News 2A - Monday, April 20, 2009 TUESDAY: Campus Character WEDNESDAY: Explained THURSDAY Before You Were Harvard will have most sports teams in nation FRIDAY: Here Photos of the Week SUNNY SIDE UP The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARYGRACA ELAINABUGLI Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 graca@michigandaily.com bugli@michigandaily.com The Massachusetts Institute of PROTESTORS RALLY F Technology will cut some of its var- FOR ASIAN-AME sity athletic teams by May 1, The Tech Around 200 student reported. As a result, Harvard Univer- gathered last Friday tc sity will have the most varsity athletic crimes and discrimine teams in the nation. toward Asian-American Currently, MIT and Harvard both other minority groups a have 41 athletic teams. However, MIT sity, The Tufts Daily rep athletic officials plan to cut five to eight The protesterscalledf teams in an effort to reduce spending tion to stop the racism ft during the next three years by $1.45 to spread throughout th. million. Recently, a drunken s The Tech said the decision is prob- racial slurs at a group of lematic for recently admitted students dents, which resulted in looking to attend MIT to play a specific both parties. sport. Junior Jenny Lau, pr. Julie Soriero, head of MIT's athlet- the Asian American All. ics department, said in the Tech's arti- Tufts Daily that the rally cle, "MIT understands the timeliness in responseto the inciden of the decisions, and we intend to be ing discomfort the Asian- respectful of that." munity is experiencingat MIT Department of Athletics, Phys- "As students, we hav ical Education and Recreation admin- feel respected and safe, istrators will determine which sports she said in the article to cut based on expenses, necessary American voice is onlyc resources, team performance and stu- many voices of people w dent interest. marginalized." CRIME NOTES Construction Missing moped bus vandalized WHERE: Ross School of Busi- FOR RESPECT MILKING SYSTEM INVENTORS RICANS SUE CORNELL ts and faculty Two inventors are suing Cornell o protest hate University for allegedly slander- ation targeted ing the product they developed for n students and milking cows, The Cornell Daily Sun t Tufts Univer- reported. 'orted. In the 1990s, Cornell researchers for administra- studied the milking system CoPulsa- rom continuing tion to determine whether it reduces e university. infections in the cows' udders. tudent shouted If proven successful, the technol- 13 Korean stu- ogy could potentially increase milk afightbetween production. However, Cornell's results showed it was no more effective at esident-elect of reducing infections in cows than other liance, told The conventional systems. ywas organized The inventors, disagree and claim t and the grow- Cornell is lying about the findings American com- because of financial reasons. t Tufts. Cornell earns a profit from farmers ve the right to who are required to test their cows on ... campus," for infections. CoPulsation inventor . "The Asian- Bill Gehm said the university would one example of lose income if the rate of infections ho have been ... decreases. - STEPHANIE STEINBERG CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom o News Tips Corrections Letters to the Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Sports Section Display Sales tlassified Sales Online Sales Finance Dffie hours: tuo-Thun. 11 axm. - 2a x. ewnsihiandaily.com corrections~michigandaily~com tothedaily@michigandaily.com ehctcgtihiundaily.coce artsnihiandaily.com opininichiandai ly.coin sporatsiciandaily.com display~miciandaily.com classifed@icigandaily.com cnlieadasxihiandaily.com 4 4 Rtesidents at Act Arbor and students of the University gathered at Ingalls Mall between the Hatcher Graduate Library and Rackham for the Solar System Walk on Saturday. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES WHERE: Lot NC-50 2500 Glazier WHEN: Fridayat around 8:20 p.m. WHAT: A privately owned bus used to transport con- struction workers was broken into, University Police report- ed. The subjects smashed a window and broke the door latch but did not steal any- thing from the bus. There are no suspects. Purse stolen from patient WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Friday at around 9:10 a.m. WHAT: A subject stole a purse from a patient's room, Univer- sity Police reported. The purse, contained identification, cred- it cards and a small amount of cash. There are no suspects. WHEN: Friday at about 8 p.m. WHAT: A male student had his moped stolen from the bicycle rack outside the Ross School of Business, University Police reported. The value of the moped is $500 and the owner said it was in good shape. Two students Free HIV/AIDS testing WHAT: A counselor from the HIV/AIDS Resource Center will provide free and anonymous HIV testing. WHO: Spectrum Center WHEN: Tonighteb p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: MichiganUnion, room 3200 caught siphoning Canadian folk from pumps musician gives concert CORRECTIONS * An article in Friday's edi- tion of the Daily (Provost toutsnewfederalaidfunds) inaccurately attributed the position that administrators should make sure not to get too involved in the student controlled process of find- ing space for the Michigan Review to Regent Andrea Fisher Newman (R-Ann Arbor). The position should have been attributed to Regent Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich). An article in Thursday's edition of the Daily (Public Health program helps unem- ploymentshiftgears) failed to clearly express that the Foundations of Public Health certificate program existed before it gained approval to become a part of the No Worker Left Behind program. " Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. The family of Martin Luther King Jr. will charge the Martin Luther King Jr. National Foundation for using King's words and image on a monument being built in the National Mall, The Associ- ated Press reported. The rela- tives are asking for $800,000 to engrave King's quotes on the memorial. Barack Obama recent- ly announced -plans to build a nationwide high-speed train network, which will connect Ann Arbor to Chicago and Detroit. ">FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4A A company in Burnie, Australia has discovered a way to convert wom- bat poop into paper, BBCcom reported. While Burnie is fac- ing numerous job cuts, the wombat industry is thriving, with tourists buying the prod- uct as an Australian souvenir. EDITORIAL STAFF Courtney Ratkowiak ManagingEditor ratkowiak@michigandailycom JacobSmilovitZManagingNewsEditor smilovitz@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Jillian.Berman, Trevor Calero, Caitlin Schneider, ASSISTANTNEWS EDITORS: Matt Aaronson, Benjamin S. 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