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NEWS BRIEFS
SUTTONS BAY, Mich.
FBI raids multiple
sites in potential
chemical searches
Dozens of federal agents with
help from, Michigan authori-
ties have raided two sites in the
northern Lower Peninsula, tak-
ingprecautions for possible expo-
sure to hazardous chemicals.
The Leelanau County sheriff's
department says about 60 federal
agents are participating in the
investigation, which led to raids
Friday in Suttons Bay and Leela-
nau Township.
Sheriff Mike Borkovich says in
a Web posting that "other search-
es are being conducted related to
the case in other states."
He didn't identify those states,
but the Houston Chronicle says
the Michigan raids are linked to
searches in Houston and Bryan,
Texas, at property owned by
Houston art expert Cicely E.
Horton and her husband Andrew
E. Schneck.
SALT LAKE CITY
Mormon leader
defends stance vs.
same-sex marriage
More states and nations may
legalize same-sex marriage, but
human laws cannot "make moral
what God has declared immoral,"
a top Mormon leader said Sunday.
Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, in an
address at the Mormon church's
biannual general conference in
Salt Lake City, said the faith's
stance against same-sex mar-
riage might be misunderstood or
prompt accusations of bigotry.
But he urged members to
remember that their first pri-
ority is to serve God, and The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints' policies are based on
God's decrees, The Salt Lake Tri-
bune reported.
RAPID CITY, S.D.
Snow melt turns
* Black Hills into
soggy mess
Residents in the Black Hills
were navigating through a slop-
py mess Sunday after warmer
temperatures began melting
record-setting snowfall, leav-
ing standing water on plowed
roads rather than making its way
through drainage systems.
Law enforcement officials
shifted their focus to recovery
after having caught up with a
backlog of emergency calls from
the weekend storm that dumped
4 feet of snow near Deadwood
and 3.5 feet near Lead. No fatali-
ties were reported as a result of
the bad weather.
"We're even Steven. We don't
have 911 calls holding at this
point," Rapid City-Pennington
County emergency manager

Dustin Willett said Sunday.
"Most of our life safety missions
have been completed and as we
start out today, it's going to move
to snow removal, debris removal
and power restoration."
POTISKUM, NIGERIA
US, Russia set to
talk at summit
The U.S. and Russia are set to
hold their first high-level talks
since sealing a deal to secure and
destroy Syria's chemical weap-
ons and the onset of an apparent
warming between Iran and the
West.
U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry and Russian Foreign Minis-
ter Sergey Lavrov planned to meet
Monday to discuss both issues
on the sidelines of an economic
summit in Indonesia. They will
be comparing notes on progress
made since they negotiated the
Syria agreement last month.
International disarmament
inspectors began work Sunday to
destroy Syria's estimated 1,000-
ton stockpile of chemical weap-
ons. They're working against a
Nov. 1 deadline set by the U.N.
last month to destroy the Assad
government's capability to pro-
duce the weapons.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports

of its passage, Coleman gave a
PFmINGdramatic address on the Diag
From Page lA promising the University would
remain committed to diversity.
state tuition increased by 60 per- Despite alternative efforts to
cent. For out-of-state students, boost minority enrollment, Pol-
the nine-year trend of increases lack said the University has seen
added up to55 percent. . a decline in racial and ethnic
In a presentation given at the diversity.
April Board of Regents meet- Even in the last four years,
ing, Pollack listed declining state between fall 2008 and fall 2012,
funding - comparable to 1964 the number of black undergradu-
levels when adjusted for inflation ates has decreased. According to
- as the major reason for tuition University enrollment data, male
increases. African American undergradu-
Despite aggressive cost con- ates decreased by 27 percent and
tainment measures over the last females by 38.5 percent between
decade, increasing costs ina few those years.
major areas have also played a , The outcome of Schuette v.
role in tuition increases. Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Additionally, the University Action could weigh on the next
has increased its commitment to president's challenge in expand-
financial aid, further adding to ing access.
the necessity of tuition increas- "I think part of our excel-
es. As the only public institution lence comes from our long com-
in Michigan to meet 100 percent mitment to diversity, so I think
of financial need for in-state stu- we need to continue to focus on
dents, the University is also one that," Pollack said.
of the top three Association of Pollack also said the Univer-
American Universities institu- sity has seen slow but steady
tions in terms of the amount of progress on socio-economic
institutional aid provided. diversity for in-state students,
However, these issues are not but not as much for out-of-state
completely new. When Coleman students, another challenge she
arrived in Ann Arbor in August hopes increased financial aid
2002, she articulated similar can address.
challenges in an interview with
the Daily. Changing face of higher
"Michigan has taken a stance, education
and I have certainly admired it
from afar, that it wants to be a The University's new leader
really great University," Cole- will also guide the debate on vir-
man said in 2002. "And that tual classrooms, as universities
has been driving the tuition and colleges increasingly change
increase. We always have to be platforms for the delivery of
careful though. We always have instruction and student engage-
to be aware of the. issues that ment.
students face, and their fami- "We are undergoing a real
lies face. We don't want to make transformation in how teach-
Michigan a place that only the ing occurs and will occur in the
wealthy can attend." future at large research univer-
However, Coleman could not sities and it will be driven, in
predict the economic recession part, by technology," Smith, the
that occured during her term. AAU vice president, said.
Despite efforts to increase finan- Much of the challenge has
cial aid and contain costs, the emerged with the advent of
downturn accentuated issues of MOOCs, or massive open online
affordability and propelled them courses, designed to provide
into the next decade. higher education to students
Though the University has without the university price.
kept tuition increases slightly The University has partnered
lower than the national AAU with Coursera, a MOOC pro-
average over the past decade, vider, and, as of July, offers nine
students at the presidential online courses.
searchforums consistentlyartic- Regents and administrators
ulated that the cost of attending also discussed MOOCs when
the University is too high. they visited California last win-
"The way the University got ter to meet with administrators
through a lot of (the decline in from the University of California
state funding), quite frankly, system, as well as an executive
was by increasing tuition," from Google.
McDonald, the former LSA dean "Universities all ,over the
said. "So the national conversa- country are engaged in this
tion now that universities are too debate," Pollack said. "I think it's
expensive and tuition increases a good thing. I actually welcome
are too high ironically is setting the discussion. I think we will
up a situation where the next look different, but I don't think
president is going to be work- we are going away. I don't see
ing in an area of constrained the University of Michigan edu-
resources." cation being replaced by a set of
For the 2013-14 academic year, online modules."
tuition increased by the lowest "I think it's a real mistake
amount in 29 years - just a little to think that an education is a
more than 1 percent series of courses and a course
But simultaneously, the is a series of lectures," Pollack
University was attempting to said. "I think that demonstrat-
increase financial aid, an effort ing and clearly articulating
that was partially funded by what that value is and also mea-
development efforts. suring the accountability of
If tuition increases level off learning outcomes is becoming
to maintain affordability, the a big issue."
University will be forced to cope Though the University has
with decreased revenues. increased focus on exploring

