P iC4toan 4,3al IV O I .-III.,:'I)RI I)-r1J i4 l 1J, I 1~ P1 I~ I Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, March 13, 2013 michigandaily.com LET'S TALK RACE MARLENE LACASSE/Daily Former NPR host Michele Norris discusses her Race Card Project with students on Tuesday on the Diag. The project asks for a six-word statement about thoughts on race and ethnicity. NATIONAL RANKINGS Grad schools ranked hig CAMPUS EVENTS Ben Folds to perform for charity Singer-songwriter Hospital. This year earnings will be used to set up a need- to headline based scholarship endow- ment fund. MUSIC Matters "The members of MUSIC Matter felt strongly that this concert at Hill was an opportunity for current students to help ensure that the By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR next generation of college stu- Daily StaffReporter dent could (attain a degree)," Schermer said. "We wanted to On April 11, Ben Folds won't continue to keep college afford- be "Rocking the Suburbs." able and have cost not be a rea- Instead, Ann Arbor will rock as son not to attend" the singer-songwriter performs In February, Central Student at Hill Auditorium. Government passed a resolu- MUSIC Matters, the group tion that allocated $10,000 of bringing Folds to campus, its winter budget to MUSIC formed in 2011 to bring popu- Matters; also agreeing that the lar artists to campus and raise concert would be treated as a money for charitiable services CSG-sponsored event. in Ann Arbor. As a result, a committee of LSA junior Philip Scherm- seven to 10 CSG representa- er, president of the MUSIC tives was brought together Matters, said they decided to help choose the artist that Folds would be the best can- would perform at the venue didate to perform at the Uni- and aid in the planning of versity because of the folk SpringFest, a gathering of stu- artist's philanthropy and dent organizations before the popularity among the student concert. body. LSA Junior Arielle Zupmore, In 2011, MUSIC Matters a CSG representative and orga- invited J. Cole to perform, nizer for MUSIC Matters, said donating concert proceeds one goal when selecting the art- to the C.S. Mott Children's See FOLDS, Page 3A List names School of Social Work as best in nation By IAN DILLINGHAM DailyStaffReporter The University's various graduate programs have once again received high marks in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Rankings, a widely-read pub- lication. The University's Medical, Law and Education Schools all moved up one spot in overall rankings from last year and improved in several specialty areas. The Engi- neering and Business Schools both moved down a rank, but stayed in the top 15 in their respective categories. The Ross School of Busi- ness graduate programs moved down from 13th to 14th, shar- ing the position with the University of California, Los Angeles. Harvard University and Stanford University tied for first place in the business school category. The University ranked first in higher-education administra- tion and second in secondary- teacher education. The School of Social Work was also ranked number one in the nation, tying for first with Washington Uni- versity in St. Louis. The School of Information achieved strong rankings with the information systems and archives and preservation pro- grams rating number one in their divisions. Within engineering special- ties, the University ranked sec- ond in both nuclear engineering and industrial manufacturing and systems engineering. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University is pleased with the rankings, but cautioned that students should rely on other factors as well when choosing the univer- See RANKED, Page 3A ADMINISTRATION * 'U' to launch fourth capital * campaign Follows successful 2004 to 2008 fundraising effort By PETER SHAHIN Daily News Editor As state support for the Uni- versity continues to decline as an overall portion of the Uni- versity's budget, campus lead- ers are gearing up for the next major fundraising push. In an interview with The Michigan Daily last month, University President Mary Sue Coleman said the to-be-named fundraising campaign would launch in November of this year with no definite end date decided yet. The University has not yet released a target goal or some of the exact projects that they hope to finance through the multi-billion dollar effort. However, the general theme of the campaign will shift significantly from the brick- and-mortar focus of previous fundraisingdrives. "This particular campaign will be focused more than the last campaign was on people and programs and less focused on buildings, though there will be some buildings, I'm sure, because some of our donors are interested in helping us solve some of our problems with buildings and facilities. It will be a combination," Coleman said. "From our standpoint, we really do want this financial aid piece to be dominant in the campaign." The University has had three capital campaigns since 1981. The capital campaign of the last decade, the Michigan Dif- ference, ran from 2004 to 2008 and raised $3.2 billion for the University. Funds were used in large part to renovate or add to the University's physical foot- print through the construction of 22 new campus buildings, including the Ross School of Business, the Ford School of Public Policy's Weill Hall, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hos- pital. The Michigan Difference also supported the creation of 185 new professorships and See CAMPAIGN, Page 3A TRANSPORTATION Blue Buses involved in multiple crashes on Monday Administrator says abundance of accidents 'unusual' By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily StaffReporter The wheels on the Blue Buses went round and round Monday - straight into trou- ble. Three University buses were involved in accidents Monday, a figure that Keith Johnson, associate director of transportation operations, said is very unusual. Two of the accidents reportedly resulted in victim injuries. While Johnson didn't have specific statistics, he said even one incident a week would be considered too fre- quent. Johnson added that per University protocol, all three accidents are still under inves- tigation separately. See BUSES, Page 3A ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily Engineering freshman Reuben Wong teaches elementary students how to break dance as part of K-day on Tuesday. Elementary students join pen pals on ca-mpus tour K-Day lets children see what it's like to be a Wolverine By ARIANA ASSAF Daily StaffReporter For a University student, the phrase, "I want to live here for ever and ever" isn't typi- cally the first to come to mind when dining in South Quad Residence Hall. However, on Tuesday afternoon, those were the exact words that came out of a very excited fifth grader's mouth. K-grams, also known as Kids Programs, is a student- led organization that helps build relationships between college students and elemen- tary-school students. Tuesday, the University's chapter held its second K-day of the year, bringing about 60 fifth graders from Willow Run Elementary School in Ypsilanti to the Uni- versity campus. The first K-day of the academic year was held during the fall semester. K-day is intended to give elementary school students an See PALS, Page 3A WE ATHER HI41 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 ore-mail TOMORROW LO: 29 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM LGBTQ Spring Pride Week MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS INDEX Vol. CXXIII, No.81 02013 The Michigan Dally michioondoilycom NEWS......... ....2A SPORTS..............7A OPINIO N .....................4A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A ARTS.......................... 5A STATEM ENT ................. 1B u'i' FW , & lth, ' h l }t t :_% , ; el 'N itr-r.. ref ;. aa- x,- .. . .' ^.- . - 0