2 - Friday, September 21, 2012 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: In Other Ivory Towers This Week in History Campus Clubs Professor Profiles The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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 Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads~cmichigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com Letters tothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com finance fnance@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Deceptive dough WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Wednesday at about 1:20 p.m. WHAT: A fake twenty dol- lar bill was used by a visitor to buy food in the cafeteria, University Police reported. Hit near the hospital WHERE: West Medical Center WHEN: Wednesday at about 5:35 p.m. WHAT: A vehicle hit a bicyclist, University Police reported. The bicyclist was examined in the University Emergency Room and sus- sined minor.;ninrs- Hot lunch Fridayft WHERE: East Medical WHAT: A relax Center to do homework WHEN: Wednesday at tutoring offered about 4:50 p.m. the Sweetland N WHAT: After stealing food Center. Sweetla from the hospital cafeteria as well as langu multiple times, an employee will be available was arrested, Univer- in yoga is availa sity Police reported. The UMove. employee was processed WHO: Open.M and released, but police are WHEN: Today currently waiting for an to 5 p.m. arrest warrant. WHERE: Nort Space 2435 Hallway foul Student WHERE: Mary Markley exnressi Residence Hall WHEN: Thursday at about WHAT: Event l 12:15 a.m. UMix featuring WHAT: Unknown dam- performance or age to a hallway wall was Students can co reported, University Police paint, attend af reported. There are cur- ing of "Rock of. rently no suspects. . eat at the midni un day Tango lesson xing spot k, with free d through Writing nd tutors, age tutors e and drop- ble through ichigan from 1 p.m. h Quad WHAT: Get in shape to the sound of Argentinian Tango. No experience nec- essary. WHO: MTango WHEN: Today from 8p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Mason Hall, third Floor Symphony performance WHAT: The University Symphony Orchestra will perform conciertos ranging on from Mahler to Mendels- sohn conducted by Kenneth hosteRd by Kiesler. University WHO: School of Music, gUniversity Theatre & Dance me to spray WHEN: Tonight at p.m. me to spray WHERE: Hill Auditorium A King's College fresh- man lost consciousness after a mattress landed on his head Tuesday after- noon, NBC New York report- ed. The futon mattress fell 30 stories from a roof while the student was on his way to class. 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One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term Joanuary through April) is $115 yearlong(September through Apri)is195. Universityaffiliatesaresubject toareduced 1ubs1iptnrate.On-campuubiponsfofalltermare$35.Susciptiosstbeprepad. TeMchn ai lyiismemer ofnThe AslocliatdPrssandTheAssocatedColeiate res. ree screen- Ages" and ght buffet. WHO:-Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: Today at 10 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union CORRECTIONS . Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. d CBO director urges aw Doug Elmendorf Amphitheatre. Public Policy Dean Susan Col- speaks at event at lins said she has known Elmen- dorf for years, and admires his Rackham ability to explain complex infor- mation in understandable terms. By CARLY FROMM "The budget is one of the most Daily StaffReporter challenging issues," Collins said. "He is a phenomenal teacher ... I As the presidential election think it's very important (for stu- nears, students are taking partic- dents) to come to events like this." ular interest in learning about rel- The amphitheatre, which evant issues, includingthe federal seats more than 200, was almost budget and the economy. entirely full with students, teach- Doug Elmendorf, the direc- ers and residents asking ques- tor of the Congressional Budget tions and laughing at Elmendorf's Office - a non-partisan group lighthearted jokes. that provides the federal govern- Elmendorf's insight has been ment with predictions on budget' highly valued by the govern- policy outcomes - spoke about ment on issues such as budget the current budget deficit and dis- policy, social security, Medicare cussed the government's options and national health care reform. and respective outcomes at an Before becoming the director of rareness of national financial, economic issues Harvard and Princeton Universi- ties, was a senior economist at the White House Council of Econom- ic Advisers. He also worked as the assistant director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board and as the deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department. Elmendorf began his address by explaining the current prob- lem with the federal deficit, noting that past policies are becoming more expensive as the Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age. "Lawmakers will need to adopt a combination of policies that will require people to pay more for their government, accept less in government benefits and ser- vices, or both," Elmendorf said. "However. achieving the amount, of deficit reduction necessary to shrink the debt relative to the size of the economy - or even to keep the debt from growing - will be a formidable task." Elmendorf emphasized how challenging the issue is by out- lining multiple significant policy changes that would take care of only less than half of the most easily reachable target. In order to tackle the issue, he provided three choices: major reductions in benefits, significant reduction of the federal govern- ment's role and the substantial raising of revenues above his- torical average. Elmendorf said at least one, if not more, will be needed to reach the solution. Elmendorf emphasized that the CBO does not recommend any specific plan of action, and firmly promotes itself as a non- biased source of information. During the question and answer session after his speech, a student suggested that it is not a matter of if, but when, our econ- omy will collapse. Elmendorf responded that it is not a matter of when at all, stressing the many choices the federal government can make to bring our country out of this crisis if they make deci- sions now. Business sophomore Ray Batra said he thinks learning about the budget and current financial climate is critically important, especially when coming from a professional in the field. "It's not too often that we can get someone from the executive level of policy making to come in and be able to explain problems that affect the entire nation," Batra said. Vishal Mehta, a sophomore at the University's Dearborn cam- pus, was excited to take advan- tage of Elmendorf's non-partisan perspective on the issue. "It's great to get an unbiased opinion now and then," Mehta said. "What you hear inthe media is really right wing or left wing. It's nice to have somebody unbi- ased come and give you the facts." LSA sophomore Devon Mulry said she was encouraged to come by her professor, Gregory Markus, who teaches a course on the budget and the current finan- cial crisis. "Professor Markus thought it would be a good idea to come and I thought the talk sounded inter- esting." Mulry said. "Right now I think that both sides need to get together and stop being so parti- san." E Controversial ad to launch in NYC I NEW YORK (AP) - A pro- Prophet Muhammad sweep over vocative ad that equates Muslim much of the Muslim world. radicals with savages is set to A conservative blogger who go up in the city's subway sys- once headed a campaign against tem as violent protests over an an Islamic center near the Sept. anti-Islamic film ridiculing the 11 terror attack site won a court nMaoum order to post the ad in 10 subway stations next Monday. The ad reads, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Sup- port Israel. Defeat Jihad." The ad was plastered on San Francisco city buses in recent weeks, prompting some artists to deface the ads and remove some of the words, including "Jihad," or holy war. The blog- ger, Pamela Geller, said she filed suit Thursday in the nation's capital to post the ad in Wash- ington's transit system after officials declined to put up the ad in light of the uproar in the Middle East over the anti-Islam film. Abdul Yasar, a New York sub- way rider who considers him- self an observant Muslim, said Geller's ad was insensitive in an unsettling climate for Muslims. "If you don't want to see what happened in Libya and Egypt after the video - maybe not so strong here in America - you shouldn't put this up," Yasar said. #Michlinks - w A