2 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012. The Michigan-Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers WEDNESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: Campus Clubs FRIDAY: Photos of the Week L4 fficigan Dail 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com Arson destroys charity's building 10 years ago this week (Feb. 20, 2002): Arson was ruled the cause of a fire that burned down the Ann Arbor United Way headquarters on Feb. 19th, 2002, The Michigan Daily reported. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Skyrpec said flammable mate- rial was discovered when canines searched the scene. United Way is a national organization that raises money to give resources to families in need and provides funding for other agencies, including the Boy Scouts of America. Some speculated that the arson was started by allies of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans- gender Affairs in support of its ini- tiative to stop the University from funding United Way because the organization provides funding to the Boy Scouts, which has a strict anti-homosexual policy. 50 years ago this week (Feb. 21, 1962): The state of Michigan's constitutional convention passed a proposal regarding higher educa- tion in the state that required that university governing board meet- ings at state institutions be open to the public and that all state univer- sities must give an annual account of their financial accounting to the legislature. The proposal also granted con- stitutional status to all ten state colleges and universities and required legislative responsibil- ity for community colleges, which was a first for the state, according to the Daily. 100 years ago this week (Feb. 22, 1912): Twenty feet of snow fell over the course of the week and wreaked havoc on the University's events planned to honor former President George Washington's birthday, the Daily reported. The inclement weather prevent- ed Chase Osborn, then governor of Michigan, from traveling to Ann Arbor to give a speech in Wash- ington's honor at the University. All trains between Lansing and Ann Arbor were suspended, but two snowplows were brought in to clear the tracks in an attempt to bring the governor to the Universi- ty.After working for two hours and clearing only five miles of track, the crew abandoned the effort - K.C. 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Mike Doughty is perform- WHO: Multi-Ethnic Stu- ing his newly released solo dent Affairs album, Yes and Also Yes. WHEN: Tonight at 8:30 His popular music includes p.m. "Looking at the World from WHERE: Palmer Commons the Bottom of a Well" and "I Hear the Bells." Tickets CORRECTIONS start at $22.50. WHO: Michigan Union * Please report any Ticket Office error in the Daily to WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. corrections@michi- WHERE: The Ark gandaily.com. Taiwanese-American NBA player Jeremy Lin was the subject of a head- line that was published on ESPN.com that used a racial slur, according to the Los Angeles Times. ESPN appol- ogized and fired the headline writer. From the Daily: Civil- ian trials have proven effective in many cases of accused terrorism. Extra- legal practices like indefinite detention should be ended in favor of due process and human dignity. FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 A five-year-old boy is one of the youngest people to identify with Gender Identity Disorder, The Telegraph reported. The elementary school the boy, who identifies as a girl, attends created a unisex bathroom for him to use. 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One copy is avalable free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fal term, starting in September, viaU .S.mal are $110. Winterterm( January through April)is $11s.yearlong (september through April)is $19s.Universityaffiates are subject to a reduced subscription rate.On-campus subscriptions for fallterma sr3s.Subscriptions must beprepaid. 0* 01 HORMONE From Page 1 able to manipulate the levels of the hormone released and sub- sequently identify a cause of its increase. Rackham student Bill Chopik, who worked with Edelstein on the study, said an interesting implication of the research was its ability to challenge commonly held beliefs. "There's an assumption that whether it be intimate movies or action movies ... we assume they affect people the same way," Chopik said. "Action movies exhilarate us; intimacy movies make us feel certain feelings, but what's interesting is that's not the entire story for everybody... Individuals differ from each other." The study was conducted using a sample of 229 male and female undergraduate students who responded to questions regarding their abilities to be intimate in romantic relation- ships. They were then shown one of three videos that acted as potential stimuli for the estra- diol - a film of ocean life, a video depicting children dancing, or a clip portraying a close father- daughter relationship. The par- ticipants' saliva was sampled before and after the film viewing as a way to detect the hormonal changes. Edelstein and her team chose an intimate clip that portrayed a close, but not romantic, relation- ship with a father and daughter as a way of eliminating the sexu- al hormones and focusing on the