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UM ABROAD
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tion."
Mott said a marketing prior-
ity for the program is providing
information to University pro-
grams related to studying abroad,
as well as to clubs that have an
interest in trips abroad - specifi-
cally the International Institute,
the International Center and the
Center for Global and Intercul-
tural Study.
"If students are going abroad
to take classes or to do research
or for an internship, this is some-
thing that they're doing in addi-
BIG HOUSE
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"We desire a mutually grati-
fying experience, transparency
regarding how funds are being
handled, strong management
structureand the opportunity to
be a true partner in aspects rang-
ing from operations, scheduling
and risk management," Ablauf
said. "We believe there is a better
way to activate Michigan Stadi-
um for a race of this magnitude,
one that includes greater poten-
tial to raise money for charities
who were involved with CFC."
Champions for Charity is
legally a for-profit limited liabil-
ity company, though Highfield
said a majority of the money goes
to various charities and is used to
pay a small staff, with a minimal
surplus.
"It's a small little mom-and-
pop kind of business," Highfield
said.
Champions for Charity has
raised more than $3.5 million
over six years, with the help
of more than 1,000 volunteers,
Michigan athletic teams and
administrators, such as Univer-
sity Provost Philip Hanlon and
Timothy Slottow, the Universi-
ty's chief financial officer. Regis-
trants pay a fee ranging from $32
to $39, along with a $3.25 pro-
cessing charge to enter, and por-
tions of the proceeds go to C.S.
Mott Children's Hospital, the
University's Program for Neu-
rology Research and Discovery,
and University's Cardiovascular
Center.
Registrants can also choose to
pledge extra donations to a char-
ity of their choice. Highfield said
alumni even fly in to Ann Arbor
for the event, and many run in
the memory of deceased family
DIPLOMAT
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by the U.S. government and cur-
rently governs the Gaza Strip is
reliant on the prevention of the
rearmament of Hamas.
"If we succeed, the ceasefire
will be longer," Gilad said. "If we
should not succeed, unfortunately
the ceasefire will be short."
Gilad went on to say that
though there are many problems
plaguing peace agreements, he
believes stronger Palestinian
leadership will ultimately lead
to a two-state solution in which
the nations can each make con-
cessions for the greater good.
He added that the recent move
by the United Nations to recog-
nize Palestine as a non-member
observer state was not helpful in
these negotiations from Israel's
perspective.
"I strongly believe that this
(two-state solution) ... can be
achieved, should be achieved,
but again, the answer to achiev-
ing this is in Ramallah, not in
this political circus at the United
Nations," Gilad said, referring to
the current administrative capi,
tion to that to really bring U of M
with them on their trip," she said.
While the program is only
funded for the Winter 2013 semes-
ter, Parikh said its success or fail-
ure could determine whether or
not it becomes institutionalized.
Mott, who helped create the
program as a CSG intern, is reflec-
tive of the success of the newly
revived CSG interns program.
Parikh said in years past there
had been an intern program with
what was then called the Michi-
gan Student Assembly.
"I think the emphasis of the
(former) interns program - if
there was one and whatever
capacity it was - was to get
members.
Champions for Charity pays
the Athletic Department to rent
the stadium. In the event's first
year in 2006, Highfield said it
paid about $2,500 to the depart-
ment, then run by former athlet-
ic director Bill Martin. This year,
the department quoted a fig-
ure of $15,800 to rent the space
before it was cancelled.
Highfield acknowledged the
role the Athletic Department has
played in the event.
"We know the extraordinary
race finish has always been
dependent on UM Athletics
allowing access to the stadium,"
she wrote in the e-mail to sup-
porters. "Priorities do change
with administration changes."
This week, the Athletic
Department announced a part-
-nership with Special Olyp-
mics Michigan, though Ablauf
said the deal did not affect the
department's relationship with
Champions for Charity.
"That's just one of many rela-
tionships that we have or plan
to have in the future with other
organizations," Ablauf said of
the Special Olympics. "I think
people are making alot out of our
relationship with Special Olym-
pics right now as the reason, and
they're a great organization, one
that we want to be involved with,
but it's not the overriding reason
why we we've made this deci-
sion."
Ablauf also noted that Michi-
gan Stadium will still be avail-
able for other charitable events,
and that the department will
continue to work with local non-
profit groups that have benefited
from the race.
