2 - Tuesday, February 4, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaiiy.com 2 - Tuesday, February 4, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FROM MADRID TO MICHIGAN Visiting prof tak buisness, law Qlht fidtcipan 1ailg 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETER SHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-41e-4115ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.con Gary Tidwell is a visiting pro- fessor of business law at the Ross School of Business. After receiv- ing his B.S., B.A. and law degrees from the University of Arkansas, he went on to receive his Master of Law from New York University. He served as the vice president of the Financial Industry Regula- tory Authority and held numerous posts at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Tidwell is also a visiting professor at the IE Law School in Madrid, Spain. tion with students who are ious to learn. 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I love teaching and the interac- CRIME NOTES Engineering freshman Robert Koehn works on a wire sculpture in the Design Lab at the Duderstadt Library Monday. West Quad... best quad WHERE: West Quad WHEN: Sunday at about 10:35 a.m. WHAT: Potentially illegal drugs were confiscated from a suspect, University Police reported. The indi- vidual was arrested and subsequently released after processing. Best friends don't fight WHERE: The Diag WHEN: Saturday at about 8:45 p.m. WHAT: Assistance was provided when two subjects were reported arguing, University Police reported. Police determined no assault occured and sub- jects left the scene. Witchcraft and Human Rights WHAT: Drawing on his recent research in Malawi, Adam Ashforth will talk about the violence against supposed "witches" in Africa. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: Today at 12:30 p.m. WHERE: 202S. Thayer Have you called Always check home lately? the blind spot Philharmonia WHERE: 2600 block Drap- WHERE: 800 block Mon- Orchestra Monologues WHAT: Performers will share stories about accep- tance in the face of societal messages. WHO: UHS WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Mendelssohn CORRECTION: A previous version of "For- mer CIA director addresses veteran support, fitness" misidentified Tim Nellett as an LSA junior, SVA's treasurer and a soldier. Nel- lett is an LSA senior, SVA's secretary and a Marine. CORRECTION: A previous version of "Stu- dents and alumni cash in on global bitcoin 'gold-rush" misstated that the Bronx Deli started accepting bit- coin in November 2011. The restaurant began accept- ing it in November 2013. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Sunday's Superbowl was the most popular in his- tory, Bleacher Report reported. An estimated 111.5 million viewers tuned in to watch, the Seahawks 43-8 victory. Three of the last four Superbowls have now broken the viewership record. Football players from Northwestern University are filing to create a union for student-athletes in order to expand benefits to collegiate athletes. FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PG. 4 Gov. Chris Christie, (R - N.J.) called the Bridgegate dispute "just a game of gotcha" in a radio interview with WKXW-FM Monday night, CBS News reported. Christie flatly denied any involvment in the incident. 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Additiona copies ma se picked up at the Dailys office for s2.S ubscriptions for fall term, startingin September, viasU..malare5110 Winter term (January through )Apri> s SS11, yealong (SeptemSerthroughApri)is s95 .Univesity affiiate are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus sbs ions forfal term are $35. Subsiponsms be nm id. The Michiga Daily i s m of The A sritd Pm ad Thp A cniatd Cnl ite Pa er Drive WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1 WHAT: A vehicle in the process of removingsnow reportedly struck a phone pedestal, causingsome damage, University Police reported. No injuries were rm-ne-mA roe Street, Lot S-1 WHEN: Saturday at about 1:00 p.m. WHAT: A service vehicle reportedly struck a short wall while attempting to back up, University Police reported. There were no WHAT: Christopher James Lee will lead a pre-show lecture before conducting the University Philhar- monia Orchestra in a sym- phony. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium I e prepa. .ne mcn gan ua y s a memoe< o ne ssoat a cress ana ne sso aea Loegae ress University tests emergency alert system after upgrades Software aims to future benefits to the University its advantages, Brown said there community. are challenges to the emergency prevent overload, "We anticipate in the near alert system. future, we might also be able to add Because of the quick and allow more devices some additional enhancements to accessible forms of communica- the system because of the Black- tion, she said students might not By JACK TURMAN board software," Brownsaid. take to heart the serious nature Daily StaffReporter While she emphasized that of emergency situations. University Police don't exactly "We want to be careful that The University ran tests on know what other capabilities it we don't saturate the emergency Blackboard Connect, its new might use from the