2 — Tuesday, March 10, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY This weekend, the Michigan women’s basketball team was knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by Michigan State for the third consecutive season. >>FOR SPORTS, SEE PG. 8 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dozens of marchers began their trek to retrace the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, the Associated Press reported. The event occurs every five years. The march is 54 miles long and will conclude at the state capitol. 1 About two weeks ago, members of the Israel Caving Club discovered 2,300 coins and silver items in northern Israel, YNet news reported Monday. The coins originated from the reign of Alexander the Great. 3 THE WIRE ON THE WEB... michigandaily.com Wallenberg BY CARLY NOAH Architecture senior Bjørnar Haveland received the Wallenberg Fellowship, which includes a $25,000 prize for his commitment to community service and the public good. Haveland will use the fellowship to travel to refugee camps in Lebanon and Kenya. Presentation on ICF topics WHAT: Doctor Els Nieuwenhuijsen will present three topics related to the International Classification of Functioning. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library Food system transformation WHAT: The event will feature a discussion with international food systems leaders Jahi Chappell and Danielle Nierenberg. WHO: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union String showcase WHAT: Students will perform with string instruments. WHO: School of Music, Theater & Dance WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Earl V. Moore Building l Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Men in Motion WHAT: Part of the My Brothers dialogue series, the event will include a discussion about perspectives on masculinity. WHO: Office of Academic Mulicultural Initiatives, Comprehensive Studies Program, Counseling and Psychological Services, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union Lecture on Europe WHAT: Jean Boutier will give a lecture on the “Noble Academies as a European Model of Arisocratic Education.” WHO: Center for European Studies WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work building Henry Russel WHAT: Prof. Homer Neal will present the Henry Russel lecture, titled, “Beyond Sputnik: Challenges Facing America’s National Science Policies.” WHO: University and Development Events WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE:Rackham Graduate Library TUESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: Alumni Profiles FRIDAY: Photos of the Week WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers MONDAY: This Week in History THURSDAY: Campus Clubs FRIDAY: Photos of the Week TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week MONDAY: This Week in History TUESDAY: Campus Voices WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers ALLI JOHNSON Fostering fitness at the ‘U’ RITA MORRIS/Daily Rackham student Seth Moore plays at a Magic: The Gathering tournament held in the upstairs area of Get Your Game on Monday. J UST LIKE M AGIC Engineering senior Alli Johnson is the ambassador for the University’s chapter of Changing Health, Attitudes, and Actions to Recreate Girls, an organization that encourages fitness for college women by offering workout classes. What is CHAARG? It is basically a health and fit- ness organization for women. We have a community and belongingness from working out together. In addition to regular workout classes, you actually get to know girls and find people that are interested in the same things about fitness as you are. It keeps you motivated toward your goals. What is your role in CHAARG? I’m the ambassador, which is basically the president of our Michigan chapter. I lead the orga- nization at Michigan. I make sure everything is running smoothly, oversee the planning of events, help with any ideas… really get to know the members and work out outside of main events. When and why did you join? I joined in the fall of 2013, when it started at Michigan. I was an executive member then as well. I was the event coordinator — planning weekly events. I joined because I really have always loved fitness and living a healthy life- style. I kind of missed that from my high school teams and defi- nitely got off track in my fitness goals. I really like the community aspect of CHAARG, so when I heard about it I knew I wanted to join and be a leader, too. What impact has CHAARG made in your life? CHAARG has helped me meet many awesome people from around the nation. It is at 18 universities now and I’ve gone to a few retreats with the other ambassadors and members from different chapters. It has been really cool to meet other leaders. -HANK SHIPMAN THE FILTER True Detective BY MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS “True Detective” recently released preview photos of its second season on twitter. 