C(ELFBI1I IN()I OU )NEIIUNI)IIEI)DA\,I) ' \I' F T I! TI! N AI'OF H14114'0111A L F1ILO Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, October 10,2014 michigandailycom STUDENT GOVERNMENT CSG Pres., AID10 lokt I build closer relationshi Students may MGoBlog is a Michigan sports contnueuo prtest blog centered on Wolverine ath- VICKI LIU/Daily~ letics, according to the website. It Rackham student Joseph Bayer speaks about the role of Facebook in everyday life at the MCubed Symposium at Rackham Auditorium Thursday.cAtl et is run by a University alum and is Athletic Department largely catered to University alum- 1de i d ni. The rally to fire University Ath- decisionsI1a jr c1etiDirector Dave Brandon Sept. 30 was also initiated by a comment By MICHAEL SUGERMAN on the MGoBlog site. The event 0 Daily StaffReporter ultimately mobilized current stu- dents to gather outside of Universi- ilIn a plea to disillusioned stu- ty President Mark Schlissel's house: dents, CSG President Bobby and demand Brandon's immediate Dishell, a Public Policy senior, dismissal. Second annual In a different context, a 2012 when the University's Hu, interim vice president released a statement Wednesday Dishell met with Brandon "cube" is a group of three Third Century initiative for research, and a keynote night discouragingthem fromboy- Thursday morning to discuss stu- event inspires work University faculty members allotted $15 million for the by University President Mark cotting Saturday's football game dent concerns. Dishell said he will from different departments. program, which aims to Schlissel. At noon, researchers "under the lights" against Penn reveal some ofthe department's between departments Each cube is formed with the encourage interdisciplinary began to present their findings State. His end message: #StandBy- future plans early next week. intention of solving global research. Of the $15 million, ina poster session. Blue. "We are the victors and best," By AMABEL KAROUB challenges that are too difficult each cube receives $60,000 One innovative project was Dishell was responding to a Dishell wrote in his statement."We Daily StaffReporter or broad for a single discipline to begin their project. created in part by Associate loosely organized plan to protest create effective change from the to take on..At the 2014 MCubed All cubes are required to Information Prof. Paul Conway. the game on MGoBlog. The boycott bleakest of challenges, we utilize University President Symposium Thursday, the involve one undergraduate Conway's focuses on releasing would have students gather outside activism and enthusiasm to imple- Emerita Mary Sue Coleman cubes presented their findings student, graduate student or live music to the public from the gates to each section before the ment new policies, and we strike was known to spin the Cube from the past year. postdoctoral fellow to train the collections such as The Ark's game but not enter, subsequently out in new directions when the each day on her way to work, This year was the second of next generation of researchers. in Ann Arbor. He said this giving the appearance of an empty chance presents itself." but that's not the only cube the inaugural MCubed cycle. The day began with a music is currently inaccessible student section on national televi- "But we don't do these things taking off on campus. MCubed was launched in May welcome speech from Jack See MCUBED, Page 3A sion. See BOYCOTT, Page 3A GOVERNMENT Survey shows mixed political participation SWING IN' Ase Da Stu demog cans a ing to Michi Michi to do dents' The over e ate Stt comipl Am than either cally cific issues labor laws, Care Michi requir additi lections approach, erage on some healthcare plans, respondents consistently chose ily survey shows that they had no opinion as the majority response. ack of student This excluded questions gaug- ing support for a raise to the min- engagement imum wage and a raise in taxes to fund education, which a majority By SHOHAM GEVA of students supported. Daily StaffReporter Furthermore, across the board in state races, an overwhelming dent voters can be a key percentage of respondents iden- graphic for both Republi- tified as undecided, by margins nd Democrats, but accord- ranging from 65 percent in the a survey conducted by The race for Michigan's governor, to gan Daily, candidates in 82 percent in the race for the 12th gan still have some work District U.S House race, which at the University to get stu- includes Ann Arbor in its borders. attention. In the race for one of Michigan's survey, which was sent out two U.S. Senate seats - the first mail to 1600 undergradu- open Senate seat in the state in 20 udents late last month, was years following the retirement of eted by about 200 students. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) - 73 ong respondents, fewer percent identified as undecided. 50 percent identified as The numbers aren't entirely politically active or politi- surprising. Younger voters, both informed. On most spe- those enrolled and not enrolled in national policy and state college, are typically considered a including support for lower-engagement demographic unions, right to work as a whole when it comes to poli- aspects of the Affordable tics, especially-in years without a Act and a controversial presidential election. gan law approved in 2013 A spring 2014 study by the ing the purchase of an Harvard Institute of Politics on onal rider for abortion cov- See SURVEY, Page 3A VICKI LIU/Daily Senior Hub Humphrey, a member of the University's men's gymnastics team, performs a pommel horse routine on the Diag Thursday. The team won the their second consecutive NCAA championship in April DETROIT Speaker series exam--ines issues with publicschools RESEARCH Tech Transfer fiscal year sets record in research Historic performance involved new startups, and inventions moving to mass market By MAYA SHANKAR Daily StaffReporter The University announced Monday the Office of Technology Transfer had a record-breaking fiscal year 2014, reporting a con- siderable increase in the number of new inventions, agreements and startups launched based on research conducted at the Uni- versity, including 439 new inven- tions, 148 option and license agreements and 14 startups. The office serves as the Univer- sity's primary unit for facilitating movement of research technolo- gies to the market, "as to gener- ate benefits for the University, the community and the general pub- lic," according to their mission statement. Ken Nisbet, associate vice pres- ident for research-technology transfer at the University, attrib- uted the success of the office's performance this past year to See TECH, Page 3A Semester in Detroit launches series to engage with city By NEALA BERKOWSKI Daily StaffReporter The Detroiters Speak Series kicked off Thursday with the hot topic of Detroit Public Schools, prompting passion- ate responses and conversation regarding the future of educa- tion in the city. Semester in Detroit and the University's Detroit Center are co-sponsors of the six-week public mini-course, which aims to give students and the public a better understanding of his- toric and contemporary top- ics in Detroit, Craig Regester, associate director of SID, said. This is the third time the mini- course has been offered. "We want people to feel like they have a really thorough introduction to complicated challenges in the city as well as to wonderful assets like the music scene and the jazz scene, which we'll talk about in the future," Regester said. "So it's not just about covering the issues and the challenges. It's a nice combination of what's beautiful about Detroit, and has been for a longtime, as well as what's really challenging See DETROIT, Page 3A WEATHER HI 56 TOMORROW LO 30 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail Clinic offers free mental health screeings news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS INDEX Vol. CXXV, No 10 0204tThe Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEW S .....................2A CLASSIPED S...............6A SUDOKU................... 2A ARTS .............7A OPINION.............4A FOOTBALLSATURDAY...1B o, x