FROM T WALGREEN $ Joe Stapleton: How small hands and an inability to Bast' d an jump surprisingly halted my s s s dunk contest aspirations. , PAGE 5 > PAGE 8 ~:IE 0C4i n 07ailjj Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, February 19, 2010 A HOLE NEW LOOK michigandailycom 'regents sued over closed door meeting MIA MARINO/Daily Kris Kelly of Pangea Piercing pierces Eastern Michigan University senior Betty Adams's ear at the shop's new Forafull story on Pangea Piercing's location on Sunday. The shop, which first opened in 1999, moved to its new location at 211 E. Liberty Street at the move check out the Dailys News blog end of last month. The move was part of a push to be closer to more locally owned businesses. at michigandaily.com/blogs/The Wire. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Plans for NCRC takin shape 'U' alum alleges meeting about NCAA investigation violated Open Meetings Act By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor The University's BoardofRegents was hit with a lawsuit yesterday, which claims that a closed-door meeting that took place two weeks ago was inviolation of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, according to a news report published last night. The regents met in University President Mary Sue Coleman's pri- vate conference room for approxi- mately 90 minutes on Feb. 3, a source with knowledge of the situ- ation told The Michigan Daily at the time. According to the source, the meetingcentered around the NCAA investigation into allegations that Michigan's football program violat- ed NCAA regulations governing the allowable amount of time student- athletes can spend in practice and off-season workouts. According to a report published by The Detroit Free Press last night, University alum Robert Davis filed a lawsuit yesterday against the regents for holding the meeting in private, something he alleges vio- lated the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Davis told the Free Press that he wasn't trying to harm his alma mater with the suit, but wanted to make sure the University was held accountable. "I live U-M football and basket- ball and I want to see the University of Michigan do well," he told the Free Press. "I just hope and I pray that University officials follow the same rules that they hold the stu- dent-athletes to." According to the Free Press, Davis's lawsuit seeks a court order to prevent the Board of Regents from holding executive sessions on the NCAA investigation and requests that minutes from the Feb. 3 meeting be released to the public. In an interview with the Daily last night, University spokeswoman Kelly Cunningham said the Univer- sity behaved appropriately when it held the closed-door regents meet- ing earlier this month. "The University acted appropri- ately," Cunningham said. Cunningham said she couldn't speak about the specifics of the law- See LAWSUIT, Page 7 Collaboration between researchers will be emphasis of former Pfizer site By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor In an e-mail 'sent to the campus community yesterday, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Ora Pescovitz announced four major deci- sions that will help guide the North Campus Research Cen- ter's future activity. In the e-mail, Pescovitz emphasized the interdisciplin- ary nature of the NCRC and revealed that research at the complex will focus around two technologies that will serve as as anchors for future research. The first focus of NCRC researchers will be to strive to grow a world-class collabora- tion in biointerfaces - or the interface between biomaterial and other materials. Accord- ing to Pescovitz's e-mail, the research will focus on micro- fluidics and sensors, cell and tissue engineering, biomateri- als and drug delivery, and nano- technology. The second area of research will explore new collaborative possibilities with functional, molecular and structural imag- ing. Pescovitz also announced an initiative to research the United States's health care services and encouraged faculty interested in transferring their research to the NCRC to apply to move. In an interview with The Michigan Daily following yes- terday's University Board of Regents meeting, Pescovitz said she's excited for the pos- sibilities of the collaborative research. "These are really incredible, state-of-the-art interdisciplin- ary programs that I think are See NCRC, Page 7 UNIVERSITY BOARD F REGENTS Regents approve Philip Hanlon as 'U' provost Hanlon will succeed current provost Sullivan on July 1 By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily StaffReporter The University's Board of Regents approved the appoint- ment of Philip Hanlon to the position of provost and executive vice president of academic affairs in a unanimous vote at their monthly meeting yesterday. Hanlon, who currently serves as the vice provost for NOTEBOOK academic and budgetary affairs, will succeed current provost Teresa Sullivan who is leaving the University to become the president of the Uni- versity of Virginia. University President Mary Sue Coleman told the regents yes- terday that she is excited about Hanlon's appointment, adding that she is looking forward to continuing to work with him. "Everyone at this table has worked with Prof. Hanlon as part of our annual budget plan- ning and knows his command of both academic and budgetary matters," she said. "Not only is he an excellent administrator, he is See REGENTS, Page 7 CAMPUS GROUPS . . Students participate in weekly protests outside of Andiamo Anne Valk, associate director for prograws at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University, speaks at the tenth annual Dewey lecture in the Michigan League yesterday. Valk talked about her experiences working with oral histories. At tenth annual Dewey lecture, Brown U. prof. talks oral histories Restaurant says allegations of rights abuses are baseless By OLIVIA CARRINO Daily StaffReporter University students have been involved in a campaign to pro- test what they believe is a viola- tion of workers' rights at a local restaurant. Since November 2009, the Restaurant Opportunities Cen- ter of Michigan has been pro- testing outside of Andiamo restaurant, which they claim is violating minimum wage requirements, ignoring sexual harassment allegations and dis- criminating based on gender, race and national origin. In addition, the workers filed a federal lawsuit in January for $125,000 worth of back wages as well as for the various forms of discrimination they experi- enced. In response to the allegations made by ROC-Michigan, Andi- amo restaurant has dedided to counter-sue the organization, according to representatives of the restaurant. A recent press release from Andiamo restau- rant stated "no information was provided (by ROC-Michigan) to allow Andiamo of Dearborn to even try to look into the claims." "Since the beginning of ROC- MI's attack, Andiamo of Dear- born has been asking for proof of ROC-MI's allegations," the press release stated. "To date, the organization has refused to See PROTEST, Page 7 Anne Valk said learning about the local community can help students, 'U' By BETHANY BIRON Daily StaffReporter The University celebrated the 10th Annual John Dewey Lecture yesterday with a discussion led by Anne Valk, associate director of the John Nichols Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultur- al Heritage at Brown University. Valk spoke to a crowd of about SO people in the Michigan League's Henderson Room about her work in community oral his- tory projects. She explained how learning about local origins of a community can be beneficial to its current inhabitants, including members of university communi- ties. Valk said she began her work in oral history as a Ph.D. sti- dent at Duke University, where she directed a multi-year project focused on elderly African Ameri- cans who lived in the segregated South during the Jim Crow era. Valk said she was inspired to con- tinue studying oral histories after completing the project. Valk's currenthwork documents the history of the inhabitants of Fox Point, Rhode Island, a com- munity bordering Brown Univer- sity. Valk's research group - includ- ing a team of students - has set out to interview citizens, and col- lect stories and artifacts like old photographs in an effort to learn more about the neighborhood. Valk emphasized that focusing on memories and learning about the past plays an important role in unifying a community and learn- ing about how to improve future living standards. "Memory provides an impor- See ORAL HISTORY, Page 3 WEATHER 1 HI: 36 TOMORROW LO:25 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.comwand letus know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Daily Arts' guide to the best movies this weekend. 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