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MIDLAN
Man guilty of
selling Asian carp
in Michigan
An Arkansas man who authori-
ties say sold live Asian carp in
Michigan has pleaded guilty in
the case.
The Michigan attorney gener-
al's office says 42-year-old David
Shane 'Costner of Harrisburg,
Ark., entered the plea Monday
in Circuit Court in Midland to a
dozen felony charges. Each carries
a maximum.sentence of two years
in prison and a fine of $2,000 to
$20,000. Sentencing is scheduled
for Nov. 1.
A message seeking comment
was left Tuesday with defense
lawyer David Burgess.
Authorities say Costner sold
two grass carp this year in Mid-
land to undercover officers from
the state Department of Natu-
ral Resources. Investigators say
he had been driving around the
southern part of the state selling
the carp from store parking lots
for use in ponds, where they eat
nuisance plants.
NEW YORK CITY
NYC dispenses
morning-after pill
at high schools
It's a campaign believed to be
unprecedented in its size and
aggressiveness: New York City is
dispensing the morning-after pill
to girls as young as 14 at more than
50 public high schools, sometimes
even before they have had sex.
The effort to combat teen preg-
nancy in the nation's largest city
contrasts sharply with the views
of politicians and school systems
in more conservative parts of the
country.
Valerie Huber, president of
the National Abstinence Educa-
tion Association in Wishington,
calls it "a terrible case once again
of bigotry of lowexpectations"
- presuming that teen girls will
have sex anyway, and effectively
endorsing that.
TEL AVIV
Iconic Israeli
newspaper on the
verge of collapse
An Throughout much of Isra-
el's history, the Maariv daily was
known as the "country's paper,"
the newspaper with the highest
circulation and a cornerstone of
Israeli media. Now it is on its last
legs - the victim, some say, of a
Jewish-American billionaire who
is a close friend of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson
launched his free "Israel Hayom"
or "Israel Today" daily five years
ago. The tabloid has steadily gob-
bled up market share since then.
Handed out by ubiquitous distrib-
utors clad in red overalls at busy
intersections, it has become the
most read newspaper in Israel.
The 64-year-old Maariv has
suffered in the fallout. The news-
paper was sold this month by
its cash-strapped owner to a
rival publisher. Most of its 2,000
employees are facing likely dis-
missals.
MEXICO CITY
Government split
on newly proposed
labor laws
A proposal to reform Mexico's
dysfunctional, 1970s-era labor
laws, loosen work rules and
increase union democracy split
Mexican political parties Tues-
day, threatening to create the first
big political battle for President-
elect Enrique Pena Nieto.
Advocates say the reform,
which will allow part-time work,
hourly wages and outsourcing,
will help Mexico create the mil-
lion new jobs per year it needs
for young people and migrants
returning from the United States.
The bill weakens seniority pro-
visions, and leaves unchanged
Mexico's 5 -day work week.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
NOTRE DAME
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ing Irish football team will play
five games annually against
ACC opponents.
"While this move is a nec-
essary precaution as we begin
the process of meeting our
new scheduling commitment
to the ACC," Swarbrick wrote,
according to the AP. "please
know that Notre Dame very
much values its relationship
with Michigan we look forward
to working with you to ensure
that our great football rivalry
can continue."
Notre Dame's recent tran-
sition to the ACC brought the
possibility of a halt in the Fight-
ing Irish's scheduling with the
Big Ten in favor of scheduling
ACC opponents, but the timing
of the announcement came as a
surprise to fans and the Michi-
gan football program alike.
"Well, they've got to do
what's right for Notre Dame,"
said Michigan coach Brady
Hoke. "Obviously we enjoy and
cherish the rivalry because
there's so much history there.
But we'll move forward."
Michigan owns a 23-16-i
advantage in theseries. Notre
Dame's first-ever football game
was played against Michigan in
1887. The two programs have
played regularly since 1978, but
have taken breaks during that
period, most recently a two-
year hiatus in 2000 and 2001.
