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GW student spits on police
The GW Hatchet reported
that a male George Washington
student allegedly spit on a Uni-
versity Police Department offi-
cer after a minor confrontation.
After refusing to pay his cab
fare, the student confronted
the cab driver outside the car.
The University Police Depart-
ment witnessed the confron-
tation and attempted to break
it up, only to be spit on by the
student.
George Washington Uni-
versity spokeswoman Mara-
lee Csellar said the student
"seemed intoxicated" and was
first sent to the GW Hospital
for treatment before his arrest.
University of California,
Berkeley research team
explores memory
A team of researchers, led by
Prof. Ehud Isacoff, the director
of the Helen Wills Neuroscience
Institute, is looking into how
neurons communicate and in
what ways they are formed dur-
ing embryonic development, the
Daily Californian reported.
Isacoff began experiment-
ing on live animals, particularly
the zebrafish, to track real-time
memory formation and observ-
ing neuron formation without
interfering with natural develop-
ment or behavior. The research-
ers hope to discover information
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University alums Lisa Ritchie and Davis Nesbitt per-
form a score at The Ark's Open Stage Night Tuesday.
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that may explain why certain ill-
nesses, such as Alzheimer's, kill
brain cells and explore ways to
prevent this.
Professor Friedrich Sommer
said Isacoff's work with molecu-
lar synaptic transmission has
groundbreaking implications in
the field of theoretical neurosci-
ence. He said we are living in an
important time for discoveries in
brain activity.
"The time seems to be right to
really do something in neurosci-
ence. There's the Obama BRAIN
Initiative. In Europe there are
these big projects - the Human
Brain Project," Sommer told the
Californian.
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In time for prom season,
Kentucky Fried Chicken
unvieled its new "chick-
en corsage," the Independent
reported. The $20 corsage
features baby's breath flow-
ers and a chicken drumstick.
The corsage also comes with
a $5 coupon for a drumstick.
Ranging from
entrepreneurs to
filmmakers to social
activiststo medicalvisionaries,
this week's issue of The
Statementfeatures its inspiring
2014 Students of the Year.
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New York City resident
God Gazarov sued his
credit rating agency
for refusing to recognize
his name as legitimate and
falsely reporting he had no
financial history, the Daily
Herald reported. Gazarov
says "God" is a family name.
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Bus stops added
BY ALLANA AKHATAR
The MDetroit Center
Connector will add the
University's Matthaei
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are welcomed to attend.
WHAT: Vocal
preformances by students
and graduates of the School
of Music, Theatre & Dance
and studenta capella
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Student-driven company
aims to reach new heights
OveffheFly belt
company works to
collabroate with
Universitycommunity
By JOEL GOLDSTEIN
Daily StaffReporter
When LSA freshmen Andrew
Jacob and Andre Najmolhoda
were juniors at West Bloom-
field High School, they started
OverTheFly, a belt company.
Today, OverTheFly belts are
sold across Michigan, and Jacob
and Najmolhoda are balancing
running a company with their
coursework.
The company began when
Jacob and Najmolhoda were
paired as study partners for an
English exam. Using their study
time to instead develop their
naescent idea, OverTheFly blos-
somed into an apparel company
dedicated to selling clothing
and promoting social change.
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The pair started by distribut- OverTheFly only has one
ing the signature Astro Belt to other full-time employee, but
Pogo, a skate shop in Birming- Jacob and Najmolhoda have
ham, Michigan. The Astro Belts been able to piece together tal-
sold out at Pogo in their first ent from students as indepen-
week. Since then, OverTheFly dent contractors. Using the
has extended to 17 retailers resources at the University has
including Ann Arbor shops Biv- given OverTheFly a leg up.
ouac and Launch Skate Shop. "There's a lot of new ideas
In April 2013, the company and new efforts coming out of
took first place in the "Entrepre- Michigan," Jacob said.
neurship - Growing Your Busi- Last week, OverTheFly was a
ness" event at the International contestant on MTank, the Uni-
DECA Competition. Require- versity's take on Shark Tank,
ments included a 30-page a popular TV show in which
business plan, but Jacob and aspiring entrepreneurs pitch
Najmolhoda were ahead of the their businesses to venture capi-
competition, having already talists. The duo presented their
sold hundreds of belts before business to Tom Frank, the Uni-
entering the contest. versity's executive director of
Since arriving at Michi- the College of Rngineer's Center
gan, Jacob and Najmolhoda for Entrepreneurship.
have made sure to tap into the Above everything, Jacob
resources available to them at and Najmolhoda were proud to
the University, including recent have executed on an idea that
admission to TechArb, a major they had, and not to have let an
business incubator at the Uni- opportunity pass.
versity. They have also worked "Find your passion, find your
with the entrepreneurship law interest. If you have a good idea,
clinic, Najmolhoda said. pursue it. If you don't, someone
else will," Najmolhoda said.
IT'S ALMOST
OVER
Police salute as a U.S. flag is raised at the finish line during a tribute in honor of the one year anniversary of the Boston
Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April15, 2014 in Boston.
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ever stand down," he said, to
anniversary loud applause. He added, "We
own the finish line."
STON (AP) - Survivors, In the evening, after the trib-
esponders and relatives of utes were over and most people
killed in the Boston Mara- had left, a man behaving sus-
bombing marked the anni- piciously near the finish line
ry Tuesday with tributes dropped a backpack containing a
ombined sorrow over the rice cooker, police said. The man
of innocent victims with was taken into custody and was
over the city's resilience . being charged with possession
face of a terror attack. of a hoax device and disturbing
his day will always be the peace, Police Superintendent
but this place will always Randall Halstead said.
trong," former Mayor The backpack was blown up
as Menino told an invi- by the bomb squad as a precau-
-only audience of about tion as was a second unattended
people at the Hynes Con- backpack found nearby, and no
on Center, not far from the injuries were reported. Halstead
line, where two pressure wouldn't say what was in the
r bombs hidden in back- second backpack or who owned
gratitude to the courageous fire-
fighters, police officers, medi-
cal professionals, runners and
spectators who, in an instant,
displayed the spirit Boston was
built on - perseverance, free-
dom and love."
Obama said this year's race,
scheduled for April 21, will
"show the world the meaning of
Boston Strong as a city chooses
to run again."
Authorities say two ethnic
Chechen brothers who lived
in the former Soviet republic
of Kyrgyzstan and the Dages-
tan region of Russia planned
and orchestrated the marathon
bombings on April 15, 2013.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26,
died following a shootout with
police days after the bombings.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, has
pleaded not guilty to federal
charges and is awaiting a trial in
which he faces a possible death
sentence. Prosecutors say the
brothers also killed MIT police
Officer Sean Collier days after
the bombings in an attempt to
steal his gun.
Prosecutors have said
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a hand-
scrawled confession condemn-
ing U.S. actions in Muslim
countries on the inside wall of a
boat in which he was found hid-
ing following the police shoot-
out.
packs killed three people and
injured more than 260 others a
year ago.
Vice President Joe Biden,
who attended the ceremony,
said the courage shown by sur-
vivors and those who lost loved
ones is an inspiration for other
Americans dealing with loss
and tragedy.
"You have become the face of
America's resolve," he said.
Biden also praised the 36,000
it.
In Washington, President
Barack Obama observed the
anniversary of last year's deadly
marathon attack with a private
moment of silence at the White
House.
"Today, we recognize the
incredible courage and leader-
ship of so many Bostonians in
the wake of unspeakable trag-
edy," Obama said in a state-
ment. "And we offer our deepest
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