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THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

Main Street boutique 
Ayla & Co., founded by 
a Turkish immigrant in 

1980, brings a clean, classic and 
distinctive aesthetic to Tree 
Town’s fashionably inclined.

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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Dance
performance

WHAT: Join Amy 
Chavasse, professor of 
dance, for a lecture and 
performance centered 
around Chinese dance. 
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance 
WHEN: Today at 12 p.m.
WHERE: Vandenberg 
Room, Michigan League

Fall open 
house

WHAT: Tour the Inter-
national Institute. Dis-
cover academic and 
funding opportunities. 
WHO: Intertnaional 
Institute
WHEN: Today from 
12 p.m to 3 p.m. 
WHERE: School of 
Social Work Building

New York Yankees catcher 
and baseball icon Yogi 
Berra passed away on 

Tuesday, The New York Times 
reported. He was 90 years 
old. Berra was a three-time 
American League MVP. He 
also received a Purple Heart 
for his service in World War II.

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Peace Corps
workshop

WHAT: Learn about 
the Peace Corps as 
well as receive help 
on applications for the 
international program 
during this workshop.
WHO: International 
Center
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. 
to 5:30 p.m. 
WHERE: Conference 
Room, International 
Center

Volkswagon 
CEO 

Martin 
Winterkorn, 

resigned 
from 
the 

company 
Wednesday, 

CNN reported. VW was 
recently found cheating its EPA 
emission tests for diesel cars. 
The diesel emissions were up 
to 35 times higher.

3

Flute and 
guitar duo 

WHAT: Flutist Tracey 
Kash and guitarist Pat 
Shanley will perfrom a 
wide variety of blues and 
rock ensembles.
WHO: Gifts of Art
WHEN: Today from 12:10 
p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: University 
Hospital, Main Lobby 

Lecture on 
graphic arts

WHAT: Anthony Geist, a 
Spanish and comparative 
literature porfessor, 
will talk about visual 
postmodern discourse in 
Madrid during the ‘70s.
WHO: Romance 
Languages and Literature
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. 
WHERE: RLL Commons, 
Modern Languages 
Building

TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

MONDAY:

This Week in History

Social justice
fair

WHAT: Learn about stu-
dent organizations and pro-
grams on campus dedicated 
to social justice. Sociology 
faculty will also discuss 
the social change minor. 
WHO: Department 
of Sciology
WHEN: Today at 11 a.m. 
WHERE: The Diag

Applying to 
law school 101

WHAT: The Career Center 
will review the law school 
admission process and 
provide tips on how to 
submit a strong application. 
All students are invited.
WHO: Career Center
WHEN: Today from 1 p.m. 
to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Program Room, 
The Career Center, 3200 
Student Activities Building

LSA Dean Andrew Martin met 
with students Monday. 

“Great evening. Stop 2. Meeting 
some of our newest #LSAstudents 
on scholarships. Wow. Giving 
back in big ways.”
 — @ProfADM 

“Thank you to everyone who came to 
our rally in Jackson, Michigan!”
 —@RealBenCarson
 
 
 
 

Presidential candidate Dr. Ben 
Carson spoke today in Spring Arbor, 
Mich. 

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breaking or newsworthy, 
with an angle on the 
University, Ann Arbor and 
the state. All tweets have 
been edited for accurate 
spelling and grammar. 

Gov. Rick Snyder tweeted his 
support for University’s Mott’s 
Children’s Hospital.

“I joined the fight to 
#BlockOutCancer with @
MottChildren. Let’s help all 
the #LittleVictors”

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BP America
info session

WHAT: An opportunity 
to learn about careers 
offered by BP America. 
The company is seeking 
math, statistics, economics, 
finance, accounting and 
engineering majors. 
WHO: Career Center
WHEN: Today from 5:30 
p.m to 7 p.m. 
WHERE: Room 420, Ross 
School of Business

Peter Smereka won 
teaching honors, 
national awards

By TANAZ AHMED

Daily Staff Reporter

Mathematics 
Prof. 
Peter 

Smereka died unexpectedly Sept. 15 
following a heart attack.

Smereka began working at the 

University in 1994 as an assistant 
professor of mathematics. He was 
promoted to a full professorship 
in 2003. Smereka obtained a 
bachelor’s degree in physics from 
the University of Waterloo, Canada, 
in 1983 and a Ph.D. doctorate in 
chemical engineering from the 
University of California, Santa 
Barbara, in 1989.

During his time at the University, 

Smereka was a member of the 
Michigan Center for Theoretical 
Physics. He was also a part of the 

math department’s Applied and 
Interdisciplinary 
Mathematics 

program, which he directed for 
several years. He also helped 
develop and instruct an honors 
program for freshman science and 
engineering students.

While in Ann Arbor, Smereka 

was awarded the National Science 
Foundation Career Award in 1996 
and the Excellence in Education 
Award from LSA in 1997.

In an obituary submitted by 

the Smereka family and the math 
department, family and colleagues 
described him as funny and 
insightful.

“Smereka was always inquisitive 

and provided a lot of humor, insight 
and thought-provoking questions 
for his family over the years,” 
they wrote. “He was an incredibly 
sensitive and kind person often 
running to help his family members 
when in need.”

Smereka published more than 

60 research articles throughout his 

lifetime. His work in fluid dynamics 
— the science behind liquids and 
gases in motion — was influential.

Condolences 
from 
faculty 

members filled the comments 
section of the obituary posted 
on the website for the University 
Record.

“Peter was a dearest friend and 

my best colleague,” wrote Giovanni 
Russo, a mathematics professor at 
the University of Catania in Italy. 
“To work with him has been one 
of the most exciting experiences of 
my life. Very dedicated to science, 
with an extraordinary good taste 
for interesting problems, he was an 
extremely sensitive, scrupulous and 
kind man with highest intellectual 
honesty. I always admired him, and 
I will miss him forever.”

