2 - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom gh irtidiogan Dag!, 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-41e-4115 ext. 1281 74-418-4115 eat. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigrman@michigandaily.eam Grammy winner talks teaching I WAXING ON Michael Daugherty is a profes- sor of composition in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. His Metropolis Symphony was given three Grammy Awards in 2011, including Best Classical Contem- porary Composition. He has taught at the University for 22 years. What's your favorite class to teach? My favorite class to teach is composition seminar , where we discuss all sorts of music includ- ing popular music, film music, avant-garde music and so forth. My second most favorite class is music for non-music majors, which is open to any student at the University of Michigan. And in the class, the students write music and I critique it, and their works are performed at the end of the semester. How does teaching two different groups compare? I think it's interesting to work both with music majors and non-music majors. We need to have people who know how to compose music, and we need people who know how to listen to music in interesting ways. I enjoy teaching both classes. What's your greatest musical influence? My greatest musical influ- ence is the television music from the original Star Trek movie. I just like the television music from the 1960s. There were a lot of interesting com- posers working in that time. I'm just a big fan of the original Star Trek movie. What piece of your own music are you most proud of? The work of mine that I'm most known for is Metropo- lis Symphony inspired by the Superman myth. 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The water main was fixed and the street unblocked by1 p.m. 21 at 20 BY AUSTIN DAVIS In the midst of his study abroad in Germany, Davis is acquainted with bar culture. He believes that this will prepare him to have a good year when he comes back to the United States, enabling him to avoid the chaos that sometimes accompanies a 21st birthday. Dicey ice BY EMMA KERR Off-campus navigation has recently proved treacherous, in spite of a city ordinance that mandates snow removal of greater than an inch of powder on city sidewalks. The responsibility of clearing sidewalks may lie on tenants or landlords, depending on one's lease. . [i Heroes is back BY CHLOE GILKE "Heroes" aired its finale in 2010 after a four-year run. In 2015, NBC will host a "limited series" event of 13 episodes. The revival, called "Heroes Reborn," will feature characters both old and new. Read morefroin these blogs at michigandaily.com Digital history lecture WHAT: Dr. Anita Gonzalez will discuss using digital technology to explore historical characters, tell stories through interactive visuals and expanding on the potentials of maps. WHO: Digital Currents WHEN: Today at 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Room 1022, Insti- tute for the Humanities Yiddish movie night WHAT: A 1923 Austrian film, "Good Luck," will be screened as part of an ongo- ing offering of Judaic pro- gramming at the University. The drama contrasts Ameri- can and Ruropean Jews. WHO: Judaic Studies WHEN: Today atf6 p.m. WHERE: Room 2022, Institute for the Humanities Student showcase WHAT: "Creating asa Way of Learning" features student's media-centered coursework. A panel discus- sion will focus on the proj- ects' learning process and outcomes. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: UGLi, Bert's Study Lounge CORRECTIONS A previous version of the article "Party profile: FORUM emphasizes student involvement" incorrectly said FOR UM vice president candidate Pavitra Abraham worked on voter registration for CSG elections. Addition- ally, the party FOR UM was written as forUM. 0 Please report any error inthe Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison discovered the oldest-known chunk of Earth in Western Australia, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. It is in the form of zircon, a crystal, that dates to4.4 billion years ago. Despite having an injury-filled playing career at Michigan, Fred Wilpon has made up for his lost time on the field by helping finance the future of Wolverines present and future on the field and off. > FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 The Milk Processor Education Program is nixing their iconic "Got Milk?" slogan, TIME reported Monday. 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The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. California almond farming affected by long drought Pollack joins SACUA to discuss projects, Despite the crop's lucrativeness, dry conditions force drastic measures FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) - With California's agricul- tural heartland entrenched in drought, almond farmers are letting orchards dry up and in some cases making the tough call to have their trs..s torn out of the ground, leaving behind empty fields. In California's Central Val- ley, Barry Baker is one of many who hired a crew that brought in large rumbling equipment to perform the grim task in a cloud of dust. A tractor operator drove heavy steel shanks into the ground to loosen the roots and knock the trees over. Another operator, driving a brush loader equipped w ment on th the trees, pushed the an excavat them up in, ing grapple into a grin chips into away by burned as f Baker, 5' Company, h 20 percent they have7 There's si water to sa of almonds, I don't hav 20 percent, that sooner farmers wi conclusion. the best. Is to come." There art able to shoy orchards be -H.m ith a fork-like imple- economic stakes and risks facing ie front, scooped up growers are clear. Almonds and and root balls and other nuts are among the most m into a pile, where high-value crops in the Central tor driver grabbed Valley - the biggest producer clusters with a claw- of such crops in the country. In The trees were fed 2012, California's almond crop der that spit wood had an annual value of $5 bil- piles to be hauled lion. This year farmers say the the truckload and dry conditions are forcing them ucl in a power plant, to make difficult decisions. 