101 Monday, May 14, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, May 14, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CMiriiian ail M Cubed puts $15 millionMChed.MCubed initiative is Mich 13 MR W 'Dark' too superficial to entice, clings to overused formula I I i Burton's latest fails to captivate audience despite star cast By: ADITI MISHRA DailyArts Writer- "Dark Shadows" is the film adap- tation of a '66-71 TV series of the same name, but to call it a mere adaptation would be a grave mis- take. Few clas- sic tales, be they Dark works of fiction Shadows or television, have lived to retain the At Quality16 same legacy after and Rave director Tim Burton ("Alice in Wonderland") has given them his edition of an " extreme makeover. "Dark Shad- ows" seems to be the latest in line to have fallen prey to the maestro's vivid, eccentric imagination and come out truly and thoroughly "Burtonfied." While this film once again dis- plays the director's trademark flare for the bold and the colorful, there's nothing groundbreaking about it other than the fact that it's a qua- si-mockery of Hollywood's recent' obsession with vampires and were- wolves. "Dark Shadows" tells the story of Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp, "Rango"), a wealthy man who's turned into a vampire by the evil witch Angelique (Eva Green, "Per- fect Sense") after failing to recipro- cate her love. Barnabas is freed from his coffin after 200 years, only to find himself thrust into a vastly dif- ferent time and a society he doesn't understand. His family home is inM ruins, and his descendants are more dysfunctional than he is. The current Collins fam- ily is headed by Elizabeth Collins (Michelle Pfeiffer, "New Year's- Eve") who resides with her brother Roger (Johnny Lee Miller, TV's WARNER Boos "Dexter"), her teenage daughter When was the last time I fed my goldfish? (Chloe Grace Moretz, "Hugo"), Roger's son (Gulliver McGrath, Victoria (Bella Heathcote, "In small Maine town of Collinsport. few surprises and an admirable cast, "Hugo"), a psychologist (Hel- Time"). Determined to devote his There's only one problem - he's not the problem is quite simple - heaps ena Bonham Carter, "The King's life to the betterment of his family, the only one who's endured for two of wasted talent. The film is based Speech"), a caretaker (Jackie Earler Barnabas vows to restore the family centuries. on a soap opera, a genre defined by Haley, "Louis") and a nanny named wealth and fishery business in the In a film that offers remarkably See SHADOWS, Page 12 420 Maysard St. AssArbor, Mn4n8109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB AXELRAD MERYL HULTENG 73441-415 ext .1 7,-' 18-15 ex.A 24 CONTACT INFORMATION NewsroomO fcehours: News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaicom Letterstothe Editor r r5diAr.,hig andaily.,, PhotoDepartment phoro@michigandaily.com ArtsSection arts@michigandaily.com EditorialPage opnion mig..anda..t."" 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University affiliatesare subject toa reduced subscription rate. tn-ca pus subscriptions for fall tern aee $35. Subscriptions nust be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. toward research at 'U' MCubed to fund $60,000 to hire a research assis- tant. mulitdisciplinary MCubed is part of the University's Third Century reasearch projects initiative, which is currently at ,u using $50 million in funds to promote multidisciplinary teaching, research and service By JOSH QIAN efforts related to global Daily StaffReporter challenges such as climate change and social justice. Like the Avengers, the Uni- Before the Fall 2012 term versity hopes to show strength begins, a website for post- in numbers by uniting profes- ing and finding collaborative sors from different disciplines research ideas will be available as part of the recent MCubed to researchers. initiative. Neurology Prof. Eva Feldman, The initiative is led by Mark the director of the A. Alfred Burns, professor and chair of the Taubman Medical Research department of chemical engi- Institute, said the MCubed ini- neering, and Engineering Asso- tiative will allow faculty in the ciate Deans Alec Gallimore and Taubman Institute to form new Thomas Zurbuchen. It plans to multidisciplinary projects with invest $15 million to fund new others. multi-disciplinary research "The synergy from these new projects. partnerships will facilitate new The projects require three discoveries, and from new dis- different faculty members from coveries we hope to develop new different disciplines to join cures," Feldman said. forces and agree on a single Elizabeth Barry, managing research idea. Each researcher director of the Life Sciences will receive $20,000, and when Institute, said she believes they "cube" together, the groups many LSI staff members will will start with the combined be interested in participating in right up our alley," Barry said. "We have to try all sorts of organizational experiments to make it easier for faculty from different units and specialties to work together." Barry explained that MCubed is an experimental initiative designed to bring faculty from different areas together for research and added that the University created LSI 10 years ago for the same purpose. "The LSI experiment has demonstrated that you can gen- erate really exciting progress at the boundaries of the disci- plines," Barry said. James Holloway, associate dean of undergraduate educa- tion at the College of Engineer- ing, said the program is exciting due to its flexibility in providing the base funding of interdisci- plinary