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NEWS BRIEFS
DETROIT
Woman found
dead from gunshot
Authorities have released the
identity of a woman whose body
was found on a front lawn near
her west side Detroit home.
The Wayne County medi-
cal examiner's office tells The
Detroit News that 19-year-old
Kimberly Muse died of a gunshot
wound to her chest.
The Wayne County prosecu-
tor's office initially had reported
that the victim was a 16-year-old
girl. Muse's mother confirmed
her identity late Wednesday.
Muse's body was found Sun-
day afternoon.
Devin Brown of Detroit was
arraigned Wednesday on a man-
slaughter charge. The 21-year-
old Brown and the victim were
described as acquaintances.
ORLANDO, Fla.
Two murderers
mistakenly let go
from Florida jail
At first glance, the paperwork
ordering the release of two con-
victed murderers serving life sen-
tences in a Florida prison looked
legitimate.
So the guards at Franklin Cor-
rectional Institution in the Florida
Panhandle put one of the men on
a bus and opened the gates for
the other to ride away with fam-
ily. Authorities now say prison
officials were duped by the court
documents, which included a fake
motion from a prosecutor and a
judge's forged signature.
As prison officials, prosecu-
tors and courts across the state
scrambled to make sure no one
else had been mistakenly released,
police were searching for the two
men who already had a head start.
Joseph Jenkins was let out Sept.
27, and Charles Walker was freed
Oct. 8.
OAKLAND, Calif.
Union threatens
to strike in Calif.
Union workers are threaten-
ing to go on strike at midnight
unless San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit agrees to enter
arbitration after a marathon
negotiating session with man-
agement and its two largest
unions came to a halt Thursday
when both sides couldn't agree
on a remainingset of issues.
Roxanne Sanchez, president
of Service Employees Interna-
tional Union Local 1021, said
BART and its two largest unions
have "come extremely close" to
agreement on economic, health
care and pension issues. Howev-
er, she said the parties remained
apart on work rule issues.
She said the unions suggest-
ed taking the remaining issues
to arbitration but management
refused. Workers would walk off
the job at midnight unless BART
officials change their mind, San-
chez said. .

LONDON
Foreign markets
tepid after U.S. gov.
debt deal finalized
A day after the U.S. Congress
stepped back from the abyss
and avoided a potentially disas-
trous default, investor relief was
checked Thursday by concerns
over the cost of Washington's
drawn-out political battle.
Even though Congress has
agreed to raise the $16.7 trillion
debt ceiling and end a 16-day
partial government shutdown,
the relief rally that started on
Wall Street on Wednesday has
largely petered out. The dol-
lar was down sharply and stock
markets drifted.
Investors around the world,
including fund managers hold-
ing dollars and Treasurys, have
been unimpressed by the politi-
cal squabbling that has threat-
ened the U.S. since 2011. The
question is whether the brink-
manship will become the new
normal.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports

INFORMATION
From Page 1A
University have been given tre-
mendous opportunities at the
University of Michigan to pursue
our research and enjoy reward-
ing careers." MacKie-Mason
said. "It's only appropriate that
we take the opportunity to give
back."
Heather Newman, a spokes-
woman for the School of Infor-
mation, said the donation was
another example of MacKie-
Mason's excellent leadership of
the school.
"Jeff has been an inspirational
TFA
From Page 1A
riences with children disillu-
sioned with math and science.
Kimi Warlaumont, one of
the panelists, said she was dis-
traught upon discovering her
seventh and eighth graders.
had received almost no prior
science instruction. Students
had become so accustomed to a
never-ending flow of substitute
teachers that when Warlaumont
showed up for her TFA appoint-
ment, they believed she would
be gone in two weeks.
University alum Julia Mar-
torana, another panelist, is
currently in her first semes-
ter of the TFA fellowship as a

leader for us," Newman said.
"This is a case where he is tak-
ing the lead and really showing
the rest of us that he believes in
the school and that he is hoping
that others will step up the same
way."
Mackie-Mason is the Arthur
W. Burks Collegiate Professor
of Information and Computer=
Science. He was also one of the
founders of the re-chartered:
School of Information in 1996.
He also holds appointments as a
professor of both economics and
public policy.
Netz said in the release that
she is happy to support the com-
ing generations of faculty who
will research the many ways that
ninth-grade physics teacher in
a Detroit school. She discov-
ered that many of her students
aspired to work in the automo-
tive industry and that she tries
to draw a connection between
cars and physics to inspire her
students.
"The way that we are
approaching math and science
education is really in a bad
place," said David Omenn, a
TFA recruiter.
Only 11 percent of Black
fourth graders score at or above
proficiency in science, and by
grade 12 only 4 percent of those
students are still proficient,
according to Omenn's presen-
tation. But TFA says students
with at least Algebra II on their
transcript are twice as likely to

