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THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

The Michigan football 

team garnered a No. 22 
ranking in the Associ-

ated Press poll Sunday after a 
31-0 win over Brigham Young 
on Saturday. It was the Wolver-
ines’ first national ranking since 
Nov. 2, 2013. 
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Author lecture

WHAT: Author Leah 
Hager Cohen will 
speak about the art of 
storytelling. 
WHO: University Library, 
Department of English
WHEN: Today from 4:10 
p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher 
Graduate Library, Room 
100

Voice recital

WHAT: A fast-paced recital 
introducing freshman voice 
students. The free event is 
open to all members of the 
University community.
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 6:45 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V. Moore 
Building, Britton Recital Hall

Leadership talk

WHAT: Rich Sheridan, 
CEO and chief storyteller 
at Menlo Innovations, 
will discuss his success.
WHO: Tauber Institute 
for Global Operations
WHEN: Today from 
5 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: 0770 Wyly Hall

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Pope 
Francis 
spoke 

unscripted 
in 

Philadelphia about the 

child sex abuse scandals in 
the Catholic Church, USA 
Today reported Sunday. He 
spoke to survivors of abuse 
and promised to hold clergy 
responsible for their crimes.

1

Japanese tea 

WHAT: Tea masters will 
demonstrate the art of 
serving and being served tea 
in the Japanese culture. 
WHO: University Library 
and Department of Women’s 
Studies
WHEN: Today from 1:15 
p.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
Library, Room 100

Peace Corps

WHAT: University Prof. 
Brian Arbic will talk about 
his experiences with the 
Peace Corps in Liberia 
and Ghana as a volunteer 
teacher. 
WHO: International Studies
WHEN: Today from 7:00 
p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
Library, The Gallery

France fired its first 
airstrikes 
in 
Syria 

Sunday, 
the 
AP 

reported. 
French 

president 
Hollande 
was 

quoted 
saying 
civilian 

protection needs to be a 
priority, not only from ISIS, 
but 
from 
Bashar 
Assad 

and other terrorist groups. 

3

Heidelberg 
dialogue

BY SAMIHA MATIN

Tyree Guyton, the artist 

who started Detroit’s 
Heidelberg Project, spoke on 
his 30 years with the project 
at the Stern Auditorium in 
the University’s Museum of 
Art on Friday night. 

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Law school 
info session

WHAT: Wayne State 
University Dean will talk about 
opportunities in the legal field 
amd at the WSU Law School.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. 
to 1 p.m.
WHERE: The Career Center

JAMES COLLER/Daily

Longtime Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, a former University 
student, greets a fan on the sidelines during Saturday’s football 
game against BYU.

Star Trek 
screening

WHAT: An episode 
of Star Trek will be 
screened, followed by 
a discussion about the 
limits of translation.
WHO: Linguistics Club
WHEN: Today from 
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: 471 Lorch Hall

TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

MONDAY:

This Week in History

 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Michigan Daily celebrates 125 yrs

WE LCOME BACK , JETE R

125 years ago this week
The news landscape in Ann 

Arbor changed forever on Sep-
tember 29, 1890, when a group 
of University students pub-
lished the first-ever edition of 
The Michigan Daily. 

One hundred twenty-five 

years later, the Daily is the lone 
survivor in Ann Arbor’s daily 
news landscape, and it contin-
ues to serve a vital role in cov-
ering campus, the Ann Arbor 
community and beyond.

The Daily has a rich his-

tory of making and breaking 
news. In April 1955, the news-
paper was the first to report 
that Jonas Salk had success-
fully created an effective polio 
vaccine; a 1924 exclusive with 

Mahatma Ghandi shed light 
on the leader’s ongoing peace 
efforts in India and elsewhere; 
a football player’s permanent 
separation from the University 
for violating the Student Sexu-
al Misconduct Policy was first 
reported by the Daily in Janu-
ary 2013; the paper even acci-
dentally perpetuated the myth 
of Paul McCartney’s death in 
1969. 

36 years ago this week

The 
University’s 
work-

study program received fed-
eral funds to increase the 
program’s annual budget from 
$1.74 to $2.5 million.

The budget increase result-

ed from the federal Middle 

Income Assistance Act, passed 
in November 1978. With its 
passage, the allocation of fed-
eral resources for work-study 
programs increased across the 
nation.

The University’s Board of 

Regents hoped a larger work-
study budget would help stu-
dents with the increasing costs 
of school, such as rising tuition 
and housing rates.

Though the work-study pro-

gram was never meant to com-
pletely cover student tuition 
costs, the increased budget 
aimed to help students on the 
border of being financially 
unable to attend the University.

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‘Internet Cat Festival’ draws 
200 students to North Quad

Fourth annual 

festival draws over 

500 students to 
student-run farm

BY ANNA HARITOS

Daily Staff Reporter

Sustainable food enthusi-

asts gathered at the Matthaei 
Botanical Gardens on Sunday 
for the fourth annual Harvest 
Festival. Organized to pro-
mote environmentally sus-
tainable food, Sunday’s event 
drew an estimated 500 people 
to the garden’s student-run 
farm.

