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2009 CAMPUS GUIDE

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2 Past presidential visits at ASU

3 Tempe hopes Obama brings business surge

5 New deal boosts Alumni Association membership

8 A look at the last four years

10 Past commencement speakers at ASU

11 Teach for America offers new route for grads

13 ‘Golden’ grads to lead commencement

Inside16 80% in faculty poll say Obama should receive degree

16 Some doctoral students unable to attend ceremony

17 Web site sheds light on best careers

18 ASU to name scholarship after Obama in lieu of degree

19 State Press columnists on commencement and Obama

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FINAL EDITION

By Tyler SharpKANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN

K-State students, facul-ty and staff will see a change in their Thanksgiving breaks beginning in fall 2010. That semester’s aca-demic calendar includes a full week of vacation for Thanksgiving instead of a three-day break, which has been the policy in recent years. Faculty Senate ap-proved the change in policy in April 2008. Student Body President Dalton Henry, se-nior in agricultural econom-ics and agricultural commu-nications and journalism, said the change would be benefi cial. “When we looked at the old calendar, having that break split with a one-day fall break and three-day Thanksgiving break really hindered [students’] ability to go home either of those times,” Henry said. “This new system should make it easier and more convenient for students.” The University Calen-dar Committee is responsi-ble for setting the academ-ic calendar. The commit-tee consists of the university registrar, three Faculty Sen-ate representatives and two students appointed by the student body president. Kansas Board of Re-gents calendar policies state that an academic year must minimally consist of “... two

By Monica CastroKANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN

Manhattan residents who notice fl owing hydrants around town in the next few months should know the Manhattan Fire Department is working on maintaining the hydrants. The department began fl owing hydrants Wednesday and will continue until Sep-tember. Don Francis, depu-ty chief for the department, said this is done to check the amount of water in the hy-drant and see if the valve on the hydrant has been shut off. This test indicates how fast water fl ows through the hy-drant in gallons per minute, as well as pointing out any other problems that might occur with a hydrant. Francis said the fi re de-partment fl ows hydrants throughout Manhattan be-cause it is required by the In-surance Services Offi ce, a company that rates fi re de-partments. “They grade our city to see if we are maintaining fi re hydrants,” Francis said. “We make sure that fi re hydrants are painted and lubricated.” In addition to painting the hydrants, the fi re depart-ment makes sure the hydrants have not been damaged.

Hydrant flowing begins

Week-long break set for fall 2010

Enjoying the ride

Jonathan Knight | COLLEGIANThe K-State baseball team celebrates during its April 17 game against Missouri at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats have enjoyed unprec-edented success this season, rising to No. 10 in the latest Baseball America poll and preparing for NCAA Regional play.

Cats relish in success as regular season nears endBy Blake Thorson

KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN

If the No. 10-ranked K-State baseball team is feeling any pressure from its highest national ranking ever and possible fi rst NCAA regional tournament in school history, the Wildcats do a good job of hiding it. The team’s hitters listened to Bob Marley as they had batting practice Thursday in the warm sun at Tointon Family Stadium. However, the atmosphere might be a bit more intense tonight as the Cats (37-11-1, 12-7-1 Big 12 Conference) begin a pivotal three-game series against the Texas Tech Red Raiders (20-27, 9-12 Big 12) at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State is fresh off

consecutive series sweeps against Oklahoma State and Brigham Young and have won six games in a row. The series wins also included head coach Brad Hill’s 600th career win, and the team set a school record for single-season wins with 36. At the beginning of the season, few people would have predicted the Wildcats’ impressive run through the Big 12 gauntlet as most pun-dits had K-State fi nishing in the bottom third of the con-ference. However, Hill’s squad, fresh off a rigorous offsea-son workout, bought into a system of playing hard for 27 outs, and it has paid ma-jor dividends this season. The Cats have exceeded expecta-tions all season en route to a

record-breaking season and have all but secured a spot in a regional tournament for the fi rst time in school history. Hill attributes the team’s steady success to their abili-ty to stay at an even keel no matter the circumstance. “I just think we haven’t really changed a whole lot all year,” Hill said. “I think we’re playing with confi dence, but I don’t think it’s been that much high or low all year and we need to stay that way and keep playing one game at a time.” Those here in Manhattan and around the country have taken notice of the Cats’ stel-lar play. There have been rum-blings of K-State being host to a regional if the team can emerge victorious in its fi nal two regular-season series and

have a decent showing in the Big 12 Tournament. Seats have even been added on the fi rst-base side of the Wildcats’ stadium to accommodate larger crowds in a potential regional setting. The Red Raider series is the fi nal home series for K-State but the Cats are scheduled to host KU for one game on May 15 before heading to Law-rence for two more games with the Jayhawks. As the season has un-folded, it has become clear to most that the Wildcats have stressed teamwork, always playing with energy and hus-tle. That team concept has carried over onto a pitching staff that had many question marks at the beginning of the

