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THE STUDENT PUBLICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORNVOL., XLII- NO. 4 October 2, 2012

BY CHRIS ZADOROZNYSPORTS EDITOR

BY LAURA CLARKNEWS EDITOR

S o u t h e a s t e r n M i c h i -g a n h a s b e e n ma k i n gn a t i o n a l n ew s t h i sw e e k , a s o n e R o -s e v i l l e h ome own e r ’sb a c k y a r d h a s b e e nt u r n e d i n t o a c r im es c e n e e x c a v a t i o n a f t e ra r umo r s u r f a c e d t h a tJ immy Ho f f a w a sb u r i e d t h e r e .T h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n

b e g a n wh e n a n o u t -s t a t e M i c h i g a n ma nc l a im e d a p r e v i o u sown e r o f t h e p r o p e r t y,

Hoffa remains elusive aslab results turn up negative

a b o o k k e e p e r f o r t h el a t e D e t r o i t Mo b c a p -t a i n a n d s u s p e c t f o rHo f f a ’s d i s a p p e a r a n c eAn t h o n y G i a c a l o n e ,s t a y e d u p l a t e i n t o t h en i g h t p o u r i n g c o n -c r e t e o n t h e d a y Ho f f aw e n t m i s s i n g i n J u l yo f 1 9 7 5 .A f t e r c h e c k i n g t h e

c r e d i b i l i t y o f t h e t i p(w h i c h h a d b e e n e s -c h ewed by t h e F e d e r a lB u r e a u o f I n v e s t i g a -t i o n ) , t h e R o s e v i l l eP o l i c e D e p a r tm e n tc a l l e d i n t h e M i c h i g a n

New look forUM-Dearborn Connect

BY TROY A. BLEVINSWEBMASTER

UM-Dearborn Connectreceived a major systemupgrade last weekend, fea-turing a new look for thecampus service.

The upgrade began onFriday, September 28 andcontinued through Satur-day, according to the Of-fice of Registration andRecords. On Sunday, theservice re-opened with afresh new look for thewebsite.Anyone that attempted

to visit the service overthe weekend during theupgrade, located ath t t p s : / / w e b -sis.umd.umich.edu, re-

ceived an error messagethat the webpage was notavailable.

Although the servicenow boasts a new appear-ance, the Office of Regis-tration and Records saidin an email that “all linksand navigation throughoutthe system are essentiallyunchanged.” These linksare now placed in differ-ent locations on the samemenu page.

If you have any issueslogging into UM-Dear-born Connect, you canreach the office via emaila tregistrars@umd.umich.edu or telephone at (313)583-6500.

Kilpatrick trialcontinues withtestimonies

Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry endsJust before kickoff in

South Bend, Indiana, Univer-sity of Michigan Athletic Di-rector, Dave Brandon wasinformed that the Universityof Notre Dame wanted to dis-continue the games betweenboth universities.He wasn’t shocked to find

that out, considering NotreDame just moved to the At-lantic Coast Conference(ACC). The Fighting Irishopted out of the games in2015-2017. The last games

will be played in 2013 and2014.

Notre Dame will visit theBig House, one last time in2013, while the Wolverinesvisit South Bend in 2014.Both teams have regularly

played each other since 1978,with two years off everydecade. The decision on whowill replace Notre Dame inthe schedule has yet to be de-termined.Michigan will travel to Pur-

due this weekend to face theBoilermakers, coming off oftheir bye week.

The ongoing trial of for-mer Detroit mayorKwame Kilpatrick hasexposed long speculatedthreats and stolen moneythis past Thursday withthe testimony of a Detroitpolice officer and Kil-patrick’s longtime friend,Mahlon Clift.

A barber turned jew-elry salesman, Clift con-siders himself one ofKilpatrick’s closestfriends and was con-cerned about testifying.On the stand, Clift re-called a time in 2008when he had to deliver$90,000 to the formerMayor while he was liv-ing in Texas after his tex-ting scandal. Aftermeeting Bobby Ferguson,Kilpatrick’s confidantand fellow man on trial,Clift was given themoney to deliver. The

Free Press reports thatClift was certain themoney was for Kil-patrick.Along with Clift’s tes-

timony, Detroit police of-ficer Michael Fountaintold of his experiencewith the “Kilpatrick En-terprise”. He claimed thatFerguson threatened hisfamily stating “Your fam-ily wouldn't like the factthat all of this is goingon. .. . It would be in thebest interest for you tocancel the tickets.” Foun-tain said that he dis-missed the tickets as amistake in fear for thewell-being of himself andhis family.

The trial continuesthis week and it is un-known what other infor-mation will be exposed.It seems as if a lot ofmoney was hidden andeven more people wereintimidated.

UMD offers Journalism and Screen Studies major

As of this fall, Journal-ism and Screen Studies hasofficially become a newmajor at UM-Dearborn.

This developmentcomes following an in-creasing demand for aJournalism major. Journal-ism and Screen Studies(JASS) was formerly onlya track under the Commu-nication major. Studentscan now choose to minorin JASS or film studies aswell.

The major pushes stu-dents to prepare for ad-vanced careers injournalism or the screenby pushing practical appli-

cation in the curriculumand offering cutting-edgeclasses such as news writ-ing, investigative report-ing, and feature writing, aswell as classes in onlineresearch and reporting,and media and film pro-duction.

Professors Tim Kiska,Carolyn Kraus, H. JamesGilmore, and JenniferProctor will be teachingthe majority of JASSclasses. Classes will alsobe taught by staff whohave all had professionalexperience in journalism.“After our event earlier

this year, we took into ac-count what studentswanted. Then we incorpo-

rated that into the pro-gram,” said journalismprofessor Carolyn Kraus.“The new major is just re-ally the same curriculumwith a couple courses cutand added. The mainpoints are that studentscan now switch their ma-jors from communicationto the journalism andscreen studies major bygoing to advising, or elsejust keep it communica-tions with the JASS track.We listened to what thestudents said aboutcourses and what theywanted, and we now havea new sports writingcourse as well as a scienceand environmental writing

course.”“The program was re-

ally developed and up-dated in order forjournalism students to gaintechnology experience andfor those concentrating inscreen studies to gainmore experience in writ-ing,” said Kraus.

Kraus said that the newmajor will try to stress theinterdisciplinary aspect ofjournalism. Professorswithin the major are plan-ning a film, “Voices fromDetroit”, to be made withhelp from students. Krausalso indicated that theyhope to have more eventsin the future for peoplewithin the major.

