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

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he 12th president of the University. Lee Bollinger, was a former Law School Dean. Bellinger was chosen from about 200 applicants. The Presidential Search Committee voted unanimously to offer the position to Bollingeron o : 5. Univcristy Regents described hint as a candidate who would hit the ground running. and believed this was his dream job. Presidential Search 29

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than a year niter former re lAent the { nlveri ty cfit f e 4 new tt tend us info the 2i t story 6y qCOTOC By imrrta tartwrtgftt ' photo courtesy of John Kraft arry Faulkner , a provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, as well as a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign was one of four final presidential candidates. Four months after James Duderstadt announced his decision to retire as the University ' s President, the Presidential Search Advisory Committee officially began the process of finding a successor. After eight months, 300 candidates, a controversial plan, a lawsuit and a court order, the Regents voted to make Lee Bellinger, former professor and Dean of the University ' s Law School, and Provost at Dartmouth College, the 12th President of the University of Michigan. The search turned out to be the most open in the University ' s history, although the Regents would have preferred a more closed process. In early October, just before the committee planed to announce its five candidates to the Regents, a Washtenaw County court order froze the search. A law suit filed jointly by The Ann Arbor News, The Detroit News, and The Detroit Free Press contended that the University ' s presidential selection process violated the State of Michigan ' s Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act. The newspapers thought too much information was kept from the public, and the courts agreed. The Regents were forced to conduct the final phase of their search in the open. This controversy marred the process, and sent ripples of debate throughout the University ' s community. The forced decision to conduct open meetings also caused one of the finalists to withdraw. When announcing the list of the finalists to the Regents on Oct. 1 7, Jeffrey Lehman, chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee, explained that one of the candidates wished to talk to each regent privately. Edie Goldberg, Dean of LSA, removed her name from the list of finalists on Oct. 1 6. Goldberg went public with her decision a week later. This left the Regents with a final list of four. Along with Bellinger, the list contained: Stanley Chodorow, Provost at the University of Pennsylvania; Carol Christ, Vice Chan- cellor at the University of California at Berkeley; and Larry Faulkner, Provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Each of the candidates visited the University individually during the final weeks of October, and on Nov. 5 the Re- gents met to select the next president. At this open meeting the Regents agreed that the finalists were all outstand- ing candidates. Regent Rebecca McGowan said the advisory committee had produced the cream of the cream of emerging university leadership. In electing Bollinger, the Regents noted that he had the support of a diverse group of the University ' s constituents, and that his management style would heal the University. After negotiating a contract, Interim President Homer Neal announced that Bollinger would assume his position as the University of Michigan ' s 12th President on Feb. 1, 1997. Even through this arduous process, the search was deemed a success. Search consultant Malcolm MacKay of Russell Reynolds Asso- ciates Inc. told the Regents that the search was, the most thorough, disciplined, extensive search he had seen. photo courtesy of John Kraft f { orninee Carol Christ, a Vice Chancellor, provost, and professor at the University of Californa, Berkeley was a finalist. Christ ' s nomination was opposed by a former University alumni and current UC faculty member in an editorial to the Michigan Daily. photo courtesy News and Information Services tanley Chodorow enjoys a laugh during a tour of the University. Chodorow was a provost and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. The Presidental search committee ran into many problems because it held secret search meetings. The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, and The Ann Arbor News took the University to court over the secret proceedings. 28 Presidential Search

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Mongolian Darbeque -,ii ii| k| traci) solo krislin derosa I HI. ul 1 tj emrna cartwriqr ooa tinste lilt ' ) ' .) I s As students returned to school in the fall, they often could not decide what to do first: move into their new home, join up with their friends they had not seen for over four months, or eat the meal they had craved for the entire summer. I just could not wait to go to Pizza House. The whole drive up to school I could taste that chipati, said Alysa Ullman, junior psychology major. The trend of going out to eat continued throughout the year. Whether it was an addiction to the Ann Arbor fare or simply laziness, students and dining out were a synonymous concept. There are just so many places to choose from there is no time to cook! said Lidia Szabo, a senior LSA biology student. Despite all of the choices available, waiting in line was unavoidable. Ten o ' clock in the morning on Sundays at Angelo ' s, twelve noon on Wednesdays at Einstein ' s, 7 p.m. on Friday at Mongolian Barbeque, and 2:30 a.m. on Saturday nights at Backroom Pizza all involved waiting in line. Senior Business School student Jason Gottlieb did not seem to mind however. It ' s just part of the process. If you want to eat good food, you have to wait. It wouldn ' t seem right if you got to eat right away. It ' s okay though, because once you get your food, it ' s worth it. J erving a variety of multi-ethnic foods, ranging from pasta to seafood dishes, Zanzibar offered unique cuisines. While the menu primarily featured food with tropical influences from places such as the Caribbean, Vietnam, and Thailand, it also offered American favorites like hamburgers and pasta. Although Zanzibar was not the typical bar and grille , its popularity with students continued to grow. We are starting to see more and more students, said man- ager Cindy Grammatico. A ah Sn patron at Mongolian Barbeque visits the food i to prepare his meal. With a variety of meats, vegetable sauces and spices to choose from, patrons combined the favorite foods to create an ideal meal. Althoug Mongolian Barbeque cost $10.95 per person, snider, found the ambiance and the food well worth their mone A 7 griller at Mongolian Barbeque prepares a patron meal. After choosing what they wanted in their di patrons brought their combinations to the grill where Mongolian grillers cooked their food. Having the fo cooked to order was one of Mongolian frequenter favorite aspects of the restaurant. 30 + Dining Out Sarah Smiic