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DEAN
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a short time before the official
announcement early Wednesday
afternoon.
"I've been here - with a few
visits back and forth to Japan -
my entire academic career," West
said. "I'm completely shaped by
this place, and to be able to be a
part of the, continued shaping of
it, is a real honor."
West said the University has
not only fostered his research, but
has also shifted his career focus.
"This is a place that fosters all
kinds of scholarship. I thought I
was a law and economics person,
but I've wound up reaching out to
all sorts of different fields," West
said. "It's a true interdisciplin-
ary place that's really shaped my
work."
West said he would like to
use his time as dean to increase
opportunities for the study of
international law and to fund-
raise for scholarships and fellow-
ships.
"You cannot be a first rate law
school without engaging with
the world," West said. "Even the
people who might think they are
domestic (focused) also have very
strong international interests and
backgrounds in teaching."
He acknowledged that law
schools across the nation face
decliningnumbers of applications
overall, but said the first rate sta-
tus of the University Law School
- ranked 10th by U.S. News and
World Report - buffered it some-
what from the economic dol-
drums.
TECH
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This year, NextGen started a
shared service in the University
administration; next year the ini-
tiative will work with the differ-
ent schools and colleges to develop
specific IT infrastructures.
"The IT work that stays in the
schools and colleges is' directly
focused on supporting the fac-
ulty and supporting teaching and
learning," Patterson said. "Those
schools and colleges will be run-
ning that special software, but
everyone will be using the shared
infrastructure to drive down
costs."
University Provost Philip Han-
Ion, who helped approve th Next-
Gen program, said in an interview
thathe hopes piecesofthe Univer-
sity's $3 million IT budget will be
used more efficiently as a result of
the program.
He added that even if the new
services cause the department to
be under budget, the department
will not see cuts in the amount of
spending it is allowed.
Instead, money will be
invested in new projects, such as
research computing and learning
technologies, Hanlon said. "The
actual spending will go up, but it
will be less than it would be oth-
erwise." -
Hanlon cited an integrated
server system for the entire cam-
pus as one of the chief ways that
the University intends to reduce
costs in the future. Previously,
units and entities within the Uni-
versity ran their own server sys-
tems, each equipped to meet peak
demand. However, since peak
demand for each system doesn't
come at the same time, Hanlon
said it's more economical to cre-
ate one large server system for all
"We already have a good loan
repayment program, but I would
like us to have a fantastic pro-
gram," West said. "I want stu-
dents to be able to walk in the
front door here and not think, 'ah,
now the rat race begins.' I want
them to think, 'I've made it. I'm
off the treadmill."'
"The market is tight. There's
challenges. I don't want to quote
Coach (Brady) Hoke too much,
but this is Michigan for God's
sake," West said.
Evan Caminker, current dean
of the Law School, will conclude
his 10-year tenure on Aug. 31.
During his deanship, Camink-
er expanded the Law School
through the addition of the South
Hall academic building, Aikens
Commons and the Kirkland &
Ellis Cafe. Renovations are ongo-
ing in the Lawyer's Club and in
Hutchins Hall.
West praised Caminker's lead-
ership in buileting development
during the economic recession.
He added that the connections
Caminker has made with alumni
will be valuable in the future but
graduates have a connection with
the Law School itself, not a par-
ticular dean.
"Mark West will be an out-
standing new dean for the Law
School," Caminker said in a state-
ment. "I'm confident he has the
leadership skills and vision neces-
sary to maintain and enhance the
school's greatness and reputation
in the years ahead."
In an interview Wednes-
day with The Michigan Daily,
Caminker praised West's perfor-
mance as associate dean and said
he would have some familiarity
with the top job once he assumes
it later this year.
"I think that over a number
of generations and a number of
deans, the Law School has built a
special culture," Caminker said.
"It is my fervent hope and expec-
tation that Mark will maintain
it and continue to enhance that
reputation and reality."
Caminker added that he looks
forward to seeing what West can
achieve in adding international
opportunities for law students.
Law School Prof. Ellen Katz,
who chaired the law dean search
committee, said in astatement
West's experience and expertise
made him a good candidate for
the position of dean.
"I am delighted that Mark
West will be the next dean of
the Law School.,He is a first-rate
scholar, widely acclaimed for his
creative, interdisciplinary and
comparative scholarship, and an
accomplished administrator with
energy, enthusiasm and a compre-
hensive and far-reaching vision
for the future of our school," Katz
said.
West's son is a sophomore in
the School of Music, Theatre &
Dance, and his daughter is an LSA
freshman.
