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CURRICULUM
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Revolutions, Views on the News:
What Shapes our Media Content,
and Mediaand Globalization.
"I'm most excited that the new
curriculum brings quantitative and
qualitative new classes that will
bring together different methods
of approaches," Lotz said
In addition, newly devised 400-
level classes will be limited to 18-
to 20-person seminars, and more
classes about the history and evo-
lution of the media industries as
well as media globalization will be
added.
A new prerequisite course is the
nexus of these curriculum chang-
es. This two-semester course is
designed to cultivate student media
literacy and give students the tools
needed to analyze and deconstruct
the media. Students will learn
about how social scientists and
NOMINATION
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Laurel Ruza, the chair of
youMICH, said she often
works with Osborn through
the Student Organization
Funding Commission, where
she serves as secretary. She
said the decision to extend
the nomination to Osborn
was made with his prior CSG
experience in mind.
"I think that we all just saw
Chris's leadership ability in
his role currently and his past
roles," Ruza said. "We also
saw how Chris really cares
about CSG, and he cares about
the institution and he would
like to improve the institu-
tion."
CSG President Manish
Parikh also spoke well of
Osborn.
"He is a good treasurer, a
humanists theorize, research and
address the evolving role of mass
and emerging media in society.
"We are very excited about this
class because we don't think that
there is anythinglikeitinthecoun-
try," Douglas said.
Assistant Communications Prof.
Meghan Ankerson said the rapidly
evolving media culture should con-
stitute a larger part of the curricu-
lum in order for it to have real-life
applications.
"We were looking at ... how we
could make this curriculum best
for 21st century students who are
interested in a range of careers,"
Ankerson said. "We wanted to be
able to provide the critical think-
ing skills and the background that
would help (students) succeed in
today's culture."
JoAnn Peraino, the LSA cur-
riculum and enrollment manager,
noted that the most important
change to the curriculum is in the
admissions process. Instead of sub-
mitting an application and appli-
cation essay, applicants will be
admitted solely bytheir GPA.
Peraino said this. method of
admission will speed up the appli-
cation process.
LSA sophomore Emily .Lisner
- who is currently enrolled in
the final prerequisites required to
declare as a communication stud-
ies major - said she's indifferent
because she'll be declaring at the
end of this semester.
"All of my prerequisites are
almost fulfilled, so for me, as far as
Iknow, it doesn't affect me."
LSA sophomore Jamie Koop-
ersmith said she became aware of
the curriculum change when she
declared her major at the begin-
ningofthe schoolyear.
"I don't think it's positive or
negative, I think its good to get a
freshstart,"Koopersmithsaid. "It's
probably a good thing that they're
taking a look and modifying the
curriculum to better suitstudents."
FOOD
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ingredients come made-to-
order in perfectly plated crepes
that you won't find anywhere
else," Jenkins said. "We've
even been told that our crepes
are as good as or better than
ones you can get on the streets
of Paris."
They also plan on serving
a variety of wines, teas, sodas
and coffee.
"We also have a full bar and
specialty drink menu," Jenkins
said. "We're exploring vegan
wines and always include
Michigan products."
Just down the street, anoth-
er European breakfast res-
taurant opened recently. The
Wafel Shop only seats 16 peo-
ple, but aims to transport its
customers from Ann Arbor to
Belgium.
Wafel Shop Co-owner Noah
Goldsmith said fell in love
with Belgian-style waffles
after a study abroad trip to
Europe.
The restaurant specializes
in two types of "Wafels" -
Liege and Brussels - which
can be ordered with toppings
ranging from strawberries and
chocolate sauce to bacon and
maple syrup.
Though. there are other
breakfast restaurants near The
Wafel Shop, Goldsmith said
he's not concerned about the
competition.
"I believe we all offer some-
thing different," Goldsmith
said. "A lot of people think
that in order for one business
to succeed, another has to fail.
