0 2 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Before You Were Here Photos of the Week (T a Ifid~igan DAM 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA DAN NEWMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-ease graca@michigandailycom tmdbusines@nailtcom 0 A world-class collection on South U. One afternoon, William L. Clements Library volunteer Tom Dziuszko spotted a political sci- ence student looking over a copy of the Federalist Papers before class. He was able to show her a bet- ter copy. Original copies of the Fed- eralist Papers are just one of the historical jewels the library located on South University Ave- nue houses. There are also eye- witness accounts of the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, a note from Fred- erick Douglass that was carried through the Underground Rail- road and Christopher Colum- bus's written report to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of his first expedition. The earliest published piece of writing in the library is from 1108, and the furniture seems just as historic as the litera- ture. With antique desks and couches, the library itself looks like it could've been Lincoln's study. The Clements Library, which opened in 1923, was the gift of the library's namesake, a Uni- versity regent and alumnus. The historical collection has more than 75,000 rare books, 2,000 volumes of early newspapers, 40,000 maps and over 3,000 individual photos and manu- scripts.- The library attracts people from across the world like Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough who used the Cle- ments Library archives to write his book, "1776." "The library may be more famous internationally than it is on South University," said Ann Rock, the library's director of development. "People come from all over the world to see this. To students, it is just a little build- ing on South University." On a good day, only 12 peo- ple will be in the downstairs research section of the library, though sometimes, according to Dziuszko, the exhibits draw larger crowds. In addition to historical arti- facts, the library also has one of the nation's largest culinary collections - the Longone Center for American Culinary Research. The library will close its doors next school year and will stay closed for a year and a half while it undergoes its first renovation since it was built 86 years ago. The University will contribute $10 million to the project. - GRACELINBASKARAN CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom News Tips Corrections LetterstotheEditor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial.Page Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales officehours: S.-Thurs. 1a.m. - 2a.m. news@icigandaiy.com corrections@michigandaiy.com tothedaily@michigandaily.com photo@michigandaily.com arsage@ichigandaily.com opinios@mich~igandaily.com spor-ts@michigandaily.com disay@micigandaily.cox classified@michigandaily.com onliseads@michigandaily.com 0 WILL MOELLER/Daily The Clements Library houses an impressive collection of historical arti- facts. It currently features the exhibit "1759: Britain's Year of Victories." CRIME NOTES Parking sign Electrician's swiped from lot tools lifted WHERE: 300 Packard St. WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Sunday at about 11:45 WHEN: Yesterday at about 2:40 a.m. a.m. WHAT: An electrician called WHAT: A Park Rite employee to report his tools were stolen reported a parkingsign stolen from one of the company's Uni- sometime over the weekend, versity contracted parking lots, University Police reported. University Police reported. The The tools were stored in a cart sign read, "Visitor Parking $15 on the third floor of the hospi- Pay Attendant.,,tal. There are no suspects. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Career decision UPZ welcome BostonEmergencyMedical 1mTechnician Rhys Williams workshop meeting I shot two of his friends and WH AT: Doreen Muraskythen proceeded to adminis- ' WHAT: A meeting for those ter first aid to both of them, Center for the Education of interested in joining the The Boston Globe reported. Women senior counselor, Union of Progressive Zion- Rhys shot his friends who are will give a talk on techniques ots.y for career decision making. WHO: Hillel brothers, after he was kicked WHO: Center for the Educa- WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. out of a fundraiser. tion of Women WHERE: Hillel WHEN: Today at 1 p.m. TheUniversity holdsmore WHERE: Center for the F u d ithan 1,900 remains arti- Education of Women, 330 igure rawing facts claimed to be owned East Liberty