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SOCIETY
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This year's event will begin
earlier than past fundraisers. The
event will run Thursday from 7
a.m. until 1 p.m. in the hospital.
The fundraiser will recommence
Friday at 6 a.m. and last until 11
p.m. On Saturday, it will run from
7 a.m. to 6p.m.
Staff and faculty will assist
medical students during their
volunteering shift. Volunteers
will give donors symbolic tags in
exchange for their contribution.
Rupley noted that this year
some former patients - including
young children - will help with
the fundraiser at the hospital by
giving tags to donors.
Although the fundraiser lasts
for a few days, deciding where the
money is allocated is a rigorous
process. The society has a com-
mittee that examines requests for
funds by various organizations
and a vote then decides which
charities will receive support.
Donations to the fundraising
effort can also be made online
here.
PROGRAM
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aspect through the distribution
of "enthusiasm points." Points are
earned by submitting videos pro-
posing energy-saving plans and
by creating individual sustain-
ability events.
This year's winners were
announced at an event called Kill-
A-Watt Unplugged, where cam-
pus music groups and solo artists
led a "free, zero-waste and low-
energy" concert.
LSA junior Natalie Stevenson
and Public Policy junior Kayla
Ulrich worked together to put
on the competition as part of
the Kill-A-Watt team. This year,
the group added more residence
halls to the mix and increased
their publicity to get the word out
across campus.
"We find sustainability to
be one of the more big issues
right now, and we really want to
involve everyone and make it not
PLEDGES
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description, along with the value
of the tree, will be determined
over the course of an investi-
gation. Once the investigation
concludes, Washtenaw County
prosecutors will decide what
charges, if any, will be made in
the case. In larceny cases, charg-
just relevant to environmental-
ists, but to everyone at Michigan,"
Ulrich said.
Stevenson added that one
of their main goals is to instill
behavioral changes within stu-
dents to encourage them to lead
sustainable lives, even after the
competition.
At the event, attendees enjoyed
free food, watched performances
by campus a capella groups and
participated in sustainable activi-
ties.
Kill-A-Watt is one of many
programs supported by the sus-
tainability initiative announced
by President Coleman in 2009,
and statistics show that sustain-
ability on campus has improved
since then. The Office of Campus
Sustainability released its annual
report Wednesday on the prog-
ress made by the University in
furthering a greener campus.
According to the OCS press
release, the University has suc-
cessfully encouraged 80 Univer-
sity offices to participate in the
Sustainable Workplace Certifica-
tion program and has lessened
energy consumption in 137 Uni-
versity buildings by 8.4 percent,
since last year, among other
achievements. Although progress
has been made, new energy tech-
nologies offer greater potential
for the future.
One of the activities, hosted by
LSA junior David Levine, invited
attendees to make small ecosys-
tems out of recycled light bulbs
with sand, moss and other mate-
rials. As a Planet Blue student
leader last year, Levine said he
chose to get involved with Kill-
A-Watt to continue his support of
on-campus sustainability prac-
tices.
"Just turning off the lights,
that simple action, goes a long
way," Levine said. "Saving ener-
gy is one the easiest hard things
to do, so we're trying to show
that saving energy is actually
easy and can improve how you
live your life."
-Daily Staff Reporter Jennifer
Calfas contributed to this report.
STREET
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she could buy everything she
needed to live downtown, not-
ing the multiple clothing, food
and service stores that existed
in the area, including Jacobson's.
She added that youstill can finda
wide variety of shops downtown,
but East Liberty in particular has
given way to coffee shops and
restaurants.
While Jacobson's gave shop-
pers a reason to go downtown,
Pollay said Borders provided an
anchor for local businesses.
"It became its own kind of
experience and, like Jacobson's
before it, Borders had an enor-
mous advertising budget and
an enormous ability to pull in
those name authors," Pollay said.
"These huge names came to do
book readings and from that
again businesses nearby thrived
because they sat off of the Bor-
ders space."
Borders declared bankruptcy
and left the street temporar-
ily vacant, but it wasn't alone:
East Liberty has seen a lot of
storefront turnover in the past
few years. Some spaces, such as
the former @Burger and Grand
Traverse Pie Company space,
saw two businesses come and go
within nearly four years - each
restaurant stayed in business for
less than a year.
Pollay cited the Borders clo-
sure, the struggling economy and
an increase in outlet and online
shopping as the causes of the
turnover on the street, adding
that Ann Arbor isn't as insulated
from the struggling economy as
people think.
"I think things were pretty
fragile here for a while, and I
don't know that we all under-
stand just how fragile it is to have
an independent business," Pollay
said.
Though there are still a few
empty storefronts, Pollay said
she sees the street growing and
evolving to support a different
clientele than in the past: tech
workers. Two tech companies,
Menlo Innovations and Barra-
cuda Networks, relocated to the
East Liberty corridor in the past
two years, which Pollay said will
bring a more stable customer
base than that of students, who
aren't in the city year-round and
don't necessarily venture down
the street.
