c . .e tx t YI One hundred sixeyears ofeditorialfreedom Wednesday July 16, 1997 )tate locates )315 M o 'U' Peter Meyers Is Staff Reporter 1 Michigan State House and late passed an appropriations bill that reased funding for state universities $64 million on July 3. 'We're very pleased," said associate :e President for University Relations nthia Wilbanks. This year the iversity will receive $315 million, $12 lion more than it received the year ore. e Sen. John Schwartz (R-Eaton ay), chair of the Senate's subcom- tee on appropriations for higher edu- ion, was particularly pleased with v easily the new funding passed. 1 think it actually went pretty well s year," Schwartz said. "There was a of cooperation between the House d the Senate.' State Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D- See FUNDING, Page 8 iominates A2 prepares for crowds By Christine M. Paik Daily Staff Reporter Many of Ann Arbor's normal functions will come to a halt this week when the annual art fairs roll into town again, marking 38 years of an Ann Arbor sum- i 1 i mer tradition. Running today through Saturday, the three different fairs will cover 24 blocks of Ann Arbor streets, from downtown to the University campus. They bring with them more than 1,000 visual artists, numerous perfor- mance artists, merchants and food vendors. Art-fair organizers anticipate more than 500,000 people from all over the country t attend. "The thing I like the most about this is that you get probably the broadest variety of the cross-section of the public that's possible," said Susan Froelich, exec- utive director of the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. "We want to have anyone and everyone who's the least bit interested in art, or who've maybe never thought about art get exposed to it and learn about it.' Froelich said the fairs offer a wide variety of activities to interest people of all ages, including artists' demonstrations. "We want the artists here to be able to talk with the public about what they do, how they do it, why they do it and therefore build more connections between contemporary artists and the public," Froelich said. The art fairs' many artists must endure a strict application process and exhibit certain qualifica- tions to be selected by a panel of jurors. John Krieger of Midland, Mich., who has acrylic works on display at several prominent corporations BOHDAN DAMIANCA Daily Grant Massey, from Roxanna, Del., arranges the brass mobiles and lanterns he created for the 1997 Ann Arbor Art Fair. This is the first year he has participated in the art fairs. headquarters throughout the country, will also be presenting his work at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. "Ann Arbor is a very educated crowd," Krieger said. "Ann Arbor has a reputation that few other fairs in the country have. They appreciate the work, and they attract more artists." Shary Brown, head of the Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans, the organizer of the Summer Art Fair, said that although visual art may be the art fairs' main attraction, the performing arts are also represented. "All three fairs over the years have worked hard to make sure that the performing arts are included and there has always in one form or another been a large See FAIR, Page 8 Art Fair Guide Q~~ Ann Arbor Street Fair Q Summer Fair Art State Street Area Fair E. Washpgton St, E Liberty St N, University Ave. SE. Wilam St, vi D1AG" UDER B. ° d 3 S. University Ave. E. Mason St. CHRIS FARAH/Daily 8Fed Heather Kamins ily News Editor After months of rumors and specula n President Clinton nominated Public licy Dean Edward Gramlich to the deral Reserve board on Thursday. The Fed which has been dubbed the Il-star team" for economists, is respon- I or establishing national fiscal oper- o d determining interest rates. Gramlich, who in the 1960s was a earcher at the Fed, said he is honored be nominated to the board and is elighted" to return Washington, D.C.. "I'm very happy" Gramlich said. "I >rked at the Fed when I was a young BOHDAN DAMIAN CAPt onomist, but I never thought that I University space physicist Tim Killeen sits with a model of the MAUDEE probe, See GRAMLICH, Page 3 which University scientists will someday use to study Mars' upper atmosphere. 'U' faculty deem Mars expedition 'dynamite' By Matt Weiler Laboratory agreed that the Pathfi Daily Staff Reporter mission, which is spectacular in its frt The buzz from the Martian rover explo- ity (the tag pnce for the mission isl ration - which many people consider the million, far less than most space end biggest breakthrough on the star-spangled ors), represents the new trend in s final frontier since the Apollo moon land- exploration - low-cost and high-tec ing - has permeated the University. Although the University has "(It's) absolutely fabulous. played an active role in the Pathfi Dynamite," said Astronomy Prof. Pat mission, it won't be long before Seitzer, echoing the elation that many University sends its own faster members of the astronomy community cheaper mission to the red planet. feel toward the mission. "Michigan will have its mission, "I can't say enough superlatives," mately," Killeen said, referring to Daily Seitzer said. MAUDEE probe, which will analyze Seitzer and Tim Killeen, director of the wispy upper atmosphere of Mars. University Space Physics Research See MARS, Pal nder ugal- $300 eav- pace h. not nder the and ulti- the e the ge 7 IIDE HIS WEEK: ARTS SPObr AFr34 The Ann Arbor Art Fairs Former Wolverine Maurice roll into town today. Taylor signs with Clippers. Read the Daily on the Internet and check out the Daily's archives. http://wwwpub.umIch.edu/daIly/