2A - Friday, September 26, 2014 I C The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com "'aii r.at M l1a1" "f mI 2 a I z 1 !'Ii~ ,U ahe Ifidhipan Dailm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETER SHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext.1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com dougsolo@michigandaily.com LEFT Students on the Diag write public responses to a range of questions about sensitive issues, including seuxal assault. (Abby Kirn/ Daily) RIGHT Before the football game against Utah on Sept. 20, various planes flew over Michigan Stadium to mark the 100th anniversary of the Aerospace Engineering Department. 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WHO: Author WHO: Counseling and WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Toda ' Psychological Services WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHEN: Today from 10:30 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Hat a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: Student Activities ate Library Go WHERE: Michigan Union, Building Anderson Room International Screening Confucius ation and beyond s Robert Hass illman will versation. r's Forum ay from 12 p.m. tcher Gradu- allery WHAT: Music fit for Confucius will be performed in honor of Confuscius week. WHO: Confucius Institute WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. WHERE: School of Music, Theatre & Dance T HREE THiNGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY 1 The parents of Michael Brown received a video apology from Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jack- son, The Huffington Post reported. Jackson said he was sorry for their loss and for how the police handled the subsequent protests. The Michigan foot- ball teams gets its first crack at Big Ten competition when Minne- sota comes to town. But now, the conference is the butt of jokes, and not the power it once was years ago. * FOR MORE,SEE FOOTBALLSATURDAY The body of a Clemson University fraternity pledge was found under a bridge Monday, the Greenville News reported. Police are investigating whether or not the death was due to hazing. 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"ie" r 'iats are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 1 iioaC The n nnnil -rean----- xuiaui 1 1 t1CCUMILU student jobs and vaccines colloquium City WHAT: A workshop will provide international students with information on searching for jobs in the United States. WHO: International Center WHEN: Today from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphitheater WHAT: A screening of the film "Vaccines - Calling the Shots" will be followed by a discussion. WHO: Rick Science Center WHEN: Today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: School of Public Health, SPH II Auditorium (Room 1020) WHAT: Hae Yeon Choo, professor of sociology, will speak about maternal guardians in Korea. WHO: Center for Southeast Asian Studies WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: LSA Building Room 4154 WHAT: The famous improvisational comedy group will perform this weekend in Ann Arbor. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. WHERE: The Ark, 316S. Main St. Housing website founded by alumni sees rapid growth j47Lvi 6 Cribspothas raised companies. month, the trio decided to quit In addition to allowing their jobs, return to Ann Arbor $600K in startup students to search through and transform ai undergradu- thousands of houses and apart- ate homework assignment into funds from local ments, the aggregator provides a foll-time occupation. The site users with the option to pay officially launched as Cribspot investors for rent online with a debit or in September 2013. credit card. "The perception of startups Each September, the stresses The startup originated as a has changed a lot so it's a lot of a housing search kick in for marketing project at the Ross easier to take that jump," Okra- thousands of University stu- School of Business, where stu- sinski said. "We're young and dents. Cribspot, a startup that dents were required to engi- we have the opportunity to do serves multiple universities, is neer a product to alleviate an that." aiming to make the hunt easier. unsolved problem. After working closely with University alumni Jason While Okrasinski and Jones venture capital firm Huron Okrasinski, Tim Jones and quickly identified the college River Ventures over the sum- Evan Dancer, each of whom housing search as a stressful mer, Cribspot raised $660,000 graduated in 2013, decided to process that could be easier, - completely funded by Mich- work on a solution to the hous- developing a solution took some igan-based businesses and ing problem they experienced time. During their senior year, investors. Okrasinski said many year after year. Cribspot is an the team constructed a web- of the funds would not have online aggregator that gathers site called a2cribs in a course. been acquired if it were not and crowdsources a variety of By the time Okrasinski and for the connections made with options for off-campus housing. Jones had finished the course other startups in the area. The website focuses mainly on removed the website it had "It's actually a really grow- the "mom and pop" landlords received 40,000 hits. ing community of startups in whose apartment spaces are After graduating, the found- Ann Arbor and Detroit," he said. more off the beaten path than ers pursued jobs and moved to "There's maybe a handful of larger property management different cities. After about a startups, so it's a tightknit com- munity and all together, it's just a US E E really great place to start a busi- ness and really start to grow it." Cribspot has helped 56,000 renters - 15,000 of them local - find leases since September 2013, according to their website. The 7 8 1 9 site has also shared 1,600 sublets submittedby its users. 6 4 Cribspot is headquartered in-Detroit but has offices near 15 campuses including the Uni- versity of Michigan, Michigan State University, the Univer- sity of Iowa, Pennsylvania State University, Ohio State Univer- 6 8 1 2 sity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the S A University of Texas at Austin. 1 5 4 8 3 7 Though the company has spread past state boundaries, 6 2 7 3 1 its leaders are trying to involve current University students interested in gaining business experience or launching their own startup. This past summer, 1 4 6 the Ann Arbor office hired 10 interns. "We try to stay open and get lots of students involved," Okrasinski said. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday to announce Holder is resigning. Eric Holder to step down from post as Attorney Gen Replacement to be named in coming months WASHINGTON (AP) - Eric Holder, America's first black attorney general and an unflinching champion of civil rights in enforcing the nation's laws, announced his resigna- tion Thursday after leading the Justice Department since the first days of President Barack Obama's term. He is the fourth- longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history. Holder, the administration's point man on the civil rights investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year- old in Ferguson, Missouri, won't leave until a replacement is con- firmed, which means he could remain in office for months. Senate Republicans signaled they were preparing for a con- firmation fight after years of battles with Holder. Said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell: "I will be scrutinizing the presi- dent's replacement nominee to ensure the Justice Department finally returns to prioritizing law enforcement over partisan concerns." In an emotional ceremony at the White House, Obama called Holder "the people's lawyer" and credited him with driving down both the nation's crime and incarceration rate - the first time they have declined together in more than 40 years. "Through it all, he's shown a deep and abiding fidelity to one of our most cherished ideals as a people, and that is equal justice under the law," Obama said. Holder responded by speak- ing of how he was inspired as a boy by Robert Kennedy's leader- ship on civil rights at the Justice Department, his voice choking as he expressed his thanks to Obama and his own family. "You got through it," Obama could be heard telling Holder as the audi- ence stood and applauded. In a speech earlier this week, Holder described the dual per- spective he brought to the job and how it applied to the Fergu- son shooting, in which a young black man was shot and killed by a white policeman. He said he had the utmost respect for police as a former prosecutor and the brother of an officer. But, he added, "As an African- American man who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such actions were not warranted, I also carry with me an understanding of the mistrust that some citizens harbor." Holder told The Associ- ated Press in an interview that he's not sure whether the Jus- tice Department will finish its investigation into the shooting before he leaves. "I don't want to rush them," Holder said. He said once out of office, he will direct attention to "issues that have animated me" during his tenure, including criminal jus- tice and civil rights. "If you asked me what my big- gest regret was, I would say that it was the failure to pass any responsible and reasonable gun safety legislation after the shoot- ings in Newtown," Holder said. He said he thought in the after- math of the school shootings in Connecticut that the nation would embrace change that was "not radical but really reason- able" on gun ownership. p {