The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.co - Tuesday, November 16, 2010 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: ' FRIDAY: MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY:. In Other Ivory Towers Michigan Myths Professor Profiles 'U': Grades myth not true THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week TOP SHELF ART 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SMILOVITZ KATIEJOZWIAK Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 smilovitz@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gmail.com Many wide-eyed students on campus have heard the myth that if your roommate dies, all your professors have to give you A's for the semester. But before rushing out to buy a virtually untraceable poi- son in hopes of becoming an Angell Scholar, students might want to consider that the myth could be false. There's no irrefutable policy at the University that states whether the myth is true or false, but University spokes- man Rick Fitzgerald told The Michigan Daily that it is sim- ply a myth. "That is not true," Fitzger- ald said. "That is a myth." Though the myth is false, the notion that a student will get all A's if their roommate dies has become lore at cam- puses across the country, even CRIME NOTES serving as the plot for the 1998 movie "Dead Man on Cam- pus." Where the myth originated at the University is difficult to pinpoint, but students often associate it with a different myth that claims that if a stu- dent is hit by a bus, he or she would have his or her tuition waived - a notion that is also false. However, in the interview, Fitzgerald said he would encourage any student who is experiencing a stressful situ- ation to take advantage of the counseling services offered on campus. "We would certainly encourage students who find themselves in that situation or any other stressful situation to seek out the counselors at (Counseling and Psychologi- cal Services) for help in deal- ing with something like that," Fitzgerald said. CAPS services include coun- seling for both individuals and groups, psychiatric evalua- tions, assistance in monitoring medication and a suicide pre- vention program. Addition- ally, CAPS offers walk-in crisis services for urgent crises like sexual assault, a campus cri- sis response team and a wide array of outreach activities and workshops. According to the organi- zation's website, CAPS has a diverse staff with wide- ranging expertise - including clinical social workers, psy- chiatrists and psychologists - who work with students to manage mental health con- cerns.N - KYLE SWANSON CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom News Tips Corrections Letterstothe Editor Photography Department ArtsSection Offcehours:sun.-Thurs. 11a.m.-2 am. 734-418-4115 apt.3 news@ichigandaily.com corrections@michigandaily.com tothedaiy@michigandaily.com photo@michigandaity.com artspageemichigandaily.com School of Art and Design freshman Val DiMilia works on a shelf pro"ect for Textures, Materials, and Processes I in the Art School yesterday. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Volvo recovered Laptop left for Stage fighting Film screening People who are obese WHERE: 2200 Hayward five mins. stolen lessons WHAT: Screening of "Invic- are more likely to have a WHEN: Sunday at about 9 tus" and discussion with 1 stronger sense of smell, a.m. WHERE: Duderstadt Building WHAT: Theatrical stage Professors Barbara Ander- BBC News reported. A study WHAT: A 1999 grey Volvo S80 WHEN: Sunday at about 3:50 combat training will son and John Romani. at the University of Ports- that was reported stolen on p.m. be offered based on a WHO: Sociology Under- mouth found that people with Nov. 8 was recovered, Univer- WHAT: A Macbook Pro left wide range of weapons graduate Association a higher body mass index had sity Police reported. unattended for about five min- and combat styles. 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Currently, the incident is still under investigation. WHAT: Panelists from various University depart- ments of science will discuss opportunities for science students after graduating. The panelists will offer opportunities that are gen- erally overlooked by the majority of science students. WHO: Science Learning Center WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons CORRECTIONS * A photo caption in The Michigan Daily ("The Last Lap") inaccurately reported that members of Michigan's ROTC run one mile for every year of the group's existence. It is one mile for each year of the existence of the Unit- ed States Marine Corps. 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com., Mixing a can of Red Bull with five shots of vodka has a higher alcohol-to- caffeine ratio than a can of Four Loko. >>FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 Passengers are advocat- ing for child-free flights, The New York Times reported. A survey by Skyscan- ner found that nearly 59 per- cent of passengers support the creation of "family-only" sec- tions on planes. MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Gemoreonline at michigandailycom/blogs/The Wire 1000 PITCHES From Page 1 way to make a positive impact." Mehta added that the 1,000 Pitches competition is going strong and is proving to be the "hub where a lot of entrepreneur activity happens." According to the live update on the competition's website, there are 2,324 pitches as of last night. Mehta said this num- ber already exceeds last year's record. "We want quantity because it creates virility in the competi- tion," he said. He said that there's been was talk of turning 1,000 Pitches into one million pitches for America. At yesterday's