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Poetry reading
WHAT: Canadian poet
and ancient Greek teacher
Anne Carson reads her work
as part of the Zell Visiting
Writers Series. She has
recieved myriad awards
including the Griffin Trust
Award for Excellene in
Poetry.
WHO: Anne Carson
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Art -
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Former
grantee panel
WHAT: 2015 International
Institute Individual
Fellowships (IIIF)
grantees speak about their
diverse research.
WHO: International
Institute
WHEN: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00
p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building - 1644
Folk singer/
songwriter
WHAT: Presented by Gifts
of Art, Michigan native Matt
Watroba sings both original
and traditional songs that
highlight compassion, inner
strength, humor and everyday
living.
WHO: Matt Watroba
WHEN: 12:10 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: University Hospital
Main Lobby, Floor 1
Residents commemorate Aura
Rosser’s birthday with vigil
Students walk
with citizens
through campus in
remembrance
By RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
A handful of protesters joined the
Ann Arbor Alliance for Black Lives,
the organization formerly known
as Ann Arbor to Ferguson, and the
Radical Washtenaw organization on
Wednesday night for a march and
vigil marking what would have been
Aura Rosser’s 42nd birthday.
Rosser, a Black woman, was
fatally shot by officer David Ried, a
white city police officer in November
2014. Her death sparked multiple
protests over the past year tied to
the Black Lives Matter movement,
including the formation of Ann
Arbor to Ferguson in Rosser’s name.
Attendees marched from the
Michigan League to the pedestrian
bridge
overlooking
Washtenaw
Avenue, holding lighted signs of
Rosser’s name surrounded by a
heart. The group then lined up
across the bridge to spell Rosser’s
name, dedicating renditions of
“Happy Birthday,” to her among
other chants for justice and an end
to police brutality.
The group protested last winter
on the anniversary of the shooting,
and continues to call for reform
in both the city’s care of Rosser’s
family and the police department as
a whole.
Public Health graduate student
Rebecca Ahmad-Robinson, who
attended the protest, pointed out the
nuance of Rosser’s place in social
justice movements in Ann Arbor.
“We
really
want
to
bring
attention and … raise her name,”
she said. “I think we’re trying to
celebrate the fact that she existed,
she was a vibrant person and loved
her community,” she said. “But it’s
also somber in the fact that we are
drawing attention to the fact that
she is not here.”
Aside from the organization’s
name change, which organizers
said was enacted to emphasize
the group’s link with the national
Black Lives Matter movement, the
Alliance plans to push a number of
initiatives this year ranging from
broader demands by the national
campaign
to
localized
issues,
like the dismissal of Ried. The
Washtenaw County prosecutor’s
office determined last January that
Ried’s actions were in self-defense
and did not warrant charges.
Another
protester,
Rackham
graduate student Maryam Aziz,
also called out John Seto, the
former city police chief whose
tenure Rosser died during. Seto now
overseesstudent housing for the
University police.
Aziz said Seto’s presence on
campus
is
an
important
link
between the student population and
the city police. She added minorities’
perceptions of safety could have
decreased following these events.
“Aura’s death from the city affects
the campus very explicitly,” she said.
Ultimately, though, the vigil’s
attendees focused on celebrating
the person behind the cause.
“I think people forget that people
who have been taken by state
violence are people,” Aziz said.
“They miss out on minutes of their
lives, their coffees, their midnights,
their birthdays. And we’re here
to say that we remember, and
we’re gonna remember her on her
birthday as well.”
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Members of the Ann Arbor Alliance for Black Lives lead a walk in the memory of Aura Rosser from the Michigan League to the
pedestrian bridge over Washtenaw Ave. Wednesday.
Famous Ann Arbor restaurant
Pretzel Bell set to be reopened
Alums, musician
recall nights
spent dancing and
drinking at well-
known bar
By EMILY DAVIES
Daily Staff Reporter
Once the prime spot for 21st
birthday
celebrations,
Ann
Arbor’s restauarant Pretzel
Bell is set to reopen this spring
after closing three decades
ago.
The
Pretzel
Bell,
or
“P-Bell,”
occupied
the
southwest
corner
of
East
Liberty Street and Fourth
Avenue beginning in 1934,
the year after then-President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
repealed
prohibition.
