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Ann Arbor suggested
as one explanation
for drug-friendly
survey results
By TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Michigan ranked sixth highest
in the nation and the highest in
the upper Midwest for enthusiasm
about marijuana, according to a
survey published by online blog
Estately last Monday.
The rankings are based on five
criteria including the number
of reported marijuana users per
state, affordability of high-quality
marijuana, number of marijuana-
related Google searches per capita
and state marijuana laws, as well
as the number of subscriptions
to marijuana-related Facebook
groups.
The information was compiled
from a broad range of sources.
To determine the number of
marijuana users in each state,
Estately used data compiled by
theSubstance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration.
The cost of marijuana in each state
came from the user-submitted
website, priceofweed.com. Data
from
Facebook,
and
Google
Trends was used to determine
statewide interest in marijuana.
The survey also drew from the
New York City-based nonprofit
organization,
Drug
Policy
Alliance, for information about
individual state’s drug laws.
Michigan
legislators
are
considering legalizing the drug,
but use of marijuana in Michigan
is
currently
illegal.
Medical
marijuana however, is legalized in
the state.
All of the states who ranked in
the top slots are notable for their
recent legalizations of marijuana
for recreational use. Colorado
was ranked #1, followed by
Washington and Oregon. Alaska,
the most recent state to legalize
recreational marijuana, was the
only state with similar policies
to be ranked outside the top 10 at
12th.
Ryan Nickum, the author of
the Estately article, pointed out
most states that rank highly tend
to border states that also display
an enthusiasm for marijuana.
Michigan and Wisconsin, Nickum
noted, were outliers from this
trend.
In his state-by-state analysis
of the 10 highest ranking states,
Nickum made a specific reference
to the University of Michigan.
“You have to go all the way
back to 2011 to find a year when
Michigan was ranked this much
higher than Ohio, but that was
in football, not weed (University
of Michigan ranked 12th, Ohio
State University was unranked).
Michigan tops Ohio (20th) in
these rankings because medical
marijuana is legal, as opposed to
just decriminalized like in Ohio.”
Nickum wrote in the report.
An
LSA
freshman
and
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A performer from Element 1 breakdances at the Hip Hop Summit at the
Michigan League Ballroom Saturday.
BRE AKING IT DOWN
University of Michigan
football coach Jim
Harbaugh took on a new
role this weekend — actor.
During the musical Big
Fish, put on by MUSKET!,
the University’s student-
run musical theatre
organization, Harbaugh
sat in the audience for
most of the show, but then
took to the stage when the
cast needed a little extra
help.
Harbaugh didn’t
have any lines, but his
role included handing
a football helmet to the
main character, Edward
Bloom. Though his time
on the stage was only
about 5 minutes, when he
took and left the stage, the
audience gave a vocal and
loud applause.
Big Fish is a musical
adapted from a book and
movie, following the
journey of a father and son
as they grapple with the
father’s ailing health and
the son’s search for the
truth about his father’s life
as he sifts through stories
his father has told.
Harbaugh took to
Twitter prior to the show
to express his excitement
about it, noting that his
son, LSA freshman James
Harbaugh, was in the
show and his family would
be attending all three
showings of the musical.
MUSKET! also
tweeted their excitement
for his involvement in the
musical.
After the show,
students were enthusiastic
online as well, thanking
Harbaugh for his
participation.
The show took place
over a span of three days,
with Harbaugh featured
in every performance.
— KATIE PENROD
Michigan ranked sixth-most
enthusiastic about marijuana
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Restaurant Café Zola offers a
unique take on brunch foods
Downtown
location known
fo its breakfast
options
By IRENE PARK
Daily Staff Reporter
Walking into Café Zola, the
atmosphere
is
unlike
other
brunch spots in Ann Arbor — and
that’s just what they’re going for.
Though many University of
Michigan students may not be
as familiar with the eatery as
spots closer to campus — the
cafe is near the intersection of
West Washington Street and
Main Street — Café Zola, part of
the downtown Ann Arbor scene
since March 1996, was busy with
hungry customers on a recent
Friday afternoon.
In an interview, manager
Lucia Lagoy said the loyal,
returning customers were the
reason
for
the
restaurant’s
continued
success.
She
estimated that 50 to 60 percent
of all customers are returning
customers, a feat achieved mainly
through word of mouth rather
than
the
restaurant’s
active
advertisements.
“Most of advertising really
comes from word of mouth,”
Lagoy said. “We don’t do a lot of
print (or online) advertising. Once
you come to eat here, you can’t
help but talk about it and come
back.”
