2A - Thursday, January 27, 2011 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDESDAY FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Questions on Camps Pfessor Pr f'es $Photos of the Week 1TED AGAINST INFECTIHOS DISEASES BILLIARDS BREAK Students fight viruses invillages The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com (T P iric aDa 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BRAD WILEY Editor in Chief BusinessManager 734-418-4119 ext 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 sreinberg@michigandailycom nmdbusiness ?gnail.com Instead of spending their summers working 9-5 at an internship, members of United Against Infectious Diseases willbe travelling to developing countries to provide disease testing and counseling to at-risk individuals. Founded last semester, the student organization works in certain areas of developing nations to combat diseases like HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. This summer, the group's 40 members will travel to communities in South Africa, Panama and Uganda, among other countries. LSA junior Eric Stulberg, the awareness and activism coordinator for the University's UAID chapter, said since the campus chapter is new, members of the group will be going abroad on trips planned by other schools. Other universities with UAID chapters include Brown University, Princeton University and Yale University. The University's group plans to organize its own trips abroad for summ.er 2012, according to Stulberg. On the upcoming trips, the students will be immersed in rural environments. "We'll be staying in or near the villages and working with local doctors," he said. To prepare for their time abroad, club members will fundraise throughout the semester. The group is funded by Global Brigades, but it also relies on local support. With the donations, the group will purchase infectious disease testing kits that provide cheap, effective and quick results. UAID was the first organization to - bring these rapid tests into Panama, Stulberg said. In addition to offering the testing kits, students will provide counseling based on protocol outlined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Rackham graduate student Sonia Gupta, a UAID national board member. "All patients will receive information about the rapid.test and give informed consent for testing, and patients who can benefit will also receive prevention counseling," Gupta wrote in an e-mail interview. 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Ding dong, the bell is gone WHERE: Bursley Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Tuesday at about 9:30 p.m. WHAT: A resident's door- bell was taken between 4 and 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, University Police reported. There are no suspects. Prankster tries P. , big to sell studentP 1 puddles How to cook in the woods WHAT: An Emeril Lagasse-inspired clinic will teach participants how to prepare deli- cious food outdoors. The cost to attend is $10. WHO: University of Michi- gan Outdoor Adventures WHEN: Today at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Elbel Field Locker Building CAPS seminar on difficult relationships WHAT: A seminar will touch on the skills needed to interact with difficult people. WHO: Counseling and Psychological Services WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union Spirituality club meeting WHAT: The first club meeting will discuss ways to better yourself. WHO: Purification of the Heart Spirituality Club WHEN: Today at 5p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Parker Room Film screening WHAT: A showing of the film "Part of the Connect- ing Sea." The event is part of the LSA Theme Semester. WHO: Center for European Studies WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work CORRECTIONS 1 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) sued a U.S. House of Represents- tives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich that caused him dental damage, Outside the Beltway reported. The dam- age was due to apitted olive. English Prof. John Rubadeau has the fluf- fiest and most inspi- rational beard on campus. Rubadeau teaches a life- changing class on non-fiction writing techniques. > FOR MORE, SEE B-SIDE, INSIDE A Tex-Mex restaurant in Tucson, Ariz. was planning to sell a lion meat taco, but had to ditch the plan after recieving sev- eral threats from animal rights activists, ABC News reported. 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East Coast hit wit more winter storms 6 Schools close en masse throughout the Northeast NEW YORK (AP) - Schools closed, governments sent work- ers home early and planes were grounded yesterday in an all-too- familiar routine along the East Coast as another snowstormswept over a region already beaten down by a winter not even half over. "I fell three times trying to get off the steps," commuter Elliott Self said after leaving an elevated train in Philadelphia. "I just want the snow to stop. I want the sun again. I want to feel just a little bit of warmth." Millions of people got that oh- no-not-again feeling as the wet and sloppy storm engulfed the Northeast, where snowbanks in some places were already so high that drivers couldn't see around corners. Classes were called off and commutes were snarled from Tennessee to New England as cars and buses slipped and slid on highways. The New York area's airports, among the nation's busi- est, saw hundreds of delayed or canceled flights. Pedestrians struggled across icy patches that were on their way to becoming deep drifts. In Pennsylvania, residents hunkered down as a one-two punch of a winter storm brought snow, sleet and then more snow, which forecasters said could total a foot in some areas. Philadelphia declared a