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sales on Black Friday
Local store ue to support small businesses He said Black Friday was suc-
downtown, especially during cessful for the store, though the
owners say they're the holiday season," Elias said. shop was not overwhelmingly
She said it is too soon to know packed.
not affected by East how the cbos- "It was good; we made our
Liberty closures ings of Borders, NAI6 goal," Down said.
yclosures Poshh and This $ Down added that students,
& That - which j' who make up the largest portion
By CHELSEA LANDRY were all on East of American Apparel customers,
Daily StaffReporter Liberty - will 6 were mostly out of town for the
impact her busi- holiday, and their absence likely
Neon colored tags indicated ness. As of now, affected sales. While the store
50 percent off sales as part of a Elias said she is "crossing (her) had a promotion in which con-
price slashing promotion that fingers" that the recent closings sumers could buy one item and
packed Orchid Lane with shop- will not negatively affect Orchid receive a second item at half-
pers this past holiday weekend. Lane. price, Down said many shop-
Manylocalbusinesses,includ- "It really remains to be seen pers did not know about the
ing Orchid Lane on East Liberty how that's going to affect us," sale when they came in. Still,
Street, experienced strong sales she said. the hype of Black Friday helped
last weekend as shoppers flood- Similarly, Rhonda Gilpin, American Apparel's profits.
ed the stores to start their holi- owner of The Caravan Shop in "Having a shopping day
day shopping. Nickels Arcade and The Arca- makes people more willing to
Leif Elias, co-owner of Orchid dian Antiques Boutique on spend money," Down said.
Lane, said sales on Black Friday Main Street, said it is too soon Down added that he doesn't
were up approximately 20 per- to observe the effects of the believe the East Liberty store
cent from the same day last year. recently closed stores on her closures have negatively impact-
She added that she thinks one businesses. ed American Apparel sales
of the main factors that drew "It's been such a short period because the store attracts differ-
in customers was the pleasant of time that those (stores) have ent customers.
weather. been gone," Gilpin said. "I don't "It's such a different dynamic
"It was 60 degrees (and) think (the closings) have neces- of clientele that comes (into
sunny," Elias said. "It was defi- sarily affected my business in a American Apparel)," Down
nitely the kind of day you'd want negative way." said.
to be out and about. Being down- Gilpin added that it might Down couldn't speculate what
town, the weather affects a lot of be easier to observe the effects kind of business would fill the
our business." after the holiday season, which void of Borders on East Liberty
Elias admitted that the sales is always a busy time for her Street, but said he would "like
on clothing were "a big motiva- stores. something nice, local or some-
tor" that drew crowds over the American Apparel, also on thing inspired to go into Bor-
weekend. The shop specializes East Liberty Street directly ders."
in one-of-a-kind clothing and across from the former Borders He added that the new Zara-
accessories. space, has not experienced a gon West leasing office that
Elias added that she has been noticeable loss of business due to opened recently in the former
extremely happy with the sup- the storefront changes, accord- This & That space is "one of the
port of the local community. ing to Jacob Down, an in-store least thrilling things that could
"I hope Ann Arborites contin- merchandiser at the retail chain. happen on Liberty Street."
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University money since financial
aid packages, which factor in the
cost of textbooks, would shift to
reflect the lower cost.
In addition to saving students
money on textbooks, the ini-
tiative would include an open
courseware component. Open
courseware allows Internet users
to view the content of a course,
which would alleviate the cost of
some course materials for Uni-
versity students, Courant said.
Several universities, including
Yale University and Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology,
already offer open courseware
content.
Courant added that the initia-
tive would allow students to have
continued access to course texts
and lectures even after they grad-

uate. SACUA Chair Kate Barald
asked if students would have
access to updated texts, which
Courant said was an option the
planners would explore.
Beside benefiting students
and the University's budget, the
program poses advantages for
faculty, according to Courant.
With access to a wider range of
materials, professors could tailor
course content to better achieve
their pedagogical goals, he said.
By linking pre-recorded lectures
to the online books, Courant said
professorswouldbe able to diver-
sify the content of their course
since they could spend less time
lecturing.
The initiative would encour-
age University professors to con-
tribute their excess materials,
like lecture notes for anintroduc-
tory course, to the open course-
ware, Courant added.
In winter 2011, the eTextbook

Working Group tested a similar
pilot program - a forerunner to
the Campus eTextbook Initiative
- that gathered feedback from
students and professors. Student
participants had mixed reactions
to the program, and Courant said
the planners took the students'
concerns into account when they
were creating the new initiative.
The planners of the initiative
took many cues from Indiana
University when designing the
program, according to Courant.
In fall 2009, IU began to imple-
ment an e-textbook model simi-
lar to the University's proposed
initiative.
Courant added that he hopes a
consortium of universities - like
the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation which includes the
universities in the Big Ten and
the University of Chicago - will
be involved in negotiations with
e-textbook companies.


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holds extensive power over daily
bureaucratic activity.
"There is worry that the
future of Egypt will remain a
military state (and) not a demo-
cratic civilian state," Said said.
"Street politics must continue to
put pressure on the military."
While Egypt and the U.S. are
geographically distant, mem-
bers of ESA along with other
University students argue it is
the responsibility of U.S. citi-
zens to support international
issues of democracy.
"This does affect you," LSA
junior Sarah Awad-Farid, an ESA
member, said. "We do not live in

a secluded world anymore. We
are all interconnected."
ESA members urge students
to get involved by contacting
their U.S. representatives and
the Egyptian embassy in Wash-
ington, D.C. The organization's
members also believe voicing
their opinions through these
outlets will promote universal
democracy that benefits interna-
tional and domestic affairs.
LSA senior Daniel Hast, a
passerby at the protest, said he
has noticed similarities between
Egyptian goals for democracy
and the existing democratic
ideals in the U.S. Hast said he
feels controversies including the
University of California-Davis
pepper-spraying incident - in
which a police officer sprayed

a nonviolent group of students
- and the Occupy Wall Street
movements are related to what
is going on in Egypt.
"The parallels are disturb-
ing ... the tear gas used against
unarmed protesters in Egypt.
That sounds familiar," Hast said.
"They're using the same tactics.
It's just a matter of degree."
Despite the controversies over
civil protests, LSA junior Amre
Metwally, a member of ESA, said
he is thankful for democracy in
the U.S.
"Don't take things for grant-
ed," Metwally said. "Assembling
in a square could mean the end
of (Egyptian citizens') lives.
They could be shot by police.
Be thankful and be politically
active."

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