2A - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 01 94t fichigan Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BRAD WILEY Editor inChief u esinessManager 734-418-4115 eat. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigandailycom tmdbusiness@gmail.com Students will resume travel to Japan All University programs scheduled to travel to Japan during the spring and summer sessions have been given the green light since the lift of the national travel advisory to the country last week, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald confirmed yesterday. The March 11 earthquake, sub- sequent tsunami and partial nucle- ar meltdown in Japan left many concerned about the stability of the country's landscape. When the U.S. State Department issued a travel advi- sory to Japan after the natural disas- ters, all travel plans to the country by University programs were immedi- ately halted. The 10 undergraduate students in Japan this semester returned to the United States after the University suspended its program. Six graduate students and several faculty members were also in Japan at the time, and all University affiliates were out of harm's way. The University's policy on study abroad programs dictates that no University-sponsored trips may go to countries or areas issued a travel warning by the State Department. The State Department's decision to lift the warning for Japan on April 14 has set the University's scheduled trips back in motion. Amy Conger, the director of Inter- national Programs in the College of Engineering, said that while the travel advisory was still in place, the engi- neering program set to go to Nagoya, Japan in mid-June continued to pre- pare students for the potential trip. However, after the March disasters occurred, the program extended its deposit deadline until the end of April as a precaution. That way, students could form a "plan B" in case the advi- sory was not lifted, Conger said. Though University students are now allowed to travel to Japan, the State Department maintains a trav- el advisory against going within a 50-mile radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which experienced a partial nuclear melt- down in March as a result of the earthquake. Conger said Nagoya is not located near the Fukushima plant, and stu- dents should not be at risk of radiation exposure during their studies this summer. However, she said the pro- gram is "strongly advising students to limit their side travel." In a press release issued yesterday, members of the University commu- nity were urged to record their travel plans and contact information while abroad in the University's online Travel Registry. University-affiliated travelers were also encouraged to pur- chase travel health insurance through the University. Fitzgerald said the travel registry will help to ensure all students remain outside of the State Department's travel advisory near the Fukushima Power Plant by keeping each location the students will visit on record. - DEVON THORSBY Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sparts Section sports@crhigaaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com LetterstothelEditor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com PhotographsySectin photo@mchigandaily.com Classified Sales classied@omichigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 1 Case of scratch and snitch WHERE: Lot E-1, 1300 North University WHEN: Sunday at about 5:45 p.m. WHAT: A student said an unknown person scratched her car when it was parked in the lot, University Police reported. Unwelcomed sidewalk art WHERE: 200 block of South Observatory WHEN: Saturday at about 9 p.m. WHAT: Spray-painted graffiti was found on the sidewalk, University Police reported. There was a reast emadefor clean..m Bumper cars WHERE: 1000 block of Palmer WHEN: Saturday at around 12:15 p.m. WHAT: Two vehicles got in an accident, University Police reported. There were no injuries., Screamer at the bus stop WHERE: Lot NW-44,1700 McIntyre WHEN: Sunday at about 8:45 p.m. WHAT: A person reported that a man unaffiliated with the University was scream- ing racial slurs at a Univer- sity bus stop, University Police reported. The 35-year old man was also found in possession of suspected marijana., Organ performance WHAT: John Woolsey will perform his senior recital on the organ. The program is free and includes music from Buxtehude. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium Lecture on common sense WHAT: Brian Kahn, author of "Real Common Sense: Using Our Founding Values to Reclaim Our Nation and Stop the Radical Right from Hijacking America," will lead an open discussion. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery Room 100 Comedy night WHAT: Improvcomedy troupe ComCo will perform its "Big Show," featuring several different comedy media like digital shorts and skits. Tickets are $3 at the door. WHO: College DECA WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Mendelssohn Theatre 2011 step show WHAT: The Divine Nine organizations at the Univer- sity will perform step num- bers to the theme of high school cliques. WHO: Office of Greek Life WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: Power Center for the Performing Arts CORRECTIONS " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. I T HREE THINGS YOU SHOL KNOW TODAY Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Mara- thon with a record time of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds, Sports Illustrated reported. He ran 26.2 miles and fin- ished three minutes faster than last year's record set by Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot. Redshirt freshman linebacker Jake Ryan had an interception during the Spring Game on Saturday and could contrib- ute next fall in Greg Matti- son's 4-3 defense. FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 5A The Ministry of Defence admitted that it accidently released information online about the UK's nuclear submarines, BBC reported. This informa- tion included details on how the ministry would deal with a disastrous accident. 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Because of the high number of crimes in the area, students have started reaching out to the city this semester to try to encourage the installation of brighter light- ing. LSA senior Katie Rosenberg, former president of the Panhel- lenic Association at the Univer- sity, is one of the students leading the effort to petition for new LED street lights to replace the older conventional ones in the area thatlrrich inAls are 'eest' sfielders. is home to many~fjaternity and Therefore, it is not uncommon for sorority houses. criminals to "go back to the same Since being started at the end place where they were quote- of January, an online petition for unquote successful in hitting the Lighting Initiative has col- before," Brown said. lected 1,855 signatures in favor In one case, the suspect alleg- of the installation of lights that edly indecently exposed him- Rosenberg said are "brighter and self multiple times outside of cheaper to operate." Oxford Housing before being Like the current academic arrested in January. DPS and the year, there were also 13 crime Ann Arbor Police Department alerts released during the 2009- arrested Christopher Filipek as 2010 school year, Brown said. the alleged suspect. Filipek cur- However, she said the number rently has 11 charges against him, of crime alerts is not indicative including allegations of indecent of the amount of crime. Rather, exposure, eavesdropping and crime alerts only represent the capturing or distributing images number of crimes viewed as of an unclothed person, according threats to the University com- to the Washtenaw County Trial munity. Court's website. Of the 13 crime alerts this Though an arrest was made in year, seven involved theft, three that case, DPS is still looking for were assaults, one was a sexual the suspects of a sexual assault assault, one involved the reportof case in March. A female student a person with an alleged gun in a was sexually assaulted by four University building and one was males in the Forest Avenue Park- an incident of indecent exposure. ing Structure. The case is still Since their original release, four open, and DPS is offering a $500 crime alerts have been cancelled. reward for any information on the According to Brown, some suspects. WANT TO WORK FOR THE SUMMER DAILY? * E-mail bethlb@michigandaily.com to get started. CONGRATULATIONS! to our graduating Seniors from the Faculy and Staff of tie Dept. of Theatre & Drama Joshua Berkowitz -Joshua Beurer - Michael Bou-Maroun Matthew Bouse -Jordan Braun - Michelle Bryan Emily Cohn - Erin Cousins - Corey Davis " Michelle Elias Patrick Fromuth . Arielle Goldman - Gordon Granger Erik Heitz - Paul-Mikhail Koch - Kelsey Lappa Corey Lubowich - Devin Lytle - Lily Marks Adam McCarthy." 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