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RECOVERING FROM SANDY
Students,
alums aid
Sandy relief
MCKENZIE BEREZIN/Daily
University President Mary Sue Coleman speaks at the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting on Monday.
Dean searches narrowing
Hanlon: 'U to members of the Senate Advi- five or six candidates each he their search committees, not-
sory Committee on University said, and will now undergo ing that the first step involves
choose new LSA, Affairs Monday. interviews before advancing asking the faculty of the school
Hanlon said during the lead to the next step. Hanlon noted for possible committee mem-
Law and Library faculty body's weekly meet- that all three searches include bers. After a list of committee
a ing that the search for the next University faculty members as candidates is formed, Hanlon
ueans soon Law School dean has been nar- potential candidates. then chooses a search commit-
rowed down to three finalists, Hanlon announced in a tee chair and members of the
ByAUSTEN HUFFORD and it will now be up to himself March meeting that Dean of selection group.
DailyStaffReporter and University President Mary Libraries Paul Courant, Law According to Hanlon, the
Sue Coleman to make a sugges- School Dean Evan Camink- University seeks to establish
The searches for the next tion to the University's Board of er and LSA Dean Terrence search committees representa-
deans of LSA, the Law School Regents for the final selection. McDonald would resign in the tive of the campus community
and the University Library are Candidates for the next deans next two years. and are generally composed
all nearing an end, University of LSA and the Library have Hanlon explained the pro- of a particular school's faculty
Provost Philip Hanlon told been narrowed down to about cess of selecting deans and See DEAN, Page 7
University
community aids
recovery in New
York, New Jersey
By FARONE RASHEED
For the Daily
As the effects of Superstorm
Sandy continue to resonate
across the East Coast, the Uni-
versity community has continued
to take an active role in the relief
?ffort.
The impactof the storm on the
University students and alumni is
pervasive, as many students are
from New York and New Jersey,
two of the states most affected by
the storm. The largest percent-
age of out-of-state students hails
from New York. There are 1,515
students from the Empire State,
and 1,053 students from New Jer-
sey.
Though many students and
faculty were safely residing
in Michigan at the time of the
storm, its impact was still pres-
ent miles away.
Kenneth McElwain, a Japa-
nese studies and political science
professor, said though the storm
did not affect him, it did impact
his wife, who lives in the Murray
Hill neighborhood of midtown
Manhattan.
"My wife spent the week at a
friend's place in the Upper West
side, as the apartment's power
was out for about a week," McEl-
wain explained. "She worked
from the friend's apartment, as
the subways were out and taxis
were impossible to find (due to
lack of gasoline)."
Engineering sophomore
Gulam Islam, an 18-year resi-
dent of Jackson Heights, Queens,
explained that though his neigh-
borhood was one of the lesser-
affected areas of the city, the
news from home was astonishing
nonetheless.
"I've never seen New York
shut down - it's the city that
never sleeps," Islam said.
He noted that even upon his
return home for Thanksgiv-
ing break, the subway system
was not yet at full capacity and
was still running on an adjusted
schedule.
The U of M Club of New
York, a chapter of the Alumni
Association of the University of
Michigan, which serves one of
the largest alumni groups in the
See SANDY, Page 7
CAMPUS LIFE
RC adapts to
life in W. Quad
FINAL COUNTDOWN
Students, faculty
make difficult
adjustment away
from East Quad
By STEPHANIE DILWORTH
For theDaily
The students of the Univer-
sity's Residential College are
homesick - not for their home-
towns, but for East Quad Resi-
dence Hall.
As the first semester of hous-
ing the RC in West Quad Resi-
dence Hall comes to a close,
many students, staff and fac-
ulty members of the program
expressed negative feelings
towards their temporary home
for the year. The move was a
result of renovations to East
Quad, slated to be complete by
September 2013.
RC students typically live
and attend classes in East Quad
as part of the two-year living-
learning community require-
ment. This year their temporary
home is shared with a variety of
other students such as Wolver-
ine athletes, Michigan Commu-
nity Scholars Program students
and other LSA students.
Charlie Murphy, a RC stu-
dent services assistant, said he
believes East Quad was more
convenient for the learning
community, and more likely to
build communitytthan their cur-
rent home.
"It's easier to build communi-
ty when faculty, students, class-
rooms-and facilities are all in the
same place," Murphy said. "The
amount of contact that students
are going to have with faculty
and staff members is substan-
tially greater in East Quad. I'll
be very happy to get everybody
under one roof again."
' Elissa Bell Bayraktar, a RC
French language and literature
lecturer, said she feels the equip-
ment in East Quad was not up to
date and needed to be replaced,
adding that she is enthusiastic
about the new technology that
will be available next fall.
"It was kind of dark in the
basement and the carpet was
old," Bayraktar said. "Things
were getting run down. I'm
looking forward to better
equipped classrooms and to my
understanding the new East
Quad will have all kinds of new
equipment."
According to Robin Goldberg,
the RC student affairs coordina-
tor, East Quad's extensive reno-
vations include new technology
in all classrooms, updates in stu-
dent' rooms and a redesigned
dining hall. Additionally, the
art studios will be updated, staff
See RC, Page 7
STUDENT GOV'T
UMEC
elections
start
today
All Engineering
Council slots
uncontested
ByAMRUTHA
SIVAKUMAR
For theDaily
Starting today, Engi-
neering students will
have the opportunity to
elect 10 executive board
members to the Universi-
ty of Michigan Engineer-
ing Council to serve them
in the coming year.
Engineering senior
Ryan Roberts, the cur-
rent president of the
Engineering Council,
emphasized the impor-
tance of the election, and
explained that the council
responsible for allocating
funds for student orga-
nizations and events, as
well as "enacting positive
changes" for engineering
students and students of
other colleges on campus.
Last year, UMEC
passed a resolution to
produce zero waste at
the Big House. Along
See UMEC, Page 7
Art and Design sophomore Jorge Maldonado works on his final piece in the fibers studio on Monday.
'U' wins organ donor battle
OS
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fir
U victorious in against Ohio State in the annual
organ donor challenge.
lood Battle for The University came in vic-
torious with 112,780 signed
rst time in five donors, compared to Ohio State's
68,397, according to a University
years press release. The Wolverine-
Buckeye Challenge for Life
By JEN CALFAS started Sept. land ended at mid-
Daily StaffReporter night on Thanksgiving Day.
However, the University
ile some students were came up short in the 31st annual
ing the football team's two-week Blood Battle contest,
is Saturday, others were with Ohio State's 2,402 pints
ating the University's win topping the University's 2,232,
the first time the University has
lost in five years.
Wolverines For Life - an
organization devoted to encour-
aging students, faculty and oth-
ers to donate organs,- tissues,
eyes, blood and bone marrow -
created the two challenges. The
group works with the University
Health System, Michigan Ath-
letics and other groups such as
Alpha Phi Omega, American Red
Cross, Gift of Life Michigan, the
Michigan Eye-Bank and the Be
See DONOR, Page 7
Wh
mourn
loss th
celebr,
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