chigan Daily - michigandailv.com 2A - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 The Mic 2A - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 The Mi I WINTER WONDERLAND Tele iihlgan Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG ZACH YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com Check, mate? Fifteen University students in the Ann Arbor Chess Club are aiming to revitalize the perceived drab game and generate exciting opportunities for new members. The organization held competitions between its members this fall and plans to enter intercollegiate tournaments during the winter semester. Business School junior Diana Tabak, president of the club, is passionate about the game and the club's future potential. Tabak's parents play chess so she learned as a child, and the campus group offered her the opportunity to continue playing. Tabak said despite general public opinion, the game of chess is a lot of fun. "No matter how long you play chess you can never really get tired of it because there's always some- thing new," she said. "You can always improve." Tabak emphasized the club's desire to recruit new members and the many oppor- tunities available for players of all skill lev- els. "No matter how much experience. you've had with chess before, you'll be fine," Tabak said. "You'll find somebody who's at your level, and you'll be able to win. And if you want to find some- body who you'll be los- ing to, you can do that too." -ERINFORSYTHE Newsroom 734-418-415s opt.3 tonnections crr,tines@mit andaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com Lettes tothe Editon tothedaily@michiandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classifed@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com LSA sophomore Lorne Carter appreciates one of Ann Arbor's first snow fal Rackham Auditorium yesterday. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Chair not there Purse snuck WHERE: C.S. Mott Children's and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital WHEN: Monday at about 5:15 p.m. WHAT: An office chair has been stolen and missing since Nov. 1, University Police reported. Smoking is destructive WHERE: Medical Science Unit I WHEN: Tuesday at about 3:10 a.m. WHAT: The Ann Arbor Fire Department extinguished a small fire on the north side of the building, University Police reported. The fire is from stafter WHERE: South Quad Residence Hall WHEN: Monday at about 7:40 a.m. WHAT: A purse was stolen from a staff member on Nov. 27 between 5:30 p.m. and 6:05 p.m., University Police reported. Bumping it WHERE: 1600 East Medical Center, M-18 Carport WHEN: Monday at about 4:55 p.m. WHAT: A vehicle reversed into another vehicle and caused damage to the bumper of the car, University Police reported. No injuries were sustained Stress and study talk WHAT: Students are invited to a session on how to manage stress as the end of the semester approaches. WHO: Counseling and Psychological Services WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Pierpont Commons, Valley Room Photoshop workshop WHAT: Students will have the opportunity to become aquainted with the Adobe program Photoshop during a hands-on demonstration showing how to use the software to create animations. WHO: Living Arts Programming Board WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Duderstadt Center, Windows Training Rooms CORRECTIONS * A Nov.29 article in The Michigan Daily ("Students support Egyptian protesters in rally on Diag") misidentified Daniel Hast. He is an LSA junior. " A Nov.22 article in The Michigan Daily ("MSA election turnout fais3percent from last year") incorrectly stated the percentage of students who voted in the Michigan Student Assembly election. A previous headline of the article also incorrectly stated the percentage the turnout fell from last year. The election turnout was 7 percent. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Soccer ball heading may cause brain trauma, similar to the damage caused by football concussions, CNN reported. Excessive heading of soccer balls are related to impaired memory and cognitive processing speed. About 800 Univer- sity students use the online dating website DateMySchool.com. Stu- dents say online dating can be better than the bars for finding a significant other. " FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT, INSIDE Studies revealed that coffee and espresso can block the absorption or increase the effects of certain medications, The New York Times reported. The cause may be other compounds that exist in coffee beside caffeine. 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Newmont Mining Corp. spokesman Omar Jabara told The Associated Press via email that the aim is to help restore public order. Denver-based Newmont is the majority owner of the Conga project, which was to begin production in 2015 and is an extension of Yanacocha, Latin America's biggest gold mine. Political leaders in Peru's northern state of Cajamarca began an open-ended general strike against the project last Thursday and violence has been escalating, including vandalism and clashes with police. The Yanacocha consortium, which includes the Peruvian company Buenaventura Min- ing Co. and the International Finance Corporation, said in a statement that the suspension was "required by the Govern- ment of Peru for the sake of re-establishing tranquility and social peace." Yesterday, at least 20 people were injured, including eight by gunfire, in clashes between pro- testers and police, the region- al health director, Reynaldo Nunez, told Canal N. He said one was in critical condition. Police said protesters sacked Conga offices in the town of Celendin. Protest leaders said police fired tear gas and shotgun blasts at them Before the suspension announcement, government officials