Photo courtesy abcnews.go.comPolice search in Roseville for Hoffa’s body

Dep a r tm e n t o f E n v i -r o nmen t a l Qu a l i t y l a s tw e e k t o c o n d u c t ag r o u n d - p e n e t r a t i n gr a d a r (GPR ) s c a n o nt h e d r i v ew a y. A nanoma l y s h owed up ont h e s c a n , l e a d i n g t o 4 -i n c h s amp l e s o f s o i lb e i n g t a k e n f r om b e -n e a t h t h e r e s i d e n t i a lt o o l s h e d .“ I t ’s n o t h im , ” s a i d

Ro s ev i l l e Po l i c e Ch i e fJ am e s B e r l i n , f o l l ow -i n g a n i n i t i a l e x am i -n a t i o n o f t h e s o i l t h a ts h ow e d n o s i g n o f

h uman r ema i n s .T h e e x c a v a t i o n

d r ew g awk e r s f r omt h e s u r r o u n d i n gn e i g h b o r h o o d s a n dme t r o a r e a , a s w e l la s m e d i a c r ew s f r omn a t i o n a l c h a n n e l ss u c h a s T h e To d a yShow.T h e c u r r e n t h om e -

own e r , w h o w i s h e dt o r em a i n a n o n y -mo u s , h a s b e e n v e r yc o o p e r a t i v e w i t h a u -t h o r i t i e s a n d e n t h u -s i a s t i c a b o u t t h es e a r c h . H e r l i v e - i ns o n , h ow e v e r , i sh a p p y t h e s amp l i n gi s o v e r.“ S h e j u s t w a n t s t o

r e l a x n ow, ” h e s a i da b o u t h i s mo t h e r .“ S h e ’s b e e n s h a k y.S h e ’s t i r e d . S h e h a s -n ’ t h a d much s l e e p . ”S a i d t h e t i p s t e r

u p o n f i n d i n g o u ta b o u t t h e n e g a t i v et e s t r e s u l t s , “Ma y b et h e y mo v e d t h eb o d y. ”

Quarterback Tommy Rees throws the ball in the Fighting Irish’s win over Michigan two weeks ago.

Wolves Hockeydrops conference opener

Sports: Pg. 9

SG hosts StudentHousing Town HallStudent Life: Pg. 7 & 8

Tom Alexander/MJ

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October 2, 2012

Apparently his “LetDetroit die” commentdidn’t do Mitt Romneyany favors in his homestate.

With the Novemberelection fast approaching,President Obama is main-taining a steady lead overRomney in the opinionpolls in Michigan. Michi-gan, a state which hasvoted blue for the pastfive presidential elec-tions, is home to manyunion and auto workers

who plan to vote Demo-cratic in the upcomingelection.

In a CNN/ORC Inter-national Survey, 52% oflikely Michigan voterssaid that they would casta vote for Obama on No-vember 6 and 44% saidthat they would be votingfor Romney.

CNN speculates thatthe auto Chrysler andGeneral Motors autobailouts may have been amajor factor in Michigan-ders’ decisions aboutwhich way to vote. In

spring, Obama visitedHenry Ford Museum tospeak about the auto in-dustry. “I placed my betson American workers,” hesaid then. “The Americanauto industry is back.”

Romney, who wasborn in Detroit , is stil lmaintaining a 19 pointlead over Obama in thesouthwestern part ofMichigan, which includesGrand Rapids and sur-rounding areas.

Obama and Romneyare in the final prepara-tions for the first of their

three debates, which willbe held on Wednesday,October 3 at 9:00-10:30p.m. EST. The first de-bate will be on domesticpolicy and will be held inDenver, CO. It will bemoderated by Jim Lehrer.The second and third de-bates will be held at thatsame time on October 16and October 22. The de-bate between Vice-Presi-dent Joe Biden andVice-Presidential candi-date Paul Ryan will beheld at that time on Octo-ber 11.

BY LAURA CLARKNEWS EDITOR

Obama maintains lead over Romney in Michigan

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President Barack Obama and presidental candidate Mitt Romney.

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Give Duggan a chance

Things in Detroit arenever easy, thanks inlarge part to the “us vs.them” idea that’s verymuch alive and well in thecity. When you have acity council that deniesleasing a rundown park tothe state because it’d belike the outsiders are tak-ing our crown jewel,you’ve got a problem. Iwasn’t exactly thrilledabout the emergency fi-nancial manager. I stilldon’t fully trust Snyderand yes, I would like toknow more about the pro-posed lease of Belle Isle.But despite my doubts,even I can recognizewhen we need help.

Don’t get me wrong –as a resident of Detroit, Iheld on to the “us vs.them” idea for a long

time. But as I’ve learnedfrom watching the currentpower struggle betweenthe state and the city, thatkind of thinking won’t doanyone any good. It’sclear that decades oftreating outsiders like theenemy haven’t helped De-troit one bit.

Which is why I’m will-ing to give Mike Duggana chance.

Last week Duggan, 54,filed paperwork to forman exploratory committee.He has not officially de-cided to run, and won’tfor another 90 days. Inthat time, he’ll face in-tense scrutiny not only forhis promises, but the factthat he’s only lived withincity limits for about sixmonths (and in the poshPalmer Woods neighbor-hood, no less). And did Imention he’s white?

To a Detroiter, it’s un-thinkable. Laughable, re-ally. If Duggan doesdecide to run, the firstthing he’s going to bequestioned on is how hecan relate to the averagecitizen. There will bemany residents who willcriticize his recent moveand race first and ask

questions on policy later.I don’t blame these

people, of course. Whenyou have a city whosegovernment has been soriddled with corruption,it’s natural to be appre-hensive about those look-ing to get into thebureaucracy. I even findmyself questioning whyhe would even considerleaving his position at theDMC for what’s arguablythe most thankless job instate.

I may not know whyDuggan’s doing this, butI’m willing to let that go.I’m willing to give him afair chance, and I encour-age my fellow city resi-dents to look past wherehe comes from and hisethnicity.

Make no mistake – I amnot endorsing Duggan inany way. The critics couldbe right. He could be ter-ribly out of touch with theaverage resident. He maynot understand what De-troit needs at all.

But I think we can allagree that we surely don’tneed the perpetuation ofthe us vs. them idea thatgot us into this mess inthe first place.

F rom l a t e m id d l es c hoo l t o e a r l y h ig hschoo l , I was qu i t e thean gs t - r i d den t e e nage rind iv idua l - a f ac t mydeep p oe m s a b o u t mybro ken h ea r t f r o m th eb oy f r i end I n e ve r ha dw i l l c l e a r l y de mo n-s t ra te .

Luck i l y f o r me , t heon ly p lace tha t saw thet ru e dep th o f my t o r-tu r ed t eenage sou l wasmy s ec r e t g r e e n no t e -boo k t ha t had “ Po e msof a D e p re s s e dTeen ag e r” wr i t t e n ont he f ron t ( I a m a h un -dred percen t se r ious ) . Iw as no t a l l owe d t ohave a MySpa ce o r aF a ceb ook a c coun t , anyso c i a l med i a o r L i v e -J ou rna l p ro f i l e , un t i lt he s um me r be fo r e myse n i o r y e a r o f h i ghsc hoo l . A l th o ugh Ithough t t h i s was ho r r i -b l y un f a i r a t t h e t im e ,now I am ra the r t hank-fu l fo r tha t pa ren ta l de -c i s i on on m y p a r t . M ypa ren t s t o ld m e i t w a sfo r my o wn sa f e ty o n -l ine , and in a way I be -l i ev e i t w a s . I am nowsa v ed f ro m the r e s u r-f ac ing o f t he s e a ngs typ os t s w h enev e r I l o oka t m y F ace b o o k t i me -l ine .

