PREVIEW ART AND FASHION From high culture to low, the Daily's 'bToureybackt. annual Fashion Issue looks at the form and function of what we wear. * PAGE[IA)INSIDE 416e idFgan ai j Ann Arbor, Michigan CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION " Residents to move out for Northwood renovations Thursday, March 17, 2011 michigandaily.com After April 2012, Northwood I, II, III to be reserved for freshman class By JEREMY ARMAND Daily Staff Reporter A handful of Northwood Community Apartments resi- dents unexpectedly found out they will have to find a new place to live come next April. Some residents in Northwood I, II and III received an e-mail this week notifying them that they will be need to vacate their apartments by the end of April 2012 due to construction to the buildings.After movingout, they will have to find a new residence in another Northwood building, if they choose, since the other apartments will be reserved for freshmen. A day after receiving the e-mail, the residents met to express their concerns and dis- appointment at a public forum organized by University Hous- ing at the Northwood Commu- nity Center on Tuesday. Construction on the North- wood buildings are expected to occur between May and August 2012. The updates to the North- wood apartments are separate from University Housing's Ser- vices' Residence Life Initia- tives, which includes the recent renovations of Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall and Stockwell Residence Hall and the con- struction of North Quad Resi- dential and Academic Complex, as well the current renovations to Couzens Residence Hall and next year's revamp of Alice Lloyd Residence Hall. University Housing spokes- man Peter Logan said in an interview after the meeting that the updates to the apartments will include boiler replacements and the installation of new fire safety systems. The renovations are necessary since the apart- ments were constructed more thans 50 years ago, he said. "The boilers for Northwood I, II and III are near their life's end," Logan said. "So in looking at the timing of this, we thought that we really shouldn't put off the replacement of the boilers any longer than we need to." Logan said it was decided it See NORTHWOOD, Page 3A ALDEN REISS/Daily Students congregate on the Diag yesterday to protest the University's choice to invite Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to deliver the Spring Commencement address on April 30. In president's office, Diag students protest Snyd er Some participants to address Board of Regents at its meeting today By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN Daily News Editor Chants of "Rick is wrong" reverberated throughout the Fleming Administration Build- ing yesterday afternoon as about 30 people filed into University President Mary Sue Coleman's office. The student protestors were expressing their dissent with the University's decision to have Republican Gov. Rick Snyder deliver the Spring Commence- ment address next month. Organized by LSA senior Zach Goldsmith, the rally start- ed on the Diag, growing to a crowd of about 100, with some protestors subsequently mov- ing to Fleming. Goldsmith said he hoped the protest would send a message to the University's Board of Regents and University administrators that students do not support the University's choice to have the governor deliver the graduation address: The regents are expected to approve Snyder as the com- mencement speaker at their meeting in Detroit today. "We showed today what democracy is," Goldsmith said in an interview outside Fleming. "We walked into our adminis- Seea multimedia piece about the rally onMichiganoaily.tm trative building, walked into see our president, Mary Sue Cole- man. Nobody asked us to leave. It was perfectly fine, perfectly legal. We assembled on the Diag to tell everyone we don't want Rick Snyder." Coleman, however, was nowhere to be found. Before arriving at Fleming, demonstrators held signs that See PROTEST, Page 3A CAMPUS CRIME DPS offers monetary rewards for information about two cases $500 to be given for knowledge about sexual assault By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily StaffReporter The Department of Pub- lic Safety is offering $500 rewards for anyone with infor- mation regarding a recent sexual assault near campus and an aggravated assault that occurred last month. In a crime alert update sent to students, faculty and staff yesterday afternoon, DPS wrote that it will provide $500 to any- one who has "information that leads to an arrest" in the sexual assault incident that occurred early Saturday morning. A female student was assault- ed at about 12:45 a.m. on Sat- urday, March 12 by four males between the ages of 18 and 24. The original crime alert from March 12 states that the student was walking by herself north of the South Forest Parking Struc- ture located at 616 South Forest Ave. The assault occurred in the corridor between the structure and the South University Gal- leria Shopping Center, which is located at 1214 South University Ave., according to a March 15 update on the DPS website. The assailants pushed the victim to the ground before one of them proceeded to sexu- ally assault her, accordingto the crime alert issued on Sunday. Video footage from surrounding businesses' surveillance cam- eras are being reviewed, accord- ing to the DPS website. The Michigan State Police Crime See DPS, Page 3A SALAM RIDA/Daly Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein and his staff have begun to use Twitter and other social media. Assistant coach Bacari Alexander has become a Twitter aficionado, tweeting about 25 times a day Men's basketball takes on the Twittersphere MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY MSA to evaluate students' opinions on NY Times-college program at 'U' By BEN ESTES unofficial public relations king Daily Sports Writer of the program, became a con- vert after the team's former it's hard to believe - and video coordinator Matt Duprey humorous, in a way - that extolled the virtues of the Bacari Alexander didn't realize exploding social media applica- the powers of Twitter until last tion. summer. "He said, 'What a great way to Alexander, an assistant coach kind of reach out to fans, follow- for the Michigan men's basket- ers (and) students, (with) Twit- ball team and, it appears, the ter,' " Alexander said. "I said, 'What's Twitter?' because at that time I wasn't a Twitter nor a Facebook guy." Alexander's first tweet ("Big shout out to our enthusiastic media that stopped by our con- ference room today for lunch and a conversation with Coach Beilein. Go Blue!") was pub- lished Sept. 2, 2010. Six months See TWITTER, Page 6A Assembly ballot question to assess student interest By RACHEL BRUSSTAR Daily Staff Reporter For the price of $4 per stu- dent each semester, University students may soon be able to pick up a copy of The New York Times on their way to class in Angell Hall everyday. The newspaper has been available for free in Angell Hall and the Michigan Union this week as part of a trial run for The New York Times Col- lege Readership Program. To gauge student opinions about the paper's presence on campus, the Michigan Student Assem- bly will ask students what they think about the University adopting the program through a question that will be posted on the MSA ballots during elec- tions next week. MSA Rep. Kyle Summers, who sponsored the resolu- tion for the ballot question, has been communicating with The New York Times about the project. He said the pilot program that began Monday provides 600 free copies of the See NYTIMES, Page 3A WEATHER HI: 55 GOT A NEwS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail * TOMORROW LO: 3 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX AP NEWS....................2A SPORTS ...................... 5A 'M' baseball series versus Stanford canceled vol. CXXI, No.1tt NE W S....................... 3A C LASS I F t S............... 8A MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE GAME ©2011 The Michigan Golly OPINION ... 4A THEB-Slot..................t michigondoily.com