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igh-tech
ed school
roject
y Lisa A. Cencula
Teaching methods in the Medical and
ursing Schools are about to be revolu-
ionized. After ten years of work, the
edical School's Visible Human Project
s almost ready to enter its production
hase.
The project - in conjunction with
he Schools of Nursing, Education and
nformation, the College of Engineer-
ng, the Office of the University's Chief
Information Officer, and the Pitts-
gh Supercomputing Center - is a
omprehensive software program that
tllows viewers to see highly detailed 3-
0 images of the male and female body
from the inside out. Made possible by
aking CAT scans and MRI's of two Medical School Assi
adavers, and by the meticulous task of shows off some the
sectioning the bodies in one-millimeter
intervals, the Visible Human will the closest thing medical
soecialists will have to seeing the internal composition of a
y without physically entering it.
Medical School Assistant Prof. Brian Athey, the project's
director, emphasized the importance of the project.
"By having a physical human data set available and model-
ing and simulation software, you can actually practice surger-
ies over and over again before you have to do it," he said.
"That's important because we know there's a lot of errors in
medicine:"
Aside from helping to cut down on surgical mishaps, Athey
sees the project having far-reaching capabilities in the future.
He said plans to anatomically label the Visible Human in as
many languages are in the works. Native speakers of a given
Vuge would enter the labels via the Internet, and then that
information would be deposited back into the main database
for public use.
It is also feasible that the Visible Human could be in chil-
dren's classrooms in the near future, because, Athey said,
"There is no reason why the kids can't learn. You know, we
could makea game out of it, and they'd love it."

The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 14, 2001-- 3
[ S tudents take a break
to study abroad, work

By Man WaiSze
Daily Staff Reporter
After taking more than a decade of
classes, some students choose to delay
their transition into the "real world" after
graduation even further by taking some
time off before entering graduate school
or going to work.
Lynne Sebille-White, assistant direc-
tor of Career Planning and Placement,
said there are many reasons for deferrals.
Sometimes a lack of financial support
makes attending graduate school imme-
diately impossible.
Sebille-White said other students need
a mental break. "Some need to be away
from the academics," she said.
The time when students choose to
begin their job search also influences
post-graduate decisions. The time cho-
sen often depends on the economy,
Sebille-White said. "When the economy
is strong, students feel more safe to
wait;' she explained. "There is not nec-
essarily a perfect time to job search. You
need to start when you are ready"
Some pre-med students take classes in
different medical programs to raise their
grades in order to get into their desired
medical schools, Sebille-White added.
Students who either did not get into their
first choice school or any medical school
at all typically make this choiceihe said.
Many students decide to take a break
from their undergraduate studies in Ann
Arbor. One favorite is a study abroad
program, which may include internships
in a career field (most unpaid), short
term work abroad, volunteer work that
provides services to under-privileged
people and teaching English.
The University's study abroad pro-
gram is highly popular with students.

"We are probably the number one (study
abroad program) in the entire country,"
said Bill Nolting, director of the Office
of Overseas Opportunities.
According to a 1999-2000 survey he
conducted, the University had 51 stu-
dents - more than any other American
university - studying abroad through
the British Universities North America
Club. The University had the highest
number of study abroad participants
through International Association of Stu-
dents in Economics and Business and
International Co-operative Education,
among others. Tied with Harvard, the
University also had the highest number
of U.S. State Department interns in the
country serving overseas.
Nolting said there are several benefits
of going abroad. "It's a different culture
that they are in," he said. "There is a dif-
ferent pace of work, value of work, dif-
ferent ideas about class and gender"
Nolting said working abroad provides
educational benefits different from
coursework and that overseas experi-
ences sets applicants apart when apply-
ing for graduate school.
Not everyone chooses to take time off.
LSA senior Erica Nuechterlein, chose
to not break up her college years. "I want
to get done with my coursework as soon
as possible" she said. "I feel that it is just
the norm," she said,. "And if I take a
break I probably wouldn't come back.
I'll get a job and stick with it."
Walter Stoerkel, a Texas A&M Uni-
versity alum visiting Ann Arbor, spent
four and a half years consecutively in
school while he was an engineering stu-
dent in college. "(I did it) so that I can
get out in four and a half years. As soon
as you get out to the real world you start
making money" he said.

Istant Prof. Brian Athey, director of the Visual Human Project,
project's features.
The Visible Human needed a system that would be able to
handle the vast amount of output it generates, and the Internet2
provided the solution, Athey said.
All of this information would be difficult to obtain by the
standard speeds of today's Internet, but that's about to
change, Athey said. The Next Generation Internet, or Inter-
net2, can download images faster than anything previously
known. The Intemet2 team has performed tests wherein the
movie "The Matrix" was downloaded over a basic phone
line, a digital line (DSL) and a Tl line, which most compa-
nies use. For a frame of reference, it took over 170 hours to
download the movie through a basic phone line, and over 6
hours with the Tl line. The Internet2 connection performed
the task in 30 seconds.
The current system contains over 5,000 color images for the
female model and nearly 2,000 for the male model.
"Downloading the Visible Human, we figured - the male,
back in 1991 - was going to take us about 27 days or some-
thing, And now, you know, we could do it in a matter of two or
three minutes due to our experimental network, Internet2,"
Athey said.

Mime Marceau dazzles Hill audience

Elizabeth Kassab
Daily News Editor
Never was a lion tamed with so
little noise at Hill Auditorium as on
Saturday evening. World-renowned
mime Marcel Marceau brought a
packed audience to its feet in a per-
formance before accepting the sixth
annual 2001 University Musical
Society Distinguished Artist Award.
Bits of music, laughter and
Splause periodically interrupted
the silence as Marceau's alter-ego
Bip took center stage for part of the
performance, using facial expres-
sions and body language to silently
convey his efforts to coerce a lion
through a hoop and to show his dis-
may when the animal refused to
comply. Bip assumed several other
personalities throughout the
vening, and Marceau performed
pantomimes of style as himself.
"It was incredible, especially when
you try to figure out what he's mim-
ing" said Chris Doinidis of Northville,

who attended the performance.
The performance marked Marceau's
30th under UMS auspices in as many
years.
What was unique this time around
was that Marceau was presented
with the UMS Dis-
tinguished Artist
Award in recogni-
tion of his efforts
as a performing
artist and a hump-
itarian.
Marceau did not
step out of character
to speak directly to
Marceau the audience, but he
did express his grati-
tude in a taped statement.
In presenting the award, UMS Presi-
dent Emeritus Gail Rector said, "Giv-
ing tribute to Marcel Marceau is a
natural thing to do."
UMS President Kenneth Fischer,
who hosted the performance, noted
Marceau's successful attempts to
keep the Nazis from taking children

to concentration camps during
World War II. Marceau disguised
the ages on some identification
papers, making the children
younger than they were. He also
posed as a Boy Scout leader to
shepherd children through the Alps
into neutral Switzerland.
Since World War II, Marceau has
gained international recognition as a
mime.
John Rintamaki, group vice presi-
dent and chief of staff of Ford
Motor Company, also presented the
award. "We want to thank you for
your dedication to art and educa-
tion," he said to Marceau, who
kissed the award and then mimed
staggering under its weight after
accepting it.
The performance rounded out
Marceau's two-week residency at the
University. He gave the annual
Raoul Wallenberg Lecture last
month and managed two one-week
workshops, one on mime and one on
dance.

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