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After her longtime boyfriend
was severely injured in a construc-
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as her father escorted her into a ang
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beamed with happiness as he wait- cof
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latest in offbeat testimony at an "
Orange County church that holds
Sunday services in a punk rock
nightclub and collects offerings in
KFC buckets.
City Church of Anaheim is cel-
ebrating its first year in opera-
tion and the goal of reaching a
200-member flock with a radical
commitment to the congregation
and community: Tattoos of the red-
heart church logo.
Pastor Kyle Steven Bonenberger S
told worshippers that God "tat-
tooed your name on his heart" and f
it was time for an everlasting com-
mitment to Him and the church. S
The Orange County Register
reported about a dozen people got
inked, fulfilling the pledge they
made if the church doubled its nor- A
mal attendance. Ar
City Church started in a liv- a dri
ing room and moved to Anaheim's of e
Chain Reaction Club as the congre- sup
gation grew. dec
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improve its cataloguing and secu- cial
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The library, which houses one offiu
of the world's best collections of new
illuminated manuscripts, opens clas
its doors Sept. 20. Details will be that
announced Monday at a press con- of
ference. from
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Nicholas V in the 1450s with an incr
initial 350 Latin manuscripts. By larg
the time Nicholas died in 1455, the that
collection had swelled to about scra
1,500 codices and was the largest gets
in Europe. acce
Today, the Vatican Library "
has about 65,000 manuscripts as who
well as the "Codex B" - the old- acad
est known complete Bible, dat- ever
ing from about 325 and believed for
to have been one of the 50 bibles well
Emperor Constantine commis- accc
sioned. said
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a matter of minutes if he was not "K
found." man
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rage around the world as Philip- from
pine authorities worked yesterday kind
to identify a mother who appar- Ev
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interview," Bernero said. "This
ididates answer is not an affront to me as much as
it's a slap in the face to voters."
;tions amid calls But when Bernero showed up
at the town hall meeting, Snyder
for debates welcomed him into the country
club. He accepted the letter Ber-
SING, Mich. (AP) - nero was bearing suggesting the
an's two gubernatorial two sit down alone and work out
ates began Monday with a mutual debate schedule.
words over whether to hold "I'm happy to have coffee, and
but ended it by cordially we can talk about a lot of things,"
ing questions at a town Snyder said, although he didn't
eting and agreeing to have say he'd agree to debates.
ogether. Speaking to more than 100
still remained unclear people at the town hall meeting,
r there will ever be a for- Snyder gave a fiestier-than-usual
bate between Republican presentation of his campaign
nyder and Democrat Virg stump speech. He then turned the
o. stage over to Bernero before the
congenial exchange two men took questions from the
n Snyder and Bernero audience. Each answered every
y evening at the Haw- question, and neither took pot-
Valley Country Club came shots at the other.
nd of a daylong clash over Snyder wants the debates to be
s. held before absentee ballots go
er told WJR radio host out later this month. He wasn't
V. Smith Monday morn- amused Friday when Bernero's
t he was done negotiating campaign released the details of
bates since Bernero didn't Snyder's debate offer while com-
his Friday offer to do three. plaining about restrictions Sny-
missed debates as largely der wanted.
bites and bickering." "They sent out a press release
ero called a news confer- instead of calling us to say this
Lansing later that morn- is what they're going to do," Sny-
riticize Snyder's decision. der said. "It's too bad they didn't
seems to want the job accept, because I was ready to
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero, left, and his Republican rival, Rick Snyder, have a impromptu debate last night
go."
Snyder, who calls himself "one
tough nerd" in his ads and cam-
paign literature, skipped two out
of three gubernatorial debates
sponsored this spring and sum-
mer by the Michigan Republican
Party.
The wealthy Ann Arbor busi-
nessman spent $2.3 million run-
ning ads during the primary
election and pumped $6 million
of his own money into his cam-
paign. Although the more than
50 town hall meetings he has held
have been open to the public, a
large share of the audience con-
sists of Snyder supporters who
heard about the meetings from
the campaign.
Bernero said residents should
get a chance to see both oppo-
nents together answering tough
questions from the media about
how they would revive Michi-
gan's economy and chart a better
path for the future.
enate aims to legalize
ederal stem cell funding
en. Specter pushes
or bill that would
upersede various
court decisions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.
en Specter yesterday initiated
ive to legalize federal funding
embryonic stem cell research,
erseding conflicting court
isions that he said are slowing
ical work to find cures for crip-
ig diseases.
