'I' 2 - Friday, December 5, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom LEFT Michigan players walk out after learning about Michigan Athletic Director Jim Hackett's decision to dismiss Brady Hoke as head coach of the football team at a press conference held at Chrisler. Center Tuesday. (Amanda Allen /Daily) RIGHT Sophomore guard Zak Irvin (21) goes up for a layup during the Wolverines' win over Syracuse on Tuesday. Irvin scored18 points during the game. (Paul Sherman / Daily) CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Social media and journalism WHAT: The University is hostinga Twitter chat about social media's role in journalism.Yahoo Editorial Director Gregory Anderson will answer questions. WHEN: Today from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Twitter.com Employment/ Jen Davis: Body Amazin' Blue residency info and Image concert WHAT: Thisworkshop will coverbasic eligibility requirements to gain permanent residency in the United States. WHO: International Center WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Pierpont Commons WHAT: Artist Jen Davis will discuss her exhibition of self portraits and reconsider ideas of body image. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: Today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: North Quad WHAT: The Amazin' Blue a cappella group is hosting their fall concert 'Amazin' Blue Goes Hollywood.' WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Auditorium Thousands of people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner filled the streets of New York City for the second consecutive night Thursday, The New York Daily News reported. The Michigan hockey team looks to continue its hot streak against Ohio State this weekend. The Wolverines have won five of six games so far. "FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS PAGE6 The Department of Justice said the Cleveland Police Department practices excessive force, The Huffington Post reported. 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Main St. WHAT: This day is devoted to learning about dinosaurs and the latest discoveries in paleontology. WHO: Museum of Natural History WHEN: Tomorrow from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. WHERE: Ruthven Museum . Please report any error inthe Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Authorities disband YEiE Calif. homeless camp I& Police and social- service workers disperse people sleeping outside SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - About 50 muddy souls dragged their meager belongings out of a trash- strewn California creek bed Thursday as police and social- service workers began clearing away one of the nation's largest homeless encampments, a collec- tion of flimsy tents and plywood shelters in the heart of Silicon Valley. The people forced out of the camp known as the Jungle ended up alongside a busy San Jose road, startling passers-by who slowed down to watch. "People drive by and look at us like we're circus animals," said a sobbingNancy Ortega. H-M More than 30 police officers and dozens of construction work- ers in white hazmat suits joined about 15 social-service workers in the effort to take apart the treach- erous community that at its peak housed as many as 350 people liv- ing in squalor just a short drive from tech giants Google, Apple, Yahoo and eBay. Ortega shuddered and clutched her fleece blanket while watching tractors cram couches, tents, blankets, rotten food and pails of excrement into roaring garbage trucks. "It's just junk to everyone else but to us, that's home. That's our stuff," she said. On a nearby sidewalk, Al Pal- aces, a former truck driver who settled into the encampment about eight months ago, said he was trying to think of a plan. "I just grabbed whatever I could because I don't want to go to jail," he said, standing next -UU to an overloaded shopping cart stuffed with dirty plastic bags. For months, social workers have been trying to house camp residents. And four days ear- lier, they were warned they had until dawn Thursday to leave or face arrest for trespassing. Still, city officials estimated about 60 people remained at the filthy site when cleanout day came. After a rainy night, skies cleared Thursday, and one per- son after another in varying states of mental clarity and sobri- ety dragged their belongings in suitcases, shopping carts and on bicycles out of the camp through ankle-deep sludge. By midmorn- ing, dozens had reached the side- walk, abandoning most of their possessions. But some remained in the slum. Valentine Cortes, who said he was a journeyman construction worker, said he had no plans to leave his makeshift shelter built into a steep, muddy slope. "I don't know why people got all chaotic today," he said. "We don't have to go." Asked about the warning that he could be jailed, Cortes shrugged, pet a 6-week old puppy in his palm and said, "Then I guess I'll be arrested." Dogs and cats still roamed the square-mile camp, some of them pets, others wild. Rats hopped through the muck. A few dozen protesters gath- ered at the site holding signs reading "Homeless people mat- ter" and "Stand with The Jungle." The encampment stands in stark contrast to the surround- ing valley, a region that leads the country in job growth, income and venture capital. Palaces said he liked the Jungle better than the streets because people would bring food and police didn't bother the residents. "Even a job wouldn't give me a house" because housing prices are so high, he said. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates and ministers during the London Conference on Afghanistan on Thursday in London, England. U. S. -pledges support to Afghan govern-ment Britain, allies agree to back newly installed president LONDON (AP) - The Unit- ed States, Britain and other allies promised Thursday not to abandon Afghanistan's new government, and the country's president said "peace is a top priority" as international secu- rity missions end and Taliban attacks surge. At a one-day meeting of envoys from more than 60 coun- tries, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said observers who had predicted doom for Afghanistan as the international military presence wound down were wrong. "History will not be repeat- ed. We have overcome the past," Ghani told diplomats at the end of the conference. Ghani was elected in Septem- ber in Afghanistan's first peace- ful transition of power, though he has yet to form a stable Cabi- net. He said he was confident Afghanistan would overcome its challenges. "We hope that we will never need direct combat support (again), because the last thing we want is more blood," he said. "Peace is a top priority for us." British Prime Minister David Cameron assured Afghans that "we are with you every step of the way." The 13-year international combat mission in Afghanistan ends Dec. 31, although Ghani has signed security agreements with Washington and NATO permitting a continued interna- tional military presence. Some 10,000 American troops will remain by the end of the year. Insurgents have sought to destabilize Ghani's govern- ment and unnerve international agencies with several high-pro- file attacks in Kabul. Afghanistan came to the con- ference seeking reassurance it won't be forgotten after most international troops leave. The West, in turn, wants to see a stable government and action to curb the corruption that has long plagued Afghanistan. Ghani pledged to deliver fundamental reform, say- ing Afghans strongly backed the unity government he has formed with his former political rival Abdullah Abdullah. Economically, he conceded, "we have not done well. But that is the challenge we have inher- ited. He signaled that he would fight corruption, telling inter- national firms and donors "we are determined to do business differently." Thursday's conference served as a follow-up to a 2012 meeting in Tokyo, where allies pledged $16 billion to help rebuild and stabilize Afghani- stan's government. But officials in London would not discuss how much of that money Kabul so far has received, even as they acknowledged that, in the short term at least, Afghanistan can- not survive on its domestic rev- enues alone. Since 2012, the United States has sent Afghanistan's govern- ment $8 billion in assistance, and Kerry promised Thurs- day to ask the U.S. Congress to approve "extraordinary" but unspecified levels of new aid through 2017. He also said Washington and Kabul are try- ing to open investment oppor- tunities for Afghans in the U.S. by issuing multiple-entry visas for business travelers, students and tourists.