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Managing Beyonce's brand
University alum Howard Brag-
man, who currently resides in
Los Angeles, has been in the pub-
lic relations industry for over 30
years. Heffounded the well-known
firm Fifteen Minutes Public Rela-
tions in 2005. He serves as a public
relations consultantfor many syn-
dicated programs, including ABC
News and Entertainment Tonight.
How did your experience
at University help prepare
you for your career in public
relations?
Well, I really went to Michigan
thinking I wanted to be a doctor.
Then when I was in freshman
chemistry with 900 other people
who all thought they wanted to
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owned laptop was found frot
damaged after an apparent uns
liquid spill. Police do not that
believe the incident to have bee
been purposeful or mali- car
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be a doctor, I realized I possibly
didn't want it as much as they did,
and I sort of stepped back and I
followed my heart. My heart was
number one, journalism. I had
been on the paper in high school,
and really liked journalism and
journalistic style writing.
You appeared on Good Morn-
ing America and praised how
Beyonce handled the scandal
surrounding her lip-synching
the National Anthem. What is
your take on her recent sur-
prise album release?
Well, I think you've got to be
big enough to make a surprise
a surprise. If it was an artist we
didn't care about, or hear about,
or if it wasn't a good album, it
wouldn't mean anything. But if
you know you've got the goods,
and you know you've got the fan
base, it just means that you want
to try different things and you
want to evolve.
How has the rise of social
media and the increased
accessibility of news
transformed your career over
the past thirty years?
It didn't just form my career. It
changed my career. And, that is, it
wasn't important early on, but as
my life continued, I evolved with
the times.
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Art and Design freshman Gabby Meyer sets up a
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of Art and Design on Wednesday.
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HERE: North Campus
reational Building
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WHAT: North Quad's WHAT: Nyeema Harris leader of a pro-
monthly Documentary Film will discuss her research government faction,
Night will feature "Nostal- around how species interact was shot in Bangkok a day
gia for the Light," a movie with their environments after Thailand's prime
about Chile's Atacama and each other. minister declared the city
Desert - the driest place on WHO: Ecology and Evolu- to be under emergency rule,
Earth. Free popcorn will be tionary Biology department The Guardian reported
provided. WHEN: Today at 4:00 p.m.
WHO: North Quad WHERE: Chemistry Build- Wednesday.
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Lecture series Fair trade
WHAT: In this week's
Penny Stamps Distin-
guished Speakers series,
Michael Graves will speak.
Graves, who began his
career in architecture in
the 1960s, has had a storied
career with projects such as
the Portland Public Service
Building in 1980.
WHO: School of Art &
Design
WHEN: Today at 5:10 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan The-
ater
lecture
WHAT: Sarah Besky,
author of The Darjeeling
Distinction, will explore
the interaction between the
fair trade movement and the
plantation system. She will
discuss how fair trade can
undermine local welfare
systems.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Today at 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Library
Daily Arts Writers
visited three glass
smoke shops in Ann
Arbor to examine the
"tobacco" bongs and bowls
that these local businesses
have to offer.
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Olin College students
designed a marshmal-
low cannon to shoot
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
toward people's faces, Popu-
lar Science reported Wednes-
day. The cannon can fire six
marshmallows in less than 10
seconds.
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pending state legislation
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absence of federal regu-
states from Rhode Island
vaii are considering laws;
uire labels on food items
ning genetically modified
.ients.
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Currently, only Connecticut industry-backed Grocery Man-
and Maine have laws requiring ufacturers Association puts the
labels for genetically modified number between 70 and 80 per-
food. But those requirements cent.
won't kick in until other states Genetic modifications to a
adopt their own rules. Bills to plant can improve its quality,
do just that are expected in hardiness or resistance to pests
more than two dozen states. or disease. Scientific studies
Seventy percent of processed have found no evidence that
foods contain at least one ingre- GMOs are more harmful than
dient made or derived from foods without genetic modifi-
genetically modified crops, cations, but those pushing for
known as GMOs, according to label requirements point to the
the nonprofit Center for Sci- value in the information itself.
ence in the Public Interest. The "I don't know if it's harmful
or unhealthy, but it's something
people have a right to know
about," said Rhode Island state
Rep. Dennis Canario, a Demo-
crat sponsoring a labeling bill.
© "They put calories on a pack-
age. They put the fat content.
If the ingredients have been
genetically altered, shouldn't
that be listed on there some-
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The proposals are opposed
ARBO1 2014 by biotechnology companies
and many agricultural groups,
who say genetic engineer-
ing has yielded more sustain-
able, affordable and productive
farming around the globe. Busi-
ness groups worry that labeling
requirements would raise costs
A for food producers - and ulti-
4 J mately consumers - and raise
unnecessary fears.
8 "This is mainstream agri-
culture," said Karen Batra, a
6 3 spokeswoman with BIO, a bio-
technology trade association. "It
is how our food is grown, and
4 it's how the vast majority of our
commodity crops are grown.
