2A - Thursday, March 22, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Thursday, March 22, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers This Week in History WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs FRIDAY; Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPHLICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigndailycom Audiophile turned academic What were your dreams as a ingschedule? kid? As a doctoral student I worked I loved, and still do, both very hard, sometimes short- music and electronics. I ing sleep, yes, but I also played dreamt of combiningthose two hard. I hiked in the Sierras, and interests by doing some type I played alot of jazz gigs all over of audio electronics or signal the Bay Area. I even got to play processing. My research ended a couple times with Stan Getz, up not being about audio, but who was an artist in residence getting to teach music signal at Stanford then. Having some- processing in Engineering thing besides work to recharge 100 brings me back to my first your batteries, to use an EE interests. metaphor, is really important. Some say electrical engi- As a tenured professor, why neering students don't get do you choose to teach an any sleep due to their heavy introductory engineering workload. When you were a class for freshmen? Ph. D. student at Stanford, In EECS, most of us think how erratic was your sleep- that teaching the introduc- COURTESY OF JEFFREY FESSLER Prof. Jeffrey Fessler is a faculty member in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Pass the gas Lost and found Book talk WHERE: East Medical Center WHEN: Tuesday at about 8:30 a.m. WHAT: A vehicle parked in a parking structure had $60 worth of gasoline stolen from it, University Police reported. No suspects of the larceny have been identi- fied. Rage against the machine WHERE: Mason Hall WHEN: Wednesday at about 12:20 a.m. WHAT: Unidentified suspects caused several hundreds dollars of damage to a vending machine, Uni- versity Police reported. No items were stolen. WHERE: Northwood IV WHEN: Tuesday at 12:20 p.m. WHAT: A student reported four personal packages to be delivered to her apartment stolen, University Police reported. The U.S. Post Office has locatedthe pack- ages since the report. Rough housing WHERE: Washington Heights parkinglot WHEN: Wednesday at about 2:40 a.m. WHAT: A vehicle was damaged after a group of males reportedly stole a bench from the Ronald McDonald House and put it on a parked car, University Police reported. There are no suspects. and signing WHAT: A book signing hosted by Noam Scheiber, author of "The Escape Art- ists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery." WHO: Ford School of Pub- lic Policy WHEN: Today at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall Betty Ford Classroom SA PAC film screening WHAT: "The Undetected Rapist," a film about the large number of rapists who have not been indicted for their crimes, wil be shown. WHO: Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Com- mons, Forum Hall. War literature WHAT: A symposium reflecting on the ancient writings of war, including performances by theater groups WHO: Department of Com- parative Literature WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, room 32223 tory courses is the most chal- lenging and also the most important because the funda- mentals are so important for all the courses that follow. So we try to put experienced fac- ulty who take teaching seri- ously in those courses. I love music and signal processing, so that section of Engineer- ing 100 is one of my favorites to teach now. The difference between what students know leaving a course, compared to what they know coming into it, is especially dramatic in an introductory class, and that is particularly rewarding for an instructor. -JOSH QIAN A drug runner caught by police after a series of busts was found to have the vehicle license plate "SMUGLER" before being arrested, MSNBC reported. The smuggler attempted to transport nearly 24 lbs. of cocaine. Pinball Pete's, which houses the usual mod- ern arcade games, also boasts an impressive collec- tion of themed pinballgames, including those inspired by Tron and Star Trek. "> FOR MORE, SEE THE B-SIDE, INSIDE A teacher saved two students in a parking lot after the car they were in burst into flames upon hit- ting a speed bump, the Daily Mail reported. Witnesses used fire extinguishers to put out the flames before anyone was hurt. EDITORIAL STAFF Josh Healy ManagingEditor jahealy@michigandaily.com BethanyBio ManogingNewstEditor biro@nichigssdailyooe SENIOR NESETORSaeyGtho, HaleyGoldbergRayzodsn ih, PaigePearcy,Adam Rubenfire ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS: Giacomo Bologna, Anna Rozenberg, Andrew Schulman, Peter Shahin, K.C. 