2A - Thursday, January 24, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam 2A - Thursday, January 24, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY:, THURSDAY: FRIDAY: This Week in History Professor Profiles In Other Ivory Towers Alumni Profiles Photos of the Week PHOTO HEADLINE I -- Alumni Profile: Peter Orner 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor inChief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. t252 7a4-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandailycom rmgrein@michigandailycom Peter Orner is afiction author and thing we call anovel. a faculty member at the graduate writing program at San Francisco What did you study at the State University. University? What piqued your interest in writing novels? I've always loved stories - to read and to try to write them. I think I may have first become interested in writingnovels when I read Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" in a class with NickDelbanco at Michigan.Ilove novels that expand the definition of what a novel is. We also read the great Jamaica Kincaid in that class as well. The book was Annie John. Kincaid too gave me a new angle on how to structure this At Michigan, I have to admit I was a less than stellar student. I was an English major with a concentration in creative writ- ing, which means I took a few literature courses and about 500 creative writing courses. In hindsight, I wish I'd stud- ied more literature, but at the time I loved it. I went to col- lege and made up stories. What could have been better? Two Michigan professors I can never thank enough are Tish O'Dowd, who encouraged me very early - I'm very grateful for her kindness and her sense of humor - and Charles Baxter, who took me on as independent study, and once wrote me a gen- erous note, saying my sentence, "The closet smelled like potato chips" wasn't a bad line. I still have the note. He wrote it on a typewriter. If you had to describe your writing style in one word, what would it be? I try to keep things short and essential. If I can pare some- thing down, I will - i.e. I don't need the second sentence here or this one either. -KAITLINZURDOSKY T H REE T HINGS YOU SH OUL D KNOW TODAY A National Institutes of Health council has decided to permeane- antly retire most of their 541 chimpanzees from research and move them to sanctu- aries, according to the New York Times. This is part of the NIH's research reforms. 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The incident occured Mondav CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Shady study WHERE: Hatcher Gradu- ate Library WHEN: Tuesday at about 1:30 p.m. WHAT: A phone and laptop were taken from a fifth- floor study area, University Police reported. The items were believed to have been taken between 1:20 and 1:25 Symposium WHAT: The Leadership for Truth and Reconciliation in Metropolitan Detroit sym- posium will be held. Topics of social justice will be cov- ered in relation to the South African apartheid. WHO: The University Record WH EN: Todav at 6 nm- Jazz act WHAT: Bassist Edie Har- rold and guitar-percussion duo Red Shoes will perform jazz pieces that explore new, old, and latin-influenced jazz. Harold studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. WHO: Gifts of Art WHEN: Todav at 12:10 n.m. 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Oneacopy issavalable free of charge tall reade itinal copisemay bepicds spattheaily's office for subsiptionsfor fall ter,startingainSeptembe, via U.S. mail ae$1tt. Wintntert(ansary thrnoughApil)tis 115, yearong (September through Aprilt is $195.University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscriptionrate.On-campussubscriptionsfor fall termare $35.Subscriptionsmust be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. I I 6 6 11lUllV:U ULi1Uy LA ~ Cl :VZL :. Y10\ ~y dUP.11. Y 1L r y p U14VP.. between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. p.m. WHERE: Art and Architec- WHERE: University Hospi- The Mariachi Vargas ture Building tals, Main Lobby de Tecalitlin will come Bench theft Are you goinga.cto Ann Arbor to repeat Racism talk Book lecture their popular 2010 perfor- WHERE: Central Campus to etch that? mance. The group is credited Recreation Center WHAT: The Jim Crow WHAT: Ann Arbor his- with orginating the popular WHEN: Tuesday at about WHERE: Markley Resi- Museum of Racist Memora- torian and journalist Don music genre. 10 p.m. dence Hall bilia will give a presentation Faber will give a lecture on >> FOR MORE, SEE INSIDE WHAT: A backpack holding a cell phone and credit card was reportedly stolen from underneath a bench in the basketball court between 8 and 9:30 p.m., University Police reported. There are currently no suspects. WHEN: Tuesday at about 4:25 p.m. WHAT: Graffiti had been discovered "etched" into a tabletop at the Markley Hideaway, University Police reported. There are cur- rently no suspects. on how racism is created through interaction with everyday objects, and how to use these objects to pro- mote tolerance and incrase social justice. WHO: Museum Studies Program WHEN: Today at 6:30 p. m. WHERE: Rackham Gradu- ate School amphitheater his new book, The Boy Gov- ernor. This book is about Stevens T. Mason, Michi- gan's first and youngest governor, and his historical accomplishments and con- tributions. WHO: Gerald R. Ford Presi- dential Library WHIIN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Gerald Ford Library The U.S. Air Force has released a report uncoverning hundreds of pornographic materials on its bases, according to NBC News. Among the items that were confiscated was a 'Ken' doll wearing red swimming trunks. Entrepreneurship gift to help students innovate I 6 University researchers discuss different approaches to studying sexuality and romantic relationships at Sexpertise. Sexual health focus of UHS event Sex wi Sex educat this yt the pa Got to evenin The three- sium o for stu Sexpe Univer Abo Arbor event, unteer The by fou theirr HIV r womer cuddli focuse from v psycho lic poli Gar, health tion, s prejud racial cpertise kicks off "Even though we always com- plain straight folks stereotyping th expert panel gay folks, even within the black gay community, there's a lot of ste- discussion reotyping that goes on," Harper said. By ANGELA SON