The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, October 3, 2011- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Detroit Science Center may stay closed past Oct. A poor economy and resources spent on questionable past proj- ects could keep the doors of the Detroit Science Center and a chil- dren's museum closed longer than anticipated. Both venues in Detroit's resurging Midtown section closed Sept. 26 due to a shortage of operating capital. Officials have set Oct. 12 as the date they will reopen, but some fear the financial troubles that forced their abrupt shutdowns could keep both shuttered past the middle of the month. "The term I like to use is a cash crisis," said Shelly Otenbaker, who has been a Science Center trustee for just over a year. SAN LEANDRO, Calif. 3 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at warehouse party Three people were killed and three others wounded when at least two gunmen opened fire as people left a party at warehouse early yesterday, authorities said. The gunmen started shooting as a group of people walked out of the building around 1:20 a.m., San Leandro police Sgt. DougCalgano said. Three people were pro- nounced dead at the scene. Police did not know the condition of the three wounded people. The names of victims have not been released. At least 100 people attended the party, which had been adver- tised on the Internet, Calgano said. He was not aware of a permit being issued for the party, which would have been required for a gathering of that size. WASHINGTON Cain responds to backlash following GOP debate Republican presidential candi- date Herman Cain said yesterday that he should not have stayed silent after the audience at a GOP debate booed a gay soldier serving in Iraq. The Georgia businessman told ABC's "This Week" that it would have been "appropriate" for him to have defended the soldier. None of the candidates on stage at the Sept. 22 forum responded to the boos. "In retrospect, because of the controversy it has created and because of the different interpre- tations that it could have had, yes, that probably - that would have been appropriate," Cain said, when asked if he should have asked the audience to respect the soldier. Cain said it wasn't immediately clear to him what had drawn the audience's scorn, adding, "I hap- pen to think that maybe they were booing the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal more so than booing that soldier." ALGIERS, Algeria Algeria floods kill 10, damage homes Authorities in Algeria say tor- rential downpours have killed at least 10 people and ruined hundreds of homes. A mother and her infant daughter are also missing. The country's meteorologi- cal service had warned about strong thunderstorms across the country from Saturday into yesterday. The civil protection author- ity said in a statement that yes- terday it recovered eight bodies from one town, El Bayadh, 435 miles (700 kilometers) south- west of the capital. Rescuers are still looking for a woman and her 9-month-old baby there. Two other bodies were found in towns to the north of El Bay- adh. -Compiled from Daily wire reports TODD NEEDLE/Daili Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley opened its second ReStore on Jackson Road on Saturday. Habitat for Hu-manity o 2 opens second store inA Huron Valley chapter celebrates fifth anniversary of first ReStore By JOSEPH GUERRA For the Daily With its first resource store on the brink of its fifth- year anniversary, Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley has a second store ready to help families build and furnish their homes. While promoting its motto "A hand up, not a handout," the organization celebrated the opening of the new ReStore on Jackson Road in Ann Arbor on Saturday. ReStores collect and re-sell building materials, fur- niture and household items to the public at a fraction of the original cost. The stores also function to raise awareness about the work of the organiza- tion. ALLOCATIONS From Page 1A reconsidered a model for dis- tributing allocations based on performance metrics such as graduation and freshmen reten- tion rates, according to Cynthia Wilbanks, the University's vice president for government rela- tions. The possibility of using per- formance metrics as a basis for doling out state funding comes as Snyder's and state universi- ties' budget and planning offices begin to map out their 2013 fis- cal year budgets. Discussions between the state and universi- ties are already underway and are expected to continue as Sny- der prepares to unveil his state budget blueprint at the start of 2012, Wilbanks said. A provision calling for the state to examine university per- formances was also a part of Snyder's fiscal year 2011 budget, according to Wilbanks. The pro- vision has sparked what Wil- banks called the "most serious discussion (on the metrics)" that she's seen in-years. "I think the budget office and legislators are all thinking about how that might work for fiscal year'13 funding," she said. But for the fiscal year 2012 budget, it was too soon to deter- mine the logistics of the metrics and the breadth of opposition and support for their use, Wil- banks said. She added that she thought the performance met- rics should be accounted for. "There is a clear expectation that universities must play a role in the state's economic revital- ization, and I hope that is rec- ognized in some way," Wilbanks said. "Each institution has an Habitat for Humanity, which works on improving housing internationally, was founded in 1976 and established its first ReStore in 1991. All pro- ceeds from the Huron