Ryan Kartje: For Michigan BIG TEN TOURNEY CHAMPS students who have been in Ann a SEE'The ridiculously productive, always-clutch Arbor for perhaps the worst SPORTSMONDAY, freshman Rachael Mack scored the game-winning stretch in Wolverine history, INSIDE goal for the Michigan field hockey team in the Big Saturday's win is one to savor. Ten Tournament finals yesterday. Monday Novembers, 2010 Ann Arbor, Michigan michigandaily.com Officials to start enforcing porch couch ban today Ann Arbor leaders City Council member who spon- sored the ordinance, violators will say goal of policy have ample opportunity to remove upholstered porch furniture before is cooperation, a fine is issued. not citations Taylor said those found in viola- tion of the ban will receive an ini- tial notice detailing the nature of By DYLAN CINTI the violation. These notices will Daily StaffReporter be handed out either by city hous- ing inspectors or community stan- Though Ann Arbor's porch dards officers - the two groups couch ban was enacted more than charged with enforcing the ban. a month ago, city officials are only After receiving the initial starting to enforce it today. notice, violators will have one to The ban - which prohibits three days to remove the furniture, upholstered furniture on porches Taylor said. citywide - carries a maximum Violators who fail to remove the $1,000 fine for violators. Ann furniture in that period will be Arbor City Council unanimously issued a ticket that states a day to passed the ban in the wake of a appear in court, Taylor said. fatal April 3 house fire on South But Taylor said the ticket will State Street that authorities believe not result in an automatic fine, turned deadly because a couch since violators will have between on the porch caught fire. The fire two to four weeks before their killed Eastern Michigan Univer- court appearance to remove the sity student Renden LeMasters. furniture. Though the citywide ban offi- If violators ever go to court, the cially went into effect Oct. 2, city first question they will be asked is officials said in a Nov. 3 press if the upholstered item remains on release that they wanted to give their porch, Taylor said. residents an "amnesty period" to If the answer is no, Taylor said get rid of upholstered porch fur- the magistrate is likely to be for- niture before actual enforcement giving. began. But if the answer is yes, a fine But beginning today, that will probably be administered, amnesty period is over. Taylor said. Two city officials involved in "If the couch is still there ... I promoting the ban emphasized in suspect there will be some kind of interviews yesterday that enforce- fine," Taylor said, adding that he'd ment of the ban will focus more on be "shocked" if a fine approach- compliance than punishment. ing the maximum $1,000 is ever According to Christopher Tay- issued. lor (D-Ward 3), the Ann Arbor See COUCH BAN, Page 5A LEFT AND TOP: ARIEL BOND/Daily; BOTTOM: SALAM RIDA/Daily LEFT: Wide receivers Junior Hemingway and Roy Roundtree celebrate after Michigan's 67-65 triple-overtime win on Saturday. TOP: Cornerback Terrance Talbott makes a tackle during the game. BOTTOM: Hemingway streaks to the endzone for one of his two touchdowns. For more coverage of the game, see SportsMonday, inside. Dense comesth gh fr frt time thissao orst-case scenario? Illinois succeeds on a two-point conversion attempt and extends the highest-scor- log (and one of the most unusual) NICOLE games in Big AUERBACH House his- tory. And if it worked? How about an exhilarating triple-overtime victory that clinches bowl eligi- bility for the first time in three seasons? So why not rush seven defend- ers? "That was the call - we hit them with the kitchen sink," said sophomore linebacker Craig Roh, who helped wrap up Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase after linebacker Jonas Mouton got to him, sealing Michigan's win. The all-out blitz - so extensive that defensive players had no idea how many rushed the quarter- back - worked like a charm. Roh said redshirt junior Ryan Van Bergan picked upa double-team, and Roh had a wide-open path to Scheelhaase. The Illini may have had an open receiver or two, but it didn't matter'because the pres- sure reached Scheelhaase first. At the end of a wild offensive day in which Michigan and Illi- nois combined for 58 first downs, 1,237 total yards and a Big-Ten record 132 points, it all came down to one defensive play. And after all the criticism