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GRADUATION
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use your well-developed critical skills to allow
this information to provide you with intellec-
tual freedom, rather than a world of deceit."
Granholm also encouraged those now in
the work force to not quit with a diploma but
continue to improve themselves.
"Maybe your diploma will ensure your suc-
cess. But you better believe there's a whole
lot of people out there who possess a U of M
diploma whom you have never heard of, and
whom you never will hear of. I know it's hard
to believe, but ... there are some U of M
grads who are complete and total losers.
Here's my first bit of advice: Do not be one
of them," she added.
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ship after
perfume," said Smith's mother, Anne In a fi
Winter, remembering the good times she Copper
shared with her daughter. wrote the
During the winter holiday season one tally sh
year, the pair went out in search of daughte
Christmas lights. Their first plan to visit Police hi
Domino's Farms, off M-14, had failed. incident
"She was like, we'll just go find never re
some more, and we just drove buried hi
around," Winter said. "She just had a home, i
big sense of adventure - if one thing police fi
didn't work out, she'd go find some- The le
thing else. She was always encourag- had love
ing me to do new things." death of
Before Smith left her mother's house him to ha
that day, she sent a message to friend "Ove
Samuel Serrano, an Engineering junior himself
at the University. Serrano said Smith decided
told him she'd be leaving her mother's what sh
house for Ann Arbor to work on a group Mutchl
project for one of her classes. Police D
Serrano declined to comment fur- Police
ther on Smith. Several other known Copperst
friends also declined to comment or death, bu
could not be contacted. perstone
It was the same story Smith told to rural par
her mother - that she was headed to believe C
Ann Arbor to work on a class project. after killi
How she ended up at the Days Inn Police
Motel in room 309 - a room booked to a .22
that night to Belleville resident Thomas semiaut
Copperstone, 47 - is still unknown. found wi
According to Canton Township Police a piece o
and media reports, Copperstone and -TheA
Smith met in a strip club, where Smit
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OFFICE
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"The Office of Institutional Equity
is a new formation within the human
resources area and its being restruc-
tured to provide better service on
issues of equity, equality, fair play,"
Monts said.
Butterfield said it is important that
the University maintain a climate and
environment that supports diversity
among administrators, faculty, and
staff, even in the face of budget cuts.

-NEWS
She said the effort will actually
expand and improve services, as it
will improve efficiency by consolidat-
ing overlapping services that special-
ized offices used to provide.
"For example, if you are a Black
female student, which office do you
go to?" Butterfield said, adding that
the new office will provide a single
gateway to services instead of having
to navigate many offices based on the
type of assistance required.
Kathleen Donohoe, the director of
the Sexual Harrassment Policy
Office, said although the restructuring


has involved losing office staff, their
services will remain the same.
"I think we'll be utilizing other
people to partner with us, and we're
also going to ask other people out in
the different units to take on a signifi-
cant role in helping us to do the pre-
vention," she said.
She said plans to restructure have
been ongoing. "We have always
talked about having a University wide
office that devoted itself to an ethical
environment," Donohoe said.
"With the budget cutbacks, it
prompted (Butterfield) to have to look

at her whole organization to see if she
could multiply her resources by dou- 4
bling up," she added.
Office of a Multicultural Commu-
nity director Jimmy Myers said there
would be increased emphasis on pro-
grams to prevent harassment and dis-
crimination as a result of the
restructuring.
While offices that directly deal
with student diversity are separate
from the restructuring, student com-
plaints involving administrators, fac-
ulty, and staff will be directed to the
new office.


had been a dancer, approximate-
r and a half to two years ago.
portedly maintained a relation-
r meeting.
ve-page letter given to police by
stone's brother, Copperstone
at he blamed Smith for acciden-
ooting his mentally impaired
r, April, in November, 2001.
ave yet to confirm how the 2001
occurred, since Copperstone
ported the death. Instead, he
is daughter in a fruitcellar in his
nformation consistent with
ndings.
etter indicated that Copperstone
d Smith, but that the accidental
his daughter was too much for
andle.
er time, he couldn't live with
anymore and in December, he
that Jessica needed to pay for
e had done," said Sgt. Todd
er of the Canton Township
tepartment.
were originally searching for
tone while investigating Smith's
ut that search ended when Cop-
e's body was discovered in a
t of Washtenaw County. Police
Copperstone committed suicide
ing Smith.
found Copperstone lying next
-caliber handgun and a 9 mm
omatic handgun. He was also
ith Smith's purse, hairbrush, and
f her clothing near his body.
Associated Press contributed to
this report.

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