'he Pennsylvania Democrat,
aking on the Senate floor as
ators returned from a month-
g recess, said his legislation
would codify an executive order
issued by President Barack Obama
last year advancing stem cell
research
Even a temporary suspension of
federal funding while the courts
debate current funding practices
disrupts research projects in such
areas as heart disease, sickle cell
anemia, liver failure, muscular
dystrophy and other maladies,
Specter said.
In the House, Reps. Diana
DeGette, D-Colo., and Mike
Castle, R-Del., have introduced
similar legislation. It's unclear
whether lawmakers will have
the time, or the political will, to
undertake the controversial sub-
ject in the few weeks remaining
before Congress breaks for the fall
election campaign.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who
has his own legislation promoting
embryonic stem cell research, is
holding a hearing on the subject
Thursday before the Appropria-
tions subcommittee on health he
heads.
In March last year Obama
issued an executive order easing
restrictions on federal research
on human embryonic research.
But last month U.S. District Court
Judge Royce Lamberth issued a
preliminary injunction in which
he stated that the research vio-
lated a 1996 law banning the use
of taxpayer money to derive stem
cells from embryos.
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REGENTS
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football game in September 2011,"
Brandon and Slottow wrote in
their letter. "It is expected that the
demands for field lighting will con-
tinue to increase over time."
Brandon and Slottow went on
to explain that by installing per-
manent stadium lighting, the Big
House would enjoy "increased
quality of illumination, greater
reliability, and improved aesthet-
ics" over the current model of tem-
porary stadium lighting, used on
an as-needed basis.
If approved, construction on the
project is expected to be completed
this fall.
REGENTS TO CONSIDER
$17.15 MILLION FOR OTHER
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
University's Board of Regents
will consider replacing the eleva-
tor in South Quad Residence Hall
at its meeting on Thursday - a
project predicted to cost the Uni-
versity and University Housing a
combined $1.15 million.
In a letter to the Board of
Regents, Slottow and E. Royster
Harper, the University's Vice Pres-
dent for Student Affairs, said the
project is necessary because the
existing elevator, installed in 1951,
"has become difficult to maintain
and shows decreased reliability."
Approval for the project, which
s expected to be given at Thurs-
day's meeting, would place the
project on schedule for completion
in the summer of 2011.
Regents will also consider three
other construction proposals at the
meeting.
The first is a proposal to
approve the schematic design for
a 10,000-square-foot addition to
the Michigan Memorial Phoenix
Laboratory and a renovation to the
building's second floor.
The project budget of $11.1 mil-
lion was already approved by the
regents, with funding for the proj-
ect coming from resources from
University investment proceeds,
the Office of the Vice President for
Research and the College of Engi-
neering.
Workonthe projectifapproved,
is scheduled to be completed in the
spring of 2013.
The regents will also hear pro-
posals to renovate the Auxiliary
Services Building of the School of
Art and Design. The project, which
will reportedly save the University
$114,000 in annual recurring costs
on leased space while increas-
ing available space by 40 percent,
is currently being estimated at a
price tag of $4.9 million.
If approved, the project is
expected to be completed in the
summer of 2011. As part of the
project, 70 additional parking
spaces will become necessary,
though Slottow wrote in a let-
ter to the regents that the needs
could be met by using the excess
parking spaces in an adjacent
parking lot.
ROLLMENT
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enrollment numbers won't be
licly released until next month,
cials expect there to be 6,300
students in the freshman
s. If the numbers hold true,
t would represent an increase
approximately 300 students
m last year's freshman class.
kccording to Coleman, that
'ease is problematic because
er incoming classes means
t University officials must
amble to ensure each student
the same experience and
ess to resources.
I was so thrilled that the
le group that has to deal with
demic services, the housing,
rything that you have to do
a large group, really worked
l together and we were able to
ommodate people," Coleman
1.
lowever, rushing at the last
ute to the convert rooms of
ord Houses isn't an experience
eman wants to relive next year.
fact, Coleman said she'd like
egin shrinking the size of the
versity.
