College Dems unite for nominee NEWS A2 residents allowed to keep chickens Councilmember Steve Kun- selman's proposal, meant to encourage sustainable living, passed 7-4 last week. See Page 3 OPINION From the Daily: Fulbright fauxpas The U.S. State Department earned poor marks in its deal- ings with scholarship recipi- ents living in a land of chaos. See Page 4 SPORTS Four years of work has come to this Michigan swimming coach Bob Bowman setup afour-year train- ing plan for his athletes leading up to the Olympic Games. Later this month, that work will pay off at the Olympic Trials. See Page 11 INDEX Vol. cxviii, o. 141 X2008 The Michigan Daily michigunduily.com N E W S .............................................2 O PIN IO N ........................................4 CLASSIFIEDS .................................6 CROSSW ORD............................6 A R T S ...............................................9 SPO R TS .........................................11 By JAKE HOLMES Daily StaffReporter After Sen. Hillary Clinton sus- pended her campaign lastweek and endorsed her opponent, when Sen. Barack Obama clinched the Demo- cratic nomination, campus political groups are takingsimilar action. Despite the contentious race between Clinton and Obama for the Democratic nomination, the University's chapters of Students for Obama and Students for Hillary will merge with the College Demo- crats on campus. In a concession speech Saturday, Clinton called on her supporters to work as hard to elect Obama as they had for her primary campaign. Students for Hillary chair and LSA junior Kelly Bernero said she, along with the majority of her group, will campaign for Obama. "Students for Hillary was a sub- group of College Dems and was established on the premise it would dissolve once the Democratic nom- inee was chosen," Bernero said. The same goes for Students for Obama. LSA junior Tom Duvall, chair of the group, said that while his group will dissolve, its role won't. Duvall said members of his group will all work as part of Col- lege Democrats this fall. While some disgruntled Clin- ton backers have started sporting "NObama" T-shirts and swearing to vote for presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, campus politicos are mostly playing nice. LSA junior Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer, chair of the University's chapter of College Democrats, said that come fall, he expects that Democrats on campus will set aside their differences and work toward electing a Democrat in the fall. "There's a little bit of chiding,but there's no animosity," Styer said. "I think everyone's looking forward to seeing a Democrat in office." In fact, members of Students for Hillary and Students for Obama watched the primary results come in together on Super Tuesday in February and worked side-by-side with the College Democrats in other efforts. See DEMOCRATS, Page 8 THE BARD IN THE ARB OFF-{AMPUS HOUSING High-rise approved despite resident protest Towers to be taller than first proposed By SARA LYNNE THELEN Daily NewsEditor Residents at last Tuesday's meeting of the Ann Arbor Planning Commission made it clear that after six months of planning and design revision they're still just as upset about University Village, the pro- posed student housing high-rise. In front of a very full and vocal audience at the City Council cham- bers, the Planning Commission voted 8-1 to approve new plans for the building, recently re-named "601 Forest." It would stand on the corner of South University Avenue and Forest Street as the second- tallest building in Ann Arbor, measuring one story shorter than Tower Plaza. The new plan is a revised version of the proposal introduced in Janu- ary, which included two 15-story towers and a 22-story tower. Devel- opers had to redesign one of the towers from the old plan because it was too close to nearby homes. The new design, in the shape of an "L,"-includes a 25-story tower flanked by two 20-story towers. The design has many residents up in arms over its potential effect on the aesthetics of the area, traffic patterns, pedestrian friendliness and the possibility of creating a wind-tunnel effect. The structure is stilllegal within its zoning, said Ann Arbor Planning Commission Chair Evan Pratt. The City Council will evalu- ate the proposal and it will likely vote on it in the fall. City officials, See HIGH-RISE, Page 8 CHANELAVON HABSBUR Rackham student Chris Harrison and LSA junior Kaela Parni "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." View a slideshow at michigau