NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS Panel to discuss issues facing Katrina victims A panel will discuss issues fac- ing displaced residents of the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina will be held by the Ginsberg Center for Com- munity Service and Learning today at 3 p.m. in the Henderson Room of the Michigan League. The panel will feature School of Social Work Prof. Sandra Danziger, Gordon Whitman of the PICO Nation- al Network and Sarah Bookbinder, a University law student who has recent- ly returned from the Gulf Coast. Party celebrates book release with wine, cheese A wine and cheese party will be held to celebrate the release of Steven Tuck's new book "Latin Inscriptions in the Kelsey Museum The Dennison & De Criscio Collections" at the Kelsey Muse- um of Archaeology today at 5 p.m. Ballroom Dance Club will offer free lessons The Ballroom Dance Club will give dance lessons at Leonardo's in Pierpont Commons today from 8 to 9 p.m. The class will be followed by an open dance period from 9 to 11 p.m. CRIME NOTES High schoolers caught trespassing in tunnel network Two high school students were arrest- ed Tuesday afternoon for illegally enter- ing the University's steam tunnels near the Edward Henry Kraus Building, the Department of Public Safety reported. Drunken vandal arrested in Couzens A student was arrested yesterday at 2:39 a.m. for breaking a window in Couzens Residence Hall while in pos- session of alcohol. Two subjects accom- panying the student were cited for alcohol possession, DPS reported. THIS DAY In Daily History Zingerman's takes its beef with Amer's to court January 26, 1993 - The owners of Zingerman's Delicatessen and Amer's Mediterranean Deli agreed that their establishments are similar - but their agreements end there. The extensive similarities between the delis are the subject of a lawsuit filed by Zingerman's in November. Zingerman's is accusing Amer's of trade dress - dupli- cating its style and atmosphere. Ari Weinzweig, co-owner of Zing- erman's, said he delayed filing suit until Amer's opened another deli on State Street in November because the similari- ties became "more blatant" "It became clear to us that we had to act to address their trade dress," he said. Trade dress - the main accusation in the lawsuit - appears to have been inter- preted differently by the two parties. "Trade dress is a business's distinc- tive style of doing business," Weinz- wig said, claiming that Amer's copied Zingerman's style. Erik Whittle, promotions director for Amer's, said trade dress does not apply because "Zingerman's did not have people go out and design anything. "Everything they have there has been present in delis for a century," he said. Bathish and Whittle claim Zing- erman's is filing suit because it fears competition. "I believe that they were and are unprepared to compete in the market and are trying to keep a viable competitor at bay," Whittle said. But Weinzweig denied Bathish's Folk legends flock to Hill for festival Ann Arbor Folk Festival at Hill Auditorium pitches folk to a younger audience By Kimberly Chou Daily Arts Writer Folk music isn't just for old folk. At least that's what The Ark would like you to think. This weekend's Ann Arbor Folk Festi- val will feature a cross-generational jam of folk, blues and Americana 29 years in the making. The festival's third decade concludes with two consecutive nights at Hill Audi- torium. The Ark's largest fundraiser is also one of the biggest folk festivals in the country. Both Friday and Saturday welcome as-yet-undiscovered acts as well as artists whose names might ring a bell with the average college student. Blues great Robert Cray and his band will headline on Friday, with gothic vaudevillians Blanche fitting the bill alongside Iris DeMent, the Greencards and others. "Friday night will be a little edgier and louder" said Barb Chaffer-Authier, mar- keting director of the Ark. "Saturday will be more traditional." Headlining on Saturday will be the Lyle Lovett Trio. Though the frontman is best known to most University students as the beaky Texan once married to Julia Roberts, Lovett also plays a rootsy brand of country folk. Also playing Saturday night will be Adrienne Young and Little Sadie, the Holmes Brothers and Don White. Organizers have not set a defi- nite lineup. "Robert Cray could request to play first," Chaffer-Authier said. "We'll know (the lineup) by the night of the concert." This will be the Ark's fourth year hosting the two-night festival, which shifted venues during Hill renovations a few years ago. The Ark split the bill into two nights to accommodate the bands and their audience. "The crowd varies. There are the baby boomers, then (also) University stu- dents," Chaffer-Authier