Lagoy said the establishment
only recently became part of
OpenTable, an online restaurant
reservation site. The restaurant
is also now on Yelp, Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram to attract
new customers.
But the old customers keep
coming back, Lagoy believes, for
the restaurant’s unique menu.
While Café Zola now calls itself
as an “eclectic” restaurant, it
began as a more traditional café,
serving primarily coffee drinks
and French pastry dishes such as
crepes. The name “Café Zola” was
inspired by French writer Emile
Zola as the original breakfast and
lunch menus were largely based
on French cuisine and culture.
“The eclectic mix of food we
offer sets us apart from other
places,” Lagoy said.
Soon after the grand opening,
co-founders and co-owners of the
restaurant, Hediye Batu, from
Turkey, and Alan Zakalik, from
Poland, consulted with several
local restaurant owners in Ann
Arbor to include more dishes
in their menu. The restaurant’s
current
menu
is
influenced
by a variety of cultures in
addition to French, including
Mediterranean,
Italian
and
Turkish.
Some of the most popular
breakfast dishes are Turkish
Eggs, Crab Cake Benedict, the
vegetarian Artichoke Omelette,
Belgian-style waffles and their
crepes.
The
restaurant
also
offers a variety of coffee drinks,
alcoholic
drinks
and
fresh
smoothies. Lagoy said because of
the diverse nature of the menu,
customers could enjoy a good
range of meals.
“You can come in and have any
range of meal here,” Lagoy said.
“It’s a great place to come with
friends and pick out a few items
for everyone to share.”
Lagoy said having a large menu
for a restaurant is a double-edged
sword, but for Café Zola, it hasn’t
been an issue. The restaurant
has won the title of Best Brunch
in Washtenaw County in 2014
and was a runner-up for Best
Breakfast in Ann Arbor in 2014
and 2015.
“What makes our brunch menu
THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
The Michigan hockey
team will open the
NCAA Tournament
Friday against No. 3 seed
Notre Dame in Cincinnati.
>> SEE SPORTS on 1B
2
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Public
Finance
Lecture
WHAT: Stantcheva
from Harvard will
present a theory of
capital taxation.
WHO: Department of
Economics Seminars
WHEN: 4 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Lorch
Hall- 301
According to BBC News,
President Barack Obama
flew to Cuba Sunday for
a historic visit. The last
time a sitting U.S. president
went to the island was 88
years ago. In the two-day
visit,
Obama
will
meet
President Raul Castro. They
hope to discuss trade and
political reform.
1
Panel on
Prison System
WHAT: Reuben Miller,
assistant professor of social
work, will host a panel
presentation involving a
panel of experts.
WHO: Department of
Sociology
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building- Education
Conference Center
A bus carrying foreign
students crashed on
a Spanish motorway
Sunday,
killing
13,
BBC reported. Most of the
57 passengers were students
on the Erasmus programme.
They came from European
countries, Peru, Japan and
the Palestinian territories.
3
Sally Fleming
Master Class
WHAT: Karl Pituch and
Johanna Yarbrough from
the DSO horn section
will conduct a master
class and concert on
solo horn repertoire.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 4:40 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V.
Moore Building-
Britton Recital Hall
Supreme Court
Research
WHAT: Daniel Chen from
the National Bureau of
Economic Research will
present on the connection
between court outcomes and
perceived masculinity.
WHO: Social, Behavioural,
and Experimental Economics
(SBEE)
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad- 3100
(Ehrlicher Room)
Black Student
Union talk
WHAT: Tyrell Collier,
former leader of the Black
Student Union will conduct
a talk on #BBUM, which
launched in November
2013 and later became
a national phenomenon
on social media
WHO: Department
of Sociology
WHEN: 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: LSA Building
Black Lives
Matter talk
WHAT: New York
University Prof. Nicholas
Mirzoeff will show how
Black Lives Matter has
formed a visual commons
for Black people and
affiliated communities to
engage with each other.
WHO: Center for Global
and Intercultural Study
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Angell Hall
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Chocolate Week
WHAT: Michigan Dining
will serve a week’s worth
of chocolate-themed dishes.
Chocolate will be incorporated
into different food stations.
WHO: Michigan Dining
WHEN: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. all
week
WHERE: Dining Halls
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the Daily to corrections@
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Film on Ghana
Puppeteer
WHAT: Film director
Steven Feld will host a
screening and discussion
of his documentary about
J.C. Abbey, a puppeteer
in Ghana with a 50-year
artistic career.
WHO: African Studies
Center
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7
p.m.
WHERE: State Theatre
MAZIE HYAMS/Daily
The Turkish brunch at Café Zola.
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