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Literary living

What were your dreams as a kid?
To be a writer. I wanted to write the
great American novel. When I was a
young teenager, I also thought it would
be really cool to die young, a la Sylvia
Plath or Jack Kerouac, so that everyone
would lament how I hadn't reached
my potential. Now that I'm older, it
seems a lot braver to just keep working
toward your potential no matter what.
I still haven't written my novel, but
now someone like Frank McCourt, who
wrote "Angela's Ashes" when he was 65
years old, is more of a role model.
What is your most awkward and
most pleasant teaching experience?
My most awkward teaching experi-
ence was last year, when I was trying
to teach 80 students in'hands-on
activities' in a residence hall basement
at night. This year, the second time

around, has been much more pleasant,
both because I'm more organized and
because we've got smaller sections. I
remember particularly enjoying teach-
ing a section of English 124 that was
on literature of the body - we wrote
about "Alice in Wonderland," Dalton
Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun,"
Freud's "Dora" and Susanna Kaysen's
"Girl, Interrupted." That class just had
a lot of fun.
Tell us a random fact about
yourself.
I have sung with the (University Musi-
cal Society) Choral Union since 1996.
We won several Grammys in 2004 for
our recording of William Bolcom's
"Songs of Innocence and of Experi-
ence," including Best Classical Album,
Best Choral Recording, Prof. Bolcom,
who received the Grammy for Best

Classical Contemporary Composition
in 2006, is on the Music faculty at the
University of Michigan.
What do you do outside of work?
I sing. I used to do a lot of community
theater when I had more time. I'm on
the Board of Directors with Ann Arbor
Civic Theater. I play with Legos with
my 10-year-old stepson and do puzzles
a fair amount in my spare time. I like to
go for long family bike rides and hikes.
What is one life message you want
your students to take away from
your classes?
Invest whatever you do with your own
meaning - you are here to grow and
learn for yourself, notto work toward a
grade or someone else's opinion of you.
In order to grow, it's necessary to take
risks and even to fail.
-JOSH QIAN

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Prof. Jean Leverich's advice to stu-
dents isnto take risks.

CRIME NOTES

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The fast and Cash n' dash Colorful

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the furious
WHERE:1500 Block East
Hospital Boulevard
WHEN: Tuesday at about
10:15 a.m.
WHAT: A valet reported he .
found a handgun in a car,
University police reported.
The owner had a concealed
weapon license and was
issued a citation.
The day the
music died
WHERE: Couzens Hall
WHEN: Tuesday at about
8:15 a.m.
WHAT: A staff member
reported their iPod sto-
len from a locked closet
between Feb. 4 and Feb.14,
University police reported.
There are several suspects.

WHERE: Medical Science
Research Building I
WHEN: Tuesday at about
2 p.m.
WHAT: $400 cash was sto-
len from an unlocked office,
University Police reported.
The cash was reported
as being stolen any time
between Feb.11 and Feb. 14.
There are no suspects.
Crying wolf
WHERE: 1120 Catherine
St.
WHEN: Tuesday at about
7:45 a.m.
WHAT: A call was made
reporting a two-vehicle
accident, but when the
responding officer arrived
at the scene the vehicles had
dispersed, University Police
reported.

nourishment immersion

WHAT: A discussion for
women of color who iden-
tify with sensitive race-
related issues. The luncheon
encourages open dialogue
and self-expression. A free
lunch will be provided
WHO: Counseling and Pys-
chological Services
WHEN: Today at 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
CSG Chambers
Living life
pantomime
WHAT: A pantomime artist
is scheduled to perform to
link language and interac-

WHAT: A perfomance
featuring classical, folk
and instrumental Turkish
music. Tickets are $7 per
person and may be pur-
chased at the door.
WHO: Rumi Club
WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Anderson Room
Gay ballet class
WHAT: A class that's an
alternative to traditional
adult ballet classes, which is
open to all levels of dancers.
There is no dress code.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League

