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How do I know I just entered
Michigan? The roads are
actively trying to destroy my
car.
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Lmao someone just snapchatted
umich their ACT score
babawise
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Maybe I’ll move to Ann Arbor.
There’s a lot of snacks there.
Michigan Students
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For most of tmrw I will be
doing my favorite activity
(screaming in the Fishbowl)
& am looking for sponsors
(ppl to drop off fruit snacks).
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Cosmogonic Tattoos
WHAT: U-M art professor Jim
Cogswell is putting up a series
of vivid images and connecting
viewers to the origins of objects.
WHO: Kelsey Museum of
Archaeology
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Kelsey Museum of
Archaeology
Paint No Pour
WHAT: Paint No Pour is a way
for students to expand their
cultural lens and participate in
multicultural activities.
WHO: Trotter Multicultural
Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Trotter Multicultural
Center
Open Swing
WHAT: Open swing dancing
session for anyone who is
interested in swing dancing.
Beginners are welcome.
WHO: Mswing
WHEN: 8:30 p.m. 10 p.m.
WHERE: Room D., 3rd floor,
Michigan League
Dutch Lunch
WHAT: Dutch immigrants
and other Dutch speakers are
gathering to eat lunch together
and converse in the language.
WHO: Germanic Languages and
Literature
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Modern Languages
Building, Room 3308
SUMIT_2017: U-M’s
Cyber Security
Conference
WHAT: A conference that aims
to educate people about cyber
security and raise awareness for
related issues.
WHO: Information and
Technology Services
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School, Auditorium
Modernism and the
Little Glass Dress
WHAT: A talk that focuses on
the history of the “little glass
dress” through 19th-century and
contemporary artists.
WHO: Department of English
language and literature
WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Angell Hall, Room
3222
Slavic October Film
Festival
WHAT: As part of their October
Film Festival, students and
instructors will gather to watch a
Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian films.
WHO: Slavic Languages and
literature
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad, Video
Viewing Room
Creating a Campus: A
Cartographic Celebration
of U-M’s Bicentennial
WHAT: Different exhibits
highlighting U-M’s campus and
how it’s evolved over the years.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library, Clark Library, Second
Floor
The cost of building a new
Amtrak train station at Fuller
Park — the city of Ann Arbor’s
preferred location for a new
station — is about $5 million higher
than previously thought, MLive
reported Wednesday afternoon.
The $5 million margin was due
to “an arithmetic error,” the city
stated.
The error was first noticed by
Rita Mitchell, a member of the
citizens group Protect A2 Parks.
At Mitchell’s prodding, Eli Cooper,
city
transportation
program
manager, conducted a review and
confirmed Mitchell’s finding.
The city of Ann Arbor released
a draft environmental assessment
report mid-September, detailing
possible options for a new station.
Fuller Park, which is near the
University of Michigan Hospital,
was named the preferred location.
Plans for the new station included
elevated it above the tracks
that run past Fuller Park on the
south side of Fuller Road. This
preference for the new spot came
over its current location, which is
on Depot Street.
City Mayor Christopher Taylor
supported the Fuller Park station
in his 2016 year-in-review letter.
“I have previously stated my
belief that the Fuller Road location
would likely work best,” Taylor
wrote last year. “It has more space
for necessary parking, better
access for the mass transit that will
be necessary to move commuters
from the station to other areas
of the City, and it is right next to
the highest employment center
and most visited location in the
County, the UM Health System.”
Protect A2 Parks, however,
opposes the construction of a new
station in Fuller Park because the
construction of a new station on
Depot Street, where the Amtrak
Station is already located, would
be a better use of land.
City
Councilmember
Sumi
Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, whose
ward encompasses Fuller Park,
was skeptical about the new
location in a previous interview
with the Daily.
“People don’t ride the trains
because there’s a new train station.
… They take the train because the
train is convenient,” Kailasapathy
said. “So if additional trains are
driving in a timely manner, at
reasonable rates and at convenient
times, I really don’t see the need to
spend $81 million on a new train
station.”
Wednesday, Cooper said the
arithmetic error pertained to
“an adjustment due to the time of
construction.” In determining the
costs for a “full-buildout scenario”
by the year 2035, the team
responsible for the calculations
estimated the full cost for a Depot
Street station is $94 million,
$97.1 million for a ground-level
Depot Street station and $81 for
an elevated Fuller Park station
plus the estimated $5 million
more, nearing $86 million.
That additional $5 million,
Cooper said, would be reflected
in an updated version of the
draft of the environmental
assessment report (in which the
city announced its preference
for a station at Fuller Park)
before it is finalized.
Cooper
and
his
team
estimated the total cost of a
Depot Street station ranges
from $94 to $98 million dollars,
and the (now updated) cost
of a Fuller Park station would
be $86 million. The difference
in the estimated costs comes
from the fact a Depot Street
station would require widening
the Broadway Street bridge
and acquiring property from
Amtrak
and
DTE
Energy.
Cooper warned, though, the
actual costs could be up to 50
percent higher or lower than
these preliminary estimates.
City train station plan raises its
proposal by $5 million after “error”
Underestimate by transportation manager chalked up to miscalculation
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
JOHN YAEGER/Daily
LSA sophomore Nefertia Jones helps students sign up for APO’s annual
Blood Drive vs. Ohio State on the Diag Wednesday.
BLOOD DRIVE
Maurice Hurst, Michigan
football’s defensive tackle, has
taken up a part-time job as a
driver for Uber.
In an interview Monday
night with “Inside Michigan
Football,” Hurst revealed he
occasionally does an Uber
run when he’s not busy with
football.
“I do it sometimes just to
clear my head or just to enjoy
riding and talk to someone
that I don’t know,” Hurst said.
He drove for Uber in the
summer of 2016, mostly for
the extra cash and flexible
hours. He said he has since
enjoyed his on-and-off bouts
with the company.
“I’m the best Uber driver
in Ann Arbor,” Hurst said,
later posting his 4.96-star
rating on his Twitter account.
“I don’t know who gave me
a four-star, but I have 82
five-star ratings. I get a few
compliments. It’s something I
really enjoy doing.”
When Michigan Coach
Jim Harbaugh appeared
on the show last year he
mentioned he was driving
his car on fumes and that he
would potentially need a ride
to Schembechler Hall. Hurst
later replied to the comment
on Twitter.
Harbaugh never did
take Hurst up on his offer —
probably for the best though,
according to Hurst.
“It might be a violation,”
he said. “I don’t know if you’re
allowed to drive your coaches.
I don’t think our compliance
would be OK with that.”
- RHEA CHEETI
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