2A - Monday, November 1, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9I 2A - Monday, November 1, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 FRIDAY: TUESDAY: Michigan Myths WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY .Campus Club :FRIDAY: )s Photos of the Week EXTREME CARVING CJhIf1cdi9an Dai1m 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SMwOVITZgnATIEJOZWIAK Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4110 ext. 1202 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 smilss'iez@michigandaity.com nndbusiness@gmnail.csm Student refuses to give class gift A student at Dartmouth College was chastised for choosing not to donate to her school's senior class gift fund, according to an Oct. 28 Chronicle of Higher Education article. Laura DeLorenzo was the only member of the 2010 graduating class who chose not to donate to the fund. DeLorenzo's decision put a prom- ise from the class of 1960 to donate $100,000 to the school if each gradu- ating senior donated to the fund at risk. DeLorenzo was the subject of a scathing column in the school's news- paper, but her name was never men- tioned. The next day, an anonymous author posted an entry on a blog that included her name and attacked her decision. According to the article, DeLoren- zo said her decision not to donate was personal and reflects her view that "the negative aspects of Dartmouth outweigh the positives, and nothing more." STUDENT FALLS TO DEATH the film tower in such harsh weather AFTER TOWER COLLAPSES conditions. A 20-year-old student who fell to PROF. LEAKS INFORMATION his death on Wednesday from a col- ABOUT 40,000 STUDENTS lapsed tower at the University of Notre Dame tweeted about danger- More than 40,000 University of ous winds less than an hour before the Hawaii students accidentally had accident, accordingto an Oct. 27 Huff- their personal information leaked on ington Post article. the Internet by a professor who was Junior Declan Sullivan was filming conducting research, according to Notre Dame's football practice when The Associated Press. the tower collapsed. According to an The unnamed professor released Oct. 28Associated Pressarticlewinds personal information - such as stu- were gusting up to 51 miles per hour at dents' social security numbers and the time and caused the camera tower grades - onto the Internet via an unen- to topple. At3:22p.m. Sullivantweeted: crypted server, according to the Oct. "Gust of wind up to 60 mph well today 29 report. The professor believed the will be fun at work ... I guess I've lived information was private, but officials longenough:-/." Sullivan tweeted again said the information was public for at 4:06 p.m.: "Holy f*** holy f*** this is nearly a year before it was discovered terrifying," the Huffington Post report- and taken down on Thursday. ed.Thefilmtowercollapsedat4:50p.m. The information leak affected all According to the article, the Notre students who attended the Manoa Dame community is confused as to campus from 1990 to 1998 and in2001. why anyone was allowed to enter -JORDANSTEIGER CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom News Tips Corrections Letterstothe Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page SportsSection Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance Offie housSuns.-Thurs. 11a.m. - 2a.m. 735-ass-uses ups. 3 nesmicigandaily.com correcios@msichigandaily.coms tothedaily@,sichigandaily.com photo@,sichigandaily.com artpage@michigandaily.com opinion@m~ichigandaily.com, sposmsichigandaily.com display@michigandaily.com classified@michigandaily.com onlineads@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES A shock to the Banana pukes on system circulation desk CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES WHERE: Harrison Randall Laboratory WHEN: Friday at 3:30 p.m. WHAT: A laser and other computer equipment were damaged due to a brief power outage, University Police reported. The damage was estimated to be about $10,000. WHERE: Shapiro Undergrad- uate Library WHEN: Yesterday at 3 a.m. WHAT: A male subject dressed as a banana was issued a ticket for Minor in Possession at the library after vomiting on the circulation desk, University Police reported. Foot fault: Tennis When a stranger Center hit by car calls... the dorm Musical pond performance WHAT: A multimedia show directed by School of Music Prof. Stephen Rush will include electronic music, light/movement sensors and sculptures. WHO: Digital Music Ensemble WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: E.V. Moore Building, outside pond Law workshop WHAT: Judge Bruno Simma of the International Court of Justice and Law School Prof. William W. Cook will talk about cur- rent issues in international and comparative law. WHO: Center for Interna- tional & Comparative Law WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. WHERE: Hutchins Hall, Room 138 Parenting talk WHAT: A lecture about developing post-divorce parenting relationships. WHO: Institute for Human Adjustment WHEN: Tonight from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: East Hall, Room 1465 Country music concert WHAT: A performance by country singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins who will perform from his new album. Tickets are $20. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's rally held Sat- urday in Washington, D.C. had more than 215,000 attendees, CBS News reported. That was double the number of people who attended Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally in August. 2The men's soccer team beat Michigan State 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, winning the Big Bear Trophy for the first time in the last seven years. >> FOR MORE, SPORTSMONDAY, INSIDE Researchers may soon be able to grow livers for human transplants and laboratory experimentation, Telegraph.co.uk reported. The organs are created from a mix of human and animal liver cells. 