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THE MICHIGAN UNION
New food
options to
come to
the Union
SINGING FOR HOPE
* Most current
restaurant leases
set to expire in
April
By ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Daily Staff Reporter
The days of Frosty desserts
and Mrs. Fields cookie cakes in
the Michigan Union may be num-
bered.
The leases for several busi-
nesses in the Union - includ-
ing Amer's Mediterranean Deli,
Subway, Pizza Hut, Wendy's and.
the multi-restaurant space that
includes Mrs. Fields, Freshens
smoothies and Auntie Anne's
pretzels - will expire in April,
creating space for three new busi-
nesses in the food court to debut
next fall.
The only current vendor that
will remain in the Union is Panda
Express, which signed a lease
that expires in2018.
University Unions is currently
accepting requests for proposals
from local and chain restaurants.
The space currently occupied
by Amer's on the first floor of
the Union will be transformed
into a Marketcaf6 operated by
University Unions that will fea-
ture MHealthy food and drink
options, a deli, coffee and spe-
cialty drinks along with other on-
the-go options. J
Susan Pile, the director of the
Michigan Union and the Center
for Campus Involvement, said
about 40 interested businesses
attended a pre-proposal meet-
ing held last week to learn more
about the opportunity.
After the Dec. 13 proposal
deadline, a committee comprised
of students and Union employees
will assess the proposals and con-
tact approved businesses in late
January to discuss contract nego-
tiations.
Pile said she and the student
advisory board have identified
four dining concepts - chicken
and burgers, a deli/sandwich
shop, an international vendor and
a "pizza plus," which includes
pizza, pasta and breadsticks -
that are of particular interest to
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Members of Amazin' Blue sing on the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library during MRelay's Luminaria Diag Night on Wednesday.
TH E MaID D L E sAa
Gaza dispute focus of tal
Students discuss versity's Hillel on Wednesday
night.
skirmish between Elliot Chodoff, a reserve offi-
cer in the Israeli Defense Forces
Israel, Hamas and a private analyst-on terror-
ism and the Middle East conflict,
By DANIELLE had originally been scheduled
STOPPELMANN to talk at Hillel about terrorist
Daily StaffReporter threats in the region. However,
after Israel began an operation
A barrage of rocket fire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday,
between Israel and Hamas, the Chodoff added his views on the
militant group that rules the Israeli airstrikes to his lecture.
Gaza Strip, brought students en Israeli airstrikes killed
masse to a lecture at the Uni- Ahmed Jabari, the military
chief of Hamas. Jabari had been
at the top of Israel's most-want-
ed list for his involvement in the
kidnapping of an Israeli soldier
in 2005 and for his leadership of
the group's takeover of the Gaza
Strip in 2007.
At least 10 Palestinians died
in Israeli airstrikes.
The event that brought
Chodoff to Hillel was co-hosted
by Hasbara Fellows - a group
that teaches American students
to promote Israel on their cam-
puses - i-LEAD and American
Movement for Israel.
Business sophomore Isaac
Katz, the president of i-Lead,
said while the clubs invited
Chodoff to. speak on another
viewpoint on the conflict in
the Middle East to students, he
thought many students attended
to hear about the escalation of
fighting.
"As sad as it is, it's probably
a reason that this turnout is so
big, is because people have been
hearing about it lot today news,
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STATE POLICY
Nurses
lobby to
expand
practiclng
g
rights
With passage of
ACA, nurses will
play larger role in
health care
By LIANA ROSENBLOOM
Daily StaffReporter
Since President Barack
Obama's re-election re-affirmed
that the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act will be
implemented, many health care
providers are struggling with the
law's more practical realities.
It is estimated that an addi-
tional 30 million Americans will
become eligible to receive health
insurance by 2014. In light of the
health care profession's current
shortage of providers, advanced
practice registered nurses in
Michigan are working to pass leg-
islation to expand their practicing
rights.
Nursing Prof. emeritus Joanne
Pohl, who testified. before Michi-
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RANKINGS
University ranks 8th
in international
student enrollment
AUS~TNHaFFORD/naiiy
Siens promating R.U.B BBQ Restaurant adorn the outside windows of the now defunct Packard Pub.
Barbecue restaurant set
to fl akr u pc
Study: 6,382
students studying
abroad at the 'U'
By FARONE RASHEED
For theDaily
Students hailing from sev-
eral foreign countries have
helped place the University ina
new group of "Big Ten" schools
- the top 10 schools with the
largest international student
enrollment.
The University was ranked
eighth largest international
student body in the United
States - with a reported 6,382
international students as of
2012 - in the 2011-2012 Open
Doors Report released by the
Institute of International Edu-
cation this week,
Kavita Mokha, tIE manager
of public affairs; said Open
Doors - a publication funded
by the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs of the U.S.
Department of.State - aggre-
gates institutional data from
across the nation for a greater
understanding of the flux of
international students on U.S.
campuses.
Mokha said approximately
3,000 American institutions
self-report their numbers each
year to the IIE.
The Open Doors data
includes students who have
graduated from the University
but are still on a student visa,
which makes the data vary
slightly from the numbers the
University publishes on its
International Center website,
which report only 'currently
enrolled students, according to
John Greisberger, the director
of theUniversity's Internation-
al Center.
Greisberger said there were
"no surprises," referring to
the University's eighth place
finish in the category for the
second year in a row. Last year,
the University had 5,995 total
international students accord-
ing to 2010-2011 lIE data.
Greisberger said a diverse
and global education has
always been emphasized and
implemented at the University,
addingthat about 40 to 50 per-
cent of American students at
the University participate in
study abroad programs or some
type of academic experience
abroad. Greisberger said rela-
.tionships with international
students on campus encour-
age American students to go
abroad.
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R.U.B. BBQ to
feature local beer,
home-style meals
By ALICIA ADAMCZYK
Daily Staff Reporter
Tailgating for the 2013 season
just got a little saucier with the
addition of R.U.B. BBQ Pub to
the South Campus diningscene.
The R.U.B. BBQ Pub, a Michi-
gan family-owned, sports-style
pub founded 40 years ago in
Detroit and Warren, will open
its third locationwithin the next
30 to 60 days on the corner of
South State Street and Packard
Avenue in the space formerly
occupied by the Packard Pub.
Customers will be able to
wash the Southern-inspired,
home-style meals down with
one of more than 200 varieties of
bottled beer, or 60 beers on tap,
many of which were produced in
Michigan.The smokehouse will
also offer tailgating packages
and draft beer to-go.
Omar Mitchell, the smoke-
house's regional manager, said
opening a restaurant in Ann
Arbor is almost obligatory given
its reputation as a "restaurant
capital" throughout the state.
"As crazy as it may sound,
Ann Arbor is missing great bar-
becue," Mitchell said. "They
have many different styles of
cuisine, but good old Southern
comfort barbecue is missing."
Mitchell emphasized R.U.B's
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