2 - Tuesday, April 2, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandaiy.com rmgrein@michigandaiy.com CAMPUS BUZZ Choosing the write path Jennifer Metsker is a lecturer in the Department of English. She works in the Sweetland Writ- ing Center, the Department of English and the School of Art & Design. She received her under- graduate degree from the Uni- versity of Oregon, attended the School oftheArt Institute of Chi- cago and received her master's degree at the University. She is from Sacramento, Calif How did you get into writing? While I was at art school just the desire to be a writer kept returning to me, so I left art school and moved here and worked in the Sweetland Writ- ing Center as a peer tutor coor- I'm reading everything from dinator. I saw my fellow tutors pop, neuroscience to poetry to teaching; I saw how engaged novels to nonfiction, the news they were with their students; - everything. I'll have a phys- I saw the students coming in, ics book - I like reading about being tutored, and I knew that's physics - and then neurosci- what I wanted to do. ence and then poetry, and some obscure novel that no one would What do you like a ever read, and then, like, some bout writing? young adult fiction. Newsroom 734-418-411s opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Sectin s5pots@mihigandaily.com Display Sales dailydisplay@gmail.com Online Sales dailydisplay@gmail.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com Letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales dailydisplay@gmail.com I like that it can really clarify our thinking. With writing you know for sure what you said because it's right there - you said it. What do you like to read? It really varies. Right now, Do you have any advice for students? My advice would be: While you're at college, take the time to talk to someone about your writing one-on-one. - WILL GREENBERG Rackham student Parker Anderson presents on the UM Bees club at Food Day on the Diag Monday. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Almost stolen Medical hash Sustain farms Fiscal crisis WHERE: North Campus Recreation Building WHEN: Sunday at about 2:45 p.m. WHAT: An iPhone was reported stolen from a coat in the men's locker room between 1 and 2:30 p.m., University Police reported. The phone's owner did not complete the report. WHERE: University Hospi- tal Emergency Room WHEN: Sunday at about 10:10 p.m. WHAT: A patient was found with marijuana in his personal possessions, Uni- versity Police reported. The marijuana was confiscated from the subject immediately. WHAT: Sepp Holzer, a pioneer in ecological farm- ing, will givea lecture on sustainable farming. Holzer will hold workshops in Mat- thaei Botanical Gardens before the discussion. WHO: Sustainable Food Program WHEN: Today at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Gradu- ate School, Amphitheatre WHAT: Stacy Sanders, federal policy director at the Medicare Rights Center, will lead a talk about Medi- care and the fiscal crisis. WHO: School of Social Work Office of Alumni Relations WHEN: Today at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building, Educational Conference Center Slow down Blind spot Abortion talk Music movie WHERE: 1400 Block East Medical Center Drive WHEN: Sunday at about 11:20 p.m. WHAT: A student was arrested in connection with stealing a speed limit sign, University Police reported. The student was then pro- cessed and released, and the traffic sign has since been recovered. WHERE: 2100 Block Fuller Road WHEN: Sunday at about 4:30 p.m. WHAT: One of the Uni- versity's service vehicles backed into a lamppost, University Police reported. The vehicle received some slight damage to its bumper, but no personal injuries occured. A new study has found that Shakespeare almost went to jail for tax eva- sion and was fined for illegal- ly hiding food, The Telegraph reported. These antics went on for over 15 years, allowing Shakespeare to retire after only 24 years of work. Washtenaw County had the highest con- centration of people who changed their Facebook profile picture to the Human Rights Campaign logo to sup- port same-sex marraige last week. > FOR MOR E, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 The first gorilla ever born in New York City, Pattycake, died on Sun- day at the Bronx Zoo, the New York Times reported. Pattycake was 40 years old and was undergoing treat- ment for chronic heart issues at the time of her death. 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The film focus- es on Milhaud's over 450 contributions to the world of music told through the artist himself and stories from his wife and his Jewish faith. WHO: University of Michi- gan Museum of Art WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: UMMA Hamas re-elects Mashaal Longtime leader of the Islamic militant group retains power CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime lead- er Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred with movement hardliners in the past over his attempt to reconcile with West- ern-backed Palestinian rivals. The secretive Hamas did not issue an announcement, but Mashaal's re-election was con- firmed by two Hamas officials. The vote late Monday capped a year of internal elections spread over several countries and shrouded in mystery. The Qatar-based Mashaal, 56, has led Hamas since 1996 and won another four-year term. Me ran unopposed and won the support of a majority in Mamas' Shura Council which has about 60 members, said the two Hamas officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss the secret election with reporters. Mashaal enjoys the backing of regional powers Turkey, Egypt and Qatar, countries where Hamas' parent movement, the region-wide Muslim