Four rabid skunks have
been found in Ann
Arbor, since September
WDIV reported. The Washt-
enaw County Public Health
Department confirmed the
most recent case of rabies
after a skunk foughi with a
dog on the city's west side.
Students combine
engineering, architec-
ture, dance and visual
image in one interdisciplin-
ary course that asks the ques-
tion: How does one apply
creativity to social issues?
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A study found that web-
sites promoting extra-
marital affairs thrive
the day after Valentine's Day,
USA Today reported. The
increase in site hits is said
to be due to spousal dissatis-
faction with Valentine's Day
expectations.

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laze started by and fire brigade immediately. But
firefighters said they were kept
hate tore through outside for half an hour by guards
who fired their guns in the air,
thinking they had a riot or a break-
men trapped out on their hands.
Officials have long had little
control over conditions inside
XUCIGALPA, Honduras many Honduran prisons, where
A fire started by an inmate inmates have largely unfettered
hrough an overcrowded access to cell phones and other
in Honduras, burning contraband.
uffocating screaming men Survivors told investigators the
ir locked cells as rescuers unidentified inmate yelled "We
ately searched for keys. As will all die here!" as he lit fire to
as 300 people were killed in his bedding late Tuesday night in
rld's deadliest prison fire in the prison in the central town of
ecades. Comayagua, north of the capital of
local governor, who was Tegucigalpa. The lockup housed
a prison employee, told people convicted of serious crimes
ers yesterday that an inmate such as homicide and armed rob-
her moments before the bery.
broke out and sereamed: "I The blaze spread within min-
t this place on fire and we utes, killing about 100 inmates in
going to die!" their cells as firefighters strug-
nayagua Gov. Paola Cas- gled to find officials who had
A she called the Red Cross keys, Comayagua fire department

spokesman Josue Garcia said.
"We couldn't get them out
because we didn't have the keys
and couldn't find the guards who
had them," Garcia said.
Other prisoners were set free by
guards but died from the flames
or smoke as they tried to flee into
the fields surrounding the facility,
where prisoners grew corn and
beans on a state-run farm.
Rescuers carried shirtless,
semiconscious prisoners from the
prison by their arms and legs. One
hauled avictim away by piggyback.
Comayagua, which houses
members of the nation's largest
gangs, was built in the 1940s for
400 inmates, but its population
had more than doubled to 852,
with only 100 guards to maintain
order. Unlike U.S. prisons, where
locks can be released automati-
cally in an emergency, Honduran
prisons are infamous for being
old, overcrowded hotbeds of con-
flict and crime.

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Go Mitt Rnmney speaks at a rally in Kentwond yesterday.
Romnney criticizes auto
bailIouts in campaign stop

Libyan judicial system unequipped to
handle cases of Gadhafi supporters

Judicial disarray sign
of dysfunction among
militias
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - One
of the first trials for thousands
of Libyans detained on suspicion
of links to the ousted regime
of Moammar Gadhafi is turn-
ing into a prime example of how
unequipped the country's justice
system is to handle the cases.
At a hearing in the eastern city
of Benghazi yesterday, a Gadhafi-
era judge in a Gadhafi-era military
courtroom planned to hear evi-
dence against 50 people accused of
the Gadhafi-era crime of "treason
against the revolution."
But the judge postponed the
hearing because the militia that
has detained the defendants
refused to bring them to court.