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Five men are in custody in con- nection with the Feb. 27 shoot- ing, and all of them are from the predominantly Muslim region of Chechnya, or other parts of the restive north Caucasus. Chechen leader Ramzan Kady- rov has said one of the main sus- pects, Zaur Dadaev, could have been motivated by Nemtsov’s com- ments after the attack on French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, which published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. “Everyone who knows Zaur confirms that he is a deeply reli- gious person who, like all Mus- lims, was shocked by the actions of Charlie and comments (of those) who supported the publication of the caricatures,” Kadyrov said in a statement late Sunday. In the Charlie Hebdo attack on Jan. 7 in Paris, 12 people were killed by two gunmen, who were later killed by police. Nemtsov criticized the Charlie Hebdo attackers in an online post, saying that Islam was a “young religion that is current in its Mid- dle Ages, and there is a long fight ahead to defeat the Islamic inqui- sition.” A long-time friend of Nemtsov and a fellow opposition activist, however, said he wasn’t an enemy of Islam. “The attempt to convince the public that Nemtsov was an obvi- ous target for Islamic radicals doesn’t stand up to criticism,” Ilya Yashin told the Associated Press on Monday. “This version is extremely con- venient for (President) Vladimir Putin, because it takes both him and his inner circle out of the line of fire.” Five men, including Dadaev, have been detained in connection with Nemtsov’s killing. They all appeared in a Moscow court Sun- day, where Dadaev and another suspect were charged in connec- tion with shooting Nemtsov as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin. The other three were jailed pending charges being filing. One of the judges said Dadaev had acknowledged involvement, but Dadaev didn’t admit guilt in the courtroom, according to news agencies. Footage from state channel NTV shows Dadaev turning to the camera and saying “I will say to you: I love the Prophet Muham- mad.” Dadaev had been an officer in the Chechen police troops, though Kadyrov said he had left the forces under unclear circumstances. The other suspect who was charged, Anzor Gubashev, denied being guilty. Supporters of Nemtsov, howev- er, believe that by casting blame on Islamic extremists, investigators are attempting to shift blame away from the government and onto a minority which remains contro- versial among many Russians. Chechnya suffered two intense wars over the past two decades between Russian forces and sepa- ratist rebels increasingly under the sway of fundamentalist Islam. That reinforced the stereotype among many Russians of Chechens as violent extremists. “The ‘Chechen trail’ appears to be more of a cover-up opera- tion, and a clumsily executed one at that,” Vladimir Milov, another opposition activist, wrote Monday. Opposition leaders bristled fur- ther when Kadyrov was awarded the Order of Honor on Monday by the Kremlin, which is given in rec- ognition of achievements in public life. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokes- man, told Russian news agencies in comments carried Monday that the award had been in the works several months, and the timing was a coincidence. President calls for punishments during campus rally NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on- campus house be shuttered after several members took part in a racist chant caught on video. President David Boren said he was sickened and couldn’t eat or sleep after learning about the video Sunday afternoon. The video, which was posted online, shows several people on a bus participating in a chant that included a racial slur, referenced lynching and indicated black stu- dents would never be admitted to OU’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Oklahoma football team decided to protest rather than practice on Monday. At the team’s indoor practice facility, coach Bob Stoops led the way as players, joined by athletic director Joe Castiglione, walked arm-in-arm, wearing black. Meanwhile, a top high school recruit withdrew his commitment the university after seeing the video. Boren attended a pre-dawn rally organized by students and lambasted the fraternity mem- bers as “disgraceful” and called their behavior “reprehensible.” He said the university was look- ing into a range of punishment, including expulsion. “This is not who we are,” Boren said at a midday news conference. “I’d be glad if they left. I might even pay the bus fare for them.” National leaders of Sigma Alpha Epsilon said late Sunday that its investigation confirmed members took part in the chant and announced it would close the local chapter. The national group said it was “embarrassed” by the “unacceptable and racist” behav- ior. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the efforts by the university and the national fraternity to repudiate the racist comments were “an appropriate step.” Boren said fraternity members have until midnight Tuesday to remove their belongings from the fraternity house. He said the fraternity was “not totally forth- coming,” and he was still trying to find out who was on the bus so the school could consider disci- plinary actions. He said the university’s legal staff was exploring whether the students who initiated and encouraged the chant may have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination. “We are also going to look at any individual perpetrators, par- ticularly those that we think took a lead in this kind of activity,” Boren said. It’s unclear who recorded the video, when it was recorded and who initially posted it online. Boren suggested it was likely taken by another student who didn’t agree with what was being chanted. OU Unheard, a black student group on campus, posted a link to the video after someone anony- mously called it to the group’s attention Sunday afternoon, communications director Alexis Hall said Monday. “We immediately needed to share that with the OU student body,” said Hall, a junior. “For students to say they’re going to lynch an entire group of people. ... It’s disgusting.” Friends say Russian leader was not killed by Islamic extremists U. of Oklahoma president shuts down fraternity for racist chant THE OKLAHOMAN, STEVE SISNEY/AP University of Oklahoma President David Boren, left, speaks with students as they protest a campus fraternity’s racist comments on March 9, 2015 in Norman, Okla. JENNIFER CALFAS Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 jcalfas@michigandaily.com