0 OPINION From the Daily: The city shouldn't ban couches on porches, but officials and local landlords need to better inform tenants about fire safety.>) PAGE 4A 2 Some say the Internet killed film T criticism. Andrew Lapin disagrees, and offers a vision for tag. eertn f ruits to p ete ocebepr f dthe future of the art form. PAGE 5A Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 12, 2010 michigandaily.com FOOLING AROUND IN ANN ARBOR To see a videofrom Festifools, kgo to SALAM RIDA/Daily A giant puppet parades down Main Street as part of the FestiFools celebration. The program, which is part of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, brings students and community members from southeast Michigan together to build and display the puppets. UNDE RG RADUAT E AQDMISSIONS officials: This year's application numbersu Coleman says in-state centage of those admitted who have accepted their admission to out-of-state ratio offers and sent in their deposits. "Anything we say now about will most likely yield is complete speculation," University President Mary Sue remain the same Coleman said in an interview last month. By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN University Provost Teresa Sul- Daily StaffReporter livan said in an interview last month that the University has Undergraduate applications to also seen an increase in the num- the University for the 2010-2011 ber of applications from under- academic year have increased represented; minority students. across the board for in-state This was positive news, Sul- students, out-of state students, livan said, as underrepresented international students and minority enrollment in the fall underrepresented minorities, 2009 freshman class was down University officials said recently. 11.4 percent, the third .straight "We have received more class with a decline in underrep- than 31,000 freshman applica- resented minority enrollment at tions for fall and summer terms the University. 2010," Erica Sanders, director of "In terms of numbers, I can recruitment and operations in tell you that we're up in every the University's Office of Under- category, including, I'm pleased graduate Admissions, wrote in an to say, underrepresented minor- e-mail interview. ity students," Sullivan said. The University received 29,965 Though there was also an applications for admission for the increase in the number of minor- 2009-2010 academic year. Last ity applicants last year, there was fall, 14,970 of those who applied still the decrease in the number were accepted and 6,079 of those of minority students who chose students decided to enroll at the to enroll. University. It is unclear at this point in Because the deadline to send in the process whether the increase deposits is May 1, officials would in applications from under- only release the number of appli- represented minority students cants, not the yield - the per- See ADMISSIONS, Page 7A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 'U'Medical School receives largest grant in its hi'story U.S. Rep. Dingell gell (D - Ann Arbor) presented 2006 for studies on aging. presentation ceremony that the the Medical School with a $63 In a press release distribut- University's $63 million grant presented grant million award from the National ed on Friday, National Cancer was the "principal grant" of Institutes of Health to be used Institute officials highlighted more than $120 million in grants to be used for over the next six years as part SWOG's track record of conduct- awarded by the NCI to SWOG. of its work with the Southwest ing research that "has touched "(SWOG's) connections in the r t cancer research By DAVID BUCCILI For the Daily The University's Medical School received its largest research award ever Friday. United States Rep. John Din- Oncology Group. The grant is part of a larger package totaling $120 million awarded to SWOG, which is based at the University. This is the second largest research award the University has ever received after a $70 million grant the Institute for Social Research received in the lives of virtually every adult cancer patient in this nation." SWOG is one of the nation's largest clinical trial groups with more than 5,000 affiliated researchers and 500 institutions around the world. The Group's Executive Offi- cer Anne Schott said at the state of Michigan (are) broad," Schott said. "Group connections in the University of Michigan are deep and proud standing." About $3 million of the $63-million grant will be used each of the six years to help sup- port salary and indirect costs. See GRANT, Page 7A ELECIO0N 2010 Republican candidate for gov. to finally receive LSA degree iI4 State Sen. Tom George became a doctor, politician without graduating By ALEX KIRSHENBAUM DailyStaffReporter State Sen. Tom George (R-Kal- amazoo) has been an anesthesiol- ogist, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, a state senator and is now a Republi- can candidate for governor. This weekend, however, George will buy his cap and gown in prepa- ration for the University's spring commencement so he can finally become a college graduate too. George, currently serving his second and final term in the Michigan state Senate, has spent the past 25 years working in pub- lic service, both as a doctor and as a member of the Michigan legis- lature. Though he has met more success than many without col- lege degrees, he said he's finally decided it's time to graduate. George came close to graduat- ing from the University when he was a student at the University's Flint campus before transferring to the Ann Arbor campus - more than 30 years ago. After three years of studying at the Univer- sity, George was given the oppor- tunity to apply to the University's See GEORGE, Page 7A MIC HIGAN FOTBALL Michigan football Relays for first time Participants from across the United States and Canada perform traditional Native American songs at the 38th annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow at Saline Middle School yesterday. Annual powwow builds community amid remains repatriation process In honor of former player, team raises money as part of Relay for Life By CHELSEA LANGE Daily StaffReporter In honor of former Michigan football player Phil Brabbs, the Michigan football team partici- pated in the University's Relay for Life event this weekend for the first time in the team's history. Relay for Life took place from WEATHER H I: 49 TOMORROW LO 41 Saturday to Sunday, with 3,136 University students from 179 teams participating to raise money for the American Can- cer Society by walking around the track on Palmer Field for 24 hours. This year, the event raised $268,397 as of late last night, according to Christine Schepeler, co-chair of the University's Relay For Life. Among the packed tents on the field was a maize and blue Uni- versity tent, which housed the football team's Relay group, the Football Family. The team con- sisted of 30 registered members from the Michigan football team as well as unregistered football players who came to the event to show their support. The inspiration for the Football Family team came from Brabbs, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma - a fatal blood cancer - in 2008. According to the Relay for Life website, Brabbs was diagnosed the day after he turned 28. Since then, he has received chemo- therapy treatments and stem cell transplants in an effort to combat the disease, according to Brabbs's blog called "Multiple Myeloma for dummies." See RELAY, Page 7A Event held at Saline Middle School in 'protest' for second year in a row By CLAIRE GOSCICKI Daily StaffReporter When visitors entered Saline Middle School's auditorium this weekend, a sea of brightly colored headdresses, jewelry and rega- lia immediately demanded their attention. Looking closer, certain indi- viduals in the crowded arena stood out: an aged man sewing a leather sack, young children stomping their feet in rhythm alongside their elders and three young men beating skinned drums and chant- ing enthusiastically. These participants and more were among the hundreds of par- ticipants at the 38th annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow who came together this weekend to On Friday, a roundtable took placeto discussthe repatriation process. To read thetfull story on the event, goto MichigDaily.comt. celebrate their culture with fellow members of the Native American community. "(The powwow) is about build- ing community and respecting our culture, history and traditions," LSA senior Josh Voss, the internal co-chair of the University's Native American Student Association See POWWOW, Page 7A GOT A NEWS TIP? . NEW ON MICHIGAN DAILYCOM Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail Symposium honors retirement of Ralph Williams. news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE WIRE INDEX NEWS................................2A ARTS ....... . . .SA Vol. CXX, No 127 SUDOKU.........................3...3A CLASSIFIEDS ...............A......6A m O he ihigan aily OPINIO N ............................4A SPORTSM O NDAY.................1B 1