_ Friday, November 15, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: s Week in History Professor Profiles In Other Ivory Towers Alumni Profiles Photos of the Week -$ $n. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 Members of the Navy www.michigandaily.com raise the flag at the Diag ANDREWWEINER KIRBYVOIGTMAN or of Veteran s Day Mo Editor in Chief Business Manager orning. 734-418-4115 ext.1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 -OLAS WILLIAMS/Daily) anweiner@michigandaily.com rmgrein@michigandaily.com .- Corre tionsadiyao ahd~~eohgeator c orrtosmihiadaly.om he~eoreeator DrsplaySalesPnac onlieads@michigandaily.omr iao~rotiadiyoe News Tips news@michigandaily.com letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classifted@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Tea time WHERE: 1400 Medical Center WHEN: Tuesday at 11 a.m. WHAT: Unknown suspects took several bottles of iced tea from an unlocked cooler during an unknown time period, University Police reported. It burns! WHERE: Chemistry Building WHEN: Wednesday at12:15 p.m. WHAT: Two drops of calcium nitrate accidentally squirted into the eyes of 4 subject from a pipette, L iversity Police reported. Subject was taken to UHS nmergency room as a precaution. Watch out for Student the door compose WHERE: 200 Observatory WHAT: Studen WHEN:Wednesday at from the Midw about 7:20 a.m. including the U WHAT: While moving will present the equipment at the Mojo during a two-do dock the elevator door was featuring acous accidentally damaged, electic instume University Police reported. WHO: School o Theatre & Dana WHEN: Today Loner stoner WHERE: Moo WHERE: West Quadrangle 30th ani WHEN: Wednesday at 11:07 p.m. IASA da WHAT: Suspected marijuana was confiscated WHAT: The In from a student late can Student As Wednesday night, presents its ann University Police reported. dance show wit The investigation is pending performance no lab results confirmingthe portrayingthec substance. whole and how exist without t WHO: Michiga Notes? Ticket Office m/blogs/The Wire WHEN: Today WHERE: HillI rs nt composers est, niversity, eir pieces ay festival tic and nts. of Music .ce at 8 p.m. re Building nual nce dian Ameri- soication ual culture th a dance amed Silesha dualities of a one can not he other. n Union at 6:30 p.m. Auditorium Comic Opera WHAT: The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossi- ni will be directed by Robert Swedburg. The performance will be filled with whim- sicle, delightful and familiar melodies. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Power Center CORRECTIONS . An article in the Nov. 13 edition of the Michigan Daily ("The Man Behind the Money") misidentified Richard Rogel as the vice chair of the Michigan Difference Campaign. He was the chair. More than 1,000 U.S. troops were sent to the Philippines to help with the typhoon relief, according to Fox News. In order to help assist the aftermath of the devastation, Washington is sending$20 million in imme- diate aid and transportation. The University is con- sidering expanding its health insurance to cover fertility treatments. The 'U' is unique among Michigan colleges in its lack of fertility treatment coverage. as FOR MORE, SEEOPINION, PAGE 4 A man fell from a small plane near the coast of Florida, reported CNN. The pilot reported that the man fell at 1,800 ft. There is currently no information as to how or why he fell out of the plane. There is also no infor- mation regarding his identity. 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Duringthe Iraq war, range results in training exercises at Camp Pend- Marines lost 20 bomb techni- leton in San Diego County, said cians, and another 24 have been death of EOD team a Marine official who spoke on killed in Afghanistan. condition of anonymity because The last fatal accident for a SAN DIEGO (AP) - The job he was not authorized to speak Marine bomb technician in the is the most dangerous in the publicly. There was no live firing United States was about two Marine Corps. on the range at the time. decades ago, when one was The four Marines killed Base officials said they would killed while doing a range sweep Wednesday while clearing unex- not release details until an inves- at Twenty-Nine Palms Marine ploded ordnance at California's tigation into the cause of the Corps base in Southern Cali- Coamp Pendleton were bomb accident is concluded. Officials fornia, according to the Marine removal technicians. It is one of planned to release the names Corps. the few positions in which the Thursday evening of those killed, Retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Marine Corps allows team mem- per the Marine Corps policy that Brian Meyer said he was drawn bers to quit at any time. That's withholds the identities of the to what is considered to be the because their mental focus could dead for 24 hours after their rela- Marine Corps' most dangerous mean the difference between life tives have been notified. job because