10 Monday, May 7, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com E-WASTE executive at Sims Recycling, said the day's goal was to fill 12 semi- From Page 1 trucks with waste. Though they are not yet sure if their goal was Marybeth Stuenkel, infrastruc- reached, Fawbush said shethought ture services product manager they were on track to reach their in Information and Technology average of about 400,000 pounds Services for the University, said of waste by the end of the day. the semi-trucks filled with elec- "We are going to responsibly tronic waste are shipped to Sims recycle this material. In essence, in Chicago where they are sorted everything's going to be shred- depending on their makeup of ded," Fawbush said. "The benefit plastic, metal or glass. for the consumers or residents is "Everything is separated out that they don't have to worry and then ground up, so if there's about their equipment. It has an any data, the data is destroyed," end of life that we can guarantee Stuenkel said. them." Stuenkel added that each year, Fawbush said most people bring the event's goal is to exceed the in televisions and CRT monitors, previous year's recyclable mate- which are the two hardest materi- rial collected. als to recycle. She added that they "We're actually expecting to try to get consumers in and out of do maybe not as much tonnage as the line in under a minute. before because electronics are just "The moment they hit the lot getting smaller and smaller," she we only want them to be here less said. "It used to be that we'd get than a minute. 20 to 30 seconds is these big TVs that weighed a mil- our prime target (time) for them to lion pounds, and now we get the be here," she said. flat screens." Fawbush said after Sims pro- Stuenkel explained that though cesses the recyclables, they use the weight of recyclables may downstream vendors that reman- not increase, they have seen an ufacture the materials. increase in the number of cars "There's a purpose in recycling each year, which suggests more - not just an environmental pur- people are aware of the event. pose but also a carbon footprint." Melanie Fawbush, the account MAIN STREET paper-scissors to see who got to FromPae2say their vows first," Roberts said. From Page LSA senior Megan Steffes said there's a good chance she'll check University students shop here," out the shop. she said. "(The merchandise is) "It fits Ann Arbor very well. funny and we have a sense of I'm interested to go and see what humor, but we also have really kind of things they have," Steffes great, practical things," she said. said. "I know there are a couple Roberts, the daughter of Greg of stores in Ann Arbor that are Mattison, the Michigan football kind of similar, but I'm really into team's defensive coordinator, said crafty stuff." customers can play agame of rock- Steffes said if given the oppor- paper-scissors in the store on cer- tunity to play rock-paper-scissors tain days to receive discounts on in the store for a discount, she products. would definitely accept the chal- Roberts said the game, like the lenge. store, has played a larger role in "I have really bad luck, so I'd her life. probably lose every time, but I'd "Actually, when my husband still try." and I got married, we played rock- FOCUS: HOPE clearly. Fisher said she hopes this From Page 2 collaboration will become stronger as time goes on. doors here at Focus: HOPE we ask "I do think that this opportu- ourselves, 'Do we see our mission nity has given us a vision for doing in action?"' she said. "The truth of something even more permanent the matter is that we don't see the for trying to figure out a way to totality of our mission in action take what we're learning and there." doing with the Graham Institute She said by implementing the to build something that's a longer new initiative, the organization is lastingpartnership," she said. hoping to see this mission more MUSIC NOTEBOOK Adam Yauch lives on through his music The hip-hop group was the first to top Billboard 200 in 1986 By PAIGE PEARCY Daily Arts Writer As soon as I read that Adam Yauch had died, the first few beats of "Intergalactic" started playing in my head, accompanied not by the usual feeling I get of wanting to jump and dance, but instead with disbelief, sadness: "Intergalactic plan-et-ary plan-et-tary intergalactic." Rapper and Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch, otherwise known as MCA, wasn't a gun- hungry, money-loving wom- anizer like many of those who dominate the popular rap/hip- hop sphere today; Yauch was for peace, and for art, and for letting others experience those things, but not without quirky beats and quality sampling. With his death yesterday, the music and creative generation lost a member that served as the constant reminder of what music and art can achieve. Never taunting the crowd with their "hun'eds" or their ladies, Yauch, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz - who together made up the Beastie Boys - instead made music with an air of activ- ism (re: "(You gotta) fight for your right (to party)") and was not about gettinglaid (re: "Here's a little something for ya"). And, always, their albums reverber- ated their home: New York City. They stayed true Yauch's style on all of their albums up through the latest "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two," which was delayed two years due to Yauch's battle with cancer. Yauch had salivary gland can- cer for three years. He was 47 years old when he passed away and I'm not the only one that knows that he was too young. Check Twitter and all the lead- ing new sites; mourning his loss will undoubtedly come from all the crowds and lives he influ- enced. Yauch formed the Beastie Boys in 1981 when he was 17 years old. And while the group stands out most obviously because they are three white Jewish rappers, they proved they could rap as well as the rest when their first full album, License to Ill, - released * in 1986 - was the first hip-hop album to reach the number one spot on the Billboard 200. Their induction into the Rock and Roll hall of fame last month, which MCA could not attend because of his sickness, proved it. MCA was someone who cared. Moreover, he was socially conscious, as exhibited by the benefit concerts he organized. Among the slew of them was the show in 1996 for Tibetan Free: dom that rivaled Live Aid's and another after September 11th where the proceeds were given to those affected that wouldn't have otherwise gotten support. He was an artist. He started his own film production com- pany called Oscilloscope Labo- ratories that was most recently responsible for Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop," among other films. He also directed some of the Beastie Boys' music videos - including "Intergalac- tic" - using the alias Nathanial Hfrnblowr, but directed the most recent video for "Make Some Noise," from the Beastie Boys' latest album, under his own name. It stars Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen and Jack Black. If you haven't seen the "Make Some Noise" video, watch it now if for no other rea- son than to pay homage to a leg- end. Multifaceted and passionate about his work, Yauch was rare. I think because I respected his work and his purpose, his death is particularly sad. The first time I watched a Beastie Boys video on TRL, I laughed: They looked like they were having too much fun to be serious, to be a real group. Once I discovered that they were exactly that - real (and had several number one albums) - my admiration grew. It's hard to think I won't be able to dance to "Brass Monkey" anymore without acknowledg- ing that he's gone. 