I don't think that. I think that
it doesn't have to be a failure
and that two businesses can
complement each other in their
works."
good friend and a great lead-
er and a very kind-hearted
human being," Parikh said.
"(Osborn) has served this
organization very well. He'd
be a great leader in any capac-
ity and in any position in this
organization."
When initially asked if
Osborn had been nominated
'by youMICH, Ruza denied that
the party had made any deci-
sion regarding a presidential
candidate, despite Osborn's
claim that he had been offered
the nomination.
"We have not embarked on
that process yet," Ruza said at
the time. "To our knowledge,
we have not nominated anybody
for that position yet. We have a
certain set of bylaws as a stu-
dent organization that we have
to follow in order to nominate a
candidate and to run that candi-
date."
Ruza continued to say Osborn
was "briefly" at youMICH's
meeting on Monday and that
no other potential candidates
attended, but added that you-
MICH was still looking at others.
After speaking with Osborn,
Ruza clarified her remarks,
blaming a misunderstanding of
the term "nomination."
"I think there was a miscom-
munication in terms of what I
interpreted as 'nomination,"'
she said. "When I spoke of nom-
inating, I meant running with
youMICH and currently being
the youMICH candidate. How-
ever, that's not how (Osborn)
took it."
She said offering the nomi-
nation to a potential candidate
doesn't mean nominating a can-
didate.
"On Monday, when we did
speak with Chris, we did offer
him the youMICH nomination
in terms of if he would like to
run with us," she said. "How-
Egyptian opposition leader
decries mass death threat
ever in terms of who we're run-
ning as candidates and if we're
running (Osborn), there have
been no formal decisions if that
is actually going to happen or
not."
She said the only thing
separating Osborn from being
nominated would be his rejec-
tion.
There was also confusion
about how long Osborn has
to accept the nomination,
but Ruza said the misunder-
standing was inconsequen-
tial.
"If (Osborn) wanted to
wait the weekend ... I think
we'd be open to letting him
(have) the extra day or two,"
she said.
YouMICH is in violation of its
own constitution by not having
already nominated presidential
and vice presidential candi-
dates. Its constitution - which
was uploaded to Maize Pages
THEATER
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closely together. Red Hawk
donates a portion of the sales
from their "Michigan Theater
Tuna Melt" to the Michigan
Theater.
"Having all of those per-
forming arts venues and events
- they're what a lot of the restau-
rants feed off of," Hewitt said. "
I am a very strong supporter
of the relationship between the
arts and private sector."
Many businesses like Red
Hawk sponsor the theater,
which, in turn, promotes the
businesses to their clientele
through coupons.
Jessie Seaver, general manag-
er of Tio's Mexican Cafe, catered
a portion of the Sundance
screening. She said movie-goers
often eat at Tio's after seeing a
film.
"The Michigan Theater does a
good job of promoting the com-
munity, and local businesses do
get a boost when there's an event
there," Seaver said. "Lots of peo-
ple come downtown, go to din-
ner and then grab a drink after
the movie."
Nicole Minney, manager of
Biggby Coffee, said she had been
hearing about the premiere all
week and the coffee shop defi-
in October - states that those
candidates are to be chosen "no
later than the last week in Janu-
ary."
Ruza said that aspect of the
party's regulations should be
reviewed.
Despite being in violation of
its constitution, youMICH is
unlikely to face any substan-
tive response from the Central
Student Judiciary, according
to CSG general counsel Lukak
Garske.
Garske prefaced his state-
ment, saying that CSG hasn't
overseen student organization
registration in several years. He
added that for the CSJ to hear
the case, a student would have
to file a suit against youMICH
claiming harm.
The prerequisites for a
case's consideration make it
likely it would not likely go
further than pretrial, Garske
said.
nitely benefitted from the buzz.
She said the cafe saw an unusual
influx of people from noon until
midnight on Thursday.
"We have a lot of coupons
that go out with the Michi-
gan Theater, so a lot of people
come in here that day, because
our name is out there," Minney
added.