the intersection of information
and technology can have a posi-
tive impact on the future of soci-
ety.
"We both appreciate the
real-world impact that aca-
demic research can have," Netz
said. "We're happy to have the
opportunity to support future
generations of faculty work-
ing to identify the many ways in
which the use of information can
improve lives everywhere."
Martha Pollack, University
provost and executive vice presi-
dent for academic affairs, said
in the release that the gener-
ous pledge will help ensure the
establishment of innovative fac-
ulty in the future.
receive a four-year degree.
State Rep. Adam Zemke
(D-Ann Arbor) attended the
event and said the lack of
STEM-educated students is
a "20-year-old problem" that
requires action by legislators.
Zemke announced this week
that he and state Rep. Bill Rog-
ers, a Republican, had secured
$375,000of the state's next bud-
get for a public-private partner-
ship dedicated to improving
STEM education.
Zemke said more money is
needed to support teachers in
STEM fields.
"Educators have the most
power of any of us," Zemke said,
"because they have the ability
to influence the outcome of our
economy."

KINESIOLOGY
From Page 1A
curriculum.
Zernicke said the Bureau of
Labor predicts employment of
health educators will grow 18
percent by 2018.
"This is now getting into the
community; this is getting into
the businesses; this is getting
into the corporation," Zernicke
said. "The opportunities were
out there and we didn't see that
we were filling those as best we
could given the resources we do
have."
Although the inaugural class
only has 15 students, Pat Van
Volkinburg, associate dean for
academic programsoftheSchool
of Kinesiology, said the concen-
tration will likely grow dramati-
BRAIN
From Page 1A
"mute mice" - rodents that lack
immune systems but can host
human cells. He then uses these
cells in tests and experiments.
One of his preliminary find-
ings was that mice had a much
better survival rate when given
a certain protein inhibitor, but it
had no effect in other mice. He
found that mice with another
protein natively in their system
are less responsive to the drug,
which forms the basis for his
newly approved clinical trial.
Sarkaria's main motivation
for comingto the University was
to make connections with other
doctors and garner support
for the clinical trial so it might
potentially be piloted at Univer-
sity Hospital.
"It's fun to go to differ-
ent places and meet different
people," Sarkaria said after the

cally in the comingyears.
"I am getting lots of e-mails
and lots of phone calls request-
ing meetings with students who
want to talk about what it would
take to become a student in that
major," Van Volkinburgsaid.
However, since the School of
Kinesiology only accepts about
20 percent of its applicants, get-
ting into the school - and thus
the concentration - could be a
challenge.
"I prefer to have that much
higher because I would like to
service a lot more students, but
there are limited capacities, so
it, is becoming more and more
competitive interms of the qual-
ity of students were are hav-
ing here, which is great on one
hand," Zernicke said. "It is just
that there are a lot people who
are interested and would like to
come to the school."
done is by making connections
with people and seeing what
other people are doing."
Medical research can often
be a slow and frustrating pro-
cess: Sakaria has been working
on this strategy for seven years
and tried to get the clinical trial
running four times before it was
finally approved.
Sarkaria urged University
students to pursue science, say-
ing that what he loves about
science is discovering new solu-
tions to old medical problems.
"I get paid to come to work
and think about an interesting
question and read about it, and
at some point I decide, 'Hey, I
wanna start working on some-
thing different.'"
After receiving his M.D. from
the University of California,
Los Angeles and spending his
residency at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Sarkaria
started his research at the Mayo
Clinic with other brain tumor
specialists.

House GOP look past
shutdown to election

Vote on bill to
repoen federal
gov't will be key
during next cycle
WASHINGTON (AP) - A
group.of House Republicans
planning Senate campaigns next
year took-different betsion a bill
in Congress ending a govern-
ment shutdown and avoiding
a default. For some, a general
election loomed large while for
others, the vote was a matter of
competing for conservative pri-
mary voters.
The high-profile vote
Wednesday night to end the
16-day partial government shut-
down and stave off a national
default divided Republicans in
the House and Senate and could
turn into a noteworthy issue in
next year's midterm elections.
In the Senate, Republicans
need to pick up six seats to
recapture the majority during
President Barack Obama's final
two years. Republican outside
groups paid close attention to
the vote, with organizations like
the Club for Growth and Heri-
tage Action urging lawmakers
to vote against the measure,
while business groups like the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce said
it was necessary to avoid an eco-
nomic calamity.
For House Republicans with
Senate ambitions, the vote
offered a window into their
political standing. By voting
for the bill, Republicans were
insulated to a certain degree
against Democrats' accusations
that they would have allowed
the government to default. By
opposing it, they sided with con-
servatives who despise Obama's
health care- law and spending
record.
Four lawmakers who may
seek the GOP presidential nomi-
nation in 2016 - Sens. Rand
Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio
of Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas
and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wiscon-
sin - voted against the bill.

