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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
This week, the Arts
section
explores
the offices of The
Every Three Weekly, the
University’s
premiere
satirical
newspaper.
It’s
“better than sex, and twice
as often.”
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Gifts of Art
performance
WHAT: The Vocal Arts
Ensemble of Ann Arbor will
perform Choral Songs of
Love.
WHO: Gifts of Art
WHEN: Today from 12:10
p.m to 1 p.m.
WHERE: University
Hospital Main Lobby
Medical School
workshop
WHAT: This workshop
will give advice to students
interested in attending
medical school about writing
their personal statement.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: The Career Center
Poetry reading
WHAT: Poet Jean Valentine
will give a poetry reading.
WHO: University of
Michigan Museum of Art
WHEN: Today from 5:10
p.m. to 6:10 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Art
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President
Obama
sent Congress a draft
legislation asking for the
use of military force against
ISIS, NBC News reported.
He asked for the force be
limited to three years but did
not restrict it to any specific
geographic location.
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Family Night
in Pierpont
WHAT: An event for
graduate students with
children. Crafts, food, and
games will be provided.
WHO: Center for Campus
Involvement
WHEN: Today from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Pierpont
Commons
The Jackie Robinson
West
team
has
been stripped of it’s
2014
Little
League
championship
title,
The
Chicago Tribune reported.
The team allegedly used a
false boundary map to fill the
team with suburban players.
3
Director’s talk
WHAT: Filmmaker
Matthew Torne will
give a talk about his
documentary, “Lessons in
Dissent,”
WHO: Center for Chinese
Studies
WHEN: Today from 3:30
p.m to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work, Room 1840
Innovation
celebration
WHAT: A celebration
of students involved in
innovation, creativity,
and entrepreneurship on
campus.
WHO: Innovate Blue
WHEN: Today from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
Rogel Ballroom
Trading
simulation
WHAT: BP America will host
a trading simulation that will
serve as a learning platform to
understand energy markets.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 11
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Ross School of
Business, Room R0400
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Brian Williams, the host of
“Nightly News,” will be sus-
pended without pay for six
months following allegations
he embellished a story about a
2003 helicopter episode in Iraq.
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Art & Design junior Julia Callis prepares a monotype
print as part of an advanced independent study in
printmaking at the Art & Architecture Building’s
printmaking studio Wednesday.
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LSA queried students on their
favorite place to eat pizza at in honor
of National Pizza Day Monday.
Today is #NationalPizzaDay — one
of five pizza holidays in the U.S.
What’s your go-to pizza solution in
Ann Arbor?”
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.@onetoughnerd presents his budget
rec. Let’s hope his good ideas (like
$100M for at risk schools + expanded
dental coverage) survive the House.
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State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor)
tweets his take on Republican Gov.
Rick Snyder’s budget proposal Wed.
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newsworthy, with an angle on
the University, Ann Arbor and
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edited for accurate spelling and
grammar.
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The School of Engineering
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president for research, for receiving
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GOOD IMPRESSIONS
Oregon governor decides against
leaving post amidst controversy Washtenaw County hit
hard by influenza this year
Experts tie
increased number
of illnesses to low
vaccine efficacy
BY ANASTASSIOS
ADAMOPOULOS
Daily Staff Reporter
As flu season continues,
Washtenaw
County
has
experienced
a
spike
in
influenza cases, as well as
several deaths.
According
to
Shantell
Kirkendoll,
senior
public
relations representative for the
University of Michigan Health
System, UMHS has reported 13
flu-related deaths for the 2014-
2015 season as of Wednesday.
At University Health Service,
Chief Health Officer Robert
Winfield said physicians have
seen 156 flu-related cases.
The
number
of
patients
in December alone was 89.
Winfield said the number of
cases in January is not yet
available, but noted the figure
was lower than December’s.
Last
month,
UMHS
implemented
a
policy
encouraging people with flu-
like symptoms to avoid visiting
patients at the hospital.
Eden
Wells,
clinical
associate
professor
of
epidemiology, said recent flu
seasons have been unusually
mild, unlike the current cycle.
She said many people weren’t
accustomed to the flu posing a
serious problem.
The effectiveness of this
year’s vaccine for the H3N2
virus — about 23 percent —
presents
a
unique
element
to the current flu season.
