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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
The Michigan football
team can clinch a
berth in the Big Ten
Championship with a win
over Ohio State at Michigan
Stadium and a Michigan
State loss to Penn State in
East Lansing on Saturday.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
IT Symposium
WHAT: Aiming to
foster connections in the
community, the event will
showcase innovations
across campus. A wide
variety of topics will be
covered, highlighting
different expertise.
WHO: MI IT Symposium
WHEN: Today from 3:30
p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, multiple rooms
DMC studio
open house
WHAT: The latest video
production tool will be
on display with staff
available to explain.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Today from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: 1122 Duderstadt
Center, Media Union
Water turbine
building
WHAT: A team will be
designing and building
a water turbine for
communities in Brazil.
WHO: Pantanal
Partnership
WHEN: Today from
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Mason Hall,
Perlman Honors Commons
About a dozen protestors
gathered outside a Texas
mosque
Saturday
to
protest what they called the
“Islamization of America,”
the Dallas Morning News
reported. Most protestors
were carrying guns and
expressed anti-Islam ideas.
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Energy
lecture
WHAT: This lecture will
focus on energy in the
context of global warming.
Pizza will be provided.
WHO: Center for Local,
State and Urban Policy
WHEN: Today from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: 1110 Weill Hall,
Betty Ford Classroom
The U.S. Department
of
Justice
will
investigate the death
of 24-year-old Jamal
Clark in Minneapolis, the
AP reported. Clark, a Black
man, was shot by police,
officials say, after interacting
with paramedics at a party.
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rXn, a dance group within the Chinese Students Association,
performs at Fusion of Cultures, an event to celebrate cultural
diversity, at the Michigan Union on Saturday.
Blood Battle
WHAT: The annual blood
drive competition between
the University and Ohio
State. Appointments are
available online and donors
can use the code “goblue”
to see the drives around
campus for November.
WHO: Blood Drives United
WHEN: Today all day
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Michigan League,
Pierpont Commons
and other locations.
TUESDAY:
Campus Voices
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
MONDAY:
This Week in History
10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (NOV. 23, 2005)
Graham institute launched
FUSION
Seven University schools
collectively launched the
Graham
Environmental
Sustainability Institute, an
effort to address an energy
crisis and reverse the effects
of
pollution
and
global
warming.
This group is a compi-
lation of interdisciplinary
environmental
research
programs from the schools
of Natural Resources and
Environment, Engineering,
Public
Health,
Business,
Architecture
and
Urban
Planning,
Public
Policy
and the College of Litera-
ture, Science and the Arts.
The cooperation of these
disciplines yields practical
environmental projects and
solutions.
Then-Associate
Provost
Phil Hanlon emphasized the
program’s ability to provide
assistance
to
companies
looking to make efficient
and environmentally friend-
ly products. He provided the
example of a software com-
pany aiming to manufacture
a fuel-efficient computer.
With such a large collective
skill set, the GESI would
have
the
resources
and
information necessary to
advise this company, he said.
32 years ago this week
(Nov. 23, 1983)
University officials began
looking into merit scholar-
ships to attract minority
students to the school.
Opportunity
Program
Director
Eunice
Royster,
now E. Royster Harper, the
current vice president for
student life, was confident in
the approach. On the other
hand,
Salene
Hitchcock,
then-MSA vice president for
minority affairs, the precur-
sor to Central Student Gov-
ernment, disagreed with the
merit-based program. She
said
need-based
scholar-
ships would be more appeal-
ing and beneficial to more
students.
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Celebrate
Trans Day
WHAT: This celebration
will include a photo booth,
food and button making.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Today from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Spectrum Center,
3rd floor
Online
advertising
lecture
WHAT: Ceren Budak will
discuss the economics of
online advertising. He will
also gauge the economic
costs of privacy regulation.
WHO: Department of
Economics
WHEN: Today from 3:30
p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: 3100 North
Quad
Piano recital
WHAT: Students of
various professors will
perform.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V.
Moore Building,
Britton Recital Hall
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Urban planners contribute
unique perspectives to council
All spectators will be
asked to open their
coats, outerwear for
inspections
By KATIE PENROD
Daily Staff Reporter
It might take a little longer
to get through the line and into
the Big House on Saturday as
the University adds security
measures for the upcoming
football game against Ohio
State.
