2A - Thursday, November 29, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN RACHEL GREINETZ dite r in Chief Business Manager 734-410-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 licteerman@michigandaitycomermgrein@mnichigandaily.coms Learning Ann Arbor exists Where are you from orig inally? I'm 100-percent Chinese but I grew up in Sydney, Aus tralia. It's nice; it's warm i comparison to here, but it very far away. I like Austra lia a lot, it's a very nice pIa to live. I've lived in the state for 10 years now. I studied i Boston before coming here I've lived in Ann Arbor fo four years now, and this is m fourth year with the Univer sity. Why did you choose t come to the University o Michigan? It has a very good mat CRIME NOTES Lewd lift WHERE: Modern Languages Building WHEN: Wednesday at about midnight WHAT: An elevator was discovered to have racist graffiti, University Police reported. The specific graffiti was unable to be found by police after the vandalism was reported to them. department, in particularly with what I do, which is com- e, binatorics. Before I moved - here, I had no idea Ann Arbor n actually existed. In fact, I may 's have known Michigan was a - state, but it would be pretty e unlikely that I would have s known where it was on the n map. e. r What exactly is combina- y torics? r Combinatorics is the study of counting, usually discreet objects. For example, what are o all the possible poker hands f you can get, for five cards out of 52, what are all the h hands you could possibly get? Mirror I marking 1 WHERE: Dennison M Building b WHEN: Wednesday at d about 12:40 a.m. r WHAT: Bathroom mirror U and walls were covered a in ink graffiti, University ti Police reported. There are V currently no suspects. S I do a type called algebraic combinatorics, so I'm inter- ested in studying problems . that involve algebra, which involves studying equations. What do you do on your days off? Well, today, I'm going rock climbing ... I (also) play hock- ey. Well I haven't played all year so far, but I hope to start playing again this winter. I learned both of those things since I've come to America. In terms of exercise, I like running. Running is my main form of exercise. 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Obama: 'I'll do whatever it takes' to get a deal on taxes Democrats, Republicans both hint at concessions WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and a key congres- sional Democrat hinted at fresh concessions on taxes and cuts to Medicare and other government benefit programs Wednesday as bargaining with Republicans lurched ahead to avoid the year- end "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy into a tail- spin. Increasing numbers of rank- and-file Republicans also said they were ready to give ground, a boost for House Speaker John Boehner and other party lead- ers who say they will agree to higher tax revenues as part of a deal if it also curbs benefit pro- grams as a way to rein in federal deficits. "I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done," President Barack Obama THE NEW UNE CHINESE CUISINE SPECIAZING IN HONG KONGTAIWANESE,A SZECNUAN & HUNAN STYES 734-995-1786 116 S. MAIN STREETA (BETWEEN W. HURON AND WASHTENAW)f DOWNTOWN ANN ARBORA WWW.KAIGARDEN.COM H-U.D said as he sought to build pres- sure on Republicans to accept his terms - a swift renewal of expiring tax cuts for all but the highest income earners. "It's too important for Washington to screw this up," he declared. For all the talk, there was no sign of tangible progress on an issue that marks a first test for divided government since elec- tions that assured Obama a sec- ond term in the White House while renewing Republican control in the House. "It's time for the president and Democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has," Boehner said at a news conference in the Capitol. He, like Obama, expressed optimism that a deal could be reached. At the same time, he publicly disagreed with one GOP law- maker, Rep. Tom Cole of Okla- homa; who said he was ready to go along with Obama's plan to renew most but not all of the expiring income tax cuts. "It'll hurt the economy" to raise rates for anyone, said Boehner. Separately, at a closed-door meeting with the rank and file, the speaker told fellow Repub- licans they are on solid politi- cal ground in refusing to let tax rates rise. He circulated polling data showing the public favors closing loopholes to raise rev- enue far more than it supports raising rates on incomes over $250,000. There were no face-to-face talks between the administra- tion and lawmakers during the day, although the White House is dispatching Treasury Sec- retary Tim Geithner and top legislative aide Rob Nabors to a series of sessions with congres- sional leaders on Thursday. On Wednesday, a group of corporate CEOs pushing for a deal met separately with top Democratic and Republican leaders in the House, joined by Erskine Bowles, who was co- chairman of a deficit commis- sion Obama appointed earlier in his term. Protesters storm an office of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice party and set fires in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution' Draft of new constitution expected this week CAIRO (AP) - Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt's Islamist presi- dent is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers. Activists warn that his actions threaten a "second revolution," but Mohammed Morsi faces a different situation than his oust- ed predecessor, Hosni Mubarak: He was democratically elected and enjoys the support of the nation's most powerful political movement. Already, Morsi is rushing the work of an Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly at the heart of the power struggle, with a draft of the charter expected as early as Thursday, despite a walkout by liberal and Christian members that has raised ques- tions about the panel's legiti- macy. The next step would be for Morsi to call a nationwide ref- erendum on the document. If adopted, parliamentary elec- tions would be held by the spring. Wednesday brought a last- minute scramble to seize the momentum over Egypt's politi- cal transition. Morsi's camp announced that his Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists will stage a massive rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the plaza where more than 200,000 oppo- sition supporters gathered a day earlier. The Islamists' choice of the square for Saturday's rally raises the possibility of clashes. Several hundred Morsi opponents are camped out there, and another group is fighting the police on a nearby street. "It is tantamount to a dec- laration of war," said liberal politician Mustafa al-Naggar, speaking on the private Al-Tah- rir TV station. Morsi remains adamant that his decrees, which place him above oversight of any kind, including by the courts, are in the interest of the nation's transi- tion to democratic rule. Backing down may not be an option for the 60-year-old U.S.- educated engineer. Doing so would significantly weaken him and the Brother- hood at a time when their image has been battered by widespread charges that they are too preoc- cupied with tightening their grip onpower to effectivelytackle the country's many pressing prob- lems. Morsi's pride is also a key factor in a country where most people look to their leader as an invincible figure. He may not be ready to stom- ach another public humilia- tion after backing down twice since taking office in June. His attempt to reinstate parliament's Islamist-dominated lower cham- ber after it was disbanded in July by the Supreme Constitutional Court was overturned by that same court. Last month, Morsi was forced to reinstate the coun- try's top prosecutor just days after firing him when the judi- ciary ruled it was not within his powers to do so. Among Morsi's first acts after seizing near-absolute powers last week was to fire the prosecutor again. 'I