be J3icIigan 0aiItj f S ., s i L, i i j :.S ( II"Li ITI )IL\ Hx t ) Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 11, 2014 michigandailycom PRESSURE'S ON PUBLIC SAFETY No threat found after emergency alert issued Navy ROTC shelter, lock doors, quiet phones" at the time of the alert. Eleven member mistaken minutes later, they were notified again, this time simply that the for gunman in Chemistry Building officers, police and security" were sent to the scene, though there By MICHAEL SUGERMAN was ultimately "no threat" to cam- Daily StaffReporter pus, nor was any neutralization required to settle the situation. After a brief scare that a possi- An update on the Division of bly armed suspect was ina Univer- Public Safety and Security website sity building Wednesday morning, elaborated that University Police students and staff are reacting and "received a call around 8:40 a.m. evaluating the University's emer- from a subject who stated he had gency alert procedure. observed two men wearing flak University officials concluded jackets and carrying equipment, that the purported "man with a including an assault rifle, entering gun" initially reported via e-mail the building." was a Navy ROTC student return- A police search of the building ing "non-weaponized equipment" revealed that the perceived threat to the program's offices in the was actually "consistent with the Chemistry Building Wednesday ROTC program activities." morning. University Police Chief Rob- This information was revealed ert Neumann said that though he nearly three hours after an emer- doesn't have specifics, "it is not gency alert announced reports of a unheard of to get a call regarding potential gunman at 8:55 a.m. an ROTC student carrying one of Students were advised to "take See ALERT, Page 2A ALLISON FARRAND/Daily LSA senior Julia Kim, a member of EnCore dance company, demonstrates a routine at the group's auditions Wednesday evening in the Union. ANN ARBOR Ridesharing' legality in IA still under evaluation Limousine drivers bemoan varied regulations By JACK TURMAN Daily StaffReporter Following the Ann Arbor City Council's resolution to fur- ther regulate ridesharing com- panies in the city, traditional taxi companies are frustrated with the exceptions granted to companies such as Uber and Lyft. Last week, councilmem- bers voted to request that City Administrator Steve Powers negotiate operating agree- ments, which included lia- bility insurance, passenger safety and vehicle inspection, with ridesharing companies. Contrary to traditional taxi or limousine services, rideshar- ing companies employ non-pro- fessional drivers who use their own vehicles. Uber, which uses a smart- phone app to connect drivers and riders, has multiple trans- portation services. However, the service that has faced the most scrutiny is UberX, Uber's driving service with less- stringent driver requirements. Michigan residents have ques- tioned this service because some believe that it violates the 1990 Michigan Limousine Transportation Act. Under the Act, limousine drivers are required to obtain commercial insurance, have their vehicle inspected, register See RIDESHARE, Page 2A S HEALTH SYSTEM New residency rankings place UMHS highly DINNERTIME Doximity ranks 12 specialty programs in top 10 By AMABEL KAROUB Daily StaffReporter The rankings are still roll- ing in. Starting Wednesday, a web- site called Doximity began offering ranks of different medical residency programs across the country, and the University of Michigan Health System stood out among the 3,700 programs listed. Doximity is a social net- working site for doctors. The rankings are based on input from physicians, who give their opinions on the top resi- dency programs within their specialties. Of the 20 residency programs ranked, 12 UMHS programs ranked in the top 10 in their fields, including Anes- thesiology, Dermatology, and Surgery. Most of the other eight programs placed in the top 20, with the lowest, pediat- rics, ranking at 22. Doximity's Residency Navi- gator is the first of its kind. According to Monica Lypson, interim assistant dean for graduate medical education, residency programs have never been ranked before. Previ- ously, people looked at overall hospital rankings to assess the strength of residency pro- grams. "Since most training pro- grams happen in a hospital where teaching occurs, people would assume that if a hospital got ranked at a certain level, then the residency programs would follow," Lypson said. "There really hasn't been clear rankings for residency pro- grams." The rankings did not come a moment too soon. Applications for residencies that start in September 2015 are due in less than a week. Students unsure of where they can receive the best possible physician train- ing now have a resource avail- able to help them choose. Lypson said the University's See UMHS, Page 2A Engineering junior Victoria Cheung and LSA senior Taiki Fujimori are served food at Taste of SAAN in the East Hall Atrium Wednesday. SPORTS HoeclsG rnra1ss flack is unwarranted GOVERNMENT No debates scheduled for Senate, gov. races After denying offers, candidates evaluate value of public events By SHOHAM GEVA Daily StaffReporter The debates - or lack there of - have just begun. Grand Rapids television station WOOD-TV had a debate scheduled Mondayeveningbetweenthe Repub- lican and Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate - Terri Lynn Land, former Michigan Secretary of State, and U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D- Bloomfield Township). However, because Land did not reply to the station's invitation to the debate, WOOD-TV postponed the event. Peters, who had accepted his invitation, held a forum in Grand Rapids where he "debated" an empty chair with Land's name on it. The postponement was the lat- est development in the question of whether a public debate between the two candidates will be held before the November general election. A similar question has been raised in the state gubernatorial race, in See DEBATES, Page 2A Quarterback is OK after Saturday "cheap shot" By ALEJANDRO ZUNIGA ManagingSportsEditor In his time at Michigan, Devin Gardner has been a backup quarterback, a starting wide receiver and the face of the football program. Now in his second full season under center, the fifth-year senior has received significant criticism for his role in the Wolverines' struggles, particularly following his performance Saturday against Notre Dame. But coach Brady Hoke believes the harsh reactions are unwarranted. "You're going to have opin- ions. That's fine," Hoke said at Wednesday's press conference. "When your quarterback takes some criticism, that might be unjust because of things that transpired. I guess that's the way we are as a society now. 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