"It's unbelievable," said
fifth-year senior right guard
Patrick Omameh. "It's a long-
standing rivalry, it's ateam that
we always look forward to play.
It's a team that we would have
enjoyed to keep on our sched-
ule."
Michigan will still play the
Fighting Irish at home on Sept.
7, 2013 and in South Bend on
Sept. 6, 2014. It hasn't been
determined whether the series
will continue in 2020.
Sports business group
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University Nielsen Company Sports Group
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Daily StaffReporter the sports sector - in hopes
of locking him in as their first
en University alum Dustin speaker at the conference.
met Business and Kinesi- "He thought this was an awe-
senior Brandon Rhodes, some idea and wanted to get
vo soon realized that they behind it," Cairo said. "He was
d a similar vision -to bring the one who kind of spearhead-
ts business conference to ed putting together an advi-
niversity. sory board of industry leaders
er drafting a 20-page busi- that would help us reach out to
plan and presenting their speakers and sponsors and so
to the Ross School of Busi- forth to help us get this moving."
nd the School of Kinesiol- Planned speakers at the con-
airo and Rhodes recruited ference include notable industry
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to assist in creating the letic Director Dave Brandon, Big
gan Sport Business Con- Ten Network President Mark
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v. 9 in Blau Auditorium at Business Reporter Darren Rov-
asiness School. ell, who played a large part in
hen we first started ... it the conference's promotion.
student-driven initiative," Rhodes said social media
es said. "We didn't really proved to be helpful in promot-
n any faculty or staff to ing the conference, which is
is event off the ground, so why the group is allowing stu-
sically got our committee dents to register for the event
er and brainstormed peo- through the MSBC Facebook
ho we thought would want page.
OFFICE
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cial properties, in addition to
Arch Realty Company's residen-
tial properties.
The remaining space in the
building, about 4,500-square-
feet, will be leased out for office
use, Pearson said.
According to a report by
Swisher Commercial - a Washt-
enaw County commercial real
estate firm - the total market
vacancy rate for office space
decreased by approximately
1.84 percent in the past year.
In addition, leasing demands
increased in 2011, making the
property increasingly attractive.
The company will use the
move as an opportunity to unite
the company, and its new sub-
sidiary, under one roof in hopes
of bringing life to the vacant
building.
Tom Hackett, the owner of
the nearby Afternoon Delight
restaurant, said he is excited
about the change in the build-
ing's tenants.
"They're very good about
keeping things quiet during the
day," Hackett said. "We like hav-
ing offices there. It's better than
having Fifth Quarter nightclub
there."
Pearson said Oxford Com-
panies - which also owns East
Liberty Plaza at East Liberty
Street and Fifth Avenue and the
building in which Afternoon
Delight is located - hopes to
improve the overall aesthetics of
the property.
"One of the reasons the parcel
was attractive to us was that we
already own that other parcel
on the block," Pearson said. "By
buying this building, we now
have that whole segment of the
block. We're investigating what
other kinds of ways to use that
whole piece of property for the
future."
"(Rovell has more than)
200,000 followers on Twitter,
and when he tweeted us out,
that was when everything real-
ly started falling into place,"
Rhodes said. "I would start get-
ting over 20 e-mails a day from
people who wanted to come to
the event and help us out."
Once the MSBC committee
was able to recruit more speak-
ers, they chose a theme for this
year's conference - the chang-
ing face ofsports. The group also
created four speaker panels rep-
resentative of various aspects of
sports business, including the
changing revenue model of col-
lege sports, media reach within
the world of sports, advertising
and sponsorship of sports, and
the branding of anchors.
Cairo said his main goal
in creating the panels was
to ensure that each attendee
would have a meaningful expe-
rience at the conference.
"For freshmen and sopho-
mores, besides the network-
ing aspect, a lot of this will be
helping them figure out what
it is they want to do," Cairo
said. "We thought that these
four panel topics would help do
that."
eager to participate and continue
their efforts even after Election
Day.