University spokesman Rick
Fitzgerald said West's salary as
dean will be $425,000 per year.
Caminker's most recent salary
was $470,000.
West will start his post Sept.
1, 2013, pending approval by the
Board of the Regents. Their next
meeting is Feb. 21.
-Daily News Editor Peter Shahin
contributed to this report.
BAND
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my dream to be in the Michigan
Marching Band, and he helped
make that a reality," Salander
said. "I'll never forget how one
day he asked people to switch
from trumpet to horn and when
I volunteered he helped me and
supported me with that. The
very first day he already knew
my name."
Music,Theatre&Dance senior
Eric Szkarlat, who plays the pic-
colo, reflected on the impact of
Boerma's leadership on his past
four seasons with the band.
"All that I can possibly say is,
how lucky Western is to have
him. We were very luckyto have
him, and undoubtedly they'll be
successful," Szkarlat said. "He's
wanted this for a long time, but
basically every music program
he touches turns to gold."
The effects of Boerma's influ-
ence are not only evident in the
words of seasoned veterans, but
also in responses from freshmen
who spent only one season with
him. Many regarded Boerma as
caring, attentive and a motivat-
ing force within the program.
"He was always there to
make sure we were on task, and
I quickly learned a lot," LSA
freshman Sam Wallace said.
Wallace added that even in
one season, he was impacted by
Boerma.
"He was very popular with
everyone within the band, and
people had a lot of respect for
him," Wallace said. "He was
fantastic at arranging 'music,
but, more importantly, had the
power to inspire and motivate
people to push themselves to
always do their best."
Engineering freshman Mon-
ica Walker echoed Wallace's
sentiments, saying that work-
ing under Boerma's leadership
aided in not only her musical
progress, but also in her overall
college experience.
"As a freshman, he really
helped me transition into col-
lege," Walker said. "He came up
to me on the first day and said,
'Hello, Monica. I'm glad you're
here; it's nice to meet you,' and it
was really cool - like he already
knew my name. I'll miss him
terribly, but this is his dream
job and nobody deserves it more
than him."
units and entities.
"It sounds like it's a major
capital expense that you wouldn't
otherwise have, but remember
that all across the University peo-
ple are replacing their servers all
the time," Hanlon said.
He added that the-University
contracted with Accenture, a
large technology consulting firm,
to determine where best to target
cost savings and improve effi-
ciency.
According to both Patterson
and Hanlon, there will also be
staffing changes in the IT depart-
ment to enhance savings and
adjust to new changes.'
"It would be a wonderful thing
if we were able to achieve these
savings and have no firings at all,"
Patterson said.
Hanlon noted that the Uni-
versity will try to achieve staff
reductions through - attrition
rather than layoffs.
Patterson added that there will
be an impact on the workforce
in order to change some jobs to
focus on new technologies.
"We don't want to be running
as much of the commodities," Pat-
terson said. "... We want to invest
more in those technologies that
make Michigan a great univer-
sity so that students and faculties
come here knowing that there is
top-notch technology available for
them."
Previously, the NextGen initia-
tive focused on changing the Uni-
versity's e-mail, which included a
group of 47 different e-mail ser-
vices. For this project, NextGen
collaborated with Google for a
10-year contract that started in
October 201.
According to Patterson,
160,000 accounts now exist under
the University's Google space. Stu-
dents and faculty are able to use
Google products like Calendar,
Hangout and Drive for classes,,
student organizations and other
necessities.
Patterson added Google's
mobile capabilities made it
increasingly attractive for stu-
dents used to checking other ser-
vices and email on-the-go.
However, the transition to
Google-based products has not
been seamless. ITC is working
with Google to improve the acces-
sibility of screen readers - a soft-
ware application that identifies
what is displayed on the screen
- since current versions do not
work well with Google services
right now. Last October, Patterson
addressed leaders of the Central
Student Government and Rack-
ham Student Government, noti-
fying them that Google was not
meeting the University's accessi-
bility standards.
Patterson said Google will be
developing its own screen readers
to solve the problem.
NextGen also coordinated
M+Box - a partnership with
online storage company Box
allows for safe and easy file shar-
ing. Along with the University
of California, Berkeley; Indiana
University; Cornell University;
University Notre Dame; Univer-
sity of Illinois and Carnegie Melon
University, the University started
using Box to allow students and
faculty to share files with each
other while still given protection
by authorizing files.
As the ITC continues to make
more changes, Patterson said ulti-
mately they hope to move to next
generation technologies to accom-
modate student and faculty use of
mobile devices.
