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NEWS BRIEFS
WASHINGTON
Obama says
stimulus vital to
avoid 'catastrophe'
President Barack Obama pressed
Congress Monday night to urgently
approve a massive economic recov-
ery bill, using the first prime-time
news conference of his presidency
to warn that a failure to act "could
turn a crisis into a catastrophe."
With the nation falling deeper
into a long and painful recession,
Obama defended his program
against Republican criticism that it
is loaded with pork-barrel spending
and will not create jobs.
"The plan is not perfect," the
president said, addressing the
nation from the East Room of the
White House. "No plan is. I can't
tell you for sure that everything in
this plan will work exactly as we
hope, but I can tell you with com-
plete confidence that a failure to
act will only deepen this crisis as
well as the pain felt by millions of
Americans."
WASHINGTON
Stimulus bill
narrowly survives
Senate test vote
An $838 billion economic stimu-
lus bill backed by the White House
narrowly advanced in the Senate
on Monday over strong Republican
opposition, and Democratic lead-
ers vowed to deliver the emergen-
cy legislation for President Barack
Obama's signature within a few
days.
The vote was 61-36, one more
than the 60 needed to move the
measure toward Senate passage
on Tuesday. That in turn, will set
the stage for possibly contentious
negotiations with the House on a
final compromise on legislation the
president says is desperately need-
ed to tackle the worst economic
crisis in more than ageneration.
The Senate vote occurred as
the Obama administration moved
ahead on another key component
of its economic recovery plan.
Officials said Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner would outline
rules on Tuesday for $350 billion in
bailout funds designed to help the
financial industry as well as hom-
eowners facing foreclosure.
DETROIT
GM's Lutz to retire
at end of the year
Bob Lutz, America's ultimate car
guy and the man credited with lead-
ing wild success at Chrysler in the
1990s and a near-complete overhaul
of General Motors Corp.'s vehicle
lineup, has decided to retire from
the business at the end of the year.
Lutz, 76, a former U.S. Marine
aviator who once crashed his per-
sonal helicopter at a Michigan air-
port, said in an interview with The
Associated Press on Monday that his
age and skills may not be compat-
ible with a new era of government
regulation of the industry, includ-
ing higher fuel economy and carbon
dioxide emission regulations.
"It's now a business environ-
ment that doesn't really play to my
greatest skills, which were perhaps
more in the intuitive, emotional
area with sort of a sense for what
the market would want," he said. "I
think we're entering an era where
what the market would want is
going to take to some extent a back
seat to what is going to be required
by government regulation."
*FORT DRUM, N.Y.
Military chief caps
extra troops to
Afghanistan at 30K
No more than an estimated
30,000 additional troops will be sent
to Afghanistan as the U.S. ramps up
forces there, the nation's top mili-
tary officer told soldiers Monday.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm.
Mike Mullen also called U.S. efforts
in Iraq a success, even though
"we're not done."
Mullen, speaking to fresh-faced
soldiers and war-weary military
wives, sought to boost morale and
sootheconcerns atthe Armybase that
has seen a constant revolving door of
troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan
over the last eight years.
"I don't see us growing a force
well beyond the 20,000 to 30,000 for
Afghanistan - American soldiers,
sailors, airmen, Marines - beyond
that 30,000 or so," Mullen told
about 800 soldiers and specialists
gathered for a town hall meeting.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
Journalist to discuss Middle East
At event tonight, entitled "Another Angle: Report- and Advocacy (IDEA) and the publications. Abu Toameh "has an
ing Conflict in the Middle East." Committee for Accuracy in Mid- important perspective to share,
Abu Toameh will Abu Toameh will share his per- dle East Reporting in America. regardless of the political cli-
.ah w sonal narrative of being an Israeli- Rachel Goldstein, chair of the mate," Goldstein said.
