N AT "OPINION IN ACTION Op-ed writers delve into the deep end of race-based admission. a INSDE = == oINSIDE 4A ONE-HU1NID jEI)-T'I'WEN1TYTIr Ed\OHS obe r1 IT1I R\Ll) I Thursday, October 11, 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan michigandailycom 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 WEATHER HI: 53 GOT A NEWS TIP? 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