0 2A - Monday, November 22, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY TUESDAY: In Other vyTowers Michigan Myths WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week Bill Nye faints during USC talk Famed scientist and tele- vision personality Bill Nye fainted while giving a lecture on climate and global changes at the University of Southern California last week, accord- ing to a Nov. 16 article in the Daily Trojan. Nye regained consciousness shortly after the incident. . The article reported that Nye made a joke out of it, exclaiming, "Wow, that was crazy. I feel like Lady Gaga or something." Despite this incident, Nye proceeded to give the lecture, which was warmly received by USC students and faculty. LYNN STUDENT THREATENS ATTACK Daniel Shana, a student at Lynn University in Boca CRIME NOTES Raton, Fla., was charged with threats to kill or inflict bodily harm after he posted a threat on Facebook to insti- gate "Columbine take 2" and boasted that he registered for his firearms license, accord- ing to a Nov. 19 article in The Huffington Post. Shana was arrested after students informed authori- ties about the disturbing posts, but has since been released on bond, the article reported. He is waiting to stand trial. Shana is now suspended from Lynn University and will not be allowed on cam- pus. HARVARD STUDENTS APOLOGIZE FOR SPOOF Comedic group On Har- vard Time apologized for a video, which was deemed offensive by students at Har- vard University and Yale Uni- versity, according to a Nov. 19 article in The Harvard Crim- son. The video was a parody of a Yale admissions video. In the clip, a prospective stu- dent asks, "What about the girl that got stuffed into the wall?" referring to Yale grad- uated student Annie Le who was murdered at Yale in Sep- tember 2009. 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Berman Center Pike unites with OSU's chapter for charity run In annual event, brothers run with football from Ann Arbor to Columbus By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter While many students were get- ting hyped about the last Michigan football home game of the season over the weekend, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers were already prepping for Saturday's matchup against Ohio State. Seventy-two Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers ran roughly 90 miles with a football from Thurs- day evening to Friday afternoon as part of the fraternity's annual Rivalry Run. Pike holds the event each year in which runners carry a football from Ann Arbor to Colum- bus - or vice-versa depending on where the game is - on a 187-mile relay divided between two groups of runners. Normally the event takes place the week before the Saturday foot- ball game, but because the game takes place during Thanksgiv- ing break this year, the event was pushed back one week. Business junior Mike Adelman, co-director of this year's event, said in past years the run was split between Pike and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity - also known as FIJI. But this year, due to differ- ing opinions of where the proceeds should go, FIJI decided to take part in another fundraising event. As a result, the University's Pike chapter joined with Ohio State's chapter in order to continue the annual run. LSA junior Jared Jaffe, current president of Pike, said having the chance to work closely with Pike's OSU chapter was a great experi- ence and allowed members to not only raise money for cancer in a "unique way" but also to "grow as a fraternity." Jaffe said representatives from Pike nationals loved the idea of two of their chapters joining together for one cause. Jaffe said the event was even more powerful because the collaboration was between two groups that are rivals. "A lot of friendships were fos- tered," he said. The proceeds raised by this year's run will go to the Univer- sity of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Coach Carr Cancer Fund, Adelman said and new Pike members were required to raise $10,000 collectively. Though the run ended last week, the brothers are still raising money for the cause. A recently created website - which will run through the end of the semester - allows the members to track donations and for friends and family to make online donations. As of 6 p.m. last night the brothers raised $17,759 towards their $40,000 goal. In the last three years, the Pike Rivalry Run raised more than $150,000 for the American Cancer Society and UM Coach Carr Can- cer Fund. "The fight to support cancer never stops," Adelman said. "We're not going to stop when the run is over. We want to raise as much as possible and keep the door open as long as we can." Throughout the event, partici- pating brothers could run as many miles as they felt comfortable. Most averaged two to three miles before they switched with a broth- er and rode in vans following the runners, Adelman said. However, he added some broth- ers ran more than 10 miles each as a challenge to both themselves and others. Jaffe said the brothers