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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 12, 1995 - 3


Fans ejected
from football
game
Many University football fans did
not get to see the Wolverines tackle the
Memphis Tigers Saturday.
Before the 12:30 p.m. kickoff, some
fans were ejected from the stadium for
various offenses. About eight fans were
cited and ejected forpossession of alco-
hol under the alcohol stadium/arena
ordinance.
Several people were also ejected for
throwing objects, including ice, DPS
officials said.
During the football game, officers
also confiscated a black fanny pack
containing a substance believed to be
marijuana.
Indecent exposure
Two men were missing some clothes
Sunday morning as they ran down
Monroe Street.
A subject reported that the males
were running nude toward State Street
at 9:15 a.m.
DPS reports said the runners entered
a fraternity house at the southwest cor-
ner before the officers arrived.
Students allegedly
found smoking
marijuana at Bursley
A housing security unit found three
male students smoking marijuana Sat-
urday in Bursley Hall, DPS officers
said
At about 11 p.m., a bong and a small
quantity of suspected marijuana were
seized and secured into evidence in the
4200 corridor of Batlett.
Warrant checks were negative. The
students were released pending pro-
cessing of evidence and paperwork.
Property stolen from
various residence
halls
DPS reports indicate burglaries in
two residence halls this weekend.
Between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, an unknown person stole a
bookbag, keys and compact discs from
a locked Mary Markley residence hall
room.
After a dorm larceny, an East Quad
resident may now remember to take the
keys out of the lock when entering her
room.
The victim called DPS at 1:24 p.m.
Thursday to report that her keys were
stolen out of the door lock. The caller
went into her room after leaving the
keys in the lock.
A few minutes later, she heard some-
body take them. There is no suspect
information.
A different game of
love near tennis
courts
Two people were not playing tennis
at the courts next to the CCRB when the

Department of Public Safety received a
call yesterday morning. DPS reports
indicate a caller reported a couple hav-
ing sex near the tennis courts around 9
a.m.
The caller said the suspects were
wrapped in a green sleeping bag. No
other description was given.
The caller also said the contact ap-
peared to be consensual.
When DPS officers arrived, they re-
ported the suspects were "dressed and
moving out of the area."
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Jodi Cohen

1993 Rhodes
Scholar en oys
travel, stujies
By Stephanie Jo Klein
Daily Staff Reporter
She was the first one in 14 years.
Leah Niederstadt won the prestigious
Rhodes Scholarship in 1994, bringing the
University back into a spotlight it had not seen
since the early 1980s.
Niederstadt's victory was twice as sweet, as
she was the first female from the state to win
the award.
The long road to victory involved interviews,
essays and long hours of preparation for Afri-
can studies major Niederstadt. "It seemed that
every time I made it past a different step, it made
it more tangible, but also more surreal.
"When I won (the scholarship), it was al-
most anti-climactic," she said. "We had been
playing Trivial Pursuit in a room, while two
other candidates played cards. They just walked
in and announced who won."
Both Niederstadt and her Trivial Pursuit
partner received the scholarships; the card
players did not.
After one year at Oxford, Niederstadt said
she is eager to return for her second and final
year of study in the anthropology master's
program. She has spent one year getting her
master of studies degree and will return to
England this year to write her thesis for her
master's of philosphy.
Niederstadt worked her way through five years
of school at the University, citing several years of
babysitting, two years as a member of residence
hall staff, oneyearinthe West Quad cafeteriaand
1 1/2 years as a co-coordinator of Safewalk.
The Rhodes program has enabled her to
have more fun and free time, since she has not
needed to work, she said.
Niederstadt has found many differences
between the British university systems and

COURTESY OF LEAH NIEDERSTADT
The University's most recent Rhodes scholar, Leah Niederstadt, pauses during a camel ride in
Jaiselmer, India. She travelled there during a vacation from Oxford University in March.

