,'W " .. ; LOCAIISI'ATS Engineering prof wins award Dawn Tilbury, an assistant profes- sor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, has been recog- nized by the U.S. Department of En- ergy of excellence in computational science teaching. Tilbury was one of 23 winners in the 1995 Undergraduate Computa- tional Engineering and Sciences Pro- gram, a national program. She wrote a series of tutorials distributed over the Internet via the World Wide Web for teaching control systems and design to engineering students. Nine of the honorees received $1000 cash awardsand some were guests of the Department ofEnergy at an awards banquet in Washington, D.C. Aug. 25-26. The contest is sponsored through the Department of Energy's Math- ematical Information and Computa- tional Sciences Division and is ad- ministered through the Ames Labora- tory, a Department of Energy lab on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, Iowa. The awards are designed to rec- ognize outstanding instructional projects that incorporate computer technology, especially in problem- solving activities in science and engineering. World Wide Web server expands Network traffic levels, on the Col- lege of Engineering's www server - www.engin.umich.edu - have in- creased so much that CAEN is now providing a separate server. The separate server is for personal home page use and has been operat- ing since Sept. 15. The change was prompted after heavy use of the web server caused slow transfer rates and frequent connection timeouts over the summer, the CAEN newsletter re- ported. More information about the server change is available from webmaster@engin.umich.edu. Remote library access changed Computer users worldwide can ac- cess the University Libraries' on-line system, "mirlyn," over the Internet. The library system can be accessed at: mirlyn.telnet.lib.umich.edu. This route requires that the user have a University unigname. The libraries also provide limited access to users who do not have uniqnames. This is accessible through mirlyn.telnet.lib.umich.edu, with the login of library@umich.edu, using guest as the password, according to the CAEN newsletter. News servers upgraded The CAEN Usenet news server was upgraded over the summer to keep pace with the growth of traffic on the Internet, according to the CAEN news- letter. The upgrade included an increase in disk space from 6 to 36 gigabytes, and memory was increased from 64 to 96 megabytes. Twelve-thousand dif- ferent newsgroups are now repre- sented on the server. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Cathy Boguslaski. The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 28, 1995 - 3A Survey says jobs for gmaduates are more plentiful NOPPORN KICHANANTHA/Daily Gotcha! A parking enforcement official places a ticket on a car parked In front of an expired meter yesterday. 'U to honor Detroit Free SS publisher with honorry degree By Stu Berlow For the Daily Jobs for graduating seniors have be- come much more plentiful in the past year, and they generally pay better, a new survey says. The Salary Survey - released ear- lier this month by the National Associa- tion of Colleges and Employers - re- veals that hiring increased at 66 percent of the schools that responded to the group's survey, while on-campus re- cruiting was up 60 percent in 1994-95. "There isn't anything in particular that causedthis,just a stronger economy and job market," said Dawn Oberman, the association's director of employ- ment information. A statement from the employment group noted: "After several years of downsizings, layoffs, and restructurings, it appears that employ- ers want to grow and expand their op- erations and may now be in aposition to bring on more employees, thus opening the door for new college graduates." The University last year experienced dramatic improvement in campus re- cruiting over recent seasons. "We definitely saw an increase; we were up 37 percent in campus visits," said Jennifer Niggemeier, an assistant director for employment development at Career Planning and Placement. "A lot of employers pulled back with the bad economy, but last year we saw new employers and a return of those who had been away," Niggemeier said. "Companies are being selective in the schools they go back to and luckily we're one of those schools." The report showed that opportunities were greatest for graduates in com- "That makes me feel like I'm nott, going through school for7P nothing" - Andy Tong Computer science sophomore puter-related fields. "That makes me feel like I'm not going through school for nothing, that all my years of hard work will pay off in the future," said computer science sophomore Andy Tong. According to the associatioi re- port, starting salaries in many fields also experienced growth. Last yL r, in- dustrial engineers received avcragpsala- ries 5.1 percent higher than in the P93- 94 study. The only large discipline with salary decreases was accounting, with a modest drop of 1.6 percent. Niggemeier said that although the recruiters visiting campus displayed di- versity, newer fields tended to be most prevalent. "The recruiters are well distributed, but we see more in the technologies and quantitative fields - we've seen a big increase in Internet-related employ- ments," Niggemeier said. The survey reported the findirgs of the 136 schools that responded to the poll of 365 colleges and universities. "The schools in the study range'.from' large universities to very small liberal arts colleges," Oberman said. By Josh White Daily Staff Reporter Neal Shine, publisher of the Detroit Free Press, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters at com- mencement Dec. 17 along with three or four others. Charles Eisendrath, director of the Michigan Journalism Fellows Program, nominated Shine, 65. "I recommended him for the degree because for many years he has been a special kind of journalist and he com- bined that with a real sense of com- munity dedication, ethics and news judgement," Eisendrath said of Shine, who has been at the Free Press since 1950. "He is deeply concerned about the city, and he does something about it. He is deeply concerned about journalism and does a lot there too." Eisendrath said Shine has been con- tributing to the University community for years through the journalism pro- gram. "I ran the master's program for 10 years and he was a regular part of the program," Eisendrath said. "He cri- tiqued work, talked to students about how to do journalism and had students in the newsroom. He talked to fellows, gave seminars and has taken students on tours of Detroit so they could learn from his experience." University spokesman Walter Harrison said no other honorees have been named for the Dec. 17 com- mencement, nor has a speaker been named. He said one or all of the honorees will speak. Report: Govs staff has few mnorities ® Engler has hired the most white women in state government LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler's executive staff had the lowest percentage of minorities of any state department last year and the largest percentage of white women, a state report says. Only two of the governor's 58 classi- fied staffers in fiscal year 1994 - 3.4 percent-were black; none were Asian, Hispanic