
policymakers at different levels.
"Local communities still need
to be'ableto haVe their own pri-
orities in spending and some-
body who is assigned from the
state does not necessarily have
the same values as those people
that are within the community
and the elected officials that,
obviously, have been elected to
represent those people," Smith
said.
Thomas Ivacko, the program
manager for the research center
at the Ford School, said when
responses by officials who are
unfamiliar with the law are
excluded from the calculations,
RECRUITMENT
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of bids are made, the total num-
ber of women who have gone
through the preference par-
ties and have ranked the soror-
ity houses will be divided by 15,
the number of houses on cam-
pus, and that many bids will be
released, according to Raines.
"Mathematically, there is a
spot for everyone to get a bid that
goes through the entire process,"
Raines said.
LSA sophomore Sarah Haddy
said the increase in participants
was noticeable, and had some
adverse effects on the recruit-
ment process.
Haddy dropped out of recruit-
ment during the first week
because she only got invitations
from two sororities that she had
little interest in.
"I could definitely tell that
there were a lot of girls," Haddy
said. "I would constantly go to
each house and we would talk
to some of the sorority girls ...
I could kind of tell that they
weren't really able to remember
me very well, because they were
talking to so many girls."
providers can pace themselves,
emphasizing that urgent walk-
ins will still be seen.
"You have to have the capac-
ity to see somebody who has a
terrible strep throat, has been
up all night vomiting, who has
an impossibly bad migraine -
they can't wait two or three
days," Winfield said. "Those
people have to be seen."
Despite UHS's emphasis on
increased patient satisfaction,
many students, like LSA soph-
omore Cassie Kooiker, have
expressed frustration with the
long wait between schedul-
ing an appointment and the
appointment itself.
"I was having a severe, unex-
plained pain in my jaw last week
and I came to make an appoint-
ment, but I guess it was serious
enough to let me see a nurse,"
Kooiker said. "I missed all of my
classes that day waiting to give
them my info, to see a nurse and
to get my vitals taken, and the
nurse resorted to WebMD to ask
me about my symptoms."
She added that she found
scheduling an appointment
through UHS to be more of a
burden than a help, and will
seek outside assistance in the
reported support increases from
38 percent to 47 percent and
reported opposition increases
from 30 percent to 32 percent.
"Those who are more
informed about it are going to
be able to give us more well-
grounded responses whether
they support or oppose different
aspects of the law," Ivacko said.
The survey also reported that
belief in effectiveness jumps
from 43 percent to 53 percent
when the opinions of officials
who know little about the law
are not considered.
Ivacko said the variance in
reports based on knowledge of
the policy is important to take
into account.
"That's a fairly sizable jump in
terms of support for the law and
views about its effectiveness,"
Ivacko said. "So among those
who feel really knowledgeable
about it, there's more support."
Ivacko said" the survey is
effective in capturing local lead-
ers' opinions on the contentious
topic.
"This law really gets at some
fundamental feelings about
democracy and so even if peo-
ple don't have a great detailed
understanding of the law, I think
just tapping into some of these
fundamental beliefs is still very
interesting," Iva4f, said.
Ivacko added that even though
the next Michigan Public Policy
poll will focus on a different
topic in a few weeks, the survey
In past rush seasons, it was
common for sororities to deco-
rate their houses in accordance
with a decided theme. This year,
deocrations were banned by
the Panhellenic council and its
member sororities.
Raines said the community-
wide decision was enacted to
ensure a "No Frills" style of
recruitment like that of other Big
Ten schools. She added that it
places a greater emphasis on the
personal interactions between
current members and potential
new members.
"It allows the focus of recruit-
ment to be more based on the
conversation that you're having
in the house rather than the girls
being overwhelmed with the
decorations," Raines said. "It also
saves the sororities the money
and time they had to put in deco-
rating and buying the decorations
and things like that in the past."
However, some students like
Haddy said the process of recruit-
ment was distracting enough, so
decorations would have helped
them remember each house bet-
ter.
LSA freshman' Erica Joseph
said she was able to remember
each house solely based on the
future.
"I plan on finding a family
doctor in the area for any issues
I may have in the future because
UHS was just too big of a has-
sle," Kooiker said.
However, Engineering senior
Curtis Reilly said he found the
switch to be. accommodating
after cutting his finger recently.
"I went to the nurse station
and had to wait for 20 minutes
because of the people in front of
me, but I got out of there within
one and half hours and (saw) the
doctor pretty fast," Reilly said.
Central Student Govern-
ment president Manish Parikh,
a Business senior, said CSG has
not received any complaints
about the new appointment sys-
tem, adding that it takes time for
new programs to run efficiently.
"Whenever a new system
is adopted, there are natu-
rally kinks along the way, but I
think UHS is responding well,"
Parikh said. "We remain firmly
committed to acting in the best
interests of our students and are
waiting to hear from them. UHS
has reiterated that they will be
sending out a survey to measure
the student response and we
will act accordingly."
team will most likely continue
to monitor and analyze opinions
on the emergency financial man-
ager policy.
"It's such an important topic,
both just about basic ques-
tions about democracy, but also
about the role, the relationship,
between state and local govern-
ments," Ivacko said. "The ques-
tion of home rule at the local
level versus state oversight - so,
so many issues (are) tied up in
this, I think we probably will
continue to track this in some
fashion."
