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Police pleased by fan
behavior at night game

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Ann Arbor Fire Department Chief Chuck Hubbard (right) speaks at Ann Arbor's 9/11 memorial service outside Fire
Department One yesterday.
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By ADAM RUBENFIRE
Daily Staff Reporter
Ann Arbor residents, city offi-
cials and members of the city's
fire and police departments
-_4igathered yesterday morning in
remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001
terrorist attacks.
The memorial service, which
took place between Ann Arbor
Fire Station One and the city of
Ann Arbor Justice Center, began
with a rendition of the National
Anthem performed by a group
of students from Skyline High
School in Ann Arbor. The perfor-
mance was followed by the rais-
ing of the United States flag by
two members of the Ann Arbor
fire and police departments.
Ann Arbor Mayor John Hief-
tje said to the crowd of about 25
people gathered at the event that
Americans have stood strong
amid turmoil.
"America has rebounded,"
BORDERS
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to comment on the status of the
ongoing lawsuits.
Business seemed as usual at the
East Liberty Street Borders loca-
tion on Friday. Discounts rose to
as high as 90 percent, and signs
announced that even the store fur-
niture is for sale. Employees hung
posters broadcasting the deals and
fielded questions from customers
who were confused that the busi-
ness section had been reduced to a
single bookshelf with no system of
organization.
Customers and passersby had
mixed reactions to the store's clos-
ing. Dozens of pedestrians along
East Liberty, taking notice of the
signs advertising the markdowns,
wandered into the store hoping to
find asteal.
Matt Newman, a Rackham

he said. "We fought back. We
haven't given up. Our lives have
changed. We live life in a differ-
ent way then we used to."
Hieftje noted that in addi-
tion to the city's memorial ser-
vice, many other ceremonies are
scheduled to take place through-
out Ann Arbor to remember the
9/11 attacks and honor the vic-
tims of the tragedy - including
a vigil on the Diag that was held
last night.
Following his speech, Hieftje
introduced AAFD Chief Chuck
Hubbard, who said he was on
duty at Fire Station One when
the terrorist attacks occurred
10 years ago. After the second
plane hit the World Trade Center
that morning, Ann Arbor's fire
departments were placed onlock-
down and the AAFD's Technical
Rescue Team was put on standby
in case its assistance was needed
in New York to sift through the
rubble, Hubbard explained.
"I'm confident everyone
who died that day will always
be remembered as American
heroes," Hubbard said.
AAPD Chief Barnett Jones
spoke next and noted while there

were hundreds of first respond-
ers who perished in the attacks,
some of the surviving respond-
ers still suffer from the toxic dust
that permeated the air around
ground zero.
"Today, police officers and fire
personnel are dying because they
ran into buildings, disregarding
proper equipment to save lives,"
Jones said.
Jones asked attendees of the
ceremony to hold hands as he
ended his speech ina strong, pas-
sionate tone.
"We stood together as Ameri-
cans, so all across this nation,
and all around this world, let
them see that we're still standing
together," Jones exclaimed. "Let
them know that they can never
take away our freedom. They
can never take away our lifestyle,
they can never take away what is
America."
Inan interview after the event,
Jones said he spoke exuberantly
because he was proud of the
American values he was raised
on.
"I'm proud to be an American,"
Jones said. "There's no better
country than this country."

