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FORREST
From Page 1
Forrest said the 2009 federal
stimulus package and an increase
in University expenditures of its
own funds have made this growth
in research funding possible, a
process funded in part by tuition
rate increases.
"This is the place that has the
infrastructure," he said. "That is
why we remain extremely com-
petitive."
He added that a key strength
of the University research com-
munity is its ability to develop
research projects that utilize
the resources of many depart-
ments at the University. Forrest
said these major interdisciplin-
ary research projects, including
a $152-million project partner-
ing with NASA to improve its
satellite system and a venture on
transforming mobility through
re-examining our transportation
system, were key to the Univer-
sity's future in research.
"We see this (innovation) as a
nucleus of the next Silicon Val-
ley," Forrest said.
In an interview on Friday,
University Provost Phil Hanlon
echoed Forrest, saying that cuts
in research funding would affect
each portion of the university dif-
MEDICAID
From Page 1
Care of Act has had a polar-
izing effect on partisanship.
Despite Republican opposition,
six Republican governors have
accepted the Medicaid expan-
sion. He attributed this coop-
eration to Latino populations in
DIVERSITY
From Page 1
sity's proactive measures, Car-
son added that it could always
do more.
"We would be foolish not
to (do more to) confront this
problem, but we would be also
foolish not to applaud current
University efforts," Carson
said.
Many Senate Assembly mem-
bers also raised concerns that
the University is not muster-
ing all available resources to
increase diversity.
This concern was echoed by
University Provost Philip Han-
lon in a Jan. 28 Senate Assembly

ferently.
"There are certainly areas of
the University where sponsored
research funding is a larger piece
of the operating budget," Hanlon
said. "You might say that they're
the ones that are most at risk, but
they're also the ones that ben-
efited the most when the (various
research) budgets doubled."
He added that despite the prob-
able decline in overall funding,
the University would make its
case to federal officials that the
University deserved more of the
funding for basic research.
"We certainly will work as
hard as we possibly can to make
the case for U of M research to be
an ever-growing part of the fed-
eral pie, so that's one way that we
can react to the shrinking federal
budget is to improve our percent-
age of funding that comes our
way," Hanlon said.
One way the University has
tried to offset declines in federal
funding are partnerships with
private industry. While these
partnerships have provided
crucial funding for some com-
mercially-viable projects, they
are also more targeted and less
focused on basic research. .
"It's a small part (but) I think
it's a very important part because
industry collaborations can often
bring interesting things to the

table that you don't get through
federal research funding," Han-
lon said. "I think for example
(private industry partnerships
provide) internships and oppor-
tunities for students to work in an
actual industry environment and
be recognized for potential future
jobs."
Engineering Prof. Rachel Gold-
man said with the delicate federal
funding situation, the College
of Engineering was being more
conservative in its fall-semester
admission process for graduate
students.
Goldman added that a decrease
in federal funding would affect
her own research lab - in which
he employs 10 graduate students
in addition to other staff - at the
University.
"(It's) not insignificant, but it
wouldn't shut down my research
program," Goldman said.
Dentistry Prof. Graham Hol-
land said he was happy with the
manner in which the University
was addressing the decline in fed-
eral fuhding considering all of the
recent economic difficulties.
"I would have great confidence
in the University," Holland said.
"It has done very well in very dif-
ficult circumstances."
-Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer
Calfas contributed to this report.

REDESIGN
From Page 1
in South Quad Residence Hall.
This is the third residence hall
to be approved for improvement
as a part of the Residential Life
Initiative, which works to update
facilities and programs on cam-
pus associated with living in the
University's residential commu-
nities.
With the board's approval,
Integrated Design Solutions
LLC will design the project and
present the schematic design for
approval once complete.
BOARD TO APPROVE
SOUTH QUAD SCHEMATIC
PLAN
The board is also set to con-
sider the schematic design for
the upcoming South Quad reno-
vations created by the Smith-
GroupJJR, as requested by
Slottow and Harper.
At the Sept. 2012 meeting, the
board approved the project and
the appointment of the archi-
tecture firm. At an estimated
cost of $60 million - funded by
housing resources - the proj-
ect will renovate approximately
106,700 square feet of space on
the ground floor and first floor of
the residence hall.
The renovation will expand
student dining facilities, update
bathrooms throughout the
building and create new spaces
- including group study spac-
es, music practice rooms and
refurbished lounges - to "revi-
talize the residence hall and
create much-needed spaces for
student interaction and commu-
nity development," Slottow and
Harper wrote in a communica-