B y t he t im e my p a r-en t s gav e me t h e g o -ahead to ex i s t on soc ia lmed ia , My Sp a c e h a dbecome i r r e l eva n t . Noon e w a s w o r r i e d a b ou tw ho’s Top 8 t he y w e rein anymore , and eve ry -on e w as s i ck o f l i s t e n -i ng t o t h e s a me s ongov e r and ove r a s t h e yscro l l ed your page . Forme, f ina l ly be ing a pa r to f t he Fac e b ook c om-mun i ty a t a g e s ev e n -t een ( a l t h ough I h adse c r e t l y bee n o n ando ff t h e r e s i nc e I w asf i f teen…) was exc i t ing .I f e l t l ike I was f ina l lyin t he l oo p . F INA L LY,f r i ends cou ld t ag me inph o t o s t o p r ove t ha tyes , I do hang ou t wi ththem! I do have schoo lsp i r i t ! I w a s a t t ha tpar ty! I accrued f r iendsl i k e t h ey w e re c h o co -la te ch ip cook ies , and Iw as a ve ry h u ng r yca te rp i l l a r.

Th r ou gho u t t he r e -ma i n ing y e a r o f myshor t j aunt th rough sec-o nd a r y educ a t i on ,Facebo ok c on t i n u ed t op l ay a huge ro l e i n mys oc i a l l i f e . T h e f i r s tt h ing I d id whe n I go th ome f ro m s c h o o lev e ry d ay, and w h e n Ig o t h om e f r o m work ,an d w h e n I w o k e up ,an d b e fo r e I wen t t o

bed w a s … y ou g ues s e di t . I upda t ed my s t a tu sf requen t ly. I pos ted a l lt he p i c tu r e s I t ook a tfoo tba l l gam es , H a l -l o w e e n pa r t i e s , d r amac lub shows , r andom ad-ve n tu r e s w i t h m yf r i ends . I t agg ed my-s e l f i n e ve r y ph o to Iw as i n . Wheneve rs om eo n e ha d a b i r t h -day, I was su re to wr i t ea pe r s o na l m es s a g e onth e i r wa l l , e ven i f Id id n ’ t r e a l l y k nowt h e m. My p ro f i l e w a ss e t t o p r i v a t e , bu t t ot h o s e wh o w e r e i n m yc i r c l e m y l i f e w a spre t ty pub l ic .

I s t i l l had gu ide l inesI s e t f o r myse l f ,though. No swear ing onF ac eb o o k . N o p o s t i n gin a pp rop r i a t e p i c tu r e s .N o pos t i ng w hen myfami ly was on vaca t ionand t h e hous e w a se mp ty. J u s t e a s y - to -fo l low ru les tha t wouldke e p my p r o f i l e c l a s s yan d n o t ge t me i n t ot roub le in the long run .

Then I e n t e r ed c o l -l ege . For someone whochose to go to a schoo lw he re I l i t e r a l l y kne wn o one , F ace b o ok w asone o f the eas ies t waysto s t a y i n t o u ch w i thpe o p l e I w en t t o h ighsc h o o l w i th . And a s Igo t i n v o lv ed my f r e s h -m an yea r, I c o u l d a ddm y ne w f r i e nds ands t a r t c o mmun ic a t i ngw i t h t hem o ff c a mpu s .Bu t i t w a s f r e s hm any e a r t ha t t h in g s r e a l l ys t a r t e d t o cha n g e . A sne a r ly a l l m y f r i endsf ro m h i gh s c hoo l w en ta w a y t o s choo l , a n d Is t aye d home and com-muted, I began to spendm o re t i me w i th myc lo s e f r i ends w hom Iw orke d w i th . Th e ywere a l l o lde r, i n t he i re a r l y 2 0 ’s a t t he t i m e .Th e y ha d Fa c e books ,b u t t hey r a r e ly p os t e da n y th in g . A n d w h enthey d id , i t was usua l lys i gn i f i c a n t . The s amew en t f o r some o f t hen e w f r i en ds I m adehe re o n ca m p u s t h a tw e re u ppe rc l a s s me n . Isu b c ons c iou s ly t ookn o t i c e o f t h i s , a nds l owl y b e g a n t o a l t e rmy ways .

Co inc ide n t a l l y, i tw a s a r ound t h i s t imet h a t s e ve r a l s t ud i e sc a me ou t ab o u t h o we mploye r s w ou ld n o th i r e c e r t a in ap p l i c a n t sb a s ed on t h e i r s o c i a lmedia p rof i l e s .

The s umme r b e fo r em y s ophom o re yea r o fc o l l e g e , I spen t hou r s“ c l e a n ing” my Fa ce -b o o k p r o f i l e . I w a sd o in g a n i n t e r n sh ip a tthe t ime , and I r ea l i zedtha t ev e n t h ough m yp r o f i l e w a s p r e t t y un -s o i l e d so t o sp e ak , i tcou ld be a l o t be t t e r. Iw en t t h r oug h a l l m yp ic tu r e s , un t agg ingso m e , de l e t i ng e venm ore . Some th in g s Ide le ted were jus t s i l ly,b u t o t he r s we re , t o mea t l eas t , ques t ionab le . I

jus t d idn’t wan t to t akea chance . Adios , photoso f m e da n c i ng i n mypa jamas .

When i t c a me d o w nto i t , I s t oppe d ca r i nga bou t wha t pe op l e myage thought about me . Is t a r t e d ca r i n g ab o u th ow peo p l e who we reo l d e r t ha n me p e r-ce ived me . Cur ren t ly, Iam f r i e n d s w i th h i g hschool t eachers , peop leI h ave i n t e rne d f o r, o rba bys i t f o r, o r w orke don a d ig w i th . Eve ns o me o f my p r o f e s s o r sa re on Facebook . Thesea re peop le who a re im-po r t a n t t o m e , an dwhose op in ions I va luemuc h h i g h e r t ha n t h a tch i c k I ha d t ha t onec lass wi th jun io r year –w h a t wa s h e r nameaga in? A nd , a s f a r a smy pe r sona l r epu ta t ioni s conce r ned , I d idn ’ tw a n t mys e l f po r t r ay e das someone I am no t .

A nd t h e n t he r e w e r ea l l the people who werec l a s s i f i ed a s m y“ f r i end s . ” A s a l m os tanyone who has g r adu -a t ed h igh s c h o o l c a nte l l you , the re a re ve ryf e w pe o p l e wh o youke e p i n con t a c t w i t hf r o m tho s e o h - s o -fo r ma t i ve y e a r s . W h ywas I s t i l l connec ted tothe m on Fa c e bookwhen I was never go ingto s e e t he m aga in , a ndd id n ’ t r e a l l y wa n t t oe i the r?

Las t yea r, a s a s tudy-ing game fo r Fa l l f i -na l s , I de le ted someonef rom my F ac eboo k f o re ve r y phys i c s p r ob l e mq ue s t i on I go t r i gh t . Id i d t h i s un t i l on ly t h epeop le I would ca l l myf r iend in rea l l i f e werel e f t . Wi th in a f e whours , I had e rad ica tedover 150 peop le .

So where am I go ingwi th th i s co lumn?

