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One driver was cited for disregarding a stop sign. Peeping Tom WHERE: Northwood II WHEN: Monday at about 2 a.m. WHAT: A student reported that around 12:45 a.m., she observed an unknown male looking in her room window, University Police reported. Later an officer was unable to locate anyone. e child. I'm not tak- g lessons any more, ut the method is that e parent helps the ild practice so we ork on that everyday. What sparked your terestin classical art and archaeology? When I was a child, grew up in England, nd at school I learned atin, which is the lan- age of the ancient omans. I got interest- in the Romans, and e had the option to udy ancient Greek so I studied that as well. Also, my parents were both teachers, and they had long summer holidays so we would pack up the car in the summer and take the ferry over to France. So, the classical past has always been part of the physical and educa- tional environment for me. 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The girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, called 911 in the early afternoon to say that Zimmerman had smashed a glass table, threatened her with the shotgun and ulti- mately pushed her out of the house, according to an arrest report. After pushing her out, Zimmerman barricaded the door with furniture and refused to leave, saying that he would talk to police by phone, authorities said. The arrest was the latest legal problem for Zimmer- man since he was acquitted in July of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen. The case sparked accusations that Zimmerman had racially profiled Martin and led to nationwide debates over the so-called Stand Your Ground defense laws in Florida and other states. "You point your gun at my fricking face," Samantha Scheibe is heard telling Zimmerman on a 911 call. "Get *hiOU out of my house. Do not push me out of my house. Please get out of my house." Seconds later, she told the dispatcher, "You kidding me? He pushed me out of my house and locked me out. ... He knows how to do this. Ie knows how to play this game." Moments later, Zimmerman called 911 from inside the barricaded house to tell his side of the story. "I have a girlfriend, who for lack of a better word, has gone crazy on me," Zimmerman said. Zimmerman then said he never pulled a gun on his girlfriend, and that it was Scheibe who smashed a table at the home they shared. He also told the dispatcher that Scheibe was pregnant with their child and that she had decided she would raise the child on her owsn. When Zimmerman started to leave, "she got mad," he said. Seminole County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Den- nis Lemma said at a news conference that Scheibe wasn't pregnant. Deputies used a key provided by Scheibe to unlock the door and they were able to push through the barricade of items, Lemma said. "She was very concerned for her own safety especially having the weapon pointed at her and then being pushed out," he said. Lemma says Zimmerman was compliant and unarmed when deputies came to the house. "The easiest way to describe it is rather passive. Clearly, he's had the opportunity to encounter situations similar to this in the past," he said. Zimmerman was charged with domestic aggravated assault with a weapon, domes- tic battery and criminal mischief. His first court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. He will be housed in a single-per- son cell and guards will check on him hourly, Lemma added. Scheibe told deputies that the ordeal start- ed with a verbal argument and that she asked Zimmerman to leave the house. Her account in the arrest report says he began packing his 4 belongings, including a shotgun and an assault rifle. She says she began putting his things in the living room and outside the house, and he became upset. At that point, the report says, he took the shotgun out of its case. Zimmerman told his girlfriend to leave and smashed a pair of her sunglasses as she 5r M walked toward the front door, the report says. Scheibe told deputies that he pushed her out of the house when she got close to the door. Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the Martin family, was at Harvard Law School on Monday with the teen's mother, Sybrina Ful- ton, to speak at a symposium about his legacy and self-defense laws. Crump said they found out about Zimmer- Forum for Ann Arbor residents dispells transportation confusion By WILL GREENBURG Daily StaffReporter The Hatcher Graduate Library played host Monday night to the Washtenaw Area Trans- portation Study's transit forum with city planners, local residents and representatives gathering to hear status updates on the cur- rent projects. Guests were greeted with food, drinks and 18 different representatives from The Con- nector high-capacity transit project, Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority and Clean Energy Coalition all gathered together for the first forum of its kind to inform the public on the county's current transit projects and answer questions. WATS Director Ryan Buck said it's hard for area residents to attend each individual meet- ing for various initiatives and the forum was a good opportunity to inform the public. Buck said the projects have various timelines and roadblocks to overcomebut that funding is an issue across most initiatives. "Funding is the most critical issue facing transportation planners and transportation infrastructure right now," Buck said. "It's criticallyand chronicallyunderfunded." Project leaders shared optimism for their plans, the most notable being the commuter and high-speed rail projects as well as The Ride's urban core focus. Alex Bourgeau, an intermodal transporta- tion coordinator at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, said the forum was a great opportunity to disentangle the rail proj- ects going on in southeast Michigan. There are currently three major projects: the high- speed rail program, the MITrain Southeast Michigan Commuter Rail Service, and the Washtenaw and Livingston Line, commonly referred to as WALLY. The MITrain cars and track, which includes the WALLY line, are complete and should start running special trains next year between Ann Arbor and Detroit for major events, such as Detroit Tiger's games or the Ann Arbor Art Fair, Bourgeau said. The line is roughly two to three years away from regular service, he said. Meanwhile, Bourgeau said the high-speed rail line should reach speeds of 110 miles per hour between Detroit and Chicago along some portions of the track and should be finalized by 2017. He said in addition to being faster, theline should help clearup congestion in high-traffic areas such as outside Chicago where freight, commercial and other rail all converge. "Really, the two services in this corridor could complement each other," Bourgeau said. Ann Arbor resident Keith LaSalle was excited about the prospect of the new rail services. However, he stressed having a con- crete plan before he could fully support the projects. "I love the concept - if done properly and if the planners are fiscally responsible in mak- ing ithappen," LaSalle said. Expanding bus services The expansion of AAATA bus services, also known as TheRide, was another point of interest for many at the forum, with Michael Benham, TheRide's special assistant for stra- tegic planning, sharing a plan that would expand service by 44 percent. Benham said the much needed improvements will add routes and increase service and frequency. "We've got people walking down Washt- enaw Avenue after11(p.m.)because they can't catch abus," Benham said. "We've got people in (Ypsilanti) who can't get to the grocery store on a Sunday or Saturday, so the needs there are critical." - At the time, Benham said the changes would go much smootherifthe AnnArbor City Council approved adding Ypsilanti Township into the AAATA, which represents multiple municipalities. Tuesday evening, the council did approve the township's membership. Now, a millage is needed to approve the plan. State Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D-Saline), who attended the forum, said she is con- cerned about the additional funding need for the project,butsupports anincreasedempha- sis on public transportation. "The state has historically been more oriented towards road construction versus alternative modes of transportation, transit, non-motorized, like biking," Driskell said. "There is definitely movement recognizing the importance of transit." Other booths at the forum, such as the Clean Energy Coalition's Bike Share program and the Program to Educate All Cyclists, focused on promoting bike riding in Ann Arbor, and booths from the Ann Arbor Proj- ect Management Services Unit and Washt- enaw County Road Commission shared results from recent projects. Si I