2 - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom (14CIIC4,6an 1a 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BRAD WILEY Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gmait.com 0 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. -JEREMYARMAND Newsroom 734-018-4115 opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com Sews Tips news@mechigandaily.com letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaiy.coni Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.omn DANIELLE TOLL/Daily The training dining hall for athletes in South Quad Resi- dence Hall yesterday, 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 Afghanistan application help The Wyoming Senate voted in favor ofabill that would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons without a permit, the The Washington Post reported. The bill specifies that citizens who carry weapons must be sober. Dar-Wei Chen sup- ports Michelle Obama's mission to reduce obesity, even if Sarah Palmn doesn't. >> FOR MORE, SEEOPINION, PAGE 4 3Genetic tests used to identify illnesses can also uncover incest within families, ABC News reported. Tests at Baylor College of Medicine show that when 25 percent of the DNA inherited from one parent matches DNA inherited from the other parent, the parents are likely first degree relatiVh. 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Business te Society ay at 6 p.m. ss School of m E1530 ort any error o correc-o igandaily.com. 0 Political unrest in Tunisiacsao causes thousands to flee 0 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." 4,