tion with the regents.
New infrastructure, plumb-
ing, heating and fire detection
systems will also be added to the
renovated areas.
The process is expected to
create 131 on-site construction
jobs and is expected to be com-
plete in the summer of 2014.
REGENTS TO VOTE ON
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
TRANSFER TO VARSITY
DRIVE BUILDING
Pending approval at Thurs-
day's meeting, planning will
begin to transfer dry museum
research collections from several
buildings on Central Campus
to the off-campus Varsity Drive
building, which will undergo
extensive renovations.
In addition to the transfer of
dry collections, the project will
also relocate related lab spaces
and select offices of the anthro-
pology,.paleontology and zool-
ogy departments to the new
space as well. These resources
are currently located in the
Ruthven Museums Building, the
Campus Safety Services Build-
ing and the C.C. Little Science
Building.
The Varsity Drive building,
which is currently a warehouse,
is located off of East Ellsworth
Road between State Street and
Stone School Road. It borders
Interstate 94.
The resulting changes are
expected to make administra-
tion of the collections more effi-
cient by locating them with the
wet specimen collections already
stored in the Varsity Drive build-
ing. The move will also create
40 new Central Campus parking
spaces.
The project will renovate

71,000 square feet of the Varsity
Drive building for an estimated
cost of $27.5 million, funded by
LSA. The improvements will
include temperature and humid-
ity controls to protect the collec-
tions, as well as architectural,
mechanical and electrical work
to repurpose the space.
If approved, architectural
firm SmithGroupJJR will be
contracted for the project and
will create 63 on-site construc-
tion jobs.
In the recommendation, Slot-
tow wrote that design will begin
immediately and the construc-
tion schedule will be released
when he seeks approval of the
schematic design at a future
meeting.
SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
RENOVATIONS TO BE
VOTED ON
The regents will also seek
approval of the schematic design
proposed for renovations made
to the basement and first floor of
the College of Pharmacy build-
ing. The construction, scheduled
to be completed by this fall, will
cost about $2.6 million and fund-
ing will come from the school's
budget.
The 12,000 square-foot proj-
ect, which was approved at the
Nov. 2012 meeting, aims to create
smaller offices and build a small
lobby entrance with the extra
space. The project is also slated
to improve the main entrance,
"to address accessibility issues
and provide for a more welcom-
ing entry," Slottow wrote.
-Daily Staff Reporters
Jennifer Calfas and Sam Gringlas
contributed to this report.

southwestern states that rely on
the federal grant program for
assistance.
Michigan and Ohio have also
signed on despite both having
Republican majorities. Thomp-
son believes that the 10 most
populous states in the nation,
especially Georgia, Florida and
Texas, will dictate the success of
the program.
Students in attendance were
meeting, when he said the Uni-
versity has hired a marketing
director to correct the popular
perception that students from
lower-income families couldn't
afford to attend the University.
"We are not getting the mes-
sage across," Hanlon said.
Engineering Prof. Kimberlee
Kearfott, the chair of SACUA,
said there is a lot of work to do
regarding diversity initiatives
in the long term.
"It is not a matter of how
much money we are spending,
it is a matter of focusing on our
goals," Kearfott said. "There
is plenty of room for increased
communication."
E.J. Westlake, an associ-
ate professor in the School of

curious about the sustainability
of the program in the future.One
member of the audience asked
if shifting demographics, espe-
cially the population of aging
baby boomers and potential
inefficiencies made the program
worth continuing.
"(In) cutting it, there really
will be a price to pay," Thompson
responded.
Music, Theatre & Dance, said
her classes have been directly
affected by a lack of diversity
in her class on American dra-
mas. She said a lack of diversity
among students makes for a
narrower variety of viewpoints.
"We need to have students
who come from different socio-
economic backgrounds, differ-
ent racial backgrounds in order
for us to have a real discussion
about what is really going on in
this country," Westlake said.
Westlake added that any ini-
tiative to increase diversity has
to be spearheaded by the Uni-
versity's executive officers.
"The upper level of admin-
istration really need to be the
ones who drive this."

