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When LSA senior Elizabeth
Mac was elected president of
the Michigan Association of
Communication Studies, she
was determined to improve the
MACS experience for its 400
members.
The purpose of MACS is
to assure that students inter-
ested in communications are
given the necessary tools and
resources to pursue profes-
sional development. One way
of doing this, Mac said, is by
offering their members access
to an undergraduate. peer
adviser.
"Our peer adviser has office
hours every week in the Com-
munication Studies depart-

ment to help students who
want help editing their resu-
mes and cover letters," Mac
said. "She also can assist under-
graduates with class selection
and Communication Studies
requirements."
MACS puts on a range of
events including workshops,
company recruiting visits,
networking meetings, and
rsume reviews. These events
are planned through members
of the executive board as well
as the Communication Studies
department.
"We reach out to alumni
and people who we consider,
awesome potential speakers
to coordinate a diverse port-

folio of MACS programming,"
Mac said. "We aim to cover
all different branches of com-
munications ranging from PR,
marketing, event production
and even journalism."
MACS has brought a multi-
tude of companies to campus
including advertising agencies
Campbell-Ewald and Mullen,
and this fall Leo Burnett and
Google will hold events at the
University through MACS.
Mac said that students of all
majors are encouraged to join
the club.
"We have had psychology,
sociology and even engineering
majors join MACS," Mac said.
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to vote on the Diag Tuesday, which was the deadline to register.

CRIME NOTES

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

I'm gassy Where's my Environmental
WHERE: Medical Scinece iPhone, dude? job networking
Building Unit I
WHEN: Monday at 1:20 WHERE: Duderstadt WHAT: Global environ-
p.m. Center mental professionals will
WHAT: Staff notified WHEN: Monday at about discuss their careers and
police that the seventh floor 9 p.m. network while lending
smelled like natural gas, WHAT: An iPhone was advice to students who are
University Police reported. stolen from the third floor interested in working on
Officers determined of the library between 8:30 global environmental issues
that the building's fire and 8:40 p.m, University in the future.
supression system had Police reported. WHO: The Career Center
recently been flushed, WHEN: Today at 2:30 p.m.
causing a gas odor. WHERE: Dana Natural
A hot second Skater haters Resources Building

WHERE: Hatcher
Graduate Library
WHEN: Monday at 4 p.m.
WHAT: A laptop was
reported stolen from the
third floor between 3:45 and
3:46 p.m., University Police
reported. Police have not
identified any suspects at
this time.

WHERE: Church Carport
WHEN: Monday at about
11 p.m.
WHAT: Two subjects
were told not to skateboard
on University property,
'University Police reported.
Skateboarding on campus
is prohibited per a Regents
ordinance.

Retirement
seminar
WHAT: A workshop will
be held to help Hospital
staff members incorporate
financial management
and estate planning into a
specific strategy to reach
retirement goals.
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: University
Hospital

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* An article in the Oct. 8,
edition of The Michigan
Daily ("Secretary ofstate
Johnson drops citizen
checckbox from bal-
lot') mistated that 4,000
ineligible voters voted in
last year's election; there
were 4,000 non-citizens
who voted in the elec-
tion. It also misstated the
status of the 30,000 indi-
viduals that the Secretary
of State removed from the
rolls. The Secretary of
State removed 30,000 vot-
ers who were deceased.

A Florida man died after
winning a cockroach-
eating contest, NBC
News reported. Edward
Archbold collapsed and died
shortly after consuming the
roaches in a reptile store con-
test. The grand prize was an
ivory-ball python.
Ann Arbor's Veterans
Park is beginning to
design a skateboarding
park that's slated to open in
summer 2013.
>> FOR MORESEE
THE STATEMENT INSIDE
The Obama campaign
released a new
television ad attacking
Mitt Romney's desire to cut
funding for PBS and Big
Bird, The Huffington Post
reported. Sesame Street,
has requested that the ad
be removed to maintain the
show's nonpartisan status.

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Two new high rises to join
Ann Arbor housing market

Projects come on
the heels of Zaragon
West, Landmark
By ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Daily StaffReporter
Landmark, Zaragon West and
other new luxury apartments
dotting the Ann Arbor skyline
have new competitors on the
horizon.
Connecticut-based Greenfield
Partners and Minnesota-based
The Opus Group are the two latest
real estate firms to jump onto
Ann Arbor's luxury-apartment
bandwagon.
Both companies sent reports
to the Ann Arbor Design Review
Board in September for the
proposed projects. If approved,
a 14-story luxury apartment
complex will be built on the
northeast corner of East Huron
and North Division streets, and
another 14-story complex will
be constructed on Church Street
above Pizza House.
Ann Arbor currently hosts
multiple luxury complexes. In the
past four years, Sterling 411 Lofts,
Zaragon Place, Zaragon West and
Landmark all opened near the
University's Central Campus.
The two newly proposed
projects would come on the heels
of construction of The Varsity,
another luxury apartment
complex currently being
developed on East Washington
Street and slated to open next fall.
According to Sarah Tatum -
the regional sales and training
specialist for Campus Apartments,
a student housing management
company - The Varsity will
feature a two-story gym, sky
lounge and golf simulator.
Tatum said the prospect of two
additional apartment complexes
in the city will benefit students
because it will force management

