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LSA-SG continues fight
for credit bracket change
Student government Student representatives have been installation of a new system is not
leadership hopes to shrink working to promote a new policy that likely, Benson said. The office has
would focus on narrowing the number of previously defended the current sys-
registration group size credits in each bracket tem, arguing that large brackets leave
"We will continue our work with the new space for concentrators and students
By Emily Angell Provost, who may bring a new perspective completing prerequisites.
For the Daily and fresh ideas to the table;" LSA-SG Vice Students who believe the Universi-
President Justin Benson said. ty should change their policy say the
LSA student government leaders hope Benson said LSA-SG leaders hope to brackets should be smaller to make
the arrival of new Provost Teresa Sul- meet with Sullivan in the fall. the registration process more equal.
livan this Thursday will help push for- While many students successfully In the past few months, LSA-SG has
ward changes to the University's credit enroll in courses of interest each term, increased their work with both the Sen-
bracket registration system they have the University's registration policy and ate Advisory Committee on University
been developing over the past year. random assignment of appointments Affairs and the Academic Affairs Advi-
The Office of the Provost, which leaves much to be desired. sory Committee to push for a new system
oversees the Office of the Registrar, For years, the large amount of credits that would make the registration process
manages the registration process. within each bracket has caused campus- more evenhanded.
Under the current system, Students are wide distress. Under the current policy, Other Big Ten schools have reduced
placed in groups, or brackets, based on the for example, a student with 12 credits may this worry by dividing brackets into much
number of credits they have accumulated. register before a person with 15 credits. smaller increments, Benson said. Michi-
Each bracket consists of 15 credits and Without the cooperation of Uni- gan State University separates students by
registration appointments are randomly versity Registrar Paul Robinson in each credit in its registration process.
assigned to each student within a bracket. making this an academic priority, the See BRACKETS, Page 3
GAS
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Daniel Nemirovsky. "(A cap on profits)
can have unforeseen consequences on
other industries."
Nemirovsky said a change in the execu-
tive administration might be the solution
to high gas prices.
Truscott said DeVos proposes suspend-
ing the state sales tax on gas after the first
$1.96 of each gallon of gasoline - saving
consumers about six cents per gallon.
But Granholm's campaign spokesman
Chris DeWitt said this proposal would cut
a substantial amount of funding to public
education and police and fire programs,
supported in part by state tax revenue.
Walter McManus, research scien-
tist director at the University's Trans-
portation Research Institute, said the
governor's idea that Bush should cap oil
profits could have negative consequenc-
es in the long run.
McManus said oil companies are
investing in research for alternative fuels
and new oil reserves.
But if Bush pubs a cap on oil profits, he
will reduce the incentive to find new oil
because the expected profit from such an
endeavor would decrease substantially,
McManus said.
He added that the supply of oil will
be reduced and price increases will be
unavoidable in the long run.
McManus also explained the reason for
a record in oil profits.Many oil companies
bought stocks of oil years ago for much
less than they are worth now, he said. By
the time they sell the oil, the companies
make a considerable profit.
Under DeVos's plan, McManus said
consumers will save an average of $36 a
year. They can save more by driving more
"smoothly" - not accelerating or braking
rapidly and driving at a constant speed.
Based on his research, this could save
consumers about $133 a year.
At the local level, Mayor John Hieftje
proposed ideas to encourage alternative
modes of transportation, such as creat- 4
ing a rail transport system that travels to
Detroit, Dearborn, the Metropolitan air-
port, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.
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violating the act would face a fine of up to
$100,000 and up to a year in prison.
Yesterday's observance at Arlington
National Cemetery was not a funeral, so
demonstrators were free to speak their
minds at the site. Bush's motorcade passed
several protestors, including a small group
that held signs saying, "Thank God for
dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."
About 10 people from the Washing-
ton D.C. chapter of FreeRepublic.com, a
self-styled grassroots conservative group,
stood across the road with signs support-
ing U.S. troops. A large sign held by sev-
eral people said, "God bless our troops,
defenders of freedom, American heroes."
The FreeRepublic.com group was
trying to counter demonstrations by the
Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred
Phelps, who previously organized protests
against those who died of AIDS and gay
murder victim Matthew Shepard.
In an interview when the House passed
the bill that Bush signed yesterday,
Phelps accused Congress of "blatantly
violating" his First Amendment rights.
He said that if it became law, he would
continue to demonstrate but would abide
by the law's restrictions.
Bush signed a second bill yesterday that
allows combat troops to deposit tax-free
pay into individual retirement accounts.
Supporters of the legislation argued that
rules governing these accounts were pun-
ishing soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq
who earn only tax-free combat pay.
Through Veterans for Peace - a non-
governmental organization represented
at the United Nations - the atmosphere
of Arlington National Cemetery became
more tangible for some local residents.
In Ann Arbor, Chapter 93 of VFP
held a memorial yesterday to honor the
87 confirmed combat-related deaths of
Michigan soldiers.
With support from Military Families
Speak Out and Iraq Veterans Against
War, VFP set up the memorial, 'Arling-
ton Michigan," in Hanover Square Park.
Members of MFSO and VFP said
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