~~I~e lldian 0:aiIjj Ann Arbor, Michigan FOOTBALL SATURDAYS Big House cell service mars H.A.I.L. app Tuesday, September 11, 2012 michigandaily.com A W+ rece ince As team's end zon over Ai out cel in with ment's gram, Involve H.A. vide i that at ing eve footbal hockey technic home o dents r checkin due to N ty cell a The poor c lem th anticipa accordi depart of mark thletic Dept. and server were working dur- .. ingthe game, and students were corking to fix able to check in from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. if they could find service. ,ption issues for "Historically, cell service and ntive program data is slow in the stadium with all those people in such a small area," Thick said. By BEN ATLAS The lack of service, however, For the Daily will not disqualify any students from earning attendance points. the Michigan football Thick said the department offense searched for the receives attendance data when a ne during Saturday's win student's ticket is scanned, and ir Force, students sought they plan to reach out to those 1 phone service to check who attended to ensure they h the Athletic Depart- receive their points. new student loyalty pro- Thick said the department Honoring Attendance, is working to improve the Big ment and Loyalty. House's cell coverage for future IL. - designed to pro- football games. ncentives to students Aside from the service issue tend non-revenue sport- on Saturday, Thick said she nts and arrive early to thinks the H.A.I.L. program has 1, men's basketball and been well received by students. games - experienced Students earn two points al difficulties at the when they check in at most free pener this Saturday. Stu- athletic events and one point for reported having trouble checking in at revenue events, ng in on the mobile app including football, men's bas- Michigan Stadium's spot- ketball and ice hockey. Students and data coverage. can earn two points at the reve- stadium's notoriously nue events if they arrive at least ell service was a prob- 20 minutes before the start of e Athletic Department the game. ated it might encounter, The app is designed to encour- ng to Angela Thick, the age more students to attend ment's assistant director Michigan athletic events. Points eting. Thick said the app See H.A.I.L., Page 3 A firetruck reports to the fire at 611 Church St. that started when a deep fryer ignited at Amer's Delicatessen on Monday afternoon. Fire displaces students Residents of 611 Church St. evacuated from building By GIACOMO BOLOGNA and AUSTEN HUFFORD Daily StaffReporters The Ann Arbor Fire Depart- ment responded to a report of a fire at Amer's Delicatessen on Church Street at about 4:10 p.m. Monday. According to witnesses at the scene, smoke was coming from the front door of Amer's and the roof of the apartment building located above Amer's. No injuries were reported, and it is unclear when residents who live in' the apartment building will be allowed back in the building. Restoration workers on the scene said there was about 140 gallons of water damage inside Rick's American Cafe, located in the same building. AAFD CaptainJim Budd said a deep fryer on the first floor of the restaurant appeared to be responsible for the fire when the grease in it ignited. Budd speculated that the equipment then malfunctioned, rendering the fire suppression systems unable to contain the grease. A handful of fire trucks - including one with its ladder extended to the roof of the building - and emergency response vehicles were d the scene. Craig Sidelinger, a safety officer with the AAFD, said the fire was active when the fire- fighters arrived at the scene. LSA junior Remi Forster, a resident of 611 Church St., said she initially thought the alarms were a drill, but was quickly evacuated from the building. See FIRE, Page 3 7 LOCAL BUSINESS Service rents A2 homes out for football tailgates Rent Like a Champion offers hospitality to visiting fans By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily StaffReporter Fans seeking affordable hous- ing while visiting during foot- ball weekends are in luck as Rent Like a Champion, a rental com- pany based in South Bend, Ind., expands to Ann Arbor this year. Founded by Notre Dame graduates in 2006, Rent Like a Champion was developed as an effort to eliminate vacant prop- erties around the South Bend, Ind. campus and put them to good use, according to Mike Doyle, Rent Like a Champion CEO. The graduates hoped to improve their environment by rehabilitating and renting out properties to families and stu- dents who are attending away athletic games and need a place to stay. Since its creation, the website has becomea resource for Notre Dame fans looking for a place to stay on game days. After initially expanding to Penn State University in 2011, the company now lists rental housing for 27 universi- ties, including the University of Michigan and Michigan State. Doyle said Ann Arbor is an ideal town for his business because of the University's large, loyal fan base. "We think that Ann Arbor is See TAILGATES, Page 3 University student Nick Willis leads the New Zealand delegation into the Olympic Opening Ceremony on July 27 in London. From London to Lorch Hall SPEAKERSONtCAMPUS Ramadan talks Middle East unrest After eight years away, Olympic runner Nick Willis returns to the U' By COLLEEN THOMAS Daily Sports Editor It's not hard to imagine returning to campus as a senior - most of us will be there at some point in the next three years - but imagine you're 29, an Olympic silver medalist and married. Welcome to Nick Willis's life. After an eight-year hiatus from school, Willis, a New Zea- land native, decided to come back to the University. "After the (London) Olym- pics, I figured it's time to finally finish my undergraduate degree (in) economics," Willis said. Why such a long wait? Well, Willis turned professional after his junior year at Michigan with the experience of running at the 2004 Athens Olympics under his belt. He wanted to compete on the international level, and then-Michigan track coach Ron Warhurst, suggested he pursue his goal. "When I first came to Michi- gan, I came with the hope and expectation to be able to rep- resent my country, and it was in agreement with the coaches to allow me to do that," Willis said. "(I turned professional) primarily because of the free- dom it allowed me for compet- ing against the best in the world. See LONDON, Page 3 In speech, Oxford prof. is critical of U.S. role in the Islamic World By PETER SHAHIN Daily StaffReporter For a man banned from the United States for six years, Tariq Ramadan drew a big crowd. On a whirlwind tour of the United States, Ramadan, a pro- fessor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford in England and one ofthe world's pre-eminent scholars in Middle Eastern affairs, gave a lecture and answered questions Monday night at the University's Law School. Topics focused pri- marily on the recent unrest in Egypt and the other countries involved in the Arab Spring, but also shifted to critiques of West- ern democracy and the role of women in the Islamic world. Ramadan, a controversial fig- ure in global politics, was previ- ously prevented from accepting a teaching position at Notre Dame University by the U.S. State Department in 2004 when his visa was revoked. The State Department argued his exclu- sion was justified by his ideol- ogy and financial contributions he made in the 1990s to groups now linked with Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip. See RAMADAN, Page 2 WEATHER HI 85 TOMORROWL O ,060 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX NEWS............. Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail Storify: Social Media reaction to the Amer's fire Vol. CXXII, No.6 OPI N ION...........:....... news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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