Brother- hood, is influential. It's not clear if his re-election will give him enough clout to pursue reconciliation or if hard- liners, particularly those based in the Gaza Strip, will be able to veto a deal. Hamas wrested Gaza from Mahmoud Abbas, the inter- nationally backed Palestinian president, in 2007, leaving him with only parts of the West Bank. Since then, the rivals have estab- lished separate governments that have become increasingly entrenched in their respective territories. Last year, Mashaal and Abbas, who have cordial relations, reachedaedeal whereby Abbas would head an interim govern- ment of technocrats in the West Bank and Gaza. This government would have paved the way for general elections. However, the deal never got off the ground because of oppo- sition from Hamas leaders in Gaza and senior figures in Abbas' Fatah movement. Hamas leaders in Gaza were particularly vehe- ment in their objections, appar- ently fearing that a unity deal would give Abbas a new foothold in Gaza and weaken Hamas' grip on the territory. Last week, the emir of Qatar proposed holding a reconcilia- tion conference in Egypt in com- ing weeks to set up a timetable for forming the interim govern- ment and holding elections. Mashaal's re-election could further distance Hamas from long-time patron Iran, which has supplied cash and weapons to the Hamas government in Gaza. Hamas broke with another long- time ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad, more than ayear ago, over Assad's brutal crackdown on a popular revolt that turned into an armed insurgency. Mashaal's relations with Iran Tony Gutierrez/AP Law enforcement officials walk out of the home of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland Monday near Forney, Texas. White supremacists suspected of shooting Texas district attorney cooled after he refused to back Assad, an Iranian ally, and Mashaal last visited Tehran in November 2011. Other senior Hamas figures continue to visit Tehran and ties have not broken off, but Mashaal has found a new home 4 6 in Qatar, one of Iran's regional rivals. 9 7 8 2 Hamas was founded in Gaza in 1987, as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. It has four components - activists in Gaza, in the West Bank, in exile 2 9 1 5 8 and those imprisoned by Israel. In the internal elections, each 4 5 6 2 9 of the four groups chose local leaders as well as delegates to 3 the Shura Council. This council selects a deci- sion-making political bureau 9 8 2 6 and the head of that body - the stage that was wrapped up 13 5 9 in Cairo on Monday. Details about the composition of the political bureau were not 9 5 A 4 available Monday. Mashaal is seen as a member of the more pragmatic wing of Hamas, in connection with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Evidence in police points to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Two days after a Texas district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home, authorities have said little about their investigation or any potential suspects. But suspicion in the slayings shifted to a white supremacist gang with a long history of vio- lence and retribution that was also the focus of a December law enforcement bulletin warning that its members might try to attack police or prosecutors. Four top leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas were indicted in October for crimes ranging from murder to drug trafficking. Two months later, authorities issued the bulletin warning that the gang might try to retaliate against law enforce- ment for the investigation that led to the arrests of 34 of its members on federal charges. Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were found dead Sat- urday in their East Texas home. The killings were especially jar- ring because they happened just a couple of months after one of the county's assistant district attorneys, Mark Hasse, was killed in a parking lot near his courthouse office. McLelland was part of a multi-agency task force that took part in the investigation of the Aryan Brotherhood. The task force also included the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Adminis- tration as well as police depart- ments in Houston and Fort Worth. Investigators have declined to say if the group is the focus of their efforts, but the state Department of Public Safe- ty bulletin warned that the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is "involved in issuing orders to inflict 'mass casualties or death' to law enforcement officials involved in the recent case." Terry Pelz, a former Texas prison warden and expert on the Aryan Brotherhood said killing law enforcement representa- tives would be uncharacteristic of the group. "They don't go around killing officials," he said. "They don't draw heat upon themselves." But Pelz, who worked in@ the Texas prison system for 21 years, added that the gang has a history of threatening officials and of killing its own member or rivals. He suggested if the Aryan Brotherhood was behind the slayings in Kaufman County, some sort of disruption in the gang's operations might have prompted their retaliation. That disruption might have come last year, when feder- al prosecutors in Houston in November announced indict- ments against 34 alleged mem- bers of the gang, including four of its top leaders in Texas. At the time, prosecutors called the indictment "a devastating blow to the leadership" of the gang. Meanwhile, deputies escorted some Kaufman County employ- ees into the courthouse Monday after the slayings stirred fears that other public employees could be targeted. Law enforce- ment officers were seen patrol- ling outside the courthouse, one holding a semi-automatic weap- on, while others walked around inside.