Though the Division of Pub-
lic Safety and Security says
there are no current specific
threats, security officers will
now ask each spectator to open
their coat or outerwear for
visual inspection for prohib-
ited items. Law enforcement
may also pat down fans or ask
them to empty their pockets
for further inspection. People
who refuse the checks will be
denied entry.
The list of prohibited items,
which has already been in
place, includes bags, drones,
selfie sticks, weapons, bottles
and umbrellas. This list will be
strictly enforced. Exceptions
for medical needs may be per-
mitted, but supplies must be in
a clear bag.
When asked whether the
precautions are being enacted
in response to recent terrorist
attacks targeting public spaces
in Paris and elsewhere, DPSS
spokesperson
Diane
Brown
declined to provide additional
comment. She said more infor-
mation may be available at an
athletics media briefing on
Monday.
Joe Piersante, director of
University Security Services
with DPSS said the depart-
ment often adjusts security
protocols depending on the
situation.
“We want this to be a safe
environment for our patrons
and area neighbors,” he wrote.
“We regularly analyze our
security plans and make modi-
fications as necessary.”
With a capacity of 107,601,
Michigan Stadium has the
highest spectator capacity of
any football stadium in the
United States.
Kirk Westphal,
Chip Smith draw on
knowledge of city
landscapes
By EMILY ROBERTS
Daily Staff Reporter
With City Council’s two new
members installed last month,
the addition of one of them also
doubles the total number of coun-
cil members with a background in
professional city planning.
Councilmember Chip Smith
(D–Ward 5) joins Kirk Westphal
(D–Ward 2) as the second a coun-
cil member with an urban plan-
ner’s background.
As urban planners and coun-
cil members, they both said they
aspire to proactively shape Ann
Arbor into an accessible and
affordable place to live.
“It is really important for us as
a community to decide what we
want to be when we grow up, to
put it simply,” Smith said.
Smith, who is a professional
urban planner certified by the
American Institute of Certified
Planners, currently works for
Wade Trim in Detroit, a design
and civil engineering firm. West-
phal, who holds a masters in urban
planning from the University, is
the owner of Westphal Associates,
a firm focused on aiding business-
es with research and advertising.
Westphal said he’s found him-
self using his degree in urban
planning in a unique way as a
member of the council, recalling
a time in his graduate program
when a professor asked whether
one had to be a professional plan-
ner to do city planning.
The answer to this question, for
Westphal, was no.
“Some people do (city planning)
through journalism, some people
do it through teaching, some peo-
ple go onto transportation, some
people environmental studies,” he
said. “The thing that wasn’t men-
tioned but what I found myself in
was getting involved with local
politics.”
Urban planners, Smith said, are
able to bring “big picture” think-
ing to the body, which is impor-
tant in thinking about topics like
city development, a frequent
discussion point among council
members.
“The more people on Council
that understand the intricacies of
development, the better that we
can address the growth and devel-
opment issues,” he said.
For Westphal, his desire to be
an urban planner came first, and
his City Council aspirations sec-
ond, but he said he’s found they
both work together well.
“Cities and neighborhoods and
transportation had always fas-
cinated me, and I thought that
urban planning would really help
me scratch that itch,” Westphal
said. “I never intended to be an
elected official but I saw how my
background in urban planning
could help inform council discus-
sions for the city as a whole.”
Smith echoed Westphal, saying
his background has helped him
understand the consequences and
benefits of development.
“(Urban planners) have a keen-
er understanding of the devel-
opment process and how that
process impacts the environment;
the human environment and the
natural environment,” he said.
For both, they said, when it
came to policy, creating affordable
housing and transit were develop-
ment priorities for them.
“Expanding
opportunities
for anybody, whether they’re
students or not to be able to live
here more affordably, will take
a lot of political courage and
acknowledging that we are will-
ing to change the appearance of
parts of the city to accommodate
more people,” he said. “And this
is difficult to do. We’ve invested
a lot more in transit and it’s the
perfect opportunity to allow
people to live in a way that’s less
reliant on cars.”
Michigan Stadium plans
Saturday security increase
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LSA freshman Jacob Cutler teaches 3-year-old Nikolai about allosaurus teeth during a tour of the dinosuars at the
University’s Museum of Natural History on Saturday.
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