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newVIEW on service

Aspiring to change the commu-
nity, Volunteers Involved Every
Week - a student service-learning
program offered through the Uni-
versity's Ginsberg Center - focuses
on improving community issues
like poverty, the environment and
education.
As a part of its goal to perform
community service, VIEW sends
students to five partner sites in
Washtenaw County, including the
HIV/AIDS Resource Center, Recy-
cle Ann Arbor, Community Action
Network, Food Gatherers and the
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast-
ern Michigan.
LSA senior Charlynn Bowers, a
VIEW leader, said the group's mis-
sion is to teach students to become
leaders in the local community.
The 21 students in the program
meet every other week to reflect
on their service experiences and
brainstorm new ways to address

issues they may encounter at the
partner sites.
During the first service reflec-
tion meeting last week, students
discussed how to tackle problems
in the greater Ann Arbor and Ypsi-
lanti areas. Bowers said VIEW's
commitment to a particular site and
the manner in which it educates its
members set the organization apart
from other campus groups.
Last week, two students went to
the Boys and Girls Clubs of South-
eastern Michigan to tutor elemen-
tary school students.
Frank Rigger, club director of
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast-
ern Michigan, said he looks for-
ward to having VIEW help educate
BGC students.
"It is always great to have help.
I am looking forward to VIEW's
partnership with our organiza-
tion," Rigger said. "They will be a
huge help in our students' educa-

tion."
Started in 1993, VIEW was dis-
continued last year to give its lead-
ers the opportunity to revamp the
program.
In its time off, VIEW sought
to create new partnerships in an
effort to evaluate and meet the
goals of the community.
"The hope is to bring out the
best in the community and evaluate
and meet their goals, notjust ours,"
Bowers said.
LSA sophomore Jessica Zachy,
another member of VIEW, said she
enjoys the opportunities the group
presents.
"With VIEW, we are able serve
the community once a week," she
said. "I amlooking forwardto going
into the community to get a deeper
understandingofthe issues that are
in it, issues that are outside of our
campus."
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Laptop gone in Trick-and-treat: Peace Corps Campus A report issued last week
sixty seconds Candy lifted at ceremony sustainability by the Congressional Bud-
get Office said spending
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher 'U' Hospital WHAT: A special ceremony WHAT: A town hall meeting for the previous fiscal year was
Graduate Library commemorating President discussing the University's $3.45 trillion, a Wall Street
WHEN: Tuesday at about 5:45 WHERE: University Hospital John F. Kennedy's historic sustainability mission. Journal article reported. The
p.m. r WHEN: Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. speech on the steps of the WHO: Graham Environmen- 2010 deficit was $1.29 trillion,
WHAT: A student's MacBook WHAT: A pumpkin candy Michigan Union, which tal Sustainability Institute down from $1.42 trillion.
Pro, valued at $2,000 and left jar with $10 worth of candy laid the foundation for the WHEN: Today at 4:00 p.m.
unattended for 1 minute, was was stolen, University Police Peace Corps. WHERE: Rackham Gradu-
stolen in the stacks, University reported. There are no sus- WHO: Peace Corps ate School Amphitheatre Tonight marks opening
Police reported. There are no ports. WHEN: Today at 11:00 a.mn. n lisefrtenn ris

suspects.
Wheels won't
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WHERE: 1900 Block Fuller St.
WHEN: Tuesday at about
11:45 a.m.
WHAT: A bag containing only
an Mcard was stolen by an
unknown suspect, University
Police reported. The bag was
valued at $10.

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WHEN: Tuesday at about 7:00
a.m.
WHAT: Wheels from a trash
compactor were ripped off,
University police reported.
There are no suspects and no
damage estimate has been
issued.