Number of Lights game in comparison to
other colleges around the coun-
alcohol-related try that have seen high rates of
alcohol-related incidents during
incidents similar night games.
opastg"We were very pleased over-
to a games all with the behavior of the fans
(in the Big House), and we think,
By JENNIFER LEE for a night game, we had seen
Daily StaffReporter some other examples through-
out the country where they've
In addition to beating Notre had some serious problems with
Dame and setting an NCAA night games," O'Dell said. "We
record of 114,804 fans in atten- didn't have that."
dance at the Big House, the Brown pointed out that there
University's much-anticipated was an increased police pres-
night game on Saturday did ence during the game for a vari-
not see an upswing in alcohol- ety of reasons.
related incidents from a normal "We did have a large police
game. contingent, and that was based
According to Diane Brown, on the expectation and real-
spokeswoman for the Universi- ity that this was going to be a
ty's Department of Public Safe- record-size crowd and that it
ty, there were 14 arrests, seven was held on the weekend of the
citations and an additional 20 tenth anniversary of the very
people ejected from the stadium tragic events of 9/11," Brown
during Saturday night's game - said. "So it was the prudent
numbers comparable to a typical thing to do to increase our police
afternoon football game. presence and provide a com-
Of the 98 people treated by prehensive safety and security
emergency medical personnel plan."
during the game against Notre Two Ypsilanti police officers,
Dame, 14 were taken to hospitals who are also members of the
and one was reported to be in Washtenaw Metro Swat Team,
critical condition suffering from were called into Ann Arbor
cardiac arrest. Despite these for the first time for a football
incidents, Brown said there game to provide additional sup-
were no major health concerns. port.
"It was a successful event in "We were there basically
that we didn't have any major as a precautionary measure,"
incidents or major health emer- said Sgt. Thomas Eberts, one of
gencies," Brown said. the officers on patrol Saturday
The largest number of people night. "We were paired off with
ages 18 to 24 treated at the Uni- Ann Arbor officers, and we were
versity Hospital for alcohol con- there to answer calls for servic-
sumption from May 1, 2010 to es outside of the stadium."
April 30, 2011 was 35 patients on Eberts said the Ypsilanti offi-
Oct. 9, 2010 at the Michigan vs. cers did not issue any Minor in
Michigan State football game, Possession citations on Satur-
according to University Hospi- day night, and they were also
tal Emergency Department data pleased with the general behav-
obtained from a June 17 Free- for of the fans.
dom of Information Act request. "There was a possibility of
DPS Chief Greg O'Dell noted more problems than usual, but
the success of the Under the we were all pleasantly sur-

BY THE NUMBERS
Incidents at the Sept. 10 Michiganvs.
Notre Damelfootball game.
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14
CITATIONS
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prised," Eberts said. "There
were no major issues that went
on."
O'Dell gave credit to the fans
that attended Saturday night's
game and praised them for
their conduct. He also lauded
the work of the office of Stu-
dent Affairs and its launch of
the Under the Lights Ambassa-
dor Program - an organization
of volunteers who aided fans
and served as increased sets of
eyes and ears paying attention
to safety throughout the game.
Additionally, O'Dell compli-
mented the non-alcoholic events
that were scheduled prior to the
game on Saturday.
"We had great fans and stu-
dents and others who were just
overall very well behaved,"
O'Dell said.
Brown said the good sports-
manship between Michigan and
Notre Dame influenced Satur-
day's outcome and prevented
major safety concerns among
the fans.
"I think that the two schools
are very respectful of one
another and that, I think; has a
contributing factor to it as well,"
Brown said.Notre Dame influ-
enced Saturday's outcome and
prevented major safety concerns
among the fans.
"I think that the two schools
are very respectful of one
another and that, I think, has a
contributing factor to it as well,"
Brown said.

student studying classics, said he
came into the store looking for two
children's books he had read when
he was younger,butafter browsing
through a children's section in dis-
array and dismissing the "strange-
looking young adult fiction" that
was on display throughout the
store, he left a few minutes later.
"I don't think there was any real
rhyme or reason to the way things
were going in there now," New-
man said.
While Newman and others
streaming into the store returned
empty-handed, sometimes
after only a few minutes, oth-
ers emerged carrying as many as
three or four plastic bags filled
with books, music and movies.
Bill Auernhamer, a long-time
Ann Arbor resident, purchased
two hardcover books from the
store for a total of $1.70 in what
he said was his fourth or fifth
visit to the store since Borders

announced its liquidation. Had
discounts not been so steep, he
said, he might not have purchased
anything from a selection of
books that had been "pretty well-
picked over by now."
"You wouldn't want to go in
there looking for a specific book
- you probably wouldn't find it,"
Auernhamer said. "But if you're
looking for something that might
be interesting, at a good price, you
might still go in there and find
something."
Borders was founded in Ann
Arbor in 1971 by Tom and Louis
Borders.
Auernhamer, an avid reader
since he retired, said he is "sad" to
see Borders close.
"I've been coming in and out
of this store forI don't know how
long. I remember when this store
was on State Street," he said. "I
can never remember feeling so
sad over a store closing."


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