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

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| he University ' s 1997 solar powered car is driven through downtown New York City for the annual ECOFest parade. Team members affectionately dubbed their creation the Wolverine. r Car Team members Steve Myers, Rick Bodey, Sarah Tacey, and Jed Christiansen show off team memorabilia to a recruit at Festifall. Such items as team t-shirts, hats, jackets and scale models of actual solar cars caught the eyes of passersby. I his young Asian girl dis- covers that learningcan be fun as she plays a game to learn the English language. As her teacher called out words, she jumped onto the letters that spelled them. Laurie Louwsma, a Family Housing Language instructor, leads the class in a sing- along Halloween song, in which the children shout outcertain words that they are learning. The children learned words easily through these songs and en- joyed the holiday themes. 314 Organizations The Family Housing Language Program, l second language course for University student i North Campus, provided English as a ind faculty. There was a wide variety of ;us levels or conversation and grammar. after schoolchildren ' s workshops, and English through Movies . The program went on several field trips such as apple picking, the zoo, Huckleberry Railroad, and visited the fire department. Social events were also planned, such as the program ' s successful Thanksgiviii ' ' addition to classes, a conversation partner system W;LS offered, which allowed pamuimnu-i i practice speaking English outside of the classroom. by Cathy .st w rc Shelley Skopit

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peace Corps representative Joseph Dorsey stands before his display at Festifall. Held in the Diag, Festifall was a great way to advertise organizations to students. Hundreds of different interest groups set up stands to attract students on Sept. 5. MORTAR BOARD NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY I photo courtesy of 77;e Michigan Daily UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STOCK CLUB :and IVu-r I Front Row: Mic.ili Veith. kyon Arnold. Nicholas Martin. i.i:mi Ik : . Alfe The L ' nirersit} ' Stock Club provided a great opportunity for beginner- ' . ! wet in the world of investment. The club focused on real estate, mutual furuN leral pnrtfuliu tracking and portfolio theory, ( omprised of 20 members, the club held monthly meetings in addition to their regular email :. In terms of investing, Stock i President LiamHerron advised fellow students. If ou don ' t want to put in the time in. go with mutual funds. The club to how torn. -leiiLs upon entering the real bis-world, Stock Club 313

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ew Regulations, New Cars bir last-year ' s ranking of sixth out of thirty-six places in the Sun Rayce competition, members of the Solar Car Team knew that ermination and diligenSHire the key factors for achieving success. However, in order to accomplish this goal, the team needed to comply to the new guidelines lat Sun Rayce had established. The new cars were required to have four wheels instead of three, and the cars needed to be driven north to south instead of east to west. D ue to the angle that the sun hits the car in order to generate energy, this change in driving direction was an essential consideration. This year, the team placed heavy focus on the mechanical portion of the design stage in an effort to weed out bad ideas and to ensure that the vehicle runs properly. Once the body design was complete and before actual construction could begin, the drawings were sent to a manufacturing company to make molds and then the project proposal was sent to Sun Rayce. We were working within the rules to make the best possible car and team that we could, commented aerospace engineering junior and project manager Jed Christiansen, by Aubrey Zubrin efore being driven for the first time, several team members do final vehicle checks on the Wolverine . Bill Haynes, Paul Edwards, Mete Nadir, Rick Bodey, Ryan Smith and Randy Castro carefully inspect the car for any unforeseen problems and possible improve- ments. SOLAR CAR TEAM ' iBasI Bell Rnw it: - . ' .... Merritt, Jocetyn Shi ' ihaunai LMichaelK ' . Randall The l. ' niversity ' s chapter of the N V ( ' .P ( ational Association for the Advancement of C,oi People! followed their mission to lead a commitment to succeed in the African Arm community. Comprised of many different committees, the organization covered many facets community, including die tan Arbor and Ypsilanti areas in addition to the organization as buy. ) : - - with il Po itical Action ; affirmative action, and is-. Communif) : ! nmittee organizing a gift givn; providing Thanksgiving dinner for seven familiei ' heAcad rated a peermentoring:i;- ram to help fourth and fifth gradei still time for social events. The Social Ac . . :;etry readings and ai iti part) befon the Ohio State gai Kristi Kozubal Front Row: Atticus Flores, Toru Suzuki, Hahn Kim, Jonathan Kadish, Christian Striffler. Sheryl Wolf. Ryan Smith, Michelle Tsay,San|ayKhetan, Scott Ijndrap. Jeremy Bielecki.YTO utro Row 1 Daniel Stern. Edwin Jung. Hamshivraj Dhamrat, Aleksandar Vojnovski. Timothy Wittrock. Patrick Hunt, LeoTse. Ryan Schrieber. Michael Steers. Paul Hook, Aron Tomson. Michael Donahue Row 3: Joseph Lambert, Richard Brxiey. Gene Smith, led Christiansen, Jeremy Lappin, Nader S! ; Alvarez. Russell Moeriand. Ryan Bishop. Jonathan Mezzadri, Reuben Robrschneidei Members of the Solar Car Team worked assiduously to design and construct solar-powered vehicles every two years for the Solar Power Vehicle Race. The race is hosted by Sun K nonprofit organization) and will occur in June of 1 999. Our basic goal is to build the most reliable and efficient car in the Sun Rayce and, ultimately, to win. commented . -.;ineer senior. Reuben Rohr Schneider. The members also hoped to construct a solar car in time for the world Solar Challenge in Australia in the year 2000. In order to unite the team and increase membership involvement, social activities such as rock climbing and volleyball and meetings were held. by Aubrey Zubrin Solar Car Team 31 5