Ivacko said a survey sent
out by CLOSUP in spring 2011
included few questions regard-
ing the act, as the law was very
new, but allowed researchers to
gather initial opinions from local
leaders about the law to contrast
with responses from the spring
2012 survey.
Results from the spring 2011
survey showed that 35 percent
of local government leaders
thought the act would be effec-
tive versus results from this
spring's survey, which stated
that 43 percent thought it is
be effective. Furthermore, last
year 23 percent of local officials
thought the law would be inef-
fective, versus a reported 19 per-
cent this year.
"(There is) kind of marginal
improvement in the view of local
leaders about the effectiveness
of the law over the course of the
last year," Ivacko said.
talks she had with the current
members.
"Personally speaking, I was
able to remember all of the hous-
es simply based on the conversa-
tions I had with individuals, as
well as the house itself," Joseph
said.
LSA senior Meaghan
O'Connor, a member of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority, said she sees
both sides of the decoration ban.
"I definitely remember as a
freshman when I rushed, I loved
going in and seeing all of the
decorations," O'Connor said. "I
think that was just part of this
magical experience that you
have, and it does make it easier to
differentiate houses in that way."
However, she said she thinks
the ban is appreciated by current
members who have toput ina lot
of time and effort into decorating
the houses.
"It's actually kind of refresh-
ing'and it's definitely made our
girls think a lot more about what
we have to do in terms of talking
to the girls to get them to like our
house," O'Connor said.
-Daily Staff Reporter Katie
Szymanski and Caleb Vogt
contributed to this report.
MINOR
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business," Wooten said.
Phil Deloria, the LSA associ-
ate dean for undergraduate edu-
cation, said though he has not
yet received the proposal, LSA
will consider the requirements
and standards set for the minor
to ensure they are parallel with
the curriculum set by other LSA
minors.
He added that LSA will
approach the proposal the same
way they would any other con-
centration or minor, and will be
open.to negotiate the terms if it
does not meet its standards.
"We trust our colleagues over
in Ross ...There could be some
negotiation, but I don't think I'd
anticipate that," Deloria said.
In order for students to pursue
a Business minor, the college they
are enrolled in must first approve
the proposal from the Business
school. Each college's decision
is independent and departments
can accept or reject the proposal
without affecting another col-
lege's ability to decide, Wooten
said.
Wooten said a task force com-
prised of students, faculty and
recruiters has been working for
about a year to conduct research
and develop a "rigorous core" for
the proposed minor. The group
also researched business minors
offered at other competitive uni-
versities and peer schools across
the nation.
If accepted by other colleges,
Wooten said the minor is sched-
uled to be integrated in the 2013-
14 academic year. To apply for
the minor, students will have to
submit an application consisting
of one or two short essay ques-
tions.
For the first year, only 100
students will be accepted until
the department can examine
the progress of the program and
determine how to proceed.
Classes for the 15 credit hour
minor will be taught in the
Business School by its faculty
members, Wooten said. While
accountingwillbe arequirement,
students will be able to choose
between finance and operations
management, management and
marketing, integrative strategy
class and action-based learning
classes.
Deloria speculated that the
minor will especially interest
students who feel they will ben-
efit from having a foundation in
business when looking for a job
after graduation.
However, he said LSA's con-
sideration of the program will be
based on what will best benefit
students.
"Business seems to be an
important thing to have in their
portfolio," Deloria said. "That
sentiment is not unanimously
shared across the college by
either the students or faculty,
but we also just want to have as
many options as possible for our
students. The bottom line for us
is always to think what's in the
best interest of our students."
Deloria added that LSA and
the other University colleges
have different teaching meth-
odologies. While LSA is more
focused on providing 'a broad
education and using compari-
sons, experiments and mod-
els, pre-professional schools
often organize teaching around
applying skills to specific case
studies.
"With a liberal arts degree,
what really matters is the 120
hours, the full range of think-
ing, the connective stuff across
those different domains that
trains your mind in a certain
kind of way," Deloria said. "To
have a minor as part of your LSA
120 hours, a minor in something
that's slightly different but
which is part of a bigger world
of thinking, (there's) nothing
wrong with that."
Wooten noted that the
minor's core classes are not
integrated with Ross students,
adding that the case studies
will also be more geared toward
Business minor students who
are focused on a diverse range
of non-business related topics,
including non-profits, govern-
ment relations, engineering and
sports management.
Ultimately, Wooten said the
Business school is looking for-
ward to seeing more students
taking business classes.
"We're excited that we can
offer a systematic education
experience for students who
want to complement their LSA
or Engineering or other school's
education," Wooten said. "It
extends the Ross brand."
LSA freshman Spencer Cher-
nus said he has been pre-admit-
ted to the Business School and
said he thinks introducing a
minor in business to other col-
leges at the University will be
beneficial to all students.
"I think it's an awesome idea
... it would do wonders for edu-
cation," Chernus said. "Every-
one should be exposed to a
business education as well as
liberal arts to some degree."
LSA freshman Derrick
Roldan said integrating the
learning styles of the Business
School with other programs can
enhance students' education by
introducing different learning
methods.
"It opens up different ways
of thinking, so those different
paths together would be a good
thing," Roldan said.
Engineering freshman Mark
McBride said the Business
minor could help students inthe
future when applying to jobs.
"Having a knowledge of busi-
ness in the engineering world
can help you land abetter job ina
company after school," McBride
said. "Business can relate to
everyone because when you're
out of school, business is every-
where."
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