of the challenge. or death, either for themselves or The bomb disposal commu- Bomb technicians work in a their fellow troops. nity is a small, tight-knit one team but are often entrusted to Pew quit, despite the inherent like no other within the Marine make decisions in the field on risks that come with finding and Corps. They are bonded by their their own, such as whether it is getting rid of unexploded muni- fearlessness, mental strength and safe enough to move unexploded Lions - whether on the battlefield deep ties from losing so many ordnance or diffuse a roadside or on a U.S. base, according to for- members over the years, say for- bomb. toer bomb technicians. mer bomb technicians. Meyer was injured while try- The four were killed around The Corps currently has 715 ing to dispose of an IED in Hel- mand Province in Afghanistan on March 14, 2011. The home- , , made bomb blew off his right hand, right leg and three fingers on his left hand. He's lost more than a dozen fellow bomb techni- cians and knows about 15 others who have suffered injuries, like 3 2 1 4 himself. "It's hard to pick out one spe- 4 5 6 2 cific reason why I wanted to do this job," he said, adding that he would do it allagain. "It's not ajob 8 /7in which you call your supervisor to make a decision. You're often 8 2 9 the expert. You make the calls and work independently. There's a lot of trust placed in you. You're part of an elite group." Those who become bomb 7 1 technicians generally have already served four years in the 4 9 245 3Marine Corps. They undergo vigorous mental and physical screenings. The military scruti- 2 5 3 nizes their personal lives, check- ing to make sure they do not have 6 4 3 2 7 anylegal issues or other problems that could affect their job per- formance, said Capt. Maureen Krebs, a Marine Corps spokes- woman. MANU BRABO/AP In this file photo from March 3,a Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a checkpoint near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. Kurds continue to rive out Islamic mielitantsinSyria Ethnic group declares self- governance in northeastern area BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's Kurds have dramatically strengthened their hold on the far northeast reaches of the country, carving out territory as they drive out Islamic militant fighters allied to the rebellion and declaring their own civil administration in areas under their control this week amid the chaos of the civil war. The moves could be a first step toward creating an auton- omous region similar to one Kurds run across the border as virtually a separate coun- try within Iraq. But the Kurds' drive has angered rebels fight- ing to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. It even worries some Kurds, who suspect the main faction leading the fight- ing and the new administration is actually acting on behalf of Assad to undermine the rebel- lion. Kurds are the largest eth- nic minority in Syria, making up more than 10 percent of the country's 23 million people. They are centered in the impov- erished northeastern province of Hassakeh, wedged between the borders of Turkey and Iraq. The capital Damascus and Syr- ia's largest city, Aleppo, also have several predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods. The declaration of their own civil administration on Tuesday was a sign of Kurds' growing confidence after taking control of most of Hassakeh province in an offensive against jihadis that has accelerated in recent months. The fighters, known as the People's Protection Units, have driven militants out of a string of towns and have cap- tured long stretches along the borders with Turkey and Iraq, easing the way for support from fellow Kurds in those regions. Only a day after the announcement, activists said Kurdish fighters captured nine villages from jihadis. Kurdish fighters are now in control of all predominantly Kurdish cities in the province as well as dozens of villages and towns, though jihadis continue to control pre- dominantly Arab towns in the province such as Shaddadeh. "More than 75 percent of the province is in the hands of the People's Protection Units," said Kurdish journalist Malba Ali, who lives in Hassakeh. Assad's forces largely pulled out of the region late last year when the Syrian military was stretched thin by fighting with rebels elsewhere in the coun- try, effectively ceding control of the area, though they main- tain some security posts. Their withdrawal sparked a fierce competition between rebels - mainly Islamic militant factions - and the Kurds. Kurdish officials say they launched their offensive in recent months after coming under repeated attack by jihadis from two al-Qaida-linked groups fighting against Assad - Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front, and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The Kurds say jihadis wanted to dominate their region and impose their hard-line ideology on the popu- lation, which is largely secular. 4 6 I