2A - Monday, February 18, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, February 18, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom HIGH REACHING ilhe Michigan DAMl 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief easiness Manager 734-41e-4115nxt. 1252 734-41-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandailycom rnngrein@michigandailycom University expands extracurricular options 75 years ago this week (Feb.18,1938): The University opened up more than 100 different extra- curricular activities for second- semester freshmen to join. Students were required to have at least a "C" average with at least one "B" during their first semester to participate. Transfer students were also required to meet these standards and had to have spent at least one semester at the University prior to joining. The Daily published a list of the newly available clubs, which included the Engineering Coun- cil, the school baqd, the Lawyers Club, and Greek organizations such as Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Chi. 40 years ago this week (Feb. 20,1973): University faculty voted against voluntary racial identifi- cations on University job applica- tions. The idea was originally pro- posed by Affirmative Action Director Nellie Varner who claimed that racial identifica- tions would "help evaluate how efficiently the University is meet- ing government requirements for minority employment." Many staff voters feared that this information would be "mis- used" and worried about the long-term consequences of this practice. 20 years ago this week (Feb. 18,1993): Paul Spradlin, the Univer- sity director of plant expan- sion, announced renovations to the East Engineering, Randall Laboratory and Undergraduate Library buildings. East Engineering was to be renovated, Randall Laboratory expanded and the UGLi both ren- ovated and expanded. "The Undergraduate Library, of course, is being renovated because we're moving the sci- ence libraries into the building and need more space," Spradlin said. 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CRIME NOTES Those darn Faulty fakes CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Federalism Moral agency and Medicaid in business you WHERE: Dennison Building WHEN: Friday at about 8:30 p.m. WHAT: A subject was given verbal warning for skateboarding in this area and moved along, University Police reported. Morning troubles WHERE: 300 Hoover St. WHEN: Friday at about 8:45 a.m. WHAT: Two vehicles were involved in an accident, University Police reported. No one was injured, and unknown damage was done to the vehicles. WHERE: Mary Markley Residence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 4:30 a.m. WHAT: Two fake IDs were confiscated by University Police early in the morning. Both IDs belonged to one student. The police report did not include details of a punishment. Caught with chronic WHERE: Baits II Residence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 4:15 p.m. WHAT: Suspected mari- juana and paraphernalia were confiscated from two subjects, University police reported. WHAT: Prof. Frank J. Thompson will lecture on the challenging future of Medicaid under the Obama administration. WHO: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy WHEN: Today at 1 p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium Elephant Revival WHAT: Formed in 2006, this Colorado-based, neo- acoustic Transcendental Folk quintet is returning to Ann Arbor as a part of their "It's Alive" tour. The band also performed at the 2012 Ann Arbor Folk Festival. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Today at 8:00 p.m. WHERE: The Ark WHAT: This lecture and discussion will use eco-fem- inist views to examine how entrepreneurs change with their environment. WHO: Erb Institute, Ross School of Business, School of Natural Resources WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: Business school Common concerns WHAT: Interested students can meet with a CAPS adviser to discuss mental health concerns common to students. No appointment necessary. WHO: Counseling and Psychological Services WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union ABC News reported that a ten-year-old boy was found wandering the streets of Spring Hill, Fla. drunk and naked on Friday. He said that he had been drinking brandy for most of the day. His caretaker was arrested for neglect. The Michigan men's basketball team improved to 16-0 at home this season with a79-71 victory over Penn State at Crisler Center on Saturday afternoon. >> FOR MORE, SEE INSIDE The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserva- tion Commission announced that 68 pythons were harvested in its Python Challenge, NBC News report- ed. The competition intended to combat the snake's threat to the Everglades. 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Last week, 85-year-old Benedict shocked the world by announcing his resignation. He will step down on Feb. 28, plan- ningto retreatto alife ofprayerin a monastery behind the Vatican's ancient walls. The noontime appointment in the vast cobblestone square also served as a kind of trial run for how Rome will handle the logis- tics, including crowd security, eMCAT Courses PrincetonReview.com 5- ascd o as the city braces for faithful to flock to Rome for the election and installation of the cardinal who will succeed Benedict as leader of the world's1.2 billion Catholics. Rome Mayor Gianni Ale- manno said upward of 100,000 people turned out Sunday and that everything went smoothly. But while there was still space in St. Peter's Square for more, many couldn't get in - or easily out - because entrances from the main boulevard were just too narrow. The huge crowd - including parents with babies in carriag- es and strollers, elderly people using canes, and the disabled in wheelchairs - tried to squeeze through two spaces police left open in the metal barricades edgingthe square. Some people panicked or called out to police to help them get in or out of the square. Pilgrims and tourists had an easier time if they entered throughspacesintheelegantcol- onnade that architect Gianloren- zo Bernini designed to cradle the sides of the St. Peter's Square. Benedict