said. Although in the past the Ann Arbor Folk Festival has booked major artists such as Emmy Lou Harris, the Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco, the festival has increased the number of smaller bands. "With a 3,000-person crowd, it's a boost for them to be seen," Chaffer- Authier said. And with two full nights at the spacious Hill, it's a great opportu- nity for even the most casual of folk fans to see them. Billionair Tracinda Corp. buys 7.million shares of General Motors stock, boosting control to 10 percent DETROIT (AP) - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian is acquiring 12 million shares of General Motors Corp. stock, matching the number of shares he sold in December, a fed- eral regulatory filing showed yesterday. Kerkorian's private equity firm, Tracinda Corp., bought 5 million shares of GM stock on Monday for an average purchase price of $21.40 per share, or approximately $107 mil- lion, it said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Tuesday, Tracinda agreed to purchase an additional 7 million GM shares in a private transaction for $22.25 per e buys ba share, or approximately $155.8 million. Those purchases would boost Kerkorian's stake in the world's largest automaker to 9.9 percent, the same as it was before Beverly Hills-based Tracinda sold 12 million shares in December. Tracinda said at the time that it sold the shares so that it could end its fiscal year with a capital loss, making it eligible for certain federal and California income tax breaks. Kerkorian lost $109 million on the 12 million shares he sold in December. But Tracinda left open the possibility of reacquiring shares, and it waited only a short time after so-called wash rules lapsed. Federal tax rules prohibit a taxpayer from claiming a loss on the sale of stock if replacement shares are acquired within 30 days. ck into G.M. stock GM's shares fell to a 23-year low following Kerkorian's sale in December. The Detroit- based automaker has been struggling with declining U.S. sales and rising health care and materials costs. GM lost nearly $4 billion in the first nine months of last year. GM was scheduled to report its fourth-quar- ter and full-year results for 2005 this morning. Kerkorian has lost approximately $350 mil- lion in the total value of his 56 million GM shares since he began buying up shares at an average price of $30.10 last spring. His latest move may indicate he believes GM is listen- ing to his ideas for improving the company. In a speech to Wall Street analysts this month, Kerkorian's top aide Jerome York called on GM to cut its annual dividend in half and set profitability goals and a timetable for achiev- ing them. York said Kerkorian was interested in buying more GM shares and was optimistic about its recovery efforts, but he said it was time for GM to get into a "crisis mode." GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has repeatedly said GM has a clear recovery plan, including a restructuring that will cut 30,000 jobs and close 12 facilities by 2008. He also said GM's board must decide wheth- er to cut the dividend. GM has a $2 per share annual dividend In trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange, GM shares rose 80 cents, or 3 per- cent, to $23.85. Kerkorian's SEC filing was released after the markets closed, and the shares rose an additional 24 cents to $24.09 in after-hour trading. I. S show your favorites ome love. of st 0,f jinn Sr bor Be 4 .:A> .A1. . .1A , AwAw=A::A'd::A A A!A.. A The College of Literature. Science & the Arts and the Department of Mathematics present a Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematical Biology (LS&A Research Theme Semester in Mathematical Biologv .) I4 Professor Michael C. Reed Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Mathematics Duke University Why is Mathematical Biology so Hard Biological systers are exceptionally diverse, complex, and special at the same time. The difficulties inherent in investigating such systems will be illustrated by a discussion of folate and methionine metabolism, which plays a critical role in DNA synthesis, DNA methylation, and protection against oxidative stress. Mutations in the genes of one-carbon metabolism and dietary imbalances in the substrates of these pathways (amino acids, vitamins B{, B12, folate) are associated with developmental abnormalities, cancer, heart disease, and depression. Mathematical models can be used to investigate causal mechanisms and to shed light on public policy alternatives, but the construction of these models 1i is fraught with difficulties and uncertainties. The complexity of the dynamics of the system poses new questions for research mathematicians. 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