E op essng over the salary supplement. Opinion, Page 4 Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, January 8, 2008 michigandaily.com * CAMPAIGN 2008 With limited field, students make choices Owners of Village Corner, a grocery store on South Forest Avenue, distributed flyers affirming that the store will continue to serve the area. Stores race for construction With Michigan primary a week away, students solidify picks By JULIE ROWE and DANIEL STRAUSS Daily Staff Reporters LSA senior Lia Clarkson, like many college students, wants the next president of the United States to turn the country around. "We need a big change," said Clarkson, who voted for Bush in 2004. "But I don't know if I've seen the person that can do that." As Michigan's primary nears, many of the thirty students inter- viewed around campus yester- day shared Clarkson's desire for change and level of indecision about the candidates, with many saying they might not vote in the primaries because of their uncer- tainty. Many students said they don't plan to vote in the Michigan primary on Jan. 15 because the state has been stripped of half of its delegates for the Republi- can National Convention and all of its Democratic delegates. This occurred after the Michigan state legislature moved the state prima- ry forward, in violation of Demo- cratic and Republican National Committee rules. LSA and School of Music senior Erica Ruff said the move has dis- couraged some students from vot- ing. Two of the leading Democratic candidates, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John Edwards (D- N.C.) aren't on Michigan's primary ballot. "Because of the drama with the Democratic party, students don't seem to be interested in making a decision," Ruff said. Ruff said that even though Uni- versity students don't seem inter- ested in voting in the primary, she thinks they tend to support Obama's message. Ruff said Obama appeals to young voters because his platform.would address issues facing their generation. Several students were still unsure about who they would vote for. Even though she has supported Republicans in the past, LSA soph- omore Josie Morris said she plans to vote in Michigan's Democratic primary. "I'm torn between Hillary and Obama," Morris said. "Obama is presenting more new ideas, though." Morris said that the candidates' backgrounds played a role in her decision. "I'd like to see a woman as pres- ident, but it came down to what I identify more with, my race versus sex," said Morris, who is black. LSA junior Lee Stobby said he thinks Obama will get the Demo- cratic Party's nomination. See PRIMARY, Page 7 Planned S. Forest apartment complex could force shops to move or close By SARA LYNNE THELEN Daily StaffWriter A 500-unit high-rise apartment building proposed for the inter- section of South University and South Forest avenues, several local businesses are likely to move - for the time being, at least. While at least one of the stores will return to a rejuvenated storefront at its current location, managers and customers alike said they were annoyed by the construction pro- posal's impact. A manager at Village Corner, a popular grocery store located at the construction site, declined to comment, but was handing out paper slips yesterday read- ing, "NEWS FLASH!! VILLAGE CORNER CONTINUES TO CON- TINUE!" The leaflets, written and distributed by the owners, said Vil- lage Corner will be displaced for an indefinite amount of time, but "rumors of its passing are greatly exaggerated." The store has stood at the cor- ner of S. University and S. Forest avenues for 37 years. The Village Corner note ends by saying, "We look forward to serving, well into the future, both the Washtenaw County commu- nity and our worldwide clientele of wine lovers." The store's owners could not be reached for comment. University Village, the con- struction project proposed last week that would be located across the street from University Towers apartment complex, is slated to open by the fall of 2010. It would include 26 stories luxury apart- ments with a capacity of about 1,750 residents and retail stores on the complex's first floor. Once completed, developers hope University Village will give the neighborhood and retailers in the neighborhood a boost. The complex will include16,000 square feet of new retail space on See BUSINESSES, Page 7 Plan looks to curb student housing Proposal would Looking for a cancer cure, scientists target stem cells block more students from moving into Golden Ave. area By SARA LYNNE THELEN Daily StaffReporter Maybe it's the beer cans on their lawns. Or the loud noise late at night. Maybe it's the lack of com- munity that occurs when your neighbors leave every year or two. Whatever the reason, student encroachment in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood of Ann Arbor has prompted residents to propose rezoning the area to block more students from moving in. The neighborhood is currently zoned to allow multiple-family housing, meaning that homes could be converted into student rent- als made up of multiple apartment units. To avoid this, the AnnArbor City Council originally proposed rezon- log the entire Lower Burns Park region between State and Packard Streets below Dewey Street, but the city's Planning Commission has since revised the plan to recom- mend rezoning only a small section of the neighborhood along Golden Avenue. If passed, the proposal would prevent single-family homes from being converted into student rental apartments in the future. Housing r already used for student rentals would be grandfathered into the rezoning plan. The City Council will vote on the proposal Jan. 21. Debate over the proposal has appeared on the blog annarboriso- verrated.com, where some locals St c udy to examine from getting necessary nutrients. When adult stem cells mutate how to cut off and become cancer cells, they lose their normal properties and begin iutrients from to divide out of control. Chemo- therapy kills cancerous cells pro- ancerous cells duced by stem cells but doesn't kill the stem cells. By ELAINE LAFAY After the treatment ends, the Daily StaffReporter stem cells can begin the process all over again. versity researchers are part The clinical trial to test the groundbreaking study that theory combines chemotherapy igates the theory that small with an inhibitor - a plug that ations of stem cells exist blocks vital pathways from reach- n cancers. ing the stem cell - in patientswith e researchers hope to dis- advanced breast cancer. what the cancerous stem The first round of treatments is ieed to function so scientists designed to ensure that the treat- evelop ways to prevent them ment is not harmful and to see whether the technique will help patients - who have exhausted all other conventional treatments - will live longer. Max Wicha, director of the study and the Cancer Center, said his team hopes to try the method on stem cells for all other cancers within the next few years." "The purpose of the new thera- pies is to try to hit the roots of the cancer," Wicha said. Although adult stem cells are not the same as the controversial embryonic stem cells because they come from aspecific tissue or organ and don't require the destruction of an embryo, some think that the research is too risky. See CANCER, Page 7 Uni of a invest popul withit The cover cells n can de Inside the 'inhumanity' of North Korea Landlords won't be able to convert houses in Burns Park if a proposal passes Jan. 21. have raised concerns about the plan's potential affect on landlords, renters and families. Business graduate student Nate Troup, who lives in a converted home on Granger Avenue, said he has a good relationship with his Golden Avenue neighbors and wouldn't be affected by the chang- es. He said he thinks people are concerned about property values, not the neighborhood itself. "It's really an issue for the inves- tors," he said. If the proposal passes, landlords wouldn't be able to make property alterations to accommodate more tenants, like converting a two-unit building into a four-unit one. Area landlord Richard Fisher said he understands why residents want the area rezoned, but was opposed to the initial proposal, which included his properties on Dewey Avenue. See REZONING, Page 7 Former tutor to N. Korea's ruling family decries atrocities By ELIZABETH LAI Daily StaffReporter in a chilling lecture at the Michigan League yesterday, a former North Korean citizen and current George Mason University professor described problems with North Korea that go far beyond a lack of food, electricity and run- ning water. Hyun-Sik Kim, who served as a tutor to the country's rul- ing family dur- ing the Korean War, called : current North Korean leader Kim Jong I1 a "monster" HYUN-SIK KIM who has sup- pressed the human rights of the country's citi- zens while brainwashing them to believe that they are "the happiest people in the world." "There is no such thing as humanity in North Korea - or human rights," Hyun-Sik Kim said at the event. It was hosted by Liberty in Korea, a University stu- dent group. He described the country's thorough political indoctrina- tion as leading citizens to believe that the country's first communist ruler Kim Il Sung is God, his son Kim Jong Ilis Jesus, and the Peo- ple's Party is the Holy Spirit. The few radios still available to the North Korean public are perma- nently set to government channels so citizens have no access to infor- mation from the outside world, the See NORTH KOREA, Page 7 TODAY'S WEATHER HI:52 GOTANEWSTIP? 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