The case underlines how much
power still lies with the hundreds
of militias that fought Gadhafi's
troops during the eight-month
civil war, which ended when the
longtime dictator was captured
and killed last October.
It also indicates how, one year
after the start of the anti-Gadhafi
uprising, the National Transi-
tional Council now ruling Libya
has made little progress in fill-
ing the void left by the collapse of
Gadhafi's regime with effective
state institutions like courts and
organized security forces.
The NTC has so far failed to
extend its control over the hun-
dreds of militias that fought in
the war. Nor has it taken control
over the scores of detention cen-
ters these groups run for people
accused of links to the Gadhafi
regime. Human rights groups say
these centers hold thousands of

people, some of whom have been
tortured.
The NTC's head, Mustafa
Abdul-Jalil, acknowledged the
body's shortcomings in an inter-
view with Al-Jazeera television
yesterday.
"After the liberation, the
national council's deficits sur-
faced," he said. He said the
72-member body was "very slow"
in making decisions, largely
because "everybody is afraid that
if they speed up, financial corrup-
tion will take place."
While highly respected among
Libyans, Abdul-Jalil has faced
mounting criticism since the
war's end for being unable to
impose the council's authority.
But he also blamed the fighters
themselves for refusing to return
to civilian life or integrate into
the new government's security
forces.

Tactic aims to
challenge Santorum
in Michigan primary
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP)
- Republican presidential can-
didate Mitt Romney is wooing
tea partyers in his home state of
Michigan with a potentially risky
strategy: blasting the auto indus-
try bailout that many people
credit with savingthe state's most
vital industry..
The tactic seems designed to
undermine Rick Santorum's pop-
ularity with conservatives who
dislike government intervention
in business, even when the results
appear defensible. It also reinforc-
es Romney's image as an experi-
enced capitalist who understands
the pain sometimes involved in
makingcompanies work.
Santorum's fast rise in nation-
al polls has forced Romney to
sharpen his criticisms of the for-
mer Pennsylvania senator. Santo-
rum says his team will "plant our
flag" in Michigan while also cam-
paigning in other states.
A Romney loss in Michigan's
Feb. 28 primary would be hugely
embarrassing, or worse, to his
campaign. His team has pro-
moted an aura of inevitability for
months, but Romney has failed to

persuade the party's most conser-
vative segments to embrace him.
Romney's father was a top auto
executive and three-term gov-
ernor of Michigan, and Romney
still holds big financial advantag-
es over Santorum, Newt Gingrich
and Ron Paul. Thus far, he has
bought far more TV advertising
time than they have.
When longtime Michigan
political analyst Craig Ruff was
asked if a Romney loss here
is conceivable, he said: "I'm
astounded, but yes." Ruff worked
for Republican Gov. William
Milliken but now is an indepen-
dent.
He said he was surprised by
how vigorously Romney is criti-
cizing the government rescue of
General Motors and Chrysler in
2008-2009.
"Many, many Republicans
have ties to the auto industry,"
through investments or current
or former employment, Ruff
said. "He's got a lot of explaining
to do."
Some GOP activists, however,
said Romney's actions make
sense. He already was on record
opposing the bailouts. So his
Tuesday op-ed in the Detroit
News gave him a chance to elab-
orate, they said. And his stance
will appeal to business-oriented
Republicans as well as more


libertarian-leaning voters who
oppose government intrusion in
general.
"It may be dicey in the general
election, but it's not dicey in the
primary," said Lansing-based
Republican strategist Steve
Mitchell. "Republicans opposed
the auto bailout. They opposed
other bailouts. They oppose bail-
outs."
A May 2010 poll conducted by .
EPIC-MRA for the Detroit Free
Press found that nearly two-
thirds of Michigan adults thought
the auto bailout was a good idea.
Republicans were more closely
divided, with 51 percent calling it
a good idea, and 43 percent call-
ing it a bad idea.
Santorum, Gingrich and Paul
also criticized the auto industry
rescue, but Romney's remarks
have drawn more attention
because of his ties to the state
and the auto industry.
Santorum hopes Michigan's
tea party supporters will vote
in big numbers, possibly over-
whelming Romney's advantage
with party insiders. Insurgent
candidates have done well here
it times. Pat Robertson won
the GOP primary in 1988. John
McCain beat George W. Bush
here in 2000 after then-Gov.
John Engler promised Michigan
would be Bush's firewall.

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