HOMECOMING GAMES VOKE YOUR VOTE Voter drive returns to dorms With state deadline close, 'U' lifts suspension on group registering voters in dorms By JULIE ROWE Daily Staff Reporter After being suspended Friday for alleged violations of University policy and election law, voter registra- tion resumed in the residence halls with full force. Voice Your Vote, a non-partisan Michigan Student Assembly commission and the only group authorized to register students door-to-door in the residence halls, was temporarily barred from carrying out its planned drive in Couzens Hall Monday. The group's attess to the residente halls was restricted after University Housing staff member Lee Evilsizer said she received complaints about students registeringvoters in the dorms. VoiRe Your Vote to-chairs Hannah Lieberman'and Rebetta Egler and Mithigan Student Assembly Presi- dent Sabrina Shingwani met with University Housing representatives, Evilsizer, Assistant Dean of Students Susan Wilson and Trelawny Boynton, an associate director in residence education, yesterday afternoon to discuss the group's conduct in the residence halls. After the meeting, Voice Your Vote was granted access to the residence halls again. In their return to the dorms, volunteers registered about 35 voters in Bursley Hall yesterday, Lieberman said. In an e-mail statement, Housing spokesman Peter Logan wrote, "the meeting today between University Housing and Voice Your Vote went very well, and con- cerns that led to the meeting have been resolved." Logan did not return several messages seeking fur- ther information regarding the incident. Evilsizer told Egler and Lieberman in an e-mail sent Friday she had received complaints that alleged a See REGISTRATION, Page 7A ANGELA CESERE/Daily LSA sophomore Sanjiv Sign (left) competes against Rackham student Massy Mufumba to place his beanbag further down the velcro strip Tuesday. The activity, held in the Diag, was part of the 2008 Homecoming Kick Off Carnival. Homecoming activities are slated to continue throughout the week. UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPY 'U' offers collee fundraising degree S School of Education's new program teaches students how to raise money for colleges By KYLE SWANSON Daily StaffReporter Even in tough economic times, the University has held its own when it comes to raising money. Last year, it met its goal for "The Michigan Differ- ence" campaign by raising more than $2.5 billion in a three-year span. Now, with anewmaster's program in college fundraising, the University is trying to pass the skill of philanthropy along to students. The School of Education will now offer a master's concentration in Phi- lanthropy, Advancement and Develop- ment in-Higher Education for students wishing to specialize in higher edu- cation fundraising and outreach, the University announced Monday. The new concentration, touted as the first of its kind, will be offered starting next fall. Schools like Indiana University, Vanderbilt University and Grand Valley State University offer similar undergraduate and graduate degrees focusing on philanthropy, but don't focus exclusively on higher edu- cation. John Burkhardt, a clinical profes- sor in the School of Education who helped develop the new concentration, stressed the importance of the new degree. "We have one of the largest fund- raising activities of any public univer- sity anywhere in the country," he said. "In partnership with the office of Uni- versity Development, we identified the need for a program that would prepare more people to take on these roles." Burkhardt said the concentration, which had been in the works for three years, would prepare students for careers in higher education philan- thropy by providing them with an in- depth understanding of how colleges and universities are structured. "To be effective as a fundraiser in higher education, it's clear that you have to know a great deal about how colleges and universities function as organizations and why we are an important beneficiary of public sup- port, the role we play in society," he said. The concentration has similar requirements to the school's exist- ing master's degree curriculum, but it See FUNDRAISING, Page 7A MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY MSA discusses divisive project NO QUARTERS REQUIRED Assembly considered resolution against planned '601 Forest' apartment building By MATT AARONSON Daily StaffReporter The Michigan Student Assem- bly held an informal discussion last night about a proposed resolution condemning601Forest, the student high-rise being planned at the cor- ner of South University and South Forest Avenues. Without a sufficient number of representatives present, according to MSA regulations - presumably due to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah - the scheduled vote on the resolution could not be held.. Since the Ann Arbor City Council is scheduled to vote for the proj- ect's final approval Monday, MSA will not vote on the resolution. If approved, the 25-story high- rise would be the second tallest building in Ann Arbor. The build- ing would house 1,142 people paying rent of about $1,000 per month. The project has drawn criti- cism, especially from nearby busi- ness owners and residents who say the complex is not an appropriate development for the neighbor- hood. This prompted MSA Vice President Arvind Sohoni and Stu- See APARTMENTS, Page 7A PUBLIC HEALTH . Campus E. coli cases tied to lettuce. Video game library will hold grand opening in Nov. By THOMAS CHAN For the Daily With the recent opening of the Computer and Video Games Archive on campus, University students now can study video games at the library. Or just play them. The archive, located on the second floor of the Dud'erstadt Center, is home to the Universi- ty's collection of 20 video game systems and about 400 video games. It officially opened last week, but will hold its grand opening event in mid-Novem- ber. "We're trying to foster and support academic inquiry into the field of video games," said David Carter, the archive's founder. Carter said the archive had been in the works for about two years. He said he received encouragementfromcolleagues and faculty when telling them of the idea. That support, he said, signaled that "the time See VIDEO GAMES, Page 7A ANGELA CESERE/Daily Engineering junior Guan Song plays Super Mario Galaxy on the Nintendo Wii in the Video Game Archive inside the Duderstadt Center Tuesday. GAMER'S PARADISE A new University Library archive is storing and makingavailable hundreds of video games in hopes of chronicling a new, important cultural force. Bacteria infected three 'U' students, dozens at MSU By CAITLIN SCHNEIDER Daily Staff Reporter A Detroit produce distributor has been linked to the strain of E.. coli bacteria that infected three University students and at least 30 people statewide. According to Robert Ernst, the University Health Service Medical Director, iceberg lettuce circulated by Aunt Mid's Produce Company is the suspected source of the cases. It was previously thought that the instances across the state weren't connected, though the strains of the bacteria were similar. Of the three affected University students, two have recovered and one remained hospitalized as of last week, Ernst said Tuesday. More than two dozen students at Michigan State University and another five individuals at the Lenawee County Jail also became ill from the strain. Some cases in the Upper Peninsula have been identified as well, though the majority of the confirmed cases have been reported in the Lower Peninsula. University of Michigan dining halls and other dining facilities on campus don't use Aunt Mid's pro- duce. Ernst said it wasn't necessary See OUTBREAK, Page 7A 20,400 Game stations available Number of video game systems available Approximate number of video games in the library sOURCE cOMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES ARCHIVE WEATHER HI:58 GOTANEWSTIP? 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