Fa ce boo k a n d I ,w e ’ r e j u s t no t on t h esame page any longer. Iu t i l i ze the webs i t e in acom p le t e ly d i f f e r en tw a y t ha n I u s e d t o .W h en I f i r s t s t a r t edus ing s o c i a l me d i a i tw a s a l l abo u t me an dhow o t he r pe o p l et hough t a b ou t m e , o rhow I wa n t e d t he m t ot h in k a bou t me . N o w,i t ’s more abou t s t ay ingi n t ouc h w i th t h osepe o p l e , no t s o m ucha bo u t me a nd my l i f e .F ina l l y, I g o t t he “ne t -w o rk ing” p a r t o f “ s o -c i a l ne two rk i n g” .Fa c e book i s n o w j u s tano ther way to commu-n i ca t e w i th p eop l e i nm y l i f e , r a t h e r t hanb e i n g a w ay fo r me t osh o w c a s e m ys e l f a ss o meone I wan t e d t obe .

I g r e w up . And a s Ig r ew up , I g r ew ou t o fFacebook .

A nd s o , i t w as n i cew h i l e i t l a s t e d Fa c e -b ook , da r l i ng , bu t youa re j u s t no t a p r i o r i t yany more .

BY ELIZABETH BASTIANMANAGING EDITOR

Facebook and I:A love story

In my desperate searchto fulfill my life goal ofbeing the next CarrieBradshaw with a littlemore substance butequally great shoes, I havebeen pondering a topic formy first column for quitesome time and it came tome while doing my fa-vorite leisurely activity.As a college student, Ispend much of my time infront of a screen. A televi-sion screen, that is. I haveto keep myself sane in away that requires limitedbrain power, as most ofwhat I have allotted for theweek is gone by Tuesdayafternoon. Whether it isreruns, Netflix, or weeklypremiers, television is myhaven. That being said, italso grinds my gears on adaily basis. And although Icould complain aboutmany aspects of televi-sion, like reality showsabout overweight childpageant girls, America’sobsession with old storagelockers, or how CharlieSheen keeps trying tomake a comeback, nothingangers me more than TheHistory Channel.

Let me just preface bysaying that I love history.Not only am I a historymajor, but Greenfield Vil-lage is my Disney Worldand historical fiction is myTwilight. This probablymakes my hatred of TheHistory Channel seem odd.I’ll explain. When I wasjust a little tyke on the

I want my History Channel!cusp of discovering mylove of all things historic,The History Channel wasthe place to go for knowl-edge on anything andeverything old. As I’vegrown up and began todelve deeper into my stud-ies of history, The HistoryChannel has become moreand more absurd. One usedto be able to turn it on andsee a documentary aboutWorld War II or an inter-view with Americans thatmarched on Washington.Now, all I’m lucky to seeis Ancient Aliens. Betweenthe constant Nostradamus“the world is going to endany day now and you’ll allburn in the fiery pits ofHell” marathons, UFOsightings from Billy Bobin Nowhere, Arkansas, andthe constant Bigfoot docu-mentaries, The HistoryChannel seems void of allhistory.

Considering myself anamateur cryptozoologist, Ican handle the Bigfootshows and maybe even theUFO sightings. What re-ally REALLY just ruins itall is Pawn Stars. I’m suremost of you readers haveseen at least one episodeof this show, which is allyou really need. If youhaven’t, let me sum it up.Person walks into LasVegas pawn shop withitem. Owner of item wantsmoney. Giant man, possi-bly old, possibly bald,possibly gross, doesn’tseem to know its value.Giant man calls his“buddy” to appraise.Owner wants exact amountappraised. Haggling en-

sues with stock phrasessuch as “this is a nichemarket”, “it’s going to besitting on my shelf for awhile” or my favorite “Ican’t go any higher, that’sthe best I can do, pal.” Fi-nally, the item is sold. Ifyou’re looking for the partin that scenario where any-thing historical comes intoplay, you’re sure to be dis-appointed. Yes, occasion-ally, an old item will popup on the show. And manyof those times, it ends upbeing fake. Who can be-lieve the wanted poster forJohn Wilkes Boothbrought in by a touristwanting to gamble is afraud?!

Sadly, the reason whymy beloved History Chan-nel has fallen to such lowstandards is due to onething: money. Just likeeverything else in ourmodern society, moneyseems to run everything.Watching documentariesabout Henry VIII or Rus-sia during the Cold Warjust don’t attract as muchattention as a thirty minuteshow about a family ofgiant men arguing over therunning of their pawn shopand haggling constantlybecause there is no need tothink. And as much as Ilove television for its abil-ity to limit my use of brainpower, it is possible tolearn and be entertained atthe same. If I don’t want tolearn anything for a fewhours, I’ll turn on JerseyShore or Fox News. LeaveThe History Channel forthose times we want to be-come a little smarter.

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It’s back! Every fouryears, it’s time for some-thing new -- a new candi-date, new proposals, andabove all, new policies.You know the drill. Polit-ical ads on all the chan-nels. Phone calls duringdinner hours. New junkmail every day. When willit end? Truth is, it won’t.Too many people are in-fluenced by these ads andpoliticians find them use-ful to get to voters.

When will voters opentheir eyes? In today’selection world, the candi-date or proposal that isbacked by the most fund-ing usually wins. It’swidely known that thisyear ’s two presidentialcandidates will have spentover one billion dollarsby November. You readthat right. One billion.It’s a sad day when a can-didate has to defend hisposition day after day. I

have a short message forthe two candidates:please, just tell me whatyou would do to fix thiseconomy. Tell me howyou would bring jobshome. Tell me about howto resolve the wars over-seas. And above all,enough with this he said,she said nonsense. I’mgetting sick of seeing po-litical ads attacking onecandidate or the other. Ijust simply want to hearabout what YOU will doto fix this nation’s prob-lems, not about what theother man would do dif-ferently from you. But ofcourse, I dream.

Tell me the facts. Mr.Romney, enough with thelies about Obama’s recordin the Oval Office. Mr.Obama, stop attackingRomney’s wealth. Truthbe told, this nation ismore interested in readinga story about Romney’s47% gaffe than one abouthis record as governor.The average person would

rather listen to whatObama has to say at ameeting with Jay-Z thanabout what he says on thecampaign trail. That iswhat we’ve come to.

Whether people like toadmit it or not, we are atwar. Our economic recov-ery has been severelyslow. We have unrest inthe Middle East as well ashere at home. Collegegrads worry about findingwork. 401Ks are disap-pearing while gas pricesand credit card debt areincreasing. We’re livingin the midst of a crisishere, folks. These aredark times indeed. Thenext person we elect to beour county’s presidentwill be tasked with a hugeresponsibility. It doesn’tmatter if you’re a Repub-lican or a Democrat. Weowe it to ourselves to dothe research and avoid thepropaganda as much aswe possibly can.

No free ridesAmericans come first in America

Disclaimer: A rogueDemocrat wrote this.

If you support amnestyfor illegal aliens, think ofthis scenario. Could youimagine a world whereHFCC students decide tohop the property line be-tween them and us, takeclasses without our per-mission, and then expectus to allow them to stayin our University? That isone scary world. No dis-respect to HFCC or itsstudents is intended.

The liberal media con-stantly tries to constantlypaint the picture of a tinyminority family hiding ina bedroom closet, as sav-ages from U.S. Immigra-tion and CustomsEnforcement viciouslysearch their homes to de-port them. The ICE is nota group of savages. It is alaw enforcement agencythat must be allowed todo its job. That beginswith deporting all ille-gals, regardless of howlong they have been here.The bottom line is: theyare lawbreakers. Grantingthem amnesty not only re-wards their disrespect for

our nation and its laws,but also sends a messageto others that are attempt-ing to illegally enter thecountry. The message isthat America is a pushover; that they just haveto get away with thebreaking the law for a fewyears, and then they willbe pardoned shortly after.We must communicatethat illegals in our nationwill not be tolerated.

