2A - Thursday, January 10, 2013 A T r Jn 1 2The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: W NAY: THURSDAY:RDAY In Otheri vory Towers Questions on Campus Professor Prfies _CampusCubs Photos of the Week BUST A MOVE I 1 PIG OTHEPRAROUNDCAP 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief - Business Manager 7a4-4'8-4115 eat. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandaily.com rmgt-ein@raichigandailyeom Random acts to brighten days Whether it's giving out free and Mason Hall where members people can turn someone's day food or free high-fives, the Uni- handed out snacks, Green Books, around," Li said. versity's Do Random Acts of de-stress pamphlets and pencils. Upcoming events include Kindness club believes that it LSA junior John Li, DoRAK's "Love Shack," which will be held doesn't take much to brighten community outreach chair, said on Valentine's Day on the Diag. someone's day. the club is especially beneficial Club memberswill hand out flow- The club has more than 150 for students who are feeling dis- ers, candy, and Valentine's Day active members and strives to mayed or discouraged due to high cards. There is also a mass meet- carry out genuine acts of kind- levels of stress. ing next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in ness on campus. Recently, they "College life can be very stress- the Koessler Room of the Michi- held a Be Kind to Muggles Day ful," Li said. "I believe DoRAK's gan League. event on the Diag where mem- goal is to perform acts of kind- ' Li saidthe club made himmore hers read aloud excerpts from ness to help relieve students from optimistic and understanding of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, stress and to hope that our acts others and the spontaneity of the played Harry Potter trivia and of kindness will have a ripple acts of kindness is what makes gave free high-fives on broom- effect." them so special and wholesome. sticks. The club also worked with Li hopes acts of kindness are "You never know who really the Alumni Center by holding the contagious and create a healthy, needs a random act of kindness," LSA Giveaway, an event at the happy campus community. Li said. 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Red run WHERE: 1114 State Street WHEN: Tuesday around 9:50 p.m. WHAT: A bus, visiting from another area, was hit by a red SUV, which then fled the scene of the accident, University Police reported. There were no injuries reported from the collision. Identity crisis WHERE: CCRB WHEN: Tuesday between 8:20 and 9:20 p.m. WHAT: An MCard was stolen from a locker within a period of an hour, University Police reported. Police have not identified any suspects at this time. Panhandle this WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Tuesday around 3:30 p.m. WHAT: Officers arrested a subject in response to a report of aggressive panhandling, University Police reported. The case was passed to another agency as the man is not a University affiliate. Flute/guitar Welcome performance' program WHAT: Gifts of Art, a pro- gram bringing together the arts and health, will sponser a performance by celebrated and award-winning flute and guitar duo Tracy Kash Thomas and Duane Allen Harlick, featuring jazz, tango, and classical music. WHEN: Today at 12:10 p.m. WHERE: The University Hospital Mail Lobby Science seminar WHAT: Dr. Cathy Drennan will present a seminar, "Shake, Rattle, & Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Metalloenzymes in Action" as part of the Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons WHAT: The International Center will offer a welcome program for new interna- tional students in the 2013 winter term to meet each other, create social networks, and recieve information on adjusting to campus life in a new environment. WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. WHERE: The International Center Public skate night1 WHAT: The practice rink of the Univesity's Hockey team, Yost Ice Arena, will be open to the public for skating. The cost is $4 for University faculty, staff, students, youth, and seniors. Skate rentals are $2. WHEN: Today at18 p.m. WHERE: Yost Ice Arena A new breed of cats, called Elf Cats,' has been created to look like mystical elves, the Daily Mail reported. Each cat sells for $2,000 and are a mixbetween the curvy- eared American Curl and the hairless Sphynx. Daily Arts staff picks their favorite movies, shows, music and more from 2012. Did they choose your favorites? , SEE INSIDE British scientists have found olive oil to be a protective coating for British cathedrals that are decayed and damaged, NPR reports. The oleic acid and long hydrocarbon chains of olive oil allow it to repel water and keep out acid rain. 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In private meetings with top military and defense lead- ers and staff this week, Hagel sought to counter critics who say he is soft on Iran and would be the most antagonistic sec- retary toward Israel. Senior defense officials who have met with Hagel said he told them that his views on Iran have been misrepresented and that he has long backed internation- al sanctions. Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, has been given space on the Pen- L ceton M CAT' Courses Courses preparina for 2013 MCATs Start:1/6, 1/9, 1113 800-2Review i 800-273-8439 PrincetonReviewcom 1aedsHt~s 's q9 fU}'t&tl ooe-egth, C vorter-BseTs ts it aBuA MCtols tagon's third floor and a small staff so he can begin preparing for what will likely be a conten- tious Capitol Hill hearing on his nomination. Already this week, Hagel has had dinner and lunch with Defense Secretary Leon Panet- ta and met with Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. He also has begun making calls to senators to answer questions and lay out his positions on key national security issues. Critics have zeroed in on statements Hagel has made questioning the wisdom of a military strike by either the U.S. or Israel against Iran. As a senator, he voted against unilateral economic sanc- tions on Tehran, although he supports the joint interna- tional penalties Obama also prefers. Hagel also irritated some Israel backers with his reference to the "Jewish lobby" in the United States. A handful of Republi- can senators, including Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., have already announced opposi- tion to their former GOP col- league, and some Democrats have expressed unease with the choice. But it is likely that, in the end, senators will confirm the Vietnam veteran - who was twice award- ed the Purple Heart - as Obama's third defense chief Check out' our Student Leadership Twitter An injured passenger from the Seastreak Wall Street ferry is taken to an ambulance after the ferry crashed intoa New York Wednesday. High-speed ferry strikes NYCdock;- inj ures over 80. 0 0 Passengers launched into walls, down stairwells on impact NEW YORK (AP) - A high- speed ferryloaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jer- sey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday dur- ing the morning rush hour, seri- ously injuring11people, including one who suffered a severe head wound falling down a stairwell. Scores of people who had been standing, waiting to disem- bark, were hurled to the deck or launched into wallsby the impact, which came after the catamaran Seastreak Wall Street slowed fol- lowing a routine trip across New York Bay and past the Statue of Liberty, passengers said. "We were pulling into the dock. The boat hit the dock. We just tumbled on top of each other. I got thrown into everybody else. ... People were hysterical; cry- ing," said Ellen Foran, of Nep- tune City, N.J. The crash, which ripped open a small part of the hull like an aluminum can, happened at 8:45 a.m. at a pier near the South Street Seaport, at Manhattan's southern tip. Around 70 people suffered minor injuries, and for nearly two hours paramedics treated bruised and dazed pas- sengers on the pier. Firefighters carried several patients on flat- board stretchers as a precaution. Other patients left in wheel- chairs. The cause of the crash was under investigation. The ferry, built in 2003, had recently undergone a major overhaul that gave it new engines and a new propulsion system, but officials said it was too soon to tell wheth- er they played any role in what happened. Dee Wertz, who was on shore waiting for the ferry, saw the impact. She said that just moments before the ferry hit, she had been having a conversa- tion with a ferry employee about how the boat's captains had been complaining lately about its maneuverability. "He was telling me that none of these guys like this boat," she said. "It was coming in a little wobbly. It hit the right side of the boat nl the dock hard, like a bomb." James Barker, the chairman of the ferry's owner, Seastreak LLC, said at a news conference hours after the crash it was "a terrible day for all of us." "We are simply shocked and stunned that this happened," he said, adding that the company would work with investigators from the National Transporta- tion Safety Board to determine what went wrong. "Our priority continues to be the people who are injured." About 330 passengers and crew members were aboard the ferry, which had arrived from Atlantic Highlands, a part of the Jersey Shore still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Passenger Frank McLaughlin, whose home was filled with 5 feet of water in the late October storm, said he was thrown for- ward and wrenched his knee. "We come in and do this every day, and so it just kind of glides in," he said. "It came in hard, and it was just a huge impact as we hit." Some passengers were blood- ied when they banged into walls and toppled to the floor, he said. New York City's transpor- tation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, said the ferry was coming in at 10 to 12 knots, or about12 to 14 mph, when itstruck one slip and then hit a second. @TM Dinstitution I