Rhodes apps.
due iMtoday
By Stephanie Jo Klein
Daily Staff Reporter
For graduating seniors aspiring to continue their educa-
tions at Oxford or any other British university, today is the
last day to apply for the most prestigious free rides of them
all - the 1996 Rhodes and Marshall scholarships.
The scholarship programs cover a scholar's fees and
reasonable living expenses for two years of study toward a
degree at Oxford for Rhodes scholars, or any British univer-
sity for Marshall scholars.
To be eligible for the scholarships, a student must be a
graduating senior with at least a 3.7 GPA, a U.S. citizen,
under the age of 24 and unmarried.
Candidates are asked to complete an application that
includes a complete list of extracurricular activities in col-
lege and a 1,000-word essay describing academic interests
and reasons for wishing to study in England.
The University receives about 30 applications per year,
said Nancy Pietras, a University financial aid officer. Pietras
expects as many as 35 students to apply by today's deadline.
A University committee then examines the applications,
interviews the candidates and endorses a few of those, Pietras
said.
Last year the committee endorsed seven students for the
Rhodes Scholarship and three for the Marshall. An endorse-
ment from the University committee may lead to interviews
with state and regional committees.
Ruth Scodel, LSA Honors Program director, said the schol-
arship is "pure prestige, a goody-two-shoes award. Candidates
must be all-around wonderful, with good grades, leadership
potential, and mostly, they must impress the committees."
Interviewers look for candidates well-informed on current
events and ask "messy, ethical questions," Scodel said.
Candidates who make the final cut are notified directly
after the regional interviews and the names are published in
The New York Times the next morning.
This year 32 Rhodes and up to 40 Marshall scholars will be
chosen from schools in the United States. "If you get (the
awards), it shows you're a school to which the best and the
brightest come," Scodel said.

"We had been
playing Trivial Pursuit
... . They just walked
in and announced who
won."
- Leah Niederstadt
1994 Rhodes Scholar
what she encountered as an undergraduate in
Ann Arbor.
She cited cultural differences in food, sports
and entertainment as big adjustment factors.
"There are no varsity, Big Ten sports. There is
just rugby and rowing."
Examination periods are also strikingly dif-

ferent, she said. "I took four three-hour long
exams, ina period of 36 hours. We had to wear
the formal, traditional attire that Oxford stu-
dents have always worn."
Examination attire includes tuxedos, cap and
gown for men, while women wear white shirts,
dark skirts, cap and gown.
Class schedules are also different. Every
eight weeks of class are followed by six weeks
of vacation, Niederstadt said.
"I definitely encourage anyone to apply. The
process itself can teach you a lot about your
strengths and weaknesses and help you reflect
on what's been important to you," she said.
Niederstadt said she was encouraged to ap-
ply by the Honors Department. She said the
idea of studying abroad and having graduate
school paid for was very appealing.
"The Rhodes Scholarship is a great opportu-
nity, if you can get it. It can open up a lot of
doors," she added.


Comm. prof. tapped
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Reminiscing
Hugh Ehrenberg, a visiting medical student, sits in the Diag yesterday afternoon. He said sitting in the Diag reminded him of
his undergraduate years.

By Maureen Sirhal
Daily Staff Reporter
Communications Prof. Joan
Lowenstein has been recruited by Ann
Arbor Mayor Ingrid B. Sheldon to help
the city select a new attorney.
The city has been looking for a new
advocate since Elizabeth Schwartz left
nearly IlI months ago amid disputes
with the council and city administrator.
That process is now in its final stages.
Lowenstein is the only University
faculty member on a I 0-member panel
charged with interviewing the eight fi-
nalists and making a recommendation
to the City Council. Five of the panel-
ists also sit on City Council.
Sheldon appointed Lowenstein on the
recommendation of Councilmember
Jean Carlberg (D-3rd Ward).
"I have been involved in Ann Arbor
for a number of years and someone
suggested me (for the position),"
Lowenstein said. "I am well-known in
the legal community."
Although the city attorney and the
University do not have a strong bond,
there have been many times when the
city attorney has played an important