LSA freshman Jeff Iles said
he joined the College Democrats
after attending the group's first
mass meeting, though he just
recently considered himself, a
Democrat.
"It's a really great time to get
involved, especially with the
election coming up in just over
a month," Iles said. "Previously
I have not considered myself to
be affiliated with the Democratic
Party, but with how the political
world is right now ... I am defi-
nitely more of a Democrat."
Iles added that he hopes Jo
continue to work'with the Co[
lege Democrats as well as pal-
ticipate in other political events
outside of the University.
Mikatarian, the new member
of the College Republicans, said
she has had a good experience
with the College Republicans
and wants to remain a member
for the rest of her college career.
"I really hope to (keep par-
ticipating). So far, I've liked the
campaigning and I think it's
enjoyable, so I plan on staying
involved in future years," Mika-
tarian said.
CSG
From Page 1A
assembly if the topic of their
address is relevant to CSG
business and is approved by
the speaker. However, because
divestment from Israel is
unlikely to be an agenda item
at meetings, Coleman and
Savabieasfahani would not be
allowed to address the assem-
bly again this semester.
Both Savabieasfahani and
Coleman spoke at the Tues-
day night assembly meeting
and denounced the resolution.
Savabieasfahani received two
warnings during her speech
from Michael Proppe, a Busi-
ness junior and assembly speak-
er, and had to be gaveled down
when her time expired.
"By trying to silence the
only voices who bring these
atrocities to you ... you are doing
nobody any favors," Savabieas-
fahani said. "By callously ignor-
ing lives of Palestinians, you are
allowing huge injustices to go
on. I hold you responsible for
the death of many thousands of
people."
Coleman didn't receive any
warnings, but he was harsher in
his judgment of the assembly.
"Everyone who raises their
hand to silence the talk of Pal-
estine in this chamber is a
racist who hates Palestinians,
hates Arabs, hates Muslims and
will be announcing themselves
as such," Coleman said.
In his explanation oft the
resolution to the assembly,
Andrew Modell, an Engineer-
ing sophomore and the rules
committee vice chair, said
the current open door policy
on speakers is a hindrance to
meeting operations and its rep-
resentation of the student body.
"A majority of community
concerns that we hear are not
necessarily from the students ...
and often times we have heard
the same message over and
over and over," Modell said.
"While we do want to be able
hear from those who aren't stu-
dents we really don't want that
to be our priority."
Law School representative
Jeremy Keeney said non-stu-
dents can still apply to speak
during the guest speakers por-
tion of assembly meetings.
"What we tried to do is we
tried to balance the concerns
of people in the community as
well as recognizing that our
time is precious," he said.
During the assembly's mat-
ters arising section - a part of
the agenda where CSG mem-
bers can speak on issues they're
working on - members heard
significant discussion from
both supporters and opponents
of the resolution.
LSA sophomore and repre-
sentative Daniel Morales said
he did not approve of or agree
with the Coleman and Sava-
bieasfahani's speeches, but
added that the resolution could
become a "gag rule."
Discussion continued until
Rackham representative Pat-
rick O'Mahen redirected the
assembly to focus more on per-
sonal reports from representa-
tives rather than instigating
debate.
He added that while he has
not decided how he will vote
on the resolution, the debate
was not as inflammatory as he
anticipated.
LSA senior Arielle Zupmore,
a co-author of the resolution,
said in an interview after the
meeting that while Coleman
and Savabieasfahani's consis-
tent attendance at assembly
meetings prompted the resolu-
tion, the resolution was drawn
up to have a broader purpose.
During the matters aris-
ing section, Zupmore said she
and other assembly members
have felt uncomfortable when
Coleman and Savabieasfahani
speak.
"When speakers like that
come and say really negative
things, it's great that they come
once and say that, but every
week I'm sitting in my seat,
cringing," Zupmore said. "I
had to walk out one week, and
I don't want have to walk out
every week. I'm supposed to be
listening to the concerns of our
students."
