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GOVERNMENT
Surgeries resume
after contamination
caused cancellations,
postponements
By SAMANTHA WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–
Dearborn) sent an inquiry Mon-
day to the director of tzxzhe VA
Ann Arbor Healthcare System
regarding dozens of surgeries
for veterans that were cancelled
or rescheduled in the past few
weeks because of a potential
equipment contamination.
Though concerns with ster-
ilization of surgical equipment
were also raised in 2014, Dingell
said in an interview Tuesday that
she recently began receiving calls
from
concerned
constituents
about what appears to be a simi-
lar issue.
According to Derek Atkinson,
a public affairs official for the
Healthcare System, nurses at the
hospital began noticing inorganic
particulate matter several weeks
ago on the cases containing sur-
gical equipment that had previ-
ously been sterilized. The system
has been working to determine
the cause and solve the problem
since that time.
“Our O.R. nurses, as part of
their normal inspection process
perhaps, would notice one of
these little micro particulates.
Essentially — just to kind of give
you an idea of what you’re look-
ing at — it’s almost like a speck
of pepper in the case that would
house the equipment, but not on
the equipment,” he said.
To rectify the situation, Atkin-
son said the Healthcare System
opted for a “surgical stand-down”
the week of Nov. 11 — cancelling
and rescheduling veteran surger-
ies to later dates at the Healthcare
System or at the University.
In Dingell’s letter to the
Healthcare System, which fol-
lowed a phone call with Robert
McDivitt, the hospital’s director,
she posed several questions about
actions the hospital is taking to
address the situation and ensure
See VA, Page 3A
Michigan does not
restrict sale to minors
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
More than 75 percent of teens
and
adults
say
e-cigarettes
should carry restrictions similar
to traditional cigarettes, accord-
ing to a C.S. Mott Children’s
Hospital National Poll on Chil-
dren’s Health published Nov. 16.
Commonly known as vap-
ing, e-cigarettes simulate the
feeling of smoking a traditional
cigarette. The battery-powered
device delivers nicotine, which
is often flavored, as well as other
chemicals in the form of vapor
rather than smoke.
Matthew Davis, professor of
pediatrics and internal medicine
and director of the National Poll
on Children’s Health, said the
poll asked teens aged 13 to 18, as
well as their parents, about their
attitudes
toward
e-cigarettes
and what they thought would be
approporiate for regulating the
devices.
Currently, few restrictions
exist with on how e-cigarettes
are marketed.
“These
(potential)
restric-
tions would entail the prohibi-
tion of e-cigarette use in public
spaces that would be similar to
See E-CIG, Page 3A
BUSINESS
Piada aims to
attract students
through fast-
causal model
By EMMA KINERY
Daily Staff Reporter
Five Guys is out and one Ital-
ian restaurant is moving in.
Piada Italian Street Food is
set to open in spring 2016 on
State Street in the former home
of Five Guys Burgers and Fries.
The burger shop closed in June
after financial troubles, and the
building has been vacant since.
Piada currently operates in two
cities in Michigan, as well as in
a number of other states.
Matt Eisenacher, director of
marketing for Piada, said Ann
Arbor was an attractive city for
the restaurant brand to expand
into for two main reasons.
“Ann Arbor is just a good
food community, a good food
culture,” Eisenacher said. “The
community really appreciates
good food and seeks better food
options. Two, we just heard
from a lot of people as we moved
into Michigan — and obviously
we’re in Toledo and Cleveland
as well — we just kept hearing
‘Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Ann
Arbor’ over and over again so
really we just had our eyes so
I’m finding the perfect site.”
In addition to Ann Arbor food
culture, Eisenacher believes the
business will thrive because of
the city’s young residents.
“Especially younger genera-
tions are looking to put more
of their fingerprint on the food
that they’re choosing,” he said.
“They like the fact that they
can choose what goes into their
meal, and two, they like the
fresher options. The younger
generation realizes they can get
better food without having to
empty their pockets for it. We
seek to provide fresh or food at
an affordable price and obvious-
ly I think that’s something that
appeals to college students.”
LSA sophomore Alex Ngo,
who worked at the Troy, Mich.,
Piada for five months before
See ITALIAN, Page 3A
Residents earn extra
income by cashing in
on bottle deposits
By GIANCARLO BUONOMO
Daily Arts Writer
Ann Arbor, on a football Sat-
urday, is one big party. Swarms
of
maize-and-blue-clad
fans
carouse on lawns and spill out
into oncoming traffic. The air
is thick with the aroma of char-
coal-grilled hot dogs and hor-
monal sweat. So thick, it seems
to catch and hold cellphone sig-
nals like flies in a web. Everyone
drinks a Great Lakes’ worth of
beer, vodka, tequila, boxed wine
and more beer, until it’s time to
head in a mass exodus to the sta-
dium.
After they leave, it’s a ghost
town. Plastic bags drift along
like tumbleweeds. Thousands of
beer cans litter the streets, over-
flow from garbage barrels and
fill giant, leaking bags on the
sidewalk. But by sundown, most
of these cans will be gone.
A small economy, a culture
even, springs up in Ann Arbor on
football Saturdays. Each game
day, dozens of individuals can-
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
There’s a new Thanksgiving tradition. Dubbed “friendsgiving,” the occasion allows friends to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday together a few days ahead of the
traditional family feast. In recent years, the unofficial holiday has become increasingly popular, especially among millennials. LSA senior Breah Dean hosted a gath-
ering for a group of six friends, who met last semester while studying abroad in Switzerland. “There was one guy in our group. I ran into him on the street and we
talked for like five minutes,” LSA senior Marissa Henry said. “And then Breah came, and happened to run into us, too. And then we got really excited because it’s very
rare that we all see each other randomly so we thought, ‘Friendsgiving, let’s do it. Everyone’s doing it, we all like food, no one’s gonna say no.’ ”
FRIENDSGIVING
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
Ann Arbor resident Jerry Quigley empties cans from recycling bins in front of the Michigan Stadium before the
Rutgers game on Nov. 7.
See CANNING, Page 3A
PHILANTHROPY
Development staff
aim to top $3.2
million in donations
during 24-hour event
By TANYA MADHANI
Daily Staff Reporter
The University will conduct its
second annual Giving Blueday on
Tuesday, a 24-hour event during
which students and alumni are
encouraged to donate to campus
organization and programs.
The event is a spinoff of Giv-
ing Tuesday, a global movement
dedicated to philanthropy and
giving back to communities and
is inspired by Black Friday events.
“When it comes to philan-
thropy, Michigan students are no
strangers to accomplishing great
things,” wrote E. Royster Harper,
vice president for student life, in
an e-mail about the event to the
student body Tuesday. “From
supporting medical treatments
for underserved populations, to
funding community service trips
See GIVING BLUE, Page 3A
Dingell
addresses
concerns at
VA hospital
Study: Parents, teens want
additional e-cig regulation
Italian eatery
to fill former
Five Guys spot
One man’s trash: A look at
‘canning’ culture in A2
Giving Blue
Day calls on
students to
contribute
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