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Ann Arbor) voted against the fee
increase. She said she did not support a
mandatory MSA fee to be added to stu-
dents' tuition bills.
"I'm not uncertain with the good work
MSA does, but I believe we should be
looking for ways to keep fees down;'
Newman said.
Nagrant said that although Newman
didn't approve the MSA fee increases,
he admired her stance and her concern
for students' well-being. However,
Nagrant said, students supported the fee
increases during the assembly's
November and March elections.
Approximately 5,000 students voted
in March's elections, the largest number
of student voters ever, Nagrant said.
"So there's a lot of support on campus
for this initiative,"he said.
In an effort to persuade the board
to approve the new assembly costs,
Savic told the regents that the largest
barrier for students who want to
make strides in the area of communi-
ty service is that not enough funding
exists.
"Just through our personal experience
on the assembly, this is something we
sorely need," Savic said.
Nagrant said MSA has been cutting
back internal spending to increase the
amount of financial support itsis able to
give to student groups. Currently, MSA is
only able to grant 40 percent of submitted
student-group requests, even after
decreasing internal spending.
The low percentage of requests grant-
ed is partially due to an expansion in the
number of student organizations on cam-
pus, now totaling roughly 750, Nagrant
said.
Nagrant said the University has one of
the lowest student fees in the Big Ten.
Even with the approval of costs for the
1997-98 school year, the University still
will have one of the lowest mandatory
student fees, he said.
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the University.
"There are policies and procedures in
place to address things of this nature,"
Baker said. "But consequences could be
suspension and/or termination of
employment.'
Neither Oesterling nor his lawyer
Dick Soble could be reached for com-
ment yesterday.
Before coming to the University,
Oesterling served as a faculty member at
the Mayo Medical School in Rochester,
Minn. In 1994, Oesterling was named a
chief urologist and a professor of
surgery at the University Medical
Center.
He appeared in the international spot-
light after the Michigan Prostate
Institute, under Oesterling's leadership,
made the prostate-specific antigen blood
test more receptive to detecting early
signs of the cancer.
Oesterling was awarded the American
Urological Association Prostate Health
Council Award in 1991 and 1992. *
Also, Oesterling edits the preeminent
journal in the field, "Urology." He has
edited 250 articles and five books.
Since Oesterling's suspension, James
Montie has taken over as interim head of
the Urology Department in the Medical
Center.
Medical Center Spokesperson Mike
Harrison said operations in the Urology
Department have continued as normal
"We are still seeing patient volumeh
the same level, if not higher, as before;'
Harrison said. "Patients are still coming
here. Over the last few years we have
built a strong Urology Department.
"I haven't noticed any change. We
have to proceed in the manner we are.
The patients still have to be served. I
think we have been very successful in
that.'
The Center for Statistical Consultation and Research
CSCAR
has moved to:
3514 Rackham Bldg.
(formerly West Gallery)
Effective June 12, 1997
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I
* Consultation by
telephone, walk-in
and appointment has
resumed, effective
June 12.
Telephone (313) 764-7828 [764-STAT] " Fax (313) 647-2440
Web http://www.umich.edu/-cscar
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surized air bubbles, they are full of
water. The passengers breathe with
scuba gear.
Despite the requirement, teams have
been known to occasionally use com-
puters on their submarines to assist
with navigation and latitude control.
Truemner describes his team's creation
as being "much
simpler" than
the computer- -
ized models. This is
The Sea Wolv be the Ua
will have no on-
board comput- first entri
ers.
This year's -Ru
competition
will be the fifth
International
Submarine Race.
"The first was held in 1989 and
was a big success," said John Hussey,
vice president of the Foundation for
Underwater Research and Education.
"The next one was held in 1991 and
was an even bigger success.'
By its second run, the race had
already doubled in size to a competi-
tion between 34 teams. It was so
large that a new, more accessible
venue was needed. Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla., was chosen.
After bad weather prevailed at the
race's first year in Ft. Lauderdale,
the event was moved to the
s
St
Carderock Hydrodynamic Facility.0
The Michigan team has already
practiced with their incomplete
model in a basin maintained by the
School of Naval Architecture and
Marine Engineering in the basement
of West Hall. The test runs may be a
great advantage come race day, team
members said.
ISR Executive Director Nancy
Hussey said some participants nev
even get th
subs wet before
- t they reach
Maryland.
"In the past
iversity'S we'vet had
IF some boats that
*- sunk to the bot-
sell Truemner tom and stayed
ea Wolv team there," said
Nancy Husse
"and some t
shot out of the water like a Polaris
Missile."
Speed is not the only judged
attribute. Awards for best design pro-
posal and most creative design are
also distributed.
The best overall team is awarded
$5,000, and $1,000-awards are
given to teams for winning a sub-
category.
A monetary award could be quit
useful for the Sea Wolv team. After
spending about $10,000 this year,
the team is $3,000 in debt and
scrambling for last-minute spon-
sors.