4, of Baker Farming Gov. Jerry Brown last month as decided toremove declared a drought emergency of his trees before after the state's driest year in passed their prim,. recorded history. smply not enough The thirst for water has tisfy all 5,000 acres sparked political battles in , he said. "Hopefully, Washington, D.C., over use of e to pull out another the state's rivers and reservoirs. Baker said, adding This month President Barack or lateri neighboring Obama visited the Central Val- 11 come to the same ley, announcing millions of dol- "They're hoping for lars in relief aid that in part will don't think it's going help the state's ranchers and farmers better conserve and e no figures yet avail- manage water. c an exact number of Baker, who favors farming ing removed, but the over politics, explained the math leading to his decision. Between now and the summer almond harvest, he would need to irrigate his orchards with scarce, expensive water and pay to have the trces pruned and sprayed. Bringing in bee hives to pollinate the blossoms costs nearly $500 an acre. That all would amount to a $2.5 million gamble, without 4 6 knowing if the next couple of months will bring significant 5 rain to the valley floor and snow to the mountains. "You'd have wrapped a lot of money up in those trees to see what hap- pens," he said. Removing old trees is com- mon practice. Almond trees 9 remain productive for about 25 years, growers said. The state's almond farmers removed over 10,000 acres of trees in 2012, according to a report by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Most were 7 past their prime. No figures are available on how many orchards farmers are removing today, said department spokesman Steve Lyle. Provost discusses increased state budget allocation and campus diversity ByANDREWALMANI Daily StaffReporter University Provost Martha Pollack joined the Senate Advi- sory Committee on University Affairs for its second meeting of the month to explain the administration's progress on several policy projects and answer questions by members. Pollack began he discussion on a positive note, expiessing her enthusiasm about Republi- can Gov. Rick Snyder's push to increase funding for universi- ties in the state of Michigan by 6.1 percent. "We are delighted that the state is expressing the impor- tance of higher education, and this is really good for us," Pol- lack said. The proposed increase still has to receive approval from the Republican-controlled Michigan legislature. During her previous visit to SACUA Jan. 13, Pollack referred to the formation of several faculty committees that would look to address various issues within the University. Pollack said progress has been made, and the leaders of these committees have been select- ed, though she did not elabo- rate further. Astronomy Prof. Joel Breg- man will lead the committee on Having Faculty in the 21st Century. Psychology Prof. Rob Sellers will lead the committee on Diversity, Equity and Cam- pus Climate. The final new commit- tee, the Financial Models for Higher Education Committee, will be formed down the road to foster collaboration once the other committees have had a chance to begin making head- way. Pollack also spoke about the University's response to recent campaigns pushing for increased diversity on campus. In November, the University's Black Student Union launched the #BBUM Twitter campaign to shed light on the experiences of Black students on campus. Since then, the group has held several demonstrations calling for increased diversity on cam- pus, culminating in its issuance of seven demands for the Uni- versity's administration. Goals ranged from increasing Black undergraduate enrollment to ten percent to increased fund- ing for the Trotter Multicul- tural Center. Along with Elizabeth Barry, spzcial counsel to the presi- dcrl And Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones, Pollack has met with students to engage in dialogue about student con- cerns and demands. The University has granted $300,000 for renovations of the Trotter Multicultural Cen- ter and has also agreed to look for property on or near central campus to relocate the Center in the future. There is no spe- cific date for completion, but in the meantime, the existing location will be repaired and budget modernized. Furthermore, efforts are being made to increase acces- sibility for emergency funds to make it easier for students in need. Terry McDonald, direc- tor of the Bentley Historical Library, is working to increase students' access to documents related to race in the Bentley library, as the BSU requested. Pollack said students are also seeking to modify current race and ethnicity require- ments in the curriculum and to implement them in schools such as the College of Engi- neering, where such courses are not required. Otorhinolaryngology Prof. Charlie Koopmann, a SACUA member, voiced concerns about such changes in curriculum. "I don't think students should be required to take that course," Koopmann said. "It should be an elective. I think it's one thing to express inter- est; I think it's another to have demands. I don't think the school should discuss demands; I think the school should talk about concerns." Before the Provost's arrival, SACUA discussed the need to establish two nominating com- mittees that would be in charge of identifying potential candi- dates for open positions. SACUA Vice Chair Rex Hol- land was selected to head the committee in charge of the Department of Public Safety Oversight. 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