4 40 4& 46F .Wic4toan 4:)atlij Ann Arbor, MI michigandaily.com Monday, June 4, 2007 Summer Weekl NEWS A residency problem in tuition policy A recently admitted student's struggle to prove his in-state sta- tus has forced the University to resiew the residency policies it uses to determine tuition rates for children of army professionals. See page 2. OPINION From the Daily: Supremely unjust Sometimes it's easy to forget that discrimination isn't always about hate crimes and segrega- tion. It can be about something as simple as getting a paycheck that is less than it should be. But apparently, the U.S. Supreme Court and the University seem to think that wage discrimination is less serious. See page 4. ARTS 'Knocked' out of the park Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is delightfully crude, yet memo- rably charming. See page 9. INDEX Vol. CXVil, No. 143 O2007 The Michigan Daily michigonduily.com NEW S................................. 2 OPINION........................................4 C LA SSIFIED ...................6................6 A RT S ............................................ 8 SU D O K U .......................................10 SPORTS.....................................,...13 ANGELA CEsERE/Daily Michigan baseball coach Rich Maloney and his Wolverines lost 10-7 to Vanderbilt yesterday after defeating the Commodores Saturday. The two teams will meet in the Nashville Regional title game tonight at 7 p.m. See page'13. State os back funding Final count suggests impact of Prop 2 By ARIKIA MILLIKAN and JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily News Editors The University has closed shop on admissions for next year and the final numbers provide insight into the effect on minority enroll- ment of the affirmative action ban enacted by the passage of Pro- posal 2. The numbers show that the January enactment of the leg- islation drastically affected the acceptance rate of under-repre- sented minorities. Although there were 175 more minority applicants this year than in 2006, the University admitted 1tt less than it did last year. While the changes in both the total number of applications, and the applications from under-rep- resented minorities increased by about6.5 percent,thetotalnumber of admitted applicants increased 15 percent while the number of admitted minorities dropped by 7.4 percent. This year the University accept- ed 502 minority applicants in the See NUMBERS, Page 7 BY THE NUMBERS The percent change in the total number of applicants from 2006to2007 The percent change in admitted minority applicants from 2006-2007 'U' tries to make up for delayed appropriations By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN ManagingNews Editor A decision made by Michi- gan's state legislature May 20 to mitigate the state's $800 million deficit by cutting funding to state universities leaves the University of Michigan to find ways to make up for losses of more than $35 million from its yearly budget. The deal in the legislature delayed giving about $140 million of the $1.6 billion earmarked in 2007 for public universities until the next fiscal year. That means the University will not see the $29.6 million it is to receive this August until Oct 1 - if the state is able to provide it at all. Another $5.6 million was entirely eliminated from the Uni- versity's state appropriations for this year. Despite the state's plan to repay most of the money, the bud- get cuts will force many state uni- versities to consider themselves in deficit for the 2007 fiscal year ending June 30. That could lead to the withholding of resources and double-digit tuition hikes, said Mike Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council of State Universities of Michigan. University administrators met on Friday to discuss the impact of the cuts on the University and potential courses of action. Phil Hanlon, associate pro- vost for academic and budgetary affairs, said the University will withhold $35 million from the general fund - which goes to facets like course instruction and research programs - to make up for the hole left by the appropria- tions postponement. He said the University expects the state will be able to finance the endowment it delayed by October. "Yes, the University said that and we expect that they will," Hanlon said. "The Provost's Office is acting prudently by holding back funds equal to that amount." Hanlon said the University knew of the possibility of being without its state endowment in August and is not immediately planning to raise tuition. "It's too early to' talk about tuition hikes for next year," he said. "How the state decides to set its fiscal year 2008 budget is a significant factor in deciding that." The University would be in trouble if the reductions were to become a fixture in the state bud- get, Hanlon said. See BUDGET, Page 3