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Shelley Berkley would seem to be in big trouble - her Las Vegas- area district is the most economi- cally stressed in the country, with soaring unemployment, bankruptcy and foreclosure rates. But she and most other House members who represent areas with huge numbers of lost jobs appear to be in little danger of losing their own during this election cycle. Just the opposite: Incumbents from the nation's most economically resilient regions are the ones in trouble. An Associated Press analysis of foreclosures, bankruptcies and unemployment figures shows that of the more than 100 races that will determine whether Republicans gain control of the House, only a few are in areas with the most extreme levels of economic stress. In New Hampshire, for instance, polls show Republican challenger Frank Guinta ahead of Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter even though the state's unemployment is 5.5 per- cent, well below the national rate of 9.6 percent. The state's other House race is tight despite New Hamp- shire's relative prosperity. Susan Terzakis, 45, of Bedford, N.H., said she has voted for both parties in the past but feels having a Republican in the seat will help mend the economy. She has been frustrated by what she calls an exo- dus of jobs from the state and said Shea-Porter has been unrespon- sive to local and national economic problems. "I don't think it's fair to lay it at any one person's feet," Terzakis said. "But I do think it's fair to say, 'Where have you been? What have you been doing to stem that tide?' All we get is crickets." Across the country, California has a bankruptcy rate twice as high as New Hampshire's, along with much higher unemployment. But only a few of its 53 congressional races are competitive. Rep. Bob Filner, a Democrat who has been in office since 1993 and represents a California district that runs Mexico's border from subur- ban San Diego to the Arizona state line, is heavily favored for re-elec- tion, drawing much of his support from hard-hit Imperial County, which is saddled with the nation's highest unemployment rate - 30.4 percent in August. Democrats have a 52-to-27-per- cent edge over the GOP in voter registration in the county, a farm region known for growing lettuce, spinach and broccoli. Many of the places where eco- nomic stress is worst are urban or other areas that are heavily Demo- cratic to begin with. As downtrod- den as those voters are, they are unlikely to vote for Republican chal- lengers. Richard Flowers, a retired power plant operator who was born and raised in Imperial County, remem- bers voting only once for a Republi- can - Richard Nixon for president in 1968. Filner hasn't impressed him much, but Flowers voted absentee to give the congressman a loth term, arguing that Republicans may make the economy worse. "Obama's been in office two years and he's being blamed for not say- ing, 'Abracadabra, everything's perfect,"' Flowers said at Burgers & Beer in El Centro, the county seat. "Sometimes the devil you don't know is worse." KARTJE From Page 1A the offense, the change has been noticeable - when you have the NCAA's leading rusher, there's no reason why your offense shouldn't be racking up ridicu- lous amounts of points. That's all fine and dandy. Is Robinson a once-in-a-decade tal- ent? Yeah, probably. But can you really argue that the rest of the offense has been better around him? The run game, outside of Rob- inson, has stalled in almost every game, including a 43-yard effort against Penn State - a team that was absolutely decimated by injuries in the front seven and ranks 68th in the nation in rush defense. Oh, and sophomore Vin- cent Smith and junior Mike Shaw, Michigan's two main backs, are averaging just 79 yards combined per game. Receivers have dropped balls on several occasions, and even the offensive line isn't opening up holes for Robinson like they did in the Wolverines' five-game win streak to open the season. There seems to be plenty of capable pieces on the field, they just can't by any means find their place in the puzzle - and simply said, that's Rodriguez's fault. Ha! And I almost forgot the defense! ButI don't need to reit- erate how bad they are, doI? Because the sheer embarrassment of seeing Michigan's secondary out of position or Michigan's linebackers missing tackles or Michigan's defensive line not get- ting any penetration or holding contain on a walk-on quarterback had to have been enough. Greg Robinson and his defense have clearly regressed this season. And as much as that may not be Rodriguez's fault, someone has to be held accountable for the defense and for Robinson's poor coaching - that guy is the head coach. Brandon said himself that this team's progress or Rodriguez's job security won't be defined by a specific number of wins and loss- es. But it's hard to imagine;with Robinson (the quarterback) being the only visible improvement on this team, that Rodriguez will keep his job without at least two wins the rest of the season. He needs to show something that Michigan fans, alumni, boosters and Brandon haven't seen since he came over from Morgantown - a reason, aside from Robinson, to feel optimistic. Because it's hard to ignore the epic, seven-game Big Ten slide last year as it repeats itself in 2010. Wins and losses for the rest of the season should probably have something to do with Brandon's choice on Rodriguez's future because he sure hasn't given me a reason to believe things are on the upswing. And if that doesn't happen, Brandon's goingto be answer- ing a lot more questions from the media. This time though, it will be about a new coach. -Kartje can be reached at rkartje@umich.edu 01 BREW YOUR OWN BEER? WE HAVE A CONTEST FOR THAT. E-mail calero@michigandaily.com to enter the Daily's second annual home brew contest. ------------- If- 21 1 1 C C I- C 4.- C C - W C t!3 Interested in Global Health? Curious about what's happening? The Center for Global Health, the MHIRT Program, and Global REACH invite you to join us at the Second Annual Student Global Health Day November 5, 2010; Events from 9am-7pm - th Palmer Commons 4 level More info http://www.globalhealthumich.edu/ S~ ~ ~ D....:at.. Village Corner Last Week on S. University 20% off Everythinr except Liquor d Cigarettes October 31 to November 5 v .. r g easier an gelay@umich.ed u Know the latest UM insurance and travel requirements? ti