The question alwaysposed by those who sup-port amnesty for illegalsis “what about those whocame illegally and hadtheir children in theUnited States?” To them,I say: “Congratulations.You hopped the border,disrespected the laws ofthe nation that you claimto love so much, had achild in our borders, andmanipulated the system.”Unfortunately, we cannotdeport those who hadchildren here. Most oftheir children are tooyoung to support them-selves, and we certainlycan’t deport those born inthe United States withtheir parents. I wouldsupport prison time forthose who hopped theborder and had children

here, if it didn’t cost thestate so much money andturned out hardened crim-inals. For the illegals thathopped the border andhad children, I would sup-port mandatory commu-nity service hours tocompensate for any taxesthey may have evaded.There are a lot of potholesin the road that need fix-ing. Just don’t start withFord Road in Dearborn.That’s the route I use toget to this University.

Moreover, what mes-sage does amnesty send tothose who have appliedfor citizenship multipletimes, and have been DE-NIED? I can picture theimmigration caseworkersaying: “In America, wereward those who breakour laws, but we will notadmit you into our nation,even though you re-spected our laws and triedto join it fairly.”

My position is not anti-immigrant. America is thenation where immigrantsfrom ALL walks of lifecome for freedom, togrow, to become edu-cated, and to prosper.

The national origin ofeach illegal alien couldn’tmatter less to me. He or

she could be from any-where between here andSiberia. If they’re here il-legally, they have to go.

In the most frustratingepisode of the illegalalien saga, then-PresidentVincente Fox of Mexico,speaking about the poten-tial of the U.S. building awall to prevent illegal im-migration, said “We knowthat walls don't work …the Berlin Wall did notkeep out freedom anddemocracy." Perhapsmodern history is nolonger taught in Mexico’spublic school system, butin case Fox forgot, theBerlin Wall was designedto keep people in EastGermany. A wall that theUnited States would con-struct would be designedto keep people out. Andfurthermore, (insert sar-castic tone of voice here)it’s very charming thatFox would compare theUnited States, the freestnation on Earth and thefirst modern democracy,to the former brutal So-viet satellite state of EastGermany -- as if Mexicohas built a career of pro-moting freedom anddemocracy abroad.

So far, all of these ar-

guments have been purelyphilosophical. The issuealso boils down to hardnumbers. In a 2002 study,Center for ImmigrationStudies, a non-partisanresearch organization, es-timated that householdsheaded by illegal cost thefederal government $721in prison/INS services,while “all other house-holds” cost only $91.Households headed by il-legal aliens cost the fed-eral government $591 intreatment for the med-ically uninsured, while“all other households”cost $123. Meanwhile,they only paid $1,371 inincome taxes, while “allother households” paid$7,103. Numbers don’tlie, Democrats (in thiscase) do. Democrats inWashington have arguedtime and again that de-porting illegals wouldharm our economy morethan hurt it. However, inconcluding the report, au-thor Stephen A. Camaotanotes that “[i]f illegalswere given green cardsand began to pay taxesand use services like legalimmigrants with the sameeducation levels, the netannual fiscal deficit at the

federal level would likelyincrease from $2,736 to$7,668 per householdunder the most likely sce-nario.”

Meanwhile, liberals inWashington, including thePresident, presumablydon’t really care about il-legals. This is an electionyear. While the stimuluspackage has saved ourcountry from economiccollapse, it, unfortu-nately, did not work asquickly as it was prom-ised to. The Democratsneed a wedge issue tokeep the White House,and regain control of theHouse, just as the Repub-licans used marriageequality as a wedge issuein the 1990s. And thesolid gold bullion thatDemocrats seek inamnesty? It’s a brand newconstituency of pseudo-Americans.

And when I am askedwhat I would say to the il-legal being deported, Iwould say “Next time,apply for citizenship at aU.S. Embassy. But untilthen, goodbye, adios, aufwiedersehen, au revoir,sayonara, andma'asalama! Americanscome first in America.”

BY HUSSEIN JAWARD

GUEST COLUMNIST

Decision 2012: Show me the facts

God, country and money. Or, the Republican party platform

With the election justover a month away, boththe Republican and theDemocratic parties arerunning around trying torally up as many votes aspossible. But by now, ithas become clear whichparty will win which vote.

We have known for awhile that the Republicanparty will not win theAfrican-American vote(what else is new) and MittRomney kissed the femalevote goodbye by choosingPaul Ryan as his runningmate (Personhood Amend-ment anyone?). But lately,the Republican party hasbeen pushing away othergroups of people – Lati-nos, the poor, the workingclass, and, in recent polls,many of the elderly.

So, who is left for theRepublicans?

Plainly speaking, therich, the white men, and

the religious. And thiselection mainly focused onthe economy, the rich aretaking priority over every-one else. In his secretlyleaked video where he wasaddressing rich donors tohis campaign, Mitt Rom-ney said it loud and clear:“47% of Americans are de-pendent on the govern-ment….and my job is notto worry about them.”

By alienating almosthalf of the American coun-try, Mitt Romney kissedthe election goodbye. Butis the problem really withMitt, or is the Republicanparty? Mitt was merelysaying what every othermember of the Republicanparty says internally: “wedon’t care about you ifyou’re not rich.”

This, reflected in theirpolicies since the 1980s,has caused enormous in-come inequality andcatered to the rich. Whymany poor Americans con-tinue to vote Republican ismainly because of social

issues, which the Republi-cans are on the wrong sideof in this progressive newera where young peopleare more liberal than everbefore. When most Ameri-cans support same-sexmarriage and gay rightsand you don’t; when mostAmericans support abor-tion, at least in cases ofrape and incest, and youdon’t; when most Ameri-cans are happy with thehealth care bill and you’renot; when most Americansbelieve the rich should paymore and you don’t – theproblem isn’t with the be-liefs of most Americans,the problem is with you.

So when we hear theRepublican party punditsspeaking of renewing thepart with new members,they need to understandthat it doesn’t matter whothey elect; the problemisn’t with Republicans, it’swith the Republican party.

BY JOHN MACDONELLSTAFF COLUMNIST

BY MARYANNE RAFKAGUEST COLUMNIST

Our generation is over-due. Not in the sense thatwe have anything entitledto us, but that we are latein our thinking. Or, to bemore specific, our genera-tion is overdue for a revo-lution. I am not speakingof a violent revolution,which sadly seems to behappening in some parts ofthe world today, but a men-tal revolution or a changein our thinking.

Looking back at the his-

tory of the United States,my point may be clearer.Each generation, seem-ingly, had a cause or defin-ing movement that shapedwho and what was happen-ing. In the 1940's, therewas the war effort, thevalor of fighting in battleagainst a clear and distin-guishable villain in theGerman army. The nextgeneration was almostpolar opposite, with greatopposition and radicallydifferent ideas about thewar in Vietnam. This era offreedom brought about the

biggest change in the wayof life for young ameri-cans, with a motto of peaceand love, carelessness anddisinterest in the ways ofsociety. They were goingto find their own way intheir own time, fight andyell until they were heard,and oppose any shacklesplaced. With free speechand civil rights, the way ofthinking and acting wasforever changed in a cul-tural revolution thatshaped young Americans.