Jerry Buss, Lakers'
famed owner, dies at 80,

ABORTION
From Page 1
Dingell said she feels the leg-
islation passed in the lame-duck
session is moving backwards
from the progress made with
Roe v. Wade in 1973.
"No man has the right to tell
me what I am going to do with
my body," Dingell said. "What
you've seen in the legislature -
women not being allowed to say
words that men say all the time;
having men try to tell women
what they can do with their
bodies; what kind of access to
healthcare they are going to have
- is quite frankly unacceptable."
Ratzloff said there is even
more legislation in the works
that aims to limit women's repro-
ductive rights.
"(This legislation) made Mich-
igan, unfortunately, a national
embarrassment in terms of
health care and the way that we
view women," Ratzloff said.
Ratzloff said she hopes newly
elected legislators will send the
message that women's health-care
rights are an important issue. She
believes it is necessary for citizens

to speak up against these issues
and enact a change, but also that
the first-step in that change was
switching out legislators.
Goldman said a common mis-
conception surrounding abor-
tions is that the doctors who
perform them are bad people
who don't care about their
patients.
"What if I'm a physician
who has a conscience that says
I should do abortions?" Gold-
man said. "Why shouldn't I be
allowed to do that? Why should
conscience laws just say if there's
something you don't want to do,
you don't have to do it?"
Goldman recognized that
some people view unborn fetuses
as people, and, therefore, abor-
tions as harming another person.
To support his claim, Gold-
man told the story of a woman
who was willing to have a Cesar-
ean section and risk her life in
favor of her baby's if the doc-
tors waited until the fetus was
28 weeks old. The doctors per-
formed the surgery at 24 weeks,
and both baby and mother died,
he said.
"Ultimately, what the court of
appeals said is that we can't put
the rights of the unborn over the

rights of the already born," Gold-
man said.
Dingell said the most inipor-
tant aspect overall is that women
have access to health care for
anything they might need, such
as breast exams.
"In this country, every person
should have access to quality,
affordable healthcare," Dingell
said. i'I think it's a right."
LSA sophomore Jacob Light,
chair of the University's chap-
ter of the ACLU, said attention
to these issues is of particular
importance given the December
legislation and upcoming debates
over similar issues.
LSA sophomore Carly Manes,
president of Students for Choice,
said her goal is to educate stu-
dents on what is really going on in
the legislature and how it affects
them personally.
"Students don't realize the
implications of legislation that
goes on in Michigan," Manes said.
"It's seen as a very far away, far-
reaching concept, but it's not. A
lot of us are students who are still
on our parents' insurance plans,
but once we're not, we don't have
insurance covering our birth con-
trol - we don'thave insurance for
our abortions. That's an issue."

Had a background
in science, went on
to build basketball
team's empire
(AP) - Jerry Buss built a glit-
tering life at the intersection of
sports and Hollywood.
After growing up in poverty
in Wyoming, he earned suc-
cess in academia, aerospace and
real estate before discovering
his favorite vocation when he
bought the Los Angeles Lakers
in 1979. While Buss wrote the
checks and fostered partner-
ships with two generations of
basketball greats, the Lakers
won 10 NBA titles and became a
glamorous global brand.
With a scientist's analytical
skills, a playboy's flair, a busi-
nessman's money-making savvy
and a die-hard hoops fan's heart,
Buss fashioned the Lakers into a
remarkable sports entity. They
became a nightly happening,
often defined by just one word
coined by Buss: Showtime.
"His impact is felt worldwide,"
said Kobe Bryant, who has spent
nearly half his life working for
Buss.
Buss, who shepherded his
NBA team from the Showtime
dynasty of the 1980s to the cur-
rent Bryant era while becoming
one of the most important and
successful owners in pro sports,
died Monday. He was 80.
"Think about the impact that
he's had on the game and the
decisions he's made, and the
brand of basketball he brought
here with Showtime and the
impact that had on the sport as
a whole," Bryant said a few days
ago. "Those vibrations were felt
to a kid all the way in Italy who
was 6years old,before basketball
was even global."
Under Buss' leadership, the
star-studded, trophy-winning
Lakers became Southern Cali-
fornia's most beloved sports
franchise and a signature cul-
tural representation of Los
Angeles. Buss acquired, nur-
tured and befriended a stag-
gering array of talented players
and basketball minds during
his Hall of Fame tenure, from
Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar and James Worthy to
Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and
Dwight Howard.
Few owners in sports his-
tory can approach Buss' accom-
plishments with the Lakers,

