michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, April 20, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Michigan swept Big Ten opponents in both baseball and softball » INSIDE Sweeps ADMINISTRATION Major ‘U’ supporter A. Alfred Taubman dead at 91 Detroit area developer donated millions to architecture school, biomedical research By SHOHAM GEVA Daily News Editor A. Alfred Taubman, one of the top donors in the University’s history, passed away Friday night at age 91. His death was confirmed in a statement released by his son, Robert S. Taubman, to employees of Taubman Centers, Inc, according to the Detroit News. Robert S. Taubman is the current CEO of the company. “Tonight, after dinner in his home, a heart attack took him from us, ending what was a full, extraordinary life that touched so many people in so many wonderful ways around the world,” the statement read. “Right now it is difficult for me to express our sadness. One thing that will never be taken from us is Alfred Taubman’s vision that will continue to guide and inspire us.” Taubman, a Michigan native, built his career in the retail industry developing high-end shopping malls. He attended both the University of ZACH MOORE/Daily Common performs at the MUSIC Matters concert during Spring Fest at Hill Auditorium on Friday. Common headlines SpringFest Day-long events showcase student groups, encourage collaboration By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor Throughout Friday night’s capstone concert on the tail end of SpringFest, rapper Common reminded students the importance of diversity and inclusion. “Music matters. We matter. All lives matter,” he told the crowd. This was a theme constant during the day’s SpringFest events, which included a fashion show “One,” student organizations’ largely interactive booths, live music performances and more. Business senior Darren Appel, president of MUSIC Matters — the student organization that put on the fourth annual SpringFest — said campus-wide collaboration was an essential facet of the event. “I thought that this year, one of the cool things was the student orgs seemed to really get the idea a lot more of actually creating an engaging event,” Appel said. LSA senior Marli Siegel, MUSIC Matters communications manager, added that the “perfect” weather, which was sunny and in the 70s, was conducive to student participation. “I think the level of student engagement was the highest it has ever been, and I think that made SpringFest the best it has ever been,” she said. “There were people that set up shop to play guitar just because they wanted to. Something like that is so awesome.” One of these impromptu performances was the group Stankface, composed of LSA junior Cody Fayolle, Music, Theatre & Dance junior Alex Greenzeig and Engineering junior Brent Ritter. Greenzeig and Ritter played electric guitar harmonies, while Fayolle provided percussion. Organizers have already approached the group, which was not affiliated with SpringFest, about performing at next year’s event during the day. The members of Stankface said their ACADEMICS Transfer students account for 16 percent of new undergraduates By SAMANTHA WINTNER Daily Staff Reporter Last fall, 7,546 new undergraduates enrolled at the University. Apart from an incoming freshmen class of 6,505 students, 1,041 of these new enrollees were transfer students, according to data provided by the University’s Office of Public Affairs. These transfer students represent roughly 16 percent of incoming undergraduates. LSA junior Reid Klootwyk, LSA Student Government vice president for upcoming academic year, transferred to the University last fall from Muskegon Community College. He said the contrast between entering college as a freshmen and entering a new university as an experienced college student adds additional challenges. “We’ve been through some small tidbit of college, but we’re also so fresh to the University and so new to things,” he said. “We’re a little bit like the upperclassmen in that we have (taken college-level classes) and think we know how to succeed, but, at the same time, it’s all so new and it’s not easy to transition.” LSA senior Marissa Miars, chair of the Central Student Government Commission on Transfer Student Resources, said the college experience can also be difficult for transfer students because administrative policies do not entirely know how to address their unique needs. She transferred from Grand Valley State University in 2013. Bush-era official discusses response to tobacco, AIDS By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT Daily Staff Reporter Richard Carmona, former surgeon general of the United States, spoke to a full auditorium Friday morning in the School of Public Health. Carmona’s lecture focused on the intersection of public health, politics and his experience serving in the Bush Administration from 2002 to 2006. One of the main themes he discussed was the obstruction of important pieces of public health policy by special interests in Congress. “The greatest plague I ever faced as surgeon general was not infections or terrorists, but politics,” Carmona said. “The plague of politics has its own morbidity and its own mortality.” As surgeon general, Carmona issued a prominent report on the negative effects of secondhand smoke, and served in the federal government’s command center Former surgeon general talks politics, public health HEALTH Third breast cancer panel draws 500 to campus Doctors emphasize early detection, treatment options at annual summit By ALEX JUNTTI For the Daily University researchers and doctors, as well as cancer survivors, emphasized the importance of early diagnosis on Saturday as nearly 500 people gathered for the third annual Breast Cancer Summit. Held at the North Campus Research Complex, the event was sponsored by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Breast Oncology and Community Outreach programs. Martha Laatsch, the event’s organizer and community outreach program director at the center, said the event allows both women and men GRANT HARDY/Daily The University of Michigan Synchronized Swimming Team performs at the Spring Water Show in Chanham Natato- rium on Saturday. M AKING WAVES See SPRINGEST, Page 3A See TAUBMAN, Page 3A See TRANSFER, Page 2A See SURGEON, Page 3A See BREAST CANCER, Page 3A ROBERT DUNNE/Daily TOP: LSA sophomore Mira Hart models during the Spring Fest fashion show on North University St. on Friday. BOTTOM: Participants compete in the Buffalo Wild Wings wing eating contest during Spring Fest. 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