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STADIUM
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investigation of the stadium eight
years ago after several fans raised
concerns about the stadium's
accommodations.
Last month, the office sent the
University a letter threatening to
refer the case to the Department
of Justice if the University didn't
address the office's findings, which
included an insufficient amount of
wheelchair-accessible seating, as
well as bathrooms, concessions and
ramps that violated federal accessi-
bility standards.
During the visit, Justice
Department investigators will
try to definitively discover how
much of the stadium has been
reworked since the Americans
with Disabilities Act took effect
in 1990. Richard Bernstein, an
attorney for the Michigan Para-
lyzed Veterans of America, said
the University has made many
small repairs to the Big House
- like replacing concrete in the
bowl, lowering the field and
BAR NIGHTS
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nights because the events can be
an effective fundraiser, said AMI
Chair Naomi Karp.
"It's usually really easy," she said.
"(The bars) know they're going to
get more people than normal."
Crompton and Karp said they
don't think bar nights promote
underage drinking. Although the
majority of their members are
under 21, they both said the focus of
the nights isn't on alcohol because
the fundraising money comes only
from cover charges, not drink sales.
Crompton said that in e-mails to
group members, he and other group
leaders remind students that under-
age drinking won't be tolerated.
Touchdown Caf6 general man-
ager Scott Meinke said 'his venue
hosts about three bar nights per
month. To help cut down on the
type of underage drinking that has
plagued bar nights at other schools,
Meinke brings in extra security on
these nights. He said there's never
installing new benches - to dis-
guise what amounts to an over-
haul of the stadium.
Bernstein said' Justice Depart-
ment officials told him that inves-
tigators will perform tests on
samples of concrete from the seat-
ing bowl and from support beams
to determine exactly to what extent
the stadium has been altered.
The distinction between a
"repair" and an "alteration"
becomes significant in federal
accessibility standards policies
because buildings built before the
ADA took effect must be brought
up to code after an alteration takes
place.
While the University has argued
that Michigan Stadium is exempt
from ADA requirements because
it was built long before the law
went into effect and has only been
repaired since then, the Michigan
Paralyzed Veterans of America and
Office of Civil Rights officials argue
that concrete replacement projects
that took place over the last 15 years
should be considered alterations
that would require the University
to bring the stadium into compli-
been a problem with underage
drinking at bar nights.
University policies prohibit stu-
dent groups from buying alcohol
with University funds, but because
bar nights don't require groups to
purchase alcohol, there are no Uni-
versity rules against student groups
holding the events, said Susan Wil-
son, the University's director of
student activities and leadership.
Although it's not prohibited,
Wilson said she would prefer to see
studentgroups sponsor fundraisers
at other locations to reduce the risk
of underage drinking.
"Because we have a predomi-
nantly undergraduate population,
going to the bar is a not a great
venue for them," Wilson said.
Wilson said the University would
instead like to see student groups
take advantage of University loca-
tions t9 hold fundraisers.
Meinke said he is glad to host
bar nights because they raise atten-
dance for Touchdown Cafe on slow-
er nights of the week, like Mondays
and Tuesdays, with little effort from
the bar. The bar owners can simply
ance with all aspects of the ADA.
If a judge rules that work on the
Big House was an alteration rather
than a repair, the University will
be required to rework the building
to add hundreds more wheelchair-
accessible seats.
Michigan Stadium currently
has 92 wheelchair-accessible
seats and was slated to include
about 300 after renovations that
began earlier this month wrap
up in 2009. The ADA requires
that structures like Michigan
Stadium make about 1 percent
of all seats wheelchair-acces-
sible - meaning the Big House
would need more than 1,000 to
meet the most stringent require-
ments.
After negotiations with the
Office of Civil Rights, the Universi-
ty offered last week to add up to 300
more wheelchair-accessible seats
on removable platforms around
the seating bowl over the next few
years.
The Office of Civil Rights reject-
ed the plan on Tuesday, saying
the plan wouldn't provide enough
seating to disabled fans, wouldn't
use Facebook or Myspace to adver-
tise the event or let student groups
do the majority of advertising.
At otherbar nights, alcohol plays a
significantly smaller role than it does
atplaces like Touchdown Caf. Jason
Garrity, general manager at Buffalo
Wild Wings, said only about 30 per-
cent of revenue comes from alcohol
when groups host fundraisers at his
restaurant. The other 70 percent
comes from food purchases.
