0 2A -- Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: -THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers This Week in History Professor Profiles Campus Clubs Photos of the Week Building off history 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG ZACH YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manatee 734-4te-411a ext. 1251 734-41e-4115 ext. 1241 seeitberg@michigandaiycem eyancer@michigandaityraom How would you describe your involvement with the Martin Luther King Jr. memo- rial in Washington D.C.? The King family made it clear that they were in favor of what they called a "living memorial." So I was one of five individuals who chose to draft an internation- al competition. Fifty-two coun- tries sent entries, with 900 entries altogether, and our group deter- mined which design we thought was best. It took 12 years to receive all the proper governmen- tal approval, and we got approval to break ground 18 months ago, and the rest is history. What inspired you to become involved in the field of architec- ture? My father and my uncle were both carpenters of sorts, and when I was of a formative age of 8 or 9 years old, my parents added what became known as a playroom onto the house. At that time in the late 40s, the idea of a child having their own room was unheard of. It reinforced in my mind that space and architecture could really have an impact on how we find a bit of independence and space to develop on our own terms. What do you currently teach at the University? I'm teaching an urban design and redevelopment course, and it's an interest of mine to teach a technical course for kids who are not architects. What do you like most about being a professor at the Univer- sity? Michigan has a very unique mix of students. There's no ques- tion the reason I've been teaching for almost 40 years and still enjoy it now is because of the mix of tal- ent and work ethic from the stu- dent body at U of M. What do you like to do in your spare time? I find myself visiting various old bookstores around Ann Arbor. I like browsing and getting the sense that there have been a lot of smart people here before and after me and open myself up to theC couRTEoYiJAMEo CHAFFERS new thinking and new ideas. James Chaffers, professor emeritus of architecture and visiting professor of Afroamerican and African - LANIE BARON Studies. 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By the afternoon police said they were in control of the site, and that bailiffs were beginning to move onto the disputed property. Essex Police said two protest- ers were Tasered and 23 people arrested after police officers were attacked with rocks, other mis- siles and liquids including urine. Residents andsupporters, how- ever, said police had used exces- sive force. Evictions of Travelers, a tra- ditionally nomadic group similar to, but ethnically distinct from, Gypsy or Roma people, are rela- tively common across Britain. But few are as large, or as high-profile, as yesterday's at Dale Farm. The police and bailiffs faced resistance from several dozen protesters who threw bricks and struggled with officers at the site, set in fields 30 miles (50 kilome- ters) east of London. One mobile home was set on fire as police moved in at dawn, and several protesters chained themselves to barricades with bicycle locks to slow down the evictions. Others scaled a 40-foot (12-meter) scaf- folding tower. Police moved protesters away and later used a cherry picker, or mechanized lifting platform, to reach the scaffolding platform and remove protesters who had chained themselves to the struc- ture. The conflict over Dale Farm has simmered since 2001, when Travelers bought and settled on a former scrap yard next to a legal Travelers' site. The legal battle dragged on for years until the Travelers lost a final appeal last week. The local authority says it's a simple planning issue - the 86 families lack permission to pitch homes on the land. The Travelers call it ethnic cleansing- the latest chapter in a centuries-old story of mistrust between nomads and British society. "I've been through a lot of evic- tions, but I've never seen any- thing like this ... they have come in and started a riot that we never wanted," said resident Kathleen McCarthy, who accused police of roughing up Travelers at the site, injuring three women. "We are being dragged out of the only homes we have in this world." Lily Hayes, who identified her- self as a human rights observer, also accused the police of using unnecessary force. The ambulance service said one woman was taken to a hos- pital with minor back injuries. Five other people were treated for smoke inhalation, breathing diffi- culties and a nosebleed. Authorities said the violence was coming not from residents but from their supporters - anar- chists, environmentalists and anti-capitalists who came to the site from across Europe. "The premeditated and orga- nized scenes of violence that we have already seen with protest- ers throwing rocks and bricks, threatening police with iron bars and setting fire to a caravan are shocking," said Tony Ball, leader of Basildon Council, the local authority. He said while "no one takes any satisfaction" in the police opera- tion, he was confident that "after 10 years of negotiations to try and find a peaceful solution to this, that what we are doing is the right thing." His council has estimated that the total costto taxpayers of evict- ing the Travelers from the site - including clean-up and post- eviction security - could rise to 18 million pounds ($28 million). 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Initial mercy fromthe media and estimates of the economic cost ity from the country in of destroyed shops, paralyzed g the relentless waters. factories and swamped farmland an emotional appear- were $3 billion, but have since efore reporters yesterday, been rising. Minister Yingluck Shi- Authorities this week said a said her administration they have suspended operations g all it can and tryingto be at four major power plants in 0 r as possible about where the provinces of Phichit, Nakhon oding may strike next. Ratchasima and Ayutthaya - all gkok had so far has north of Bangkok - due to flood- d serious flooding, thanks ing; the first was shut in Septem- es, underground tunnels ber. The Electricity Generating ter defenses, though flood- Authority of Thailand said other have been seeping into plants were making up for the 0 orthern neighborhoods. shortfall, however, and there has never, mixed messages been no effect on total output. officials about whether Heavy monsoon rains and ok will be swamped has storms have ravaged Asia this fear and confusion over year. The United Nations says at rave the threat really is. least 745 people have been killed ursday, some internation- since July in Thailand, Cam- oos closed and nervous bodia, Vietnam, Laos and the ters began parking cars Philippines - a quarter of them rated expressways on the children. rn side of the capital to Flood waters have slowly tem safe. crawled south toward the Gulf oll by ABAC, associated of Thailand, though the govern- angkok's Assumption Col- ment has notched up the urgency und that 87 percent of 415 of flood-control efforts only in surveyed did not trust the past two weeks. ation from the govern- "The government had said flood command center. over and over again they were have been doing every- able to handle the situation, then we can, but this is a big what happened? It got flooded al crisis," Yingluck said. from there to here," said Pun- egging for mercy from the tip Susuntitapong, a 61-year-old here." retired banker in Bangkok. gkok's city government, Yingluck had no previous gov- i by the opposition, urged ernment experience when she Its in seven northern dis- came into power in August as o move belongings to safe the standard-bearer for the party because of likely flooding. aligned with her brother, Thak- arning came days after sin Shinawatra, who is a fugitive officials had indicated on corruption convictions but orst threat had passed. still widely popular. a