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CFO tapped for U. of Phoenix presidency Slottow will serve as the University of Phoenix’s seventh president By JENNIFER CALFAS and SAM GRINGLAS Managing News Editor and Daily News Editor
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Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, CSG president-elect, and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar, vice president-elect, celebrate as Make Michigan wins the Central Student Government elections Tuesday night in Angell Hall.
Dishell clinches CSG post Make Michigan comes out on top in contentious race By KRISTEN FEDOR Daily Staff Reporter
The results are in. Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar of Make Michigan will be the CSG president
and vice president, respectively, for the 2014-2015 academic year. The results come five days after polls closed for the March 26-27 Central Student Government elections. Dishell and Shokar won with 3,937 votes cast in their favor, beating out their next-closest competitors — FORUM candidates Carly Manes, a Public Policy junior, and LSA junior Pavitra Abraham — by more than 1,000 votes.
Dishell is the current CSG vice president and Shokar currently serves as speaker of the CSG assembly. Both candidates emphasized their experience in executive positions as a strength of their ticket during the campaign period. After receiving the news, Dishell congratulated his supporters for their collective effort. “All the credit goes to this team,” Dishell said. “We
Tim Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer, announced Tuesday that he will step down from his role to serve as the seventh president of the University of Phoenix. Slottow will leave the University on June 19 and assume his new position on June 20. “As you can imagine, this has been a tough decision for me, because I love doing what I do for this University, and I love working with all of you to ‘Make Blue Go’ each day,” Slottow said in a statement. University President Mary Sue Coleman lauded Slottow’s work in his pivotal role in maintaining and
couldn’t be more proud of everyone.” CSG President Michael Proppe, a Business senior, a large supporter of Dishell and Make Michigan, attended the party’s makeshift event. “He’s been right at my side the entire time this year,” Proppe said. “I’m really excited to see what they’re going to do next year.” Six complaints filed with See CSG, Page 2A
enhancing the University’s endowment in a statement released Tuesday. “He has played an integral role in the University’s growth and financial stability throughout the recession, ensuring our academic excellence as he worked in partnership with our academic and university leaders,” Coleman said. “His fiscal acumen has served U-M exceptionally well, and I thank him.” Coleman will recommend the Board of Regents approve Douglas L. Strong, chief executive officer of the University’s Hospitals and Health Centers, to serve as interim CFO at their next meeting on April 10. Ora Pescovitz, executive vice president for medical affairs, will recommend Anthony Denton, executive director and chief operating officer of the University’s Hospitals and Health Centers, to the board. The University of Phoenix is a forprofit institution of higher education, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The institution grants bachelor’s, associate, master’s and doctoral See SLOTTOW, Page 3A
GOLDEN APPLE WINNER: VICTOR LIEBERMAN
RESEARCH
After 30 years at ‘U’, noted instructor reflects on career and research
Scientists discover new neural interactions that affect biological clock in humans
A professor who doesn’t mind the hard topics By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily Staff Reporter
Teaching was not History Prof. Victor Lieberman’s first career choice. Lieberman, who has taught at the University since 1984, originally believed his future would be comprised of research and “solving historical and intellectual problems.” And though his research chops aren’t in question — in fact, he has been granted countless awards and fellowships and has written dozens of articles and book chapters on various research interests, with research taking up the “bulk” of his time in Ann Arbor — it is as a teacher that Lieberman truly shines; at least according to his students. Lieberman is the recipient of this year’s Golden Apple Award,
an annual award that recognizes excellence in teaching and is determined by University students. Granted by University of Michigan Hillel, the award honors faculty who “consistently teach each lecture as if it were their last, and strive not only to disseminate knowledge but to inspire and engage students in its pursuit.” While he didn’t necessarily bleed maize and blue before coming to the University — he said he came to Ann Arbor because the University offered the only job available in his field — Lieberman said the emotional bonds he has created with students changed his perspective on teaching. “Once I started teaching I found it was a lot of fun,” he said. “I like interacting with students; I like to see their enthusiasm and to kind of inspire them.” “I find U of M undergraduates very bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn, and working with them is tremendously See LIEBERMAN, Page 3A
New study reinforces the importance of sleep cycle
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Rackham students Emily Taylor and Nancy Gehart celebrate after receiving tickets to President Obama’s speech.
Student tickets for Obama distributed in two hours Nearly 1,000 line up to vie for tickets to Wednesday event By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter
Starting at 5 p.m. Monday evening, students began to line up outside the Michigan Union to secure their spot for tickets
for President Barack Obama’s Wednesday address on campus, forming a line of nearly 1,000 that traveled from the Union’s side entrance to the Kelsey Archaeology museum. At 10:30 that morning Tuesday morning, an hour and a half after tickets started being distributed, the ticket office announced it was out of tickets and shut down, turning away 50 to 60 students who were still in line. Obama will make his third visit to campus during
his presidency to discuss his proposal to raise federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. LSA seniors Janani Naidu and Srilatha Eadara, who waited in line for about an hour and a half before being turned away, said while they were disappointed to be turned away, but they understood their late arrival in relation to others would result in this manner. “It wasn’t horrible, but it’s See OBAMA, Page 3A
Tired? Going to sleep is more important than you may think. Many people may have heard of circadian rhythms — they’re the reason for your 4 p.m. exhaustion or your jetlag after returning from spring break in Paris. In simple terms, these rhythms tell your body when to sleep and when to wake up. The rhythms usually work in 24-hour periods and are run by cells known as ‘clock neurons.’ In a recent study, University researchers discovered that these clock neurons are much more complex than they previously thought. In the past, scientists believed a small group of neurons controlled the thousands of clock neurons in the human brain. Orie Shafer, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, found See SLEEP, Page 2A
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