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… always put a smile on people's faces. I don't know if any- body is not loved. Well, Hitler. Moving on, it's thought that if an obnoxiously large - Wait, what? There are flames out there! (Motions to Diag…

… a scale of one to ten? Five. Five? Pretty arbitrary. Mov- ing on, what campus group do you think we could do away with? What about the Squirrel Club? Oh yeah, we can do without that. They don't do…

… anything of value, do they? They're like the mosquito of campus groups. They don't need to be feeding squirrels. There's Glee Club, too. No, I like glee club. "Glee" is on tonight. I don't watch TV. You…

… like that? Yeah. So, it's warmtoday. Shocker. How do you feel about sunbathing in the Diag? Is it appropriate to sun- bathe in this weather? Know what? I wouldn't put it past some students here. I wouldn…

… worry about the squirrels attacking you? I'm a little afraid of the squirrels here. They're a bit too up-close-and-per- sonal for me. What do you think about hunt- ing? Hunting. I think it's gross. I don…

… Parsigian feed a squirrel near the Diag yesterday. STATE BUDGET Mich. Fi~m Ofice faces cuts, new incentiestm fo 2012 Endowment reaches all-time high at $7.8 billion By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily Staff Reporter…

… the Week -e i 1igall4 IM 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 LEFT: A Squirrel enjoys a nut www.michiganduily.com on the Diag during the rain on Thursday, Oct 20. (ADAM STEPHANIE STEINBERG ZACH…

…' alum is full of spirited surprises By ARIELLE SPECINER Daily Arts Writer Ann Arbor is typically a peace- ful town. At the University, stu- dents converse in the Diag, friends catch up for a meal on State…

… Street and squirrels nibble quietly on some thrown-out snacks. But to author, '73 alum and U.S. Admin- istrative Law Judge Debra Gold- stein, Ann Arbor is the location of a murder. Goldstein hosted a book…

… established scientific research on the app, although both Campbell and Lampe predict studies to come in the near future. In the meantime, walking through the Diag, I spot numerous others raising phones to their…

… faces; to the squirrels; to the wet, reddening leaves; caught in a continuous Snapping frenzy. 4 ing authors to a "Teens and Mobile Phones," revealed that two main modes of cell phone usage in teens are…

… “Conduct Us!” event. Michigan Pops performs pop-up concert on the Diag Orchestra allows passersby to serve as guest conductors By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter Instead of the usual squirrels…

… weekend. “Just like ol times. Scarfin down @jimmyjohns in The Diag before rehearsal. @umichsmtd” - @DarrenCriss FOLLOW US! #TMD @michigandaily “ “ BALANCING ACT MARINA ROSS/Daily Rackham…

… Student Yaroslavl Khomutnyk tight rope walks in the trees near the Diag on Wednesday. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students…

… HOLMSTROM /Daily TOP LEFT: LSA sophomore Hannah Lynn, LSA senior Kate Coppess, and LSA sophomore Cara Fleming play their flutes during the Michigan Pops Orchestra impromptu concert on the Diag on Wednesday…

…. BOTTOM LEFT: Engineering freshman Ali Sikorski conducts the Pops Orchestra. People passing by the Diag were invited to conduct the Orchestra. RIGHT: LSA sophomore Kim Truong plays the cello during the…

… and students crossing the Diag on Wednesday afternoon, members of the Michigan Pops Orchestra put on a pop-up show. The student-run pops orches- tra is the oldest collegiate orchestra in the…

… country and is comprised of non-music major students. Throughout the day the group offered anyone crossing through the Diag an opportunity to conduct the ensemble as a part of their Conduct Us! event…

… volunteer conductors, was excited by the opportunity to lead the orchestra in the middle of the Diag. “I’ve studied music for maybe six or seven years but I’ve never actually conducted an orchestra…

…, let alone on the Michigan Diag, which was pretty cool,” Fladzin- ski said. “As long as it’s a beautiful day, this is awesome.” LSA freshman Meha Patel was one of the many onlookers on the Diag…

…: Campus Voices THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers MONDAY: This Week in History Halloween Hootenanny WHAT: Beyond the Diag is hosting this festive…

… & Design WHEN: Today from 5:10 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater University Division of Public Safety and Security aims to protect students and squirrels. “@UmichStudents: Riding mopeds on…

