0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TAILGATES From page 1A geted by companies because of their popular location and size of their tailgates. Chi Psi, located at the corner of State and Madison streets, is home to WDFN Sports Radio on football Saturdays. Sean Meeachia, a promotional assistant for the station, said that being there is valuable for both the station and the fraternity. "We're trying to come into the college market," he said. Like other marketers, they give away promotional products and stage contests to draw people to their tent. LSA sophomore Mike Rorro, Chi Psi's chair of football Satur- days, said that even though the house doesn't get paid, the radio station provides some fun for the alumni, brothers and guests at the house. "Everyone that is here loves it," he said. "It's just an extra some- thing to do on the lawn." Some houses, however, are lucky enough to strike more lucrative gigs. U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Com- pany has a prominent presence on the lawn of the Phi Kappa Psi house, located across Madison Street from Chi Psi, during cer- tain football games. Phi Kappas Psi President Ben Glaze said that although he ini- tially had qualms about allowing the tobacco company to set up shop during tailgates, he said the company talked with him, con- vincing him that it wasn't trying to get new people to chew tobac- co. So he agreed to let the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company set up a tent. U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Com- pany purchases small amounts of food and non-alcoholic bever- ages for Phi Kappa Psi's tailgates and rush events in exchange for being able to give away pro- motional products and conduct optional surveys on the lawrl, ENDOWMENT From page 1A pointed to a chart tracking the endowment over the last 15 years and praised Chief Invest- ment Officer Erik Lundberg and his office for their investment skills. "It's unbelievable what this team has done," McGowan said. University President Mary Sue Coleman said the gains brought in by Lundbergand his colleagues are critical to the success and sta- bility of the University. "A strong return on today's investments guarantees a strong university for the future," Cole- man said. The 25.5 percent growth of the University's endow- ment ranks closely with Ivy League schools like Yale, which announced a 28 per- cent increase, and Harvard, which announced a 23 percent increase, last year. Lundberg said the rapid growth in endowments indi- cates a strong economy - not a greater focus on investments by colleges. He said the success of uni- r JOIN THE. DAILY. E-mail news@michigandaily.com or call the newsroom at 734-763-2459. Glaze said. Glaze said that U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company's presence doesn't really draw anybody to the tailgate who wouldn't pave come otherwise. Glaze said his fraternity agrees to the deal mostly for the free food. Tyler Pisher, the president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said Skoal smokeless tobacco approached his fraternity about promoting during football Saturdays. But the fraternity's executive board said no. "I made up my mind about this that it wasn't something that I wanted my frat to be associated with," he said. Glaze said his fraternity won't allow the tobacco company to promote before more visible games, such as the Ohio State game. Ann Arbor ordinances pro- hibit unlicensed solicitors and peddlers from city streets and sidewalks. But promoters don't meet the outlined definitions because they don't travel from place to place and aren't attempting to sell anything. As long as they don't block streets or sidewalks or try to actually sell anything, marketers can promote on private property as long as they have the permis- sion of the residents. LSAjunior LisaKurajian, who lives at the house on the corner of Hoover and Mary streets where Vitamin Water sets up a trailer, said she couldn't dis- close the details of their unof- ficial contract with Vitamin Water but said "they really hook us up." Vitamin Water has promoted atthatlocation in the past. A mar- keting director for the company lives nearby and seeks out that house because of its prime visibil- ity, Kurajian said. Kurajian said that the arrange- ment works in her house's favor - not only because of the influx of free Vitamin Water but because her house's tailgates become a lot more exciting. versity investments can be attributed to low inflation, low interest rates and high economic growth. "Companies are having record profits," Lundberg said. "It's a good time to invest;" Lundberg said the University spends only asmall amount of its endowment each year to guard against the unpredictable nature of the economy. University policy forbids officials from spending more than 5.3 percent of the endow- ment in any given year, a per- centage that is calculated by averaging the endowment's value over the previous seven years. The University plans to spend about $300 million of the endowment this year - about 5 percent of its total value. Duderstadt cited the state's struggling economy while explaining the importance of the University's endowment increase. "If we did not have that endowment, we would be in very difficult shape right now because of the hit we've taken from the loss of state support," Duderstadt said. VETS From page 1A Most of the veterans talked about what they saw as people's miscon- ceptions about the war. "The terms of the debate on the war of Iraq are just so shallow," Powell said. "I just wish there was better information, but that can't happen because the media is a tar- get now, too." Powell said access to informa- tion is much more scarce than it was duringthe warin Vietnam. The best way for people to become more edu- cated, he said, is to talk to veterans who experienced the war firsthand. But Kim said the soldiers them- selves are not always told the entire story. "A lot of times for military per- sonnel, everything's on a need-to- know basis," he said. Blumke started the Student Vet- erans Association in May. The group has pushed Univer- sity officials to better accommo- date the veterans by offering them in-state tuition and credit for mili- tary experience. In response to the group's efforts, the University has said it will seri- ously consider hiring a staffer to help veterans transition to life on campus. -Jenny Armstrong contributed to this report. UPLOADING From page 1A that can amount to thousands of dollars per song. The new service won't share information with the RIAA Assistant General Counsel Jack Bernard said the new service's purpose is to make people aware of uploading. "It's designed to be a service to help computer users in our com- munity," he said. E-mail alerts are sent to users within 10 minutes of an upload occurring. It will only send one e- mail every 24 hours, though. The e-mails contain informa- tion about what BAYU is and what peer-to-peer file-sharing is, along with several links to educational information about uploading and downloading files. Recipients can learn how to turn off uploading capabili- ties on software programs, how to remove uploading software from their computers and how to upload lawfully. "The sooner we do this, the fewer students that will run into problems," he said. Bernard said there is no enforcement policy being admin- istered with the program. The service is meant exclusively to help people avoid risks. "Anytime you have peer-to- peer file sharing software on your computer, you're taking a risk," he said. "Uploading makes you vulnerable. We want people to be aware of that risk." BAYU does not identify what is being uploaded, what software is being used or the contents of any files. The service only identifies the user's IP address and uniq- name. The information is saved for seven days, though aggregate data is saved longer amounts of time. Bernard developed the idea for the service after handling copy- right infringement problems for the University. He said students accused of ille- gal file-sharing often don't under- stand the technology they're using or are unaware they're uploading. Bernard said that from the University's perspective, the program is meant to help inform students and teach them to make more informed decisions about file sharing. "Our hope is that the majority of people will see a benefit," he said. The new service was developed by the University's Information Technology Central Services. Students uploading lawfully can be issued alerts, too, because BAYU doesn't read what is being uploaded or what software is Friday, October 26, 2007 - 7A being used. They may be uploading for aca- demic reasons or playing online games that require software with uploading ability. Bernard said peer-to-peer file sharing is lawful when you're uploadingthings that are yours or in the public domain. Students have the option, though, to opt out of e-mail alerts by following a link in the notice to a cancellation site. There will be a way to report falsely identified uploading if a student is sure he or she is file sharing legally, he said. Bernard said the service is unique to the University of Michi- gan. "We're the first that we know of to implement something like this," Bernard said. Because of this, he said, the service will be refined over time based on its effectiveness, feed- back and any problems encoun- tered after its implementation. 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