Street workshop by Native American tribes. r >ORMORE, SEE PAGE4 Talk on LGBTQ WHAT: A workshop hosted Finance finance@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF Courtney Ratkowiak ManagingEditor ratkowiak@michigandaily.com JacobSMiloVitZManagingNewsEditor smilovitz@michigandaily.com SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Mutt Aaronson, Jillian Berman, Treor Calero, Jenna Skoller,Kyle Swanson ASSISTANTsNEWS EDITORS: Nicole Aber, Mallory Jones, Emily Orley, Stephanie Steinberg, Eshwar Thirunavukkarasu Robert Soave Editorial PagetEditor soave@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Emily Barton, Brian Flaherty, Rachel Van Gilder ASSISTANT EDITOR IAL PAGE EDITORS: Emma Jeszke, Matthew Shutler Andy Reid Managing Sports Editor reid@michigandailycom SENIOR SPORTS EDITORS: Nicole Auerbach, Mike Eisenstein, Ian Kay, Ruth Lincoln, Alex Prosperi ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS: Mark Burns, Chantel Jennings, Gnn Juncaj, Ryan Kartje, Chris Meszaros, Ryan Podges David Watnick ManagingArts Editor watnick@michigandailycom SENIOR ARTS EDITORS: Jamie Block, Brandon Conradis, Whitney Pow ASSISTANT ARTSEDITORS: Joshua Bayer,Carolyn Klarecki, Andrew Lapin, DavidRiva Zachary Meisner and photo@michigandaily.com Clif Reeder ManagingPhoto Editors SENIOR PHOTO EDITOS:SaidAlsalah, ChanelVon Habsburg-Lothringen ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORS: Max Collins, Chris Dzombak, Sam Wolson Angela Chih and design@michigandailycom Maoidn StyhManagine Phtdits SENIOR PHOTOEDITOR: Allson sshaean Jessica Vosgerchian Magazine Editor vosgerchian@michigandaily.com Katherine Mitchell Copy Chief mitchell@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATE COPY CHIEF: Melanie Fried, Adi Wollstein BUSINESS STAFF Katie Jozwiak Sales Manager SALES FORCE MANAGER: Molly Twigg MARKETINGMANAGER:MichaeliSchrotenboer Ryan BUSinski Classified Manager CLASSIFIED ASSISTANT MANAGER: Kayla LaFata Ben English Production Manager Allison Santacreu Layout Manager VivianLee Finance Manager Brittany Morales Circulation Manager Brad Wiley Project Coordinator The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday duringthefall and winter terms bystudentsattheUniversityo Michigan.One copy is avalable free of chargetoallreaders. Additiona copies may be picked upat the Dalys officefor$2. Subscriptions for fallterm starting in throuA prl )is5 Unvest ya iAat ares t r e sa m subscriptionsfor falltermare$3s Subscriptionsmust be prepaid.The MichiganDailyisamembero TheAssociatedPressandTheAssociatedCollegiatePress. I 4 Pager stolen from bench WHERE: North Campus Rec- reation Building WHEN: Sunday at about 12 p.m. WHAT: A student reported his pager stolen after he left it unattended on a bench for about half an hour, University Police reported. The pager was valued at $50. There are no suspects. Another set of items stolen WHERE: Shapiro Undergradu- ate Library WHEN: Sunday at about 2:45 p.m. WHAT: A student reported his backpack stolen after he left it unattended on a table for an hour, University Police reported. The backpack and its contents were valued at $120. 4 movement WHAT: Dede Oetomo, the founder of a gay rights organi- zation inIndonesia, willbe on campus to discuss the LGB- TIQ movement in Indonesia. WHO: Center for Southeast Asian Studies WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. WHERE: Room 1636, School of Social Work Building by the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program featuring live mod- els. Beginners are welcome. WHO: Alice C. Lloyd Hall WHEN: Tonight ateS p.m. WHERE: Ground Floor Art Studio CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Transportation Security Administration officials confiscate an average of 1,000 pounds of banned items at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport every month, CNN reported. Items that have some value like knives and saws are often put up for sale at auctions and websites like Ebay.com. U.S. looks to China for North Korea progress 150,000 gay couples report they're married 4 Obama, Asian allies suggest direct U.S.- North Korean talks NEW YORK (AP) - The Obama administration and its top Asian allies agreed Monday that direct U.S.