2A - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 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 LILY ANGELL/Daily University alums Lisa Ritchie and Davis Nesbitt per- form a score at The Ark's Open Stage Night Tuesday. WEB~ CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES R N T HE WEB... michigandaily.com CAPSEET OE Wolf and policy Masters Wolverine fund 'Thrones' recap discussion recital: oboe BY ALLANA AKHTAR BY GILKE AND INTNER 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. --ALLANAAKHTAR T hRLEETINGSYOU cIOULD KNOW TODAY 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. FOR MORE, SEE STATEMENT, PAGEtIB 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. 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IBM will soon buy an early portfolio company that received funds from the Wolverine Venture Fund, which is spearheaded by Ross students. The company, Silverpop, tracks individual behavior to help companies improve their digital marketing strategies. Bus stops added BY ALLANA AKHATAR The MDetroit Center Connector will add the University's Matthaei Botanical Gardensto its new bus stop schedule beginning May 8th. as the result of a joint effort between the University Detroit Center, Semester in Detroit, and the Botanical Gardens. WHAT: A Universit Spoiler Alert. Gilke and will explore wolfbis Intner engage in back and and regional wolf-h forth dialogue discussing conflict. fort diaogueWHO: Museum oft the "episode we've all WHOstu been waiting for." Read to WHEN: Today f find out what happened to p.m.tod7:30 p.m. Joffrey, who's involved, and WHERE: Conor O' what might happen next in Traditional Irish Pu the future episode. Free vocal Live feed concert ty alum ology iuman Natural m 5:30 Neill's ub WHAT: This recital will feature selections from Samuel Barber, Heitor Villa- Lobos and Ralph Williams. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8:00 p.m. WHERE: McIntosh The- atre in the Moore Building Play: quality of life WHAT: This event will feature Theatre Senior Alex Madda. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Walgreen Drama Center CORRECTIONS * Please report any error in the Dailyto corrections@michi- gandaily.com. DAILY VIDEO STAFF Watch our live feed from the Ford School as the Ann Arbor mayoral candidates discuss their candidacy at an open forum. Students, faculty and city residents are welcomed to attend. WHAT: Vocal preformances by students and graduates of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and studenta capella groups will celebrate the World Voice Day and Vocal Health Day. Refershments provided. WHO: The University Vocal Health Center WHEN: Today from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 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. 5513 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. Boston remembers the lost, first responders of bombing S1 i WE'RE SO CLOSE TO DONE KEEP AT IT EVERYBODY HOME STRETCH AND THEN YOU GO HOME YESSSSS @MICH IGANDAILY BO first r those thon I versar that c loss pride in the "TI hard, be s Thom tation 2,500 ventin finish cooke City honors runners who plan to run the marathon next week, saying irvivors on the they will send a message to ter- rorists. ncident's first "America will never, ever, 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 &