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'U' to offer new
program in Health
Informatics
Master's program allows
students to specialize in
health technology fields.
SEE PAGE 2
What motivates
humanity in the
21st century?
Innovation is driven by more
than wealth.
SEE PAGE 4
Indie-romance
genre is surpassed
Ewan McGregor unveils the
history of sadness in
'Beginners.'
>> SEE PAGE 8
SPORTS
Kampfer bringing
Stanley Cup home
Bruins defenseman hopes
to bring Stanley Cup to Ann
Arbor this off-season.
>SEE PAGE 9
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SPORTS.....................10

Kids enioy the illuminated labyrinth called Amococo at Palmer Field, put on by Ann Arbor Summer Festival. It's a 10,000
square-foot inflatable network of domes.
M A RUUA NA OR D IN AN CE-
City finalizes medical
marijuana ordinances

AATA
releases
new plan
Proposal aims to add
additional service to
Ypsilanti as well as
late-night busing
By YOUNJOO SANG
Daily News Reporter
The Ann Arbor Transporta-
tion Authority recently proposed
a 30-year Transit Master Plan
that would improve transporta-
tion between the Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti areas, potentially easing
the burden of transportation for
students lacking other forms of
travel.
The plan, described by
AATA as a "30-year strategy that
addresses various public transit
needs in the county," strives to
implement suggestions and feed-
back from the community as well
as transit service providers as part
of a collaborative effort.
Mary Stasiak, manager of
community relations for AATA,
said the transit plan focuses on
four different services to better
serve the Ann Arbor and neigh-
boring areas.
"We are trying to improve
connections, improve frequency,
late-night service, weekend ser-
vice between Ann Arbor and Ypsi-
lanti, primarily in Washtenaw, but
not limited to that," she said.
In order to make the proposal
work, Stasiak said that AATA has
been reaching out to public and
See AATA, Page 3

Ann Arbor City
Council passes
zoning and licensing
legislation.
By BRIENNE PRUSAK
ManagingNews Editor
After being postponed sev-
eral times over the course of the
past seven months, Ann Arbor
City Council passed two medical
marijuana ordinances on June

20 that establishes zoning and
cultivation regulations in the
city.
The ordinances, which
passed in an 8-2 vote, sets spe-
cific zoning guidelines for medi-
cal marijuana dispensaries and
cultivation facilities in the city
and calls for a maximum of 20
licenses to be given to dispensa-
ries during the first year, with a
licensing board determining the
allowance of additional appli-
cants.
Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) -
one of the primary forces behind

the legislation - said she is con-
tent with the ordinances, largely
because city governments often
follow the lead of other political
entities, rather than formulating
more non-traditional policy.
"It was difficult because
there isn't a model for medical
marijuana - not for licensing
and not for zoning ... we didn't
know what would work, in other
words," she said.
Briere added she didn't see
a need for changes in zoning
or licensing policies until Ann
See ORDINANCE, Page 7