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NEWS BRIEFS
LANSING, Mich.
Bottle fraud in
Mich. may face
harsher penalties
Attention smugglers of empty
soda cans: Stay out of Michigan, or
you could face jail time.
Lawmakers are taking aim at
people who use out-of-state cans
and bottles to cash in on Michi-
gan's recycling refund, which pays
10 cents per container.
Legislation debated Tuesday
would make an attempt to return
between 100 and 10,000 non-
returnable containers punishable
by up to 93 days in jail or $1,000
in fines, or both. Current law sets
penalties only for those who actu-
ally return fraudulent containers.
DENVER
Colorado passes
several gun
control measures
Colorado's Democratic-con-
trolled House has narrowly
passed a handful of gun con-
trol bills, signaling a political
shift in the wake of recent mass
shootings and pressure from the
White House.
"Enough is enough. I'm sick
and tired of bloodshed," said
Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields,
who sponsored a bill limiting the
size of ammunition magazines.
Fields, whose son was fatally
shot in 2005, represents the dis-
trict where a gunman opened
fire at a suburban Denver movie
theater last summer.
The bill was among four that
the legislative chamber passed
Monday amid strong resistance
from Republicans, who were
joined by a few Democrats. The
ammunition restrictions mea-
sure passed 34-31 after three
Democrats joined all Republi-
cans voting no.
TUSTIN, Calif.
Shooting spree in
California leaves
four dead
The violence stretched across
25 miles in Orange County and
was as brutal as it was fast-mov-
ing.
In less than an hour, a
20-year-old student wielding a
shotgun killed a woman in his
home and two commuters dur-
ing carjackings early Tuesday,
shot up vehicles on a Southern
California freeway and commit-
ted suicide as police closed in on
him, authorities said.
One driver was forced from
his BMW at a stop sign, marched
to a curb and killed as witnesses
watched in horror.
"He was basically executed,"
Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony
Bertagna said. "There were at
least six witnesses."
BEIRUT, Syria
* Syrian missle
strike kills
33 people
A Syrian missile strike leveled
a block of buildings in an impov-
erished district of Aleppo on
Tuesday, killing at least 33 peo-
ple, almost half of them children,
anti-regime activists said.
Many were trapped under the
rubble of destroyed houses and
piles of concrete and the death
toll could still rise further if
more bodies are uncovered.
The apparent ground-to-
ground missile attack struck a
quiet area that has been held by
anti-regime fighters for many
months, a reminder of how dif-
ficult it is for the opposition to
defend territory in the face of the
regime's far superior weaponry.
In the capital Damascus,
state-run news agency SANA
said two mortars exploded near
one of President Bashar Assad's
palaces. It dealt a symbolic blow
to the embattled leader, who has
tried to maintain an image as the
head of a functioning state even
as rebels edge closer to the heart
of his seat of power.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
FRATERNITY
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national readership - Jezebel
and BroBible - posted articles
about the photos and e-mail.
BroBible writer Andy Moore
said the actions of the national
chapter were an "overreaction
and blatant abuse of the nation-
al fraternity's power." He
added that he believes both the
photos and e-mail are harmless
and humorous.
"The photos were hilarious,
a clear turn of gender norms
that showed the guys could
'objectify' themselves without
asking the women to do the
same," Moore wrote.
Jeezebel contributor Lindy
West wrote that the actions of
Pike, while not all that offen-
sive, showcased the immatu-
rity of some college-aged men,
especially those in Greek life.
"Obviously this is not a big
deal, in the scheme of things,
but I think it's worth reit-
erating to the young men of
America that not everybody is
interested in your penis."
CSG
From Page 1A
"Students are our only boss
and they are the ones that hold
us accountable," Swider said. "No
matter what we do, I think we
need to put personal preferences
aside and ... do our research, go out
to the students, take their input."
