2 - Tuesday, November 9, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.con 2 - Tuesday, November 9, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycor n MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers L TUESDAY: Michigan Myths WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SMILOVITZ KATIE JOZWIAK Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 smilovitz@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gmail.com GETTING PSYCHED 'U' plaque on moon While the legend that a University of Michigan flag stands proudly on the moon isn't true, there is truth to a relat- ed myth that claims a chapter of the University of Michigan Alumni Associa- tion was founded during the lunar land- ing in 1971. As the legend goes, the team of astro- nauts on the Apollo 15 journey took a charter for a University Alumni Asso- ciation branch with them into space to officially form an alumni association on the moon. The legend is, in fact, true. The three former University students - astronauts Colonel David Scott, Major Alfred Worden and Colonel James Irwin - who piloted Apollo 15 did leave behind a document that established a charter of the University of Michigan Alumni Association on the moon. The charter makes the University the first and only school to have an alumni association chapter on the moon. The only evidence of the charter is a document, etched into a 45-word plaque that was left behind on the lunar sur- face. "The Alumni Association of The Uni- versity of Michigan. Charter Number One," the charter reads. "This isto certi- fy that The University of Michigan Club of The Moon is a duly constituted unit of the Alumni Association and entitled to all the rights and privileges under the Association's Constitution." With those words, the University's Alumni Association on the moon was founded. It's a history that the Alumni Association continues to boast, high- lighting the fact on its website. And while the moon may be the most unusual branch of the Alumni Associa- tion, it's far from the only chapter. With more than 460,000 University alumni living across the globe, the University's Alumni Association has established chapters in 31 countries and has numer- ous chapters throughout the United States. - KYLE SWANSON CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom News Tips Corrections Letters to the Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance Officeehors Su.-Thur.11a.m. - 2a.m. 734-410-4115 opt. 3 eeo@ehhigadaiy.on, ucns'ecionsgeihigadaiy.oe tthedaiy@nmichigandaiy.ean, pheso@nmichieandaiy.coe onospage@mihigandaily.coe opinion@nmichigandaiy.con, sorts@michiganutaiy.con, display@michieondiy.eom classified@ ich igan daly.eaw finance@michigandaily.com Fans began to line up at noon outside of the Rogel ballroom in the Union, where television show "Psych" will premiere a new episode. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES PC or Mac? Thief has no preference WHERE: Hill Carport WHEN: Sunday at about 1:45 p.m. WHAT: An Apple laptop and Dell Netbook was taken from a rental vehicle belonging to an unaffiliated female, University Police reported. Sleeping woman trespasses WHERE: Taubman Health Care Center WHEN: Yesterday at about 12:30 a.m. WHAT: A woman unaffiliated with the University was found sleeping on a couch inside and was read a trespass, University Police reported. She had been read a trespass last month as well. Wallet, cash Holocaust gone in a flash history lecture WHERE: Duderstadt Building WHEN: Sunday at about 6:45 p.m. WHAT: An unattended wallet with a credit card, two debit cards, ID and a small amount of cash was stolen from a male student on the third floor, Uni- versity police reported. Bail advisory issued to skaters WHERE: North Quad Com- plex WHEN: Sunday at about 1:45 p.m. WHAT: Three males were given a verbal warning due to their skateboarding activities, University Police reported. WHAT: A lecture about the recue of children at the Buchenwald camp during the Holocaust will be given by Prof. Ken Waltzer, director of the Michigan State Univer- sity Jewish Studies Program. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: 202S. Thayer in Room 2022 Author talk WHAT: In honor of the LSA Fall theme semester "What Makes Life Worth Living?," a lecture will be held by John Hammock, co-author of "Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid." WHO: Center for Eth- ics in Public Life WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Foreign film WHAT: A film on the con- sequences of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be screened, featuring Denis Mukweeg, recipient of the Univer- sity Wallenberg Medal. WHO: Epidemiology WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Henry F. Vaugh School of Public Health Building I and Crossroads Tower. Sax recital WH AT: A saxophone studio recital will be held by graduate students of Professor Donald Sinta. WHO: School of Music WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: E.V. Moore Build- ing, Britton Recital Hall CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. At a shopping mall in New Zealand, blasting Mozart over the center's speak- ers has drastically reduced the amount of crime, The New Zealand Press reported. Mall guards said the music has transformed the mall into a safer place to shop. Last week, the Michigan Liquor Control Commis- sion banned the sale of 55 types of alcoholic energy drinks in the state, including Four Loko. >FOR MORESEE OPINION, PAGE 4 The British monarchy is preparing to launch its official Facebook page, BBC News reported. The page is the first official presence by the Queen on Facebook, and will include updates about court activities. 