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A2 City Council
passes ordinance
Councilmembers
unanimously vote to pass
marijuana regulations.
SEE PAGE 2
Excessive
celebration?
Teddy Papes criticizes the
jubliation over Osama bin
Laden's death.
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Fleet Foxes gets
five-star rating
New album Helplessness
Blues a throwback to the
golden age of the 1960s.
>> SEEPAGE 9
SPORTS
'M' suffers loss in
Big Ten title match
Women's tennis loses to
Northwestern in the
confernece tournament.
S>>SEE PAGE 11
INDEX
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University President Mary Sue Coleman recognizes Republican Gov. Rick Snyder with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at
the University's Spring Commencement ceremony in Michigan Stadium on Saturday.
Snyder talks about 'U 'in
commencement address
NATIONAL SECURITY
'U' students
among first
to arrive at
White House
Business students
in D.C. celebrate the
death of bin Laden
By STEPHANIESTEINBERG
Editor in Chief
A group of University students
say they were among the first to
arrive outside the White House
gates after President Barack Obama
announced Osama bin Laden's
death late Sunday night.
About 60 University students
from the Ross School of Business are
studying in Washington D.C. this
week as part of the University's Car-
son Scholars program which grants
participants course credits. Many
of the students were in their hotel
rooms when they heard the leader
of the Sept.11 attacks was dead.
Even before Obama made the
official announcement, Business
seniors Ifat Ribon, Karen Zelby and
Mariya Pojidaev rushed out of their
hotel room shortly after turning on
the news.
"We went literally sprinting
down toward the White House,"
Zelby said.
Pojidaev said when they got
there around 11:30 p.m., a small
group of University of Michigan
students were gathered at the gates
See BIN LADEN, Page 3
CAMPUS REACTION
Students rejoice over the
news of bin Laden's killing.
See News, Page 3
Gov. Rick Snyder
avoids politics, shares
how experiences
shape self-discovery
By BETHANY BIRON and
JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
Editor in Chief andDaily NewsEditor
In his address to graduates
at the University's Spring Com-
mencement ceremony Saturday
at Michigan Stadium, Republican
Gov. Rick Snydertalked abouthow
his collegiate experiences shaped
his work in both the private and
public sectors and urged students
to be "explorers" in their quest for
self-discovery.
In a speech that shied away
from the political issues that have
sparked controversy among many
Michigan citizens since he was
elected last November, Snyder
emphasized the importance of the
University's resources in provid-
ing vast opportunities for students
to become leaders and inspire pos-
itive change.
"Michigan is a special place
to me and when you think about
making a commencement address,
you have two choices," Snyder
said. "You can talk about major
issues, or you can talk about your
life and personal issues. Today I'm
going to talk about my personal
Read about commencement
protests at MichiganDaily.com
experiences at the University of
Michigan."
About 40,000 people attended
the ceremony at the Big House,
including approximately 6,000
graduates.
Snyder was awarded an hon-
orary Doctor of Laws degree from
the University. Other honorary
degree recipients included former
U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.),
William Clay Ford, Jr. the execu-
tive chairman of Ford Motor
Corporation, film director Spike
Lee, Washington Post columnist
See COMMENCEMENT, Page 2