The party's platform includes
improvements the quality of
University-provided, late-night
transportation, continuing the
emphasis on entrepreneurship
started bythe Parikh administra-
tion, adding more bike racks and
moped parking throughout cam-
pus; and decreasing the cost of
laundry in residence halls. Swider
added that momentUM is taking a
special interest in North Campus
and plans to not only hold more
events there, but also push for
more busing there as well, espe-
cially on weekends.
Regardless of the outcome of
the March election, Swider said
members of momentUM will be
involved in student organizations
and CSG commissions to see that
their platform goals are realized.
While the support of student
groups often plays an integral role
in winning a student government
election, Swider said momentUM
will be most vigorously pursuing
thefreshmenvote,callingfirstyears
a "a force to be reckoned with."
LSA freshman Samantha
Audia, momentUM's campaign
director, agreed with Swider.
"The platform of momentUM
appeals to all voters."
LAB
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spew iron into the ocean, an ele-
ment that alters photosynthesis.
The vents also host organisms
that survive in biologically
harsh environments.
"These are examples of life
in extreme environments, so
they help us to define the limits
of life," Dick said. "They're sup-
ported primarily from chemi-
cal energy in these vents rather
than energy from sunlight."
Dicksaidtheresearchisbasic,
but identifying the enzymes
these unique organisms possess
has the potential to significantly
advance biomedicine.
The fellowship, Dick said,
does not fund a specific project,
but rather will fund the five-
year-old lab at the University.
"They're funding my lab to
do innovative things," Dick said.
"What's really valuable about
that is that we can take some
risks. We can go after high-risk,
high-reward type research."
ThisJune,Dick'sresearchteam
will travel to the deepest known
sea vent, located in the Caribbean.
COUNCIL
From Page 1A
Arbor resident, said he has res-
ervations about the project due
to the damage it would do to the
historic oak trees within the
zoning area.
"It can't compensate the com-
munity for the loss of 250-year-
old oak tress that inspired the
name of Ann Arbor," Crockett
said. "It will be our children ...
that will wonder why we didn't
do more to save our landmarks."
CarlHeuter,anotherAnnArbor
resident,saideventhoughthe pro-
posals are in accordance with the
law and the city's ordinances they
should be re-evaluated.
COUNCIL ALLOCATES
PACE BONDS
Afterapostponementatthelast
City Council meeting, a resolu-
tion to allocate up to $1 million in
Property-Assessed Clean Energy
bondswas passed Tuesdaynight.
The city's PACE program
was created after it received
$432,800 in bonds from the U.S.
Department of Energy. The goal
In previous research, the team
collected samples from vents and
examined them inthelab.
"So far, what we've done is
cataloging what's there, and
that's generated a lot of hypoth-
eses," Dick said. "Now, we'd like
to test those hypotheses with real
experiments on the seafloor."
Maldonado's electrochem-
istry projects seek to develop
new processes for renewable
energy technology. He predicts
the majority of the funds will be
devoted to researching an effi-
cient way ofproducingcrystalline,
or puresilicon.
In order to produce silicon
chips, which are used in tech-
nologies ranging from comput-
ers to solar cells, the silicon
dioxide found in nature is heat-
ed up with charcoalto yield pure
silicon. The energy-intensive
process releases a large amount
of carbon dioxide,which Maldo-
nado hopes to change.
"We hope that this process
will ultimately fill a niche," Mal-
donado said. "It would allow the
possibility of scaling stuff up
without it having such a huge
energy cost and environmental
impact."
is to improve the city's energy
efficiency and help businesses
increasetheir use of clean energy.
The proposal includes the
allocation of bonds to several
different areas and businesses -
including Big Boy on Plymouth
Road, Bivouac on State Street,
the Goodyear building on S.
Main Street, and Kerrytown
Market & Shoppes - for energy-
efficient upgrades in such as
lighting and infrastructure.
Ann Arbor Mayor John Hief-
tje commended the proposal for
allowing businesses to increase
their energy efficiency at a low
cost to the city.
