expected to cross their legs and take up as little space as possible. Rackham student Jessica Chen said she was intrigued by the topic and decided to attend the seminar particularly to discuss issues like the gender gap among minority groups. “I’ve always been interested and involved in women’s rights,” Chen said. “I do a lot of volunteering and the organization I’m involved with, we’re very interested in promoting a way to lessen the gender gap and for underrepresented minority groups.” In addition to discussion of personal experiences and ways to resolve workplace issues resulting from microaggressions, the seminar also focused on progress made in recent years in gender equality. Many of the statistics in the presentation pertained to those in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — including that women make up 20 percent of engineering graduates, but only make up 11 percent of the engineering workforce. Rackham student Jamie Do, who also attended the seminar, said she wanted to better understand how these microagressions and stereotypes play out in everyday life. “I thought the title sounded interesting, and it would be neat to recognize how people view others and find out how to take away what I learn here to break down those barriers for my own sake,” Do said. Ashleigh Bell, a student administration assistant for the Center for Entrepreneurship, said the center decided to start the seminar series in the College of Engineering because of the significant gender disparity in those fields. “I really believe in the power of entrepreneurship as a means of empowering everyone, but especially women and individuals who are underrepresented in STEM,” Bell said. “I want them to really pursue their goals, whether that be starting your own company someday, working for a startup or innovating within an existing industry.” GENDER From Page 1 Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 1/8/10 3:13 PM SUDOKU HARD 9 7 5 3 9 5 2 7 7 2 8 7 3 2 1 7 3 5 8 1 6 4 1 7 9 1 4 8 FINDING A FORMAL DATE. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com City, University officials hold two meetings to address potential issues By BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff Reporter At an open house held to discuss theproposed plan for the Ann Arbor Connector Thursday night, local residents raised concerns about the University of Michigan’s financial role in the joint project and how much city residents stand to benefit. The proposed Connector would either take the form of a light rail, a type of public transport similar to a tramway, or a high-capacity bus service. The rail would link the southern end of Ann Arbor from Briarwood Mall, through the University’s Central, Medical and North Campuses, to the city’s northern extreme at US-23 and Plymouth Road. Thursday night’s meeting was the second held regarding the connector — another was held earlyier in the day. During both, city and University officials met with community members and students to discuss the project. According to representatives of AECOM, the consulting firm hired to manage the project, the preliminary study on the light rail is complete, and public input will be collected before the next phase will proceed. The entire process of design finalization, procurement and construction is estimated to take between six and 12 years. Jeremy Winsor, one of the AECOM representatives, described the Briarwood Mall- Plymouth Road corridor as the busiest transportation corridor in the entire state of Michigan — with 28 percent of the city’s residents and 51 percent of the city’s jobs within walking distance of the proposed path — and the place where most of the city’s future growth would take place. He also noted that current bus traffic between downtown Ann Arbor and North Campus — at one bus every 90 seconds per stop and 50,000 daily trips — has exhausted existing road capacity. Winsor said the project is expected to reduce travel times along the corridor by 43 percent and increase rider capacity by 52 percent, at an estimated cost of $500 to $700 million for construction and an 8 percent increase in annual transportation operations expenditures by the city and University. “If you were to go online to the (Federal Transportation Administration) and look at all the new projects they have around the country in major metropolitan areas, this project, for the amount of ridership, ends up looking like a bargain,” Winsor said, adding that a combination of state and federal grants would also likely pay a large portion of the cost. However, many of the residents in attendance expressed concerns about whether the University would be the primary beneficiary of the connector at the expense of city taxpayers. Ann Arbor resident Vince Caruso pointed out the majority of traffic along the proposed connector route is University students, saying the University should therefore pay a larger share of the costs, drawing nods of approval from the crowd. “This is really a U of M corridor; this is not an Ann Arbor corridor …and that’s fine,” Caruso said. “Maybe they should be asked to step up and provide a lot more funding than they previously stated they would.” Jim Kosteva, community relations director for the University, acknowledged residents’ concerns. In an interview, he said the University intends to pay for 75 percent ofthe next phase of environmental reviews, and to continue to financially contribute in subsequent phases. 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WHO: LGBT Michigan WHEN:6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Chemistry Building, room 1800 Belgian officials have arrested six people involved with the suicide bombings in Brussels on Tuesday, according to Reuters. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the airport bombings that killed 31 individuals and wounded around 270. 1 MFA open house WHAT: Three first-year Masters of Fine Arts candidates will display their work. WHO: Penny W. Stamps School WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Stamps Graduate Studios Poor Yoric is not the only ancient skull above ground. Shakespeare’s skull is missing from his grave, Reuters reported. Kevin Colls, an archaeologist at Staffordshire University, said the head was likely stolen at some point in history. 3 Etiquette Luncheon WHAT: The Center for Campus Involvement will host an instructional business etiquette luncheon. WHO: The Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Koessler Room Birds of Chicago WHAT: A folk music performance by the band Birds of Chicago. Their music is a modern take on traditional gospel music. The band was formed in 2012 and features Allison Russell and JT Nero. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316 S. Main St. Bill Baxter linguistics Lecture WHAT: Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the University will give a talk titled “Bayesian Approahes to Indo- European Phylogeny.” WHO: Department of Linguistics WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Lorch Hall, room 403 Discussion on Castilian Spanish WHAT: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prof. Jose Ignacio Hualde will give a talk on the language. WHO: Romance Languages and Literatures WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Hutchins Hall, room 250 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Economic theory talk WHAT: Jay Lu from the University of California Los Angeles will present a Bayesian theory of state- dependent utilities. WHO: Economic Theory WHEN: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Lorch Hall, room 301 EIHS symposium WHAT: The History Department will host a panel discussion on past challenges and new initiatives with history graduates. WHO: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies WHEN: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Tisch Hall, room 1014 News AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Ann Arbor resident Tim Rexin speaks with Hank Kelley, an AECOM transportation planner, about handicap accessibility concerns at an information session on plans for a light rail train system in Ann Arbor at the Ann Arbor District Library Thursday afternoon. PHOTOS OF THE WEEK RYAN MCLOUGHLIN /Daily LSA sophomore Madeline McCabe speaks with passerbys about the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Action Campaign on the Diag Thursday. AVA RANDA/Daily Dance 2XS performs at the NewMICH Speak Out on the Diag Monday.