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Because of Syria's close alli- Bombings raise ances with Iran and the Leba- nese militant group Hezbollah, fears that reVOlt there are deep concerns that could spread the violence could spread cou Sprea beyond the country's borders, especially if other nations arm BEIRUT (AP) - The the rebels or send in their own "extremely dangerous" con- troops. flict in Syria could have global During a U.N. Security Coun- repercussions, U.N. Secretary- cil committee meeting yester- General Ban Ki-moon said yes- day, the United States, Britain, terday, asfreshviolence erupted and France accused Iran of and an al-Qaida-inspired group smuggling weapons to Syria to claimed responsibility for two help put down the uprising. suicide bombings in Damascus. "We do not know how events The uprising that began a will unfold," Ban said during a year ago has transformed into speech in the Indonesian capi- an armed insurgency that many tal, Jakarta. "But we do know fear is pushing the country that we all have a responsibility to work for a resolution of this profound and extremely dan- gerous crisis ... that has poten- tially massive repercussions for the region and the world." His comments came as the previously divided U.N. Secu- rity Council united to approve a nonbinding statement call- ing on the Syrian government and opposition to immediately implement proposals by inter- national envoy Kofi Annan to end the bloodshed. Syrian activists reported shelling by government in forces in hotspots including the central province of Homs, and fighting between army defec- tors and soldiers in Damascus suburbs. CANDIDATE From Page 1A because they are very strategic and good at what they do," Lei- bach wrote. "Not many people are aware of this anti-Israel situation ... but now you are." Hashwi said the claims are untrue and added that he is sup- portive of students of all religions and sexual orientations. "I am a Muslim American. However, I respect all religions," Hashwi said. "Manish doesn't have a religion ... we respect all religions equally and we do not discriminate against any religion or any sexual orientation." Hashwi added that on Friday, he attended Juma'a Shabbat, acol- laborative event for Jewish and Muslim students. He added that while he was unable to attend the Muslim Juma'a prayers, he still went to the University of Michigan Hillel for Shabbat ser- vices. "These claims are really absurd," Hashwi said. "(Anyone) who knows me as a person would easily demolish these claims that I'm homophobic or anti-Semit- ic." In a statement to The Michi- gan Daily, Leibach wrote that she did not intend to "offend or insult anyone" by sending the e-mail. "I am deeply sorry if my (email) resulted in anyone's hurt "I have nothing but love for feelings or caused any personal every member of theJewish harm," she wrote, community, for the people of In an e-mail interview last Israel, and for every Wolverine night, LSA junior David Rosen- on campus," Parikh said. "As wein, the president of the Uni- long as you have an Mcard in versity Hillel's governing board, your pocket and you do not sup- wrote that the opinions Leibach port Michigan State, I love you." expressed in the e-mail did not He also addressed the issue of reflect Hillel's position. the University investing in com- "Hillel's position on CSG elec- panies with ties to Israel, a topic tions, as in all student govern- that came up in the vice presi- ment elections, is to encourage dential debate. student participation," Rosen- "Me and myvice presidenthave wein wrote. "The e-mail sent out nothing to do and would never was one individual's personal have anything to do with divest- opinion and was written and sent ment from Israel," Parikh said. without knowledge or consent One aim of Parikh and Hash- from Hillel's Governing Board." wi's platform, as stated on their While three other CSG presi- Facebook page, is to encourage dential candidates discussed the University to invest respon- their campaign platforms at the sibly. The platform says the Uni- Interfraternity Council meeting versity "should invest in socially last night, Parikh spoke to the responsible companies," such as IFC to reaffirm his and his run- businesses that promote science, ning mate's commitment to the technology and the entrepre- University's Jewish community neurial endeavors of students. and all communities on campus. Public Policy junior Kevin "I stand here before you today, Mersol-Barg, the presidential * sadly, not to talk to about my candidate for OurMichigan, said platform," Parikh said. "But I that rather than making a deci- am forced to come here today to sion based on Leibach's e-mail, speak about my view on secular- students should focus on the ism and on religion in light of a candidates' platforms. letter and e-mail that is being "This is making a personal circulated amongst various attack against a particular can- institutions and organizations didate," Mersol-Barg said. "Ulti- on campus." mately, e-mails like this are not Parikh emphasized his devo- healthy nor conducive to the tion to Jewish students and to all type of campaign atmosphere we students on campus. want to see." --n1 ,, .... , . .. ... . .. : :.- ,. art an lip v° ae . FOLLOW THE DAILY ON TWITTER @MICHIGANDAILY @MICHDAILYNEWS @MICHDAILYSPORTS @MICHDAILYARTS @MICHDAILYOPED @MICHDAILYPHOTO @MICHDAILYDESIGN 1 _ 0 d 0 I