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Some of the mostpolar- izing figures from his 2001-2009 presidency have found second lives in the political world. Karl Rove, the operative who might as well have put "mas- termind" on his business card, became a master money-raiser for the midterm elections in plenty of time to make Democrats apoplec- tic all over again. Dick Cheney, the Bush vice president whose influence rivaled if not surpassed Rove's, has tormented the Obama administration at many turns. Not Bush. He has given the occasional innocuous speech, has tended his presidential center, has helped with Haiti earthquake relief and has offered glimpses of a life that has him walking Barney the dog in his Dallas neighborhood with a poop bag, "picking up that which I had been dodging for the past eight years." "Decision Points" puts Bush back in the public eye. He'll be all over TV this week and beyond, from news and opinion shows to Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno. But times have changed. Hard-driving tea party adher- ents, a post-Bush movement, helped to power a Republican takeover of the House and gains in the Senate in the recent elec- tions, seemingly light years from the "compassionate conservatism" that Bush said he hoped to bring to the White House from Texas a decade ago. For all the sour struggles of his time in Washington and the divi- siveness over war policy, Bush pushed Congress to spend billions more on education and ushered in prescription drug coverage for seniors in a major expansion of health care, now overshadowed by Obama's overhaul. Those mea- sures, too, are out of step with the Republican majority coming in. And he's not out to trash Obama in his new book. The Democrat, in his 2008 presidential campaign, spared no effort to criticize Bush for taking the U.S. to war in Iraq, for letting the effort in Afghani- stan flag and for presiding over an economy sinking into the Great Recession. Bush turns the other cheek, merely praising Obama's decision to add troops in Afghanistan. Instead he details difficult times with Cheney, still his friend, delivering some of the buzz- generating palace intrigue that is expected of any political memoir. President Banack Ohawa weets with Indiae Priwe Minister Manwohan Singh. Obama backs India s U.N. bid CAN AMERICA STILL ACT? CRITICAL CHALLENGES AT HOME & ABROAD A 2010 CITIGROUP FOUNDATION LECTURE Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:00-5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Ford School of Public Policy Annenberg Auditorium 1120 Weill Hall 735 S. State Street Info: 734-615-3893 Gerald R. Ford P ylt www.fordschool.umich.edu School OFPaitye 6( mational Policy Center eod RFrd Sool at Pul, Policy Obama boosts India for 'rightful place in world' NEW DELHI (AP) - Deepen- ing America's stake in Asian power politics, President Barack Obama on yesterday endorsed India's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, hop- ing to elevate the nation of a bil- lion people to "its rightful place in the world" alongside an assertive China. Obama's declaration, delivered to the pounding applause of India's parliament members, spoke to a mission broader than the makeup of one global institution. By spend- ing three packed days in India, announcing trade deals, dismiss- ing job-outsourcing gripes and admonishing India's rival Paki- stan, Obama went all in for an ally whose support he hopes to bank on for years. "I want every Indian citizen to know: The United States of Amer- ica will not simply be cheering you on from the sidelines," Obama said inside the soaring legislative chamber of the capital city. "We will be right there with you, shoul- der to shoulder, because we believe in the promise of India." To Obama, that promise entails shaking up the world order by giv- ing more voice to developing coun- tries that offer lucrative markets for U.S. products and potential help to counter terrorism and a warmingplanet. Indiafits Obama's agenda perfectly because it is the world's largest democracy and sits in the heart of a pivotal, vexing region. The diplomacy in India also gave Obama a chance to reassert himself on the global stage, far from Washington in the aftermath after humbling congressional elec- tions. His final day in India began with a lavish welcome ceremony at the majestic palace residence of India's president and ended there as Obama and his wife, Michelle, were toasted to a state dinner. The capstone of Obama's outreach here came when he announced support for India's long push to achieve a permanent place on the Security Council, the elite body responsible for maintain- ing international peace. It under- lined Obama's contention that the partnership between the U.S. and India could have defining impact on both countries and the world. "The just and sustainable inter- national order that America seeks includes a United Nations that is efficient, effective, credible and legitimate," Obama said as he called for India to be part of a reformed council. Yet White House aides acknowl- edge any changes to the council could be messy and years in the making. Attempts to expand the council have long failed because of rivalries between countries. India considered Obama's move to be an enormous coup regardless. i I °