THE ICHIGAN EVIEW MTHE JOURNAL of CAmpUS AffAIrs AT THER UNIVErsITY of MICHIGAN www.michiganreview.com VOLUME XXVI October 23, 2007 ISSUE 4 Ross School Students Giving Recruiters ‘Business’ BY CHRISTINA ZAJICEK, ‘10 UCH LIKE MICHIGAN football, U-M’s Ross MSchool of Business has fallen from a high pedes- Sex tal, at least in terms of rankings, this year. Last year, the Ross Business School was the top at the ranked MBA program in the country, according to The Wall Street Journal, and Michigan football spent most of their season near the top of the polls. How quickly things can change in one year. What Students On September 17, the Wall Street Journal published are Really its annual rankings of MBA programs, and this time ‘U’ Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business took the number one spot. Michigan did not just get bumped from the Doing When the Lights are top spot, it plummeted to number seven. Director of the Offices of Career Development and Low and the Door is Closed Student Affairs Al Cortone said that the drastic change BY REBECCA CHRISTY, ‘08 was propelled by two large factors: lack of space due & LINDSEY DODGE, ‘10 to renovations and a bad economy. The Journal did not change its rankings methodology. The renovations at the Ross School have taken up TUDENTS AT THE University 190,000 square feet, which is half of their available cam- Sof Michigan face an increasingly pus space. In order to secure classroom space for stu- ambiguous and nondescript dating dents, 334 corporate presentations took place off-cam- and sex scene, according to a Michigan pus, which consequently affected recruiting logistics. Review survey, and numerous campus The Business School plans to schedule all presentations experts. on campus for the 2007-2008 year. An informal survey conducted online The Wall Street Journal accounts for the fall in rank- over the past month captured the responses ing by listing reports from companies who have com- of 407 students on various topics regarding mented that Ross School students are ““arrogant” or sexuality on campus. “socially unprepared” for the competitive industry. The multi-faceted survey explored the ”No question, those words sting,” said Cortone. sexual habits and attitudes of students. One “We know that whatever behavior gave a few recruit- respondent’s answer to a question asking for ers reason to comment in that vein is not representa- their attitude towards “friends with benefits” tive of Ross. It’s certainly not representative of how the sums up the broader attitude toward sex at the Office of Career Development counsels students to be- university best: “It’s college.” have.” Results of the survey suggest that sexual Despite the rankings, Ross officials do not expect standards have evolved by leaps and bounds from a change in the number of companies that recruit what was considered normal by previous genera- from U-M. Cortone said that the quantita- tions, and they continue to be redefined. tive assessment of a school’s caliber does not reflect the reason why the same cor- >> porations continue hiring Michigan stu- 6 >> Arts & Culture News Editorial Arts & Culture Republican Candidates Social Conservatives Editorial: Alumni ‘Enough’ Protestors Maintain Campus Decision on Scholar- Continue to Try to Revive Debate in Dearborn Presence ships Wrongheaded Old-School Activism BY MICHAEL O’BRIEN BY ADAM PASCARELLA, ‘10 BY THE EDITORIAL BORAD BY CHERRI BUIJK, ‘11 HE NINE REPUBLICAN presidential candidates N THE Hot and sticky sum- CCordING to THE Michigan OU HAVE probABLY seen Tdescended on Dearborn, Michigan on October 9 Omer days during the Ann Ar- ADaily, the Alumni Association Ythem. Every weekday from five to engage in an official debate, angling for votes in the bor Art Fair, Rev. Don Nuendorf here at the University has raised to six, they’re out on the streets, so high-stakes Michigan primary. The debate was a highly and other volunteers make the trek more than half a million dollars in long as it is not raining. anticipated first for former Senator Fred Thompson of from the St. Paul Lutheran Church scholarship money, which it plans “That’s only because of the Tennessee, and it focused heavily to the Diag in order to distribute to distribute to incoming students cardboard,” one man said, turning on economic issues. bottled water to the parched art-go- on the basis of their race and ethnic- around from behind the giant sign The two-hour debate was ers. ity. he was holding on the corner of Lib- broadcast on CNBC and later on “It seems like the compassion- The decision by the Alumni erty and Fifth. MSNBC, and was moderated by ate thing to do,” he said. “Without Association to create set-asides on On campus, they’re commonly Chris Matthews and Maria Barti- street corner testimony or soapbox the basis of race is reprehensible referred to as “the war protesters,” romo. persuasion like other churches, we and should be immediately or “those people with the signs.” simply try to com- shelved. 