See BASEBALL, Page 6

See HYDRANTS, Page 10

See BREAK, Page 10

By Whitney Hodgin KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN

Manhattan is strictly nei-ther a rural nor urban com-munity; it is a college town located near a military base with an economy that has fared better than most dur-ing a national recession. For these reasons, residents in need of federal aid often slip through eligibility cracks and are left fi ghting homelessness from their front porch. These people are not counted in nationwide home-less counts because they still have a roof over their head, said Mandy Chapman-Sem-ple, executive director of the Manhattan Emergency Shel-ter. A Jan. 28 homeless count conducted by United Way Manhattan reported 11 indi-viduals living without shelter and about 50 living in transi-

tional shelters in Manhattan, according to a Collegian arti-cle. A homeless count is re-quired for any community that receives funding from the De-partment of Housing and Ur-ban Development, a federal entity developed to increase home ownership. However, such counts do not include individuals and families who must live with friends or fam-ily, often temporarily. Riley County has one of the high-est costs of living in Kansas, Chapman-Semple said, be-cause of its competitive rent-al market and low vacancy rate. “When you’re home-less in Manhattan, you’re not sleeping on the street, you’re maybe crashing at a friend’s or relative’s house, and the

Homeless face challenges with unusual demographics

COURTESY PHOTOMelisa Posey, junior in pre-law and women’s studies, walks up to her front door with 3-year-old son Severin. Posey receives rental assistance through Section 8, which provides housing for low-income families.See HOMELESS, Page 10

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Michigan State University’s independent voice | www.statenews.com | East Lansing, Mich. | Friday, August 28, 2009

WELCOME WEEK 2009

Questions raised about downtown projectMSU’s tuition increase 3rd highest amongBig Ten schools

MSU, E.L. offi cials plan for Welcome Week change

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The MSU football team is ready to go following a 9-win season in 2008.

Academic enrichment coordinator for the Office of Supportive Services and alumnus Matthew “Mo” Gerhardt sits before his wheelchair accessible vehicle. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

By Kayla Habermehl THE STATE NEWS ■■

For Matthew Gerhardt, blue lines in a parking lot mean something different: accessi-bility. Gerhardt, an academ-ic adviser at MSU, is a wheel-chair user who utilizes dis-ability parking. Gerhardt also attended MSU for his under-graduate degree. One of the reasons he chose to come to MSU was for its accessibility.

“As far as accessible parking and handicap parking, it’s ade-quate,” he said. “There could be more, but for the rest of the parking that’s available, there are adequate spots. … Even though it’s not perfect, the university takes it seriously.”

As of 2007, MSU had about 25,000 parking spaces and more than 800 handicap spac-es, said Mike Rice, assistant chief for MSU police. MSU only is required to have 621 handicap spaces by federal regulations. Although MSU is working to meet the needs of the disabled, some say the efforts could go further.

Last summer, MSU com-pleted a $2 million redistri-bution of accessible parking across campus, campus plan-

ner Steve Troost said.The redistribution came after

an audit from the Federal Tran-sit Administration Offi ce of Civ-il Rights. Although MSU had more than the required number of spaces, they weren’t distributed according to current standards, said Michael Hudson, director of the Resource Center for Per-sons with Disabilities (RCPD) at MSU. Prior to the audit, MSU had placed more accessible park-ing near heavily used areas and fewer in more remote areas, Hud-

son said.MSU also is working to remove

on-street parking, including hand-icap spaces, because of safety. The accessible spaces will be moved to locations that will allow the saf-est route of travel, which might not always be the closest, Troost said.

“In any place where we’re hav-ing an impact on barrier-free park-ing, we’re relocating them to a safe place,” Troost said. “Our goal is to look at the campus fabric and fi nd the safest route instead of the

shortest route.”Gerhardt uses a powered

wheelchair, so distance isn’t as much of an issue.

“If it’s further away but eas-ier to get to, I would vote for that option,” he said.

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, one in every eight handicapped spac-es in a lot must be van accessi-ble. These spaces have a wid-er, 96-inch striped access aisle

See HANDICAP on page 2A

ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING

City Center II is a $116.4 million mixed-use downtown development slated for the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River and Evergreen avenues.

By Kayla HabermehlTHE STATE NEWS■■

It’s a competition no one wants to win: Which Big Ten universi-ty has the highest tuition? And which one had the biggest tuition increase for the 2009-10 year? MSU has the sixth highest tuition in the Big Ten and the third larg-est tuition increase for 2009-10. A resident MSU freshman will pay about $10,800 in tuition for 2009-10, an increase of about 5.2 per-cent, according to information from MSU.

At the high end of the spec-trum is Northwestern Universi-ty, costing undergraduates about $38,000 in tuition. Northwestern is the only private institution in the Big Ten.

