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HOUSING
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all prepare food in front of stu-
dents, a different technique from
traditional cafeteria-style serving.
East Quad renovations are cur-
rently on-time and on-budget,
according to Housing officials. The
residence hall will be open in the
fall, at which time construction
efforts will shift to South Quad.
SOUTH QUAD TO BECOME
CENTER OF CENTRAL
CAMPUS DINING
The renovations for South
Quad residence hall will be simi-
lar to East Quad's, with a focus
on the dining experience. South
Quad will also have a Latin sta-
tion, an Asian micro-restaurant,
a grill and a smoker. It may also
include an all-day breakfast area.
Linda Newman, the director
of University Housing, said the
Residential Life Initiatives pro-
gram - which oversees the Resi-
dence Hall renovations - aims
not only to institute infrastruc-
tural upgrades within campus life
facilities, but also to improve their
environments for the sake of the
student experience.
However, Newman South
Quad's renovations will not be
extensive as the recent renova-
tions done to other buildings.
"South Quad is primarily a
dining renovation," Newman
said. "The principle work is on
the first and lower level. We are
not doing the extent of infra-
structure as we have the other
renovations, but we will be redo-
ing the bathrooms on all the resi-
dential floors."
Housing officials envision South
GRAD
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graduate from a professional
undergraduate degree like a
BBA and go into a very well-
paying position without need-
ing an MBA," Jackson said. "A
lot of that depends on wheth-
er or not you happen to be at
the right place at the right
time."
She added that master's
programs are a great way to
make a "career transition"
from one industry to anoth-
er.
Rackham student Leslie
Rott said graduate programs
are "heterogeneous," with
people of all different ages and
various level of experience in
the job market. Her reasons
for not taking a gap year after
her bachelor's degree to pur-
sue a graduate-level education
was the right choice for her,
she saw merit in doing other-
wise.
"Graduate school is a very
long process, so I think it
makes sense to take some
time off. But it just depends
on where you are in your life,"
Rott said.
Rott said it's also common
that Ph.D. students who realize
that they are not fit for doctor-
ates choose to take the masters-
degree track instead.
"I think that, regardless of
what you want to end up doing,
when you spend six to 10 years
SALON
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does it herself because saving
money is a priority for her. Pol-
ished charges about $35 for a
combined manicure and pedi-
Rackham student Emma
Kaufman rewarded herself a
nail treatment at Polished after
taking an exam. When she
attended the University as an
undergraduate, she said other
nail salons were inconsistent or
unreliable, which she said was
frustrating.
Kaufman added that she was
referred to Polished after visit-
ing The Wax Loft.
Enogineering senior All-
son Horn found out about Pol-
ished from a brochure that was
delivered to her sorority house.
She said she intends to use the
servicesadding that the. stores
on South University, including
Polished, Big House Tanning and
The Wax Loft, are a "one-stop
shop."
-Lisa Schlosberg
contributed reporting
Quad will become the hub of Cen-
tral Campus dining, Logan said.
"What willhappenwith diningis
reallythecreationofaCentralCam-
pus dining center," Logan said. "It
will be far more different than what
people associate with South Quad
now, and the micro-restaurant con-
cept is going to be taken to an even
more extensive level"
"It's actually going to be an
exciting change in terms of the
dining experience for not just
South Quad residents, but resi-
dents throughout Central Cam-
pus," Logan added.
The centralized aspect of the
dining hall would be similar to
that of the Hill Dining Center, the
main dining hall for all residents
in dorms on the Hill.
The new dining hall will seat
about 950 people, up from its cur-
rent capacity of about 600. The
Hill Dining Center seats 675.
Construction of South Quad is
set for this summer and will be
completed by the 2014 and 2015
school year.
WEST QUAD NEXT
FOR RENOVATIONS
At the Board of Regents meet-
ing on Thursday, University
Housing officials will also pro-
pose renovations for West Quad
residence hall that would begin in
summer 2014.