10>> fort our guests.” 9 >> 7 >> 8 >> www.michiganreview.com P. 2 10.23.07 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW www.michiganreview.com page two. Editorial Board: the michigan review Michael O’Brien Editor-in-Chief ■ Serpent’s Tooth Adam Paul To help navigate the rocky waters of the events calendar at U-M, and in the wake Executive Editor of the infamous “don’t tase me, bro” event at the University of Florida, THE MICHI- GAN REVIEW has created its own taser rating system for upcoming events on cam- Brian Biglin Managing Editor pus. It is completely arbitrary and based on our own pretensions. Rebecca Christy Thursday, November 1, 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 24, 8:00 p.m. Senior Editor BAMN Marches on the Diag NAACP Awareness Day Lindsey Dodge Given BAMN’s storied history of stuggling for the There’s Thurgood Marshall, Brown v. Board, and then Jonny Slemrod “revolution” here on campus (oh, and their identifica- people who write fliers with vague claims about racism Associate Editors tion as a potential terrorist group by the FBI), we’re rat- on campus. Nonetheless, NAACP has more class than ing this event: BAMN. Chris Stieber 4/4 tasers. 1/4 tasers. Editor-at-Large Business Staff: Karen Boore Publisher Danny Harris Anna Malecke Friday, October 26, 12:00 p.m. Monday, November 5, all day Associate Publishers Mike Gravel Speaks on the Diag Guy Fawkes Day Nick Cheolas Editor Emeritus Everyone’s favorite crazy candidate (sorry, Ron Paul) It just seems self-evident that a holiday celebrating an will be speaking on the Diag about the War on Drugs. attempt by Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parlia- Fair enough, but Senator Gravel might just be the one ment in England should have a high taser rating. Watch Staff Writers: tasering you. Or, he’ll throw a rock. out for poisoned fish & chips. Steven Bengal, Cherri Buijk, Jane Coaston, 2/4 tasers. 3/4 tasers. Marie Cour, Alexa Dent, Blake Emerson, Samm Etters, Austyn Foster, Erika Gonzalez, Mike Hamel, Josh Handell, Alyse Hudson, Christine Hwang, Erika Lee, Eun Lee, Adam Pascarella, Alex Prasad, Danielle Putnam, Shanda Shooter, Andrea Sofian, Nathan Stano, Christina Zajicek, Zack Zucker Letters and Viewpoints: The Michigan Review accepts and encourages letters to ■ Letter from the Editor the editor and viewpoints. Letters to the editor should be under 300 words. Viewpoints can be arranged by contacting the editorial board. We reserve the right to edit for clarity and length. Everything We Do, It’s All For You Send all correspondence to [email protected]. IKE most otHER seniors these days, I spend a lot would certainly be covering the Democratic candidates Lof time thinking about what I want to do with my for president had they not made the lamentable deci- About Us: life. And like some of my classmates, though certainly sion to withdraw from the Michigan primary.) not all, I want what I do in life to be meaningful. Adam Pascarella looks at the presence of social The Michigan Review provides a broad range of in-depth Which brings me to the issue that you’ve got in conservatives on campus in this issue. coverage of campus affairs and serves as the literary voice Christina Zaji- of conservatism and libertarianism at the University of your hands today. cek examines how the Business School has responded Michigan. The Review is published bi-weekly September The Michigan Review doesn’t have the innumerable to its fall in the Wall Street Journal rankings, and Adam thru April. resources that many other papers at U-M and on cam- Paul takes a look at the effect of exchange rate fluctua- puses across the country have. It’s the price we pay for tion on the cost of studying abroad. 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