The
establishment’s
connection
to the nation’s acceptance of
alcohol was no coincidence,
as “P-Bell” became a drinking
hub in Ann Arbor, according
to students at the time.
University alum, Patricia
Warner, who received both
her bachelor’s and master’s
in Public Health from the
University, in 1967 and 1977
respectively, remembers the
restaurant
as
her
regular
hang out during her time as a
student.
“My cousin took me to
P-Bell’s for my 21st birthday,”
Warner said. “I did the whole
tradition of standing on the
table,
chugging
beer
and
tossing (peanut) shells onto
the floor.”
Her
husband,
Public
Health Prof. Kenneth Warner,
described it as the “single
most fun thing to do in Ann
Arbor, with the exception of a
victory over Ohio State.”
The restaurant closed in
1984 due to health violations
and legal issues surrounding
the then-owner, Clint Castor
Jr.
Since its closing, a group
of University athletes and
alumni have been working
with
new
owners
Jon
Carlson,
Chet
Czaplicka
and Greg Lobdell to reopen
the
restaurant.
Carlson,
Czaplicka and Lobdell are
behind some of Ann Arbor’s
other restaurants including
Jolly Pumpkin and Grizzly
Peak. They recently closed
their
Lena
and
Habana
restaurant and nightclub on
Main Street to revive Pretzel
Bell in its place.
The owners did not respond
to
repeated
requests
for
comment.
Both Patricia and Kenneth
Warner
spoke
particularly
fondly of Pretzel Bell’s live
music, with a special emphasis
on the RFD Boys. The RFD
Boys, a local bluegrass band,
played at P-Bell three to four
times per week from 1973
until 1984 when Pretzel
Bell closed. Despite their
growing national popularity,
the
band
honored
its
commitment to Pretzel Bell
and the residents of Ann
Arbor. Warner attributed
some of his best memories
to the band.
Willard Spencer, banjo,
dobro and vocals of the
RFD Boys, spoke fondly
of his days playing by the
front window, describing
his favorite memory of a
particular Valentine’s Day.
“There was one time
on
Valentine’s
Day
and
there was a good foot of
snow that hit Ann Arbor,”
Spencer said. “I remember
that everything was closed
except the Pretzel Bell.
There must have been 500
people that night. We had
an incredible party.”
Many locals, including
Patricia
and
Kenneth
Warner,
have
expressed
hope Pretzel Bell legends
will
return
with
the
establishment’s reopening.
THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
Daily Arts Writer Sam
Rosenberg
looks
at
how
language
defines
millenials.
>>SEE THE B-SIDE, PAGE 1B
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Violence of mass
incarceration
WHAT: The third in a six-
lecture series exploring
reforms and a “new normal” for
mass incarceration.
WHO: Paul Leighton, EMU
profesor of Criminology
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.
WHERE: Rave Theater - 4100
Carpenter Road
Water at
Michigan
WHAT: A workshop
about the diverse and dif-
ferent research about
water on campus.
WHO: University
Water Center
WHEN: 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Palmer Commons
- Great Lakes Rooms
URC 20th
anniversary
WHAT: Celebrate 20
years of the Detroit Urban
Research Center and hear a
keynote speech from David
Satcher, founding director
and senior advisor of the
Satcher Health Leadership
Institute.
WHO: Detroit URC
WHEN: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
WHERE: Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Detroit
Pakistani militants stormed
Bacha Khan University in
northwest Pakistan, CNN
reported. They planned
their raid during a ceremony at
the school to increase casualties,
slaughtering at least 19 people.
The attack is said to be in
response to military operations
against the Taliban.
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Astronomers
at
the
California Institute of
Technology
reported
finding “Planet Nine”
in our solar system, far beyod
Pluto’s orbit, the Washington
Post reported. The new planet
is said to be 5 to 10 times as
massive as Earth.
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So go blue, hail to the victors”
— @grayson373
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class #GoBlue”
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Michigan fans are excited about potential
recruits for the football team.
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Carl Craig discusses his journey to becoming one of the most
influential Detroit techno artists in Stamps Auditorium on
Wednesday as part of the Performing Arts Seminar Series.
Semester in
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WHAT: Enjoy coffee and
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WHEN: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m.
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