emotional ones. "We got the research showing that there are a lot of hormone changes that come along with viewing sexual kinds of images, but not this specifically intimate quality," Edelstein said. "We thought that using a parent-child interaction would separate that sexual component and get that out of it." However, Edelstein predicts that the findings would also be relevant to romantic .relation- ships. While both men and women participated in the study, there was a dramatic difference in the hormonal activity of each gender. Even men who reported to be intimate in relationships showed virtually no change in estradiol levels when exposed to the videos. While the study did not offer an explanation for the discrep- ancy between men and women, Edelstein speculated that the difference could be due to dif- ferent estradiol sensitivity levels between men and women. "We're wondering also though whether woman identified with the video clip more," Edelstein added, referring to the father- daughter relationship depicted. "So that's another thing we might like to try is maybe (use) a different kind of clip that would elicit the same response for avoidant men." Considering the findings of the study, Tim Davis, associate director of Counseling and Psy- chological Services at the Uni- versity, said personality types also have a large influence in determining how an individual approaches4 relationships. He also stressed the role that social- ization and life experience play 'in shaping attitudes towards intimacy, citing the effect trau- ma may have on one's ability to form attachments. "Sometimes that might just mean a really severe emotional letdown on the part of someone who's close to them," Davis said. "Sometimes it means a real viola- tion of trust or sexual abuse that makes it hard for people to trust enough to be emotionally inti- mate as adults." However, according to Chopnik, the early childhood socialization approach and the hormone responses found in the study are by no means exclusive of each other. He said attach- ment theory - which examines the impact of childhood experi- ences on subsequent relation- ships and interactions - was an important consideration and basis for the study. He added that early socializa- tion affects hormone responses in later life, describing it as a bi- directional relationship. "Hormones influence how we behave, and how we behave influences hormones," Chopik said. Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Mayfield Heights, Ohio on Feb.16. Presidential campaigns and outside political groups began filing detailed financial reports yesterday. Republican super PACs buoyed by mega donors Two Super PACs spent close to $24 million in January WASHINGTON - A pair of "super" political action commit- tees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon major gifts and repeat donations from wealthy business executives, according to . financial reports the groups filed yesterday with the government. The super PACs - Mitt Rom- ney-leaning Restore Our Future and Newt Gingrich-supportive Winning Our Future -'raised a combined $17 million last month. That financial strength allowed the groups to hit the airwaves in key primary states with millions of dollars in expensive TV ads. The groups' fundraising offers a periodic behind-the-scenes glimpse into the identities of the wealthy supporters who will help elect the next president, along with details on how the tens of millions of dollars they donated have been spent this election sea- son. Restore Our Future, which spent $14 million last month, has been boosted by more than two dozen repeat donors. Winning Our Future, which spent $9.7 million, is largely supported by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife. The super PACs, as well as other groups supporting other candidates and the individual campaigns, were required to dis- close how much they raised and the identities of their donors in reports filed with the Federal Election Commission by mid- night yesterday. Those reports provided a snapshot of fundraising for President Barack Obama's early campaign and for Republican candidates as they battled dur- ing important primary elections in January. During the month, GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum had briefly surged ahead of front-runner Mitt Romney but trailed the for- mer Massachusetts governor in fundraising. Since then, Santo- rum has climbed remarkably in polls as support eroded just as stunningly for Gingrich follow- ing his disappointing showing in Florida. Restore Our Future has been a boon for Romney, who has bene- fited greatly from the group's TV ads attacking Gingrich in par- ticular. Such ads were purchased thanks to the financial help of repeat donors, including Marri- ott International Chairman J.W. Marriott Jr., who has given the super PAC $750,000 to date. The super PAC also reported new donors, including Hewlett- Packard CEO Meg Whitman. Romney mentored Whitman, recently an unsuccessful can- didate for California governor, during the 1980s at Boston-based Bain & Co., the private equity firm Romney headed. Whit- man's $100,000 check to Restore Our Future came days after she joined Romney at a celebration of his victory in the New Hamp- shire primary. 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