col- lectively "run every single foot between (Michigan) Stadium and Ohio State's stadium." The most rewarding part of the experience was hearing the feed- back from the Michigan Compre- hensive Cancer Center, Adelman said. According to Adelman, the money is being used for patient care, patient family care and research. Before the event, Adel- man went every week to turn in the money raised that week. He said all the positive feedback was "amazing", particularly since one fraternity organized the fundrais- er and the money went toward a local cause. "This year was really special because we're supporting a truly local effort," he said. Jaffe said that while their mem- bers were running, some thought about the cause but others were more focused on the moment. "For me, personally, I was hav- ing a blast with it," he said. "We'd pretend to do football plays and have a fun experience. For some people it's also more sentimental." LSA sophomore Gene Taras, co- director of the run, said he was fas- cinated by the idea of the run when he first joined the fraternity fresh- man year and was inspired to take on a larger role in the event. "I've been a Michigan football fan my whole life," Taras said. "I thought it'd be cool to run the actual game day football and give back to the community at the same time." Taras ran a total of 11 miles and said he was motivated by his per- sonal family connections to cancer. "I have a bunch of family mem- bers that died or had cancer," he said. "(The event) meant a lot to me. Every extra mile I ran was for them." Adelman said Pike plans to con- tinue to hold the annual event and hopes to raise more money each year. 9 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on campus in April Stabenow was named chair of the Agriculture committee Friday. Stabenow named chair of Senate Agriculture Cmte. New position means Michigan Democrat will oversee drafting of five-year farm bill DETROIT (AP) - Sen. Debbie Stabenow will become the new chair of the U.S. Senate Com- mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry starting next year, it was announced Friday, mean- ing the Michigan Democrat will oversee drafting of the next five- year farm bill. The two-term senator from Lansing has served on the Agri- culture Committee since 2001 and also was a member of simi- lar committees in the U.S. House and the state legislature. She told The Associated Press her appointment is "really impor- tant for Michigan," where agri- culture employs a quarter of the work force. But although Michi- gan is among the nation's leaders in the production of milk, corn, beet sugar, black beans, red tart cherries, apples - and blueber- ries, it has been less involved in growing commodities, which historically have been the focus of federal farm bills. But Jim Byrum, president of the Michigan Agri-Business Association, predicted the upcoming farm bill - which is expected by 2012 - is going to "have a lot less farm and whole lot of other things," such as nutri- tion, specialty crops and conser- vation, and Byrum said Stabenow is a leader in such areas. "She has a great understand- ing of these kinds of things, so it's going to be a real winner," he said. The ag chair job is the second leadership post the 60-year- old lawmaker has picked up in recent days. Stabenow also is the new vice chairwoman of the Democratic message and rapid response operation, serving under Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. The higher-profile jobs come at a good time for Stabenow, who is up for re-election in 2012 and will be running in a state that gave big victories to Republicans earlier this month. "I am planning on running for re-election," she said. "I think that, right now, given the incred- ibly challenging times we have on the economy, that I'm in a critical spot to focus the federal govern- ment on jobs." Stabenow said she's not con- cerned about running two years removed from an election cycle dominated by the GOP. "No. We in Michigan are a very independent lot, and I'm very independent as well," she said. "I think it's critically important that we get things done, and I always work across the aisle to do that. I'll work with anybody who wants to cre- ate jobs and make things better for Michigan families and Mich- igan businesses." Stabenow will replace current Agriculture Committee Chair- woman Blanche Lincoln. The Arkansas Democrat was defeated in the Nov. 2 general election. Stabenow is the fifth-ranking Democrat on the committee, but the senators who outrank her are all chairmen of other com- mittees. North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad had said he was consid- ering the Agriculture post but announced Friday he will keep his position of chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Stabenow is the first Michigan senator to even sit on the agricul- ture committee since Philip Hart in the 1960s and is the first chair since Thomas Palmer in the late 1880s, her office said. 01 TWEET. TWEET. TWEET. Follow The Michigan Daily on Twitter @MICH IGANDAI LY