We've been working on trying
hrink a little bit and some years
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loyees, Bommarito said.
ince Bommarito has assumed
agement, Packard Pub has
e changes that have helped
g back the crowds that were
ent during the bar's first few
ks in business.
Kyle wasn't really a restaurant
ager," Bommarito said."There's
gs that were happening that
a bar owner perspective, you
of shake your head at."
ven some students who went to
Pub saidtheynoticed there were
e internal problems atthe bar.
SA junior Liz Sundin visited the
while Miller was still in charge
said she saw that the bartenders
e doing double duty.
The bartenders were really
:dly butit seemed reallyunorga-
d," Sundin said. "Our bartender
also cleaning the bathroom so
had to keep going back and forth
ere were still only two people
we've been more successful then
others in holding the line," Cole-
man said. "I mean, I'm thrilled
that so many people want to come
to the University of Michigan, but
we also have to be very cognizant
of the experience students get and
we want that to be a good experi-
ence."
But holding that line might be
more difficult in light of the Uni-
versity's switch to the Common
Application this year. The Univer-
sity is already ahead in the num-
ber of applications it has received
when compared to those received
at this time last year.
"We think it's due to perhaps
the ease of looking at Michigan
because of the Common Applica-
tion," Coleman explained.
Moving to the Common Appli-
cation could also shift the demo-
graphic of which students choose
to apply, which could also alter
the yield ratio - determined by
comparingthe number of students
offered admission against the
number that ultimately ends up
enrolling - more than usual and
in less predictable ways.
"We will have an additional
challenge I believe next year
because of the Common Applica-
tion andthe factthat we're already
experiencing a larger number of
working and the manager, but we
didn't actually see him."
Since Bommarito has become
manager, he has been working
closely with Trybyla to fuel spirit for
the Pub and its sports bar offerings.
Because of these efforts, Packard
Pub is now Bud Light's top distribu-
tor in Ann Arbor and hosts events
like $1 beer Thursdays and All You
Can Eat Pancake Breakfasts on
game days, which are sponsored by
Blue Moon.
Despite Packard Pub's rejuve-
nated business, Good Time Char-
ley's Manager Ben Hammond says
his bar never saw a drop in business
from the time Packard Pub opened
to now.
"Oursummerbusiness was about
the same and it actually picked up
a little bit more," Hammond said.
"I haven't seen any adjustments in
business and we're a mainstay here."
Hammond said Charley's man-
agementisn't worried about Packard
Pub's dollarbeerThursdays because
it has its own $4 four-pound burger
Thursdays to compete.
applications than we did last year
at this time," Coleman admitted. c
"We are planning to try to tight-
en up again," Coleman continued.]
"This was not anticipated; this is ]
not a planned increase in the size i
of the undergraduate population." 1
However, Coleman said the f
University's ability to shrink the
size of its incoming freshman class
will continue to depend on the
quality of the applicant pool and i
the University's ability to accu-
rately predict the yield.
"We have this process with the
holistic review where we really try
to give every student a chance,"
she said.
Coleman's comments echo what
she told The Michigan Daily in
July. Then she said she wanted
University officials to more accu-
rately predict the number of stu-
dents who would end up enrolling
in next year's class.
"We need to sort of look at our
models again and figure out how
we're going to manage this again
because next year when we go to
the Common Application every-
body predicts that we're going to
go up again (in applications)," she
told the Daily in July. "We're going
to test Ted Spencer's ability to
build this class because you know
it's going to be a big challenge."
Prior to coming under new man-
agement, some students said Pack-
ard Pub's drink selection had been a
little unappealing due to its unusual
beer choices. But with the Pub's now
expanded drink list, students are
expressing interest in returning.
LSA senior Emily Duhovny
said she heard the drink selection
at Packard Pub was unusual, but
ended up going to the bar because of
its spot in an area heavily populated
by students, not because of its drink
reputation.
"We went because of the con-
venient location," Duhovny said.
"I heard there was an interesting
selection of beers and stuff. I'm not
a beer drinker, but I liked the one I
had."
Bommarito said he plans to keep
making additions and changes to
the bar in order to establish it as a
campus hot spot.
"We're doing a lot of fun things
... music really loud and dancing on
top of the tables," he said. "We're
installing a slide so you can slide
down to the downstairs."
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