The University of Michigan 

Sustainable Food Program, 
an umbrella organization for 
food-related student groups 
on campus, sponsored the 
festival. During the academic 
year, the program works to 
facilitate relations between 
the 
groups 
by 
providing 

resources, helping with out-
reach and fostering collabora-
tions.

“This is our one big event 

we have each year and we just 
try to raise awareness about 
sustainable food and where 
people can access it around 
campus,” said LSA senior 
Claire Roos, the program’s 
communications coordinator. 

Entering the farm, visi-

tors were handed a ticket 
for the complimentary food 
tents from Ann Arbor eater-
ies, including The Brinery, 
Salads Up and Lucky’s Mar-
ket. Tables from several of 
the program’s member groups 
promoted options for getting 
involved with sustainability 
efforts on campus.

Recently doubled in size, 

the sustainable farm now 
includes a food forest, or a 
more forest-like farming site, 
just outside the farm’s fence.

LSA senior Maddy Baroli, a 

representative from the orga-
nization Permaculture, was 
the driving force behind the 
food forest.

“The basic idea is to move 

away from the industrial agri-
culture framework of mono-
cultures and tons of pesticides 

and fossil fuels by imitating 
forest ecosystems,” she said.

The 
festival 
featured 
a 

variety of activities. The first 
ever pie-eating contest drew 
a large crowd, and Andrew 
Jones, assistant professor of 
environmental health scienc-
es, claimed first prize.

“It was a little disgusting,” 

Jones said. “The first few 
bites were tasty but after that 
it was all about concentration 
and pure determination.”

The event also featured a 

scarecrow contest with origi-
nal submissions from various 
student organizations.

University 
alum 
Angey 

Wilson, Permaculture’s pro-
gram coordinator, said the 
event’s organizers and par-
ticipants are a critical part of 
the event’s success.

“It’s a great way to enjoy the 

presence of all these fantastic 
people in one space because 
you’re all working together 
for the same cause — having 
sustainable food available and 
accessible for all students.”

Community celebrates fall 
harvest and sustainable food

ANDREW COHEN/Daily

University alum J.J. Lundy and LSA senior Jess Greenspan purchase organic peppers at the fourth annual Harvest 
Festival hosted by the Sustainable Food Program on the campus farm at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens on Sunday.

Students, staff dress 
in whiskers, cat ears 
for programming 
board’s kickoff event

BY TANYA MADHANI

Daily Staff Reporter

Students and staff dressed in 

cat ears and whiskers, consum-
ing cat-themed cake and snacks 
filled the courtyard of North 
Quad Residence Hall on Friday 
evening. They were waiting for 
the Internet Cat Video Festival 
to begin.

North Quad Programming 

hosted the event for an audi-
ence of about 200 students, 
staff and Ann Arbor residents. 
Emilia White, programming 
coordinator of North Quad, said 
she got the idea from the Walk-
er Arts Center in Minneapolis.

“When I saw it and saw sort 

of what a festive event it is, I 

thought it would be a good event 
to have at the beginning of the 
semester to kick off the semes-
ter with a sense of community 
and bring people together,” she 
said.

The 
Walker 
Art 
Center 

curates a video compilation of 
various viral cat videos into 
genres like “drama” and “com-
edy” every year and had more 
than 10,000 attendees at its 
most recent premier.

“It is sort of a mutual under-

standing — something that peo-
ple share across cultures and 
differences is that people love 
cat videos,” Smith said. “The 
festival is about watching cat 
videos as a community, versus 
what most people do in their 
home or in their private room 
or office watching cat videos.”

LSA juniors Christine Liu 

and Jenny Gong found the fes-
tival through Facebook. Gong 
said though she is more of a 
dog person, she was interest-
ed in the event because she’s 

never been to a cat film festival 
before.

“It sounded like something, I 

don’t know, I’ve never heard of 
anything like it before, so I just 
wanted to have the new experi-
ence,” Gong said. “I think cats 
do really weird things some-
times, like sometimes they 
don’t make any sense. I guess it 
makes sense to them, it doesn’t 
make sense to us, and I guess 
that’s what makes it so funny. 
How they’re so fascinated with 
laser pointers and things like 
that.”

Liu said she was looking for-

ward to the festival because it 
would be a way for her to relax 
from homework and school-
related activities.

“I just think they’re like a 

good relaxation tactic, because 
you can get lost really eas-
ily watching cat videos, or 
maybe that’s just me,” she said. 
“They’re just light-hearted; you 
can’t really go wrong with cat 
videos.”

This year’s festival was dedi-

cated to Cecil the Lion, a pro-
tected African lion shot and 
killed by an American dentist 
earlier this year.

Gong said her favorite video 

featured a cat attempting to 
jump through a window and 
flailing its arms and legs.

For Liu, her favorite video 

was self-explanatory.

“The title is literally ‘Cat gets 

caught barking by human and 
resumes meowing’ and that’s 
exactly what happens in the 
video,” Liu said. “If you haven’t 
seen it, it’s honestly hilarious.”

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