1 e 1117tc4igan4,.3at 1! j Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 17, 2012 michigandailycom CITY GOVERNMENT Millage may fund new forms of local art ERIN KIRKLA ND/Daily Senior quarterback Denard Robinson greets a Minuteman tight end after Michigan completed its 63-13 rout of Massachusetts on Saturday. Bihg score doesn't mean much Proposal would provide money to peformance art programs By TAYLOR WIZNER Daily StaffReporter Every April Fool's Day, giant papier-mache puppets parade down Main Street as part of Fes- tifools, the annual festival that unites University artists and Ann Arbor residents. Though the program currently receives support from a number of small donors, it may be eligible for city funding if a new arts millage passes this fall. The public art millage on the ballot for November aims to restructure the funding model for public art in Ann Arbor. Public art administrator Aaron Seagraves said if the millage is passed, it would eliminate strict restric- tions and open funding to tempo- rary work and performance art, including Festifools. The millage would also take the place of Percent for Art, the current program that yields 1 percent of city-sponsored con- struction project funding into a permanent art display. Seagraves said Percent for Art requires public art installations to be constructed on all citygovern- ment developments in relation to the purpose of the department. "Because the Percent for Art program was attached to those specific projects, those projects have particular funding sources," Seagraves said. "So, in turn, the public art project that develops from the funding has to relate to the purpose of the funding source, so it's kind of a complex scheme." For example, the water- themed sculpture in front of Ann Arbor's Municipal Center was funded by the Water andSewage Department, Seagraves said. Rather than taking funding from specific departments, Sea- graves said the newly-proposed funding will come directly from a tax that would last three years, bringing in $459,273 each year and costing households about $11 annually. Mark Tucker - the Lloyd Hall See MILLAGE, Page 8A enard Robinson looked across the field, scan- ning the sea of maroon and white jerseys heading up the Michigan Stadium tunnel. Robinson took off on a jog. He had somebody to track down. Robinson caught up to Michael Cox, the starting Mas- sachusetts running back, at the 30-yard line and they greeted each other like brothers; their elaborate handshake included a few windmill gestures and ended with a bear hug. Roy Roundtree followed right behind, a grin splashed across his face as he hugged Cox - his classmate and teammate for four years at Michigan. The final seconds_ had just ticked off the clock, closing Michigan's. convincing 63-13 rout of Massa- STEPHEN J. chusetts on NESBITT Saturday. Robinson and Roundtree finally parted ways with Cox and raced to the north end zone to sing "The Victors" with the student section. Cox turned the other way, smiling all the while. None of his teammates were left on the field. He shook hands with a pair of Michigan coaches, the ones that were on his sideline just nine months ago, and started up the tunnel. Everything was off-kilter for Cox. He felt like he'd taken a wrong turn or two in his final visit to the Big House. He was in the wrong locker room, on the wrong sideline and on the wrong end of a blowout. But as he took his first step up the runway, maize-clad fans reached down for a high-five. Maybe they remembered him, maybe'not. Codxobliged; slap- ping hands as the darkness of the tunnel quickly enveloped him for the final time in his career. Just like that, the man whose return to Ann Arbor made something of a game that meant absolutely nothing was gone. And by nothing, I'm serious. See SCORE, Page 7A CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT President of CSG speaks out against RSG's secession plans Parikh says divided government is threat to student unity By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter After Rackham Student Gov- ernment proposed seceding from Central Student Govern- ment last week - a move that could result in the loss of more than $200,000 in annual rev- enue for the organization - CSG members are speaking out against the potential schism. Manish Parikh, CSG presi- dent and Business senior, said CSG serves as one of few student organizations that represents both graduates and undergrad- uates, and is an important rela- tionship to maintain. "It has been this way for a reason, and it will be this way for a reason," Parikh said. He continued, arguing that separate student governments bodies would lessen the power of the student. "When our voice is together, we have one singular unified powerful voice," Parikh said. "But if we split up into separate factions ... our voice becomes divided." But RSG presidenthMichael Benson has argued that CSG and RSG have different inter- ests and priorities. According to Benson's pre- liminary plan, the secession would increase funding to the student governments of the individual schools and colleges, and would fund a new unilat- eral graduate student govern- ment. CSG would no longer collect the $7.19 fee from every gradu- ate student each semester, but a similar fee would be split between a graduate student's See CSG, Page 8A V TRANSPORTATION Three new hybrid buses join fleet 'U' meets goal for sustainable transportation practices By MICHAEL MASS For the Daily With the addition ofthree new hybrid buses to the campus bus fleet, the University has reached its goal for sustainable transpor- tation. The recent implementation brings the total of hybrid buses to seven - joining the four added last year - meeting University President Mary Sue Coleman's goal announced in her sustain- ability pledge last September. Keith Johnson, the Univer- sity's associate director of trans- portation operations, said the money for the three buses, as well as further bus purchases, is derived from the general fund of the University budget. He noted there has also been a cost-shar- ing program with the Univer- sity of Michigan Health System, See HYBRID BUSES, Page 7A Member of the Ann Arbor Gamelan Ensemble perform in the Nichols Arboretum on Sunday. Tim Hortons, men's shop among new A businesses Stores add to cise culinary prowess and a fashion-forward attitude. Now, established with four new businesses in the mix, residents will get a taste of markets in city what they've been missing. Jimmy Curtiss, a manager at Elixir Vitae Coffee and Tea on Maynard St., the coffee shop formerly known as Caf6 Ambrosia. Curtiss said Ann Arbor residents's sophisticated taste in coffee is one of reasons the shop's owners are opening a second location at 117 E. Lib- erty St. "I wouldn't say that we're See BUSINESSES, Page 7A By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily StaffReporter In a city brimming with restaurants, coffee shops and boutiques, it's hard not to exer- ELIXIR VITAE COFFEE AND TEA JOINS E. LIBERTY ST. Ann Arbor citizens know good coffee, according to WEATHER HI: 62 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANOAILY.COM TM RO __ 40 Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail A first take on 'Cruel Summer' TOMORROW :4 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE FILTER INDEX NEWS ...................... Vol. CXXII, No.10 AP NEWS................ 02012TheMichiganDaily OPINION-.............. michigandoilccom ..2A ARTS... ..........A ..3A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A ..4A SPORTSMONDAY.........1B