According
to
the
Centers
for Disease Control, this is
approximately 50 percent less
effective than in usual years.
In Washtenaw County, eight
patients have died from the
flu this season. The death toll
is lower for the county than
at UMHS because the health
system treats patients from
several counties.
According to the CDC, this
year has been the most fatal
flu season nationally for people
older than 65 years old since
the CDC began collecting data
on influenza in 2005.
Wells said the vaccine is
designed to address several
different
virus
strains
compared to the previous year’s
version. She said flu experts at
the World Health Organization
conduct a number of studies
around the world based on
those strains to try and predict
which strains will circulate in
the fall.
“You
start
making
the
vaccine,
and
it
takes
six
months to make the vaccine,”
she said. “Sometimes that (flu)
virus loves to kind of slightly
mutate throughout the year
— that what ended up finally
circulating this fall was not-
quite matched to the vaccine
that was made in February”.
In
an
e-mail
interview,
Epidemiology
Prof.
Arnold
Monto wrote that the disease
changed
in
the
Northern
Hemisphere
during
the
summer.
“A lot of work is going on to
develop a vaccine that does not
have to be redesigned for each
vaccine strain,” Monto wrote.
“This past year’s experience
shows why that is important.”
He noted that Ann Arbor
residents tend to vaccinate
more than national average, but
said that’s been less effective
this year because the vaccine
hasn’t worked as well.
“We are involved in several
studies which look at the
occurrence of influenza in
the Ann Arbor area, and how
well the vaccine is working,”
Monto wrote. “This has been
a bad influenza season in our
area, with a lot of illnesses and
hospitalizations with type A
(H3N2) influenza”.
Still, Wells said vaccination
remains the best tool to prevent
the flu. She noted the message
has been well-received locally
due to the intensity of this
year’s influenza season and
the
recent
return
of
the
measles. In recent weeks, the
reappearance of measles has
sparked
discussion
on
the
merits of vaccination.
“We
are
hearing
more
now
from
people,
parents,
community members who are
actually taking up the banner
for vaccine,” Wells said. “So, I
think that’s a good thing.”
John Kitzhaber
faces scrutiny for
fiancée’s policy
work, office use
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Embat-
tled Oregon Gov. John Kitzha-
ber had reached a decision to
resign because of an ethics
scandal surrounding him and
his fiancée, but he changed his
mind, three people with direct
knowledge of the situation said
Wednesday.
They said the Democratic
governor informed some of his
aides on Sunday that he was
going to resign and on Tues-
day he asked his would-be
successor, Secretary of State
Kate Brown, to rush back from
a conference in Washington
D.C. They spoke to The Associ-
ated Press on condition of ano-
nymity because they were not
authorized to talk about private
discussions.
Brown’s abrupt and unex-
plained
return
to
Oregon
sparked
speculation
that
Kitzhaber
planned
to
quit.
Hours later, Kitzhaber issued
a statement saying he would
stay put. It was not clear why
Kitzhaber changed his mind.
“Let me be as clear as I was
last week, that I have no inten-
tion of resigning as Governor of
the state of Oregon,” Kitzhaber
said in a statement. “I was elect-
ed to do a job for the people of
this great state and I intend to
continue to do so.”
The governor told KGW that
he asked Brown, a Democrat, to
return from Washington so he
could tell her he was not resign-
ing.
Newspaper editorial boards
and Republican political opera-
tives
have
been
criticizing
Kitzhaber and calling for him to
leave office over allegations that
his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, used
his office to land contracts for
her consulting business. She’s
accused of advocating policies
that she was paid to promote.
Hayes
has
been
under
increasing scrutiny since Octo-
ber, when a series of reports
chronicled her work for orga-
nizations with an interest in
Oregon public policy, which
came as she served as an unpaid
adviser in the governor’s office.
The focus led Hayes to reveal
that she accepted about $5,000
to illegally marry an immigrant
seeking immigration benefits in
the 1990s. Later, she acknowl-
edged purchasing a remote
property with the intent to ille-
gally grow marijuana.
Kitzhaber, meanwhile, has
denied wrongdoing, saying he
and Hayes took steps to avoid
conflicts of interest. Attorney
General Ellen Rosenblum has
launched a criminal investiga-
tion.
Kitzhaber was re-elected by a
wide margin in November, eas-
ily defeating Republican state
Rep. Dennis Richardson.
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