Diag day, 1,000 Pitches hosted a station that fea- tured students who had already submitted their ideas. The event also had two large plastic globes where students could write their ideas about how to make the world a better place. Engineering junior Andrew Brehm pitched an idea aimed at purifying water without having to use fuel or energy. The idea is to create a "cheap, easy to make, easy to distribute water purifier for hot, dry cli- mates," he said. He explained that dirty water would be in one container underneath a black surface. The dirty water would be evaporated by the sun's heat, and the evapo- rated purified water would then drip into a separate container. "This will help prevent the spread of disease and ensure that people are always drinking clean water," Brehm said. "It's also going to be very cheap to make because it'll be mostly made of plastic parts." Business sophomore Julia Shi pitched an idea for a mobile application that uses a Global Positioning Satellite to deter- mine restaurant options near the location of the mobile device and, then provide prices, average wait times for dining in and carrying out and restaurant capacity. "This application would be helpful, for example, if you are a college student, because some- times you have awkward 30 minute pads of time between classes," Shi said. She said the application would be free for students but that she would make a profit by hav- ing local restaurants pay for ad space. Feeding off of college stu- dents' need for food, Business sophomore Han Zhang pitched a similar idea, which would use mobile GPS technology to send the user's location to a restau- rant to have food delivered to wherever the student is located. "This way you can literally get food from wherever you are," Zhang said. "You don't have to be at a given location." LSA freshman Harry Hant- man pitched multiple ideas, one of which was a website and phone application called "Paths From Last Night." The program would record different points of one's loca- tion at 30-second to 5-minute intervals, mapping the user's movement. He said the applica- tion could have a variety of uses and could be posted on social network sites like Facebook or Twitter. "You can post your path from last night and say 'this is a great path as a runner' or 'look how wasted I was last night and I just did this and it was really stupid,"' Hantman said. "It con- nects the different paths you take from one place to another." Business and Engineering sophomore Prateek Garg pitched an idea of heated sneakers for the cold Michigan winters. His idea involves a magnet and coil inside the shoe to cre- ate currents that would produce heat. "The more you walk the warmer your feet get," Garg said. "So in the winter your feet won't get as cold." LSA freshman Becca Weisz pitched an idea that aims to help users resist the urge to text while driving. Her application, called "driving mode" would require a car to have the ability to sync and would send out an automat- ed, personalized text response to any message received while the car is in drive. "Basically what driving mode is, is the solution to texting while driving," Weisz said. "The laws aren't a solution." Learn from U-M medical experts about this health issue that affects 12 million Americans. Food Allergies Quick Study Lecture Thursday, November 18, 7 p.m. Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium, Ann Arbor Don't want to get out of your sweats to attend this event? Join in via live stream from the convenience of your computer. Same date, same time, your dorm. This event is free for U-M students and Alumni Association members; and $20 for nonmembers. To register, visit umalumnl*.com/food-allergies or call 800.847.4764. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN www.umalumni.com - COMMENCEMENT From Page 1 Tversky worked very closely together and added that Tversky would've also been awarded the Nobel Prize had he not died in 1996. "(Khaneman) came here between 1965 and 1967 to do a visiting professorship and start- ed collaborating with one of our recent Ph.D.s, Amos Tversky, and they did this work together and published together for a long time. But Amos died, otherwise he would've gotten the Nobel Prize with Daniel," Coleman said. "It's very wonderful, and I'm very happy that he's going to be the speaker," she continued. Kahneman was born in Pales- tine in 1934, but spent his child- hood in France where he and his family escaped the Nazis dur- ing the Holocaust. After the war, Kahneman returned to Israel before he eventually immigrated to the United States in 1958. Cur- rently, he is a professor emeritus at Princeton University. Faber is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1976, Faber helped to develop the Faber- Jackson Theory, which is used to estimate the distance between galaxies. Coleman said Faber is a world- renowned astronomer, adding "she is very distinguished." Munger, the third individual to be awarded an honorary degree at winter commencement, is worth over $1 billion and donated $3 million to the University's Law School in 2007. Munger has come to campus a number of times to speak, visiting most recently last September. In the interview, Coleman called Munger, "one of the world's leading investors" for his work at Berkshire Hathaway alongside Warren Buffett. Honorary degree recipients are chosen by the University's Honor- ary Degree Committee, which is chaired by Rackham Dean Janet Weiss. The committee reviews nominations for the degree recipi- ents submitted by students, fac- ulty and staff. Winter commencement will be take place at 2 p.m. on Dec. 19, 4 2010 at Crisler Arena. 1 r FAN THE DAILY ON FACEBOOK