software, alert system so frequently and software for emergency alerts, the hope is that students, faculty people don't pay any attention to on Jan. 31. The emergency alert and staff could be able to register it," Brown said. system sends text, voice and more than two devices. Current- Though the software changed, e-mail messages to students, fac- ly, students, faculty and staff are she explained that there will be ulty and staff when University limited to register two devices no difference in how recipients Police believe that the majority because more than two devices can register devices or view mes- of students need to take immedi- overload the University system. sages. ate action to ensure safety. The University switched ven- "You can still register for text The University is also test- dors from Everbridge, a mass message or voice message via ing the new system's capacity to communication platform, to Wolverine Access," Brown said. ensure productivity in any situa- Blackboard Conenct for the "Everybody will get an e-mail. tion. The goal of the new system increased speed, as well as they Information will appear on the is to provide campus safety effi- ability to send messages through police website and the Univer- ciently comprehensively. multiple forms of communica- sity Gateway." Diane Brown, spokeswoman tion. Previously, Everbridge was Brown added that this soft- for the University department only equipped to send text and ware does not pertain to crime of public safety, said Blackboard voice messages. alerts, which are sent through Connect might have additional While the new software has e-mail and posts on the police website. In addition, emergency DUW E E E alerts would include events like a tornado warning, a report of a shooter on the loose or a large hazardous or chemical spill that affects multiple buildings around the University. 8 6 The last emergency alert that - - - - - students received was on Aug. 7 28, 2013 when there was a gas main break at Michigan Stadium 5 2 at 10 a.m. The system notified students that the intersection reopened at12:20 p.m. 5 B The University isn't the only college in Michigan that uses this software to relay emergency alerts to its students. Michigan State University uses Blackboard Connect to send text, e-mails and phone calls to its community. 5 ' 2 1 3 Eastern Michigan Univer- sity's emergency alert system 7 is based off of public addresses, text messages and e-mails. EMU also utilizes outdoor and indoor 14 3 speakershthat areaonly activated when there is on immediate 1 effect. Mark Wesley, emergency See EMERGENCY, Page 3 ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily Karen Staller, associate professor of Social Work, chairs a SACUA meeting Monday at the Fleming Adminstration Building. Centralized standards of practice focus of Senate Assembly meetin Concerns over Athletic Department background checks discussed By ANDREW ALMANI Daily Staff Reporter The Senate Advisory Commit- tee on University Affairs spent much of its meeting Monday afternoon in private executive session, discussing a range of policy issues with guests. The first topic of the execu- tive session was the Univer- sity's Standard Practice Guide on minors. With the consider- able number of students who are minors on campus, the Uni- versity is looking to examine its policy and identify any necessary adjustments. The University consolidated its policies in January into a more centralized one. The new measure makes background checks mandatory for employees working with children. In October 2013, University President Mary Sue Coleman addressed the safety of minors at a SACUA meeting, taking into consideration the sexual abuse scandal of children at Pennsylva- nia State University. "Every department probably engages with minors in some way on campus, so it's obviously a tough situation," Coleman said. There was some concern after a panel found that the Univer- sity Athletic Department failed to perform national-level back- ground checks for employees of summer camps. Coleman assured the committee that background checks are consis- tently performed. At a meeting at the Univer- sity's athletic campus in Sep- tember 2013, Athletic Campus Administrator Katie Miranto was concerned about how the program handled its background check policies. "I can't even describe to you how many gaps there are and how nervous I get over the sum- mer,"Miranto said in September. "It's very hard to sleep." Kate Rychlinski, assistant director of risk management; Paul Moggach, director of risk management; Kelly Cunning- ham, director of public affairs and Assistant General Counsel Donica Varner joined SACUA to discuss these policies. Other matters in executive session included SACUA Nomi- nations, the Honorary Degree Selection Committee and the University Secretary. The Committee also dis- cussed the approval of a nomi- nation form for new SACUA members. SACUA Chair Karen Staller urged members to nomi- nate friends and colleagues they believe would perform well in the needed roles. Instead of going to its sched- uled meeting in Dearborn next week, SACUA members decided to have their usual meeting at the University. WHO DOESN'T WANT MORE SACUA? Follow @michigandaily on Twitter 1