Zupmore added, however,
that she would not be against
any student who would like to
discuss the issue of divestment
from Israel at meetingsbecause
the assembly has a responsibil-
ity to listen to its constituents.
Modell said in an interview
after the meeting that while
community members would be
able to speak on issues relevant
to the meeting under the pro-
posed resolution, there are no
plans to incorporate language
into the resolution that would
require the agenda to be made
publicly available online before
the meeting.
CLUBS
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were turned away due to lack of
space in the meeting room.
Brill said the increase of new
members has enhanced the
group's campaigning efforts,
such as canvassing and phone
banks.
"Normally we'll make a cou-
ple hundred calls (during phone
banks), maybe 400, but we had
so many people (at last Friday's
phone bank), and so many people
who stayed longer than ten or
20 minutes, that we made 2,000
calls in five hours," Brill said.
The Colleg Republicans have
experienced a similar accumula-
tion of membership and enthu-
siasm, despite recent efforts
to impeach their chair Rachel
Jankowski, according to Ross
sophomore Elena Brennan, vice-
external chair of the College
Republicans.
Brennan said the efforts to
remove Jankowski, which ulti-
mately failed after the Central
Student Judiciary ruled last week
that Jankowski can uphold her
position - has not affected stu-
dents' interest in joining the club.
She added that participation usu-
ally increases any time there is a
major election, either locally or
nationally, noting that member-
ship has doubled this semester.
"People are eager to get
involved in what they see as their
future," Brennan said. "This is
the most important election in
our lifetime and I think a lot of
students are recognizing that."
Brennan added that there is
a new sense of unity in the club
after the trial, which will help
new members assimilate.
"Now that (the trial) is over
we're ready to work together and
we're actually stronger because
of it," Brennan said."We learned..
l sht about reach other and we
learned to work with each other
and I think members will see
that and appreciate it and be even
more willing to join."
Brennan said new members
are getting involved in making
calls, door-to-door canvassing
and organizingthe College Truth
Tour - featuring former presi-
dential candidate Herman Cain
- which will make a stop at the
University on Thursday.
Despite the influx of members
due to the upcoming election,
various members said they are
ZELL LURIE
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entrepreneurial work and the
school's commitment to entre-
preneurship.
Babson College in Massachu-
setts clenched the top spot in the
graduate school category, and
Brigham Young University came
in third.
Thomas Kinnear, the execu-
tive director of the Zell Lurie
Institute, said the program is
designed to provide an immer-
sive experience for students
pursuing careers in business.
He noted that students work
that many other schools don't
provide, Kinnear said.
With the Institute's support,
Business graduate student Josh
Smith founded his own start-up
company last summer. As part
of the program, Smith gained
access to financial support, men-
toring and other resources to
help develop his business,
"(The Institute is) not only
encouraging, but supporting
students to go out and take a risk
and apply what they are learning
in a very unique context," Smith
said.
Princeton Review publisher
Robert Franek congratulated
the top schools in a statement
Monday.
"We commend each of these
schools not only for giving their
students a first-rate classroom
experience in business practices,
but for their cross-disciplinary
approaches to entrepreneurship
education," Franek said.
Expanding -on this goAl,
Kinnear emphasized the impor-
tance of entrepreneurship pro-
grams, diversified businesses
and emerging startups for the
future of the state of Michigan,
"It's being referred to 4s
Michigan's new economy,"
Kinnear said. "We can (no lon-
ger) be thought of as the Run
Belt."
with actual start-up companies,
deciding whether to invest with
venture funds provided by the
program.
"They spend time in a real
start-up," Kinnear said. "They
actually invest real dollars. We
think it's a superior way to teach. 2 6 9
You could have a class in lectures
on how to do venture capital, but 6 7 3 1 5
until you make a deal, you don't
really understand." A
In addition to investment m7
experience, students partici-
pate in hands-on competitions, 7 2 6 8 1
including the Michigan Busi-
ness Challenge, as well as sum- 3 8 9 5
mer internship programs. The
program also offers classes, like 9
funding or business acquisition,
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