"The national controversy new experiential and global
over the increasing cost of learning initiatives, McDonald
higher education is also going said the debate over higher edu-
to have a downward effect on cation's format will move "front
revenue from the University," and center" over the next decade
McDonald said. "How to main- and the next presidency.
tain quality and opportunity
and variety of experiences for Flemingin transition
students, at a time when the
tuition increases will be quite But apart from tangible chal-
low, will be a challenge for the lenges, the new president's
next president." most arduous challenge may
And'as college costs increase, be respecting Coleman's legacy
Matt Chingos, a fellow at Brook- while crafting his or her own
ings' Brown Center for Educa- long-term plan for the institu-
tion Policy, said presidents must tion.
also ensure continuing quality. "That's not an easy task and
"It's important for leaders of a misstep can cause a president
institutions to think about how great amounts of problems "
it is they're going to provide a Smith said.
better education to all of their He said any new president
students," Chingos said. must balance their own vision


vost. Sullivan had been appoint-
ed to the position in 2010.
The Board of Visitors said
Sullivan had lost the mandate
of the board, as she failed to
aggressively pursue MOOCs and
a more business-centered model
of higher education. Sullivan
was later reinstated in the face
of outcry from faculty and stu-
dents, a public embarrassment
for the University of Virginia's
governingboard.
Smith said a presidential
transition also requires balanc-
ing relationships. He said new
presidents have an initial "hon-
eymoon" period as they begin
building rapport with students,
faculty, regents, lawmakers and
donors.
E. Royster Harper, vice presi-
dent for student life and one of
the University's most veteran
administrators, helped Cole-
man transition into office back
in 2002. Harper said the admin-
istrative team, including deans
and other executive officers, are
charged with moving the Uni-
versity forward as the new presi-
dent adjusts.
"People who are really good at
what they do -.and I think the
leadership team here is really
good - know how to keep going
while you recalibrate," Harper
said. "It's kind of like you keep
your eye on the horizon where
you're tryingto go, realizingthat
what comes up on the horizon
changes and so then you adjust
as that happens."
Coleman advised incoming
freshman - newcomers to Mich-
igan like herself - to be flexible.
"Don't come in with blind-
ers on," Coleman 'said. "Don't
start out thinking that you know
exactly what you want to do.
Take a little sideway step every
once in a while."
University administrators and
higher education experts have
echoed Coleman's suggestion;
not for wide-eyed freshman,
per se, but for the next president
who fills the second-floor office
Coleman will leave behind.
Welcoming a new leader
When that new leader
arrives in Ann Arbor, he or she
will probably give an inaugura-
tion speech. Former University
Provost Phil Hanlon delivered
his last month when he became
president of Dartmouth Col-
lege while Coleman stood at his
side.
Coleman delivered her inau-
gural speech during a formal
ceremony in Crisler Arena in
March 2003. In a photo on the
front page of the Daily the next
morning, Coleman is seen beam-
ing at the crowd in a black robe
and cap.
Beside the expected compo-
nents of an inaugural speech
- among them the embrace of
public higher-education insti-
tutions and allusions to former
University presidents whose
names now grace campus build-
ings such as Tappan, Angell and
Fleming - Coleman lingered for
a moment on the Sankofa bird,
the species from Ghana that
moves forward with its head
turned backward.
The species is typically asso-

ciated with a proverb: "Look to
your roots in order to reclaim
your future."
"The glory of the University
of Michigan resides in its ability.
to reinvent itself continually, to
cherish its roots while inventing
the future," Coleman said.
Only a few months into her
term, Coleman recognized the
challenge of the presidency. She
knew she needed to balance
vision and future hurdles with
the insight and tradition of the
Wolverines who came before
her.
Whoever the University's 14th
president is, he or she will need

