2 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com mtie ffidiigan 0aUly 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief easiness Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandaily.com rmgrein@michigandaily.com TIME TO DUEL Economics is a hig game Tilman Bdrgers is an econom- ics professor who focuses on game theory and microeconomics. He is originallyfrom Germany and con- sults on utilities license auctions. What do you teach? This semester, I am teaching Econ 401: Intermediate Micro- economics, as well as gradu- ate courses Econ 603: General Equilibrium Theory; Econ 617: Game Theory; Econ 619/620:. Advanced Theory. This year I teach an incredible number of courses. What inspired you to go into the field of economics? When I left high school I went to a career adviser, and I explained to the CA that I liked math and I liked politics. The adviser said that's the ideal combination for economics. He himself had gotten an under- graduate economics degree and explained to me that he hated it. However, I was just the right person for that combination. What led you to conduct research on voting systems and voting rules? My main research field is game theory. Voting involves strategic behavior, and you have to think about where your vote is useful. So it is an application of game theory. There is an area of game theory that studies how to design the rules of the games so that good outcomes occur, and I'm tryingto apply that to voting. I do that partially because in the theory of voting there are a lot of negative impossibility results, which say voting systems should have 'this feature and this fea- ture' and so I am more interested in using game theory to discover what is possible, the area of fea- sible games. There is another reason: My brother has written a book on voting, and I want to compete with him. - BENATLAS . 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The man was 31 years old and was taken to jail for the crime, which occurred in Mason Hall. for tnat economics WHERE: Shapiro Under- graduate Library WHEN: Sunday at about 4:20 p.m. WHAT: An iPhone was reported as stolen, Univer- sity Police reported. It is thought to have been stolen on Saturday between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. WHAT: Prof. Timur Kuran will lead a discussion on how Islamic institutions impacted economic development. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building Seeing Bolivia WHAT: Southern District, Bolivia's entry into the Academy Awards' foreign language film category, will be screened. The movie focuses on a family in Zona Sur, the country's most affluent and exclusive neighborhood. WHO: Department of Romance Languages & Lit- erature WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: North Quad Resi- dence Hall Covergiri. WHAT: A reception will be held for science professors from the University whose work has the cover of a pub- lication. WHO: Shapiro Science Library WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. WHERE: Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Shien-Ming Wu Current Periodicals Reading Room Physicality and success WHAT: Prof. Jersey Lang will lead a discussion about how the physical perfor- mance of elderly Chinese people effects their socio- economic status as individ- uals and in the community. WVO: University Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building Danica Patrick became the first woman ever to win the pole position at the Daytona 500, CNN reported. She won with a speed of 196.434 mph, and will start her next race onthe inside df the track, leading the rest of the drivers. 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Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's officefor $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S.mail are $110. Winter term (anuary through Aprilis t115 yearlong(SeptemberthroughlApri)sist. Universityaffliatesaresubjecttoareduced subscription rate.on-campus subscriptionsforfolItermare35.Subscriptionsmust beprepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba TAKING POINTERS Moved to military hospital in Caracas after surgury Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez returned to Ven- ezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at Cara- cas' military hospital. Chavez's return was announced in a series of three messages on his Twitter account, the first of them reading: "We've arrived once again in our Ven- ezuelan homeland. Thank you, my God!! Thank you, beloved nation!! We will continue our treatment here." They were the first messages to appear on Chavez's Twitter account since Nov. 1. "I'm clinging to Christ and trusting in my doctors and nurs- es," another tweet on Chavez's account said. "Onward toward victory always!! We will live and we will triumph!!" Vice President Nicolas Madu- ro said on television that Chavez arrived at2:30 a.m. and was taken to the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, where he will continue his treatment. Chavez's announced return to Caracas came less than three days after the government released the first photos of the president in more than two months, showing him looking bloated and smiling alongside his daughters. 