Until the Friday meeting,
Highfield said Champions for
Charity received no indica-
tion the race would not go on as
tal of the Palestinian National
Authority in the West Bank.
Gilad also responded to the
recent decision by Israel to con-
struct 3,000 homes in West Bank
settlements and East Jerusa-
lem - a decision that has led to
criticism from the United States
and formal protests from sev-
eral European nations. Gilad said
Israel has no intention of moving
back to the 1967 border estab-
lished when Israel captured the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank
from Jordan and Egypt during
the Six-Day War.
"I think the problem is that
while there is aswish and aswill to
go for the two-state solution that
will eventually be a very signifi-
cant Israeli pull-back from Gaza
and from the West Bank," Gilad
said. "No Israeli prime minister
is willing to take the chance that
they will stay in the settlements
and something bad will happen."
At the end of the discussion,
Gilad said any possible agree-
ments reached between the
parties will have to be formed
through respect or fear.
LSA junior Molly Rosen - the
vice speaker of the Central Stu-
dent Government Assembly and
interns to do manual things, cof-
fee, print things," Parikh said.
"This interns program is like
grooming and blooming things on
campus."
Mott said she has not fetched
a single cup of coffee as an intern
and that she doesn't see that hap-
pening in the future.
"I think being an intern
involves a lot of things. Yes, there
are the practical kinds of menial
tasks that you have to do," she
said. "(Parikh) and the rest of the
executive board really want (the
interns) to learn skills ... the skills
ofthinking ofbigideas and reach-
ing out to the organizations on
campus."
planned. On Nov. 20, Champi-
ons for Charity sent an e-mail
to its committee heads stating
that they had agreed on a tenta-
tive date of April 14, but that date
could not be formally announced
until they received final approval
from the Athletic Department.
Highfield said she thought
"the reason for the meeting on
Friday was to get a final go-
ahead." Instead, she met for a
short time with Chrissi Rawak,
the senior associate athletic
director for development and
Rob Rademacher, the associate
athletic director of facilities and
operations, who informed her of
the cancellation, she said. They
said the decision came after a
six-to-12-month examination of
the Athletic Department's chari-
table endeavors, which sought to
streamline those efforts, accord-
ing to Highfield.
"I'm not saying I don't believe
it," Highfield said. "I believe
that. It's just, what I said to them
was I can't imagine anything
more charitable than this event.
And they said that's just not the
direction we decided to go."
Champions for Charity is cur-
rently exploring holding the
event away from Michigan Stadi-
um, calling it the Big Heart run.
Volunteers and registrants have
reacted to the cancellation with
confusion.
"I think we're all just not get-
ting it," said Carole Dubritsky,
assistant director of the Uni-
versity's Office of Institutional
Equality, who has volunteered
for the run. "I guess some of
us who were volunteering
don't understand how one race,
when Champions for Charity
says they're willing to pay for
everything like the rental of the
stadium, ... why it's such a big
deal."
president ofI-LEAD, a pro-Israe-
li group on campus - said Gilad
offered an optimistic view of the
future between the two feuding
parties, which is much different
from what she believes the media
tends to portray.
"It's always good to hear the
facts from the person who's
working with it first-hand,"
Rosen said.
LSA sophomore Michelle
Freed seconded Rosen's senti-
ments, adding that people can
get conflicting information from
many different sources today
and that all of the information
can be easily misconstrued.
"It's really nice to hear from
someone who's really involved in
the political happenings," Freed
said. "Having somebody who's
really knowledgeable and being
able to ask and answer questions
is really beneficial."
LSA junior Andrew Lieber-
man said he attended because he
wanted to see what such a high-.
ranking Jewish official would
say about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
"I really enjoyed whathe had to
say, his insight," Lieberman said.
"He's a really incredible source."
ANNIVERSARY
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said.
"The fact that we have been
able to keep the women's hospi-
tal in the children's hospital, that
doesn't happen a lot," Dickinson
said. "Most places, if you are a sick
mom or a healthy mom with a sick
baby, you are cared for in two dif-
ferent buildings and there needs
to be a transfer after delivery and
that doesn't need to happen."
