2A- Thursday, September 13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A- Thursday, September13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com rmgrein@michigandaily.com SISTER SISTER _ KY :- Facebook for scholars Which course are you teach- ing this semester and what kind of material does it cover? This semester I'm teaching "Introduction to Information." This course is about the incred- ible role that information plays in our lives, from how we under- stand society (to) the economy and social relationships. Infor- mation is pervasive, and we've all become not just consumers of information, but producers as well. In the course of this class, we look at things like human- computer interaction, social media in collective action, infor- mation economics, intellectual property policy, information visualization and more. How would you describe your teaching style? I think in a word, I'd describe it as playful. I want the top- ics I teach to be engaging and relevant, and for the students to think about the process by which information is delivered in the classroom, not just outside of it. What do you think about the prevalence of social media in today's culture? It's my primary research area, and I've published many papers and given many talks on the subject. My (thought) on the subject is that there's an inter- esting intersection between social systems and the technical systems that currently are medi- ating them. Social media and related technologies are reduc- ing the cost of creating, sharing, and consuming huge amounts of information, and that's likely to affect us as a species over time. 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CRIME NOTES Time for the Missing iPhone5 Mongoose CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES WHERE: Shapiro Under- graduate Library WHEN: Tuesday at about 9:25 a.m. WHAT: An iPhone was taken from a study area on the first floor, University Police reported. There are no suspects. Sushi on the go WHERE: University Hos- pital WHEN: Tuesday at about 2:25 p.m. WHAT: A female subject left the cafeteria without paying for $12 worth of sushi, University Police reported. The suspect was identified and a warrant request has been issued by Washtenaw County. WHERE: Couzens Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Tuesday at about 9:40 a.m. WHAT: A pink-purple Mongoose bike was taken from a bike rack sometime in August, University Police reported. There are no sus- pects. Bag on the run WHERE: Baits II Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. WHAT: A female student's bag was taken from her room between 6 a.m. Satur- day and 6p.m. Sunday, Uni- versity Police reported. Her laptop is also missing. MFarmers' Zell visiting t t McDonald's plans to dis- market writers series play calorie information for each menu item at WHAT: The courtyard WHAT: Award-winning 14,000 of its U.S. restaurants, patio will be filled with poet Carrie Fountain will Reuters reported. Two years fresh fruits and vegetables read her works and sign ago, Panera Bread Co. was from local farms. books afterward. the first restaurant to post WHO: University Unions WHO: University of Michi- calorie information on its and Central Student Gov- gan Museum of Art WSSN.'P--.I+nsAA menus. EDITORIAL STAFF Andrew Weiner Managing Editor anweiner@michigandaily.com BethanylirnManagn e s Editor bihon@nhchigandailyecon SEIOS EDITORS:HaeyGnlathHaleyGoldbergRayzGonl dsiy, PASITANT EWSEDITORS: Giacomo Bologna, Anna Rozenberg, Andrew Schulman, Petershahin K.C. 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WHO: Gifts of Art WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: University Hos- pital CORRECTIONS * Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Looking for some fresh ideas on healthy, sustainable eating? Check out the second annual MFarmers market, and don't forget to bring cloth grocery bags for the local produce. y FOR MORE, SEETHE B-SIDE, INSIDE A new business called Rushbiddies offers pro- fessional image con- sulting services for women rushing sororities, ABC News reported. For $300 an hour, customers can learn what to wear, say and how to act during rush. MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Share them with your followers on Twitter @CrimeNotes or find them on their new blog. 0 LOVE TO WORK HARD, PLAY HARD? COME TO A MASS MEETING TONIGHT @ 7:30 P.M. JOIN THE DAILY STAFF AT 420 MAYNARD ST. Nev. air race goes on one year after deadly crash killed 11 Race adopted safety czar, changes in training pilots RENO, Nev. (AP) - The vin- tage World War II fighters roar- ing out of the Valley of Speed are as loud as ever, their colorful paint jobs as bright as the enthu- siasm of the loyal aviation buffs who fill the grandstands in Reno. But it's not exactly business as usual at the 49th annual National Championship Air Races, which kick off this week. The element of danger persists despite new safety measures put in place after a P-51 Mustang took a deadly plunge into spectators last year. Pilots will still be flying souped-up muscle planes wingtip to wingtip, sometimes exceeding500 mph. "We never thought this would happen, but we know it's not knitting," said Marilyn Dash, a biplane pilot from the San Fran- cisco Bay area. "It's not bowling. "Nobody ever was killed bowl- ing, were they?" Race organizers adopted a half dozen changes recommended by theNational TransportationSafe- ty Board following the crash last September that killed 11 people, including pilot Jimmy Leeward, and injured more than 70 others. A reminder of the danger came Tuesday during qualifying heats for the fastest planes when the pilot of a vintage Hawker Sea Fury was forced to make an emergency landing. He escaped uninjured after the hard landing kicked up a cloud of dust visible from the grandstands. The qualifying heat resumed in the unlimited class, where two- time national champion Steve Hinton Jr. posted the top speed of 493 mph earlier in the day. But there are differences from last year. The course is now more than 1,000 feet from the grand- stand, instead of 850; fuel trucks are set away from the landing strip; and the final turn of the race is less sharp. Some changes are more notice- able than others. The impact cra- ter from last year's crash on the edge of the tarmac that has been paved over with asphalt, and the race officially changed its name to "TravelNevada.com National Championship Air Races and Air Show presented by Breitling." The new name is the result of a one-time, $600,000 sponsorship the state tourism commission extended as necessary to keeping the event alive in the face of soar- ing insurance premiums. Race organizers hope the most significant changes will be behind-the-scenes, in training classes intended to better prepare pilots for intense gravitational pull and wake turbulence, and along pit row, where mechanics will be subject to a new inspection process that requires follow-up confirmation that ordered repairs actually get done - a possible contributor to Leeward's demise. "It really seems about the same," Eric Zine, a pilot from Van Nuys, Calif. "There's increased focus on safety. But we're doing stuff people don't do. It's not nor- mal to try to make a plane go fast- er than it's designed to go." Human stem cells restore hearing in groundbreaking gerbil study Scie unco NEW the firs improve mals by stem cel for some certain I "It's a signifi one exr work, D the Univ Francisc TheE uncomm ntists treat an that affects fewer than 1 percent torperhaps 15 percent of hearing- mmon form of impaired people. And the treat- ment wouldn't necessarily apply deafness to all cases of that disorder. Sci- entists hope the approach can YORK (AP) - For be expanded to help with more t time, scientists have common forms of deafness. But d hearing in deaf ani- in any case, it will be years before using human embryonic human patients might benefit. lls, an encouraging step Results of the work, done in day treating people with gerbils, were reported online hearing disorders. Wednesday in the journal Nature a dynamite study (and) by a team led by Dr. Marcelo Riv- cant leap forward," said olta of the University of Sheffield pert familiar with the in England. fr. Lawrence Lustig of To make the gerbils deaf in one versity of California, San ear, scientists killed nerve cells o. that transmit information from experiment involved an the ear to the brain. The experi- son form of deafness, one ment was aimed at replacing those cells. Human embryonic stem cells can be manipulated to produce any type of cell. Using them is controversial because they are initially obtained by destroy- ing embryos. Once recovered, stem cells can be grown and maintained in a lab and the experiment used cells from lab cultures. The stem cells were used to make immature nerve cells. Those were then transplanted into the deaf ears of 18 gerbils. Ten weeks later, the rodents' hearing ability had improved by an average of 46 percent, with recovery ranging from modest to almost complete, the researchers reported.