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LAW
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the program is necessary as the
legal field evolves.
"I think America is all about
entrepreneurial activity in one
form or another, and I think
the legal profession, myself
included, has been the creator
of a lot of entrepreneurs," Zell
said. "I would hope this kind of
a program would make the idea
and the concept much more
real for potential law students
to look at as a different kind of
an option than just the practice
of law."
Caminker also said he thinks
an entrepreneurial background
will put the students involved
in the program at an advantage
after they graduate.
"I think (the ZEAL pro-
gram) will allow them to hit
the ground running faster,"
Caminker said. "There's a high-
er premium being paid right
now on students who not only
know how to be great lawyers
but who also understand some-
thing about the business world,
and who understand how busi-
ness people think and what they
want out of their lawyers."
Law School student Brian
Flaherty, a former Daily colum-
nist, said he thinks acceptance
into the program will be com-
petitive, since the program will
only offer one course during its
first semester.
"I think there's been a void
between the entrepreneurial
community at (the University)
and Law students, and the void's
been there for a long time," Fla-
herty said. "I think hopefully
this program will help students
who are interested in entrepre-
neurship have a venue to get
experience in that area and also
to form connections with entre-
preneurs on campus."
Flaherty is also one of the
founders of the Entrepreneur-
ial Law Association - a student
group started this past sum-
mer that now has 97 members.
Flaherty.,said he and the other
founders didn't know about the
ZEAL program when they start-
ed the Entrepreneurial Law
Association.
Caminker said the ZEAL
program will strive to maintain
a low student-to-faculty ratio
and that the class's enrollment
will be limited until more fac-
ulty members are added. At the
moment, no faculty member has
been assigned to the program,
but Caminker said he expects
the program will have two fac-
ulty members in its first semes-
ter. He added that several Law
School faculty members already
work with the University's
Center for Entrepreneurship
in the College of Engineer-
ing. Caminker also said he also
hopes to expand class offerings
after the program's first semes-
ter.
Moses Lee, an academic pro-
gram manager and lecturer in
the Center for Entrepreneur-
ship, said he thinks he will see
an increased number of students
in his class because of the pro-
gram. He added that the ZEAL
program will be a resource for
his students by helping them
move forward with their pro-
spective businesses.
"Many of our student entre-
preneurs here have legal ques-
tions, and obviously legal
services can be very expensive
for a new start-up," Lee said.
"So the fact that the Law School
is providing the resource for
student entrepreneurs is really
going to help push our students
in the right direction."
Flaherty said he believes the
program will give Law School
students an experience they
otherwise wouldn't have had in
the school.
"I think it really makes it a
lot easier for a lot of students to
achieve their career ambitions
because there are definitely a lot
of students who are interested
in entrepreneurship," he said.
Patrick Fleming was a trumpet player in the Michigan Marching Band.
FLEMING
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known to have a constant smile
on his face and to be dedicated to
hard work on the practice field.
In addition to being a student
and member of the band, Flem-
ing also worked the night shift
at a retirement home. During
summer training he worked all
night prior to the band's 9 a.m.
practices.
Scott Boerma, director of the
Michigan Marching Band and an
associate professor in the School
of Music, Theatre & Dance, wrote
in a statement to The Michigan
Daily that Fleming's dedication
and commitment served as an
inspiration to the band and the
entire University community.
"Patrick had an infectious
smile at all times and was a
devoted member of our fam-
ily," Boerma wrote. "He worked
the midnight shift, went to his
classes at UM-Flint, and drove
back for marching band practice
every day. His dedication to liv-
ing life fully was inspiring, and
he had a positive impact on all
of us."
In honor of Fleming, the
band will dedicate its Saturday
performance at Michigan Sta-
dium to Fleming, Boerma wrote.
Members of the band will wear
armbands and trumpet pins in
memoriam. The band will also
leave Fleming's place in the field
formations unoccupied on Sat-
urday, according to a blog post
Athletic Director Dave Brandon
wrote on MGoBlue.com yester-
day.
