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Lumber looted WHERE: 1170 West Medi- cal Center WHEN: Wednesday at about 7:20 p.m. WHAT: Firewood was taken from the bed of a pickup truck that was parked in the lot between 3:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Monday, University Police reported. There are no sus- pects. Pills pilfered WHERE: C.S. Mott Chil- dren's Hospital WHEN: Wednesday at about 10:40 a.m. WHAT: Two bottles of pills were stolen from a visi- tor's locker in the fifth floor waiting room, University Police reported. The pills were taken sometime Tues- day night. Laptop larceny WHERE: Duderstadt Building WHEN: Wednesday at 10:20 a.m. WHAT: A laptop was stolen between 11:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Tuesday from an unat- tended conference room on the first floor, University Police reported. There are no susnects. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES NOLA music Professor tenor For the second-straight in Ann Arbor performance day, a goat was spotted walking along an Atlan- WHAT: The New Orleans- WHAT: Thomas Young, a ta-area highway, the Atlanta based Rebirth Brass Band Grammy and Cleo award- Journal Constitution report- will performa unique mix winning lyric tenor, will ed. It's unknown whether the of brass band sound and perform. Young, a professor samegoatwaswalkingonthe funk, jazz, soul and hip at Sarah Lawrence College, samothwask hop. The band hails from has performed in more than road on both days. the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium A night at the opera WHAT: The Opera Theatre will perform "Falstaff," a comedic opera by Giuseppe Verdi that tells the story of an older man who solicits two married women. 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Twitter, Facebook change the nature of 2012 campaign GOP debate watchers take to Twitter after Rick Perry mishap NEW YORK (AP) - Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday's Repub- lican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support. "Perry is done," came a Twit- ter posting from a viewer called (at)PatMcPsu, even while the Texas governor struggleddto name the third of three federal agencies he said he would elimi- nate as president. Another, called (at)sfiorini, messaged, "Whoa? Seriously, Rick Perry? He can't even name the agencies he wants to abolish. Wow. Just wow." Perry insists his campaign isn't over and has vowed to move on from his meltdown. One used to have to wait for several minutes after the debate ended for analysis of the 2012 presidential contest. But if Wednesday's exchange is any indication, social networking has become the instant pundit- ry: The 140-character messages known as tweets came from ordinary viewers and prominent campaign strategists alike. Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook have long been hotbeds of political con- versation, largely for an insider crowd of activists and news junkies. But CNBC, which aired the debate, took things a step further, featuring an onscreen crawl of tweets from viewers reacting to what was transpiring onstage. That allowed ordinary viewers to chime in on the politi- cal conversation and an even larger audience. Social media provides "a real time citizen voice," according to Matthew Nisbet, an associate professor of communications at American University who stud- ies politics and digital media. "It's no longer a passive audience experience, watch- ing commentators and political strategists discussing what is being seen on the screen," Nis- bet said. "Now people can hear it from a more diverse range of voices, and potentially from their peers." CNBC spokesman Brian Steel said the network, which spe- cializes in business and finan- cial news and runs a continuous stock ticker, viewed social media as a natural partner for the debate. "During business hours CNBC is focused on providing real-time data analysis and information, so social media was a great way to work in real-time reaction to the debate. It's very consistent with what we do," Steel said. The network had chosen a mix of citizen tweets to feature onscreen along with those from "influencers" like former Gener- al Electric Chairman Jack Welch and Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia professor and well- known political commentator, Steel said. CNBC even posted a tweet from (at)BarackObama, the pres- ident's re-election Twitter feed, where campaign staff tweeted their reactions to the debate. "'Obamacare' and 'repeal' are tied for the most men- tions at the second commercial break," the post said. To be sure, there were far more tweets and mentions of the debate on other social media than those that actually appeared on TV. Bluefin Labs, a Cambridge, Mass., social analytic compa- ny that tracks digital chatter around television, found there were almost 275,000 social media mentions of the CNBC debate as it was underway. That was second only to the October 18 CNN debate, which drew more than 548,000 men- tions. By comparison, the Fox comedy Glee, which draws more social media commen- tary than any other show on television this season, aver- ages about 189,000 mentions per episode. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, leaves Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem, yesterday. 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Katsav to become highest Israeli official to go to prison JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the rape conviction of former Pres- ident Moshe Katsav and ordered him to begin serving a seven-year prison term next month, a land- mark decision that culminated a sordid five-year saga. The rape conviction for the former head of state was hailed as a victory for women's rights and equality under the law, par- ticularly at a sensitive time when Israel's liberal democracy has come under assault from extreme nationalists and the burgeoning ultra-religious minority. "From this day on, let nobody dare claim that these are women who tried to conspire against the president. Rather they are brave women who must empower all harassed women who are afraid to complain," said Tzipi Livni, Israel's opposition leader and the nation's most prominent female politician. It also completed the tragic ending for a man whose rag- to-riches story had served as a symbol of success for Mizrahi Jews, those of Middle Eastern descent who for decades were an underclass in Israel. Ordered to report to prison on Dec. 7, Kat- say becomes the highest-ranking Israeli official to serve time. The Iranian-born Katsav, 65, was convicted last December of raping a former employee when he was a Cabinet minister and of sex- ually harassing two other women during his term as president from 2000 to 2007. He received a sev- en-year prison sentence in March, but remained free pending his appeal. Katsav has vociferously pro- fessed his innocence since the accusations against him first emerged five years ago, claiming he was the victim of a political witchhunt. And the case against him depended entirely on testi- mony, fueling a debate in Israel on the difficulties of prosecuting sex crimes. But in a decisive ruling yester- day, the judges said his testimony had not been credible and accused him of exploiting his status as a high public official. The former president "fell from the loftiest heights to the deepest depths," Judge Salim Joubran told the hushed court. "Such a senior official should be a role model to his subordinates. Every woman has a right to her own body. A right to dignity. A right to freedom. No one has the liberty to take any of those from her." Katsav sat stone-faced throughout the session, briefly smiling wryly as it became clear his appeal was beingrejected. Katsav's attorney, Avigdor Feldman, faulted the judges for believing the rape victim despite serious holes in her testimony. "They would have believed her if she said the rape occurred on Venus," Feldman said. Noya Rimalt, an expert on crim- inal law and feminist legal theory at Haifa University, said the pros- ecution prevailed in because of strong witness testimony. "Differ- ent women who didn't know each other told similar stories about the way he treated female subordi- nates. That is what the conviction was based on," she said. Israel's presidency is a largely ceremonial office, typically filled . by a respected elder statesman expected to rise above politics and serve as a moral compass. The case against Katsav, which broke in 2006 after he told police one of his accusers was trying to extort money from him, shocked Israelisbyportrayinga manwide- ly seen as a bland functionary as a predatory boss who repeatedly used authority to force sexual favors.