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Monday, June 4, 2007
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com

Two men fly fishing in the Huron River near Ann Arbor's Island Park last Thursday afternoon, seen here
through a rusted bike resting onthe shore.

PIRACY
From page 3
"We're an educational institution
and we address these issues with
an educational approach," Bernard
said.
While not all universities
responded to the inquiry, the
reports sent by the universities that
did varied in length from five pages
to several hundred pages.
Bob Finnerty, chief communi-
cations officer at the Rochester
Institute of Technology said Roch-
ester only responded to questions it
thought were relevant.
Bernard said the University
ARMY
From page 2
the Board, which then considers
the recommendation and votes to
either approve or reject it."
Cunningham said Guedesse's
case could not be addressed fur-
ther due to student privacy issues.
She said no similar cases have
PAY
From page 3
zine last month made claims con-
sistent with the University's find-
ings that women are less likely
than men to be promoted to high
positions in academia.
"National studies suggest that
female faculty salaries lag behind
those of their male colleagues
across the country," said associate
provost Lori Pierce in an e-mail
interview. "One possible explana-
tion is that women did not enter
the faculty nationwide in large
numbers until fairly recently. As
a result. they have not vet reached

answered all of the questions.
"The University is amenable to
answer questions about our efforts
to educate the community about
peer-to-peer file sharing," he said.
"We have a strong track record and
our practices have previously been
praised by the RIAA."
The University is not planning to
alter its approach to student piracy
in light of the congressional atten-
tion, Bernard said.
"Not directly in response, unless
we learn something from the results
of the survey," he said. "Nonetheless,
we are always looking for ways to
improve our educational programs
and will continue to work to keep our
efforts inthis areaup-to-date."
ever been brought to the Universi-
ty's attention.
Guedesse said he doubts the
University will make substantial
changes to the policy now that his
case has been dealt with.
"I doubt they will change their
policies," Guedesse said. "They
have their own agenda, but I hope
they do address it so that no one
has to go through this again."
the rank and salary levels of men."
The most recent study used sala-
ries from 2005 and mirrors a study
conducted by the Office of the Pro-
vost in 1999. Comparison of the
two studies shows an increase in
the pay gap, although the increase
is not large enough to be consid-
ered statistically significant.
Pierce said the data collected
from the study is being analyzed
alongside faculty evaluations that
take individual performance into
consideration.
The surveys were conducted to
collect comparison data for more
comprehensive studies in the
future.
"We need to collect data for
two to three years before we will
have sufficient information to do a
meaningful study," she said.
The Office ofthe Provost recent-
ly began collecting data on start-
ing salaries for men and women at
the University, Pierce said.
MORE ONLINE
The Paralyzed Vet-
erans of America
added documents to
its lawsuit against the
University because of
a comment by Athletic
Director Bill Martin
about the Michigan
Stadium renovations.
See michigandaily.com
for more information.

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EMU student Rachel Ropp smiles inspite of the rain while enjoying her blueberry cobbler at the Taste of Ann Arbor Festival
that tok olace Sunday on Main Street.

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