'The government didn't release any additional images of Chavez upon his arriv- al in Caracas, and unanswered questions remain about where he stands in a difficult and pro- longed struggle with an undis- closed type of pelvic cancer. Chavez was re-elected to a new six-year term in October, and his inauguration, originally fl-I,,, scheduled for Jan. 10, was indefi- nitely postponed by lawmakers in a decision that the Supreme Court upheld despite complaints by the opposition. Some specu- lated that with Chavez back, he could finally be sworn in. Government officials didn't address that possibility. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas broke into song on tele- vision early Friday, exclaiming: "He's back, he's back!" "Bravo," Villegas said, before state television employees joined him in the studio clapping and celebrating. A giant inflated Chavez doll was placed beside a corner of the National Assembly building. Villegas reiterated in an inter- view with Venezuelan broad- caster Union Radio that Chavez is going through a "difficult, hard and complex" recovery process, and that his return doesn't change the "difficult cir- cumstances he has been in." Villegas said that he hadn't yet seen the president and that the government will provide updates about his condition "whether they're good or they're bad.". The vice president later announced that a Cabinet meet- ing would be held Monday evening at the military hospi- tal where Chavez is staying to "revise a number of issues," but he did not provide any details. Hundreds of Chavez sup- porters celebrated his return in downtown Caracas, chanting his name and holding photos of the president in Bolivar Plaza. A man holding a megaphone boomed: "Our commander has returned!" Fireworks exploded in some parts of Caracas while the presi- dent's followers celebrated. Dozens of supporters gath- ered outside the hospital, where a sign atop the building is adorned with a photo of Chavez. Holding photos of Chavez and wearing the red T-shirts of his socialist movement, they chant- ed: "He's back!" As cars passed, drivers honked in support. Plan previously rejected by council, moratorium if decision passes By FARONE E. RASHEED Daily StaffReporter After the Ann Arbor City Council deferred, and subse- quently rejected, plans presented by the Ann Arbor City Planning Commission to develop the resi- dential project at 413 E. Huron St. downtown, the City Council will vote on a resolution Tuesday to establish a moratorium on plans at that site and others downtown. If passed, new proposals for the D1/D2 zoning area will be suspended. This comes after a Feb. 5-3 vote by the commission failed to reach the necessary six votes for approval. City Council members have stated concerns that granting Dl/ D2 zoning allowance for build- ing expansion, particularly the expansion of high-rise apart- ment buildings, could negatively impact adjacent residential neigh- borhoods. The Planning Commission has postponed review of the area to allow for further research on development. Recent projects that the commission has passed include the newly completed high-rise Zaragon West and The Varsity, soon to be completed on East Washington Street, located at 215 N. Fifth Street. The commission plans to eval- uate any negative effects of these new complexes and has opted to potentially postpone proposals altogether for the site, pending a possible rezoning of the area. Of the proposed bids in jeopardy, the 413 T. Huron St. Project - which has been repeat- edly discussed - includes plans for a 14-story, 271,855 square-foot building. The proposal, which includes 537 bedrooms and a two-floor underground parking facility, would provide additional options for housing closer to cam- pus. Council will also vote on a sustainability framework proj- ect, which outlines 16 objectives toward a more sustainable city. The project, which began in Jan. 2011 with a full-funding grant from the Home Depot Foun- dation, will establish a broad 20-year plan of objectives and strategies, including the reduc- tion of greenhouse gas emissions, the promotion of energy efficien- cy and the building of sustainable buildings designed with a more environmentally conscious dis- posal of carbon and construction waste. Along with the sustainability framework, the City Council will vote on a resolution authorizing Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds, postponed from an ear- lier Feb. 4 meeting. The proposal, which Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje has openly expressed his support for, is supported by I $432,800 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, authorizing the chief financial officer and the treasurer to dis- tribute bonds of an allocation of up to $1 millionwiththe objective of increasing the use of clean energy amonglocal businesses. NATASHA JANARDAN/Daily Director of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago Gianna Rolandi critiques and advises Music, Theatre & Dance junior Francesca Chieyna on her performance of "Va! laisse coulee mes Larnmes. Ci0tyCouncil to vote on residential .project 0 6 .0 0