Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Ann Arbor, MI ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition ARENA REVAMPED k yL b _ hhh . iii NEWS Michigan Nurses Association, 'U' in negotiations After four months of debate, official discussions began on Aug. 3. >> SEE PAGE 3 * OPINION Organic with a side of arrogance Sustainability is more about pride than activism. >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Fun explodes in '30 Minutes or Less' Comedic brilliance found in the Ansari-Eisenberg dream team. >> SEE PAGE 8 SPORTS Hoke redshirts Darryl Stonum Stonum will sit out his senior season after second DUI arrest at Michigan. >> SEE PAGE 12 INDEX Vol. CXX, No. 150|@2011The Michigan Daily NEW S .............................. 2 SU DOK U................................3 OPINION ...............................4 CLASSIFIEDS.........................6 CROSSWORD........................6 ARTS ..............................8 SPORTS..........................10 PUBLIC SAFETY 'U' hires new DPS director Ann Arbor local Greg O'Dell hired six months after former chief's medical leave By SARAH ALSADEN Daily News Editor After months of searching for a replacement for the position, Greg O'Dell, former chief of police at Eastern Michigan University, has been hired as executive director of the University's Department of Public Safety. O'Dell will begin his appoint- ment on Aug. 22, according to Uni- versity spokesman Rick Fitzgerald. He will be replacing DPS Police Captain Joe Piersante who is cur- rently serving as interim public safety director after former DPS Chief of Police Ken Magee took a medical leave of absence in Febru- ary. Magee will remain on leave and retain his title and salary until O'Dell begins, according to Fitzger- ald. O'Dell's position will entail overseeing and directing "crime prevention, law enforcement, and safety and security services of the University," according to an Aug. 1 University press release. Fitzgerald said he believes O'Dell's experience and knowledge of the city will aid him in accomplishing these tasks. "He's got that great combina- tion of deep knowledge of the Ann Arbor community and the police in this community specifically," See O'DELL, Page 7 Crisler Arena amid renovations on Aug. 7. In addition to renovations to the roof, the plans include construction of an additional 63,000 square feet to the complex, which will.-accommodate new entrances and retail and ticketing areas. FINANCING YOUR EDUCATION Debt deal to eliminate some graduate student loan funds University officials unsure of how federal cuts will affect enrollment By ANDREW SCHULMAN Daily StaffReporter Graduate students who depend on Direct Subsidized Federal Loans to help finance their education may encounter problems as a result of the fed- eral government's debt ceiling bill that plans to stop allocating funds to the program. In a measure expected to save the federal government $18 billion dollars, the agreement is set to end the loan program - which pays the interest on loans collected by students while still attending school - for graduate and professional students start- ing July 1, 2012. Additionally, the settlement will discontinue loan payment incentives - percentage-based rebates that graduate students can earn after 12 successive punctual loan repayments - starting in July 2012. After weeks of wrangling between President Barack Obama and top GOP officials, the two provisions seemed to amount to necessary conces- sions for Democrats, who had rebuffed Republican calls to end the Direct Subsidized Federal Loan program since President Obama met with Republicans at the White House in early July. Last week, student financial aid advocacy groups around the nation expressed fear that the end of these programs would See LOANS, Page 7