MINORITY Part two of afour-part series on effortsto maintain RECRUITING diversity oncampusafter the statewide affirmative action ban Alumni offer what 'U' can't OPINION Veiled voting Robert Soave explains the secrecy and confusivn behind the Retorm Michigan Govvern- ment Now! initiative and how it's representative of the bigger dangers of direct democracy. See Page5 ARTS The "Brothers" fail "Step Brthers" is anvther step dvwn tvr Will Ferrel. Playgrond and stable characters make this a dispensible film. See Page 9 SPORTS Football Media Day New Michigan coach Rich Rvdriguez shed some light on the goings on o the Wol- verine program and all the changes his regime looks to install, including the new pro- cedure to induct team captains. See Page 11 INDEX Vol. cxviii, No. 147 o200The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com SU D O K U ........................................2 OPINION........................................4 CLASSIFIEDS .................................6 CROSSWORD................................6 A R T S ................ ... .......................9 SPO RTS ..... .................................11 Minorities targeted numbers of three New York high school students. Bane called them for scholarships, and offered to talk. But the students weren't looking experiences for investment advice. Bane, a Uni- versity alum, called because they By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST were admitted to the University but Daily News Editor hadn't decided to enroll yet. Bane, who is from Mali, is a men- In the spring, Nouhoum Bane, tor in the Each One/Reach One an investment banker in New York program, an Alumni Association City, received an e-mail with the initiative which pairs minority names, e-mail addresses and phone alumni with accepted underrepre- DEEK DAMAGE sented minority students. Steve Grafton, president of the Alumni Association, said every underrepresented minority student offered admission this year was paired with an alum. The organi- zation is ramping up its efforts to recruit to help make up for what the University can't do, he said. The Each One/Reach program was one of several initiatives started by University alumni after the 2006 statewide ban on race- and gen- der-based affirmative action use in public institutions. With the goal of creating a diverse campus, alumni organizations have increased their outreach efforts and established scholarships for underrepresented minorities. A major component of the Alumni Association's push for a diverse cam- pus is its Diversity Scholarship Pro- gram. Established in 2007, it offers in-state students $10,000 a year and See RECRUITING, Page 8 SOLAR CAR 'U' team takes first in 2,40-mirace 'Continuum' wins North American race for fifth time By CHARLES GREGG-GEIST Daily NewsEditor For most students, the summer is an escape from school. But for about 125 University students, this summer saw the culmination of years of hard work in a 2,400-mile solar car race from Plano, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. The University of Michigan Solar Car Team and its vehicle, Continuum, led 15 other teams of students across the North Ameri- can Solar Challenge finish line in Calgary Tuesday. The team com- pleted the race in 51 hours and 42 minutes on the road. The victory is the team's fifth championship inthe lastnine NASC races. It also won the most recent NASC, held in 2005. Principia College placed second, followed by the sole European fin- isher, the German FH Bochum Solar Car Team. It took Principia almost 10 hours longer than Michigan to complete the race, in about 61 hours and 38 minutes. Bochum's car took about two hours more. College of Education graduate Jeff Ferman, the team's race man- ager, said it was incredibly reward- ing to walk across the finish line beside Continuum, surrounded by 40,000 people. "All the time and dedication real- ly paid off," he said. "We got to get out and walk across the finish line with (the car). It was great." "The streets were lined with people," he -said. "There were people on overpasses with tripods See SOLAR CAR, Page 3 CH ANEL vOHABsBURG-LOTHRINGEN/ Mason and builder Mark Gottman reconstructs the wall around'the Deek Fr, ternity building on William Street, which was hit by a car during the Art Fairs.