"Patrick Fleming will be
missed by us all," Brandon wrote.
"The Michigan Marching Band
was an important part of Patrick's
life, and he was an important part
of what makes our band special."
In the blog post, , Brandon
expressed his condolences on
behalf of the Athletic Department
and praised Fleming for his com-
mitment to the marching band.
"This. young man wasn't on
scholarship; he had to work to
make it through school," Bran-
don wrote. "Between perform-
ing, practicing and studying he
had to work full time at a retire-
ment home to raise the funds
necessary to realize his dream,"
Brandon wrote. "Every week-
day, Patrick drove 112 miles back
and back to Ann Arbor for the
90-minute band practice."
MSA
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assault on Sept. 13 on the 400
block of South First Street near
William Street is connected to
the others.
"Now at this point, we don't
know how many are actually
related," O'Dell said. "It looks
like there's a fair chance that
the six maybe related. It's really
unknown as far as this last one
whether it is going to be related
or not."
O'Dell stressed that despite
the large amount of media atten-
tion the summer cases received,
assaults by strangers are anoma-
lous in Ann Arbor.
"There are a lot more sexual
assaults that take place between
people who know each other," he
said. "In fact, it is estimated that
90 percent of sexual assaults are
between people where the vic-
tim knows the offender."
O'Dell said DPS would like to
maintain an active relationship
with students.
"I'm a big believer in doing
this and us being out in pub-
lic and being available for your
questions," he said. "If things
come up during the school year,
After hearing the news of
Fleming's death Monday after-
noon, band officials first contact-
ed the band's student leaders as
well as the University's Division
of Student Affairs. They subse-
quently told all the band mem-
bers before practice, according
to Boerma.
Engineering senior Jeffrey
McMahon, the marching band's
drum major, was among one of
the first members of the band to
hear the news of Fleming's death.
McMahon received a phone call
from Boerma on abus ride home
from class and was shocked by
the news. He said his first thought
was how to help the rest of his
teammates cope with the tragedy.
"It really took everybody off
guard," McMahon said. "It kind
of was like a lightning strike
that hit home rather than a few
miles away.... It was hard for me
to take it in because I think my
first reaction as a drum major
was to wonder how we're going
to handle everyone else and how
everybody else is going to be."
McMahon recalled Fleming's
unwavering optimism, noting
that even when Fleming made
a mistake during a rehearsal or
performance, he would never
falter or be deterred.
"I've just never seen the kid not
smile," McMahon said. "There
would even be times where he
would mess up something in the
drill, and in the tower the direc-
tors would call him out for what-
ever it may be - maybe being a
step off or playing a wrong note
- and he would just smile."
McMahon added that Flem-
ing's passion for the Michigan
Marching Band and the art of
the trumpet could be seen in
everything he did - on and off
the field.
"There'd be a lot of times
when I'd go out just to hang out
at Elbel, and he'd be there sitting
up in the stands just playing his
trumpet," McMahon said.
At Pioneer High School,
where Fleming graduated in
2009, Fleming was known by his
peers and teachers as a "wonder-
ful humorful spirit," said David
Leach, director of bands and
chair of the Performing Arts
Department at Pioneer High
School. Leach directed Fleming
in symphony and jazz bands.
Leach recalled Fleming's abil-
ity to connect with younger band
members and serve as a men-
tor to students who felt unsure
about their place in the school.
"Oftentimes, - middle school
students think band is a bunch of
nerdy kids that talk about notes,"
Leach said. "And out comes Pat-
rick ... an engaging young man
who said, 'Look, you can be as
cool as you want to be and be a
student here in this band pro-
gram.' And he made that kid feel
comfortable instantly. And that's
very much what Patrick was to
everybody."
LSA senior Kevin Smith, the
Michigan ' Marching Band's
trumpet section leader, echoed
McMahon's sentiments and said
Fleming had a "swagger" about
him and exuded confidence that
put other band members at ease.
