Monday, May 17, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7 HEART From Page 1 ed and your life is changed, that's what you don't forget," Brandon said. "That's what keeps me motivated to do what I can to help out." The new Mott Children's Hospital, which will include the new Von Voigt- landerWomen's Hospital, is scheduled to open in 2012, and with the contin- ued fundraisers launched by Michigan athletic alumni - eight others have taken place across the country since January - events such as the Cham- pions for Children's Heart Weekend should play a significant role in com- pleting the hospital project. For Brandon, that significant effect comes as no surprise. "Over the last three or four years, we've formalized this connection between Michigan athletics and Mott in a way that we can really raise a lot of money," Brandon said. "Not only are we helping the kids, sign- ing autographs and giving them that time and attention, now we're giving them time and resources and we're helping build the new hospital." Hutchinson, who played at the University from 1997-2000, says the bond between philanthrophy and PHYSICS From Page 2 versity professor of physics and co- organizer of the symposium, said the conference provides a timely response to the recent developments at the LHC. "It's the first time in history that we're able to get direct experimental access to what gives mass to elemen- tary particles," he said. Wells said that as an institution that has "traditionally been extremely strong in particle physics," the Uni- versity of Michigan is a key player in the discussion of the Higgs boson. He added that the University's strong global reputation makes it an ideal forum for researchers to collaborate and share ideas. Joey Huston, a physics professor at Michigan State University, was one of more than 60 conference attendees. Huston, who said he communicates with his team in Geneva at the LHC, added that he also collaborates with theorists from the University of Mich- igan to interpret data from the LHC in Switzerland and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory based near Chicago. "We're exploring a new energy range (at the LHC), and whenever that happens you almost always find something unexpected," he said. "It's not the case that if we produce one of these Higgs bosons that a athletics is something that's been consistent in Ann Arbor for most of the program's history - even in a time when the program has felt the heat of the national spotlight. "Michigan football has been around for 130 years," Hutchinson said. "Because they've had a couple years they're not particularly proud of has no reflection on this tourna- ment or this family. To get guys that have played spanning four decades, that just speaks volumes to how strong that bond is." With the team in the midst of NCAA allegations and back-to-back losing seasons under coach Rich Rodriguez, many former players spoke about that bond. And Wood- son, who played at the University from 1995-97, said that Rodriguez has continued the tradition of giving back in his two seasons in Ann Arbor. "It's a family," Woodson said. "In my opinion, (Rodriguez) has (embraced that tradition). This is what Michigan is all about. It's about supporting each other, supporting this university. And we're letting him know that we support him. When it comes to this event, he's a part of it, and he's understanding what this culture is about. Now, we just want him to win." siren goes off or a bell starts ring- ing. It's very tricky to do the kind of analysis to be able to say that we definitely have it." Huston,who was given a bottle of champagne as a gift for delivering lectures at Fermilab, said the LHC particle collision in March was an important milestone - one worth celebrating. Though the data collect- ed in the next few years will be criti- cal to the search for the Higgs boson, the total amount of information will dwarf the initial findings, he said. "Right now, (researchers at the LHC) are taking things slowly and cautiously, increasing the intensity of the collisions as they start to under- stand the machine better and better," he said. Huston said he believes the data collected over the next decade may not only uncover the truth underly- ing the Higgs boson but also provide insight into other physical dimensions not normally perceived in everyday life. Pierce echoed Huston's sentiments, adding that the work being done at Fermilab and at the LHC could answer some of the fundamental questions long asked by physicists. "People are explorers, and we have a long history of exploring," Pierce said. "This is part of that his- tory. We're trying to understand more about the Universe around us, asking some basic questions (about) how it all works." Caleb Poirier discusses Camp Take Notice and his role as organizer at the site. HOMELESS From Page 1 eventually growing to between 150 and 160 people. Taking up residence in an aban- doned motel, the tent city founded SHARE to educate communities about homelessness and empowering the homeless. A second Seattle tent city started in 1998, again on public land without permission. But while members of the camp were at City Hall negotiat- ing their right to stay on the land, the camp was bulldozed off of a cliff. Lantz Rowland, a resident of the third tent city to be created, said one of the major advantages of a tent city over a shelter is its flexible hours, especially for residents who work a graveyard shift. "People can come and go as they please. We can take people day or night," he said. "Contrary to popu- lar opinion...we have people who do work." Rowland also emphasized the importance of having a place to keep one's personal belongings, especially when going for job interviews. "I don't have to carry everything I own on my back," he said. "And the I Online at Mihionetailvscom stuff that's in my tent is protected by my neighbors." Just as the tent cities in Seattle offer homeless individuals an alter- native to the overtaxed shelters, CTN wants to offer a similar option for Ann Arbor's growing homeless popu- lation. According to the Washtenaw County Office of Community Devel- opment, the number of homeless people in the county has grown from 3,940 in 2006 to 4,618in2009. Ellen Schulmeister, executive director of The Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, said people who make less than 15 dollars an hour will struggle to house themselves in Ann Arbor. These days, Schulmeister said, it is especially difficult for homeless individuals to land even the lowest- paying jobs. "They say there's something like six applications for every job. Our person is number six - they used to be maybe number three, but now they're number six," she said. "You've got students and people with degrees and better work histories ahead of them now competing for lower-pay- ing jobs and lower-skilled jobs just because they are desperate to find a job." Food Gatherers, a food bank and resource program in Washtenaw County, and Feed America, a national hunger relief organization, reported in a study released in February that 43,900 people in the county use Food Gatherers' emergency food services - a 138-percent increase since 2006. CORRECTIONS " A May 10 article in The Michi- gan Daily ("Hogwarts returns to the University with StarKid's 'A Very Potter Sequel' ") incor- rectly reported the times and The report also found that 39 per- cent of households in Washtenaw County that use the Food Gather- ers' emergency food services have to choose between paying their rent or mortgage and buying food, and 26 percent of client households have one working adult, down from 41 percent in 2006. Schulmeister said the statistics from the Food Gatherers and Feed America study indicate that the number of homeless individuals in Washtenaw County will continue to rise, which is no surprise, she said, considering the current state of the economy. "There isn't a community that I know of that has enough shelter beds," Schulmeister said. "It's very hard to have a shelter bed for every- body who needs one." The Delonis Center in downtown Ann Arbor has 75 beds for individual adults. In the winter, the shelter pro- vides an additional 25 beds through a rotating church shelter and sets up 35 to 40 yoga mats in its dining room. According to Schulmeister, there are still between 200 and 300 additional people who need shelter on any given night. Schulmeister said she understands that, with a shortage of shelter space, Camp Take Notice is trying to pro- vide another option for those who have no place to go. But she admitted that she has mixed feelings about the concept of a tent city. For the rest of this story, see k MichiganDaily.com/blogs dates of "A Very Potter Sequel." The show was performed on May 14,15 and 16 at 7p.m. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Life in Tents: Camp Take Notice founder Caleb Poireir reflects on the his- tory of tent cities.