who made the NBA Finals 16
times during his nearly 34 years
in charge, winning 10 titles
between 1980 and 2010. What-
ever the Lakers did under Buss'
watch, they did it big - with
marquee players, eye-popping
style and a relentless pursuit of
success with little regard to its
financial cost.
"His incredible commitment
and desire to build a champi-
onship-caliber team that could
sustain success over a long peri-
od of time has beenunmatched,"
said Jerry West, Buss' long-
time general manager and now
a consultant with the Golden
State Warriors. "With all of his
achievements, Jerry was with-
out a doubt one of the mosthum-
ble men I've ever been around.
His vision was second to none;
he wanted an NBA franchise
brand that represented the very
best and went to every extreme
to accomplish his goals."
Buss died at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Ange-
les, said Bob Steiner, his assis-
tant and longtime friend. Buss
had been hospitalized for most
of the past 18 months while
undergoing cancer treatment,
but the cause of death was kid-
ney failure, Steiner said.
"When someone as celebrat-
ed and charismatic as Jerry
Buss dies, we are reminded of
two things," said Abdul-Jab-
bar, the leading scorer in NBA
history. "First, just how much
one person with vision and
strength of will can accom-
plish. Second, how fragile
each of us is, regardless of how
powerful we were. Those two
things combine to inspire us to
reach for the stars, but also to
remain with our feet firmly on
the ground among our loved
ones. ... The man may be gone,
but he has made us all better
people for knowing him."
With his condition worsen-
ing in recent months, several
prominent former Lakers vis-
ited Buss to say goodbye. Even
rivals such as Dallas Mavericks
owner Mark Cuban and Clip-
pers owner Donald Sterling
hailed the passion and bonho-
mie of the former chemist and
mathematician who lived his
own Hollywood dream.
"He was a great man and an
incredible friend," Johnson
tweeted.
Buss always referred to the
Lakers as his extended family,
and his players rewarded his
fanlike excitement with devo-

tion, friendship and two hands
full of championship rings.
Working with front-office
executives West, Bill Sharman
and Mitch Kupehak, Buss spent
lavishly to win his titles despite
lacking a huge personal for-
tune, often running the NBA's
highest payroll while also pay-
ing high-profile coaches Pat
Riley and Phil Jackson.
"Jerry Buss was more than
just an owner. He was one of
the great innovators that any
sport has ever encountered,"
Riley said. "He was a true
visionary, and it was obvious
with the Lakers in the 80's that
'Showtime' was more than just
Magic Johnson and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar. It was really the
vision of a man who saw some-
thing that connected with a
community."
Ownership of the Lakers is
now in a trust controlled by
Buss' six children, who all have
worked for the Lakers in vari-
ous capacities for several years.
With 1,786 victories, the Lakers
easily are the NBA's winningest
franchise since he bought the
club, which is now run largely
by Jim Buss and Jeanie Buss.
"We not only have lost our
cherished father, but a beloved
man of our community and a
person respected by the world
basketball community," the
Buss family said in a statement
issued by the Lakers.
"It was our father's often-
stated desire and expectation
that the Lakers remain in the
Buss family. The Lakers have
been our lives as well, and we
will honor his wish and do
everything in our power to con-
tinue his unparalleled legacy."
Johnson and fellow Hall of
Famers Abdul-Jabbar and Wor-
thy formed lifelong bonds with
Buss during the Lakers' run to
five titles in nine years in the
1980s, when the Lakers earned
a reputation as basketball's
most exciting team with their
flamboyant Showtime repartee.
The buzz extended through-
out the Forum, where Buss
turned the Lakers' games into
a must-see event. He used the
Laker Girls, a brass band and
promotions to keep Lakers fans
interested during all four quar-
ters. Courtside seats, priced at
$15 when he bought the Lak-
ers, became the hottest tickets
in Hollywood - and they still
are, with fixture Jack Nichol-
son and many other celebrities
attending every home game.

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