The building has a 12-story
inpatient wing and a 9-story
outpatient wing that includes 16
operating rooms, two interven-
tional radiology rooms, a pediat-
ric emergency room and a Ronald
McDonald house facility. There
are 348 private rooms equipped
with food orderingecapabilities, as
well as Internet and movies.
"The biggest change has been
individual private rooms with
space dedicated for a family mem-
ber," Dickinson said. "It provides
a comfortable place to sleep and
there is not another baby waking
them up across the room."
He added that the flat screen
televisions in patient rooms have
been popular among patients and
PROVOST
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very long time, but I'm obviously
working on it and it's very impor-
tant for the University, and I will
try to do it with all due speed,"
Coleman said. "He will be here
though until the end of this next
semester, so there's time."
Coleman added: "Every search
is really unique and one of the
things I have been proud about
at the University is that we are
developing leaders all the time."
The next provost will likely
face a perennially difficultbudget
situation and lead the University
in deciding the role of informa-
tion technology in the classroom,
among a variety of other issues,
Coleman said.
"This whole issue of how tech-
nology is both enriching experi-
ences, the experience of students
their families and create a more
welcoming environment for new
parents.
"Kids and parents enjoy the on-
demand movies on the big, flat-
panel TV screens in the rooms,"
Dickinson said. "Even the neo-
natal intensive care unit has big
screen TVs. ESPN is the number
one viewed (channel). You see
dads more engaged in care as well
as moms."
Richard Ohye, the head of
the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Division, said the new building
has had a significant impact on
patient care.
"We built the whole hospi-
tal with them in mind and it has
made a really big difference for
our patients and their families,"
Ohye said. "From a day-to-day
operating standpoint it hasn't
changed all that much, but it's
made a huge difference for my
program overall and my patients."
One successful program
housed in the new facility is the
C.S. Mott's Pediatrics Cardiol-
ogy and Heart Surgery Division,
ranked fourth by U.S. News and
World Report on the magazine's
2013 best hospitals list.
"Overall, it's been really suc-
cessful as far as from my pro-
and the challenges it brings,"
Coleman said. "There are continu-
ing challenges of affordability and
the investments we make in the
University thatkeep us atthe front
ranks and all of those are going to
be continuing challenges."
Dean of Libraries Paul Cou-
rant, who served as provost
between 2002 and 2005, said in
a January 2010 interview that
there is no "norm" for searching
for a University provost.
"Not uncommonly, a presi-
dent will look around, consult
with some people and make an
appointment of somebody who
is here and ready to do the job,"
Courant said.
Coleman echoed that senti-
ment Monday, noting that each
search is unique and there is no
standard operating procedure in
the case of finding a new provost.
"I think that we just consider
each situation independently and
gram, pediatric cardiovascular
surgery," Ohye said. "The abil-
ity to all be together in one area,
both the surgeons and the cardi-
ologists, (has) been really great in
helping patient care for difficult,
complex cases or talking about
research and education."
While the state-of-the-art
bedrooms entice patients, the
building's architecture is envi-
ronmentally friendly and features
reduced carbon dioxide emis-
sions, efficient toilets, rainwater
storage for site irrigation and a
LEED Silver certification.
Dickinson said the one-year
anniversary is intended to cel-
ebrate successful patient care in
the new building, which facili-
tates medical breakthroughs and
miracles on a daily basis.
"Almost every day here there
is a 'wow moment' where we do
something really remarkable for
a child or a mom that just doesn't
happen everywhere around
the 'country," Dickinson said.
"We tend to take it for granted
because we have a lot of really
great doctors, nurses and other
staff that work here every day to
make that happen. I'm just very
happy and proud to be part of
that."
we'll see what happens," Cole-
man said.
Courant also cited the vice pro-
vost as a candidate that naturally
transitions into provost either at
the University or another school.
The current vice provost is Mar-
thaPollack, who has also served as
Deanofthe School of Information.
"It's not uncommon for people
to roll from that position to a pro-
vost position here or elsewhere,"
Courant said.
Beside the search for the inter-
im provost, Coleman and Hanlon
are also overseeing the search
committees for replacemhent deans
for the College of LSA, the School
of Dentistry, the Law School and
the Libraries. Coleman said the
Law School search is the farthest
along, but added it is unlikely that
she will announce her choice at
the December meeting of the Uni-
versity's Board of-Regents which
is scheduled for December-13.
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