Biggby Coffee also sponsors
a "not-just-for-kids" series of
children's plays at the theater.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe,
which opened less than a year
ago, saw a positive effect on its
business as well. Its manager
Justin Hanna said sales doubled
in the short hour before the pre-
miere started.
Hanna said he saw many new
faces, which he suspects were
people attending the film, and
hopes it brings in new customers
in the future.
'Russ Collins, Executive
Director and CEO of the Michi-
gan Theater, said the Theater's
ties with local businesses help
foster the culture Ann Arbor is
known for.
Emily Mathews, Marketing
Manager of he Theater said she
believes the relationship plays a
large role in the Theater's suc-
cess.
"Our community loves us, and
that enables us to do what we
do."
COMPANY
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Rompf said. "We will hire,
and therefore we thought it
would be a good idea to find
an office that would compen-
sate for that."
Brendan Cavender, a real-
estate broker with Colliers
International, said PRIME
was the "first but not the
last" tenant to approach them
about leases. However, Cav-
ender was unable to disclose
names of other tenants inter-
ested in the property.
"We ended up having mul-
tiple offers from different
.kinds of tech companies,"
Cavender said. "However
(PRIME) moved very quick-
ly, we reached an agreement
with them, and we feel that
they are a great fit for the
space."
Cavender said the arrival of
new IT firms surrounding the
University would be mutually
beneficial for the firms and
the local economy.
"What we are seeing is that
all these tech companies want
to be close to the University,"
Cavender said. "What they
do is that they hire interns
while the students are here,
and then try to hire them full-
time when they graduate."
He sees benefit in the
"young, well-paid employees
who all go out to eat, they all
shop, they all go out for drinks
after work."
As leasing continues, more
IT firms are expected to join
PRIME on the downtown
street. Cavender noted that
a fear of competition among
the firms would not affect the
IT firms's interest in these
leases.
"It's not like they are com-
petitors because they all do
different things," Canvender
said. "I see them more as a
synergy where they all help
each other create this atmo-
sphere."
PRIME is formulating inte-
rior changes to the building
in order to suit their require-
ments, Thomann-Rompf said.
PRIME hopes that the final
interior design will end up
being "very clean, modern
and contemporary."
"We are currently in nego-
tiation with the architect, the
landlord, the interior designer
about the layout of the office,"
Thomann-Rompf said. "Noth-
ing is yet fully decided, but it
will be mostly all open space
with a few walls for office
space."
In addition to the arrival of
new occupants of the Borders
property is the departure of
Pink Pump from East Lib-
erty Street. Randy Mass, an
associate broker with Swisher
Commercial, said although
Pink Pump's business col-
lapsed after Borders closed,
he expected the space to be
leased within the next three
months.
"We're looking for either a
regular retail store or a res-
taurant," Mass said. "We've
had several showings since it
came on the market a week
ago."
Cleric wishes
death upon Morsi
opponents
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's most
prominent opposition leader
criticized the Islamist govern-
ment on Wednesday for its
silence over a Muslim cleric's
edict calling for the death of
opposition supporters.
Mohamed ElBaradei was
responding to well-known
ultraconservative cleric Mah-
moud Shaaban, who said in
a TV show last week that the
opposition should be punished
by death for seeking to bring
down a leader who has been
elected by the public.
"God's verdict is death," he
said amid a new wave of pro-
tests against Islamist President
Mohammed Morsi.
The fatwa, or religious edict,
followed another one by hard-
line cleric Magdi Ghoneim who
said: "I publicly incite to kill the
thugs, criminals, thieves, and
those who burn the country
and kill the innocents."
ElBaradei lamented the
edicts in a message posted on
his Twitter account
"Regime silent as another
fatwa gives license to kill oppo-
sition in the name of Islam,"
he said, adding: "Religion yet
again used and abused."
The edicts caused alarm in
Egypt after a Tunisian oppo-
sition leader critical of the
Islamist-led government there
was assassinated on Wednes-
day.