In the House, Reps. Tom
Cotton of Arkansas, Shelley
Moore Capito of West Virginia
and Steve Daines of Montana
supported the bill. All three
are well-positioned to win the
Republican nomination for Sen-
ate seats currently controlled by
Democrats.
Cotton is challenging vulner-
able Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark.,
the son of the state's former
senator and governor. Cotton
said supporting the bill gave
Congress time to "stop Wash-
ington's out-of-control spend-
ing," but his vote put him at odds
with the Club for Growth. The
group has supported Cotton
and been airing ads in Arkansas
criticizing Pryor's connection to
Obama's health care law.
Barney Keller, a club spokes-
man, said the group strongly
supported Cotton, but "we sim-
ply disagree with him on this
vote."
Capito said the government
needed to be reopened, and it
was "clearly not in our country's
best interests to default on our
debts." Daines cited frustration
that the measure was temporary
and Congress could face another
debt crisis in months.
The vote could affect at least
two Republican incumbents in
the Senate.
Senate Republican leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., helped
negotiate the deal with Demo-
cratic leaders and his role quick-
ly drew opposition from tea
party-backed primary challeng-
er Matt Bevin, who said McCon-
nell had sold out conservatives.
Democrats are waiting in the
wings with Alison Lundergan
Grimes, Kentucky's secretary of
state, hoping a difficult primary
could weaken the powerful GOP
leader in the general election.
In Mississippi, the Club for
Growth and the Senate Con-
servatives Fund, which have
played formidable roles in
Republican primaries, endorsed
Chris McDaniel, a state senator
who announced his campaign
Thursday to unseat GOP Sen.

Thad Cochran. Cochran, who event. "Alotofhowre
voted for the bill, has not said
whether he'll seek re-election
next year. HIGH-SCHOOL
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going out across the Repub-
lic. Millions of people feel like
strangers in the land," McDan- said they have al
iel said Thursday in Ellisville, entrepreneurial. I
Miss. school, Carn-Safer
For House Republicans facing water and Gatorade
crowded Senatefields,thecalcu- walk before Univers
lation was different. With many games, and during
conservatives furious with the more year, Hirschl
nation's new health insurance own company, Sl
program, siding with Obama Apps.
and establishment Republicans "We're both in
could hurt them in primaries money in unique w
fueled by tea party activists. Saferstein said.
Many lawmakers still remem- After their init
ber the fate of former Utah Sen. Carn-Saferstein an
Bob Bennett, who supported the expanded their
$700 billion bailout of the finan- inspired by Michiga
cial industry in 2008 and later versity, the Detroit
lost the Republican nomination local high schools.
to now Sen. Mike Lee. They sold out the:
In Louisiana, Republican ment of 250 pairs
Rep. Bill Cassidy opposed the Comerica Park befor
bill, potentially helping his game and put in an
cause in a primary field in which While the two have
some have questioned his con- East Lansing yet t
servative bona fides. The winner MSU-themed prod
will face Sen. Mary Landrieu, stock them in theirc
D-La. and plan to sell then
In Georgia, where GOP in the near future
Sen. Saxby Chambliss is retir- also hoping to expar
ing, three House Republicans
- Reps. Jack Kingston, Paul
Broun and Phil Gingrey - voted LI
against the bill. The congres-
sional trio joins former secre-
tary of state Karen Handel and E
businessman David Perdue in a
crowded primary field. Demo-
crats have recruited Michelle faCebo
Nunn, the daughter of former
Sen. Sam Nunn.
Yes vote or not, Democrats
intend to make the shutdown a
major theme against Republi-
cans next year.
"They could have voted for a
nearly identical deal weeks ago
and spared their constituents a
lot pain, but they put their own 7
politics ahead of what's best for
their state," said Matt Canter,
deputy executive director of the
Democratic Senatorial Cam-
paign Committee.

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ways been during the off-season," Hirschl
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to making served students in the Detroit
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sunglasses "As high-school students and
n State Uni- soon-to-be college students, we
Tigers and thought it would be a good idea
to help people our age who are
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outside of While Carn-Saferstein and
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other order. and plan to pursue business
en't been to degrees, they are unsure if they
o sell their will continue Spirit Specs after
ducts, they high school.
online store "If we go to the same school
m at a game we plan to," Carn-Saferstein
. They are said. "For now, our main focus is
nd to winter catchy, unique stuff."
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