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WASSMAN Daily StaffReporter TERRA MOLENGRAFF/Daily Ann Arbor residents walk by the closed doors of the former Champion House space on East Liberty Street. Kuroshio will open in its place by the end of the summer. Asian fusion restaurant to replace Champion House K fi Kendra Furry c'pyd,'0" n55 i lssom Copy Chief BUSINESS STAFF Brett Bergy Sales Manager Joe Crim Classified's Account Executive ConnorB yrd Finance Manager The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms hy students at the Uni"ersity of Michigan. "ne copf is availahle free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for 52. Subscriptions for fall tern, starting" in Septemher, via U.S. nail are $110. Winter term l(anuary through April)is$115, yearlong (September through April)is$195. University affiliates are suhject toa reduced subscription rate. In-campus suhscriptions for fall tern are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is amember of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. Ab cuisine Liberty House local fa vice In Kg founde natives Chen. tauran end oft Al: sity alt and th said th the Ku throug Ocean. Wa origina Kuroshio to be "This new Asian cuisine will focus on artistic, elegant and rst in A2 to use experimental Asian foods while providing the freshest foods with Teppanyaki the most attentive service," Wang said. By JOSH QIAN Wang explained Kuroshio Daily StaffReporter will have Japanese Teppanyaki dining, a style of cookingin which blend of Asian and Western the chef prepares the food at the will be brought to East customer's table. y Street, where Champion "Ann Arbor currently lacks a was formerly located, by restaurant with the Teppanyaki mily business Kg Food Ser- experience, and we are thrilled to c. bring this exciting style of dining is a private company fo the Main Street area," Wang d in 2011 by Ann Arbor said. "This provides for an exhila- Kenneth Wang and Grace rating and entertaining ambience They hope to open the res- where friends and family can t, called Kuroshio, by the gather around and share a unique, the summer. memorable experience." an Wang, a recent Univer- Wangsaidhe currentlycannot tm, general manager to Kg disclose specifics about Kuroshio's e son of Wang and Chen, menu, though he mentioned that e restaurant is named after various grades of steak, including roshio current, which flows Kobe beef, along with chicken, hout the North Pacific shrimp, lobster and a variety of fish will be served. ingsaid Kuroshiowillbring "In addition to entrees, Kuro- l foods to Ann Arbor. shio will offer small carefully crafted plates," Wang said. "A fully stocked wet bar will be arriving later in the year." Wang added that opening on Liberty is ideal because the res- taurant will be less than a block from Main Street. He said the location is prime because Liberty connects downtown Ann Arbor to the University's central cam- pus. Ann Arbor firms MSK Archi- tects and Rizzolo Brown Studio are currently renovating the res- taurant space in order to make necessary changes, according to Wang. "Both the kitchen and din- ing areas are undergoing much more than just cosmetic touch- ups," Wang said. "The equipment, tables, chairs and designs are quite outdated and have not aged well." Engineering junior Hayley Pline said Kuroshio's idea of West- ern and Asian influences coming together is innovative, and she hopes Kuroshio decides to provide University students with special offers. Last month, the Univer- sity was once again the leader in groundbreaking medical research with a new study from the School of Public Health that discovered a change in Alzheimer's patients' brain structure. In a collaborative study that performed a postmortem analy- sis on subjects with and without Alzheimer's, researchers from nine different University depart- ments found a change in the epig- enome - responsible for turning genes on and off - of Alzheimer's patients. Dana Dolinoy, assistant pro- fessor in the Public Health School and the study's co-author, spe- cializes in epigenetics and said that if the genome is a computer, the epigenome would be the soft- ware that tells it what to do. According to Dolinoy, this discovery is important because it allows for research of new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease. "If a disease is caused by an epigenetic effect we may be able to use dietary approaches or pharmacological treatments to counteract the negative epigen- etic effect," Dolinoy said. She added that this research is important in helping identify who will have the disease earlier than could be done before. According to Howard Hu, chair of the department of envi- ronmental sciences in the Pub- lic Health School and principal investigator on the study, changes in the epigenome can be caused by environmental factors early in life, like exposure to toxic chemi- cals. Though this study did not examine specific causes for the change in epigenome, Hu believes that exposure to lead could be an important factor in trigger- ing the change in the epigenome, but added that this hypothesis requires further research. For more updates through- out the week follow MichDaily- News on Twitter. "Basically, we are now setting the stage for doing research on early-life risk factors for chang- ing the epigenome in a bench- mark area of the brain that we have shown is associated with Alzheimer's later in life," Hu said. Hu added that the study will need to be replicated in order to ensure its validity, but he believes it made great strides toward understanding Alzheimer's dis- ease. Apart- from the epigenomic differences found, research- ers also discovered increased amounts of the protein TMEM59 in subjects with Alzheimer's. The found changes in the epigenome lead to fewer methyl- ated genes as well as an increase in the TMEM59 protein, accord- ing to Dolinoy. She explained that methylation is a mechanism that controls the strength of a gene like a dimmer switch on a light, in this case decreasing the strength of TMEM59 in Alzheimer's patients. Want to report for the Daily? E-mail annaroze@michigandaily.com for more information.