Tunisia was the first Arab
country to witness a mass
uprising and Egyptians watch
Tunisia for cues on the direc-
tion their own country might
take.
At the same time, Morsi's
office accused the opposition on
Wednesday of benefiting from
the recent wave of violence that
left more than 70 people dead.
Yasser Ali, Morsi's spokesman,
told reporters that the opposi-
tion was using the clashes "as a
means of political pressure."
Egypt has been engulfed in
riots and protests over the past
two weeks.
The mostly liberal opposi-
tion and a large sector of mod-
erate Muslims are demanding
Morsi amend the constitution,
which was passed hurriedly
by an Islamist-led constitu-
ent assembly and approved in
a referendum despite vigorous
opposition objections.
Egypt's powerful military
has warned recently of the "col-
lapse" of the state in mid of
political fragmentation.
Criticism of Morsi's admin-
istration has mounted lately
after a string of violent sexual
assaults on female protesters
in Cairo's Tahrir Square. On
Wednesday, an international
rights group warned mob-
led sexual assaults will only
increase if perpetrators are not
punished.
Amnesty International
said statements from victims
show that the assaults follow
a "clear pattern" where mobs
of men encircle the victims,
assault them with weapons
and hands and then try to
undress them.
Tunisia to reform government after killing
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in wake of the country's political violence
and sparked allegations of gov-
assasination ernment negligence - even
outright complicity. It also bol-
stered fears that Tunisia's tran-
NIS, Tunisia (AP) - sition to democracy will be far
en by the assassination of more chaotic than originally
sminent leftist opposition hoped.
r that unleashed major "This is a sad day that shook
sts, Tunisia's prime minis- the country regardless of our
nnounced Wednesday that differences," Jebali said in an
ould form a new govern- address to the nation, whose
of technocrats to guide the capital city still smelled of the
try to elections "as soon as tear gas lobbed at protesters
ble." angry over the killing. "We are
e decision by Prime at a crossroads, and we will
ster Hamadi Jebali was learn from it to make a peaceful
ear concession to the Tunisia, secure and pluralist,
sition, which has long where we may differ but not kill
nded a reshuffle of the each other."
ist-dominated govern- The ruling coalition, led
. It also came hours after by Jebali's Ennahda party,
first assassination of a had been in stalled negotia-
ical leader in post-revolu- tions with opposition parties
ry Tunisia. to expand the coalition and
e killing of 48-year-old redistribute ministerial port-
ri Belaid, a secularist folios in an effort to calm the
country's fractious politics.
Elections had been expected
for the summer, but an exact
date depended on lawmakers
finishing work on a new con-
stitution.
Jebali said the new minis-
ters in the technocratic gov-
ernment "would not belong to
any party and its task would
be limited to organizing elec-
tions as soon as possible with
a neutral administration." The
statement implied that Jebali
would be leading the new gov-
ernment and that its selection
was imminent.
Tunisians overthrew their
long-ruling dictator Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali in January
2011, kicking off a wave of pro-
democracy uprisings across the
Middle East and North Africa
that have met with varying
degrees of success.
With its relatively small,
well-educated population of
10 million, Tunisia has been
widely expected to, have the
best chance of successfully
transitioning to democracy. Its
first post-dictatorship election
brought to power the moderate
Islamists of Ennahda in a coali-
tion with two secular parties.
With the fall of the country's
secular dictatorship, however,
hardline Islamist groups also
have flourished and there have
been a string of attacks by ultra-
conservative Muslims known as
Salafis against arts, culture and
people they deemed to be impi-
ous.
In the last few months,
there also have appeared the
Leagues to Protect the Revolu-
tion, groups that say they are'
fighting corruption and seek-
ing out remnants of the Ben Ali
regime.
But opposition leaders such
as Belaid said the leagues have
become Ennahda-backed goon
squads that attacked opposi-
tion rallies. Last weekend saw
a string of attacks against such
meetings, including a rally held
by Belaid's Popular Front in
northern Tunisia.
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