University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Tigers fans walk info Comerica Park before a playoff game. Before the playoffs, in regular season, the Tigers were 95-67, placing them second in the AL Central standings behind Minnesota. K. Worcester photo The team rushes the field after a Tigers win. The Detroit Tigers went 1 -4 to Saint Louis in the World Series Championship. K. Worcester photo 64 etroit tigers

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Ranked third in 2007 by U.S. News World Report, Michigan ' s Bachelor ' s of Business Administration program grew more competitive and prestigious with the recent amendment to the admissions process. The freshmen business majors of 2006-2007 were among the first admitted as business majors at the University ' s Ross School of Business. They were also the first to face a three year program, as opposed to the historical two year program comprised of only upperclassmen. The program maintained a highly selective admissions process and a challenging course load. Only 16% of the applicants who applied for Fall 2006 were admitted. They held an average GPA of 3.8 and participated in a plethora of relevant extracurricular activities such as Student Government and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). They were expected to submit an essay addressing the same question that the Ross School of Business had asked in the past years. Students were accepted as preferred admits, which meant they were enrolled as an LSA student, but they were expected to satisfy certain requirements; as long as these preferred admits successfully completed Math 115, Economics 101, and the Sweetland Writing Center freshman writing requirement, they were transferred to the Ross School of Business at the end of freshman year. Though the BBA three-year program began accepting students as high school seniors, students were i to apply to the program during their freshman year of college because the majority of students who were finally accepted entered the University as LSA freshmen. The students who applied straight out of high school were among the top applicants to the University of Michigan. Thus, students who were denied admission to the business school initially were not meant to be discouraged by the program. On the one hand, many students saw this change as a step toward greater acknowledgement for the BBA program. On the other hand, others felt they were gypped, having had to endure more difficult pre- requisites to the program. Junior organizational studies and psychology major Elissa First said, I wish this new program existed when I was a senior in high school. Some students believed that if a few of those courses were omitted as pre-requisites, they would have had a better chance for admittance. First continued, If I didn ' t have to take accounting, I would have applied to the B-school. Despite some students ' objections, the new BBA program alleviated the anxieties of many students who were enrolled in the program. The course load for students enrolled in the three year program was more evenly spread out, which caused them to feel less swamped with a heavy workload. Additinally, students didn ' t have to figure out how to double major in their first year as the three year program bred more flexibility for dual majors. Junior finance concentrator in the Business School, Katie Glass, endorsed the program: I think the three year program will make students a lot more competitive and well-rounded. We will be more competitive with Warton, who is ranked number one. Eileen Spring, executive director of Food Gatherers, and Paul Saginaw, co-owner and founder of Zingerman ' s, serve as panelists at a special event for business students interested in summer internships. Speakers at the event included prominent local businessmen as well as students enrolled in the business school who shared their success tips from previous summer internships. R. Peplinski photo features 63

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Tigers ' World Series Run by emily demarco On October 9 th , 2006, the University held its second biennial Diversity Summit. The Summit was a conference that sought to increase awareness about the needs of different ethnic groups on campus. After several years of turmoil surrounding affirmative action, the President ' s office decided it was time to focus on the diversity that already existed on campus. Based on the success of the first summit, Coleman ' s goals for the 2006 conference had changed. This time, Coleman ' s focus was the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which was on the November ballot, and threatened to ban affirmative action. Professor Lester Monts, the Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity and Undergraduate Affairs was the first to suggest to Coleman that she hold a Diversity Summit. Monts also agreed with Coleman that the MCRI needed to be a central issue at the 2006 summit. The need to open up a dialogue about the MCRI was what led Monts to the theme of the Summit, which was A Day Without , an idea that focused on what the campus would be like without diversity. Furthermore, this theme was apparent in Coleman ' s opening speech, which highlighted what happened to California universities after affirmative action was banned there with only 2% of the incoming class being African American. She further explored the implications of this lack of diversity, and the implications that it had for California universities. Moreover, following Coleman ' s speech, there was a keynote address by Eva Paterson, who was the President of the Equal Justice Society. Then, there was a Panel Discussion which featured many prominent figures in the nation ' s fight for diversity, including Paterson and Dennis Archer, the former Mayor of Detroit, among others. Following the panel, there was a lecture by Scott Page, a professor of Political Science and Economics at the University. Finally, there was a breakout session , during which attendees broke into small groups and discussed important diversity issues on campus. Ending with a wrap-up by Coleman, the summit was a full day dedicated to diversity on campus. The Tigers play a World Series game at home in Comerica Park. They ended their World Series run in Saint Louis on October 27 Photo courtesy Adam Clarke features 65