-North Korean talks may be the best way to bring North Korea back to the nuclear negotiating table, American officials said. But they also suggested that more groundwork needed to be laid by China, North Korea's main friend and benefactor, before President Barack Obama would decide to send his special North Korea envoy, Stephen Bosworth, to Pyongyang for such discus- sions. The officials spoke after talks here between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and senior Australian, Japanese and South Korean diplomats on the sidelines of the annual U.N. Gen- eral Assembly session. They also spoke as Obama prepared to see Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday amid a trade dispute that could complicate the diplomacy. "The focus (was) on what can be done to get North Korea back to the six-party process," State Depart- ment spokesman P.J. Crowley said after Clinton's meetings. "There was general agreement and support for the idea that not only the United States, but other countries, might engage in bilat- eral dialogue which would bring North Korea back to the six-party process," he told reporters. The six-party process is the effort by the U.S., China, Japan, Russia and South Korea to per- suade the North to abandon atomic weapons and denuclearize the Korean peninsula. North Korea walked away from the talks to pro- test criticism of a rocket launch earlier this year. Since then, the U.S. and its part- ners have worked to get North Korea back to the table. But they have also tightened sanctions against the Stalinist nation even as the North seems to have made conciliatory gestures, such as the release of two detained American journalists following a visit to the country by former President Bill Clinton. China, which wields the most outside influence of any coun- try with North Korea, is widely believed to hold the key for the resumption in the stalled disar- mament talks. A senior Chinese official, State Counselor Dai Bin- guo, visited Pyongyang last week. Another, Premier Wen Jiabao, expects to visit in early October. "During these meetings, we expect China to take a fairly clear line about their desire to see North Korea resume interactions as part of a six-party framework," said Kurt Campbell, the assistant sec- retary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs who sat in on Clin- ton's talks. Significantlyhigher than number of actual weddings, civil unions WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census fig- ures released on same-sex marriages. About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples inthe Unit- ed States said they were in a relation- ship akin to "husband" and "wife," according to the Census Bureau tally provided to The Associated Press. That's compared with 91 percent of the 61.3 million total opposite-sex couples who reported being married. A consultant to the Census Bureau estimated there were roughly 100,000 official same-sex weddings, civil unions and domestic partner- ships in 2008. Analysts said the disparities are probably a reflection of same-sex cou- ples in committed relationships who would get married ifthey could in their states. The numbers are also an indi- cator of the count to come in the 2010 census, a tally that could stir a state-by- state fight over same-sex marriage, gay adoption andotherlegal rights. Nationwide, about56 percent ofthe 149,956 total same-sex marriages in the census survey last year were les- bian couples. Same-sex spouses were reported in every state;specific break- downs weren't immediately available. "Even though in 2008 there were only a few states where you could get legally married, a large portion of same-sex couples either were mar- ried or chose to use that term," said Gary Gates, a demographer at UCLA who is advising the Census Bureau. Gatesreviewedthenumberofmar- riage licenses issued and other factors to estimate the number of same-sex couples in legal relationships. During 2008,same-sexmarriage waslegal in California, Massachusetts, Iowa and Connecticut,whileahandfulofother states recognized civil unions and domestic partnerships. U.S. same- sex couples also can marry in Canada and other foreign countries. Curtis Chin, 41, and Jeff Kim, 43, of Los Angeles, are among those who plan to report to the census that they arespouses.Thetwowereplanninga big wedding for 2009 but rushed into aprivatelegalceremonylastfallwhen it became clear that Californiavoters would soon ban same-sex marriages. Chin says he and Kim won't feel like they are really married until they do a follow-upceremonyinfrontoffamily and friends but believe it's important to get a full count. "Gay couples are getting married or in committed relationships, and we are out here," he said. The numbers come as the Census 4 Bureau prepares to make an official count of same-sex marriages, unions and partnerships for the first time in the 2010 head count, following the Obama administration's decision to provide the numbers under pressure fromgay-rightsgroups. 4 4