seemed touched by the outpouring of affection after his decision to go down in history as the first pontiff in some 600 years to resign. The pontiff told cardinals last week thathe no longerhasthe mental and physical stamina to vigor- ously shepherd the church. Looking into hazy sunshine Sunday, he smiled shyly at the sight of the crowd below, filled with pilgrims waving their countries' flags and holding up banners with words of support. One group of Italians raised a banner which read: "We love you." Speaking in Italian, the pope told the cheering crowd: "Thanks for turnout in such numbers! This, too, is a sign of the affection and the spiritual closeness that you are giving me in these days.' He stretched out his arms as if to embrace the faithful from across the vast expanse of the square. No ins MI) maze < ulatiox and a1 that lines sumer safety about1 is thes War track Want' food i in par entity or reg its fle mini c Intl Lines, Trium Gulfc an end incorp offices its shit flag -; al in t For seekin there': can be tracki inspec regula cruise thines kitche The each c the U.: issues, genera Center Preve: of rect other mation Trium inform ship t ties be have fi central agency and few red flags. And when something goes ;pects, oversees wrong, as it did on Triumph, cruise ships there are limits to how much the Coast Guard can investigate. These are not new issues - AMI (AP) - A byzantine they had been raised by mein- of maritime rules and reg- hers of Congress before the ns, fragmented oversight Triumph incident. patchwork quilt of nations "This horrible situation do business with cruise involving the Carnival Triumph make it tough for con- is just the latest example in a s to assess the health and long string of serious and trou- record of the ship they're bling incidents involving cruise to board in what for many ships," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, vacation of a lifetime. D-W.Va., who led a committee nt to know about a ship's hearing on cruise safety last record for being clean? year. to assess how sanitary the Last year, after the Costa s? It's not that easy to find, Concordia ran aground off the t because there's no one coast of Giglio, Italy, Rockefeller or country that oversees held a Commerce Committee ulates the industry with hearing to examine deficien- et of ships that are like Gies in the cruise line industry's irties floating at sea. compliance with federal safety, he case of Carnival Cruise security, and environmental the owner of the Carnival standards and review industry ph that spent days in the regulations. of Mexico disabled after "As I remarked then, they gine fire, the company is seem to have two lives: One is orated in Panama, its at port, where the Coast Guard are based in Miami and can monitor their operations; ps fly under the Bahamian the other is at sea where, it a matrix that is not unusu- appears once they are beyond he cruise line industry. three nautical miles from shore, potential passengers the world is theirs," Rockefeller ig ship information, said in letter he wrote this week s no central database that to Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr., e viewed to determine a the commandant of the Coast record of safety or health Guard. "The Carnival Triumph tions. No one agency incident only serves to further tes everything from the validate this view." line's mechanical wor- The Triumph left Galveston, s to the sanitation of its Texas, on Feb. 7 for a four-day ns. cruise to Cozumel, Mexico. An U.S.CoastGuardinspects engine-room fire paralyzed the ruise ship that docks in ship early Sunday, leaving it S. every year for a range of adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. Pas- from operation of backup sengers described nightmarish tors to the lifeboats. The conditions on board: overflow- rs for Disease Control and ing toilets, long lines for a short ntion maintains a database supply of food, foul odors, and ent disease outbreaks and tent cities where vacationers health inspection infor- slept on deck. Tugboats slowly n for cruise ships. Had towed the 14-story vessel to ph vacationers looked up Mobile, Ala. It arrived there late nation about the cruise Thursday. hrough those two agen- Before a ship like the Tri- fore boarding, they would umph sets sail, it's possible - but ound mostly clean marks not easy - to find information about past incidents and safety or health issues. The CDC's Ves- sel Sanitation Program is view- able online. The database shows recent disease outbreaks aboard cruise ships and how they were addressed. Records for the Triumph show it was last inspected July 7, 2012. It scored 96 out of 100. The CDC considers scores of 85 or lower unsatisfactory. The lowest score the ship received was an 88, in 2009. The Coast Guard also has a database, known as the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Infor- mation Exchange, with inspec- tions and any deficiencies found aboard ships, datingto when the vessels entered service. A search on the exchange's website for the Triumph turns up its certifi- cations for things like passenger safety and pollution prevention as well as inspections. No vio- lations or red flags are immedi- ately evident. Searching a little deeper, the most recent report shows a propulsion issue from a Jan. 28 incident involving a short in a connection box of one of the ship's generators. But the cause of the fire that crippled the Triumph is still under investigation. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said Saturday that he could not comment yet on damage, time- line or estimated costs. In the meantime, the ship is expected to remain docked in Mobile to be cleaned and sanitized before it's back on open waters. The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board will lend their exper- tise to the investigation, but in a support role. The probe will be led by the Bahamas Mari- time Authority, where Carnival registers or "flags" some of its ships. The arrangement is com- monplace under international maritime law, and it puts U.S. agencies and investigators in a secondary position even though the Triumph and other Carnival ships sail out of U.S. ports with primarily American customers.