2A - Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Swing A2 hits the dance floor FENG SHUI TUESDAY cl c ilt-an DatIly 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 From East Coast Swing to the Lindy Hop, at Swing Ann Arbor students and- community mem- bers can learn the steps necessary to masterboth. SAA is a University campus organization that teaches stu- dents and Ann Arbor residents how to swing dance - whether they have prior experience or not - at weekly meetings in the Michigan Union. Rackham student Sara Lapan, the SAA curriculum director, said there is a fun and welcom- ing environment at the meetings, adding that there are free begin- ner lessons offered to teach the different dances. The organization also runs two month-long series for different dances, including Lindy Hop for beginners, according to Lapan. Lapan likened Lindy Hop to "a fancy new car," adding that East Coast Swing is the "generic rental that gets you around until your Lindy Hop is ready." The two signature dances taught at SAA meetings are Lindy Hop and Charleston, while begin- ners start off with the easier and more famous East Coast Swing. SAA also hosts special workshops with choreographed dances that integrate jazz steps less common in swing dances. Rackham student Nathan Rix, a SAA member, wrote in an email that the club environment makes it easy to feel comfortable and participate. "The only requirement is that you be yourself," Rix wrote. "The point is simply to have fun, listen, and play. And anyone can join." SAA has a diverse group of members, as the club is open to anyone interested in the art of swing dancing. SAA holds weekly dance meetings every. Wednesday. For new members, free begin- ner lessons are at 8 p.m., while open dance is held from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., All meetings are held in the Michigan Union and cost $4 each night for students and $5 for the public. - ALEX O'CONNOR Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt. 3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@mnichigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classifled@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com Alden Reiss/Daily Programmer for LSA DMC Joseph Want does TasiChi outside of the Undergraduate Library. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Warm towels? Four wheels Rep. 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The theft occured between 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Monday. lic Policy WHEN: Today at 4 p.m WHERE: Annenberg Aud- torium, Weill Hall Black History Month film WHAT: The Black Psycho- logical Student Association will sponsor a showing of the film "Skin" about race, childhood, and identity amongst Boer South Afri- cans. Admission is free and open to the public. WHO: The Black Psycho- logical Association WHEN: Tonight at 6 p.m WHERE: East Hall CORRECTIONS " An article in the Feb. 21 edition of The Michigan Daily ("Housing short- age displaces students") incorrectly stated that the closure of Baits II Residence Hall is con- tributing to the hous- ing shortage next fall. Baits II will be closed during the summer, but will be open in the fall. . Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Basement Arts, a stu- dent-run organization, will be performing "The Shadow Box." Revolv- ing around a group of cancer patients, the show manages to convey themes of death and grief through humor. s> FOR MORE, SEE ARTS, PAGE 5A In a surprising twist to the dog chases cat story, a German Shep- herd chased a mountain lion up a tree in California, KNTV reported. The mountain lion remained in the tree in the suburban neighborhood for hours before coming down. Regulators allow imports of cancer drugs in dire shortage V Quality concerns over domestic production led to shuttering of labs and facilities TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Feder- al regulators have approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages that had been ratcheting up fears that patients, particularly chil- dren with leukemia, would miss lifesaving treatments. Butthere are currently283sep- arate prescription drugs in short supply or unavailable nationwide, and regulators and manufactur- ers say shortages are a long-term problem that will continue to give patients and doctors nightmares. Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration said it will tem- porarily allow importation of a replacement drug for Doxil, a drug for recurrent ovarian or bone marrow cancer. The John- son & Johnson drug hasn't been available for new patients for months because J&J's contract manufacturer had to shut down production over serious quality lapses. The FDA also has approved a new supplier for a preservative- free version of methotrexate, a crucial drug for children with a type of leukemia called ALL, for lymphomas and for the bone can- cer osteosarcoma. The version with preservatives, the one that's been scarce, can be toxic or cause paralysis in children and other patientsgettingthe drugeitherby injections into spinal cord fluid or at very high doses. The FDA also has approved the release of a batch manufactured by Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., shortly before it closed several factories at its complex in Bed- ford, Ohio, due to serious quality problems. That closing was what turned the periodic methotrexate shortage that began in late 2008 into a crisis almost overnight, with fears that kids would begin missing treatments within weeks. "We have made real progress ... We believe that (suppliers) will be able to meet the demands of patients in the U.S. market" for the two drugs indefinitely, FDA Dr. Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. "It's a huge relief for us." Numerous medical and drug- maker groups, along with the White House, applauded the news but cautioned that much still must be done to resolve all the prob- lems causing shortages. 0 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks Monday at a rally in Muskegon, Michigan. Santorum adds religion and faith to new attacks on Obama R UP After bin Laden raid, popularity of Navy SEAL film explodes nationally Independent movie about SEAL life shown in 2,500 theaters Washington (AP) - Navy SEALs never expected the film "Act of Valor," starring real, active-duty Navy SEALs, to be this big. Five years ago, commanders allowed a small, independent film company into their elite ranks to turn real-life training exercises into a feature-length movie in hopes of drumming up recruits fast SEAL officers thought the film would open in a couple of theaters in military towns, then quietly move to cable television, where re-runs would draw likeminded youths to join the special opera- tions world. Then came the Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last year, and a high-pro- file hostage rescue in Somalia last month. President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address and gave a shout-out to SEALS, with Adm. Bill McRaven, the SEAL and bin Laden raid com- mander, sitting quietly in Obama's box. Now, the once modest recruit- ing project is set to open Feb. 24 in roughly2,500theatersnationwide, putting an uncomfortable spot- light on a group that prides itself on keeping its collective mouth shut about clandestine operations. The officers and staff who helped bring the film about spoke on condition of anonymity because they are embarrassed by the massive media blitz and public interest, and - most of all - they are tired ofgettinggrieffromtheir special operations colleagues, whose daring exploits haven't made it into the headlines. One of the few that's gone on record is overall special opera- tions commander McRaven. "It was initially started as a recruiting film so we could help recruit minorities into the teams," McRaven explained. He said he didn't think the film gave any- thing away to the enemy, nor would it put in danger the SEALs who starred in it. McRaven told a Washington audience recently that he'd signed up for special operations forces after seeing the 1968 John Wayne film, "The Green Berets," and that he had worked on the movie "Raise the Titanic" as a young ensign, also to drive recruitment. Toward that end, the script was designed to showcase two things, according to producer-directors Mike "Mouse" McCoy and Scott Waugh: real acts of valor by SEALs on the battlefield since Sept. 11, and the SEALs' unique technical abilities to reach a tar- get by sea, air or land as the acro- nym suggests. 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Santorum's comments, privately tt Romney also is sharp- suggesting they could hurt him in his anti-Obama rhetoric. a general election. id yesterday the president But it's difficult for Romney ns with "a secular agenda" to openly criticize Santorum on lurts religious freedom. In these points because Romney al, however, the former already has trouble appealing to achusetts governor has not the party's socially conservative usly challenged Obama's base. Santorum's remarks could es, often saying the presi- come up in Wednesday's debate in s decent but inept. Mesa, Ariz., sponsored by CNN. t Santorum and Newt Gin- Gingrich, campaigning Mon- have heightened their day in Oklahoma, called Obama s that Obama's intentions "the most dangerous president sot always benign, ahead in modern American history." ednesday's televised GOP Gingrich said the adminis- dential debate and next tration's "willful dishonesty" 's primaries in Michigan about alleged terrorists' motives rizona. threatens the country. ntorum, the former Penn- Gingrich has long been nia senator who suddenly known for over-the-top rheto- reatening Romney in his ric, and Santorum's rapid rise in e state of Michigan, says the polls has drawn much of the a cares only about power, campaign's focus away from the te "interests of people." He former House speaker. "Obamacare," the health Some of Santorum's remarks overhaul Obama enacted, echo attacks on Obama dur- ing the 2008 presidential race, V when critics portrayed him as a mysterious politician with hid- den motives and questionable allegiance to the United States. More recent examples include: -Saturdayin Columbus, Ohio, Santorum criticized Obama for requiring health insurance plans to cover prenatal testing. He said such tests lead to "more abor- tions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society. That too is part of Obam- acare, another hidden message as to what President Obama thinks of those who are less able than the elites who want to gov- ern our country." Obama campaign spokes- woman Lis Smith said "prena- tal screenings are essential to promote the health of both the mother and baby and to ensure safe deliveries." -On Monday in Steubenville, Ohio, Santorum said Obama "talks about how he's going to help manufacturing, after he sys- tematically destroyed it. You pick any area. Financial services. One after another, where he has this ideology of government-central- ized control. Not worried about the interests of people. He's wor- ried about the interest of power so he can dictate to people what he believes is best." A