8 Monday, July 7, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TAI CHI AT THE CUBE RETAILER From Page 2 license agreements." Ablauf said 4004 Inc. had con- sistently been one of the Universi- ty's top three licensees, generating between about $500,000 and $1.3 million a year in royalties. For the last three years, when the Univer- sity earned between $4 million and $5 million a year from royal- ties, 4004 Inc. was the University's largest licensee. Without University apparel and TRAFFIC From Page 1 standing No. 1 location for traffic accidents in Ann Arbor. He said the spot's reputation largely has to do with the fact that those two streets are some of the mosttraveled in the entire city. According to Sipowski, more than 40,000 vehicles travel through that specific location every day-more than any other intersec- tion in Ann Arbor. Of the 2,898 crashes that took place in the city last year, just two resulted in fatalities and nearly 40 percent were classified as rear-end accidents. Sipowski said the most challenging aspect of these statis- souvenirs to sell, the store on State Street may suffer the same fate as the Steve & Barry's near Purdue University, which closed in 2005. Purdue administrators told the Purdue Exponent, the school's stu- dent paper, thatthey decided not to renew 4004 Inc.'s license because it "persistently violated the terms of its contract." Though Steve & Barry's finan- cial situation has caused trouble for many businesses, a few may ben- efit. Robert Duerkersen, manager of Great Lakes TeamApparelnext door to Steve & Barry's, said he will look tics is uncovering accident patterns at specific intersections. "We usually look to see ifa new intersection rose to the top and if that's the case, then we do a more detailed study to understand what kind of crashes are prevalent," Sip- owski said. "And if we do see a pat- tern of crashes, then we try to see what we can do to fix it." Some of the most common solutions, according to Sipow- ski, include installing new traffic lights, posting larger street signs and increasing the duration of yel- low lights at existing locations. Though Rich Magner isn't a traf- fic engineer, the Blimpie Burger owner said the biggest problem he has noticed at his location near the corner of Packard Street and forward to an increase in sales if the Ann Arbor store closes its doors. "They create a lot of traffic," he said, noting that Steve & Barry's has about six times the square foot- age Team Apparel does. "I think we're going to get sonie of it, but not all of it." - Steve and Barry's LLC currently owes The Michigan Daily $20,326 for advertisements. The Daily's editorial decisions are not affiliated with its business decisions, and business staff members played no role in the writing or editing of this story. South Division Street has less to do with signs and lights and more to do with people driving too fast and endingup goingthe wrongway down one-way streets. "Usually it's just fender bend- ers when people come out into the intersection because they don't know that they're going against the light," Magner said. Last year that particular loca- tion saw just five car accidents-the fewest since 2003. Despite the decline, South Divi- sion Street and Packard Street still ranked 80'h on the high-crash inter- section list for the entire city. And just last week, Magner said one of his own delivery driv- ers got in an accident at that exact location. a 6 More than 30 Ann Arbor residents and University students, faculty and staff mem- bers did Tai Chi exercises in Regents' Plaza Sunday. 0 SWIMMING From Page 1 als. Phelps was pleased with his overall performance in the trials and often expressed his excite- ment about competing with Team USA. "I'm ready for the challenge that lies ahead of me," he said. "And this is probably going to be the strongest men's and women's team that we've ever seen." A shockingmoment came Thurs- day night when former Michigan swimmer Scott Spann, who trans- ferred to Texas after last season, won the men's 200-meter breast- stroke. American record holder Brendan Hansen failed to even qualify for the Olympic team, fin- ishing fourth. Hansen had cruised Winner will receive two free burritos from Rio Wraps. Try to find the fake advertisement in this week's paper and throughout the month. If you think you've found it, e-mail your name, the page number of the ad and the ad caption to dailydisplay@gmail.com (subject: fake ad contest). One winner will be chosen at the end of each month and will be contacted by e-mail. RANDOLPH COURT APARTMENTS I E 2 Bedroom Apartment Homes Ground Floor Ranch Style! Private Entrance! Patio! Spacious Kitchen! Air Conditioning! 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"I just think when you get to this level, that's a huge achievement," he said. "Less than 1 percent of the people even come to this meet. To be in the top eight in your event, you're in the best in the world." 6 6