2A - Monday, March 14, 2011 MONDA : TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: SOther v Towers Questions on Campus Professor Profiles Campus Clubs Photos of the Week The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C, h e idiigan 9aI 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BEAD WILEY Editor in Chief Easiness Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gnail.com Auburn football players arrested SEXY FRUIT Four Auburn University football players were arrested and charged for robbery on Friday, according to a March 11 Huffington Post article. Auburn football coach Gene Chizik consequently removed the players from the team, the article states. Police found Mike McNeil, Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens and Dakota Mosley in a vehicle that fit the vic- tims' account, according to the article. The suspects of the home robbery were three black males, one of which had a gun, police said, according to the article. Each player was charged CRIME NOTES All fired up I WHERE: West Quad Resi- V dence Hall p WHEN: Friday at about V 11:30 a.m. 6 WHAT: A fire extinguisher V was found discharged in u West Quad, University v Police reported. There were s no damages, and there are h no suspects. P u Hit the ground running WHERE: South Quad Resi- d dence Hall V WHEN: Saturday at about 1 4 a.m. V WHAT: An intoxicated w student fell several times as a he attempted to escape from m officers, University Police P reported. The student was s issued an MIP and taken to a the University Hosnital. t with counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree bur- glary and third-degree theft of property, according to the article. KAPPA SIGMA INVESTIGATED FOR E-MAIL AT USC An e-mail allegedly writ- ten by a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the Uni- versity of Southern California has spurred an investigation of the fraternity, according to a March 8 article in the Daily Trojan. "I will refer to females as 'targets.' They aren't actu- al people like us men," the e-mail was reported as read- ing. "Consequently, giving them a certain name or dis- tinction is pointless." Mitchell Wilson, Kappa Sigma Fraternity's executive director, said the organiza- tion is seeking the author of the e-mail and that he thinks the e-mail may have been written by a non-fraternity affiliate looking to smear Kappa Sigma, the article states. "We are going to do our best to identify who the author is and hold the per- son accountable," the Trojan quoted Wilson as saying. - MARYHANNAHAN Newsroom y34-418-4115 opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com display@mihigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com Letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaiy.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com classified mchgandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com TERRA MOLENGRAFF/Daily Students practice putting a condom on a banana ata sex education event Saturday at Mary Markley Residence Hall. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Hospital haze Spring Pride CORRECTIONS WHERE: University Hos- ital WHEN: Friday at about :15 p.m. WHAT: A hospital patient naffiliated with the Uni- ersity was found with uspected marijuana in his ospital room, University Police reported. The case is nder investigation. A joint effort WHERE: West Quad Resi- ence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about a.m. WHAT: Three students were interviewed by police fter an officer smelled narijuana, University Police reported. The officer eized suspected marijuana nd paraphernalia for fur- her invesgarinon. Week rally WHAT: The annual Spec- trum Center Spring Pride Week will begin with a rally featuring music, speak- ers and information about upcoming events. WHO: Spectrum Center WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: The Diag Science and the city lecture WHAT: Jason Corburn, an associate professor at the University of California- Berkeley, will deliver a lecture about the role of sci- ence in urban plannipg. WHO: Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program School of Social Work Taubman College of Archi- tecture and Urban Planning WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall, room 1110 . An article in the March 11 edition of The Michi- gan Daily, ("Masturbator charged forincidents out- side Oxford") incorrectly insinuated that the sus- pect had been convicted of a crime. He has not. . An article in the March 11 edition of The Michigan Daily, ("Sig Ep considers former AZ church for future resi- dence") incorrectly iden- tified Jerry Mangona. He is president of Sigma Phi Epsilon's Michigan Alpha Alumni Board. * Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily,com. Some parents and medi- cal experts have begun to use the iPad as tool to help children diagnosed with autism, Fox News reported. Experts said the iPad's touch screen interface allows chil- dren with autism to control the pace of the information that they receive. The Michigan men's basketball team was selected as a No. 8 seed and will take on ninth-seed- ed Tennessee on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. >>FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY A marathon runner has decided to prepare for the Los Angeles Mara- thon by consuming a diet of only McDonald's menu items, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Due to his exercise regimen, the man asserts that he is able toremain healthy. 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Aional:opesmayie tpickedmattheDnly's offinor$2. subsriptionsstfall term, starting in Septembe,sia U..eeal ae 1110. Winter tnrm(January through Apill is $115 yearlong(September through Apriis$195 Universityafiliates aresubject toa reduced ssiptinrate O-campussubscriptionsfaateermare$35.Sscsriptonsmstpbenpei. Te Mihian Daly ismesber ofTe Associated Prese ndTheoessociedCollegiateress. 4 Thousands rally in Beirut to demand Hezbollah disarm Hezbollah will not respond to protests, representative says BEIRUT (AP) - Tens of thou- sands of supporters of Lebanon's pro-Western opposition thronged downtown Beirut yesterday, demanding that the Iranian- backed militant group Hezbollah give up its weapons. The rally was a potent show of support for Lebanon's toppled prime minister Saad Hariri, who moved into the opposition after Hezbollah and its allies forced his government to collapse in Janu- ary. "We want to place the weapons at the disposal of the state because it is the state that unites us all and it is the army that protects us all," Hariri said, shouting over the crowd as they cheered and waved Lebanon's national flag. Hariri has taken a far stronger public stance against Hezbollah in recent weeks than he did dur- ing his 14 months as prime minis- ter, suggesting that the country's political deadlock is far from over. Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, a member of Hezbollah's political bureau, said the group will not respond to yesterday's gathering. But a slew of billboards has popped up in Beirut lately, say- ing "Israel also wants Hezbollah disarmed" - a clear message that Hezbollah sees its weapons as a necessary safeguard against its enemies. Hariri accuses the militant group, which is backed by Syria and Iran, of using its weapons for intimidation and political lever- age. Yesterday's rally heightens growing tensions in Lebanon over a U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri. The Hague-based court is widely expected to accuse Hez- bollah members of involvement in the killing in indictments issued two months ago but which remain sealed. Hezbollah vehemently denies having anything to do with the killing, and its ministers walked out of Saad Hariri's gov- ernment when he refused to cut ties with the tribunal. Hezbollah and its allies then secured enough support in par- liament to name Najib Mikati as their pick for prime minister. Mikati has emphasized that he will not do the bidding of any one side in Lebanon's fractious poli- tics, but he is still struggling to form a Cabinet. Opponents of Hezbollah - which the U.S. considers a terror- ist organization - say having an Iranian proxy at the helm of Leb- anon's government would lead to international isolation. 4 I Emergency personnel respond to the bus crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx borough of New York on Saturday, March 12. At least 14 people died when the bus, returning to New York from a casino in Connecticut, flipped onto its side. Witnesses' and driver's accounts of deadly NYC bus accident differ Exhibit on Vishnu introduces Hindu art to U.S. audiences Curators aim to increase awareness of Hinduism in art NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Hinduism is the world's third largest religion and its oldest con- tinuously practiced one, so it's somewhat surprising there has never been a major U.S. museum exhibition on Vishnu, one of its most important deities. "Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue- Skinned Savior" is a new exhibit at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts that aims to introduce American art audiences to the visual beauty of the intricate ways Hindus throughout time have ren- dered their deities. Curator Joan Cummins, of the Brooklyn Museum, described the goals of the exhibit recently dur- ing a private tour. "First, to introduce one aspect of a major world religion, Hindu- ism, to a largely uninitiated audi- ence," she said. "We assume they are intelligent but don't know almost anything about Hinduism. "Second, to show absolutely gorgeous Indian art - the very best material from collections all over the world, the most beautiful and rarest examples." Vishnu is one of Hinduism's three most important gods, although that description is somewhat misleading. Hinduism scholar Joanne Waghorne, a reli- gion professor at Syracuse Univer- sity, said many Hindus, but not all, believe the religion's many differ- ent deities are simply aspects of a single divinity. Vishnu is easily recognizable in paintings by his blue skin. "His association with the skies is one explanation for his blue skin," Cummins said, "but really it's not explained very well in scripture. His skin is just blue." His role among the Hindu dei- ties is the preserver. He maintains balance and is usually depicted with a very erect posture. Like many Hindu gods, Vishnu is often shown with multiple arms, sym- bolizing his ability to do many things at once. A beautifully preserved sand- stone stele produced in the 10th century in central India - "Vish- nu Flanked by His Personified Attributes" - is one of the intro- ductory pieces in the first gal- leries. It is one of several pieces that has never been seen outside its home museum or appeared in publications. Bus sliced in half on N.Y. highway killed 14 early Saturday morning NEW YORK (AP) - Passen- gers and witnesses to a horrific crash that sheared the top off a bus and killed 14 people told investigators that the driver's account of getting clipped by a tractor-trailer didn't match up to what they felt and saw before the vehicle slid off the road and into a sign pole. Driver Ophadell Williams had told police that his World Wide Travelbus was hit just as it crossed the New York City line early Sat- urday on a trip from the Mohegan Sun casino in in Connecticut. But passengers said Williams had already swerved at times to the right for no reason before the accident, a law enforcement offi- cial said yesterday. The official wasn't authorized to speak pub- licly about the probe and spoke on condition of anonymity. The bus was returning to Manhattan's Chinatown after a quick overnight trip to the casino. The official said that passengers said they didn't feel anything hit them and that other motorists on Interstate 95 said they didn't see the bus get hit. The official said police spoke to the tractor-trailer driver, who said he was following the bus. Williams remained hospital- ized in stable condition yesterday and has not commented publicly. His family could not be reached. As many as 20 passengers were treated at hospitals follow- ing the accident. Nine remained hospitalized, including the bus driver, at St. Barnabas Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Most were in critical condition. Officials at Jacobi were still trying to identify one passenger, an Asian man in his 50s, spokes- woman Barbara DeIorio said. "He's very injured. He's not able to communicate yet," she said, adding that the man was in the surgical intensive care unit. The 14 victims - eight men and six women - all died of blunt force trauma, said Ellen Borak- ove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office. She said the office was working with family members to identify them. The National Transportation Safety Board has interviewed two passengers from the bus, but it hasn't spoken to the bus driver or the driver of the truck, Vice Chairman Christopher Hart said at a news conference late Sunday. He said the investigation was still in its early stages, but the NTSB plans to talk to the bus company to see what kind of fatigue management the com- pany has in place. Investigators will also look into the casino's records to see whether the driv- er checked into a room there. The NTSB will analyze three devices: a camera mounted in the bus facing the passengers; an engine control module, which may tell how fast the bus was going; and a GPS tracking device from the tractor-trailer, said Hart. Some of the 31 passengers were still asleep when the bus crashed at 5:35 a.m. Saturday. The-bus scraped alongtheguard- rail for 300 feet, toppled and crashed into the support pole for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway. The pole knifed through the bus front to back along the window line, peeling the roof off all the way to the back tires. The bus was one of scores that travel daily between Chinatown and the Foxwoods and Mohe- gan Sun casinos in southeastern Connecticut. Mohegan Sun, in Uncasville, Conn., has estimated a fifth of its business comes from Asian spending and caters to Chinese- American gamblers. Its website has a Chinese-language section offering gaming and bus promo- tions.