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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Obama knows what it means
to stru le first ladysays
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CAMPUS CRIME
'U' police
investigate
three sexual
assaults
Suspects in watch party at Michigan Stadi-
um for the Michigan v. Alabama
weekend incidents football game. During this inci-
dent, a student reported that an
all have similar unknown male, who appeared
very inebriated, grabbed her
description chest and legs.
The suspect in Saturday's
By AUSTEN HUFFORD case is described as a 5'6" light-
Daily StaffReporter skinned Asian male with broad
shoulders, weighing about 180
Three separate sexual assault pounds with a stocky muscular
incidents were reported on or build, black hair in a grown-out
near campus this past weekend, "buzz cut," with a clean-shaven
all with a similarly described face. The victim of the assault
suspect. also reported him as having a
University Police say it's cur- high-pitched voice, and he was
"anknown" whether the reportedly wearing a baseball
alleged crimes are related., hat, blue sunglasses and light
Last Friday, a student told pink shorts.
DPS that an unknown male Both students notified DPS
approached her while at the Uni- of the assaults after receiving
versity's Museum of Natural His- the campus-wide crime. alert
tory between 5and 6 p.m., sent out about an incident that
After following the student occurred Monday morning, in
around, the man spoke to her which a student reported that
both in Chinese and limited she was grabbed from behind
English with a heavy Chinese near Washtenaw Avenue and Hill
--nt. arn- "lice. The Street. In Monday's case, the sus-
suspect proceeded to rub her pect grabbed the student's chest
elbow and grab her buttocks. He and crotch.
is described as a 5'7" Asian man Monday's suspect ran away on
with short hair, clean appear- foot after the student screamed.
ante and an average build. The suspect in that incident was
A _ond sexual assault described as anAsian male wear-
occurred on Saturday at the See POLICE, Page 7A
Michelle Obama's husband understood the plight
of working Americans in a
keynote aimed at prime time keynote address at
the Democratic National Con-
middle-class voters vention in Charlotte, N.C.
Student debt and financial
By KATIE BURKE aid were primary focuses of
Daily StaffReporter the first lady's address, as she
lauded the work of her husband
First lady Michelle Obama in implementing progressive
used her and President Barack policy that promotes access
Obama's experiences with col- to higher education. Obama, a
lege debt to illustrate that her graduate of Princeton Univer-
sity and
Harvard
Law
School,
drew on.
her per-
sonal
struggles '
to pay back student loans dur-
ing her speech, which high-
lighted the convention's first
night.
"Believe it or not, when we
were first married, our com-
bined monthly student loan
bills menu actually higher than
our mortgage," Obama said.
"We were so young, so in love
and so an debt."
Obama, wearing a pink
sleeveless dress, reminded vot-
ers of the president's humble
origins in an effort to connect.
with middle class voters.
"Barack knows what it
See OBAMA, Page 6A
LIVING OFF-CAMPUS
Beyond the,
Diag program
expands to new
neighborhoods
'U' group hopes
to unify students
living off-campus
By ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Daily StaffReporter
Off-campus students wish-
ing to better connect with
their neighbors now have more
opportunity for collaboration as
Beyond the Diag - a student-led
initiative kicking off its second
year - expands to encompass six*
times as many neighborhoods as
last year.
The program, which cur-
rently includes 11 neighborhoods
on Central Campus and one on
North Campus, originally came
to fruition after safety concerns
were raised in off-campus areas
last summer. The program aims
to educate students on neighbor-
hood resources and responsibili-
d ties, as well as connect students
residing in the same off-campus
neighborhoods.
Coordinators plan to add
another North Campus neigh-
borhood, much of which is off of
Plymouth Road, across from the
-border of North Campus, facing
much of Northwood Community
Apartments and the Courtyard
Apartments, which are a part of
the West Murfin neighborhood.
Beyond the Diag's operations
are also expanding. LSA senior
Josh Buoy, Beyond the Diag co-
coordinator, said neighborhood
ambassadors living in 10 of the
12 neighborhoods will distribute
off-campus living guides and act
as points of reference for fellow
students. Buoy said the ambassa-
dors are comparable to residen-
tial advisors in the University's
residence halls.
"If residents have questions,
they can go to the neighborhood
ambassadors who will hope-
fully have the answers or know
See DIAG, Page 6A
Members of the Michigan Marching Band practice on Elbel Field Tuesday.
TECHNOLOGY
New Maize Page website
offers updated services
CITY COUNCIL
Transit
study
rejected by
Council
Report would have
tested city road
conditions
By TAYLOR WIZNER
DailyStaffReporter
Ann Arbor City Council mem-
bers rejected a proposal Tuesday
evening to pursue a transporta-
tion study that would examine
the durability and capacity of the
city's roadways as an increasing
number of vehicles take to the
streets.
Eight votes were required to
pass the proposal, but only four
councilmembers voted in favor,
with five opposing the measure.
Councilmembers Sabra Briere
(D-Ward 1), Sandi Smith (D-
Ward 1), Margie Teall (D-Ward
4), Jane Lumm (I-Ward 2) and
Mike Anglin (D-Ward 5) voted
against the measure, while Coun-
cilmembers Tony Derezinski
(D-Ward 2), Christopher Taylor
(D-Ward 3), Stephen Kunselman
(D-Ward 3) and Mayor John
Hieftje supported it.
See TRANSIT, Page 7A
Campus groups
frustrated with
re-registration
By MOLLY BLOCK
Daily StaffReporter
Maize Pages, an Internet
database that has previously
provided information on the
more than 1,400 recognized
student organizations on cam-
pus, is now more that just a
glossary of University groups.
Susan Pile, director of
Michigan Union and Center for
Campus Involvement, said the
updated website will meet the
needs of students and address
issues raised by the old site,
including a lack of flexibility
and poor managerial tools.
Still, despite the multitude
of services offered by the new
site, some student groups have
expressed difficulty with re-
registering their organization.
This has led to decreased rep-
resentation on the site for the
start of the school year, from
1,438 groups during the 2011-
2012 academic year, to 378 as of
last night.
According to Pile, the new
website offers many new
features designed to assist
See MAIZE PAGE, Page 6A
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