"The neighborhood is going
to change because the new
economy fortunately includes a
lot of folks who are doing very
well in tech businesses and those
employees are now spending
their money locally in that neigh-
borhood," Pollay said.
Anna Flynn of Menlo Innova-
tions said though they have only
been in their East Liberty loca-
tion for about a year and a half,
employees enjoy being close to
all the shops and restaurants
that State Street, Main Street and
East Liberty have to offer. Flynn
added that they are excited for
the new businesses moving into
the former Borders building.
"We love being downtown and
close to everything and seeing
Liberty grow and change," Flynn
said. "I think that East Liberty is
in the middle of town, but it's not
on Main Street or on State Street
so you can get the best of both
worlds."
Tom Hackett, who has owned
the Afternoon Delight restau-
rant on East Liberty for 35 years,
said the street has seen a steady
decline in foot traffic and overall
business since the 1990s. Hack-
ett said he believes people don't
come to Ann Arbor to shop any-
more.
Hackett added that because
the area has become home to an
increasing amount of restaurants
in comparison to other proper-
ties, he has shifted the restau-
rant's focus toward catering to
offset the decrease in business.
Russ Collins, executive direc-
tor and CEO of the Michigan
Theater and an Ann Arbor
native, said though the Michigan
Theater has been a long-standing
presence on Liberty, it has seen a
longterm decline in patrons.
The theater was almost shut
down in 1979 after the com-
pany running it left following a
50-year lease, but Collins said
the community rallied to save
the theater.
Collins has seen a lot of
change on East Liberty - includ-
ing the departures of Jacobson's
and Borders - and he believes
the Michigan Theater is the true
anchor business on the street,
given how long it has been in
existencethe consistentcustom-
ers it draws in and the vitality it
brings to the street.
Having grown up in Ann
Arbor, Collins said it's hard to
define exactly how downtown
Ann Arbor and East Liberty
have changed because the area
never stops evolving. He added
that while stores and restaurants
frequently move in and out of
downtown, that's the nature of
business.
"There has been constant
change in Ann Arbor in general,
but in the downtown specifical-
ly," Collins said. "There's an old
saying that the only constant in
the universe is change, and that
is absolutely true."
es and consequences can differ
based on the monetary value of
stolen property.
Severalofthesuspectsdeclined
to comment, as did brothers at
the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house. It's unclear what the stu-
dents were planning to do with
the tree.
University Police acknowl-
edged that there is a yearly trend
in December tree-cuttings, but
unlike this case, many tree larce-
nies are not resolved. In Decem-
ber 2011, UMPD investigated
the larceny of a Serbian spruce
tree from Nichols Arboretum.
That tree was valued at $400 by
UMPD, and $1,200 by Arboretum
officials.
-Daily Staff Reporter Sam
Gringlas contributed reporting.
CLINIC
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petrator of this crime was Jason
Anthony Ryan," Dixon said.
Peterson's former attorney -Al
Millstein - approached Michi-
gan Innocence Clinic co-director
David Moran last spring, Dixon
said. Millstein and a Kalkaska
County attorney made repeated
attempts for the county pros-
ecutor to investigate using newer
DNA technologies. Though the
former prosecutor rebuffed these
requests, the current prosecu-
tor allowed that recent innova-
tions might correctly identify the
unknown source of the semen.
DNA results identified Ryan
this summer as the source of
semen found in the rape kit and
on Montgomery's shirt. The latter
DNA could not be tested in 1996.
Dixon said their motion for a
new trial would be filed by Dec.
25. If the motion passes, the jury
would hear new evidence and
decide if Peterson is still guilty.
He currently is sentenced to life
in prison without parole.
Still, Dixon explained that one
cannot predict if or when Peter-
son will be exonerated, despite
the lack of hard evidence that he
is not guilty.
"I would certainly say that the
true perpetrator being arrested is
enormous and enormously impor-
tant," Dixon said. "We're not
going to be satisfied until Jamie
Lee Peterson has been released."
In a side by side comparison, East Liberty Street circa the 1920s is seen on the left, while the same street Wednesday is
seen on the right. The businesses along East Liberty Street have changed while its buildings have remained unchanged.
Wildlife workers unable to save 48
stranded whales in shallow water
Kerry aspires to strengthen U.S.
relations with former USSR
As Ukraine rocked
by unrest, former
senator leads
diplomatic mission
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) -
Between diplomatic headaches
in Afghanistan and the Mideast,
John Kerry spent happy hour
Wednesday praising a wine-pro-
ducing but poor Eastern Euro-
pean nation for resisting Russia's
grasp.
Kerry, the U.S. secretary of
state, said he wanted to visit
Moldova to do more than sim-
ply sample its vast supply of
red, white and sparkling wines
- although several varieties of
each were in abundance as he
toured a 15th century wine cellar
that is billed as the world's larg-
est. He did not mention Russia
by name, but U.S. and Western
officials have accused Moscow
of trying to force its influence
in several former Soviet states,
including Moldova and Ukraine.
