an 4)atlm ON tliI1E)T\ NI ILL V 1 A1IUIIE\ OM Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 12,2012 liniganaawy.com ELECTION 2012 A2 officials dismayed by rejection of art millage City to continue using Percent for Art funding model By TAYLOR WIZNER Daily StaffReporter City officials said they were disappointed in the wake of the rejection by Ann Arbor voters of a tax for a more comprehensive public art program on Election Day. Public art administrator Aaron Seagraves said he was surprised the millage was rejected, and though he could not speculate on voter senti- ment, he supposed the new model of funding could have drivenvoters away. "I'm not sure why it wasn't passed by voters," Seagraves said. "The Percent for Art fund- ing could have been preferred to the funding on the millage. Maybe that's why the voters thought they didn't need a new millage for it." The millage was an alterna- tive to the current public arts funding program Percent for Art, which has encountered dif- ficulty in providing public arts projects under heavy restric- tions that limit displays to per- manent art installations on specified government proper- ties. Following rejection of the proposal, Ann Arbor will return to the previous model; which utilizes city funding ratherthan tax money from residents. The tax would have cost the average homeowner about $11 a month and was expected to bring in about $450,000 annu- ally. The new model for fund- ing included a mill tax model for funding public arts in Ann Arbor. Instead of the current system, which takes the funds from different departments in the city, the funding for projects would come directly from the residents. Seagraves noted that lack of awareness about the proposal could have added to the dismiss- al by voters. "There wasn't a whole lot of time to go campaign," Sea- graves said. "Between the idea of it being on the ballot, it was probably two months between Election Day and when it was put on the ballot." City Councilmember Chris Taylor (D-Ward 3) sponsored See MILLAGE, Page 3A TERESA MATHEW/Daily Junior quarterback Devin Gardner and fifth-year senior lineman Patrick Omameh celebrate during Michigan's 38-31 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. Don, 't ap ologize Ifor 21 he temptation is strong , to look at how the game went on Satur- day afternoon and point to luck for how Michigan snatched a win away from Northwestern, for doing it as quickly and ruthlessly as the Wolverines did. It'd be easy to say that Devin Gardner and Kenny Demens and Roy Roundtree and company should be praised les§ for win- ning and admonished more for how they let the game nearly slip away - how they put themselves at the whim of a miracle to be able to crawl away with a victory. (Mir- acle or baf- fling mistake by the Wild- cats, however you want to look at it.) It wouldn't be heresy to say that Michigan had no business winning this game, that this team - with all of its champion- ship aspirations, which it can still cling to thanks to this win - didn't deserve its seventh win based on its performance on Sat- urday. But don't tell that to them. "We've got a lot that we didn't do well, but we did do well when you win the football game," said Michigan coach Brady Hoke. In truth, it'd be hard to say iwith a straight face that the Wol- verines played the type of win- ning football that you needto play to win.most weeks. Not when their running backs averaged 1.8 yard per carry after you remove redshirt junior Fitzgerald Toussaint's SO-yarder from the equation. (Which is the right move, since it ended in a backbreaking fumble.) Not when a normally sound See APOLOGIZE, Page 3A 'U RENOVATIONS Regents to hear* pitch to renovate unions " Building a Better Michigan to present plan to update union, gyms By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter After spending a year plan- ning and gathering student input, Building a Better Michi- gan - a group of students and administrators dedicated to improving the University's unions and recreation centers - will take its first steps toward campus-wide renovations with its plans to address the Uni- versity's Board of Regents on Thursday. Over the course of the semes- ter, the group has visited peer See BOARD, Page 3A STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Elementary school students experience college life at K-Day Stephen M. Ross speaks on a panel at the first Michigan Sports Business Conference on Friday. Alu-ms headline first 'U' sports business conference Annual event unites students and local youth By ALICIA ADAMCZYK Daily Staff Reporter Though the Diag is usually filled with 20-somethings on a typical weekday, about sixty 9 and 10 year-olds took over cam- pus on Friday afternoon. K-Day, a collaboration between K-Grams - a Univer- sity program that pair~s college students and elementary-aged children in a variety of mentor- ing activities - and the Big Ten Network, united students from two local elementary schools with University students Friday to partake ina slew of activities, ranging from a tour of the Uni- versity of Michigan Museum of Art to a dance marathon in the Diag. Between games of four- square and lunch in South Quad Residence Hall, the third grad- ers from Ann Arbor's Dicken Elementary and Detroit's Dixon Elementary engaged in a jam- packed schedule filled with hands-on activities, including interactive chemistry experi- ments, an arts and crafts ses- sion, an athlete meet-and-greet and atour of the dorms. In addition to activities planned throughout the day, K-grams collected school sup- plies from University students to donate to disadvantaged schools in Ypsilanti and Detroit. During the field day se*- sion of Friday's events, kids jumped rope, chalked the Diag and received autographs from various University athletes, including members of the men's swimming and diving team, the women's track team and the Triathlon Club. Education senior Roman Willets, a member of the men's swim team, said K-Day was a great way for kids and Universi- ty students to interact and learn from each other. "It's always a lot of fun for us with the kids," Willets said. "But at the same time, any time theycanmeetsome athletes,get some positive fole models,that's great." After Michigan Rhythm per- formed atap-dance number,the University of Michigan Dance Marathon - a non-profit stu- dent organization that raises money for pediatric research - See K-DAY, Page 3A St 0 1 ephen M. RoSS Auditorium on Friday to convey the message that "sport mat- ther industry ters." Rhodes's address kicked off a eaders speak day dedicated to analyzing the sports industry from a variety By ZENA DAVE of angles and perspectives at Daily StaffReporter the Michigan Sport Business Conference, an eight-hour event siness senior Brandon with a star-studded list of 24 es took the stage at the sporting industry speakers and School of Business's Blau four discussion panels Friday morning. More than 500 students, faculty members, alumni and industry figures attended the event, which was created by Rhodes and University alum Dustin Cairo. Rhodes and Cario organized the event in con- junction with about 30 other undergraduate students, and the conference gained popular- See BUSINESS, Page 3A Bus Rhode Ross WEATHER HI:39 TOMORROW LO:28 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail #michlinks news@michigandaily.com and letus know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE WIRE INDEX NEWS ......................2A ARTS....................SA Vol. CXXIII, No. 42 AP NEWS ...................4A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A ©202TheMichiganDaily OPINION ...................4A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B michigandaily.com r 4 to_. _ .r.