~ 71 Rodriguez and Tarantino's double feature is over the top and exhausting. It's also pretty entertaining. Arts, page 8A Family guy How Beilein made it from a tiny school in upstate New York to A2 SportsMonday 6NI H N E I E\ I) (I N Il N \I (111 I1T L I)RE \( Ann Arbor, Michigan rhl www.michigandaily.com Mondav Anril 9 2007 . ........... ..,... SWEATSHOP PROTESTS After arrests, SOLE presses on Forum planned for tonight By KELLY FRASER Daily News Editor The 12 students arrested Tues- day for refusing to leave Univer- sity President Mary Sue Coleman's office are.continuing to try to drum up student support. The students, members of Stu- dents Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality's Sweatfree Campaign, plan to host a forum tonight at 8 p.m. in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League to field student questions and explain their list of demands regarding the labor practices of University licensed apparel suppliers. The students e-mailed Coleman inviting her to the forum and plan on setting aside a chair for her, SOLE member Aria Everts said. Police arrested the students after they refused to end an eight-hour sit-in in Coleman's office in the Fleming Administration Building protesting the University's labor standards for companies supplying University-licensed apparel. SOLE contends that the current guide- lines allow for sweatshop labor. The students held "office hours" at a table near the posting wall in Mason Hall on Thursday and Fri- day. They plan to do so again today. When students started pouring into the hallways between classes on Thursday and Friday, two SOLE members would put on sandwich boards that said "Ask me why I was arrested." Most students passing the group's table have been support- ive, but some have been confused about the campaign's goals, said RC freshman Kate Barut. Some students incorrectly thought SOLE was organizing a boycott of Uni- versity apparel, Everts said. SOLE member Blase Kearney said such a boycott would be coun- terproductive. "If people stop buying clothing made in sweatshops, that's remov- ing the demand for these people to work," he said. "A boycott hurts sweatshop workers." The group's main demand is that the University adopt the Designat- ed Suppliers Program, a monitoring system that requires all workers to .be paid enough money to support themselves and their family by working 48 hours a week and that all workers have access to union representation. The program also includes regular inspections by the Worker Rights Consortium, the nonprofit organization that devel- oped the DSP. See SOLE, page 3A A man dressed as a box of Zig-Zag rolling papers during Hash Bash 2007 on the Diag Saturday. At 'less political' Hash Bash, an Arquette cameo Fewer than usual attend pot rally on Diag By ALLISON PINCUS Daily StaffReporter Standing on the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library, the site of countless activist speeches over the years, actor anddirectorDavidArquette addressed the Diag on Saturday afternoon. As part of the 36th annual Hash Bash, Arquette was advocating for the legalization of marijuana. "I got lighters, rolling papers and blunt papers I'll be passing out," Arquette said, drawing cheers from the crowd. But his appearance had another, less activist purpose. Arquette was also using the event to promote his new film about pot, "The Tripper." His visit to Ann Arbor was one of many on a promotional tour for the film, which opens April 20, a date many consider an unofficial holiday for dedi- cated marijuana users. Other stops on the 16-city tour included Philadelphia, where Arquette reportedly appeared onstage with a leather-clad Christina Aguilera, a pop singer. For some, his appearance is a sign of a slight departure from the spirit of Hash Bash, which began in 1972 to cel- ebrate the release of Ann Arbor local John Sinclair, who in 1969 was sen- tenced to 10 years in prison for getting caught with two marijuana joints. "It's become less political and more commercialized," said a man See HASH BASH, page 3A Ravi Birla, the director of the University's Artificial Heart Laboratory, behind a microprofusion system that would stimulate tissue growth by bathing a chamber containing cell cultures with a fluid. 'U' researcher grows heart parts REFORMING MIHGAMU After seven years, group recognized by 'U' once again Order of Angell posts constitution online By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter For the first time since 2000, the controversial senior honor society The Order of Angell is a Universi- ty-sanctioned student group. The group, then known as Michigamua, broke ties with the University in 2000 after Native American artifacts were found in the group's headquarters in the tower of the Michigan Union by the Student of Color Coalition, which occupied the group's space in the tower for 37 days. The pos- session of the artifacts was consid- ered a violation of the group's 1989 agreement with Native American students and the University that it would no longer use Native Ameri- can culture in its rituals. The group joined the online Maize Pages student group regis- try last week after a year of reforms that included changing its name and releasing its list of members. "We believe that at this time we can best serve campus by being part of it as an official student organization," said Andrew Yah- kind, the spokesman for the group, in an e-mail interview last night. "We decided to pursue registra- tion after our other changes had been completed." The Order of Angell joined the registry of official student groups after going through the Student Organization and Recognition process. Groups are required to submit a constitution for approval by the Office of Student Activities and Leadership. "Students need to be able to see what they're getting involved with," said Susan Wilson, the director of the University's Office See ORDER, page 3A THE PRIDE OF 2008 New members of The Order of Angell " Sarah Banco - Women's soccer " Lindsey Cottrell - Women's soccer " Steve Crompton - Dance Marathon * Lindsay Davis - Women'sgolf " Alessandra Giampaolo -Softball " Sam Haryer - Collete Democrats chair * Michael Hart - Football " len Hsu - Co-chair of the Michigan StudentAssembly's LGlTcommission " Nellie Kippley - Women's gymnastics " Matko Maravic - Men's tennis " Doug Pickens - Baseball " Randal Seriguchi - VP of the National Pan-Hellenic council, MSA * Sejal Tailor - Multicultural Greek Coun- cil president " AlexTisdall - ROTC " Tyrel Todd - Men's wrestling k Alex Vanderkaay-Swimmer " Zack Yost - MSA president * Michael Cromwell - A capella " Nicole Wojcik - Marching Band " Anup Shah - lASA " Rohan Patel - Dance Marathon " Kelly Sanderson - Women Engineers " Gervis Menzies - Residence Hall Association More efficient replacements for synthetic or pig valves in development By KELLY FRASER Daily News Editor Technology that began as a group of cells in a petri dish in the Biomedical Science Research Building may someday fix your bro- ken heart. Ravi Birla, the director of the University's Artificial Heart Labo- ratory, is developing methods to 'grow individual heart components like valves, muscle patches and vascular. Although Birla said the idea of an entire laboratory-grown heart is "more science fiction than fact," these natural replacements con- structed from animal cells could eventually be stronger and more efficient than the ones currently used - generally, factory-made synthetic valves or pig valves. The tissue's longevity could reduce the need for future surger- ies and invasive procedures, Birla said. This would be especially help- ful for children, who often outgrow artificial replacements and need multiple surgeries to insert new valves as they grow, he said. Birla said the University's arti- ficial heart lab is the only one he knows of that is developing replacements for several different parts of the heart simultaneously, which allows University research- ers to determine which method is most efficient. 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