talk about his work Arab journalist during political American Movement for Israel, said Currently, Abu Toameh is a
tumult in the Middle East. He will she hopes that notjust those with a Jerusalem Post and U.S News and
By ELYANA TWIGGS discuss his experiences working vested interest in journalism will World Report correspondent for
For the Daily for both Israeli and Palestinian find the speech enlightening. the West Bank and Gaza areas. He
newspapers. "We hope that even people who previously served as a senior writ-
Usually, Khaled Abu Toameh Abu Toameh is expected to dis- are just interested in the Middle er for The Jerusalem Report and
reports for the Jerusalem Post and cuss the importance free sp'ech East in general, or what's been correspondent for Al-Fajr, a now-
U.S. News and World Report. But and a free press, especially in going on, especially regarding the defunct Palestinian publication.
today, Abu Toameh will report to his line of work. In the past, Abu Israeli and Palestinian conflict, Abu Toame studied at Hebrew
students in Ann Arbor, discussing Toameh has said he would write will feel welcome to come and University in Jerusalem and has
his experience as a journalist amid for any publication that will have get a different perspective on the produced numerous films about
conflict in the Middle East. him - regardless of the publica- issue," she said. Palestinians for the BBC.
Speaking tonight at 8 p.m. tion's political stance. Goldstein, an LSA junior, said Goldstein said that Abu Toameh
in the Vandenberg Room of the The event is a joint effort by the AMI invited Abu Toameh to speak has significant experience to share.
Michigan League, Abu Toameh American Movement for Israel, a because of his unique perspective "Now that Israel is kind of a
has traveled from his hometown pro-Israel campus group, Israel on the conflict, having reported 'buzzword,' he is especially time-
of Jerusalem to present a speech Initiating Dialogue, Education, for both Palestinian and Israeli ly," she said.
NOTES
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added that it "doesn't necessarily
make it different than other forms
of unauthorized collaboration."
Esrold Nurse, assistant dean
of the Office of Student Academic
Affairs, said he has not considered
any policy regarding these web-
sites.
"We haven't considered it, which
is notto suggestthatwethinkthey're
allgood,butwejusthavenot,"Nurse
said. "This is all newtous."
Nurse said ifstudents are caught
uploading notes from copyrighted
lectures they could be brought up
YOGURT
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Yogobliss will sell cream-based
yogurt in four flavors: original,
green tea, strawberry and mango.
To spruce up the snack, custom-
ers will also have 30 toppings from
which to choose. Kim said there
will most likely be 12 freshly cut
fruit toppings and 18 dry toppings.
Along with the four flavors of
yogurt, Kim and Ann plan to sell
gelato, shakes, smoothies, iced
coffee and the milk tea variety of
Bubble Tea.
Kim said the Yogobliss prod-
uct would also contain probiotics
which he said "are good for your
immune system and reduce your
chance for colon cancer."
A small original-flavored yogurt
is five ounces and just 90 calories per
on academic misconduct charges
or legally prosecuted.
LSA senior Kerri Sperling said
she started using StudyBlue.com at
the beginning of this school year.
"It's a really innovative way to
study because if you miss a class
you can just (download) the notes,"
Sperling said. "And also, for the
people that upload their own notes
it's kind of like you're getting a bet-
ter experience because it's enhanc-
ing your performance."
At 26 campuses across the coun-
try-includinghereattheUniversity
- StudyBlue.com has an incentives
program for students like Sperling
to share notes. For every file that is
uploaded or flashcard pack that is
serving, according to Kim, a medi-
um-sized yogurt is 8 ounces and a
large-sized yogurt is 12 ounces.
In an interview yesterday, Amer
Batish, owner of Amer's Mediterra-
neanDelisaid, "frozenyogurtisget-
tingmore and more popular because
people are health concerned."
Though Yogobliss means Batish
will have more competition, he sus-
pected there would be enough cus-
tomers to support both eateries.
"Healthy competition is good,"
Batish said.
Officials at Stucchi's, an Ann
Arbor go-to for homemade ice cream
and frozen yogurt, had a similar atti-
tude toward Yogobliss's opening.
Kate Bodden, the manager of
Stucchi's and an LSA sophomore
said that although Stucchi's might
lose some customers in the market
for frozen yogurt, "in terms of ice
cream, people have favorite flavors
madepublic, the student receives $1.