Smith recalled Fleming's enjoy-
ment of everything trumpet and
band-related, right down to the
minute details. Smith described
Fleming's gusto for his equip-
ment, in particular his vast col-
lection of mouthpieces.
"He was really into his mouth-
piece collection, and so every
single show he would come up to
someone to say, 'Hey, check out
this crazy mouth piece,"' Smith
said. "He always had a barrage
of equipment. He had a different
mouthpiece for every situation."
Despite the effect . of Flem-
ing's death on the band, McMa-
hon said his focus as a leader
must be to help the band move
forward in the aftermath of the
tragedy.
"One of the things I thought
on the bus ride home is: I have
a bunch of different manuals,"
McMahon said. "There's a lead-
ership manual for being a section
leader, a drum major and I'm just
thinking, this is not in one of
those. There's no way to prepare
yourself as a leader for some-
thing like this to happen."
McMahon noted the impor-
tance of the band remaining
united in the wake of Fleming's
death and continuing to practice
in preparation for Saturday's
halftime performance, as Flem-
ing himself would want the band
to do.
"We have to continue to
push forward for 110,000 peo-
ple, many of whom don't know
about this, and put a new show
out onthe field for the Minne-
sota game," McMahon said. "So
hopefully that will be a healer
for people to get back on the field
and keep busy and do what Pat-
rick loved doing."
- Taylor Wizner
contributed to this report.
EARTHFEST
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said she thinks EarthFest has a
different feel than Festifall - the
annual fall event when tables
for student groups line the Diag
to recruit new members. The
difference between the events
is that the student groups at
EarthFest were asked to refrain
from making paper handouts or
pressuring students to join their
organizations, she said.
LSA sophomore Gabby Trupp,
a member of the Taking Respon-
sibility for the Earth and Envi-
ronment Subcommittee, or
TREES - a subcommittee of the
LSA Student Government - said
the success of EarthFest lies in
its ability to get students to focus
on environmental issues. She
added that she was pleased the
pleasant fall weather and free
food helped increase attendance
at the event.
"Students seem genuinely
interested in what's going on,"
Trupp said. "Our main goal is
to show conservation is actually
doable."
LSA junior Megan Pfeiffer,
another member of TREES,
discussed some of the group's
upcoming goals for the 'year.
These include a zero-waste tail-
gate, installing more water refill
stations around campus and
expanding the tray-less dining
initiative.
New and updated campus
dining halls will go tray-less
as part of the University's new
sustainability initiatives, which
University President. Mary Sue
Coleman announced yesterday.
Pfeiffer emphasized the
importance of collaborations
on campus and throughout Ann
Arbor on environmental issues.
She encouraged all studentswith
an interest in the environment
to consider joining the LSA-SG
subcommittee.
Also at yesterday's event were
University-sponsored booths
where campus officials
discussed recent green initia-
tives. Grant Winston, associate
director of customer service for
University Parking and Trans-
portation Services, was at
EarthFest to encourage car-
pooling and to administer sur-
veys to gauge student interest in
a bike-sharing program similar
to Zipcar. If student response
is substantial enough, the Uni-
versity may look into starting
its own bike-sharing program,
Winston said.
"So far (we've had) very strong
support from students," he said.
Marines find order
from combat zones
Afghanistan
camaraderie offers
meaning and
rewards for soldiers
FORWARD OPERATING
BASE JACKSON, Afghani-
stan (AP) - An American in
uniform stands near a landing
zone at about 2 a.m., moonlight
framing his features, and talks
about dead and maimed men he
knows. His flight out isn't until
next month, and he is counting
the days.
Then he says he will miss
Afghanistan.
"It's just life or death: the
simplicity of it," said Cpl. Rob-
ert Cole of the 1st Battalion, 5th
Marine Regiment, which ends
a seven-month deployment in
the southern region of Sangin in
October. "It's also kind of nice
in some ways because you don't
have to worry about anything
else in the world."