Valley ReStores are put toward the construction and renovation of affordable housing in Washt- enaw County. Sarah Stanton, executive director of the Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley, said the organization operates as "a contractor, a realtor and a bank, all in one" for the fami- lies it assists. "We buy a property, work to improve it, help the family move in and hold a zero-inter- est mortgage for them," Stan- ton said. The Huron Valley branch has worked on more than 100 houses in the Washtenaw County area since its found- ing in 1989. The Habitat for Humanity volunteers put in upwards of 2,000 volunteer hours per house, according to Stanton. enormous impact in the commu- nity they serve and beyond, and of course the talentcthey produce has economic benefit as well." In addition to raising tuition across the board at the state's public universities, the reduc- tions in the fiscal year 2012 state budget had varying influ- ences on the institutions' bud- gets. Due to the state funding cuts, the University closed the Center for Ethics in Public Life and has begun offering fewer small classes. However, The University's Office of Admis- sions has remained need-blind, when reviewing applications, and financial aid is at an all-time high at $137 million. Michael Boulus, executive director of the President's Coun- cil, State Universities of Michi- gan, said Michigan's public universities have adapted well to a decade-long trend in statewide cuts to higher education fund- ing. "We've been managing to maintain high quality despite state cuts due to efficient deci- sions at the University level," Boulus said. He added that rising enroll- ment rates statewide have been an encouraging sign. At the Uni- versity, the number of enrolled students reached its highest last year at 41,924 students in fall 2010. This was due to the largest freshman class of 6,496 students to date. Enrollment figures for the 2011-2012 academic year will be released this month. How- ever, as of June, 6,540 incoming freshmen submitted enrollment deposits to the University. Boulus said he doesn't fore- see the increasing enrollment trend at state universities con- tinuing amid ongoing cuts to higher education. This year's Vic Whipple, a longtime Habitat for Humanity volun- teer who oversees the Huron Valley ReStores, said the orga- nization is always on the look- out for new volunteers to aid its mission to help local families. "I really, really enjoy work- ing with Habitat for Human- ity because ... of the ultimate cause, which is to eliminate low-income housing and help- ing people get into affordable housing," Whipple said. The opening of the second ReStore occurred two days before World Habitat Day-a commemorative day designed to give visibility to affordable housing worldwide. Represen- tatives from the Huron Valley chapter said they are proud to work for an organization that strives to promote the day's purpose year-round. "(World Habitat Day) means a lot. It brings a whole glob- al perspective to right here, locally, in Washtenaw County," Whipple said. "And it reflects a whole global attitude as well." statewide decrease in funding of $827 per student is part of a series of cuts that has dropped per-student funding by $2,312 since 2001. At public universities throughout the state, the reduc- tion in funds for fiscal year 2012 and those over the last decade have resulted in a mix of cost- cutting measures. Leigh Greden, executive director of govern- ment and community relations at Eastern Michigan University, said EMU raised tuition by 3.6 percent for the 2012 fiscal year. This past year, EMU also laid off more than 50 employees. Greden said EMU is "tryingto buck the trend of rising tuition," and did so successfully last year by not increasing tuition and room and board. This year, though, EMU had to up tuition by 3.6 percent due to an $11 mil- lion drop in state funding for the university and rising health care and energy costs. "We're being squeezed by falling state aid and increasing expenses," Greden said. "When you see an $11 million reduction in state aid ... that had a signifi- cant impact on us and on every university in Michigan." At Michigan State Univer- sity and Wayne State University, tuition will be increased by 6.9 percent for in-state undergradu- ate students. In-state undergrad- uates at Wayne State will face a 3.5-percent tuition increase. Boulus said the future of Michigan's public universities is in jeopardy if the trend in state cuts to higher education contin- ues. "It's difficult to see how such high-quality institutions can be maintained if the governor and the Legislature continue to cut state support," Boulus said. TEVATRON From PagelA speed of light and is notable for discovering the top quark - a crucial component of physical matter - and aiding in the devel- opment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology. Before its closure, there were about 2,300 scientists working at the Teva- tron, and University of Michigan scientists like Campbell have been one of the most represented groups of physicists working on the project over the years. Campbell, currently the asso- ciate dean for natural sciences and a professor of physics at the University, started working at the Tevatron in the early 1980s while doing postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago. Campbell said his early work was primarily focused on building electronics that would record the collisions between protons and anti-pro- tons in the Tevatron, which was officially launched on Oct. 13, 1983 when Campbell himself turned the machine on for the first