At Buffalo Wild Wings, participat-
ing group members attach a coupon
to their receipts, and the restaurant
sends the group 20 percent of the
sales. The group only has to distrib-
ute discount coupons for the event.
Garrity said that for the res-
taurant, fundraising nights mean
bringing in additional wait staff for
the evening or possibly preparing a
little extra food.
With 50 group members attend-
ing a fundraising night, Garrity
said the restaurant would see a 15
percent increase in sales from an
average off-peak night. He said
some fundraisers have attracted as
many as 200 extra customers.
add new seats quickly enough and
wouldn't address other concerns
about the stadium's compliance
with federal standards. It referred
the case to the Justice Department,
which filed a motion asking to join
the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans
case that afternoon.
Bernstein said the Justice
Department's decision to join the
case will help defray some of the
costs of the lawsuit. He is repre-
senting the group pro bono, mean-
ing his law firm is absorbing all
the group's legal costs. Bernstein
also said the Justice Department
has the expertise and the power to
make sure the University is follow-
ing ADA regulations for years to
come - regardless of the outcome
of the lawsuit.
"I'm not really equipped to
do rigorous enforcement. The
Department of Justice is. But we
will get to that as this proceeds,"
Bernstein said. "This litigation
is going to go on for a very long
time."
Representatives from the Justice
Department could not be reached
for comment yesterday.
MSA
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weitzer faced the same charges
as Vuljaj, but in return for his
cooperation and testimony in
the Vuljaj case, the charges were
dropped at Schweitzer's Nov.
14 preliminary examination.
He then plead guilty to a lesser
charge - a misdemeanor count
of attempted.telephone tapping,
carrying penalties of up to two
years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
At his examination, Sch-
weitzer agreed to testify during
Vuljaj's Wednesday examination,
but this did not happen because
of its cancellation.
CLASSES
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The group has been working
with the center to expose students
to entrepreneurship and help cre-
ate the courses.
"This is truly a collaborative
effort, and that makes the result
even better," Lalendran said.
The courses, open to students
of any major and each worth one
credit, will be taught by profes-
sionals like attorneys and busi-
nesspeople who may not be
University professors.
"The strategy is that we'll bring
in people who do this every day as
opposed to people who do research
on how to do it," Zurbuchen said.
"We want to generate and create
opportunity for more students
and get them excited about creat-
ing something as opposed to just
listening to what professors have
to say."
Zurbuchen said the Engineer-
ing courses will be designed to
allow students to interact with
various individuals who work
as entrepreneurs. Speakers will
include business leaders, venture
capitalists, attorneys and other
individuals involved in entrepre-
neurship.
"We hope it will become a real
meeting place for entrepreneurs,"
Zurbuchen said.
The Ross School of Business
already offers some courses in
entrepreneurship, but those- are
targeted atbusiness school under-
graduates and MBA students.
A reception will take place after
some class meetings to allow stu-
dents to interact with the speak-
ers and form connections that may
help them when they graduate.
One class focuses on ways busi-
nesses can find early investors and
raise start-up money. It will be
taught by a group of faculty mem-
bers who are venture capitalists in
Ann Arbor.
A practicing patent attorney in
Ann Arbor will teach a course that
focuses on intellectual property
dealing with patent law.
"Many of our students really
worry about losing property rights
to their ideas, and we really want
them to be informed about their
rights and about their opportuni-
ties," said Zurbuchen said.
He said the courses will "meet
an incredible demand" for some-
thing more than what is already
offered at the University.
On the day classes were
announced, the MPowered web-
site - which usually gets an aver-
age of 50 to 60 unique hits each
day - had more than 350 unique
hits, according to Lalendran.
The courses are part of a Uni-
versity of Michigan trend thatcen-
ters on entrepreneurship as a way
to further incorporate research to
help rebuild the Michigan econo-
my.
The University recently
announced the Michigan Innova-
tion and Entrepreneurship Initia-
tive - a $100 million effortbacked
by the state's public colleges, pri-
vate companies and philanthropic
organizations - to promote aca-
demic entrepreneurship.
Stephen Forrest, the Universi-
ty's vice president for research,
said in an interview last week
that education and training for
budding entrepreneurs is one of
the initiative's priorities. He said
the state's public colleges and
universities will play a large role
in promoting entrepreneurial
growth.
"What we're proposing to do is
to really change the game in the
state of Michigan," Forrest said.
"We have a lot of work to do to
transform our economy."
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