The lowest tuition increase of the Big Ten is the University of Iowa, where an in-state fresh-man will pay about $6,800 for 2009-10.

A welcomed freezeDespite the differences in the

universities, all but one raised tuition for the 2009-10 year.

The exception was Ohio State University, which held its tuition at the 2006-07 levels. Tuition for an in-state freshman at Ohio State will be about $8,400.

The 2009-10 year is the third in a row Ohio State has been able to freeze tuition and the fi rst time tuition has remained the same for more than two years since 1955, Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch said.

“We have a governor here in Ohio and a Legislature that tru-ly believes the future growth of Ohio will be through public colleg-es and universities, so they have provided an increasing amount of state funding to help universi-ties keep their tuition fl at,” Lynch said. “They know that universities and colleges can be an econom-ic engine for the growth of Ohio. Parents and students seem to be very pleased.”

The home teamUnlike Ohio State, MSU raised

its tuition for in-state undergrad-uates 5.2 percent for 2009-10 and 4.9 percent for 2010-11, accord-ing to MSU’s budget development overview approved by the Board of Trustees in June.

The increase was the third highest in the Big Ten with the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison being higher.

U-M raised tuition 5.6 percent for 2009-10 and Wisconsin raised tuition 5.5 percent.

MSU’s hike refl ected a 3.1 per-cent decrease in state appropria-tions — or about $9.1 million — bringing MSU’s expected appro-priations to about $283.9 million, according to the guidelines.

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said tuition rates are relat-ed to state appropriations and the number of in-state students. Out-of-state students pay more tuition, so they generate more revenue.

“Our tuition rate is viewed as competitive in the Big Ten,” Simon said. “But the Big Ten overall is

See TUITION on page 2A

See WELCOME on page 2A

See CITY CENTER on page 2A

By Kate JacobsonTHE STATE NEWS■■

An East Lansing development company is trying to anchor its fi nancing for a down-town development after facing a summer of turbulent economic waters.

City Center II is a $116.4 million mixed-use downtown development slated for the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River and Evergreen avenues.

The project’s developer, Strathmore Development Com-pany, has had four extensions to secure fi nancing since October 2008. It will need to present a fi nancial plan to East Lansing City Council before Sept. 31 when its exten-sion runs out. The company has faced signifi cant prob-lems with this project’s taxes and fi nancing in addition

to struggles with other devel-opments in Michigan and the country.

The fourth extensionOn June 15, the East Lansing

City Council voted to approve a fourth extension for the devel-oper to fi nish securing funds. At the time, Strathmore President Scott Chappelle said the com-pany was pursuing $28 million in fi nancing backed by either a loan from the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing or Urban Development or $26 million with New Markets Tax Credit Program and traditional bank fi nancing.

Chappelle said because of the fi nancial markets, he had been unable to secure those funds. Both Chappelle and city offi -cials were confi dent the com-pany could produce the funds in time for a fall 2009 ground breaking.

Strathmore and the city had acquired all the properties on the land needed for the proj-ect site and were just waiting for the fi nancing to fall into place.

City Manager Ted Staton said in a June interview he felt by the time actual construction

By Megan HartTHE STATE NEWS■■

University offi cials and EastLansing police are expectinga smooth fall welcome whenstudents return to campus thisweekend.

Instead of arriving a weekbefore classes begin, as in pre-vious years, this year’s MSUfreshmen will have three dayson campus before classes. Thechange was made because ofconcerns about student healthand safety, Provost Kim Wilcoxsaid at a Sept. 23 2008 MSU Aca-demic Council meeting.

Wilcox said at the meetingmany people in the MSU com-munity saw Welcome Week asa weeklong party, promoting the wrong kind of transitionfor freshmen.

Associate Provost for Under-graduate Education Doug Estrysaid student safety was oneof the factors motivating thechange, along with aligning theMSU academic calendar withthose of other institutions.

“We would be very remiss

Welcome to the new State News.

This sum-mer, your campus news source has undergone a few chang-

es to ensure we’re here to serve you in the best way possible.

You can expect the same two-section S’News you’re used to on Mondays and Fridays, when we’ll be giving you an extra sec-tion to cover what MSU loves best — Spartans sports. Pick up the paper on those days for all the coverage you need.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the paper will be a bit smaller than in years past. The print edition will be a one-section paper with the overfl ow of news hitting the recently revamped state-news.com throughout the day. We’ll still be your only source for campus and East Lansing news throughout the week.

Follow us on Twitter. Become our fan on Facebook. Instead of going to the newsstands, The State News and @thesnews will come to you via tweet-feed and your mobile phone.

In some ways we’re small-er; in other ways we’re bigger than ever. No matter what form we take, The State News will be here to keep you in the know.

New-look SN on way for fall semester

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