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IT panel
endorses
adopting
Google
Recommendation for new
computing collaboration
tool will be sent to 'U'
administrators
By KYLE SWANSON
Daily News Editor
The University's Information Technol-
ogy Council announced today that it is offi-
cially endorsing Google as the University's
next collaborative
services provider.
The news comes
amid an intensive
IT overhaul at the
University in which
officials are trying
to reduce costs by $7
million by 2012. Uni- KYLE SWANSON
versity officials also
say they are looking
for an additional $15-
20 million in IT cost
reductions by 2017.
The IT Council's endorsement will now
be forwarded to a group of University
executives - Provost Philip Hanlon, Exec-
utive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer Tim Slottow, Executive Vice Presi-
dent for Medical Affairs Ora Pescovitz and
Vice President for Research Stephen For-
rest - for review and a final decision.
In a press release issued this morning,
Dan Atkins, chair of the IT Council and
the University's associate vice president
for Research Cyberinfrastructure, said he
was pleased with the work of the IT Coun-
cil and looked forward to implementing a
See GOOGLE, Page 8A
SAM WOLSON/Daily
See a lime-lapse video of The A fireworks celebration following Michigan's 5-0 win over Michigan State in the lig Chill at the Big House on Saturday. The game, which was the first out-
k Big Chill on door hockey game in Michigan Stadium, drew a record-setting crowd of 113,411. For more coverage of the game, see SportsMonday, inside.
Big Chill
T he lights are off at Michigan
Stadium. I can only make out
the silhouette of the ice surface
that was lit up by the newly installed
(and expensive) stadium lights and
fireworks just hours before.
It doesn't take long for the spotlight
to go out - for what is one of the best
sporting events to become what was
one of the best sporting events.
Now all we have left of Big House
hockey are the memories. But should
that be all?
shouldn't be a one-time event
I was at the
Camp Randall
Classic last year,
and I reveled in
experiencing an
outdoor hockey
game.
But The Big Chill MICHAEL
at the Big House FLOREK
wasn't an outdoor_
hockey game. It
wasn't even an event. It was a game,
the Fourth of July and everyone's
eighth birthday party rolled into one
package.
The game itself culminated long
before the final whistle. Senior for-
ward Carl Hagelin gave Michigan
a three-goal lead midway through
the second period after he snuck a
rebound past Michigan State goalten-
der Drew Palmisano's glove. The Spar-
tans weren't coming back.
But the actual spectacle ended
with a pyrotechnic display shortly
after the final buzzer went. Set to the
soundtrack from the movie "The Big
Chill," fireworks overwhelmed the
night sky, originating from the field
itself before giving way to massive
explosions from the tops of the luxury
boxes.
Throughout the week there were
many mentions of a "once-in-a-life-
time opportunity." But it shouldn't be.
Anything that results in that much fun
needs to be done again.
Michigan State was embarrassed
See FLOREK, Page 8A
SHOWROOM YOGA
County and'U'using stimulus
funds for research, job growth
Washtenaw County
received total of $533M
in stimulus funds
By BRIENNE PRUSAK
Daily StaffReporter
While some lawmakers say the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act isn't helping to boost the economy
as fast as they hoped, University and
Ann Arbor officials say the stimulus
funds greatly benefited campus and
the city during Michigan's economic
downturn.
According to ProPublica, the fed-
eral government awarded Washtenaw
County approximately $533 million in
federal.stimulus funds. Of that amount,
University schools and departments got
$296 million to be used for research,
equipment and construction.
According to an October 2010
document provided by the Univer-
sity's Office of the Vice President for
Research, LSA received approximately
$22 million in federal stimulus funds
since Congress and President Barack
Obama's administration enacted the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act in February 2009.
See STIMULUS, Page 8A
STIMULUS FUNDS IN ANN ARBOR
$533 M Washtenaw County (total)
$22M College of LSA
$50M College of Engineering
$19.5M Energy Frontier Research Center
$40M School of Public Health
$47.5M institute for Social Research
$288,528 Department of Public Safety
Shelter Association of
$1.8M Washtenaw County
$6.45M Ann Arornsortation
AASonuL/avoy
Patrons practice yoga at the Lululemon Athletica store in Ann Arbor on Friday. The store pushes the cloth-
ing and accessories aside to open up the showroom every week, where they offer a free yoga class.
Students say at'U,' study abroad
visa process difficult to navigate
Male suspects invade homes, sororities
According to some, little
guidance offered by
!study abroad officials
By SARAH ALSADEN
Daily Staff Reporter
Before reaching the sandy beaches of
Spain or experiencing the chic Parisian life,
some University students must first travel to
unexpected destinations within the United
States if they want to study abroad.
Students who participate in study abroad
programs through the University say they
were unprepared to travel to cities outside of
Michigan in order to obtain a required visa.
Aaron Lang, an LSA senior who studied
abroad in Grenada, Spain, said he had prob-
lems applying for a visa and was frustrated
See VISAS, Page 8A
One suspect caught, one
still at large in weekend
spate of home invasions
By VERONICA MENALDI
and STEPHANIE STEINBERG
Daily StaffReporter and Daily News Editor
A series of home invasions, some of
which authorities believe are related,
occurred at off-campus and sorority
houses this past weekend - resulting in
the arrest of one male suspect and the
continued search for another.
Ann Arbor Police arrested a man sus-
pected of committing five home inva-
sions on both Washtenaw and North
University avenues Friday and early
Saturday night after police identified
the man walking down the street.
The man was arrested on warrants
and not for the two home invasions
that occurred on Saturday, according to
AAPD Lt. Myron Blackwell. However,
Blackwell said police suspect the man
was involved in the home invasions
because he fit the description provided
by the victims.
Blackwell added that the same offi-
cers who took all five home invasion
reports spotted the man in the vicinity
of where the home invasions took place.
"Based on reports of yesterday and
reports of today, the officers said, 'Wait
a minute, that's the guy who was wear-
ing the same clothes from yesterday,' "he
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