Ever since that time ofsocial and cultural change,

each ensuing generationhas become less and lessdefined, more and moreabstract in purpose. Ourgeneration has no greatwar, no movement to standfor or great evil to fight.Instead, it seems to be thatwe have much bigger con-cerns on our hands.

The problems thatplague young Americanstoday are based entirely inthe way society has beennurturing and shaping theneeds and cocnerns thatare seemingly important,but in reality might lack

A generation without a cause

BY KYLE ROBERTSGUEST COLUMNIST

honest merit.The mainconcerns these days are lo-cating the nearest TacoBell as soon as possible,thinking of something Ican tweet about, how longmy gas light has been on,which day my paper is dueand if I can do it the nightbefore, and so on and soforth. Where is the driveand ambition for changethat drove our past genera-tions to sit-ins and demon-strations? Where is thesocially aware conscious-ness and radical thinkingthat brought about a new

way of life for those whowere unhappy with the waythings were? I feel a lossof direction, a wanderingsense of purpose, lost insocial networking and fastfood drive-thru menus.

I didn't write this topreach. I am not condemn-ing a lost generation, noram I distancing myself. Isimply believe that we areoverdue for change. Whatneeds to be changed? Thatis up to us to decide. Fornow it looks like we are ageneration without a cause.

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BY CHRIS ZADOROZNYSPORTS EDITOR@ZADS07

Motor City On The Move:Occupancy

What’s larger thanManhattan, Boston and SanFrancisco put together? Ifyou answered Detroit, youwould’ve answered correctly.Yes, Detroit is 143 squaremiles. A lot of it is barren,empty, and useless. You couldwalk blocks upon blocks andnot see a house, and if youdid, it might not be inhabited.

Fortunately, there are somegood parts in the city.Downtown, Midtown,Corktown, Eastern Market,Woodbridge, Indian Village,there are plenty of greatneighborhoods in the city.The population is shrinking inDetroit, it’s slowing down,

but still shrinking. Luckily,there’s always a way to findthe good in the bad.

The population as a wholemay be shrinking, but inDowntown and Midtown, it isskyrocketing and it doesn’tlook like it will stop.

Occupancy for both areasare at 97% and 96% respec-tively. Sound like some othercity? Well, it’s not. Detroit isexperiencing growth in thesetwo areas alone like it hasn’tseen since the 1940s and1950s. A few of the buildingsDowntown and Midtown arebeing repurposed for apart-ments because there isn’tenough room.

Sue Mosey, the so-called,Mayor of Midtown, spoke tothe Detroit Young

Professionals about the occu-pancy rates. “We’re desper-ately trying to bring morehousing product into the theneighborhood, that’s the nextthing we’re spending a lot oftime trying to do,” saidMosey.

Downtown Detroit is expe-riencing a wave of populationgrowth. A couple of buildingsare being renovated intoapartments. The BroderickTower, which was formerlyan office building in GrandCircus Park that was home todentists, lawyers and doctorswill open in a few weeks.Minor setbacks have pushedthe opening date back, butonce it opens, the Broderickwill be nearly full, which isgreat for Downtown living.

Right across the street is

the David Whitney Building.Opened in the early 1900s,the building was also anoffice tower, named for thegreat lumber baron of thearea. You might recognize thename, as his house, where helived, is a now famous,upscale restaurant inMidtown. The RoxburyGroup will start constructionvery soon on the building toturn it into a boutique Alofthotel.

Along with the hotelrooms in the building, therewill be apartments as well.One project that was justrecently announcedDowntown is a conversion ofa hotel to apartments. Rightnear Comerica Park in theHarmonie Park area is abuilding that says “Milner

Hotel” right on it. Prettysoon, that will be apartments.The flatiron style buildingwill close on Halloween, andwas built in 1917.

It currently has 72 rooms,but there are no set plans onhow many rooms will beavailable when it does startrenovations.

The Live Downtown andLive Midtown incentive aregoing over extremely well.The program was started lastyear by the Henry FordHealth System, Wayne StateUniversity and DetroitMedical Center to get youngpeople to live in Midtown. Itquickly expanded and was

started in the Downtown areaas well. Blue Cross BlueShield, Quicken Loans,Compuware, DTE Energyand Strategic Staffing are alldoing their part as well.

The program just acceptedapplicant 676 and it’s stillgrowing. If you’re graduatingsoon, looking for somewhereto find a job and live, Detroitis the place. Lots of youngpeople are moving to Detroit.Many technology companiesare coming to Detroit andpretty soon, the city will beliving and breathing again,but the only way that willhappen is if people, youngpeople invest in it.

A Wee Bit HungryHow to Be a Food Photographer(or at least fake it with Instagram)

BY ALEXANDRA WEESTAFF COLUMNIST

Among my gu i l t i e s tfood p l easu res—anykind of chocolate pie ,Starbucks Blonde roastand thin crust margheri-ta pizza—is my obses-s ive hab i t t o v i sua l lydocumen t wha t I ea t .Eve ryone who knowsme knows i t and I haveno shame in admit t ingthat , yes , I am one ofthose se l f -p roc la imedfood photographers .

Befo re you ge tannoyed, le t me just saythat I total ly understandwhy many may ro l ltheir eyes a t folks l ikeme. With a r is ing num-be r o f i n s t a -pho tofanat ics , i t ’s no surpr isetha t many f aux f anshave , f r ank ly, ru inedthe food photographer ’s

name . Nobody lovesunder-exposed , ove r-sa tu ra t ed , obnox ious lyf i l t e r ed food pho tos .Whe the r I ’ve go t myNikon L120 on hand ora subpar camera phone,there are four t r icks myinne r food ie a lwayskeeps in mind. So thenex t t ime you see ap re t ty p l a t t e r, don’tru in i t fo r yourFacebook f r iends wi thano the r c rappy foodpic . Fol low these t ips todo i t r ight or a t leastlearn how to fake i t :

1 . Opt for naturall ight ing. You don’t needfancy l i gh t boxes tosnap a good food photo.Jus t r emember, whenpossible make the mosto f na tu ra l l i gh t . Thesofter the l ight ing, the

more real is t ic the foodlooks. Bright ar t i f ic ia ll igh ts can of ten over -power the most tas tefulde ta i l s . Your cameraphone’s f lash wil l turntha t pas t a p r imaverain to a g reasy look ingp la t e o f no th ing tha tr e sembles nood les .Even i f you’ re ju s tlook ing to Twee t ad roo l -wor thy sho t o fyour lunch, avoid over-sa tu ra t ing pho to appfi l ters (no-no’s to Lo-Fiand Hefe ) . Me l t edcheese p i zza shou ldnever become a grainydark brown.

