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Former SAM
president, treasurer
could face jail time
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily Staff Repoter
The case against two former
fraternity
members
involved
in the January destruction of a
Northern Michigan ski resort will
appear before a jury next month,
according to Otsego County Pros-
ecutor Michael Rola.
Business juniors Joshua Kaplan
and Zachary Levin, the former
Sigma Alpha Mu president and
treasurer, are scheduled to appear
in front of a jury in the 87A district
court of Gaylord, Mich. on Nov. 18.
They each are charged with two
counts of furnishing a place for
the consumption of alcohol and/
or controlled substances on the
premises by minors. It was previ-
ously undeterminedwhether they
would reach a plea agreement or
stand trial.
If found guilty, Rola said the
two could face penalties of up
to 30 days in jail and $1,000 per
offense. The court can also order
them to help pay restitution to
Treetops ski resort.
Kaplan and Levin join two
other former SAM members, Uni-
versity alums Jesse Krumholz
and Matthew Vlasic, who all were
charged following the ski trip
destruction. Krumholz received
two years of probation for a mis-
demeanor charge in October, and
Vlasic received two years proba-
tion for malicious destruction of
property totaling more than $200
but less than $1,000.
The vandalism took place dur-
ing a ski trip with Sigma Delta Tau
sorority. Treetops alleges Univer-
sity students caused $200,000
worth of damages to the property,
on top of lost revenue.
Following the incident, the
University decided it would no
longer recognize the fraternity,
and the national SAM organiza-
tion later opted to disband the
chapter.
CRIME
Error on punt gives
Michigan State the
victory
By ZACH SHAW
Daily Sports Editor
One-hundred
and
eleven
thousand stunned sets of eyes
stared at the field below. A sea of
green and white flooded into the
northwest corner of the field.
For five whole minutes, no one
else in Michigan Stadium moved.
None of those eyes had ever
seen a game end like that before,
and likely never will again.
Michigan State 27, Michigan
23.
In a game that featured eight
official reviews — including four
on scoring plays — plenty of calls
and non-calls that drew boos
from the crowd and referees
even admitting they messed up
with their microphones on, the
Michigan football team’s game
against No. 7 Michigan State
added an odd and awkward twist
to the historic rivalry.
So it was only fitting that the
game ended in never-before-
seen fashion when fifth-year
senior punter Blake O’Neill — a
hero earlier in the game for an
80-yard punt — couldn’t turn
a low snap into what should
have been a game-sealing punt,
instead giving Michigan State
the ball for a 38-yard touchdown
return as time expired.
Council also floats
plan to relocate
historic Arthur
Miller house
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
The Ann Arbor City Council
met Monday to discuss the city’s
deer population, the future of
the Arthur Miller house and a
proposed zoning change to make
way for a new housing develop-
ment.
Council to convene public
meeting on deer cull
Multiple
individuals
con-
cerned about the city’s plan to
control deer population in the
city through a cull attended Mon-
day’s meeting, prompting the
council to set an open hearing on
the subject for Nov. 5.
Members of the council men-
tioned the volume of e-mails they
received regarding the issue, and
noted the lack of understanding
of the issue apparent in many of
them.
“It’s
really
difficult
when
e-mails keep coming with total
misinformation,” said Council-
member Sumi Kailasapathy (D–
Ward 1). “It’s like they believe
that someone is going to run
around the park just shooting. It’s
ridiculous.”
Several members agreed on
the importance of having an
informed public on the matter at
hand.
Councilmember Jane Lumm
(I–Ward 2) said the problem
might be that the public is learn-
ing about the issue from outside
sources that spread false infor-
mation.
“It’s unfortunate because a lot
of what’s contained in those ini-
tial messages to people is not cor-
rect,” she said.
Relocation of the Arthur
Miller house
The council passed a resolu-
tion to investigate the possibil-
ity of moving the Arthur Miller
House from its current location
on South Division Street to Lib-
erty Plaza.
The University, which cur-
rently owns the house, aims
See MICHIGAN, Page 8A
ANN ARBOR
See COUNCIL, Page 3A
Team Michigan,
Team MSU collect
more than $30,000
during competition
By IRENE PARK
Daily Staff Reporter
Though the Michigan foot-
ball team lost to Michigan State
University on the field Satur-
day, Team Michigan defeated
Team MSU in a face-off raising
money to test untested rape kits
in Detroit.
Five years ago, more than
11,000 untested rape kits were
found in a police warehouse in
Detroit. Though most of these
kits have now been sent out for
testing, a campaign called the
African American 490 Chal-
lenge has begun to raise money
for the roughly 1,000 remaining
untested kits. For Oct. 12 to Oct.
17, teams of professionals who
support the University and MSU
competed to fundraise for the
AA490 Challenge.
By Sunday, Team Michi-
gan raised $14,931, topping
Team MSU’s $11,181. Added to
$4,465.50 that came in from
neutral donors, the face-off
raised a total of $30,577.50 from
See RAPE KITS, Page 3A
Teams identify
factors that could
predict course
performance
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
MHacks is not the only
hackathon in town.
Twelve
students
spent
hours at the University’s Digi-
tal Innovation Greenhouse’s
inaugural hackathon on Tues-
day, working with massive
amounts of synthetic student
data to create grade prediction
software.
Students
split
into
two
teams — referred to as Team
Collab and Team Bunker —
and each team was given the
same data sets to work with.
The data was not real student
data, since Physics Prof. Timo-
thy McKay said using real data
would infringe on student pri-
CAMPUS LIFE
See HACKATHON, Page 3A
EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily
Ann Arbor resident Jay Kincaid-Beal, 11, reads his poem titled “The In Bed Thoughts of an 11-Year-Old Atheist” at the
Skazat! Poetry Series, a monthly open mic and poetry reading event, at Sweetwaters Cafe on Tuesday.
MUSINGS OF A YOU NG POET
DETROIT
ALLISON FARRAND AND RUBY WALLAU/Daily
LEFT: Frank Turchan, University executive chef, and Kurt Kwlatkowski, executive chef at Michigan State, compete in the Culinary Throwndown at
the Michigan Union on Saturday. TOP RIGHT: Matt Cloutier, Michigan Marching Band drum major, preforms a backbend. BOTTOM RIGHT: A fan’s
sign at ESPN’s College Game Day on the Diag.
GAME DAY FESTIVITIES
Trial set for
two charged
in ski resort
vandalism
Last-second play dooms
Michigan against MSU
City schedules
public hearing
about deer cull
‘U’ supporters raise money
to test backlogged rape kits
Hackathon
challenges
students to
work with
class data
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