Sara McClelland, assistant pro- Daily StaffReporter fessor of Psychology and Women's Studies, said sexual education perteam, a sexual health shapes young people's expecta- ion organization, opened tions about their bodies and sex ear's Sexpertise event with for their whole life. She added that nel discussion, "What's Sex emphasizing chastity before mar- Do with It?" Wednesday riage could cause negative effects g at the Michigan League; for students. talk was the first of the "It's actually quite (contro- dayevent, which is a sympo- versial) that it's abstinence only f free educational activities until marriage, because that of . dents on campus hosted by course excludes many people rteam, and sponsored by the who can't get married or for sity Health Service. whom marriage is not the con- -ut 75 members of the Ann text in which they want to be community attended the sexually relating to other peo- including Sexperteam vol- ple," McClelland said. s. Sari van Anders, assistant panel discussion was led professor of psychology and ir professors who presented women's studies, said she is a self- research on topics such as proclaimed feminist scientist who ates among gay men, young brings different perspectives to n's sexual development and the field. ng. Their works, though All panelists emphasized the d on sexual health, came importance of learningmore about arious disciplines including different forms of sexuality and logy, women's studies, pub- sexual health. cy and neuroscience. "It is really important that we y Harper, professor of learn more and more about (sexu- behavior and health educa- ality), so we can actually critically aid in his presentation that engage with it,"van Anders said. ice can be based on both Rackham student Tazeen Ayub and sexual identity. said she thought the event was informative and comprehensive. "One thing I learned from the event is how racism and oppres- sion can affect one's sexual health and sexual behavior, and I thought that's reallyinterestingbecause it's not something I've learned about or really talked about before," Ayub said. LSA sophomore Billy Diaz, a member of Sexperteam, said the panelists' research would be the foundation of future sexual infor- mation. "We have to have more events like this so people can realize how important it is to constantly talk about sex in all kinds of different ways, not even just, like, educa- tional or experience-wise," Diaz said. Laura McAndrew, a health educator at UHS and the head of Sexperteam, said she hopes peo- ple who attend Sexpertise will become aware of broader perspec- tives about sexual relationships. "Sexpertise is an opportunity to engage in many of the other dimensions that impact or can be impacted by sexuality, (such as) mental health, social identities, ability and the media, in addition to birth control and safer sex," McAndrew said. McAndrew added that Sexper- tise strives to create judgment-free environments where students can openly talk about sex and its role as part of the human experience. Alumni start- up Weather Underground donates $500,000 By ARIANA ASSAF Daily Staff Reporter Students with innovative ideas may have the opportu- nity to turn them into real- ity thanks to a grant from an alumni start-up. Weather Underground a Ann Arbor-based Weather forecast website, has made a $500,000 donation to the University's Center for Entre- preneurship to continue a week-long educational trip for students. Beginning in 2008, the Weather Underground Start- up Trek educates students about the technology industry and connects them to alumni and professionals in the Sili- con Valley and San Francisco Bay area. Jeffrey Masters, director of meteorology for Weather Underground, graduated from the University with a Bach- elor of Science in 1982 and a Masters of Science in meteo- rology in 1983. He went on to co-found Weather Under- ground in 1995, and sold the company to The Weather Channel Companies in July 2012 for an undisclosed price.' Andria Stark, the market- ing assistant for Weather Underground, said Masters founded the website while at the University and the compa- ny donated the funds needed for the trip in hopes that other students will have similar opportunities. Students who have a pro- posed idea can apply to take part in the trek online by sub- mitting a short video. Selected students are given the oppor- tunity to pitch their start-up ideas to and receive feedback from investors and entrepre- neurs. CFE Executive Director Doug Neal said students not only receive hands-on edu- cational experience, but also connect to alumni, including major players in the technol- ogy industry. LSA junior Shiva Kilaru was chosen to attend last year's trip after winning MPowered's Start-up Week- end competition. He, along with recent LSA graduate Erik Torenberg, developed Rap Roulette, a start-up company that hosts cross-country rap battles online. Kilaru said the pair ulti- mately won the competition by performing instead of pre- senting a more traditional rev- enue model. "Before start-up weekend, I was pre-med, worried about taking the MCAT. Now I'm an informatics major," Kilaru said. LSA junior Dan Hoffmann, Kinesiology junior Harri- son Forman, and Engineer- ing sophomore Zach Mandell had similar experiences last year in founding StudentKit, an app that alerts students to academic and professional opportunities on their college campus based on personal interests. Hoffmann said the oppor- tunities the University offered on the trip gave him a bet- ter perspective of real-world entrepreneurial ventures. "I walked away from the trip with an appreciation for the vibrancy of the Michigan entrepreneurial community and the diversity of ventures that are launched in dorm rooms and labs here on cam- pus," Hoffmann said. The team left the trek with a second place prize and anew understanding of how to pres- ent themselves to investors. Hoffmann said practicing his pitch to professionals was an important part of the learning process. "Although it is easy to think up seemingly novel ideas, the pressure-testing that comes with presenting that idea to others is crucial." LY-ING? igners, reporters o offer. MEETING: ET INTERESTED IN DAI We need writers, photographers, des and anything else you have t COME TO THE DAILY'S MASS TODAY 7:30 P.M. 420 MAYNARD STRE