2. Know when tofocus on the whole oron pa r t s . To choosebe tween zooming ou tand zooming in , f igure

ou t how much de ta i lyou wan t t o cap tu re .Detai ls wil l help createt ex tu re and t ex tu rebrings your pictures tol i fe . In most cases , pho-tog raph ing an en t i r eroas t ed ch icken o r aplate of lemon squaresshowcases s i ze morethan , s ay, t he pe r fec tcr ispiness of the chick-en sk in or tha t sweet(sweet) l ine where but-tery crust meets gooeylemon f i l l ing. I f you’repho tograph ing sma l l e rfoods l i ke g rapes ,berr ies , or cookies , t rygrouping them toge th-er—berr ies in a bowl ,cookies in a s tack—tofi l l out your frame thenzoom in on a cookie ortwo. Use the “many” to

draw focus to the few.3. Keep back-

g rounds c l ea r. Whentaking any photograph,determining your focusis a must . That said, tot ru ly spo t l igh t ascrumptious meal , c learyour backgrounds o fany c lu t t e r ( cu t l e ryas t r ay, c rumpled nap-k ins , wrappe r s , yourfr iend’s hand) . I f you’rese rv ing up the foodyourse l f , choose so l idcolored dishes over thatadorable plate with thel i t t le roosters on i t . Thefewer d i s t r ac t ions thebet ter. Most point-and-shoo t cameras haveau tomat i c focus f ea -tures you can nai l justby playing around withthem. Focus f ea tu res

can help give your pho-tos tha t p ro fes s iona llooking close-up effect( c l ea r focus , b lu r r edbackground) .

4 . Off-center of ten.With a few except ions,most photos look bestwith a s l ight ly off-cen-tered focus. Play aroundwi th angles dependingon wha t food you’ repho tograph ing keep ingin mind the ideas o fwho le ve r sus pa r t s .Think about what par tof the food makes yourt a s t e buds t i ng le themos t (he l lo , mo l t enchocolate cupcake f i l l -i ng ) and ad jus t yourframe to br ing at tent ionand d imens ion to thefood’s mos t f l avor fu lfeatures .

Sue Mosey speaks at Whole Foods groundbreakingPhoto Courtesy of Rick Lindsay/MJ

The Milner Hotel which will soon be renovated into apartments. Photo Courtesy of Flickr.com

The David Whitney building, left will be renovated into a boutique hotel.Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Wee Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Wee

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Wee

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Fashion: A Love StoryChicago Proves to be Magnificent for Miles

BY SAHAR DIKAARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTEDITOR

It was Friday afternoonand of course I was over-packing for my trip to Chi-Town. After packing six pairsof shoes and three overnightbags, I still felt as though Iwas missing something. I'mnot one of those people whocan plan my outfits inadvance for every day andevery occasion. Variety isabsolutely necessary becauseI change my mind at the dropof a hat, no pun intended. SoI packed, even though I knewthat the only reason I wasgoing to Chicago was to shoptill I drop.

We hit the road around6PM, myself and six othergirls. I was excited for avacation and I was even moreexcited to create my fallwardrobe. I needed to stock

up on some essential itemsand what better place to dothat than the MagnificentMile? I had saved all mymoney and made a list ofthings I needed so that Icould knock out all my shop-ping in one trip. Boots, jack-ets, coats, scarves, blazers,and sweaters were all on myhit list, even though I hadabsolutely no room in mycloset and will probably haveto start storing clothes in thetrunk of my car.

After a night of partying,my posse and I decided itwas time to hit the shopsSaturday morning. I couldn’tcontrol myself. My two all-time favorite stores are locat-ed in Chicago, among othercities. Zara and Topshop aretwo places that I can NEVERwalk into without purchasingat least two or three items.It’s impossible. Even though

they both have online order-ing that I partake in quite fre-quently, it’s so much differ-ent when everything is rightin front of you and there arethree floors of it. I almost hadan anxiety attack, in a goodway.

Although I wanted to buyeverything in Topshop, Iknew that I had to containmyself and save some energyfor the million other storesthat are on the MagnificentMile. I settled for a faux furvest that almost reached myknees and a white, pleatherbaby doll dress with a plung-ing neckline. Yes, I wearwhite after Labor Day. Imake my own rules when itcomes to fashion and unlessyou’re Joan Rivers, whateveryou say is irrelevant to me.

Zara was another ball-game. I left with a khaki col-ored trench coat, an armygreen down jacket, an amaz-ing pair of leggings that willnever fade the color blackand about half of my bankaccount empty. I also con-quered three floors of H&M,two floors of NordstromRack, three floors of Forever21, ALDO, Steve Madden,American Apparel, Aritzia,BCBG, Pink, Sephora, UrbanOutfitters and BananaRepublic. I never discrimi-nate when it comes to shop-ping. I can walk into anystore, even if it’s a consign-ment shop and find some-thing I love

After basically getting

pushed out of the door bystore managers for beingthere too late, I was finallyfinished. My friends and Idecided to walk to the hotelabout a mile and a half awayto burn off the burritos thatwe scarfed down mid-shop-ping to give ourselves somebrain fuel. Let me just saythat walking 20 blocks withnine bags is a disaster wait-ing to happen. I knockedeveryone on the road that Ipassed and my friendsdubbed me “the bag lady.”Even the people staying atour hotel were hesitant to getin the elevator with my bagsand I. Yes, it was that bad.

I know I come off as quitethe shopaholic but I’m reallynot. I just find it easier to goshopping with a full walletand buy everything I need atonce. I feel like I have a moresuccessful shopping experi-ence when I make a goal formyself and I spend lessmoney by searching for andbuying only the things on mylist. It’s like having a targetand hitting the bull’s eye. Irarely ever miss.

When we got back to thehotel, my friends buried mein my bags and called it deathby shopping. I went from baglady to broke lady this week-end but I had a blast with myfavorite people and eventhough Monday hit me a lotharder than ever this week, Iwouldn’t have traded thispast weekend for anything.

Photo Courtesy of Sahar Dika/MJ

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Tuesday - October 2

Wednesday - October 3

Thursday - October 4

School of Education: Student TeachingSeminar12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Fairlane Center South Room 180 & Din-ing Room D

Accountable Choices, Alternatives to In-timidation & Violence5 p.m. - 9 p.m.127 Fairlane Center North

American Marketing Association(A.M.A.) Bake Sale8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Fairlane Center

Friday - October 5

Saturday - October 6

Women and Girls Lead: A Panel Discus-sion12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Kochoff Hall A

2nd AnnualDetroit Latino Agenda Con-ference8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.Fairlane Center North

MGames12 p.m. - 2 p.m.University Center Patio

Eat, Watch, What?!: The Internet CatVideo Festival12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.1048 CASL

Blondes are idiots, all guysare jerks, girls who likewatching sports are pretend-ing to get boys’ attention, andeveryone who is smart isprobably a loser who doesn’tgo out on the weekends. Ican’t tell you how many timesI’ve heard assumptions likethese, and I’m here to tell theworld to stop making them.Not only are stereotypes usu-ally incorrect, they are reallystarting to get on my nerves.

If I hear one more assump-tion about how I’m weird andemo because I wear a lot ofeyeliner, I’m going to snapand scream “ARE YOUREAL LIFE?” I just like eye-liner, alright? One, it makesfeel warm and fuzzy on the in-side. Two, it makes my babyblues gleam. And three, I canget exactly two minutes ofsleep and a plethora of eye-liner can make me look morebright eyed and bushy tailedthan a squirrel.

It’s probably not a goodidea to judge a person untilyou get to know them. Actu-ally meet a person before youtell the world they get around,round, round, round, they getaround. The Beach Boys ref-erence, anyone?

