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

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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

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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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Google Partnership by zach gasior A small selection from the University ' s extensive text collection sits on the shelves. Thanks to Google ' s technology, the texts were scanned without damaging the originals. R. Peplinski photo For some time, students and staff had heard rumors that the University planned to enter into a partnership with Google in regards to the library systems. However, no details were available until 2005, when it became public knowledge that the University and Google had plans to work together to digitize and preserve the library system ' s vast collection of material that was, at the time, available only in print. In a statement released on November 14 th , 2005, it was said that The motivation behind the talks was a desire on the part of the University to preserve these works for future generations and to make the Library ' s resources widely available for education and research. This project began in 2006. In a speech given on February 6 th , 2006, University President Mary Sue Coleman said, Our library at Michigan has been the national leade r in creating digital copies of works that are at risk, out of print, or languishing in warehouses. Working with Google allowed a much speedier accomplishment of this task. Google planned to have the entire collection scanned and c v in approximately six years, by 2012. Anyone with internet access would be able to access texts online. With such a task, many questions were raised as to the safety of the texts being scanned and even the cost of such a project (and the effects on things such as student tuition as well as staff payroll). However, thanks to Google ' s own technology, the texts were scanned with absolutely no harm to the ils, and the library itself determined if a text was too fragile to be scanned. Overall, Google funded this project on its own dime. While this posed no cost to the University, it also meant that the University did not receive any royalties or any other sort of financial compensation from the project. By digitizing its entire collection, the University made these texts available to a much wider range of people. The project also guaranteed that these texts, some of which only existed in Ann Arbor, would become immoral. As President Coleman so eloquently put it, ...the Google project is a remarkable opportunity and a natural evolution for a university whose mission is to create, to communicate, to preserve and to apply knowledge. I google partnership