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Athletes dine in private room
Students eating meals in cam-
pus dining halls often have to
wait inonglines to geta help-
ing of meatloaf or macaroni and
cheese. But some of the Univer-
sity's highest-profile students get
to skip the line all together.
Student-athletes have access
to a private dining hall located
on South Quad Residence Hall's
main floor, according to Dan
Schleh, director of food services
for University Housing Dining
Services.
The private dining room,
which is locatedbehind the regu-
lar dining hall, was first used in
1988 by the School of Business for
executive dining, Schleh said.
But when the School of Busi-
ness renovated the Executive
Residence on East University
Avenue, it incorporated a new
executive dining room into the
building and moved out of South
Quad.
After the School of Business
vacated the room, Schleh said,the
Athletic Department approached
Residential Dining Services to
use it for "training tables" - a
combination of the meals served,
in the general dining halls and
entrees specially requested by
the football program.
The training tables are meant
to meet the nutritional needs
of student-athletes during the
playing season, Schleh said. The
separate dining area and training
tables are also intended to pro-
vide the team and coaches with
a place to socialize beyond the
football field and training facili-
ties, he said.
In addition to the football
team, Schleh said other ath-
letic teams have used the room
for training tables in the past,
including the men's and women's
basketball teams.
Other special events spon-
sored by University Housing take
place in the private dining room
as well. In the summer, athletic
summer camps eat in the dining
room, and this past weekend, the
room was open to students and
their siblings for the University's
Siblings Weekend, according to
Schleh.
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Not so medical
marijuana
WHERE: University
Hospital Emergency Room
WHEN: Sunday at about
7:15 p.m.
WHAT: Marijuana and
drug paraphernalia
were found in a patient's
possession, University
Police reported. The items
were confiscated and given
to DPS.
Minor crash,
all cars OK
WHERE: State Street
WHEN: Sunday at about
8:45 p.m.
WHAT: A car was backing
up and hit another vehicle,
University Police reported.
There were no injuries,
and neither vehicle was
damnaeed.
Leak in lobby Student Org. Asian art and
floods floor Round Table cultre talk
WHERE: Ross Academic
Center
WHEN: Sundayat about
3:30 p.m.
WHAT: The ceiling in the
front lobby was leaking onto
the ground floor, University
Police reported. The issue
was handled by Plant
Operations.
MIA vehicle
license plate
WHERE: 402 Ingalls
WHEN: Sunday at about
11:45 p.m.
WHAT: A police officer dis-
covered acar with a missing
license plate in a parking lot,
University Police reported.
The woman who owns the
vehicle was unaware that
the enlate was missine.
WHAT: A workshop
for obtainingfunds and
writing grants, along with
networking opportunities
with other student
organizations. Free food
will be provided.
WHO: Student Activities &
Leadership
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
room2105A
WHAT: Vishakha Desai,
president and CEO of the
Asia Society, will discuss
the history of Asian art and
culture.
WHO: History of Art
WHEN: Today at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Gradu-
ate School, amphitheatre
Business school
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Political unrest in Tunisiacsao
causes thousands to flee
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Waves of Tunisians
look to a future
in Europe
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) -
A month after massive protests
ousted Tunisia's longtime dic-
tator, waves of Tunisians are
voting with their feet, fleeing
the country's political limbo by
climbing into rickety boats and
sailing across the Mediterranean
to Europe.
More than 5,000 illegal immi-
grants have recently washed up
on Italy's southern islands - an
unintended consequence of the
"people's revolution" that ousted
autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben
Ali and inspired the uprisings in
Egypt and beyond.
European powers cheered
when Tunisia's 74-year-old ruler
fled into exile in Saudi Arabia on
Jan. 14, but the fallout a month
later has tempered their enthusi-
asm. It has also exposed a dilem-
ma for western countries that
allied with repressive leaders in
North Africa seen as bulwarks
against extremism, and now must
build new diplomatic relation-
ships in a still-uncertain political
climate.
Yesterday, the European Union
announced a euro258 million
($347 million) aid package to
Tunisiafromnowuntil 2013,with
euro17 million ($22.9 million) of
that to be delivered immediately.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine
Ashton, visiting Tunisia, said the
funds were a gift, not a loan.
Meanwhile, Tunisia sternly
rejected Italy's offer to send
police there to help tackle waves
of illegal migrants fleeing politi-
cal upheaval, most landing on
the tiny Italian island of Lampe-
dusa - an arid one-town island of
6,000 people.
Lampedusa's Mayor Bernardi-
no Rubeis told AP Television
News that the island's detention
center for migrants had to leave
its doors open since there were
not enough police to guard it.
Rubeis said the migrants were
milling about, some buying food
in shops and not causing any
problems.
"I want to change my life," said
one Tunisian who wore a T-shirt
from Italy's AS Roma football
team and who declined to give his
name, citing his difficult situa-
tion. "We came here because now
it's not safe and there are no jobs
in Tunisia."
Italian Interior Minister
Roberto Maroni - who has
called the migration a "bibli-
cal exodus"- offered police
"contingents, which can patrol
the coasts" as well as boats and
other equipment and urged the
27-nation European Union to hold
a special meeting on immigration
strategy.