snow emergency as of yesterday evening, ordering cars removed from emergency routes. Northwest, in Hatfield Town- ship, Pa., residents were scared by thunder claps and blinding lightning in a rare thundersnow, a thunderstorm with heavy snow instead of rain. Eight to 12 inches of snow was forecast for New York City, which had already seen 36 inches of snow this season in compari- son with the full-winter average of 21 inches. New Jersey also was looking at up to a foot of snow, and high winds were expected before the storm moves out early today. Rain drenched the nation's capital for most of the day and changed to sleet before it started snowing in earnest at midafter- noon. Washington was expected to get up to 10 inches of snow. The snow and icy roads created hazardous conditions for Presi- dent Barack Obama as he returned to the White House yesterday after a post-State of the Union trip to Manitowoc, Wis. The win- try weather grounded Marine One, the helicopter that typically transports Obama to and from the military base where Air Force One lands. Instead, Obama was met at the plane by his motorcade, which spent an hour weaving through rush hour traffic already slowed by the storm. It normally takes the president's motorcade about 20 minutes to travel between the base and the White House. In suburban Silver Spring, Md., Tiffany Horairy, a 43-year-old nurse, said as she waited for a bus that she was getting tired of the constantcpecking of minor or mod- erate storms. "I'd rather get something like last year, with all the snow at once," she said. Since Dec. 14, snow has fall- en eight times on the New York region - or an average of about once every five days. That includes the blizzard that dropped 20 inch- es on the city and paralyzed travel after Christmas. Some places are running out of room to stash plowed snow. Portsmouth, N.H., hauls its snow out to Peirce Island, but it was nearly full, with a huge moun- tain of the stuff. "We probably have a five-sto- ry snow dump right now," said Portsmouth public works director David Allen. "It's time to get a lift up on it and we could probably do a ski run." DAVID ZALUBOWSK[/Daily A long line of unsold 2007 Lexus IS250 sedans sits on the lot of a Lexus dealership in Frederick, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. said yesterday, it is recalling nearly 1.7 million cars, the bulk of them in Japan, for various defects. Toyota recalls 1.7M cars ischer H onda 15 E.MchiganAte YpsoanItI 48197 ALLAMO MAKES Oil Change Doesnot hdde snthelor diesel Net hdwhpth arr E _p2/2 1,.. 734-483-323 w wsfldwhrdi .com Fischer Honda 15 EMkhian Aw YptrINtllMl 4-197 ALL MODELS ALL MAKES dIl SrvkaeV*,rk Free Tranportation Not3- -ir2e ehthtnoIs 734-483O323 www~fishes'hondacom Fuel leaks reported in Lexus IS and sedans in North America, Japan TOKYO (AP) - Toyota recalled nearly 1.7 million cars worldwide yesterday for possible fuel leaks, the latest in a balloon- ing number of quality problems that could further tarnish the company's reputation in the Unit- ed States. The recalls are mostly in Japan, but include Lexus IS and GS luxury sedans sold in North America. That's where the world's No. 1 car company faces the biggest challenges in winning back customer trust. U.S. dealers will inspect cars to see if loose fuel pressure sensors caused leaks. There were no acci- dents suspected of being caused by those problems, according to Toyota. The car maker has received 77 complaints overseas, 75 of them in North America, and more than 140 in Japan. The latest quality hitch fol- lows a spate of recalls that began in late 2009, mostly in North A America, which now cover more than 12 million cars and trucks. The recalls involve defective floor mats and gas pedals thatget stuck, some of them suspected of causing unintended acceleration. Yesterday's recalls come exactly one year after Toyota stopped selling eight models in the U.S. because of unintended acceleration problems. The sales suspension affected 60 percent of Toyota's lineup in the U.S., and was the first of four sales halts last year. Koji Endo, auto analyst with Advanced Research Japan Co. in Tokyo, said the newest recalls will cost Toyota about 20 billion yen ($240 million), but won't hurt its earnings much. "But there is that perception of here we go again, and that hurts Toyota's image, especially in North America," he said. The biggest damage to Toy- ota's image has been in the U.S. where its response to safety prob- lems was seen as slow. The com- pany's U.S. sales lagged last year despite an industry recovery. Some believe that Toyota's relent- less drive for growth hurt quality. The company has lost some potential U.S. customers: A sur- vey done by consumer website Edmunds.com showed that 17.9 percent of all car shoppers last month were considering a Toyo- ta, a 3.8 percent point drop from a year earlier. That drop in consid- eration could be blamed on Toy- ota's recalls, as well as its aging lineup. "Toyota needs to overcome not just the PR damage sustained by last year's recalls, but also the reality that many of its models are stale," said Jessica Caldwell, director of pricing and industry analysis for Edmunds. Toyota has stayed popular in Japan, partly because gov- ernment incentives for green vehicles sent sales of itsPrius gas- oline-electric hybrid booming. The company is likely trying to be aggressive with recalls and so the latest one is not a sign that quality is taking another dive at the company, Endo said. To help respond to customer complaints and investigate qual- ity concerns quickly, the compa- ny recently opened two new field offices, in Houston and Jackson- ville, Fla. It plans to open another in Denver by the end of the first quarter, and already has offices in New York and San Francisco. 6 0 0