APPHOTO
Egyptian security forces and civilians detain a supporter of ousted Egyptian
President.Mohammed Mors near Ramsis Square, Cairo, Egypt. Deadly
clashes left tens dead and scores injured as rival crowds of supporters of the
military and backers of Morsi poured into streets around the country Sunday
Syria begins
U.N. sanctioned
chemical weapons
destruction
Inspectors given ties that created it. Damascus
nine months to developed its chemical pro-
gram in the 1980s and 1990s,
ensure comlete building an arsenal that is
believed to contain mustard
disarmament gas and the nerve agents sarin
VX and tabun.
The production and storage
BEIRUT (AP) - Interna- facilities are understood to be
tional disarmament experts scattered around the country.
on Sunday began dismantling The OPCW-U.N. advance
and destroying Syria's chemi- team arrived last week to lay
cal weapons arsenal and the the foundations for a broad-
equipment used to produce it, er operation of nearly 100
taking the first concrete step inspectors. Those already in
in their colossal task of elimi- Syria have been double-check-
nating the country's chemical ing the Assad regime's initial
stockpile by mid-2014, an offi- disclosure of what weapons
cial said. and chemical precursors it has
The inspectors from the and where they are located.
Organization for the Prohi- Members of the team are
bition of Chemical Weap- planning visits to every loca-
ons have about nine months tion where chemicals or weap-
to purge President Bashar ons are stored - from trucks
Assad's regime of its chemi- loaded with munitions up to
cal program. The mission, full-on production sites.
endorsed by the U.N. Secu- Inspectors can use any
rity Council, faces the tight- means to destroy equipment,
est deadline in the watchdog including crude techniques
group's history and must like taking sledgehammers to
simultaneously navigate Syr- control panels or drivingtanks
ia's bloody civil war. over empty-vats. But the sec-
Sunday marked the fifth ond phase - destroying bat-
day that an advance team of tIe-ready weapons - is more
around 20 inspectors have difficult, time-consuming
been in the country and the and eipensive. It can be done
first day that involved actu- by incinerating materials in
ally disabling and destroying sealed furnaces at ultra-high
weapons and machinery, an temperatures or by transform-
official on the joint OPCW- ing precursor chemicals or
U.N. mission said. diluting them with water.
The team oversaw Syr- . It's an arduous task in the
ian personnel who used cut- best of times, and Syria offers
ting torches and disc saws to anything but an easy work
destroy and disable a range environment.
of items, including missile The civil war has laid
warheads, aerial bombs, and waste to the country's cities,
mixing and filling equip- shattered its economy, killed
ment, the OPCW said in a around 100,000 people and
statement. driven more than 2 million
The Syrians are responsible people to seek shelter abroad.
for the actual physical demo- Another nearly 5 million
lition of the materials, while people have been displaced
OPCW inspectors monitor within the country, which has
the process and verify what become a patchwork of rebel-
is being destroyed, the official held and regime-held terri-
said. He declined to provide tory.
details or say where the work Underscoring the physical
took place. The official spoke perils the inspectors face, four
on condition of anonymity mortar shells landed Sunday
because of the sensitivity of in the Christian quarter - of
the matter. al-Qasaa, killing at least eight
This is just the beginning people, according to Syria's
of a complicated process to state news agency. It was
eliminate Syria's estimated unclear whether any OPCW
1,000-ton chemical weap- experts were close to the
ons stockpile and the facili- explosions.

Diversity on campus
Within a year of taking
office, Coleman confronted
two U.S. Supreme Court cases
that challenged the Univer-
sity's use of race as a factor in
admissions.
The next president will like-
ly face the repercussions of
another case appearing before
the Court this fall - Schuette v.
Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Action. That case is challeng-
ing a 2006 ballot initiative that
banned the use of affirmative
action in Michigan. In the wake

with the opinions of the Uni-
versity community.
"You need to both listen,
have an idea in your mind o
where you would like to go,
but also listen and be willing to
shift and make sure you don'
get yourself crosswise," Smith
said. "A vision at all costs, par-
ticularly at large public institu-
tions, can sometimes get you i
trouble."
Earlier this year at the Uni-
versity of Virginia, the Board o
Visitors, the institution's gov-
erning body, ousted then-pres-
ident Teresa Sullivan, a forme
University of Michigan pro-

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