However, Councilmem-
ber Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1)
expressed some concern that
single-family homes would not
receive funding.
"Inthe couple ofyears leading
up to the state approving PACE
funding and the city initiating
this project, a lot of us hoped that
we'd have PACE funding for sin-
gle-family homes," Briere said.
However, this concern did
not keep Briere from voting in
favor of the resolution, noting
that she believes these bonds are
extremely effective regardless.
They are investigating a tech-
nique involving liquid metals,
which involves lower tempera-
tures and thus less energy, to
produce the crystalline silicon.
"We use a liquid metal to
both reduce the oxidized silicon
precursor and then we use that
liquid metal as a solvent to grow
crystals," Maldonado said. "You
have control over how the crys-
tals come out, and that's really
important when you want to start
thinking about making devices."
By expediting this and other
processes, Maldonado said solar
energymightbecomecheaperand
more accessible for consumers.
"If you can simplify the
process, you can cut down on
the steps," Maldonado said.
"If you can make it so you
don't have to go to ungodly
temperatures then everything
becomes more affordable,
more scalable."
Maldonado believes that the
SRF is just as much of an acco-
lade as motivation.
"I see it both as a nice honor
for where we're at but it's also
humbling because now I know
where we need to get going or
where our science needs to go."
"I think PACE funding is
one of the most effective ways
of decreasing our energy foot-
print," Briere said.
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT
SUSTAINABILITY
FRAMEWORK
City Council also agreed to
launch theAnnArbor sustainability
framework project Tuesdaynight
The project, which is funded
by the Home Depot Founda-
tion, contains 16 objectives to
improve the city's sustainabil-
ity. It launches a 18-month plan
to improve sustainability, tak-
ing actions such as maximizing
the use of sustainable energy
and promoting the construc-
tion of more sustainable build-
ings. The plan also attempts to
provide more non-motorized
travel options, such as bicycling
and walking, and plan for more
mixed land use.
Although there was not much
discussion on the matter, Coun-
cilmember Jane Lumm (I-Ward
2) noted that there was much
work put into the project before
the approval was granted Tues-
day night.
PERFORMANCE
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looks to strike that delicate bal-
ance with its unique and str enu-
ous physical approach. Propeller,
an all-male Shakespeare company,
strives to vigorously engage and
explore the relationship between
text and performance. There's a
strong narrative structure within
Shakespearean plays that gives
them an energy and rhythm.
"Most of the audiences of these
plays were illiterate and yet they
understood what was going on,"
said Edward Hall, director and
founder of Propeller. "There is
a robustness, and a clarity, and
a formula to how Shakespeare
writes. People name each other at
the beginning of scenes. They say
where they are, who they are, what
they want, and the scene discusses
that.Ifsomebodyhasalongspeech,
however complicated it gets, down
at the bottom you'll find two to four
lines that sumit all up."
Propeller performances utilize
a full range of artistic dimensions,
such as music, film animation and
mask work to further examine the
text. The actors themselves play a
significant role in the actual logis-
tics of a performance.
"I knew I wanted to take away
some of the gifts of the modern
indoor theater and give back to
the performers the task of creat-
ing the performance experience,"
Hall explained. "Scene changing,
sound effects, music - all of those
things would go back to the actors
to author. We don't use recorded
sounds, and we even get the actors
to light the scenes sometimeswith
torches or with lights they carry
around. It seems to fit the bur-
lesque, and certainly metaphoric
energy, of Shakespeare's plays."
Propeller will perform two plays
at the University, "Twelfth Night"
and "The Taming of the Shrew."
"Twelfth Night" encompasses
all the elements of Shakespeare's
best comedies: mistaken identi-
ties, skewed love connections and
a wide array of intriguing char-
acters. The story follows Viola, a
young woman who has been ship-
wrecked on the coast of Illyria. To
gain employment, she disguises
herself as a man named "Cesario"
and begins to work for Duke Ors-
ino. Orsino uses "Cesario" to send
love messages to Lady Olivia. In
true Shakespearean fashion, Viola
falls in love with Orsino, Orsino
continues to pine for Olivia and
Olivia falls in love with "Cesario".