7 9 4 There's never been a single
reported medical incident relat-
ed to the consumption of these
3 foods."
Voters in California and
3 9 Washington rejected ballot
proposals in the past two years
that would have required GMO
labeling. And in New Hamp-
S - -shire, lawmakers defeated a
5 8 GMO labeling bill Wednesday.
Among other arguments, oppo-
nents said any labeling require-
ments would likely face a legal
challenge.
Money dependent on
larger deal's success,
will be paid over
next 20 years
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is
pledging to commit up to $350
million in state funds to help
Detroit as the bankrupt city tries
to shore up pension funds that
are billions in debt and prevent
valuable city-owned art from
beingsold.
The Republican joined legis-
lative leaders on Wednesday tot
announce a proposal that would
provide the money over 20 years,
as long as a larger settlement
is reached with labor unions
and city workers concerned
about pensions. The lawmakers
acknowledged the plan may be a
hard sell in the GOP-controlled
Legislature, but they said it was
better than a protracted legal
fight in a city facing an estimated
$18 billion in debt.
The governor was quick to say
the money wouldn't be a bailout,
but rather a way to help Detroit
quickly settle its bankruptcy and
allow it to grow. He also noted
the plan follows roughly $330
million that has been pledged
so far by charitable foundations,
largely in exchange for protect-
ing works at the Detroit Institute
of Arts that might otherwise be
sold during bankruptcy.
"If Michigan's to be a great
state again, we need Detroit on a
positive path to success," Snyder
said.
Snyder had initially warned
Detroit not to expect any state
money when the city filed for
bankruptcy, a move he support-
ed. What changed, he said, were
mediators "doing good work" to
bring the foundations and state
together to help.
He noted that the money
would either be diverted from
tobacco settlement funds that
Michigan receives each year or
come from securitizing future
payments to get a lump sum up
front.
Snyder said the state aid
would help minimize cuts to city
retirees' pensions, particularly
those with low incomes, but he
declined to detail the impact for
all 21,000 current retirees. He
said details would come when
the city's state-appointed emer-
gency manager, Kevin Orr, filed
his plan to take Detroit out of
bankruptcy with the courts. That
filing is due by March 1.
Before Wednesday, the gover-
nor had been largely mum about
any potential state aid, partly
because discussions between the
city and its creditors with federal
mediators are private.
Snyder had privately gauged
support among lawmakers last
week for the plan - and he is fac-
ing politically tricky terrain.
Some legislators are worried
that state financial assistance to
Detroit could set a precedent if
other cities collapse, while oth-
ers have said they have their own
spending priorities elsewhere in
the state. Election-year politick-
ing also could come into play,
as some GOP lawmakers blame
many of the city's more recent
problems on a corrupt political
culture in Detroit, where Demo-
crats rein.
In Snyder's corner, however,
are top Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders who agree it would
be better to help resolve the
bankruptcy now.
Republican Senate Majority
Leader Randy Richardville, who
is from Monroe in the southeast
corner of Michigan, said the
proposal was "very positive, and
in general is being received that
way."
GOP House Speaker Jase Bol-
ger, from Marshall in the south-
central part of the state, said
winning approval for the plan
"won't be easy." But he said law-
makers need to consider that
Detroit could either be rebound-
ing in a year or "still mired in
bankruptcy, dragging down the
full state, asthe worldsees Detroit
when they think of Michigan."
Orr, who was appointed by
Snyder to take over the citys
finances, has said two pension
funds are underfunded by $3.5
billion. A deal involving the state
and foundations - bringing out-
side aide to roughly $700 mil-
lion - would help retirees but
probably not cover all of their
pensions.
"We now have an unprec-
edented commitment of public
and private resources to help the
city of Detroit fulfill its commit-
ments to retirees and preserve
one if its cultural jewels, the
Detroit Institute of Arts," Orr
said in a statement.
Orr's spokesman, Bill Nowl-
ing, said the plan announced
Wednesday was "huge" but that
challenges remain.
"Nothing is certain in a bank-
ruptcy until a bankruptcy judge
tells you it is and an appeals court
affirms it," Nowling said.
Asked how the money could
be earmarked for pensions when
other creditors might want it,
Snyder told The Associated Press
that the state and charitable dol-
lars amounted to incremental
resources that, if no bankruptcy
settlement is reached, "won't be
available."
But the plan has its critics.
Steve Spencer, financial adviser
to one of the city's creditors,
Financial Guaranty Insurance
Co., said it conflicts with the
long-term interests of Detroit
and its creditors.
"We find it incredible that
the city is being allowed to
leave such a valuable art col-
lection untouched when it can't
provide basic services and is
proposing to essentially walk
away from its debt obligations,"
Spencer said.
Meanwhile, the judge han-
dling the city's bankruptcy, Ste-
ven Rhodes, reminded lawyers
during a hearing Wednesday that
the clock was ticking toward a
March 1 deadline for abroad plan
to bring Detroit out of bankrupt-
cy. In his strongest words yet, he
urged the city and creditors to
keep negotiating.
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