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Tuesday, September 4, 2007 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq
Bush: Some troops
could come home if
security improves
President Bush, briefed by U.S.
military commanders and Iraqi
leaders, said yesterday some Amer-
ican forces could be sent home if
security across Iraq improves as
it has in Anbar province, a former
hotbed of Sunni insurgency.
But the president, flanked by
Defense Secretary Robert Gates
and Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice, did not say how many troops
could be withdrawn or how soon.
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras
Tourists flee from
Hurricane Felix on
Miskito Coast
Planes shuttled hundreds of
tourists from the island resorts of
Honduras and Belize in a desper-
ate airlift yesterday as Hurricane
Felix's pounding rain and punish-
ing winds bore down on the Cen-
tral American coast.
The powerful Category 4 storm
spurred Grupo Taca Airlines to
provide special free flights to the
mainland. Planes were quickly
touching down and taking off
again to scoop up more tourists.
Some 1,000 people were evacu-
ated from the Honduran island
of Roatan, popular for its pristine
reefs and diving resorts. Another
1,000 were removed from low-
lying coastal areas and smaller
islands.
TEHRAN, Iran
' Iranian-American
released from jail
after eight months
An Iranian-American academic
who was held in a notoriously
harsh Tehran prison before being
released and allowed to leave Iran
said yesterday she was "elated"
to be heading home after eight
months of detention.
Haleh Esfandiari flew to Aus-
tria late Sunday to reunite with
her family one day after Iranian
authorities returned her passport.
Family and colleagues said they
felt great relief at the end of a
crisis that caused sharp new ten-
sions between Iran and the United
States.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
Administrators hail freshman
class's credentials at Convocation
Admissions more
competitive than ever
By GABE NELSON
Daily NewscEditor
Chances are a lot of those con-
fused freshmen wandering campus
got better grades in high school than
you did.
A record number of applicants
sought places in the University's
undergraduate class of 2011, making
it harder than ever to gain admis-
sion.
At the New Student Convocation
on Thursday night at Crisler Arena,
University faculty and administra-
tors praised those who made it.
"I can say without hesitation that
this year's class is more actively
engaged and academically well-
qualified than any other class in the
history of the University of Michi-
gan," said Ted Spencer, director of 2005, when the middle 50 percent of that is, leadership and service."
the University's Office of Under- incoming freshmen scored between University President Mary Sue
graduate Admissions. 3.6 and 3.9. Coleman encouraged students to
Whether that's true is difficult to Twenty-eight percent of fresh- make the most of their education by
say, but the increasingly competitive men in the classes of 2010 and 2011 exploring Ann Arbor during their
admissions process seems to have had 4.0 GPAs in high schoolup from freshman year.
caused an uptick in the academic between 22 and 24 percent in the "Now that you're at the finest pub-
credentials of freshman classes over previous several classes. lic university in the country, it'stime
the last several years. Spencer said the class stands out for an assignment," Coleman said.
A record 26,796 students applied because of its members' involvement She said students should visit
for a spot in the class of 2011, mark- in public service. five places during their first year
ing the third straight year of an About a third of students volun- on campus: the reference room of
increase in the number of under- teered in community health settings the Hatcher Graduate Library, the
graduate applications. Admissions during high school, while 62 percent planetarium at the Exhibit Muse-
officers admitted 49.5 percent reported participating in civic proj- um of Natural History, the School
of applicants this year - a slight ects. of Music's E.V. Moore Building for
increase from lase year, when they In line with the convocation's a concert, Michigan Stadium for a
accepted 47.4 percent, but a sharp theme, "Plugged In," speakers sug- football game and her private resi-
drop from 56.9 percent in 2005 and gested ways for incoming students dence at 815 S. University Ave. to
62.4 percent in 2004. to become engaged on campus. visit her.
The middle 50 percent of fresh- "A lot of you are already plugged Coleman holds an open house at
men in the incoming class had high in - to your iPods and your cell her house at the beginning of each
school GPAs between 3.7 and 4.0. phones," said E. Royster Harper, school year.
Those numbers are the same as last the University's vice president for This year's open house is sched-
year, but they're an improvement student affairs. "We hope you'll plug uled for 4 and 5:30 on Tuesday after-
from the years between 2002 and into what is the heart of Michigan, noon.
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CRIME NEAR CAMPUS
Outside pizza joint,
man stabbed after
astrology talk
NSE ADVERTISER'S INDEX 2007
Suspect caught by
police hours
after incident
By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN
Daily StaffReporter
A. discussion about astrology
ended in bloodshed early Sunday
outside of Backroom Pizza on
Church Street when a 21-year-
old man was stabbed in the back
by a stranger with whom he had
been discussing zodiac signs,
police said.
The victim and two of his
friends were sitting with a 35-
year-old man at a picnic table at
about 2 a.m.
After the group talked for
about an hour, the older man
pulled three beers out a bag and
put them on the table, the police
report said.
The victim told police he told
the man to put the beer away
because it would draw attention
to them. Then he and his friends
started to walk away from the
table.
The older man began to
taunt the group. He followed
them toward South University
Avenue before running up and
stabbing the victim in the left
shoulder.
The victim told police he
didn't realize he had been
stabbed until he saw the knife
in the assailant's hand and felt
blood soak through his shirt, the
report said.
One of the three men called
the police and the victim took a
taxi to the hospital.
The suspect was arrested at 4
a.m. by a Department of Public
Safety officer near Ann Arbor
City Hall and is being held at
Washtenaw County Jail until his
arraignment this week, said Sgt.
Brad Hill of the Ann Arbor Police
Department.
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