continued to insist the protests did not enjoy wide- spread support. "We regret the intransigence of the leaders who do not want to engage in dialogue," Inte- rior Minister Oscar Valdes told reporters. "We regret that they are against their own popula- tion, children who aren't going to school, dairy farmers who are losing their milk." Hassan Saleh, 9, who has a heart muscle disease known as cardiomyopathy and is awaiting a transplant, gets a visit from Brian Mundell, captain of the Valencia High School baseball team, at Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Nov. 22. Study: Fewer children in U. S. lack health insurance 4 Number of uninsured children decreases due to expansion of Medicaid program MIAMI (AP) - Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released yesterday by George- town University. Many states have expanded eligibility for, and simplified access to, the children's Med- icaid program. This has helped shrink the number of uninsured children from 6.9 million in 2008 to 5.9 million in 2010. Experts say the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care overhaul that requires states to maintain income eligibility levels and dis- courages other barriers to cover- age, has played a key role in the improvement. Overall, 34 states had a signifi- cant decrease in the rate of unin- sured children. Florida made the most prog- ress, dropping from 667,758 to 506,934 during that time period, although the state still has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the nation. Minnesota, Kansas and Wis- consin saw an increase in the number of uninsured children. Nevada has the highest rate of uninsured children while Massa- chusetts has the lowest, accord- ing to the report. The findings are based on an analysis of new health insurance data from the Census Bureau. It was done by the Georgetown Uni- versity Health Policy Institute's Center for Children and Families. The news comes as the number of uninsured adults has risen in the past few years. High unemployment rates and the increasing cost of private insurance are driving more fami- lies to the federal-state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs, also known as CHIP. Both programs provide health insurance for children, but come from different funding streams and allow states more flexibility in how they run their programs. President Barack Obama signed an extension of CHIP and provided $87 billion to help states pay for Medicaid in the 2009 economic stimulus, and experts say a bipartisan national commitment aimed at cover- ing children has given states new tools and incentives to fol- low through. For example, some states once required face-to-face interviews; now many states have online applications. The Affordable Care Act should also help preserve these gains going forward, said Joan Alker, co-executive director of the Georgetown University research center "We will move to a culture of coverage. The presumption is everyone has insurance," she said. "Families will feel there's an option out there for them." The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments chal- lenging the constitutionality of the historic health care overhaul next year. Floridaled the nation in reduc- ing the number of uninsured children, in part because the state's Medicaid rolls swelled as the economy soured. But legisla- tion passed in 2009 has also sim- plified the process and reduced penalties for those who don't pay premiums. Ivory Coast's ex-president Gbagbo en route to Hague 4 Former president headed to The Hague. "He's in the plane," Katinan said. The under house arrest public prosecutor's office in Ivory Coast said Gbagbo changed extradicted planes in Bouake, the regional capital, before continuing to the ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Netherlands. Ivory Coast's former strongman, "I can confirm that he left who nearly dragged his country Korhogo at 6:31 p.m. GMT. He is into civil war in a bid to retain passing through Bouake, because power, is being extradited to the the landing strip in Korhogo can International Criminal Court fol- only accommodate a small plane." lowing the issue of a warrant for Gbagbo's Paris-based lawyer his arrest, his spokesman said Emmanuel Altit said he had filed yesterday. an appeal to stop the interna- The ex-president has been tional arrest warrant issued yes- under house arrest in the tiny vil- terday through Ivory Coast state lage of Korhogo over 300 miles prosecutors, but acknowledged (500 kilometers) north of Abi- that if it's not granted, the ex- djan since being ousted by inter- president would be transferred nationally backed forces seven overnight. months ago. The development, which In Abidjan, Gbagbo's spokes- comes almost exactly a year to man Kone Katinan confirmed the day after Ivory Coast's dis- that the former ruler had left the puted presidential election, was remote village on a special flight applauded by victims of Gbag- bo's regime and by rights groups because of the signal it sends against impunity. Once he arrives in The Hague, Gbagbo will become the first former head of state to be taken into custody by the tribunal since its founding in 2002. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted, though he refuses to surrender, while former Libe- rian warlord Charles Taylor and Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milos- evic have been tried there by spe- cial ad hoc tribunals, rather than the international court. The move could further stoke 4 tension in Ivory Coast, however, because it gives the appearance of victor's justice, since grave abus- es were also committed by forces loyal to the country's democrati- cally elected leader, Alassane Ouattara, who enlisted the help of a former rebel group in order to force Gbagbo from office. I i