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PITCHING IT
2011 NIGHT GAME
Alcohol a
concern at
first-ever
ight game
'U' officials take ALCOHOL-RELATED HOSPITAL VISITS
The Sopranos, a women's a cappella group, performs at A Cappella Rush yesterday in the Michigan League. The event showcases all of the University's a cappella
groups and allows students to sign up for auditions.
STUDENT RESEARCH
Summer research projects
ak
spark innovation in fil s
precautions to curb
student drinking
By PAIGE PEARCY
Daily Staff Reporter
Tickets for Saturday night's
football game against Notre
Dame sold out faster than any
game in Michigan's history.
And though the entire campus
community is excited about the
historic sporting event, Univer-
sity officials are also concerned
about drinking among students
before and after the game's 8
p.m. kickoff. In anticipation of
any problems related to student
drinking, the University has mul-
tiple safety measures planned.
At a press conference at the
University's Junge Family Cham-
pions Center on Tuesday, Athletic
Director Dave Brandon, Univer-
sity Department of Public Safety
Executive Director Greg O'Dell
and the University's Vice Presi-
dent of Student Affairs E. Royster
Harper discussed their concerns
about alcohol intake before, dur-
ing and after the game.
"Our primary responsibility is
that students will have a safe and
fun event," Harper said. "Because
if it is not safe, it really is not fun,
The numberof people ages 18 to24
treated at theUniversity Hospital for
alcohol intoxication May 1, 2010 to
April 31, 2011.
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and it changes the whole experi-
ence for our students."
The primetime game is the first
of its kind inthe history of the Big
House and marks the first time
the University has had to address
all the safety and security issues
that come with a night game.
"What's going to happen this
Saturday is the first time we'ye
attempted this in 132 years of
Michigan football, and we want
it to be great, we don't want it to
be a one-off event," Brandon a id.
"We'd love to see this be some-
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Students test
diabetes drug, add
Internet access in
Liberia schools
By CLAIRE GOSCICKI
Daily StaffReporter
From working in University
laboratories to serving underde-
veloped communities overseas,
four University students share
their experiences conducting
research this summer and make
a positive impact on people's
lives.
TESTING A TREATMENT
FOR DIABETES
Medical School student Ina
Chen and her colleagues at the
Michigan Diabetes Research and
Training Center - a unit of the
University of Michigan Health
System - may be one step closer
to creating a new treatment for
diabetes aftertesting a prototype
for a diabetes treatment drug
over the summer.
Intended to replace commonly
prescribed diabetes drugs called
glitazones, the prototype drug
that Chen studied works similar-
ly to glitazones in that it induces
insulin sensitivity - an impor-
PART 2 OF 3: STUDENTS'
SUMMER EXPERIENCES
tant aspect of treating diabetes.
Working under primary inves-
tigator Yuqing Chen, a professor
of internal medicine at the Medi-
cal School, Chen examined the
effects of the prototype on cell
cultures to better understand
See RESEARCH, Page 3A
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
Art & Design committee
searching for new dean M
Current Dean
Bryan Rogers
retiring in June
By ALYSSA ADLER
Daily StaffReporter
After getting a complete cur-
ricular reconstruction under
Dean Bryan Rogers during the
past 12 years, the School of Art
& Design will soon be under new
leadership when Rogers retires in
June.
Rogers wrote in an e-mail that
his retirement comes at a time
when he's ready to take a break
from constantly working and
eager to explore other aspects of
life outside of the School of Art &
Design.
"While I've always believed
that teaching, 'deaning' and art-
making were part of the same
creative cloth, I am indeed look-
ing forward to, among other
things, having more time to work
in my studio," wrote Rogers, who
is a painter.
But Rogers also said he'll miss .
working with the ,school, par-
ticularly the opportunity to help
advance higher education initia-
tives.
"I hope that I have contrib-
uted to unifying the educational
programs of the School of Art
& Design and to integrating the
school more productively into
See DEAN, Page 5A
SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS
Campus leaders promote student
activism at Day of Reflection event
Jeremiah Chamberlin, associate director of the English Department Writing Program, speaks at last nights event
Granta panel looks back on the
events of 9/11 and its aftershocks
MSA president, in her family to attend college and
she noticed something was miss-
sports captains ing.
Martin saw the need for a cam-
share experiences pus group for first-generation
college students like herself to
By CLAIRE HALL provide support for any challeng-
Daily Staff Reporter es students face. So, Martin took
it upon herself to help create First
When LSA senior Angel Mar- Generation College Students at
tin came to the University five Michigan.
years ago, she was the first person Last night, at the inaugural
event of Generation Found, a
coalition of campus organization
leaders, Martin spoke about how
the University helped her deal
with the problems she faced as a
first-generation college student.
"Michigan's diverse com-
munity of students and faculty
definitely was my saving grace,"
Martin said. "Here I found a net-
work of first (generation college
See ACTIVISM, Page SA
Literary magazine
sponsors talk with
'U' writers
By LUCY PERKINS
Daily Arts Writer
Ten years ago, the unthink-
able occurred. It was so shock-
ing when a plane crashed into
the first tower on Sept. 11, 2001,
most people remember exactly
where they were when they
heard the news. Photographs
of loved ones, commemorative
memorials and stories continue
to remind us of what happened.
"Ten Years Later," the latest
issue from the transatlantic lit-
erary magazine Granta, recog-
nizes the people affected by the
tragedy. A compilation of stories
of similar themes, the maga-
zine will have its global release
this month, accompanied by an
international conversation Ek-
ing place in more than 50 cit'ies
worldwide. One of them took
place in Ann Arbor yesterday at
Nicola's Books on Jackson Ave.
A literary panel composed of
University professors and Gran-
ta contributors spoke about the
See GRANTA, Page 3A
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