2A - Thursday, November 15, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A -Thusday Noembr 15 202 Te Mihign Daly mihigadaiyco WATTTM TI-TR TT TTTRN 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www,michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief einess Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1240 lichterman@michigandailycom rmgrein@michigandailycom From Sudan to Ann Arbor When did you come to the University of Michigan? I came to the University of Michigan after two years of postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. What was it like to study in Sudan before earning your Ph.D. at Northwestern University? I studied at the University of Khartoum - Khartoum is the capital of Sudan - which is one of the best African Uni- versities. I studied English in high school and was taught in English at the university level. My experience in Sudan taught me about the impor- CRIME NOTES tance of language to tran scend borders, but also mad me think about the legacy o colonialism in Africa and hog it can manifest differentl in the postcolonial time. brought to Northwestern, an of course to the U.S., this mix ture of histories, cultures an different academic practices. What are your research interests and why do you enjoy studying those topics? I am very passionate abou anthropology, gender studie and African studies in par ticular. Anthropology allow me to explore women's lif - histories and experiences and e to bring them in writing as sf live text to tell a lot of stories w about history, marginaliza-I y tion, struggle and triumph." d What do you enjoy doing - in your free time? d The concept of free time is very relative for academics. If am a poet so if I get a chance I write a line or two. I also like to watch documentary films and take long walks when its is warm to listen to birds int at beautiful Ann Arbor., - -HALEY GLATTHORN s This interview was Balloons wait to be blown up at the Center of CaOtD NEL/Dai e conducted via e-mail. Involvement's Family Night at Pierpont Commons Wednesday. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Investment Lunch series New studies published workshop WHAT: The luncheon this month claim that Nourish YourSELF will give signs of Alzheimer's, WHAT: Seminar to help women of color a forum for including the buildup students construct a basic discussing various issues, of certain brain proteins, may life financial plan, includ- including health. be able to detect the disease at ing portfolios and retiremnt WHO: Counseling and Psy- least 20 years before its symp- savings. chological Services toms manifest, The New York WHO: Center for the Edu- WHEN: Today at 11:30 a.m. Times reported. cation of Women WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Today at noon D WHERE: Center for the Documentary Ella Swenson started Education of Women, 330 a Detroit-based online E. 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Burn baby burn WHERE: Bursley Residence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 3:02 p.m. WHAT: A flyer in amen's bathroom was half burned, University Police reported. There was no other damage and there are no suspects. 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They were escorted out. iecture WHAT: Cultural activist Chris Jordan will give a presentation on dimensions of western cultures through statistics as part of the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Speakers Series. WHO: UMMA WHEN: Tonight at 5:10 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater veterans from the invasion of Iraq. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library, room 100 CORRECTIONS . Please report any error in the Dailyto corrections@michi- gandaily.com. After President Barack Obama's re-election, petitions from 20 states asking to secede from the union have ' been submitted to the White House website, CBS News reported. The Texas petition has more than 22,000 signatories. MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Find themon the Crime Notes blog at michigandaily.com Interior secretary apologizes for threatening reporter in Colorado 6 '0 6 0 0 Said he would punch journalist for wild horse program questions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) , U.S. Interior Sec- retary Ken Salazar apologized Wednesday for threatening to punch a Colorado reporter who asked him about problems with the government's wild horse program at a campaign event. Salazar called Dave Philipps, a reporter with The Gazette of Colorado-Springs, to apologize and offer him an interview, and also sent him a letter of apol- ogy. The apology came a day after the newspaper posted a story and an audio recording of comments Salazar made at an Election Day event in Foun- President Barack Obama's re- election. Salazar told Philipps by phone Wednesday that "I want you to hear me loud and clear," The Gazette reported. "I shouldn't have said that." In the audio recording from the campaign event, Philipps is heard asking for an on-camera interview with Salazar, a Colo- rado native who previously served as a U.S. senator from the state. Salazar noted he was appear- ing at the campaign event, about 80 miles south of Denver, in a "personal capacity," and said his office could arrange to talk about Davis "at an appropriate time." After the interview, Salazar accused Philipps of setting him up. He then posed the threat, saying: "If you do that to me again, I'll punch you out." is heard telling Salazar that he previously got no response after tryingimultiple times to arrange an interview through Salazar's press secretary. The Gazette reported that it initially held off on posting the audio in hopes of getting an interview with Salazar. But a Colorado Springs-based wild horse advocacy group, The Cloud Foundation, publicized the exchange Monday and the Gazette published a story Tues- day. Philipps, a Pulitzer Prize final- ist in 2010, and Gazette editor Carmen Boles declined to com- ment on the matter Wednesday to The Associated Press, but the newspaper did editorialize in favor of Salazar issuing an apol- ogy and granting an interview. The BLM has struggled with how to manage growing horse herdswhich can double naturally within five years if left unchecked. Egyptians chant slogans against latest Israel airstrikes in Gaza during aprotest in Cairo on Wednesday. Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Israel afteran Israeli airstrike killed the military commanderof Gaza's ruling Hamas. Egypt recalls its envoy to Israel after Gaza offensive Action taken in protest of attacks in territory CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president recalled the country's ambassador to Israel to protest its strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after com- ing under mounting domestic criticism for not taking a strong enough stance against Israel. The move may signal a shift in the way Cairo deals with Israel following last year's popular uprising that ush- ered in the country's first free presidential elections over the summer and a wave of protests since. Ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who built close ties with Egypt's neighbor, was accused by Egyptians for refus- ing to bend to popular pressure for tough stands against Israel. Ironically, his successor President Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, came under simi- lar sharp criticism earlier this week for failing to speak out after seven Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes over the weekend in retaliation for rocket attacks by Gaza militants. Secular parties and revolution- ary groups on Monday held a vigil denouncing Morsi and pro- testing the Israeli airstrikes. On Wednesday, Israel height- ened its offensive by killing Ahmad Jabari, the commander of the Hamas military wing, in one of some 20 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the wake of fur- ther militant rocket attacks. Ten people were killed in the assault on Gaza, two of them young chil- dren. This prompted a protest of. around 200 people in down- town Cairo on Wednesday who demanded Morsi take a stand against the Israeli attack. "Morsi where is your deci- sion," they chanted. "Our lead- ers, enough with the silence. The people of Gaza are dyingthere." Late Wednesday, presi- dential spokesman Yasser Ali announced on state TV that Morsi had recalled the Egyptian ambassador. The Muslim Brotherhood is a vocal critic of Israel, and the Pal- estinian Hamas militant group that rules Gaza is an offshoot of the group. Since taking office as Egypt's first freely elected president in late June, Morsi has refused to meet or contact any Israeli officials and doesn't even mention Israel by name in official statements. Still, while relations have cooled, Morsi has not brought radical change in Egypt's policy toward Israel. He has promised to abide by Egypt's 1979 peace deal with Israel and his govern- ment has continued contacts with Israel through its non- Brotherhood members. Israel and Egypt have quietly cooperated over an Egyptian military operation in the Sinai Peninsula against Islamic mili- tants who have been attacking Egyptian forces and launch- ing attacks into Israel. Morsi's government also still tightly controls Palestinian movement through the Rafah border cross- ing with Gaza in the Sinai. Under Mubarak, Egypt's backing of a blockade of Gaza imposed by Israel after Hamas won elections and later overran the territory in 2007 was highly unpopular among Egyptians. .0 ,1 ho