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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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