2A - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOt~4DAY: TUESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: MONDAY: TUESA:WDESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters Explained _Before You Were Here Photos of the Week WHAT HAPEc e PTY KEGS? A ecretbew? As many have put it before, beer is the leading social lubri- cant distributed at college parties across the nation. The average college student is well-read in this area of study, drinking his or her beer either from a can, bottle, beer bong or as is the case at the select house party, a keg. Students looking for their beer fix can find kegs at liquor stores all across campus, from Strick- land's Market on Geddes Avenue to Blue Front Kegs on Packard Street. But what happens when hung over students bring their kegs back to the store the day after a party? Most liquor store employees don't really know. Ronk Patel, an employee at Blue Front Kegs, said once the kegs are returned, customers are given their deposit back and empty kegs are sent back to the distributing company. He said beer distributors pick up the kegs each week, but that he doesn't know exactly what hap- pens to the kegs after that. "We have nothing to do with them after they get picked up," Patel said. Eliza Brace, an employee at Village Corner on South For- est Avenue, said their process is similar. The main keg suppli- ers for Village Corner are Silver Foam Distributing Company and Rave Associates, which oper- ate in Jackson, Mich., and Ann Arbor, respectively. The compa- nies pick up the empty kegs for recycling and then return them to the stores-fresh and full of beer. "It's just like recycling cans - whenever there is a beer delivery, we get new, full kegs that replace the empty ones," she said. Bill Stanford, vice president of operations at Silver Foam Dis- tributing, explained that these local companies are merely distributors, and the kegs are shipped from corporate head- quarters to the local distributing companies. "Miller Brewing Company goes about cleaning, recycling, refilling them, and all that good stuff," he said. Anheuser Busch Inc., another company that brands its name on many of the aluminum kegs sold throughout campus, had little to say about the process. "I honestly, really don't have an idea about the process", said Bill Etling, press coordinator for the company. ELYANA TWIGGS sunny Bhagat, owneraof Blue Front Kegs, moves a keg in the store's storage room. 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Window broken WHERE: Couzens residence hall WHEN: Monday at about 7:25 p.m. WHAT: A student called to report that two iPods were stolen from his room, Univer- sity Police reported. The iPods were stolen between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday. One of the iPods was valued at $188 and the other was valued at $530. WHAT: A celebration of dif- ferent cultural winter tradi- tions featuring free food, presentations and perfor- mances. * * 1b1 WHO: Engineering Global Leadership WHEN: Today from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Chesebrough Auditorium, Duderstadt Center University Philharmonia WHAT: Epidemiology Prof. Karen A. Matthews will give the 35th Annual Thomas Francis, Jr. Memorial Lec- ture on the psychobiological s origins of cardiovascular disease. WHO: Department of Epide- miology. WHEN: Today from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Room 1690, Lane Family Auditorium, SPH Tower A Pennsylvania woman has offered to put ads on her body in exchange for tickets to this. year's Superbowl, ABC News reported. Audra Turner said she would sell space on her fore- head and arms for adsduring the game. She also offered her car as a billboard while she travels to Tampa, Fla. for the game. Professors at the Univer- sity of Ottawa's Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic issued a complaint with Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner, claiming that behavioral advertisinginvades people's right to privacy. "FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT,7B 3A The U.S. Mint released the Washington, D.C. quarter on Monday, The Associated Press reported. The coin features jazz musician and D.C.native Duke Ellington.It also has an inscription of the city's motto, "Justice for All." in West Quad Contaminated WHERE: West Quad residence hall WHEN: Monday at about 8:10 a.m. WHAT: An unknown subject broke a window in the Educa- tion Abroad Office of Cam- bridge House, University Police reported. The window was bro- ken sometime between Jan. 24, 2009 and Jan. 29, 2009. iiXures uumpeu WHERE: East Medical Center WHEN: Monday at about 11:40 a.m. WHAT: Fixtures containing mercury were dropped in a dumpster, University Police reported. The Occupational Safety and Environmental Health Office was notified. CORRECTIONS concert 0 An article in yesterday's edition of the Daily (Univer- WHAT: A concert featuring sity alum Kang will be one of performances of Schubert's Obama's closest assistants) Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" misidentified