A memorial will be held for 

Smereka in the spring. Memorial 
contributions can be made to the 
Peter Smereka Memorial Graduate 
Student Fund.

Mathematics professor 
dies of heart attack

Ann Arbor staple to 
shutter storefront 
after two decades

By LEA GIOTTO

Daily Staff Reporter

BethAnn Karmeisool, owner 

of the S3 Safe Sex Store, said 
Wednesday the store will close 
its doors at the end of October.

She said her decision to close 

the storefront, located on South 
University Avenue, is a result of 
her building being sold and the 
recent decline of in-store sales.

“My building has been sold 

and I don’t know the future 
of the building,” Karmeisool 
said. “I don’t know exactly, but 
the rumors are the building is 
going to be knocked down for a 
larger project to go up much like 
Landmark.”

The owner said she thinks 

sales have declined in recent 
months 
due 
to 
increased 

competition and popularity of 
online retailers, such as Amazon 
Prime.

While physical sales have 

decreased, Karmeisool said the 
need for the community outreach 
services she offers, such as free 
HIV 
testing 
and 
individual 

counseling, have increased.

“I think (the closing) is going 

to have a large impact on the 
community because of all of the 
services we do provide,” she said. 
“People in the community are 
going to have to go elsewhere 
for that, and many do not have 
transportation options.”

Karmeisool 
stressed 
that 

while she close the physical 
storefront, S3 is not going out of 
business.

She is going to maintain S3’s 

online store, which is currently 

running in tandem with the 
storefront location. She plans 
to update the store’s website 
to include a blog stocked with 
sexual health information. 

“That telephone number will 

be linked directly to me, so if any 
student needs someone to talk to, 
and they don’t have that outlet, I 
will still be available to them as 
much as possible,” Karmeisool 
said.

The owner also ensured she 

will remain involved with the 
University 
through 
outreach 

programs, as a visiting lecturer 
at the School of Public Policy and 
through hosting sexual health 
workshops.

“I 
plan 
on 
quarterly 

workshops where people can 
get their sexual health questions 
asked, learn about new things 
going on with sexual health 
at large and also get free HIV 
testing,” she said.

Safe Sex Store closes 
amid declining sales

Thompson Street and Pack-

ard Street. Planners are also still 
considering an alternative plan 
to renovate the current center on 
Washtenaw Avenue.

Trotter Director Jackie Simpson 

said in a poll of 715 students, most 
respondees said they preferred the 
State Street location.

Amid talk of relocating, LSA 

senior Bree Sullivan pointed to the 
significance of the current build-
ing for many students. She said 
for decades, the building has been 
a home for minority students on 
campus — and the space may not 
feel as safe if located closer to cam-
pus.

“This is a lot of history, this 

building,” she said. “I want it, and I 
want future generations to have it.”

Harper recalled the tradition 

and activism from which the Trot-
ter Center was born. According to 
their website, Trotter opened in 
1971 as a space to hold meetings 

and cultural events for Black stu-
dents. The desire for the multicul-
tural center grew out of efforts by 
the Black Action Movement and 
other prominent civil rights move-
ments in the 1970s.

“We are doing for the next gener-

ation what the people you were talk-
ing about did for you,” Harper said.

However, Harper also drew 

upon the difficulties that come 
with the current Trotter location. 
The decision to build a new mul-
ticultural center closer to campus 
came from organizers of the 2013 
#BBUM movement, who said the 
site’s location between fraterni-
ties and sororities made minority 
students feel uncomfortable when 
walking back and forth at night.

“This movement to move as 

fast as it can has been built on the 
notion that this place does not meet 
students’ needs,” Harper said. “We 
are at some point going to have to 
say this is what we need.”

Gott listed the criteria that stu-

dents and administrators worked 
on last year when looking for sites 
of a new center. Some of these cri-
teria included making sure the new 

space is able to accommodate ban-
quet or multi-purpose rooms and is 
near loading and unloading docks 
for special events. The checklist 
also prioritizes a new location near 
the Diag and other student servic-
es — such as transit, food services, 
study spaces and computer labs.

Gott said the administration has 

worked to expedite the selection 
process to fulfill the needs of a new 
multicultural center on campus.

“What is so unique here is we 

just spent a lot more time with the 
students,” Gott said. “We asked 
over and over again what Trotter 
should be doing for Michigan.”

Sullivan also suggested building 

a space solely for Black students, 
adding that the voices of Black 
students are sometimes overshad-
owed. She said though the stu-
dents at the time of the #BBUM 
movement liked the idea of moving 
Trotter closer to Central Campus, 
students now might not feel the 
same way.

“I would say we should take 

into consideration how times 
change, and how things in world 
are changing around us,” Sullivan 

said. “What students might need at 
the moment could be very different 
from what they needed two years 
ago.”

Rackham student Asya Harri-

son, secretary of Students of Color 
of Rackham, said while moving to 
Central Campus would allow for 
more use of the site, Trotter would 
lose its current quietness and dis-
tance from classes and schoolwork.

“That is one of the downsides, it 

will get a different kind of use and 
more use,” Harper said.

Social Work student Zachary 

Pritchett said though he likes the 
current location of Trotter, moving 
the building would lead to more 
visibility on campus and subse-
quently a larger voice on campus 
issues. He pointed to the Spectrum 
Center as an example of a powerful 
voice because of their location in 
the Michigan Union.

Gott said no matter the deci-

sion on renovating or relocat-
ing Trotter, it is important to 
remember the history of the cen-
ter and the significance it will 
have for future generations of 
students.

TROTTER
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