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Op-ed writers delve into the deep
end of race-based admission.
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CAMPUS CRIME
AAPD: Rape
account was
fabricated
by student.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BEFORE THE COURT
Supreme Court divided
Ann Arbor Police
Department says
student recanted
incident
By AUSTEN HUFFORD
Daily StaffReporter
The student who alleged
she was raped Sunday on Hill
Street has recanted her story,
Ann Arbor Police Lt. Bob
Pfannes said in a statement.
"After a comprehensive
investigation by the Ann Arbor
Police Department, it has been
determined the incident did
not occur," Pfannes said. "The
student has admitted to fabri-
cating the report, and the case
has been sent to the Washt-
enaw County's prosecutor's
office for full review."
The student had previously
told police she was attacked
by four men while walking
home from a party early Sun-
day morning near campus near
Church Street and Tappan
Avenue. After deciding not to
wait for a taxi she called, she
said she proceeded to walk
home.
While en route, she alleged
that the four men dragged
her into an alley and that one
raped her before she was able
to get away.
She could potentially face
charges for filinga false police
report.
At 8:46 p.m. Wednesday,
the University's Department
of Public Safety canceled the
crime alert it had sent out
Sunday morning regarding
the incident. The cancella-
tion states that the Ann Arbor
Police Department investiga-
tion "determined the incident
did not occur."
-Daily News Editor
Adam Rubenfire contributed
to this story.
Abigail Fisher, the plaintiff in Fisherv. University of Texas, exits the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday after the court heard oral arguments.
Justices sharply
question lawyers
Kennedy likely to
be the swing vote in
Fisher v. U. Texas
By PETER SHAHIN
Daily StaffReporter
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Supreme Court entertained oral
arguments Wednesday morning
in a case that could redefine the
way affirmative action is used
in the United States. In addition
to challenging the fate of admis-
sions programs nationwide, the
case may also alter precedents
set by the University in the land-
mark cases Gratz v. Bollinger
and Grutterv. Bollinger.
Attorneys faced pointed ques-
tions from the justices as the
sharply divided court wrestled
with how to address the claim,
See JUSTICES, Page SA
Experts talk
Prop. 2impact
Case could have have national implications on
, ,consideration of race in college
implications on admissions - University pro-
fessors and experts say it may
Michigan lawa influence the court battle sur-
rounding Michigan's Proposal
By ANDREW SCHULMAN 2.
Daily StaffReporter Proposal 2, an amendment to
the state constitution prohibit-
As the U.S. Supreme Court ing the state's public universi-
commenced oral arguments in ties from granting applicants
Fisherv. University of Texas on preferential treatment on the
Wednesday - a case that may See PROP 2, Page SA
IN MEMORIAM
University community
remembers Peterson
Psychology prof.
unexpectedly dies
at age 62
By HALEY GLATTHORN
and TUI RADEMAKER
Daily News Editor and
Datly Staff Reporter
Christopher Peterson, a
respected University professor
of psychology who made pio-
neering contributions to the field
of positive
psychology,
died unex-
pectedly on
Tuesday. He
was .62. O
His death
was con-
firmed in an PETERSON
e-mail sent
to psycholo-
gy concentrators on Wednesday.
The cause was not immediately
known.
Peterson was well recognized
in his field and had worked at
the University for 26 years. His
popularity among students was
acknowledged when he received
the Golden Apple Award for out-
standing teaching in 2010.
While Peterson was given the
opportunity to deliver a "last
lecture" at the award ceremony;
he chose instead to call the talk
"The First Lecture."
"People are also pulled by
the future," Peterson said at the
time. "A first lecture is necessar-
See PETERSON, Page 3A
AUS i tNi nur rUnU/ auly
Google employee Andres Bravo signs a flier Wednesday as part of an effor to replace fliers that had been vandalized.
Students unite in response
to Haven Hall vandalism
Graduate students with slogans such as "Maize and fliers and posters in support of
Blue are queer too" and "I sup- LGBT rights, feminism and Afri-
speak out against port a woman's right to choose," can American studies were torn
al ein support of minority groups at down and defaced throughout
alleged hate crime the University. multiple departments, primarily
Rackham student Jocelyn in the Department of American
By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Frelier organized the event in Culture
Daily StaffReporter response to alleged acts of van- Frelier said she first learned
dalism that occurred late Tues- about the incident through mul-
About 30 Graduate Student day evening or early Wednesday tiple Facebook posts, including a
Instructors gathered in Haven morning on the fourth floor of statement posted to the page of
Hall on Wednesday night to hang Haven Hall. Scott Kurashige, the director of
more than 1,000 fliers adorned The students claimed that See VANDALISM, Page 3A
LEGALDISPUTE
'U' wins copyright lawsuit against
Hathitrust digitalization project
Judgesayscase other schools by The Authors and other collaborating colleges
Guild, Inc. and other author - was an example of fair use
could set precedent associations in September 2011 and did not infringe upon copy-
challenging the legality of its right laws.
on info sharing HathiTrust digitization pro- When copyrighted mate-
gram. rial is ruled to be in fair use, the
By AUSTEN HUFFORD Federal District Court Judge work is legally permitted for
Daily StaffReporter Harold Baer, Jr. of the Southern use in certain circumstances -
District of New York ruled in a generally to benefit the public
In a judgment issued written opinion that HathiTrust in "scholarship, teaching, and
Wednesday, the University won - designed to digitize the books research," Baer wrote in his rul-
a lawsuit brought against it and at the libraries of the University See HATHITRUST, Page 3A
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