lev- eled at the Wolverine defense after weeks of poor performanc- es, it's poetic that Michigan has one defensive play to thank for See AUERBACH, Page 5A Decision to come this week in hearing for Ass't AG Shirvell Shirvell's lawyer says Cox or panel will decide status of his client's employment By STEPHANIE STEINBERG Daily News Editor A disciplinary hearing for Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan assistant attorney general who has come under fire for his blog targeting Michigan Student Assembly President Chris Arm- strong, was held Friday morning, though no official ruling has been announced. Shirvell appeared at the office of the Michigan Attorney General in Lansing at 9 a.m. Friday morn- ing for a disciplinary hearing regarding the controversy. The hearing will continue on Tuesday, according to John Sellek, spokes- man for Michigan Attorney Gen- eral Mike Cox. Over the past few months, Shirvell has received national attention for hisblog, Chris Arm- strong Watch, on which he accus- es Armstrong of having a "radical homosexual agenda" and being an "elitist." While driving back from Lan- sing on Friday, Shirvell's attorney Philip Thomas said in a phone interview that no decisions were made Friday in order to give the four-person panel time to read the roughly 100-page docu- ment he submitted concerning Shirvell's actions. According to Sellek, the panel consists of members of thehuman See SHIRVELL, Page SA Greek, city leaders meet to discuss fixes for rise in trash, noise citations ERIN KIRKLAND/Daily Village Corner on South University Avenue last month. The store closed Saturday after 40 years in this location. After 40 years on South U. Ave., Village Corner closes its doors At meeting, AAPD gives students tips on how to 5urb tailgate tickets By A. BRAD SCHWARTZ DailyStaffReporter Though loud music and red cups are Football Saturday sta- ples, fraternity members say they are being punished for tak- ing part in these traditions and they're tired of it. Hoping to curb what it sees as a rise in noise and trash violations issued to fraternities on game days, a small group of representa- tives from the Michigan Student Assembly and the Interfrater- nity Council met with Ann Arbor Police Department Deputy Chief John Seto in MSA Chambers Fri- day. "What we want to do is come out, as a group, from this meet- ing with some ideas, some helpful hints, that we can put together ... for students to best follow the law (and) to best avoid getting viola- tions," Brendan Friedman, chair of the Greek Relations Select Committee, said at the meeting. Seto said noise violations are generally the result of complaints from neighbors - including reli- gious institutions that hold ser- vices on Saturdays - but that officers can issue a ticket proac- tively, especially in the case of a dangerously large pregame party. See TAILGATES, Page SA Owner says he plans to move to new spot within 8 weeks By LINDSAY KRAMER Daily StaffReporter As a memento of its more than 40 years in business, campus con- venience store Village Corner gave away free bags of "genuine dust bunnies from the VC" before clos- ing its doors on Saturday. Village Corner owner Dick Scheer sold his lease for the space, located at the corner of South Uni- versity Avenue and South Forest Avenue, to developer Ron Hughs who plans to turn the building into a new student high rise by fall 2012. Throughout its tenure at that corner, Village Corner was a wit- ness to the many changes on cam- pus and South University Avenue. When it first opened in 1970, there was a movie theater down the street along with several gift and clothing stores, according to Scheer. "It became restaurant row for a while, but it's come back with a little more variety," Scheer said. During the last few days of busi- ness, Village Corner emptied out as students bought the last of the store's toiletries, sodas and bags of pretzels and chips. The store also held a 20-percent off sale that See VILLAGE CORNER, Page SA WEATHER HI: 60 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail TOMORROW LO: 3 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Interpreting Iowa's election results. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE PODIUM INDEX NEWS.. . . . . 2A CLASSIFIEDS.. . .A.......,6A Vol CXXINo.43 SUDO KU ............................3A ARTS................................7A Q00 TheMichigan Daily OPINION............................ 4A SPORTSMONDAY.................1B michiyondoily.com