The dominant narrative about
war in a foreign land says its
practitioners yearn for home, for
the families, the comforts, and
the luxury of no longer worrying
about imminent death or injury.
It applies to young American
troops in Afghan combat zones,
but it's not the whole truth.
Combat can deliver a sense
of urgency, meaning, order and
belonging. There is the adrena-
line-fueled elation of a firefight,
and the horror of rescuing a
comrade wounded by a bomb on
patrol. It is magnified, instanta-
neous experience. An existence
boiled down to the essentials
mocks the mundane detritus,
the quibbles and bill-paying and
anonymity, of life back home.
Building on the costly inroads
of a previous unit, the Marine
battalion has seen a decline in
Taliban attacks in Sangin, a
southern Afghan area where
the insurgency battled British
forces to a stalemate for years.
Now the troops have more time
to build bridges and sluice gates,
and sit cross-legged at meetings
with Afghan elders in hopes of
stripping the insurgency of pop-
ular support.
Early on, the going was hard.
Cole said his platoon suffered
close to 30 percent casualties,
mostly from bombs hidden
around its patrol base.
He described how one
Marine on patrol triggered a
bomb that severed his legs.
Another Marine rushed forward
to apply tourniquets, knowing
his friend would bleed to death
if he methodically checked, as
training dictated, for more boo-
bytraps in his path. The second
Marine started dragging the
first toward safety when he set
off another bomb, severing his
own legs, according to Cole. But
he saved his comrade in the pro-
cess.
"He didn't lose his legs for his
country, he lost his legs for his
brother," Cole, of Klamath Falls,
Oregon, said bluntly. He ges-
tured to another Marine in the
dark at the landing zone at For-
ward Operating Base Jackson,
the battalion's headquarters.
"The only shred of sanity that
keeps us going out here is that
I have to protect his ass and he
has to protect my ass," said Cole,
who is confined to the base after
suffering concussions in two
explosions.
Cole, 22, is not bitter. He
treasures the fierce loyalty,
born of bloodshed. Politics, the
debate about the wisdom of
the decade-long U.S. involve-
ment in Afghanistan, the plan to
withdraw international combat
forces by the end of 2014, seem
irrelevant to young Marines.
I'm very happy to return here
I'm happy to come in (MSA
meetings) and address things.
It's a much better way to operate
instead of hearing rumors and
not know what's going on."
In an interview after the
meeting, MSA President DeAn-
dree Watson said he appreciated
that O'Dell came to the meeting
to address students.
"It's really important to con-
tinue the conversation about
people's safety, and that's really
looking to the sexual assaults
that occurred near campus and
staying updated on what the
University's response is and
what's going on in the investiga-
tion," Watson said.
NURSING REP. TALKS
MNA CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS
Toward the end of the meet-
ing last night, Nursing junior
Hayley Mandell, a Nursing
School representative in MSA,
announced that nurses at the
University are happy to see stu-
dents supporting the Michigan
Nurses Association's position
in its contract dispute with the
University's Board of Regents.
The nurses have not had a solidi-
fied contract since July 1.
At the MSA meeting on Sept.
13, the student government
passed a resolution to support
the nurses union. Last night,
Mandell explained the current
situation to the assembly.
"Basically, the University
Hospital is re-contracting the
nurses and changing some
things like reducing the health
benefits, and the nurses are con-
cerned that if this starts, other
things will happen that will
impact the people who work
below them," Mandell said.
Watson added that MSA's sup-
port stems from the assembly's
desire to see the nurses receive
their contractual benefits, and
that students aren't negatively
affected by the negotiations.
"The reason behind (MSA's
support of the nurses) is that
we really want to ensure that
students are not harmed in this
process," Watson said. "We
understand that these conces-
sions are possible, and we just
want to make sure that the.
quality of care of students isn't
reduced as a result of these con-
tract negotiations."
- Peter Shahin contributed
to this report.
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