,w 2A- Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2 e d O e 2The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com LAST-MINUJTE REGITRlATION 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 Comm. students network 0 0 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. 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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 CORRECTIONS " Please report any errors in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. * 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. 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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.s.mal are $110. Winter term (anuary through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscriptionrate.On-ampussubscriptionstforfallterm .shubscriptionsmustbeprepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. a 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." HUH,, 0 LIKE THE DAILY ON FACEBOOK - 0 p JI