research. "For students at the University, the benefits of working across disciplines are huge," Holloway said. "Michigan is unique in its excellence across breadth, and students should be able to take advantage of this breadth at e'ery level from flexible undergraduate curricula to interdisciplinary research opportunities for graduate students." PBS originals can't stand up to the BBC A issues discussed at Northside Grill town hal By: KELLY ETZ by som SeniorArtsEditor and ar Theatr( With the winter semester final- ly over, I have a bit of previously unheard of free time. And as the weather remains stubbornly, dis- gustingly drizzly, my "free time" has translated to boredom-induced channel surfing, while eating copi- ous amounts of Chinese takeout. a Yesterday, while doing exactly this, I made a rather disturbing dis- covery. Remote in hand, I stumbled across a relic I completely forgot existed:PBS. Most of you probably refer to your local PBS station as "the one with 'Antiques Roadshow,' " and you wouldn't be wrong. "Antiques Roadshow" plays with disconcert- ing}frequency, usually.book-ended, "Maste Here ing con runs p showsI BBC.A BBC isI station. Not tha Is th of th ingless. ething to do with gardening "Downton Abbey" and "Sherlock"? re-showing of "Masterpiece And what about my embarrass- e," now updated to simply ingly avid crush on the Doctor from rpiece." "Doctor Who" - David Tennant's 's where I made the alarm- rendition, obviously - or my obses- snection. PBS frequently re- sion with everything ever said by eriod films and current TV Edina Monsoon on "Absolutely from none other than the Fabulous"? Yep. All courtesy of the knd wouldn't you know it, BBC. Britain's public broadcasting In fact, across the pond, BBC has branched to include a number of stations, like BBC One, Two, Three and Four, along with news thin s bette and music stations. I suppose, as the BBC was the first public broadcast- an 'Dow nton' ingstation ever, it's entitled to be .JVthe best. But poor little PBS can't even attempt to compete. Its govern- is the same BBC airing some ment funding is constantly under e my-life-is-utterly-mean- review, and all those phone opera- 'until-they-return dramgs, tors eagerly awaiting your call for City officials discuss Huron River Trail system & construction By STEVE ZOSKI Daily News Editor The Northside Grill usually serves as one of Ann Arbor's breakfast restaurants, but last night served as a meeting place where Ann Arbor residents sat down for coffee and discussion with city officials. Ann Arbor resident and North- side Grill owner Jim Koli said he has hosted community events at his business since he took it over in 1993. Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) said she and Sandi Smith (D- Ward 1) have held annual town halls at the restaurant since they were elected in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Briere and Smith joined Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje and City Administrator Steven Pow- ers to respond to questions and city concerns voiced by residents at the town hall. Hieftje said he hopes the Riv- erUp! Wolfpack - an organiza- tion that intends to improve the Huron River, comprised of 75 leaders including John Dingell (D-Mich)- as well as the Nation- al Wildlife Federation's local branch and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters will help fund a Huron River Trail system. "If we can get the link between the greenway proposedarea at 721 and cross under through the rail- road tracks, some way over there to the border, that's going to open up some other funding mecha- nisms and eventually the border should go all the way to Dexter, all the way east, and hook up with other trail systems," Hieftje said. Though Hieftje added that funding opportunities are not as abundant as they used to be. "I think the thing to remem- ber is, had we been at this stage in 1995, we could get all this stuff funded - but we've just been through the worst decade of funding," Hieftje said. Koli said the neighborhood should develop residential hous- ing. "It doesn't want (Zaragon) or stuff like that, 10 story student housing, it doesn't want stuff like that either, I understand they're closing down Baits but we're not going to make up for it here," Koli said. "I would personally have more owner occupied (units) than rental units." Koli said the University's rela- tionship with the city needs to better reflect the needs of Ann Arbor residents. "It's a great thing, but there's a struggle to find a balance," Koli said. And Briere said the neigh- borhood has preferences about potential growth. "There's lots of opportunity, the neighborhood doesn't want high-rises, it doesn't want office buildings, it will probably fight if somebody proposes those things. " Briere said. Briere said the University has frustrated residents in areas where it plans to create new hous- ing for hospital workers. "The University isn't respon- sible, it's not going to say, 'Yeah I see you've got a plan, we're going to follow your plan.' It's going to say, 'Well we've got a plan and we're going to follow our plan,' " she said. Briere said if there was a legal way to stop the University, she would do it. "They want the University to actually respect the city, to actu- ally respect the rights of the peo- ple who already live here," Briere said. "Watson, would you give me a hand with this?" "No."- a donation don't seem to be hold- broadcasting system first, which ing down the fort either. True, in threw everything out of whack, but the U.S. we did set up a commercial See PBS, Page 12