Yemeni anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demonstration for political reform in Sanaa, Yemen yesterday.
In lghtof Cairo protests, othe r
M ideast countries follow suit
Chilean miners deny false
rumors surrounding rescue
New book claims
miners considered
suicide
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chil-
eans directly involved in saving 33
trapped miners last year rejected
claims yesterday that the men
seriously considered suicide and
cannibalism, or that a technician
fooled the world by transmitting
previously videotaped scenes to
cover up a potential disaster during
the rescue.
Reinaldo Sepulveda, who
directed the live television feed
that broadcast images of the rescue
around the world, told The Associ-
ated Press that there was never any
attempt to hide what was going on
by repeating parts of the feed, as
Jonathan Franklin alleges in his
book, "33 Men." The book claims
that at one point, a cable was cut by
a rockslide, and previously broad-
cast images were transmitted to
cover it up.
"A billion viewers around the
world were . tricked," Franklin
wrote. Franklin told the AP Mon-
day night that his book attributes
the alleged trick to alow-level tech-
nician.
"This is absolutely false. I can
show you the 38 or 40 hours of
transmission - they were never
cut," Sepulveda told the AP. "I
guarantee that everything was live
and direct....the transmission was
never cut, never."
It is true that at one point early
in the rescue, Chilean engineers
worked furiously to dismantle
a fiber optic cable that they had
plannedto use with the rescue cap-
sule so that the miners could com-
municate during their half-mile
journey to the surface.
The delay wasn't immediately
explained at the time, but rescue
workers later said the communi-
cations system added unnecessary
complexity to the rescue, and that
the miners didn't want it.
Omar Reygadas, one of the res-
cued miners, added another detail
on Monday - he told the AP that
a rock slide had cut the fiber optic
cable just before he was pulled out
- and that this is why his entrance
to the capsule wasn't filmed.
Reygadas also denied in an AP
telephone interview that any of
the miners had considered suicide
or cannibalism while stuck down
below - dismissing both ideas as
examples of Chilean dark humor
- which is particularly apparentin
extreme situations - that shouldn't
have been taken seriously.
Citizens, in Iran,
Bahrain, Yemen
take to the streets
DUBAI, United Arab Emir-
ates (AP) - The possible heirs
of Egypt's uprising took to the
streets yesterday in different cor-
ners of the Middle East: Iran's
beleaguered opposition stormed
back to central Tehran and came
under a tear gas attack by police.
Demonstrators faced rubber bul-
lets and birdshot to demand more
freedoms in the relative wealth of
Bahrain. And protesters pressed
for the ouster of the ruler in pov-
erty-drained Yemen.
The protests - all with criti-
cal interests for Washington -
offer an important lesson about
how groups across Middle East
are absorbing the message from
Cairo and tailoring it to their own
aspirations.
The heady themes of democ-
racy, justice and empowerment
remain intact as the protest wave
works it way through the Arab
world and beyond. What changes,
however, are the objectives. The
Egypt effect, it seems, is elastic.
"This isn't a one-size-fits-
all thing," said Mustafa Alani,
a regional analyst at the Gulf
Research Center in Dubai. "Each
place will interpret the fallout
from Egypt in their own way and
in their own context."
For the Iranian opposition -
not seen on the streets in more
than a year - it's become a
moment to reassert its presence
after facing relentless pressures.
Tens of thousands of protest-
ers clashed with security forces
along some of Tehran's main bou-
levards, which were shrouded in
clouds of tear gas in scenes that
recalled the chaos after the dis-
puted re-election of President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June
2009. A pro-government news
agency reported one bystander
killed bygunfire.
"Death to the dictator," many
yelled in reference to Ahma-
dinejad. Others took aim Iran's
all-powerful Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with
chants linking him with toppled
rulers Hosni Mubarak in Egypt
and Tunisia's Zine Al Abidine
Ben Ali.
"Bin Ali, Mubarak, it's Seyed
Ali's turn," protesters cried.
The reformist website kaleme.
com said police stationed sev-
eral cars in front of the home of
opposition leader Mir Hossein
Mousavi ahead of the demonstra-
tion. Mousavi and fellow opposi-
tion leader Mahdi Karroubi have
been under house arrest since last
week after they asked the gov-
ernment for permission to hold a
rally in support of Egypt's upris-
ing - which Iran's leaders have
claimed was a modern-dayreplay
of their 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Karroubi and Mousavi, how-
ever, have compared the unrest
in Egypt and Tunisia with their
own struggles. Mousavi said all
region's revolts aimed at ending
the "oppression of the rulers."
A new U.S. State Department
Twitter account in Farsi took a
jab at Iran in one of its first mes-
sages Sunday, calling on Tehran
to "allow people to enjoy same
universal rights to peacefully
assemble, demonstrate as in
Cairo."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton expressed sup-
port for the Iranian protesters,
saying they "deserve to have the
same rights that they saw being
played out in Egypt and are part
of their own birthright."
In Yemen, meanwhile, the pro-
tests are about speeding the oust-
er of the U.S.-allied president, Ali
Abdullah Saleh, who has prom-
ised he would step down in 2013.
Yesterday's protests mirrored
the calls in Egypt and Tunisia
against the leadersthere who had
been in power for decades: "The
people want the regime to step
down."
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