The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 30, 1986 -Page 13 Duderstadt misses student contact (continued from Page ii pose of exchanging profound elec- student opinion. His reputation in the "HE WAS ALWAYS willing to give "His experience, background, and decisions during Duderstadt's tenure tronic messages with the squadron of college is pretty high," said Marc, you an ear, but he didn't always personality suggest that he will be as dean. associate deans." Chapo, president of the Engineering agree. He was brutally honest," he comfortable dealing with state "He's an autocrat," said one Duderstadt, who sometimes comes Council, the college's student gover- said. legislators. We think that will be a engineering professor, who asked to to work between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., nment. One of Duderstadt's closest plus," said Richard Kennedy, remain anonymous. "He should be laughs when asked about Cumninou's CHAPO AND OTHER students associates has been Mechanical University vice president for Gover- more open to hearing other people, newsletter. point out that Duderstadt arranged Engineering Prof. Charles Vest, who nment Relations. more receptive to influences from "I think she enjoys it. People find it three meetings each term with replaced him as dean on an interim other sources." amusing. I find it amusing, and that's Engineering Council representatives basis. Vest acknowledges Duder- "IT GIVES our presentation of PERHAPS the most outspoken fine," he says. "She's using satire to and leaders from various engineering stadt's blunt style, but discounts needs to the state a good deal more critic of Duderstadt is Mechanical raise her concerns." honor societies anyone who calls him an autocrat. credibility since we've got an Engineering Prof. Maria Cumninou. LSA JUNIOR Jen Faigel, who The meetings, which covered "Jim is blunt. He gets to the poiint, acknowledged expert in these areas," Cumninou has been publishing a currently serves with Duderstadt on everything from donut sales on North and he lets you know exactly where he Kennedy adds. satirical newsletter mocking the for- the University Budget Priorities Campus to parking at the new stands," Vest says. "He's capable of mer dean's "authoritarian" methods. Committee, describes his presence of engineering building, show that analyzing and thinking issues through Duderstadt will tackle these The newsletter called the "The the committee as overbearing. Duderstadt "is definitely concerned much quicker than most people. Some problems with an appetite for News from the College of "He seems to be really trying to for the engineering students and how people react to this by assuming he's working long hours that amazes his Manageering' characterizes Duder- manipulate the decisions toward what they feel about things," according to not thinking things through. But he colleagues. stadt as "Dean Van Mer he wants," Faigel said. "He hushes Chapo. is-he's just doing it faster." "He tends to work at a speed about Markustadt," and satirizes what the for his arguments and doesn't listen "He's got his opinions and he's Duderstadt's greatest challenge in two-fold above everybody else," says author awoare-ntly sees as excessis; to other arguments. determined about them, but he's his new position will be formulating Elaine Harden, an assistant to the demands onf