-Daily News Editor Peter
Shahin contributed to this report.
BRAIN
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relieved to have an explanation
for his decline in health.
"He was happy to have an
answer about falling apart from
the inside out," Carolin said.
After a surgery that drained
the fluids around his tumor,
she said her son returned to his
old self, but with a renowned
zeal to improve the world.
Using funds from the Make-
A-Wish Foundation, he donat-
ed $5,000 toward the United
Nations Foundation, which his
mother said inspired future
donations from other sources.
In August 2009, Carolin
learned that the treatments
were not working and he was
expected to survive only for
two to six months.
Carolin, passed away in
January 2010, but a choice he
made shortly after learning his
illness was terminal has given
hope to other children suffer-
ing from similar conditions:
He was the first pediatric can-
cer patient at the University to
donate his brain for research.
Officials at the University
of Michigan Health System
say his gift has inspired fur-
ther contributions and ongoing
research on pediatric tumors.
AATA
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advertisement.
After revising its policy and
revisiting the advertisement
earlier this month, the AATA
upheld its decision not to run
it. Again, noting it ridiculed an
individual or group and was in
violation of their advertising
standards.
"We felt like the ad was
demeaning and offensive of a
certain group and was outside
our standards as the AATA,"
AATA Chairman Charles
Griffith said in an interview.
"We reserve the right to reject
advertisements that are out-
side our standards and stand
by our decision."
Griffith clarified that the
reasons for banning the adver-
tisement are still "valid" with-
in the AATA's new policy and
does not expect the AATA to
change their views on this
matter. He added that a simi-
lar case in the sixth district
court recently ruled in favor of
Hervey-Jumper said brain
donations at UMHS were
extremely rare before Carolin
donated his. Since his dona-
tion, Hervey said about eight
patients, including children
and adults, have donated their
brains to research through a
program inspired by Carolin.
Hervey-Jumper said the
influx of donations has
expanded research opportu-
nities at the University. The
results of research on some of
the brains will be submitted in
the next month, while others
will be published in the coming
several years.
Hervey-Jumper said the
projects are investigating how
tumor cells invade normal
brain tissue and better-target-
ed therapies for glioblastoma.
"It's all about new treat-
ment," Hervey-Jumper said.
"How does it grow? The reason
that a malignant brain tumor is
difficult to treat is that tumor
cells are already invasive andr
you can't just whack an entire
half of a brain. If you can stop
cancer cells from migrating
and growing, you can better
treat those cells and lower the
rate of recurrence."
Garton said whole brain
donations like Carolin's allow
researchers to study cell popu-
lations that have traveled from
a company denying an individ-
ual's advertisement in a similar
conflict.
However, Daniel Korobkin, a
lawyer with the American Civil
Liberties Union - which is rep-
resenting Coleman - said that
the AATA reasoning continues
to deny the advertisement was
deemed unconstitutional by the
court.
Though time has passed in
this process, Korobkin and his
client maintain that the adver-
tisement is still politically rel-
evant.
Korobkin, who spoke on his
client's behalf, said Coleman's
first amendment rights have
been infringed upon.
the tumor.
"Cells that are a long way
away from the center are good
at traveling," Garton said.
"Those are the ones that are
often responsible for recur-
rences. What's different about
a glial cell that's travelled away
from the tumor mass? If you
can answer that question that
offers a whole new avenue of
treatment."
Prof. Karin Muraszko, chair
of the Department of Neurosur-
gery at the University, wrote in
an e-mail interview that many
patients decided to give their
brains once they learned of the
need for donations.
"The brain donation pro-
gram came about through the
generosity of our patients,"
Muraszko wrote. "As more
of patients asked about the
research we were doing and
the challenges we faced, more
patients and their families
began to offer to donate."
Muraszko praised Carolin's
selflessness in the months
before his death and his con-
sideration of other patients.
"His legacy lives on not
only in his tumor specimen
and brain donation," Murasz-
ko wrote, "but in providing
us with an example of cour-
age, caring and out-of-the-box
thinking."
Korobkin said if the court
orders the AATA to permit the
advertisement, he anticipates
cooperation, though there is
the possibility of appeal. He
also added that the decision
to change their policy skirts
"the real issue," which is the
infringement of Coleman's
constitutional right to free
speech.
"There hasn't been a final
resolution," Korobkin said.
"We got them to change their
policy, so that was certainly
a victory for the first amend-
ment, but now we need a reme-
dy, which we obviously believe
is running the ad."
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