Wednesday, May 7, 1997- The Micigan Daily -3 Students 'bare all in Naked Mile y Jenni Yachnin aily Staff Reporter A naked man on a bicycle with a sparkler in his mouth pedaled down South Universit Avenue at midnight after the last day of classes, but nobody seemed to mind - not even the police. Spectators lined the streets of Ann Arbor on the night of April 22 to watch hundreds of their peers bare all and take part in the annual Naked Mile. The event is a continuation of a tra- ition the Michigan crew team began, ut now many students participate just for fun. "The crew team started the naked mile in the '70s" said Kinesiology first-year student Jeanine Seeger, a Michigan crew- team member. "They did it to celebrate, but I'm not sure exactly what." Engineering sophomore Steve Scanio, also a Michigan crew-team member, said the graduating crew-team embers wanted to "air it all." "It really relives the stress of the year" Scanio said. Although the tradition was founded by the crew team, the run is now cele- brated by both graduating seniors and many underclass students, along with a crowd of spectators that greatly out- number the participants. "It's away of shedding your clothes for graduation - as if you're starting some- hing new" SNRE senior Todd Clements said after he finished the run. LSA senior Amy St. Clair said she waited until her graduating year to run. She said the mile of freedom lived up to her expectation. "I wanted to run since I was a fresh- man," St. Clair said. "It's something I'll never forget. It was so liberating." Dan Cooper, an LSA senior, said the ADMISSIONS Continued from Page 1. The legislator's announcement comes just shortly after the University joined 61 other institutions in publishing an adver- tisement in The New York Times renew- ing their commitment to affirmative action. "We want to express our strong conviction to take into account a vide range of considerations - including ethnicity, race and gender - as we evaluate the students whom we select for admission," The ad stat- ed. The representatives want to create a case against the University that is similar to cases that have been served against the University of Texas and Committee formed to fill vacant provost spot One student celebrates the end of Winter term by spinning the cube in the nude after taking part in the annual Naked Mile. By Katie Plona Daily News Editor University President Lee Bollinger announced this week that a search committee has been formed to fill the position of University provost. The 11-person Provost Search Advisory Committee was appointed by Bollinger to replace current University Provost J. Bernard Machen, who announced in April he wanted to step- down from his position when his con- tract expires in August. The committee consists of.10 faculty members and one student. The Provost Search Advisory Committee, headed by Bollinger, has already met once and has another meeting scheduled this week. "I'm really hoping to do this within two to three months," Bollinger said. Anthropology Prof. Richard Ford, who was appointed to serve on the search committee, said he realizes the urgency of finding a person to fill the position of second-in-command of the University. "We would like to go through the process with diligence and care, but we realize that it would be very good to have a provost on board by the start of the school year," said Ford. Ford said the committee's work is cut out for them in a "quick period of time." "It's going to really depend on the richness of the candidates and the qual- ity of outside recommendations for each and every one of them," he said. Bollinger said the search will be extensive and spread to candidates nationwide. Ford said that although the commit- tee is looking externally for potential candidates, the University is not lack- ing quality people to fill Machen's post. "We have wonderful faculty and deans and other administrators that cer- tainly deserve consideration," Ford said. "We have to look both places.' Pharmacy and Medical School Prof. Michael Marletta, who is also serving on the committee, said the provost probably holds the key inter- nal position for the University's func- tioning. "It's a tough job," Marletta said. "If we had selection criteria written down, it would probably be a long list:' Bollinger said he is extremely pleased with the diversity of distin- guished people who have agreed to serve on the committee. Machen said last month he may be interested in returning to the University's faculty after fulfilling his administrative position in August. Before he took on the role of University Provost in 1995, Machen served as the Dean of School of Dentistry under former University President James Duderstadt. run should be limited to University seniors. "I said, 'this is my senior year and I've waited all these years to run,"' Cooper said. "It needs to be kept a senior tradition. I loved it." Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Larry Jerue said that although the event technically does not abide by all laws, AAPD does not increase police in the area during the run. "There certainly is a criminal aspect in indecent exposure," Jerue said. "(However) we do not plan to arrest people participating in the run." Jerue said the that even though the AAPD does not make arrests, they do not encourage students to run. "We do not endorse (the Naked Mile,) but it's good intended fun," he said. "If we were going to do some- thing, we would come in at the end when everyone is tired - it would not be much of a chase." Several students said they were talked into running by their friends. "I was not going to run, I was embar- rassed," LSA senior Kim Ligi said. "(My friends) convinced me to run. After I had a little beer I was more comfortable. I wasn't embarrassed at all?' the University of Washington. In the case against the University of Texas, plaintiff Cheryl Hopwood triumphed over the institution as the court ruled that she had been uncon- stitutionally discriminated against with regard to racial preference. Bollinger said the two cases - as well as legislation recently passed in California that bans the use of racial preference in the admissions process - are an attack on current affirma- tive action policies. "We are in a period of history where there has been an established constitu- tionally sanctioned way of developing diversity," Bollinger said. "Decisions like Hopwood and Proposition 209 are clearly threatening to a road of a sense of values.' Engineering senior Aaron Sinka said the influence of friends and alcohol made the choice to run much easier for him. "I was drunk and all of my friends wanted to run;" Sinka said. "Everyone was standing around taking off their clothes and I decided, 'I can do that."' A few alumni return to the University to repeat the Mile. "I run it every other year;" said Tim Stypinski, who graduated in '95. "It's Ann Arbor and you don't get to do things like this in other cities." Many underclass students gathered up the nerve to run the mile alongside the great number of seniors. "I ran it last year and I'm going for a clean sweep," Scanio said. Still, many people could not bear to bare it all this year. "It's a whole bunch of seniors thumbing their nose at society," said Michael Farina, an Engineering junior. "Now is not my time to run, I will when I am a senior." Mike Hill, a University alumnus and spectator of the Naked Mile said he didn't run because "... I didn't have the proper gear." 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