2A - Wednesday, April 11, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: In Other Ivory Towers This Week in History Campus Clubs Professor Profiles ROU Learning to scrum FRIDAY: Photos of the Week ND AND ROUND 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com Picture 15 stocky athletes in ing. short shorts and minimal pad- "A lot of guys come out ding sprinting down the field because they think it's sweet toward a small oblong ball. That, and want to give it a try," he said. in brief, is the sport of rugby - a Etheart said there are no try- competitive club sport played at outs for the team, which allows the University since 1959. players to get as serious about The University's club rugby the sport as they want. How- team plays other college teams ever, he noted that the team has around the Midwest, including recently gotten more competi- Michigan State and Ohio State, tive, hiring Matt Trenary, a Uni- in the collegiate division of USA versity alum and former player Rugby. on the team, as its head coach. LSA sophomore Ian Etheart, "I am most proud of the club president, said the group is direction of the club ... we have comprised of about 60 men who really stepped up a level of com- belong to two different teams, mitment and competition, and adding that many students who the boys really want the club to join the team don't have much succeed," Trenary said. "It is a rugby experience prior to join- great team effort and everyone has been working hard to see that happen." Etheart said the team's com- mitment translated into the club making it to the second round of the playoffs at collegiate nation- als duringthe fall season. He added that he hopes the club eventually becomes a var- sity sport at the University, but since there are only eight var- sity rugby teams in the country, he acknowledged that this is a long-term goal. "Everyone on the team would love to see this team turn var- sity, but that's long after I'm gone." - AARON GUGGENHEIM Newsroom 734-418-415 opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com SportsSection sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaiy.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com Finance fnance@michigandaily.com .I LSA sophomore Meghan O'Leary-Kelly uses a gyroscope insa Physics lah at Raodall Lahoratory yesterday. CRIME NOTES Re-search WHERE: North Campus Research Complex #520 East Building WHEN: Monday at about 2:20 p.m. WHAT: A 42" kiosk with an iPad were stolen over the weekend, University Police Reported. Though the kiosk was later located, the iPad is still missing. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Lost notes WHERE: Shapiro Under- graduate Library WHEN: Monday at about 12:40 p.m. WHAT: Between noon and 12:20 p.m. abackpack with a hard drive and a Mac- Book charger on the third floor was stolen, University Police reported. There are no suspects. Choral performance WHAT: Orpheus Singers will perform a program fea- turing pieces by Handel and Bach. Tickets to the perfor- mance are free. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: Moore Building Big spender .M Schwndled WH ERE: Campus Safety Mic check 1, 2 Services WH ERE: Intramulral loly film WHAT: The film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be shown. The film stars Golden Globe nominees Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson. WHO: WCBN FM WHEN: Today at 9 p.m. WHERE: Arbor Brewing Company Step up WHAT: Nine organizations will compete in a step show hosted by the National Pan- Hellenic Council. Tickets are $10 for adults. WHO: Michigan Union- Ticket Office WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. After an impostor tried to claim Maryland's large Mega-Millions jackpot, three public school teachers have stepped forward as the real winners, WJZ reported. While the winners wish to remain anonymous, each will net $35 million. What's it like to have sex in the Big House? How awkward is it have your former professor hit on you? Anonymous con- fessions predominate The Statement this week. 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One copy is available free of charge toalreaders.Additionaicopiesmaybepickedupat theOaiy'sofficefor$2.Subscriptionsfor fall term, starting in September, via U.S.mail areO$110.Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong(September through April) is $195.OUniversity affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate.On-campussubscriptions for falltermare$35.Subscriptions must beprepaid. WHEN: Monday at 12:45 p.m. WHAT: Five unauthorized transactions were made to a student's bank account while with his debit card, University Police reported. He discovered the problem when his card was declined at Starbucks. Sports Building WHEN: Monday at about 4:50 p.m. WHAT: A Schwinn bike valued that was parked out- side and valued at $120 was stolen between April 5 and April 8, University Police reported. There are no sus- pects. WHAT: An open mic night will take place and all are welcome to participate. Any type of act is allowed, from spoken word to dance. Anyone interested in per- forming can sign up online. Others are welcomed as audience members. WHO: LivingArts Pro- gramming Board WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: Bursley Resi- dence Hall, Blue Apple Cafe MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Share them with your followers on Twitter @CrimeNotes or find them on their new blog. W Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. Top Chinese politician ousted as his wife is accused of murder After gaining a nationwide following, Xilai sees career end BEIJING (AP) - A flamboyant and telegenic politician who until recently seemed destined for the top ranks of China's leadership was stripped of his most power- ful posts yesterday and his wife named in the murder of a British businessman as Chinese leaders moved to stem a scandal that has exposed divisive infighting. The announcement that Bo Xilai was being suspended from the Communist Party's Politburo and Central Committee and that his wife was a suspect in a homi- cide investigation put an end to a colorful political career. Media- savvy with a populist flair, Bo gained a nationwide following for busting organized crime and for reviving communist culture while running the inland mega- city of Chongqing.. His publicity-seeking ways angered some in the top leader- ship, however. In recent weeks, allegations of Bo's and his family's misdeeds leaked into public view, threatening to complicate prepa- rations by the leadership for a delicate, once-a-decade transition to younger leaders at a congress later this year. "This -means the political career of Bo Xilai is over," said Cheng Li, a Chinese politics expert at the Brookings Institu- tion in Washington. "The party wants to really resolve the Bo Xilai crisis in a relatively short periodoftime. Theywantto make sure that the attention for the 18th party congress will not suffer too much from the Bo Xilai episode." Bo's patrons included retired party elders who retain influence over senior appointments, and among his vocal supporters were influential generals and party members, scholars and ordinary Chinese who identify themselves as leftists. His removal raises questions about whether Chi- nese leaders will have to make concessions to them to achieve the political balance that has restrained factional fighting in recent decades. "A political succession that seemed completely predictable has been upended," said June Teufel Dreyer, a China politics expert at University of Miami. "We may be in for more surpris- es." An editorial to run today in the party's People's Daily news- paper appealed for unity and said the investigation into Bo's viola- tions would show the leadership's "solid resolve in safeguarding party discipline and the rule of law." Yesterday's announcement, carried by state media, provided details of what has been a lurid and embarrassing scandal for the leadership. Bo's removal from top govern- ment posts came on suspicion of involvement in unspecified but "serious discipline violations,"the Central Committee said, and his case was handed over to internal party investigators. a A