GLORY DAYS, AGAIN Bruce's latest collection of forgotten songs, The Promise, gives fans more to love from the Boss at his peak. PAGE 7.e--s- a 'Ann Arbor, Michigan ....... Regents mull fireworks for Big Chill at the Big House Tuesday, November 16, 2010 michigandaily.com A SEEDTNG CELERR ATTON Board of Regents also to consider MLB, School of Education renovations on Thurs. By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor At its meeting later this week, the University's Board of Regents is expected to approve a fire- works show for the Dec. 11 Big Chill at the Big Moose match- up against Michigan Stat ANS University. In a commu- Covern h nication sent n to the Univer- sity's regents, Tim Slottow, the University's executive vice president and chief financial officer, wrote that fire- works would be displayed during player introductions and a10-min- ute show at the end of the game would be choreographed to music. Both displays would be performed from the rooftops of the new sky- box towers at the stadium. Additionally, Slottow wrote, fireworks would be launched for approximately five seconds each time Michigan nets a goal. These fireworks would be set off directly from the field. No informationabouthow much the show would cost was provid- ed in the communication to the regents. However, Slottow wrote that fireworks display company, ACE Pyro, LLC, has been selected to manage the event, if the show is approved by the regents and passes a safety and security screening by the University's fire marshal. UNIVERSITY TO REQUEST 2.6-PERCENT INCREASE IN STATE APPROPRIATIONS The University's Board of Regentsis also expected to approve a letter to be sent to the state's bud- get director, Bob Emerson. The letter, signed by University President Mary Sue Coleman, is sent to the state each year and out- lines the University's commitment to cost containment as well as the economic impact the University has on the state. In the draft letter, submitted to the regents by University Provost Philip Hanlon, Coleman wrote See REGENTS, Page 3 JAKE FROMM/Daily The Michigan men's soccer team and its fan group - the Michigan Ultras - gather at Packard Pub yesterday to watch as the seedings are announced for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines, the ten seed, earned a bye and will face the winner of South Florida vs. Central Florida. For a full story, see Sports, Page5. Nobel laureate to speak at 'U' winter commencement, Astronomer Sandra Faber and Berkshire Hathaway official to get honorary degrees By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily StaffReporter Though the University's win- ter commencement speaker isn't the President of the United States, University President Mary Sue Coleman said she is excited for Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman to speak at next month's ceremo- ny. Kahneman, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in econom- ics, will address the graduates and receive a Doctor of Science degree. Astronomer Sandra Faber will also be awarded a Doctor of Sciences degree and Charles Munger, vice-chairman of Berk- shire Hathaway and a University alum, will be presented a Doctor of Laws degree. in an exclusive interview with The Michigan Daily last week, Coleman disclosed the honorary degree recipients. The selections, which were made public yester- day in the agenda for the Univer- sity's Board of Regents monthly meeting, will need to be approved by the regents when they meet on Thursday at the University's Flint campus. Kahneman won the Nobel Prize for his work in prospect theory, which he developed as a visiting scientist at the Univer- sity from 1965 to 1967 with Amos Tversky, who received his Ph.D. from the University in 1964. Prospect theory explains how individuals make choices in situ- ations where they have to decide between two choices that are risky - like in the case of a finan- cial investment. Coleman said Kahneman and See COMMENCEMENT, Page 2 4 / ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS Hughes lauds Ross center before Senate Assembly Athletic dept. official says student-athletes under more pressure than student body By CAITLIN HUSTON. Daily StaffReporter Phil Hughes, director of the academic success program, praised the role of the Ross Aca- demic Center in addressing the needs of student-athletes in a talk to the University's leading faculty governing body yesterday. Hughes told the Senate Assem- bly that he feels student-athletes are under greater daily pressure than the general student body, due to the amountof time devoted to practice, game travel and other educational athletic courses. But because of the system in place at the academic center, Hughes said student-athletes have been able to maintain high academic stan- dards. "The student-athletes are hanging in there, and they're competing at a very high level on par with the general student body," Hughes said. Referring to statistics on his PowerPoint presentation, Hughes said based on a six-year period beginning in 2003 stu- dent-athletes had an 80-percent graduation rate compared to the 90-percent graduation rate of the general student body. When athletes first come to the University, Hughes said the academic center offers them aca- demic support, including help See SENATE ASSEMBLY, Page 3 JAKEFROMM/Daily Rackham student Will Riley talks to MPowered member Becca Weisz in the Diag during the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week yesterday. Passersby were asked to write ideas on inflatable globes as part of the event. In final week,1,000 Pitches organizers make push to promote entrepreneurship ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCI Council postpones decision on medical pot moratorium Current pitches include a mobile app to prevent texting while driving By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter This week marks the final week of MPowered Entreprenuer- ship's 1,000 Pitches competition and though the group received WEATHER HI: 53 TOMORROW LO a record number of pitches this year, MPowered is taking part in a number "of events this week to urge even more students t6 participate. MPowered leaders decided to hold the last week of the compe- tition at the same time as Global Entrepreneurship Week in an effort to increase visibility of the entrepreneurship movement, said LSA junior Ankit Mehta, president of MPowered. This year's Global Entrepre- neurship Week included a Diag day yesterday and will feature a GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us ki case competition today where stu- dent teams analyze a case study and compete to find the solution. In addition, Jacqueline Novogratz, the founder and CEO of the Acu- men Fund - a "non-profit, global venture fund," according to its website - will speak on Friday. "We planned it so both weeks overlap with each other," Mehta said. "Basically the whole week is themed around social entrepre- neurship because it has a broad appeal to people since it's a novel See 1000 PITCHES, Page 2 M t( ouncil member: that would set city-wide regula- tions for medical marijuana. ore time needed The proposed ordinance was designed to enforce the Michigan o vet ordinance Medical Marijuana Act, which passed in 2008 but did not pro- By DYLAN CINTI vide guidelines for how cities and Daily StaffReporter municipalities should regulate it. in early August, the council its meeting last night, the placed a 120-day city-wide mora- Arbor City Council post- torium on new medical marijuana I voting on an ordinance dispensaries in order to give offi- cials time to draft a regulatory ordinance. However, businesses already in existence like Med- Mar Compassionate Healthcare on Packard Road and the Lib- erty Clinic on Main Street were excluded from the moratorium. A draft of that ordinance appeared before City Council at its Oct. 6 meeting for a prelimi- nary reading. See MARIJUANA, Page 3 2 SPORTS.................. . 5 3 CLA SSIP ED S......................... 6 4 ARTS.......... ............. . 7 At Ann poned NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Why America should legalize marijuana. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE PODIUM ........" INDEX NEWS............ Vol CXX, No. 49 AP NEWS. (2010 TheMichiganDaily OPININ. michigondvily.com I