2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 7, 2006 'U, team wins Collegiate Bridge Championship Each team member' earns a $500 scholarship by edging out Princeton in a 12-hour final By Aditya Jain For the Daily After competing in three of the last four championships, the Collegiate Bridge title finally came into the hands of the Michi- gan Bridge Team. The final match between Michigan and Princeton lasted a grueling 12 hours before Michigan was crowned champion by a final score of 70 to 63 International Match Points, a method of scoring tour- naments. Founding team member and University alum Ilya Podolyako said the competition required extreme concentration. "Going into thefinal,I concentratedon one hand at a time rather than the big pic- ture," he said. "You had to concentrate for every minute of every hour because each hand could cost you the whole game" During the final, the team had only one and a half hours of break time. Bridge is a team card game, similar to Hearts or Euchre, in which partners sit opposite one another. The game is divided into a bidding period and game play, during which play- ers try to accumulate the most tricks in each round by laying cards with higher numerical value than their opponents. The championship began in February with 30 teams. Eight teams went on to battle in the finals, which were held in Chi- cago last month. In the semi-finals, Michigan defeated UCLA - the favorite and last year's champion - by one point. University alums Podolyako and Jer- emy Vosko founded the team in 2002. The Bridge Club is comprised of 20to 25 active members, of which four mem- WYLY Continued from Page 1 the University's fundraising efforts, said naming the buildings after donors is relatively new to the University when compared to private institutions such as Harvard or Dartmouth. This has only become common at the University in the last 25 to035 years, he said. May said he thinks naming a pub- lic university after donors is "extremely appropriate" May said that if the University were entirely state supported,naming buildings for donors would be less appropriate. But because the state supplies only about 25 percent of the general fund, the University must depend on donors for support. May said it is necessary for the University to privatize some things, such as fund-rais- ing to compete with other institutions. Ifnot,May said,"We could risk becom- ing a mediocre University" May defended Wyly, saying he is inno- cent until proven guilty. "Sam Wyly is a highly reputable and successful business person," May said. "He has done a lot for a lot of organiza- tions and people" Business school spokesman Bernie DeGroat shared May's sentiments. He said the investigation is unlikely to impact Wyly's relationship with the school. May said the University maintains a very close relationship with the select group of alumni capable of making large donations. Because of this, May said, the University is able to judge the donors' character before accepting a gift. The current investigation of the Wyly family is not the first instance in which a University donor's financial proceedings have been called into question. In 2001, University alum Alfred Taub- man was convicted of price-fixing and sentenced to one year in a Minnesota fed- eral prison and fined $7.5 million. In total, Taubman has donated $35.6 million to the University. The Taubman School of Architecture in addition to the Taubman Medical Library and the Taub- man Center of University Hospitals all still bare his name. "Generally a building is named after a donor if the donation is a large fraction of the construction cost, often 50 percent or more," said Douglas Kelbaugh, dean of the Taubman College of Architec- ture and Urban Planning in an e-mail. "Naming a school typically requires a larger gift, one thought to be big See WYLY, Page 3 hers are assigned to the team. This year, the team was Vosko, Podolyako, LSA senior Kevin Fay and University alum Jonathan Zimbler. "This year, we were a top-notch team and one of the best Michigan has ever had," Podolyako said. The team prepared for the finals by practicing nearly three hours every day for two months. Podolyako said the competition was especially meaningful for him because this was his last year at the University. He plans to attend law school this fall. "Michigan had an incredible motivation to win and this could be seen in the team spirit during the competition," he said. As part of the title, each team member received a $500 scholarship. But Podolyako said he felt the scholar- ship was not the true reward. "When the odds are stacked up against you, it is incredibly reward- ing to succeed in the end," he said. "Ultimately, the final was by far the hardest intellectual exercise that I have ever undertaken." Podolyako said the title will ben- efit the future of Michigan Bridge. "It will help us get our name out to people who want to play but may not be aware that we exist," he said. CORRECTIONS A story in last week's edition of the Daily (MPR host departs, 7/31/2006) mis- spelled the name of the long-time host of Morning Edition. His name is Todd Mundt, not Mudit. A photo caption on page 1 of a peace protest (Diag stage for anti-violence rally, 7/24/2006) was misattributed to Angela Cesere. Benji Dell took the photo. 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