Wednesday, May 3, 1995 - The Michigan Daily -3
'U' adds public
policy institute
as 18th school

treets were blockaded by signs as hundreds of women marched through Ann Arbor during the march.
1,000 march to'Take Back
he Night,' women

By Ronnie Glassberg
Daily Editor In Chief
The University has added the Insti-
tute of Public Policy Studies as its 18th
school, making it the first new degree-
granting unit since 1974.
The change, approved by the Univer-
sity Board of Regents at its April meet-
ing, will form the School of Public
Policy, effective
July 1. IPPS Di-
rector Edward It makes
Gramlich will
serve as dean of recruit, and
the new school. es a gre
"It's something
they have heen to the degr
working toward for
some years," said -Reg(
Provost and Execu-
tive Vice President
for Academic Affairs Gilbert R. Whitaker
Jr. "I think they finally decided they wanted
to move ahead with it."
Established its1968, the institute
trains students interested in public ser-
vice careers.
Whitaker said the University has been
treating IPPS as a separate unit for the past
five years. He said, with the change, the
school will have more control and iden-
tity. "It will help them to be more visible
in the national arena," he said.
Over the past years, IPPS has func-
tioned like a school, receiving its budget
directly from the provost. It has its own
degree programs, admits its own stu-
dents, and its director reports directly to
the provost.

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The institute offers a master's of pub-
lic policy, a two-year degree, with about
75 students commencing each year. It
also offers a one-year master's of public
administration and a doctoral program,
with about two students enrolled in each.
Gramnlich said the move will have a
positive impact on the institute.
"The main benefit to present students
is that it's sort of
an indication that
it easier to the University is
more serious about
i p by public policy,"
Cter status Gramlich said.
We ye been
gradually growing
oer and gettiitg stron-
t PhilpPower ger throughout our
flA mnArbor lifetimse.,'
Presidenitt
James J. Duderstadt said the addition is
natural given the University's strength in
the social sciences.
"I think, icreasingly, we see a need
to make more faculty appointments in
that unit," he said. "That is a very critical
area, we believe, in higher education."
Whitaker said the present administra-
tive structure of the institute can form the
new school without additional adminis-
trative positions.
Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor)
said IPPS has been a strong part of the
University.
"Converting it into a school recog-
nizes that fact," he said. "It makes it
easier to recruit, and it probably gives a
greater status to the degree."

ly Jessica Mass
or the Daily
Demanding an end to sexual vio-
ence, 1,000 students and Ann Arbor
esidents attended thel6th annual Take
ack the Night Rally on April 22.
After the rally, sponsored by the Ann
or Coalition Against Rape, 800
omen marched through Ann Arbor in
n effort to "Take Back the Night" and to
mpower women.
At the conclusion of the rally,
CAR presented a list of demands that
tressed education, protection and better
reatment for assault victims.
LSA junior Eva Temkin said she
ought the rally was a powerful experi-
nce for women. "I think it's really impor-
to show support for the cause, and to
ow the town that we believe in what
e're doing," she said.
Sandra Lizarraga, a first-year gradu-
Ite student in the School of Social Work,
greed. "I've come just about every year,
d I think it's a very empowering expe-
'ence," she said.
Participants also demanded an end to
hat they term "revictimization."
evictimization occurs when sexual as-
It survivors are blamed for the vio-
ce and treated like a criminal by the in-
titutions that are designed to protect them.
AACAR spokeswoman Elizabeth
lare claimed that the Ann Arbor Police
Jepartient is one of the institutions that
victimizes sexual assault survivors.
"Survivors have been treated insensi-
ively by hospital workers who are not
>roperly trained, blamed by police, and
gnored by the courts," Clare shouted to
he crowd. "The current system is not set
to protect survivors. Revictimization
rust stop."
AAPD could not be reached for com-
nent.
The rally was held at Community High
School in Ann Arbor, the scene of a serial

rape just six months ago. Clare said that
AACAR decided to change the location of
the rally from City Hall to Community
High School this year in an attempt to con-
front local violence against women.
"It was important to use this event as
a way of empowering women to feel safe
in places that (they) haven't felt safe in
awhile," Clare said.
Emphasizing the feelings of indepen-
dence and empowerment that arise during
the women's march, AACAR decided not
to apply for a special event permit. Clare
said that asking for police permission
would undermine the goal of the march.
Clare said that the coalition also was
opposed to AAPD's search for the serial
rapist earlier this year. "The search was
racist, not conducted well or with the in-
terest of women in mind," she claimed.
During the rally, sexual assault survi-
vors identified themselves by wearing
blue anbands, and professional counse-
lors who were willing to act in that ca-
pacity wore green armbands. The
armbands were distributed by AACAR
to give women a further sense of unity
and strength.
"Many women use the rally and the
march as an outlet for their own personal
experiences," said Linda McFarlane, an
AACAR member.
Last year men were allowed to par-
ticipate in the last block of the march, but
this year men were excluded from the
march. Clare said that AACAR makes a
decision about allowing men in the
march each year.
"We want to be really clear that we
feel that there is a role for men," Clare
said. "The coalition is open to both
women and men."
Pam Lee, a recent graduate of the
School of Education, disagreed with
AACAR's decision. "I think we need
support from men too. If men are willing
to support the cause, I think they should be

allowed to march."
However, Brian Meyer, a recent
graduate of the School of Public Health,
said he felt the decision to exclude men
from the march was appropriate. He also
expressed his disappointment over the
lack of men at the rally.
"(Sexual assault) is a problem for
everyone, and a lot of men choose to
keep themselves ignorant of it," Meyer
said.

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