Ann Arbor, MI . ' ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY TWO YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Weekly Summer Edition Monday, June 18, 2012 T AROUND ANN ARBOR Mayor tells students not to donate to panhandlers Runners begin first round of the Ann Arbor marathon at Michigan Stadium at 6:45 a.. 1st A2 m- -athon avoids rain Hie Stu ch The keting implem to discc and Un ting me of punh The the dov welcom to don agencie Post promot ing th Family Safe Hi uted tc part of1 Addi service annarb created the cat Ann said th many p panhan .ftje encourages campaign. Hieftje said the task force found dents to give to that most panhandlers are using . nsead the money people hand them to buy arities instead drugs and alcohol rather than basic necessities like food. By JOSH QIAN "The panhandlers see it as a job, Daily StaffReporter and many of them are not home- less," Hieftje said. "They are using Mayor's Downtown Mar- it to buy drugs and alcohol. We Task Force has begun need to ensure that they are receiv- ienting a campaign aimed ing three meals and the needed ourage Ann Arbor residents medications instead." iversity students from put- Hieftje also said Ann Arbor ney directly into the hands offers some of the top services that andlers. aid people who are in need of help campaign intends to make that maybe panhandling. wntown area safer and more "We have a system in place, and ring by encouraging people we need people to sustain this sys- ate money to local service tem (through donations)," Hieftje s instead. said. ers and information cards He added that the prevalence :ing welfare agencies includ- of panhandling has significantly e Salvation Army Staples decreased since two summers ago, Center, Ozone House and when he said it was a much more ouse Center will be distrib- prominent issue. D downtown businesses as "We are a low-crime com- the campaign. munity," Hieftje said. "But if you itional information about experience touching, yelling or are agencies can be found at followed by a panhandler, take a 'orrealhelp.org, a website picture and call the police because i by the task force as part of that's a crime." npaign. City Council member Sabra Arbor Mayor John Hieftje Briere (D-Ward 1), a member of e task force has consulted the task force, said the initiative is rofessionals who work with intended to help make downtown a ndlers while developing the See PANHANDLERS, Page 2 0 61 N Ru acr wal me Lea togeth paraly and a tume athlet inners join from This Father's Day morning oss U.S., various marked the first time runners could participate in a 26.2-mile ks of life to raise marathon through campus and city streets - many of which were oney for schools closed as a result of the first-ever Ann Arbor Marathon and its con- By STEVE ZOSKI joined half marathon and 5K races. Daily News Editor The marathon course began outside Michigan Stadium and tve it to Ann Arbor to bring ended on the 50-yeard line of Elbel her a student who overcame Field after traveling through parts ysis, a nun, military veterans of campus such as the Big House, man in a Chinese food cos- the Law Quadrangle, Yost Ice to participate in the same Arena, the Michigan Union and ic event. Nichols Arboretum. A Huron Val- ley Ambulance was on standby at the finish at Elbel. Champions for Charity, which also hosts the annual Big House Big Heart 5K, 10K and 1-mile races, organized the event. Six dollars from every race fee bene- fited the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation. Additional charities were allowed to register and use the marathon as an independent fund- raising opportunity. The race was sponsored by local businesses, like Ann Arbor State Bank, along with See MARATHON, Page 3 Vol.CXXI,No.144 @2012TheMichiganDaily michigandaily.comn NEWS ........................ 2 OPINION.....................4 CLASSIFIEDS ......... CROSSWORD ............... ARTS ...............7 SPORTS........ ......10 YouTube admission Online education Usher unchained Peszek in London Waitlisted student decided Michael Smallegan discuss- Pop-soul master's latest Olympics-bound rower talks to show 'U' his creative side es how Coursera is changing album breaks all the rules about his time on the Michi- in hopes to win over.,' the college landscape. and proves revolutionary. gan men's rowing team. >> SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 4 >> SEE PAGE 9 >> SEE PAGE10