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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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