Ukraine is undergoing a surge
of upheaval over President Vik-
tor Yanukovych shelved an
anticipated agreement to forge
stronger ties with the European
Union. As many as 300,000 peo-
ple have joined demonstrations
this week in Kiev, the largest
outpouring of public anger since
the 2004 Orange Revolution.
Kerry's brief visit Wednesday
carried a strong symbolic mes-
sage, coming a few days after
* Moldova signed an EU trade
agreement - a decisive step
away from its Russian federa-
tion heritage. Moldova held its
first democratic elections in
1994, three years after the Soviet
Union dissolved.
"It is about building the bridg-
es of opportunity and defining
the future through your own
hopes and your own aspirations,"
Kerry told about 200 govern-
ment officials, business owners
and journalists gathered at the
Cricova winery for his nearly
four-hour tour of Chisinau, the
Moldovan capital. "And to the
people of the Ukraine, we say
the same thing: You deserve the
opportunity to choose tour own
future."
Earlier, at the NATO meeting
in Brussels, a clearly irritated
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov questioned a statement
by Western diplomats support-
ing Ukraine's aspirations for a
European future. He said the
unrest in Kiev should be dealt
with internally.
"I hope Ukranian politicians
will be able to bring this situ-
ation back on a constitutional
track," Lavrov said. "And we
encourage everybody not to
interfere."
Moldovan officials say Rus-
sia's attempts to retain influence
in Chisinau have been clear.
Moscow banned Moldo-
van wine and brandy imports
in September in a direct hit to
Moldova's economy. Russia said
the embargo was the result of
the drinks' substandard quality,
but it was viewed by many as a
warning shot to dissuade Mol-
dova from signing the EU agree-
ment. An estimated $61 million
in Moldovan wine was sold in
Russia last year.
U.S. officials said Moldova, an
agricultural country of about 3
million people, is Europe's poor-
est nation with an annual gross
domestic product of $7.25 bil-
lion.
Russia "tried to thwart us
signing the association with the
EU and influence the results of
the elections in our country -
and will do so when elections
take place in a year," Moldovan
President Nicolae Timofti told
Kerry in an appeal for stronger
U.S. assistance in regional secu-
rity.
He added: "Moldova has com-
mitted itself to actively contrib-
ute to promoting democracy and
security internally, and interna-
tionally with our western part-
ners."
Kerry sought to step into the
economic breach with plans to
increase trade opportunities
for Moldovan wine, fashion and
other goods. It provided a com-
fortable cocktail hour travel
break for Kerry, who is dealing
with a tentative U.S. military
future of Afghanistan and foun-
dering peace talks between Isra-
el and Palestinians.
Kerry originally planned to
visit Kiev and participate in a
meeting of foreign ministers
from the Organization of Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe,
during this weeklong trip that
took him from Brussels to Jeru-
salem.
However, following Kiev's
rejection of the EU agreement
and subsequent protests, the
State Department said schedul-
ing reasons would prevent Kerry
from attending. The department
has refused to elaborate on the
scheduling problem, and U.S.
officials have privately allowed
that the cancellation was a sign
of displeasure with the Ukrai-
nian government.
Vice President Joe Biden vis-
ited Chisinau two years ago, but
Kerry's trip marked the first trip
to Moldova by a U.S. secretary of
state since 1992.
EVERGLADES NATIONAL
PARK, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife work-
ers in boats struggled unsuccess-
fully Wednesday to coax nearly
four dozen pilot whales out of dan-
gerous shallow waters in Florida's
Everglades National Park, hoping
to spare them the fate of 10 others
that already had died.
The workers suspended their
efforts after dark, but planned to
return Thursday morning to try
again, said Kim Amendola, spokes-
woman for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration,
which is taking part in the effort.
Six of the whales were found
dead, and four of the whales had
to be euthanized Wednesday,
said Blair Mase, coordinator for
NOAA's marine mammal strand-
ingnetwork.Atleast three could be
seen on the beach, out of the water.
The whales are stranded in a
remote area near Highland Beach,
the western boundary of Ever-
glades National Park and about
20 miles east of where they nor-
mally live. It takes more than an
hour to reach the spot from the
nearest boat ramp and there is no
cellphone service, complicating
rescue efforts.
"We want to set the expectation
low, because the challenges are
very, very difficult," Mase said.
Park spokeswoman LindaFriar
said rescuers were trying to sur-
round the whales, which were in
roughly 3 feet of salt water about
75 feet from shore, and herd them
back to sea.
"They are not cooperating,"
Friar said.
Workers also tried to nudge the
whalesout to seaearlier in the day
with no success.
The short-finned pilot whales
typically live in very deep water.
Even if rescuers were able to begin
nudging the 41 remaining whales
out to sea, Mase said they would
encounter sandbars and patches of
shallow water along the way.
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