or Native American. Classified employees work with civil service protection andpay scales, though in the governor's office the protection only lasts for the governor's term. The average minority employment among 24 state departments and major offices was 24 percent, according to the annual Work Force Report compiled by the Civil Service Department. Engler spokesman John Truscott said the report didn't count five blacks and one Hispanic who are unclassified em- ployees in the governor's office. The total staff is 78, not 58, Truscott said. That would mean minorities com- prise about 10 percent of Engler's staff. That's slightly more than minority staff- ing among classified employees in the Attorney General's Office, Department of Natural Resources and the Auditor General's Office. The report shows that Engler's Demo- cratic predecessor, Gov. James Blanchard, filled 30 percent of his ex- ecutive staff with minorities in 1989- 90, the last year Blanchard served. Truscott said that figure is probably overstated because Blanchard counted many white appointees as members of other departments, not his executive staff. Truscott said Engler has been dili- gent in appointing minorities to state boards, commissions and judgeships. Louis Green, deputy director of the state Department of Civil Rights, agreed generally with Truscott's observations. Green worked for both Blanchard and Engler, and said the conservative Engler is more sensitive to minority issues than the public believes. It often is difficult to hire anyone to work in a political job with an uncer- tain future and, in some cases, lower pay than in the private sector, Green said. "I've encouraged them to hire more minorities," he said of the Engler ad- ministration. "I wouldn't say I was sat- isfied with the numbers. I am satisfied with the effort." Green said some minorities, includ- ing himself, worked for Engler's staff but were promoted to otherjobs in state government. The Work Force Report shows that of the largest state departments, the Michigan Employment Security Com- mission leads in minority employment with 39 percent. Minorities comprise about 33 percent of the Department of Social Services workforce. Crash leaves LSA student in critical' condition By Jodi Cohen and Zachary M. Raimi Daily Staff Reporters Saloni Raval, an LSA junior who sustained severe head injuries in a car accident last Thursday, remains in criti- cal condition at University Hospitals, a spokesman said yesterday. Arjun Kumar, an LSA junior, was driving a borrowed 1995 green Mus- tang GT in the middle of a rainstorm when he lost control of the car. The accident occurred shortly after 8 p.m., as Kumar was driving west on Eisenhower Boulevard, police said. He had just turned right from State Street. "For whatever reason, he lost control, started to rotate around,jumped the curb, slid sideways into a light pole and spun around the light pole," Officer Gary Oxender said in an interview yesterday. Kumar was treated for head injuries Institute of Social Research impacts policy, perc at University Hospitals and was re- leased Friday. The front-seat passenger, Arpita Patel, an LSA junior, was treatd and released the night of the accident. Kumar said he was driving 253mph when the car fishtailed off the wetpave- ment into the pole. There was noindica- tion of alcohol use, police reports said. Oxender said police are conducting an investigation to determine officially the cause of the accident. The investi- gation will not be concluded for at least a week. When the results are found, Oxender said that the department will share its findings with the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office, although Oxender said it is doubtful that anyone would be charged. Oxender added that this is regular procedure. eptions vey Research Center, the largesrdyi- sion, analyzes consumer attitudes and environmental factors affecting l h v- ior. Some of the other visible studies are the National Election Studies, .p4en- nial analysis of voting behavior; the Panel Study ofIncome Dynamicsdhich annually studies income cha!ge in American families; and the stuy on aging and retirement which beiin in 1992. Understanding how people de4cde to retire is important now and in thq near future, Juster said, because it ~affects labor supply, the collective standard of living and other socioeconomicfac- tors. Also, "baby-boomers are going to enter the retirement stage ... by 2 10," Juster said. By Marisa Ma Daily Staff Reporter From its inception almost 50 years ago as a small center with a modest staff, it now flourishes as a giant in social science research. Established in 1946, the University's Institute of Social Research was un- usual in its formation and its quantita- tive approach, helping to transform the study ofsocioeconomic phenomena into a science in the 1950s and 1960s. Its forerunner was an agricultural team created by the federal Department of Agriculture during the late 1930s that interviewed farmers concerning governmental farm programs. "It's considered one of the premier in the social science areas," said Peggy Norgren, assistant director at the insti- tute. It is also the largest university-based social science research organization in the United States, employing more than 80 PhD-level social scientists and sev- eral hundred researchers. The impact of ISR studies on policy- making and public perception is evi- dence of its stature. For instance, an annual survey on drug use by teen-agers has become a resource for policy-makers. This 20-year-old survey, called "Monitoring the Future," reported last year that drug use and cigarette smok- ing rates have increased among teen- agers. "Our job is to inform the country of what's happening," said Lloyd Johnston, the principal investigator of the study. This information spurred Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to establish the Marijuana Pre- vention Initiative last year, Johnston said. Johnston also said the study was cited when President Clinton announced his plan to restrict tobacco industry adver- tising that targets young people and to reduce accessibility of cigarettes. Those who work at the institute ap- preciate its unique qualities. "It is a very much bottom-up organi- zation," Norgren said. "Researchers pursue their own area of interest and they prepare grant proposals to the gov- ernment, and state and local agencies." Johnston said he agrees that the mde- pendence of researchers to initiate their projects "does distinguish the institute from other peer institutions." Johnston also said its reputation is earned, because results of past studies have proven reliable. Unlike most other social science re- search organizations, ISR enables re- searchers to acquire new data for their studies instead of using old data, said Juster, former ISR director and present investigator in a study on aging and retirement. The multidisciplinary institute con- ducts a wide variety of research and is affiliated with many University depart- ments, including economics, political science and public health. ISR consists of three divisions-the Survey Research Center, the Research Center for Group Dynamics and the Center for Political Studies. 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