… sidewalks is not just illegal, it’s dangerous for pedestri- ans and squirrels #Squest.” — @umichdpss “Stuffed waffle sandwich. Fried ice cream. Garden Veggie Pizza Bagel. Be your own chef w/ these dining…

…: THE MAN, THE MEME, THE LEGEND EVAN AARON/Daily A squirrel charges bystanders in search for fallen nuts around the Diag Sunday. N UTS FOR N UTS The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday…

… Sports Editors: Chloe Aubuchon, Laney Byler, Chris Crowder, Sylvanna Gross, Mike Persak, Orion Sang Senior Social Media Editors: Ellie Homant, Carolyn Watson University Career Center on the Diag WHAT…

…: The University Career Center will be visiting the Diag, answering any questions students have about steps after graduation. WHO: University Career Center WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: The Diag…

… afternoon on the Diag to host a community vigil following a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend. Eleven people were killed while attending the Saturday morning Shabbat…

… service at the Tree of Life Congregation in city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Four police officers and two others were also injured. According to the New York Times, the shooting is considered the…

… Squirrel Hill and encouraged solidarity among the Jewish community to empathize with those who were impacted by the shooting. “My family is a member of the Tree of Life Synagogue,” Shermer said. “I…

… the squirrels and maintain personal information about each one. The squirrels are tagged in the Nichols Arboretum, but they eventually make their way to the Diag and other parts of campus. In…

…College students go nuts for squirrels, but at the University of Michigan researchers have taken an interest as well. U-M is one of several schools participating in a research project called…

… the Kluane Red Squirrel Project. Ben Dantzer, an assistant professor of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University, leads the research project based in Yukon, Canada. The…

… study has been going on for 30 years, making it the longest running research project of its kind and focuses on North American red squirrels. The goal of the project is to learn what allows an…

… able to learn more about the impacts of climate change by observing how the changing conditions affect the squirrels, Dantzer said. “They give us an idea of how animals will respond to global and…

… about another squirrel research project being conducted right on campus. This is led by Rackham student Charlotte Devits, who is researching the effects that an urban environment has on the…

… survival of wildlife. Devits’s thesis project aims to discover how an urban environment such as Ann Arbor affects the behavior of wildlife. Devits tags squirrels, which allows researchers to track…

… an interview posted to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum’s website, Devits said she hopes to uncover what traits help our squirrels — formally known as Fox Squirrels…

… — survive in this environment, as well as other cities and urban environments. She’s also recording data on health factors, for example, observing each squirrel for wounds, parasites, mange and other…

… behavior is present across the study sites.” Devitz did not respond to an interview request from The Michigan Daily. LSA senior Sanjana Ramesh said she loves the campus squirrels and did some digging…

…, there are slightly fewer squirrels around campus and in the Diag in particular, so I’m not sure if there is a population control issue right now. Additionally, I haven’t really noticed any…

…, Diag-to-Diag Express and Oxford Shuttle routes. Overall, Yang said the detours have exacerbated an already- frustrating morning commute. “Billy Magic didn’t warn me for this,” Yang said. Ann…

… process Speakers discuss truth commission, reconciliation efforts JASMIN LEE Daily Staff Reporter LSA senior Molly Mearn, an executive board member for the Squirrel Club, said she thought the research…

… was great, as long as it did not pose a threat to the safety of the squirrels. “If there’s a valid scientific motivation to the tagging, and the tagging is done in a way that minimizes harm to…

… the squirrels, I think it’s not too bad,” Mearns said. “But if there isn’t really a benefit to it and it harms the squirrels, then I don’t see a reason for it. I think, compared to previous years…

… aggression from squirrels, so I hope that isn’t part of the concern.” In terms of work being done to ensure the safety of the squirrels, Dantzer said wild animal researchers must follow a set of rules…

… great deal of research has been conducted on how squirrels are affected by being tagged and collared, and so far, no studies have indicated any sort of negative outcomes from human intervention…

…. Dantzer said he has big plans for the future of squirrel research, as he plans to hopefully use microchips to track squirrels’ heart rates and brain activity in order to determine sleep patterns…

… to introduce a more invasive tracking device that would negatively impact the campus squirrels. “We’re not yet going to do these implants in the squirrels (on campus), and part of it is because I…

… think that, for most people, each day the only wildlife they ever interact with is these squirrels, and that’s a very valuable thing for us to have because it maintains some sense of awareness of…