Additionally, for every hitthat a stu-t
dent's file or flashcard pack gets thatc
student 50 cents.
"You get paid every time some- i
one looks at your notes, so it's event
that much more of an incentive forZ
the quality of your notes to be good1
because more people will click onN
your file,"{Sperling said.
Ben Jedd, chief communications
officer for StudyBlue.com, said thei
site was first developed as a school 1
project in 2006 at the University of1
Wisconsin. It was then expandedt
to other campuses, including the1
University of Michigan in 2007. r
"The biggest thing about the
tool is that it was built for studentsN
and are notgoingto stop comingto
Stucchi's."
Kim said that in with its design,
Yogobliss will be decorated with
chic pod chairs and ghost chairs
that give off a futuristic vibe and
will seat around 20 people at a
time. The walls will be adorned
with edgy wall art and three LCD
televisions.
Kimsaidthathewantstocreate"a
place where people can hangout."
Kim, who attended Eastern
Michigan University, said he feels
close ties to Ann Arbor.
"Coming back to campus makes
me feel younger ... it makes you feel
like you're back in school," Kim said.
Though still in the works, Kim
said grand opening plans will most
likely include "50 percent off for
everything" on the first day and is
expected to take place in mid- to
late March of this year.
and it was built by students so
that's really had a great impact on
our user base," Jedd said.
The site has been the most pop-
ular at Big Ten schools including
the University of Wisconsin, the
University of Michigan, Michigan
State University, Penn State Uni-
versity and Ohio State University,
Jedd said.
"Large universities are where
it's really taking off, and I think a
big part of that is that those are the
places that have those large classes,
those 100 to 500 person lecture
halls, that study tools and notes
really do come in handy," Jedd said.
"So I would say the larger the uni-
versity, the more popular the site."
BUSES
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month grace period to allow
University staff and students
to obtain a new MCard, if
necessary.
Beginning March 16, cards
that have expired or are
damaged will no longer be
accepted, and riders will be
required to pay the $1 fare .
when boarding.
In order to obtain a new
MCard, cardholders may go to
one of the MCard offices locat-
ed at Wolverine Tower, the
Student Activities Building,
Pierpont Commons, the Cen-
tral Campus Recreation Build-
ing or, for health system staff,
the Med Inn Building of the
University Medical Center.
CLASSES
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it becomes harder to fit their classes
and other distribution require-
ments into schedules.
"Students have approached us
before about this," Megginson said.
"They would love to be able to take
courses during the summer that
would let them use the summer
as a way to compress the college
time that they have to be here, but
we haven't been offering enough
courses for them to choose from."
Megginson said another rea-
son students stay extra terms may
be because it's tough to sublet
12-month leases and apartments in
Ann Arbor during the summer.
"It can be that students may just
choose to be here because they
have the space rented already, and
they have to pay for it so that can be
some economic benefit to the stu-
dcist," he said.
JoAnn Peraino, LSA curriculum
and enrollment manager, said LSA
enrollment corresponds with nation-
al trends of students taking spring
and summer classes. There has been
a 9-percent increase since 2007 in
enrollment for a full load of classes in
the spring and summer terms at the
University, Peraino said.
"We're trying to meet the needs
we hear not just from our students
but from trends across the, coun-
try," she said.
In addition, Peraino said wait-
lists for prerequisite courses have
lengthened in the fall and winter
terms, which may cause delays in
completing concentrations.
"We're hoping - especially for
some of the big classes in fall and
winter that students just can't get
into because they fill up so fast -
that this will relieve some of that
pressure as well," she said.
LSA freshmanVictor Jonesplans
to stay during the spring and sum-
mer terms to take classes that will
fulfill his English major require-
ments. He said he's glad LSA is
offering a wider course selection.
"More class options is a good
thing because there's usually not
enough spring and summer class-
es to take, and it will probably get
more people to take them," he said.
LSA sophomore Molly Borman is
staying for spring term because she
needs the course credits in order to
graduate on time.
"A lot of my classes are only three
credits, and ifthey're only three cred-
its each, I don't have enough credits
to graduate in four years," she said.
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