Shakespeare's take on love and
gender is surprisingly modern.
"He's not sayinggender isimpor-
tant. He's saying the opposite: Gen-
der is not important," Hall said.
"What's important is love. We get
very hungup on labels and sexuality
when, in fact, we're all talking about
thesame feelings.Iliketothinkthat
bubbles up a little more readily to
the surface in our production."
"The Tamingofthe Shrew" cen-
ters on two wealthy sisters, Kath-
erine and Bianca. The girls' father,
Baptista, decrees that Bianca may
not marry before her shrewish
older sister. Bianca's suitors team
up with Petruchio, who happens
to be seeking a rich wife, in order
to wed off Katherina. Petruchio
tries to "tame" her through a series
of comical but also rather cruel
antics. Other modern productions
have tried to play off the taming
as ironic or planned, but Propeller
takes a more traditional approach.
"We've embraced both the brutal-
ity in the play and also the high farce
and comedy of the play," Hall said.
"The mixture of those two things
makesforveryinterestingdrama."
So why, after all these years, do
people still care aboutthebard?
"What's lasting about his work is
he makes it pertinent to you, today,
nearly 500 years later, in a way that's
unexpected.'
In second year, Council
faces attendance issues
VP Hashwi remains
optimistic for
future of struggling
University Council
By STEPHEN YAROS
Daily StaffReporter
As most students know from
experience, group work can
be tiresome. The Central Stu-
dent Government's University
Council is learning this the
hard way.
The University Council
was created in 2010 as part of
CSG's new constitution and is
one of two entities that make
up the legislative branch,
the other being the Student
Assembly. It is comprised of
one representative from each
school's respective govern-
ment.
Despite good intentions,
the group seems to be having
trouble getting off the ground
this year. Attendance has been
poor at the group's biweekly
meetings.
The council approved a
CSG election director at last
Wednesday night's meeting,
but only five schools were
there to make the decision.
Michael Benson, Rack-
ham Student Government
president and RSG repre-
sentative on the UC, said
though the council may be
having trouble, its purpose
is clear: to foster collabora-
tion between student gov-
ernments at the various
schools and colleges.
Benson acknowledged
that UC is not living up to its
potential. As a contributor
to the UC's constitution, he
thinks there may be a core
problem.
"Well, the fact that under
our constitution the University
Council has no real authority
for anything is a problem."
CSG vice president Omar
Hashwi, the UC president,
seemed more optimistic.
"I see the UC as a body on
campus that is very highly
respected by the students, by
the administrators, with a lot
of authority to make change on
campus," Hashwi said.
Hashwi also acknowledged
that the UC has issues but
seemed hopeful for future
progress.
"Because this is very new
- let's say it hasn't taken off
yet," Hashwi said. "I think
that it (the UC) has a lot of
potential, and most of it is
untapped."
When asked about the lack
of meeting attendance, Hash-
wi said he's unsure how exact-
ly to solve the problem.
However, Benson said he
believes graduate school gov-
ernments tend to contact each
other directly instead of going
through the UC.
Another issue that may be
stunting the progress of the
UC is the lack of available
information about the coun-
cil.
If someone looks on
CSG's website for specifics,
they find a link to the UC's
minutes, membership and
resolutions. However, all
of these links lead to blank
pages.
The UC's next meeting
is Wednesday, March 27, at
which University President
Mary Sue Coleman will be in
attendance.
Hashwi believes the admin-
istration understands the
importance of the UC and
knows it represents the stu-
dent voice. Although not all
has gone as planned for the
UC, he said he is not discour-
aged.
"We've been trying our
absolute best to make it the
most impactful it can be,"
Hashwi said. "It has not
reached its potential, but we
are getting very close."
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