time. Campbell said the Collision Detector at Fermilab only record- ed 24 collisions in the Tevatron when it was first turned on 28 years ago. As of Friday, there were more than 10 million recorded collisions per second. Campbell's experiments at Fermilab focused on developing pattern recognition technologies that mimic human neuron net- works. Campbell said this tech- nology can now be found in many gadgets we use today. "Almost any kind of pattern recognition algorithms now uses neuron-network algorithms like cameras that can recognize faces that use these algorithms," he said. In 1995, Campbell and his team of Michigan physicists contribut- ed to what is arguably the Teva- tron's greatest accomplishment - the discovery of the top quark. This subatomic particle had elud- ed particle physicists around the world for years and was the final element to be discovered of the standard model - a popular the- ory of particle physics. Campbell said this was by far the fondest memory he has of working with the collider. "It was great to be there for the moment when someone says 'eureka,' "he said. Monica Tecchio, a research scientist in the University's Department of Physics, started working with Campbell at Fer- milab shortly after the discovery of the top quark in 1995. Tecchio said her initial work included upgrading the electronics of the Tevatron, but after a few years shifted to analysis of top quark data to confirm its existence. Between 1995 and 1999, Tec- chio regularly commuted to Fer- milab by plane and recalled one particularly busy time when she was traveling to Illinois once a week for an entire year. Tecchio said she and Campbell would race to see who could get to Fermilab the fastest. "We had an openbet who could commute from home to Fermilab in the shortest time," Tecchio said. "I think he won. He made it down there once in less than three hours but just because he had a taxi driver bring him to the airport. I had to drive myself. We would brag about how many fre- quent flyer miles we had." After spending years research- ing at Fermilab, Tecchio and Campbell moved on to other experiments around the world. Campbell spent a few years work- ing on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and then transi- tioned to the Japan Proton Accel- erator Research Complex. A few years ago, Campbell recruited Tecchio to join him at J-PARC. Though Tecchio and Camp- bell have spent many years away from Fermilab, they each said they believe they could be work- ing there again soon with the announcement of the lab's new experiment - Project X. According to Campbell, Proj- ect X is a particle collider that focuses on high-intensity colli- sions rather than the high-ener- gy collisions that the Tevatron worked on. Project .X would be based around two experiments that Campbell is currently study- ing in Japan. Tecchio said she hopes to work on Project X for professional and practical reasons. "It would be a great match for me not only because it's closer to home, but also because I've already gained so much experi- ence in that field of physics," she said. However, before scientists at Fermilab can start building the detectors and devices for Proj- ect X, the experiment must be approved and funded by Con- gress. Despite the funding cut to the Tevatron, Piermaria Oddone, the laboratory director of Fermi- lab, said he is confident funding for Project X will be approved because he believes other coun- tries will donate money to make the project more affordable. "We're hoping the world will help us build it ... If they do, the (American) agencies won't be able to say no," he said in a press conference at Fermilab on Friday. But even if Project X is approved, Tecchio said the shut- down of the Tevatron will leave a large void in American high- energy particle physics. "Eventually if no. new (high- energy) colliders experiments are started in the United States, there will naturally be a shrink in the number of people working in par- ticle physics," she said. Many American particle physi- cists have already switched to astrophysics due to a decrease in funding for high-energy accelera- tors in the United States, accord- ing to Tecchio. "Astrophysics nowadays feels a lot like what high-energy physics felt like 30 years ago .." she said. " The same kind of convergence of theoretical understanding and technical detectors that hap- pened in particle physics 30 years ago is now happening in astro- physics." Though many are hopeful Project X will move forward,. emotions were running high on Friday among the hundreds of physicists who worked on the Tevatron. A number of research- ers began crying in the moments leadingup to its shutdown. However, Campbell said he has mixed emotions about the shut- down of the collider. "When an experiment has run its course and served its purpose, it's time to shut it down and move on," he said. "There is a tinge of sadness,butthere's also asenseof moving on." The main reason why the Teva- tron is closing is because better opportunities for high-energy particle research exist elsewhere now, Campbell said. Oddone acknowledged tha in the wake of the closure, there will be a decrease in the nearly 2,300 scientists researching at Fermilab. However, if Project X is approved, the experiments involving fundamental particles like neutrinos - tiny particles that were recently measured as traveling faster than the speed of light - would restore the amount of research to Tevatron-era lev- els. "We're going to be the pre- miere lab for studying rare pro- cesses," Oddone said. ,. TWITTER THROWDOWN FOLLOW @MICHIGAN DAILY THE BATTLE ENDS OCT. 15 0