companies to provide a better
product.
"In terms of it affecting The
Varsity, we enjoy the competition
and we look forward to setting the
bar in the market," Tatum said.
"We hope that students will really
embrace The Varsity when they
move in."
Brad Moore - the owner of
J Bradley Moore & Associates
Architects, Inc., the architect
for the Church Street project -
wrote in an e-mail interview that
while he can't discuss the full
scope of the project, it will include
"surprise amenities."
"I loved living in Tower Plaza
when I was a U of M student and
I'm glad that that type of living
experience is becoming available
to more and more students,"
Moore wrote. "I think building
vertically in the core areas of the
city is a more sustainable type of
development than urban sprawl."
Moore added that the process
of approving the construction
could take anywhere from six
to eight months. After the Ann
Arbor Design Review Board
holds a hearing on Oct. 17, the
project will be turned over
to the Citizens Participation
meeting before being submitted
to the Planning Department for
site plan approval at the end of
November. After public hearings
and internal reviews, the proposal
will be heard at an Ann Arbor City
Council meeting.
Sean Spellman, the vice
president and general manager
of the Opus Development
Corporation, wrote in a statement
that the company could not
comment on its involvement
with their proposed apartment
building over Pizza House on
Church Street.
"As Opus is working through
design, entitlements and
feasibilityanalysisofthis potential
development, we are unable to

provide specific project details at
this time," Spellman wrote.
Mustafa Ali - the owner
of CareOne Rental, Inc., a
management company in Ann
Arbor - said the growth ofluxury
apartment complexes in the area
doesn't concern him.
"I don't think that will affect
my business at all ... because of the
price difference," Ali said. "Their
prices are a lot higher."
Zaragon West is the most
expensive of the complexes, with
monthly rent ranging from $1,100
to $1,650. Sterling411Lofts has the
lowest starting rate at $800 per
month, but can run as expensive
as $1,625 per month.
Landmark, which was
previously owned by Campus
Acquisitions, was sold in
September to American Campus
Communities, Inc. along
with properties near 14 other
universities. According to the
company release,the management
company will invest $13.7 million
into improvingthe properties.
LSA junior Charlie Young
worked for Landmark last
year and said new apartment
complexes will benefit students by
driving down costs for other types
of housing.
"It's allowing those people
who can afford the higher-priced
luxury apartments to get closer to
campus," Young said. "For the rest
of us, who have to pay outrageous
prices for crappy houses, it's going
to bring that price down a bit."
Nursing sophomore Sara
Murrin said though she isn't
interested in living in a luxury
apartment, she believes there are
plentyofstudentsatthe University
who would.
"People here have a lot of
money," Murrin said. "But I
wouldn't do it at all."
Lydia Koehn contributed
to this story.

ALICE LLOYD
From Page 1A
dence Hall is currently under
construction, and South Quad
Residence Hall has been public-
ly announced as the next reno-
vation candidate.
University Housing Director
Linda Newman said the prima-
ry purpose of the renovations is
to enhance the University expe-
rience for students.
"Our celebration today is not
just about the building," New-
man said. "It's about our com-
mitment to students. It's about
providing facilities and pro-
gramming that help students
make the most of their Univer-
sity experience."
After a 15-month long reno-
vation, Alice Lloyd holds near-
ly 520 students and includes
renovated rooms, bathrooms,
community areas and learning
spaces. The hall also features
unique spaces for LHSP, includ-
ing a dance and fitness studio
and a gallery space.
"Each of the residence halls
has rich histories and tradi-
tions," Newman- said. "Alice
Lloyd is full of people with
artistic endeavor and gives a
place a totally different flavor."
Coleman said students and
faculty often take for granted
the impact of the namesakes of
the buildings, noting that Alice
Crocker Lloyd - who served as
the University's dean of women
1930 to 1950 - greatly influ-
enced the goals of residence
halls.
"She got it," Coleman said.
"She knew how to support
Michigan students and she
helped them succeed. Just as
individuals such as Alice Lloyd
shaped Michigan, so too has the
residence hall that bears her
name."
E. Royster Harper, the Uni-
versity's vice president of stu-
dent affairs, also spoke at the
event and said she admires
Coleman's vision for residential
life.
"Walking in this building

makes me want to be a student
again," Harper said. "This is
home, where students make
life-long friends and where
they come to appreciate differ-
ent ideas, different cultures and
different personalities."
Nursing junior Amanda
Wenger, who spoke on behalf
of the Lloyd Hall Scholars'
Program, echoed Harper's
sentiments and spoke of her
experience living in University
residence halls.
"I hope that we can preserve
the heart of the old hall even as
we grow into our new space,"
Wenger said. "Lloyd has always
been a safe place for me. When
I remember college, this is what
I'll think of."
Kinesiology sophomore Bai-
ley Palladino, the president of
the Residence Halls Associa-
tion, also emphasized that resi-
dence halls are more than just a
place to live.
"These are the places where
memories and lasting friend-
ships are made, and Alice Lloyd
is conducive of that," said Pal-
ladino.
In an interview after the
event, Al Comfort, an area
maintenance coordinator who
worked on the renovations, said
the use of modern day technol-

ogy in the residence hall is yital
for students and sustainability.
"Bringing it up to the mod-
ern day with technology for the
students is a big deal," Comfort
said. "The old systems were get-
ting really expensive to main-
tain. A lot of the machinery now
is so much more efficient, it's
just amazing."
Comfort said all the Resi- 4
dence Life Initiative renova-
tions undergo three years of
work: the first to develop a con-
ceptual design, the second to
make blue prints and the third
to complete the physical con-
struction.
"As far as the planning goes,
we learned a lot from every
renovation," he said. "Every-
one pretty much went a little
better than the ones before.
We learned from our previous
mistakes, so (Alice Lloyd) went
really well."
LSA sophomore Laura Gos-
lin, a member of LHSP and
Alice Lloyd resident, said she
likes the hall's new amenities
and design that make it unique
to LHSP.
"It's got a nice feel," Gos-
lin said. "It really caters to our
creative community. I honestly
don't think I would change any-
thing about it."

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