Be your own Eric B. . The B-side Wic-HidEEgTan BaiEj C7 1 01)1 1I\V HIO Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, October4, 2007 -- --_michigandaily.com CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTALISM State coalition wants greener universities 'U CU 20 p The abilityC of cam tryingt cut dow The membe the Un and otl ful prac Munn, and a S. Dance s ' says it has cut According to the University's Guide to Energy Conservation energy use by published by Plant Operations, the University has reduced energy use ercent since1973 in campus buildings by 20 per- cent since 1973 when conversation By ANDY KROLL efforts began. The guide estimates DailyStaffReporter that the campus has grown by 68 percent since 1973, but says energy Michigan Student Sustain- use has only gone up by 34 percent. Coalition, a statewide group There are about 50 coalition pus environmentalists, is members at the University of Mich- to get Michigan colleges to igan and 225 members statewide. en on energy use and waste. This year, the coalition plans to University of Michigan's work with the Michigan Student rs are working to reduce Assembly's Environmental Issues iversity's carbon emissions Commission to organize events her environmentally harm- to encourage the state-to invest in tices, according to Andrew renewable energy. one of the group's leaders Chris Detjen, commission co- chool of Music, Theatre and chair, said the two groups will be enior. See GREEN, Page 3A 'It's just this crazy feeling that you've got all these people looking at you. It's unreal." - Engineering senior Jay Trzcnski BENJI DELL/Daily Business school students Lusa Zhov, Brian Hendricks, Stefanie Schostak and Dan Ketchel are starring in a reality show that features students from the Ross School of Business and Ohio State's Fisher College of Business. Michigan, OSU Squad" for an internship at Ford Motor dents." Company, as well as a prize package Business school sophomore Lusa B-school students face worth about $5,000. Zhou, one of the Michigan contestants The show pits students from rival col- on the show, said she and her teammates off in mtvU show leges against each other in marketing applied individually to be on the show challenges over four roughly five-minute after receiving an ermail about it from the By AMINA FARHA episodes. Business School's mass e-mail list. Daily StaffReporter The first of the four episodes featuring The Business School selected 20 can- University of Michigan students will run didates to go to a casting audition for the The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry has Monday at 3 p.m. show. MtvU then chose the four students beentakentoawholenewlevel:realityTV. Ross Martin, senior vice president who would make up the Michigan team. Students from the University of Mich- and head of programming for mtvU, The team includes Zhou and three other igan's Ross School of Business will be said Michigan and Ohio State had been Business School students: sophomore competing against students from Ohio selected because of their business-savvy Brian Hendricks,juniorStefanie Schostak State University's Fisher College of Busi- students, well-known rivalry and a "tre- and senior team captain Dan Ketchel. ness on the third season of mtvU's "Quad mendous amount of interest from stu- See SHOW, Page 7A Assault charges against senior are dropped Senior had been accused of assault, shouting homophobic slurs By KELLY FRASER Daily News Editor Charges against one of two students accused of assault at the end of August were dropped yester- day. Engineering senior Michael Brown was charged with two counts of assault with a danger- ous weapon and two counts of aggravated assault. after police received a report that he and his room- mate yelled homophobic slurs and threw a dresser drawer from an East Ann Street balcony at two men walking by early on the morning of Aug. 28. Steve Hiller, deputy chief assistant prosecutor, said the Washtenaw County prosecuting office determined the charges should be dropped but would not provide any further details of the inves- tigation. Cody Williamson, Brown's roommate, pled guilty to a reduced charge of an assault and bat- tery misdemeanor last month. Before the charges were dropped, Brown's case had been postponed pending further investigation. ANGELA CESERE/Daily Ushers escort Engineering senior Jay Trzcinski from the Michigan-Oregon game at Michigan Stadium last month after he threw hot dogs into the crowd. Hot dog toss is illegal . 2 iAn welcomed at NU In a speech yesterday, University Librarian Paul Courant said education has a social good beyo enriching the educated. Education helps more than the educated, Courant says Hot-dog throwing senior gets kicked out of Big House, handshakes at Ryan By DAVE MEKELBURG Daily NewsaEditor As Michigan was beginning its comeback in Evanston, Ill. against Northwestern on Saturday, College of Engineering senior Jay Trzcin- ski walked to the front corner of the Michigan student section with an armful of hot dogs. At first, the crowd didn't recognize him, but soon murmurs began. Then the crowd started chanting "Hot Dog Man." Trzcinski asked an usher for permission, and then began tossing the wieners into the crowd. The crowd, as they say, went wild. When Trzcinski finished his routine, a nearby police officer shook his hand and laughed. But that hasn't been what hap- pened when Trzcinski has tried the same stunt at Michigan Stadium. If he does the same thing at Saturday's game against Eastern Michigan University, he could face a $50 fine and be banned from Michigan Stadium. Trzcinski first made his mark during halftime of last year's Mich- igan-Iowa game when he tossed a hot dog to a friend a few rows away. Trzcinski said he saw how fired up the crowd got when his friend made the catch. So he decided totake it to See HOT DOG, Page 7A Library chief compares higher ed to public goods By ALESE BAGDOL Daily StaffReporter Education, according to Paul Courant, the head of the University's library system, does more than just enrich the educated. It makes everyone else better off, too. That's why the University of Michigan subsidizes the tuition of in-state students - so they can better contribute to the state's economy, said Courant, an economist and former University provost. In a talk yesterday afternoon in Weill See COURANT, Page 7A TODAY'S WEATHER HI: 82 GOT A NEWS TIP? 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