2A - Monday, September 20, 2010 MONDAY 0-OterIvryToer The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom TUESDAY: Michigan Myths WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week BALANCING ACT MSU represented in Pok~mon competition Michigan Stare University senior Tracy Key ranked 36th in an international Pokdnaon competition held in Hawaii, according to a Sept. 15 article in The State News. Key, who has been an avid fan of the card game since its release in 1998, is the number one female player in North America. Tournaments rake place during the weekends, and Key said in the article that she spends miany hours prac- ticing to prepare. "You can kind of think of it almost like a sport or almost like another class," Key said in the article. "You have to put a lot of time in it, you have to practice a lot." Despite her family's initial uncertainty about haer choice of activity, Key's persistence resulted in success and haer CRIME NOTES Coat rack chaos in East Quad WHERE: East Quad Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 2:30 a.m. WHAT: A male not affiliated with the University damaged a coat rack near Kast Quad's entrance, University Police reported. The man also threw a coat hanger at several snaall windows. family has since embraced her interest. "'Pheyre pretty proud of me," she said in the article. UPENN GRADUATE USES HUMAN FECKS TO IMPROVE FARMING After a trip tto Mumbai, Bret Bietnar, a University oif Peninsylvania Schooli of Design graduate, designed a toilet that can breask down fees and be used by fanailies toi)mnprove sol conditions for farnming, accoring tio a Sept. 15 article in The lDaily Pennsylvanian. Bletnar's pr oject, called "Shitscape: Munabais Land- seape In-Betsveen," receintly won the 2010) American Soci- ety of Landscape Architec- tiure Award if Excellence in the analysis and planntiag categtoiy. The goal if the project is tos improive sainita- tin in cosmmunities that lack hygienic resources. In the aritiele, Univer sity if Pennosylvani Pint.Anuradha Meather prasiseel Betnrfor eusing lands:c'pe achiteetuire to inmpirise lives aoddfr taking a different perspective on a field that is often stereoty ped as the business of "beautifying thinsgs." HARRISBURGU BANS SOCIAL MEDIA Harrisburg University of Scieince and Tecbnology iii P'ennsylsvania has blocked social networking websites for an entire week, accord- ing to a Sept. th article in 'Thle Huffington Pint. 'The school banned access to social networking sites like Pacebook, Twitter, MySpace and instant messaging sec- vices. The initiative aims to address the increasing popui- larity of websites like Pace- brink and the amount of time students and faculty spend on the sites. Harrisburg Provost Kric Darr said in the article that the week-long experiment is nut permanent since the uni- versity itself uses social media for student recruitment, busi- ness networking and academ- ic planning. Darr added that college officials find social networks beneficial for their jobs. 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CAMPUS EVTENTS & NOTES Bag of clothing swiped in League WHERE: Michigan League WHEN: Saturday at abonut 3:15 pi. WHAT: A bag iof clothing worths $75 wsas stolen after being left unattended in a hall- way fronne hour, Univ~ersity Police reported. There are no suspects. Trek bicycle Burnt food sets takn a Tapan off smoke alarm Measuring the impact of technology WHAT: A lectuire by Rich- aid Sclone, fioiiider of the Lioka Institute, about developiing priigrams that measuire the impact of miidern techniology. WHO: Science, Technology, and Puiblic Piolicy Proigranm WHEN: Today fronm 4 pi. to 5:30 Isnm. WHERE: Room 1110, Weill Hall Bob Schneider at the Ark WHAT':A perfornmance by singer aind soingwsriter Boib Schnseider will incile stings froimi lis latest album "Leively Creatures," WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Otffice WHEN: 'Tonight at 8 pi. WHERE: The Ark Circle K mass meeting WHAT: An meeting to learn about how to participate in community service projects. WHO: University Unions Arts & Programs WHEN: Tonight from 7 p.m. 00 8 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union Survival bingo WHAT: The classic game played at a rapid pace includes prizes to help stu- dents "survive" the semester. WHO: University Unions Arts & Programs WHEN: Toinight from 8 p.m. to9 p.na. WHERE: Pierpont Commons CORRECTIONS * Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandailycom. 1Astronauts may sooin be able to grown their own food in space using a device developed by Orbitec, accord- ing to Yahoo! News. A compact vegetable-growing unit, cur- rently in its trial stages, uses LED lighting and matting to efficiently transport water and nutrients to a plant's roots. 23,503 people came out Friday night to watch the dedication of the new U-M Soccer Stadium, as the men's soccer team played to a double- OT draw against Notre Dame. >> FOR MORE,.SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE 2B 3The country's first caf- feine bakery, which opened last year in Ames, Iowa, is now producing caffein- ated cupcakes for its custom- ers. Each cupcake contains 200 milligrams of pharmaceutical- grade caffeine, the equivalent of two cups of coffee. WHERE: Tappan Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 2:15 p.m. WHAT: A silver Trek bicycle belonging to a male student was stolen from a bike rack, University Police reported. WHERE: Northwooid Apart- oments WHEN: Saturday at about 6:25 pin. WHAT: A smoke detector was set off because food was eft burning on a stove, University Police repiorted. 0 MORE ONLINEL Love Crime Noes? 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