role in regard to University relations.
For example, the University this sum-
mer purchased several office buildings
near Briarwood Mall, taking the proper-
ties off the city's tax rolls, an issue nor-
mally addressed by the city's attorney.
"(Former city attorney) Bruce
Laidlaw was very active in going after
the University with property-tax law-
suits," Lowenstein said.
But Lowenstein said she was not sit-
ting on the panel as a representative of
the University. "I have been asking a lot
of questions about th Freedom of In-
formation Act," she said.
Other members of council were more
interested in the role the attorney would
play in council matters and situations like
an Ann Arbor Tenants Union lawsuit.
Lowenstein said students may want
to be concerned about the council's
final selection.
"There are a lot of issues concerning
students, issues like noise violations
and housing," Lowenstein said.
Interviews will continue throughout
the week and the results will be pre-,
sented to City Council, which will have
final say on the matter.

State seeks storage
for radioactive waste

years ago
Sin the Daily
t"...A Couzens Hall building di-
rector told about 300 residents packed
into the dorm cafeteria late last night
that, 'If there's a keg in the dorm, it
will be confiscated by security.'
"The problem with kegs is that
'you have to drink them down or
they'll go flat,' said Jerrell Jack-
son..

LANSING (AP) - A state panel
wrapped up nearly seven months ofwork
yesterday by recommending the state
seek a community to volunteer as a site
to store low-level radioactive waste.
The board of governors of the Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Authority
voted 9-0 to send its final report to the
Legislature after polishing portions of
drafts it had reviewed earlier.
Dennis Schornack, Michigan's low-
level radioactive waste commissioner,
said lawmakers could take up the panel's
recommendations yet this fall.
"The main obstacle will be fighting
off the urge to be prescriptive in this
legislation and to tell communities what
they can and cannot do, rather than
permitting communities to come for-
ward and say what they want," he said.
The volunteer process is the first ef-
fort to tackle the low-level radioactive
waste problem since Michigan was
ejected from a group of Midwest §tates

in 1991 because of its slowness in pro-
viding a site for waste storage.
About 51 waste producers in Michi-
gan have been storing about 80,000
cubic feet of waste where it is gener-
ated.
The panel already had approved the
details of a volunteer plan and recom-
mended scrapping restrictive state stan-
dards on where a storage facility can be
located.
Yesterday's discussion centered
mostly on minor wording changes, ex-
cept for one designed to ensure public
involvement.
The draft report said a community
interested in hosting a storage facility
should form an independent commu-
nity liaison committee.
Terry Gill of Greenwood, who repre-
sents environmental organizations on
the board, argued successfully that com-
munities should be required to form
such a committee.

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What's happening In Ann Arbor today

GROUP MEETINGS
U Allanza Latino Student Alliance,
mass meeting, 213-0668, Trotter
House, Main Lobby, 7 p.m.
U American Movement for Israel,
mass meeting, Hillel, 1429 Hill
Street, 7 p.m.
0 Jewish Feminist Group, mass meet-
ing, Hillel, 1429 Hill Street, 7:30
p.m.
U Talk to Us and Resident Reper-
inr, Th.atrr Trnmn S_ ;irfi

Modern Languages Building, Room
B122, 7-8 p.m.
Q "FORUM Registration Sessions,"
sponsored by Career Planning and
Placement, 3200 Student Activi-
ties Building, 1:10-1:30 p.m. and
3:10-3:30 p.m.
Q "Free Mumia Coalition Mass
Meeting/Video Presentation,"
sponsored by Free Mumia Coa-
lition, Michigan Union, Wolver-

Q "Volunteer Information Meet-
ing," sponsored by University
Medical Center Volunteer Ser-
vices, University Hospital, Ford
Amphitheater, 4-5 p.m.
Q "Welcome to CP&P -Office Tour,"
sponsored by Career Planning and
Placement, 3200 Student Activi-
ties Building, 4:10 p.m.
Q "Writing Your Curriculum Vitae,"
sponsored by Career Planning and
Placement. 3200 Student Activi-