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Suspect in school shooting
in Calif. pleads not guilty

Man denies shooting,
wounding two girls in
elementary school
VISTA, Calif. (AP) - An elec-
tronics technician accused of
wounding two young girls after
opening fire at a Southern Cali-
fornia elementary school pleaded
not guilty yesterday to attempted
murder and assault.
Brendan O'Rourke, 41, showed
little emotion and stood with
his head down during his initial
court appearance on seven counts
of attempted murder and seven
accounts of assault with a firearm.
Calling O'Rourke "an extreme
danger," Superior Court Judge
Marshall Hockett set bail at $10
million.
Prosecutor Summer Stephan
said the gunman fired at two girls,

ages 6 and 7, who "miraculously"
escaped with minor wounds, then
walked to another playground,
where he shot at three second-
grade boys and hit a post.
When a school aide asked what
he was doing, O'Rourke tried but
failed to reload when a bullet got
stuck in the gun, Stephan said.
The suspect was captured
when one construction worker
hit him with a truck and others
wrestled away the gun, the pros-
ecutor said.
Stephan told the judge that
O'Rourke had parked his car and
jumped a fence onto campus, car-
rying a gun, a gas tank and match-
es. A propane tank was left at the
car.
"A lot of good things happened
in this case," the prosecutor told
reporters after the brief hearing.
"Thankfully, the damage is seri-
ous but minimal. No lives were

lost."
Stephan said the attack at Kelly
Elementary School in Carlsbad,
north of San Diego, was well-
planned, but she offered no pos-
sible motives.
"All I can say is that I can't
think of a good reason one would
shoot at children," she said.
If convicted, O'Rourke could
face a maximum sentence of
life in prison for each count of
attempted murder and 10 years
for each count of assault.
O'Rourke had a brush with the
law in 2002 in Illinois when he
pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
telephone harassment, the San
Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Bonnie Ramirez told the news-
paper O'Rourke was rooming
with her son in Springfield, Ill.,
in 2002, when O'Rourke was fired
from an insurance company and
fell into a deep depression.

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Mentally handicapped man
sues for false deportation

U.S. citizen coerced
by officials to sign
document of exile
ATLANTA (AP) - A mentally
disabled U.S. citizen who spoke no
Spanish was deported to Mexico
with little but a prison jumpsuit
after immigration agents manipu-
lated him into signing documents
allowing his removal, a law-
suit filed yesterday alleges. His
lawyers say the agents ignored
records showing his Social Secu-
rity number, while prison officials
wouldn't tell concerned relatives
what happened.
The lawsuit filed in federal
court in Atlanta by the American
Civil Liberties Union seeks dam-
ages from the federal government
and people ranging from Obama
administration officials to immi-
gration agents. It also asks for a
jury trial.
Mark Lyttle was serving pris-
ontime in North Carolina for a

misdemeanor offense in 2008
when prison officials say he gave
Mexico as his place of birth,
drawing the attention of immigra-
tion agents. His lawyers acknowl-
edge he eventually signed papers
allowing his deportation, but
argue he was too mentally dis-
abled to understand what he was
doing. He spent four months in
Central America before his family
helped him return.
"The government failed to pro-
tect Mr. Lyttle, and individuals
who lacked the proper training
and oversight violated Mr. Lyttle's
constitutional rights," the lawsuit
said. The government does not
have the right to deport U.S. citi-
zens.
The lawsuit also alleges dis-
crimination because Lyttle is of
Puerto Rican descent and looks
Hispanic.
A spokesperson for the U.S.
Department of Justice said the
department would review the
complaint once the government is
served and will respond in court.

Spokespeople for the U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement
and the Department of Homeland
Security did not have immediate
comment on the lawsuit.
The ordeal began after Lyttle,
now 33, was charged with inap-
propriately touching a female
orderly at a psychiatric hospital.
In August 2008, he was sentenced
to 100 days in prison.
When Lyttle entered custody,
"he reported his place of birth as
Mexico City, Mexico," said Keith
Acree, spokesman for the North
Carolina Department of Correc-
tion.
A parallel federal lawsuit is
being filed in North Carolina
against immigration and prison
officials there.
Lyttle's lawyers wouldn't make
him available for an interview, but
relatives have trouble believing
he'd say he was from Mexico.
"I couldn't believe that, honest-
ly," his 31-year-old brother David
said. "That doesn't even make
sense."

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