A major change proposed for
West Quad is the elimination of
the dining hall and kitchen space,
which would then be repurposed
into a variety of study spaces.
West Quad residents would
instead go to the newly construct-
ed South Quad dining hall for
their dining needs.
Another large task for the West
Quad renovations is addressing
in a Ph.D. program you have a
level of expertise and you have
proven that you can be com-
mitted to something," Rott
added. "I think that can be use-
ful regardless of what field you
want to go into."
At the same time, Rott
believes that master's students
have greater job flexibility due
to the nature of their curricu-
lum and the focus of their edu-
cation. Master's programs are
often accompanied with intern-
ships and field placements,
while Ph.D. students are taught
to market skills focused toward
academics.
"In a master's program you
have more freedom because you
can work for a job anywhere,"
Rott said. "With a Ph.D. there is
a level of expectation of the sort
of caliber job you are going to
get right away. "
62 percent of graduating
Ph.D. students from 2008 to
2012 went into university fac-
ulty and administrative posi-
tions or went on to complete
a post-doctoral fellowship,
according to the Rackham
website.
Twenty-three percent of
graduating Ph.D. students dur-
ing this time period went into
industry or non-profit posi-
tions. Jackson said this num-
ber will likely increase over the
years.
"There is a real need to create
career programming for those
Ph.D. students who are going
into industry positions," Jack-
problems with its layout, New-
man said.
"What we're hoping to accom-
plish is the complete infrastruc-
ture renovations," Newman said.
"We're hopefully going to be able
to address some of the navigation
issues around West Quad."
West Quad renovations would
complement some of the changes
at South Quad, such as an align-
ment of the entrances of the two
residence halls. South Quad will
only have one entrance on the east
side of building, compared with
its current two-entrance layout.
"The goals of the program
were to ensure that we had state-
of-the-art life safety programs,
to upgrade the infrastructure in
heritage facilities, to modernize
our dining facilities across cam-
pus, to introduce different styles
of living arrangements and to
design facilities that allow for bet-
ter connectionnbetween living and
learning," Newman said.
University Housing spokes-
man Peter Logan said physical
renovations to the residence
halls are long overdue.
"Essentially this is all part of
a multiple-year plan to revital-
ize and improve the living expe-
rience for Michigan students,"
Logan said. "Major changes to
the buildings have been deferred
for many, many years and now
we're catching up with that to
add another several generations
of life to buildings that are vital
to the campus experience."
Assessments and studies about
housing needs began in the 1990s,
but the momentum for major
renovations picked up when Uni-
versity President Mary Sue Cole-
man recognized residential living
improvements as one of her top
four priorities in 2002.
son said.
As graduate programs prove
to be a transition between for-
malized education and jobs,
in-school work experience
proves to be crucial for students
enrolled in graduate programs.
Jackson, as a part of her mas-
ter's program, was placed in
an internship at the University
Medical School. Such intern-
ships help solidify career goals,
she said.
"While you're getting the
theoretical aspect of the edu-
cation in the classroom, you
are also balancing that with
the practical experience you're
getting the in the field," Jack-
son noted. "I think that is the
strength of the program and
that was what helped me figure
out my career target."
For doctoral candidates at
the University; work experience
often comes in the form of being
graduate student instructors
or graduate student research
assistants.
Rott's current experience as a
GSI made her realize that such
work-study positions not only
help "spread the knowledge
gained in grad school" but also
realize whether or not Univer-
sity teaching is a feasible career
option.
"I think you learn how to
get up in front of people and
be comfortable talking, which
is something that you have in
potentially any job," Rott said.
"You know the resources that
universities have to offer."
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and that there was both real
and perceived stigma, which I
am sure adds to the many bar-
riers that students feel when
they are contemplating wheth-
er they should get help," she
said.
The numbers had increased
across the board since apoll con-
ducted in 2008, which surprised
Carbone.
Judith Banker, founder of
the Center for Eating Disor-
ders, also collaborated on the
construction of the survey and
said the results were relatively
consistent with her expecta-
tions.