the president and Shostakovich's Symphony of Oberlin College. His No.12. No. 12.name is Marvin Krislov. WHO: University Philharmo- Pae rpt K ror nia Orchestra Please report any error WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. the Daily to correc- WHERE: Hill Auditorium tions@michigandaily.com. *1 M NIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WHAT DO IHODESIMARSHALL/MITCHEJ4L SCHOLARS DO AFTER THEIR STUDIES Well, this guy became ' president. What will you do? Anything you want. You've written your own game plan so far in life. Why not take it one step further and become a Rhodes, Marshall, or Mitchell Scholar? Muhammed Serdah, left, holds his son Ahmad, 7, who was allegedly wounded in the eye when the Israeli armyfired a missile at a Palestinian militant riding his motorcycle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip yesterday. Roadside bomb, airstrikes undermine Gaza truce William Jetterson Clinton, President of the United States of America, 1992-2000 Come to a Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Orientation Session: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 . 5:00-6:00pm Koessler Room, Michigan League Thursday, January 29, 2009 . 5:00-6:00pm Pierpont Commons Center Room Thursday, February 5, 2009 . 5:00-6:00pm Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union Bomb kills soldier, Israel counters with airstrike JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestin- ian roadside bomb killed an Israeli soldier patrolling the border with Gaza yesterday, and Israel respond- ed with an airstrike that wounded a Hamas militant in a flare-up of vio- lence that undermined a cease-fire on the eve of a visit by the new U.S. Mideast envoy. Israel briefly sent tanks and bull- dozers across the border into Gaza after its soldier was killed and three others were wounded in the bomb- ing. Hamas said the Israeli airstrike wounded one of its militants as he rode a motorcycle in the southern Gaza town of Khan Your'is. It was the worst bloodshed since the sides declared the cease-fire on Jan. 18 to end a three-week Israeli offensive. Since withdrawing its troops, Israel has threatened to retaliate hard for any violations of the informal truce. "We will respond, but there is no point inelaborating," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a trip to a military base in southern Israel. Later, he convened an emer- gency meeting of top security offi- cials. He spoke with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after the meeting, but no details were released. Olmert later hinted that a much tougher response could soon follow, telling a gathering of senior civil servants that Israel is not bound by any formal cease-fire with Hamas. "Israel's response has yet to come," he said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Ramattan, a Palestinian news agency, later released a video of the roadside bombing allegedly filmed by militants it did not identify. The video showed a large explo- sion next to a jeep moving on the Israeli side of the border fence. A huge plume of smoke emerges as the jeep stops. Two Israeli soldiers are then seen running toward the jeep, and gunfire is directed at them before a secondary blast hits them, too. Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas law- maker, said Israel was to blame for continuingtofire intoGaza.Al-Mas- ri said his group had not agreed to a full cease-fire but only to a "lull" in fighting. "The Zionists are respon- sible for any aggression," he said. After yesterday's blast, heavy gunfire was heard along the bor- der in central Gaza, and hovering Israeli helicopters fired machine gun bursts, Palestinian witnesses said.An Israeli jetset off aloud sonic boom over Gaza City not long after- ward, possibly as a warning. Palestinian residents said Israeli tanks and bulldozers also entered the area where the roadside bomb- ing took place and were tearing up some vacant land - apparently to prevent it from being used to stage attacks. 'Not long after the bombing, a 27-year-old Gaza farmer was killed by Israeli gunfire along the bor- der several miles away, Palestinian medical officials said. The military had no comment, and it was unclear if the two incidents were related. The violence cast a shadow over the arrival of George Mitchell, Pres- ident Barack Obama's special Mid- eastenvoy. Mitchell arrived inEgypt on Tuesday and was set to visitIsrael onWednesday for three daysoftalks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to get stalled peace efforts back on track. Mitchell is expected to meet Olmert, top security offi- cials, and the pro-Western Palestin- ian president, Mahmoud Abbas. Mitchell has no plans to meet with Hamas, which the U.S., Isra- el and European Union consider a terrorist group. Hamas seized Gaza from forces loyal to Abbas in June 2007. 4 To learn more, please contact the Provost's Council on Student Honors at 734-763-8123 or visit the website at www.provost.umich.edu/scholars/ 4.