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CSG passes fall budget $301K budget is about 12 percent less than winter term By DAILY WRITER who has this position
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Hunter Lochman, chief marketing officer for the University’s athletic department, right, discusses the new student ticketing system with members of Central Student
Basketball ticketing changed Students must claim tickets online 72 hours before tip-off
By ALEJANDRO ZÚÑIGA Daily Sports Editor
Less than a year after modifying its policy for student football seating, the Athletic Department will change the way in which men’s basketball tickets are distributed. At a Central Student Government assembly meeting Tuesday
night, Chief Marketing Officer Hunter Lochmann announced a new system, effective immediately, in which students who purchased full season tickets will have to individually claim games they plan to attend. He said the move will help improve the atmosphere at Crisler Center, which was often not filled to capacity last season because many students attended just a handful of games. “We want Crisler full,” Lochmann said. “We want a loud arena.” According to Lochmann, an average of 46.1% of student tickets were used per game in
2012-13, well under the Big Ten average of 67%. This season, 4,500 tickets were sold — an alltime high — despite there being just 3,000 seats allotted for students. If seats go unclaimed by students, they will be made available to the general public. Under the new system, Michigan’s 17 home fixtures will be split into six different pods of three or four games each. A couple of weeks before each pod’s contests, tickets will become available online for a 72-hour period. Students can then select which games they plan to attend, and the ticket will then be electronically transferred to
the student’s MCard where it can be used or sold. “The only con is not every student is guaranteed a seat,” Lochmann said. “But I think — we don’t know this — that if you want to go to every game, you’re going to go to every game.” The first online claim period will open Oct. 8, and the Wolverines’ first home exhibition tips off on Oct. 29. However, if a student twice claims tickets that he or she does not use, he will not be eligible for tickets to the next pod of games. If a student misses four claimed games, he will not be eligible for See ATHLETIC, Page 3A
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MARCHING BAND
CRIME
Prep for Beyoncé show was complex Marching band members, staff say show was one of the band’s most difficult
Woman reports sexual assault on Maynard St.
Ann Arbor Police release surveillance photo of suspect By ADAM RUBENFIRE Managing News Editor
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Members of the Michigan Men’s Gymnastics team show off their skills on the Diag Tuesday.
By ARIANA ASSAF
ADMINISTRATION
Daily Staff Reporter
There aren’t many things that can dazzle a student section quite like 400 Michigan Marching Band members twinkling in time to songs made famous by Queen Bey herself. But that’s exactly what happened when the marching band turned down the lights at a Beyoncé-inspired halftime show during Saturday’s football game against the University of Notre Dame. The idea for the show originated at the end of winter 2013 and the concept developed over the summer. Award-winning drill designer Cory Meals wrote the drill formation and former director Scott Boerma — now director of bands at Western See BEYONCE, Page 3A
Implementing an agenda on campus doesn’t come cheap. With lower-than-expected total student enrollment for this academic year — 38,125 students — to contribute to student government dues and about $50,000 less than expected from last semester’s carry-over, the Central Student Government budgeted $301,104 for the fall semester. The new budget is approximately 12 percent less than what was available winter 2012. Unlike previous semesters — where commissions were allocated funds individually along with the other budgeted expenses — the 25 executive commissions were not allocated funds for the fall. As per the new commission structure implemented during the summer by CSG President Michael Proppe and Vice President Bobby Dishell, the commissions are responsible for compiling research-based reports until November. The reports include information on the funds required during the remainder of the year to drive
initiatives. In the meantime, if commissions require funds for their fall initiatives, they will draw from the $14,700 allocated to the commission discretionary fund. During the meeting, Proppe said this structure solved the dual purpose of allowing a greater allocation to the Student Organization Funding Commission — the body primarily responsible for funding voluntary student organizations — and accommodating the reduced budget. Despite the new commission structure, SOFC was allocated about 12 percent less than what they were given last semester. A portion of the debate surrounding the budget was dedicated to passing an amendment that mandated that a minimum of 5 percent of the SOFC budget be spent solely on graduate student organizations. On the other hand, Proppe said it’s necessary for the political insurance to be written into the budget, as graduate student organizations did not face discrimination when applying for funding through SOFC along with other undergraduate organizations. “I don’t think it is a good idea to earmark a percent of the SOFC budget to graduate students,” Proppe said. He added See COUNCIL, Page 3A
Committee leads path to pick Coleman’s successor Lack of students rare among public school committees By JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporter
The search for the next University president is complex, to say the least.
The University’s Board of Regents announced the formation of a Presidential Search Advisory Committee in July. The committee, carried out by Russell Reynolds Associates executive recruiting firm and seven faculty members, has already met — and will continue to do so — to evaluate potential candidates for the next president of the
University. University President Mary Sue Coleman announced her retirement at the April regents meeting. It will begin on July 31, 2014. Regent Katherine White (D–Ann Arbor) wrote in an e-mail interview that the firm and the advisory committee will assist the board “in See PRESIDENTIAL, Page 3A
A woman reported that she was sexually assaulted early Sunday morning on the 300 block of Maynard Street, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department. Between 2:15 and 2:36 a.m., a 29-year-old female was walking to her vehicle on the 300 block of Maynard Street when an unknown male who had been walking toward her exposed himself and touched her, according to AAPD. The woman said she punched the suspect, who ran toward a nearby stairwell. The incident is currently being classified as fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, which is a misdemeanor. In addition to providing a surveillance photo, AAPD describes the suspect as a male of unknown race but medium complexion. The suspect is estimated to be in his early 20s, 5’6” to 5’7” in height and 130 pounds. He has brown straight short hair, a clean-shaven face and brown eyes. The 300 block of Maynard is
ANN ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT
A surveillance photo of the suspect.
close to Betsy Barbour, Newberry Hall and the Student Activities Building. Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect is asked to call the Ann Arbor Police Department at 734-794-6930, extension 49329, or Unviersity Police at 734-7631131.
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