"To some extent, we weren't
surprised because eating dis-
orders are a common problem
among young adults," Banker
said. "However, the largest
growing demographic strug-
gling with eating disorders is
men in the Business school,
which is relatively unexpect-
ed."
A current hypothesis involves
a correlation between the com-
petitive nature of students at the
University, which can predis-
pose a person to have tendencies
consistent with an eating disor-
der.
Banker said they plan to sur-
vey students at Michigan State
University sometime this year
and then compile the findings
into presentations intended for
campuses and clinics across the
country.
"These are only preliminary
findings right now, so we have to
conduct the survey several more
times before we can say anything
for sure," she said.
Though the survey revealed
that students are often reluctant
to seek help or discuss their bat-
tleswithbodyimagewith others,
there was no shortage of aware-
ness among students about their
prevalence.
LSA freshman Molly Potel
immediately said the numbers
didn't surprise her, because
eating disorders "are a college
thing."
"I feel like in college, every-
one's meeting new people -
especially living in the dorms
- and I feel like people think
they need to look their best and
are willing to do anything to do
that," Potel said.
Another main facet of the sur-
vey was the perceived availabil-
ity of healthy food on campus,
which Potel feels is largely an
issue for students working lateat
night.
"During the day, there's
healthy food in the dining halls
and places like that," Potel said.
"But when it gets really late at
night, you're looking for places
open late and ones that deliver,
and those tend not to be the
healthiest."
LEGEND
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money." Shortly after camp
began, his uncle . murdered
his aunt and then killed him-
self. To make matters worse,
his girlfriend was stabbed to
death outside of a roller rink in
Detroit.
This combination of trag-
edies further depressed Taylor
and he ended up homeless in
Detroit struggling with alco-
holism. He served two and a
half years in federal prison
after being charged with hav-
ing prior knowledge of a bank
robbery.
Michigan coach Bo Schem-
bechler helped Taylor earn a
master's degree from the Uni-
versity before he was released
from prison in 1977.
While still homeless in 1997,
Taylor said faith inspired him
to turn his life around. In May
2003, he earned his Doctor of
Education degree from the Uni-
versity of Nevada, Las Vegas.
In 2009 he opened a residen-
tial substance abuse treatment
facility in Detroit.
"This August 17 will be 16
years since I had a drink, drug
or cigarette." Taylor said.
Taylor tied his life experi-
ence to the theme of the con-
ference, and told attendees and
upcoming leaders how impor-
tant the connections and deci-
sions they make now are for
their futures.
The conference then split
up into small groups of 10 to
15 people to have more focused
discussions. Topics of conver-
sation included strategies for
resume writing, how to deal
with conflict in the workplace
and how to apply leadership
skills throughout the many fac-
ets of life.
One presentation given by
Amir Baghdadchi, the Univer-
sity Housing's assistant direc-
tor of communications, titled
"How to Sell Out: Shameless
Corporate Advertising and
the Art of Gaining an Unfair
Advantage," related product
ads to ways in which job appli-
cants should advertise them-
selves in their applications.
Baghdadchi cautioned job-
seekers that there's always
someone more qualified for any
given job, but there are always
ways to beat out the competi-
tion.
He suggested focusing on
a single strength rather than
listing a myriad of talents and
experiences.
"Resumes with more bul-
lets than have been fired in any
war" are not necessarily the
most effective in capturing an
employer's attention, Baghdad-
chi said.
LSA junior Tyler Mesman
said he attended the conference
in order to prepare for his job as
a residential adviser next year.
"I wanted to apply leader-
ship skills to my job as an RA
and my work in student govern-
ment," Mesman said.
Engineering freshman Aus-
tin Hamilton attended for simi-
lar reasons. He is also amember
of Stockwell Residence Hall's
program board, which spon-
sored the event.
"This is different than any
leadership conference (I've
been to), which I love," Hamil-
ton said.
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