Every time I tweet about asports team or represent anyof my teams’ apparel, I’m notdoing it to get a man’s atten-tion, TRUST ME. I can guar-antee I would probably scare98 percent of my friends if Iwere to watch a Red Wings’

game with them if the NHLsettles this lockout anytimesoon, and they probablywon’t, but I digress.

You may say you don’tstereotype people, but youcould be wrong. I know thatI’ve done it before, and I’mnot proud of it. In the past I as-sumed that the only sororitygirls I would ever get alongwith were my own sisters, andI realized over these past fewmonths that I was dead wrong.I was absolutely wrong tothink we were so different.

Not only are they usuallyinsulting and incorrect, butwhen you make a stereotypeor assumption about anotherperson, you’re building up awall. Imagine how many peo-ple you’ve automatically shutout of your life because youmost likely condemned themfor something that isn’t even

true.Next time you hear a girl

say she used to read comicbooks, believe her before youassume she’s just looking forattention. Don’t think that adude is an awful person be-cause he didn’t text you backright away.

If you really want to get anaccurate picture of a person,ask questions and get to knowthe truth. Maybe, you’ll findout that you were right allalong and that “OMG Rachelreally did steal Linda’sboyfriend!” but what if the sit-uation was just a big misun-derstanding?

I guess that’s the thing withme…I hate what ifs. I’d ratherget to the bottom of somethingthan just leave something inquestion. Maybe you shouldcheck out someone’s gradesbefore you tell people they’re

a moron. I recommend youquiz me on the Red Wings be-fore you tell people I pretendto like watching sports to getboys’ attention. I would prob-ably have guys lined up if myRed Wings obsession acted asan attractant.

Think of all the things thatmake you who you are.Maybe you are really intocountry music…how wouldyou feel if someone startedcalling you a redneck andcompared you to Sugar Bearfrom Here Comes Honey BooBoo? (Yes, I’ve watched thatshow, and yes, it is addicting).

I’ll be sitting over here say-ing glitter is my favorite colorwearing an overload of eye-liner waiting out the NHLlockout. If you want to makedeductions about who I am,go ahead, but it’s better if youdon’t, I promise.

TurboVote assits voting processBY SAMANTHA BELCHERSTUDENT LIFE EDITOR

Students will have an op-portunity to have their voicesheard during this year’s elec-tion season with the help ofTurboVote, an online toolwhere students can register tovote and receive informationabout Election Day.

Dennis Lienhardt, Univer-sity of Michigan-DearbornStudent Government Presi-dent, said students could avoidgoing to Secretary of State bysigning up through TurboVote,receiving the necessary docu-ments, filling them out, andmailing the documents back tothe company.

“TurboVote is an extremelysimple tool that takes a lot ofthe confusion out of register-

ing to vote,” Lienhardt said.Amy Karaban, assistant di-

rector of CIVIC, the Commu-nity Involvement andVolunteerism Center, said Tur-boVote is a great opportunityfor students to voice theiropinions and preferences.

“I don’t care who studentsvote for, I just want them toexercise their right!” Karabansaid.

She added that the site isnon-profit, non-partisan, andmakes the voting process eas-ier.

“All citizens have a right,and in my opinion a duty, tovote,” Karaban said.

Lienhardt added that Stu-dent Government hopes to en-courage students to get moreinvolved in the election

process and educate studentsabout why it is important tovote.

“If college students reallywant their voices heard, weneed to stop complaining anddo something about it.Whether you think so or not,voting truly does make a dif-ference,” Lienhardt said.

Students can start using theTurboVote site now but thedeadline to register to vote inMichigan is on Sunday, Octo-ber 7, or 30 days before theelection on November 6. Evenafter the registration deadline,the site will be available forfurther information about theelection.

“A lot of the issues dis-cussed during the election di-rectly effect all of us as

students and we should be in-formed so that we can helpshape the future of our stateand country,” Lienhardt said.

Student Government willbe holding an Election DayEvent on November 6 on theUniversity Center stage. Lien-hardt said he hopes studentswill stop by the UC stage afterthey vote and “tweet” aboutwhy they voted or just thatthey did vote. Student Gov-ernment will be taking pic-tures of students holding signssaying that they did vote.

“Hopefully this encouragesother students to go vote andto realize the importance ofdoing so,” Lienhardt said.

For more information, con-tact CIVIC, Student Govern-ment, or www.turbovote.org.

Chancellor Scholar Picnic4 p.m. - 6 p.m.Chancellor’s Pond

Manya, a Visit with Madame Curie2 p.m. - 4 p.m.Kochoff Hall

SG hosts Student Housing Town Hall

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Student Government, En-rollment Management andStudent Life, and Asset Cam-pus Housing hosted a TownHall Meeting, Monday to dis-cuss the new campus housingand the companies that are in-volved. “This is the mosttransformational thing to hap-pen on this campus,” said ViceChancellor Stanley Hender-son, as he opened the forum.

Henderson mentioned thatstudents would “kill for aMichigan degree but they alsowant a residential experience.Before, they would overlook

Dearborn, but now there is aviable option.”

The Union at Dearborn iscurrently undercons t ruc t ion/demol i t ionacross Evergreen Road. Whenfinished, which is expected byFall of 2013, Asset CampusHousing will manage theproperty. Both Henderson andStuart Davis, who is the VicePresident of Operations forAsset Campus Housing, madeit very clear from the begin-ning that the project is a pri-vate development, and notaffiliated directly with the uni-versity.

Urban Campus Communi-ties (UCC), with backing fromHuntington Bank, will pri-vately develop and also man-age the property. Asset

Campus Housing, engaged aHouston-based managementfirm, was approached by UCCindependently to manage theproperty once it is completed,in conjunction with them.

The University also had theauthority to approve or denyACH, as property managers,before anything was final.ACH, which is a branch of aprivately owned company,Asset Plus Corporation. Davissaid that Asset Campus Hous-ing will act as a third party op-erator, meaning that they willoperate under behalf of theowners. To put it simply, it’slike a rich guy buying a house,and hiring someone to takecare of it for him.

“Going with a private de-veloper saves the University

$30 million as the state doesnot support campus housing,”said Henderson. “Urban Cam-pus Communities is on thehook for the money.”

Asset Campus Housingmanages over 50,000 beds in26 states. They manage a va-riety of housing from high-rises, to garden styleapartments. “I’m over-whelmed with excitement andenthusiasm that is surroundingthis project,” Davis said.

The company will be hiringUniversity of Michigan-Dear-born students beginning in thenext few months, to work asCommunity Assistants in TheUnion at Dearborn. Commu-

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numbers that will help you while attending UM-D!

Fieldhouse

313-593-5540

Nights/Weekends: 313-593-

5432

www.UM-D.umich.edu/athletics

Mardigian Library

313-593-5400

Mon. - Thurs.: 8 am - 11:45pm

Fri - 8am - 8pm

Sat - 10am - 6pm

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Computer lab, Berkowitz Gallery,

Club Cappuccino

Financial Aid

313-593--5300

Mon. & Thurs.: 8 am - 6 pm

Tues., Wed., Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm

1183 UC Walk-ins & Appts.

Cashier’s Office Student Accounts

313 - 593 - 5255

Inclement Weather & Emergency

Closure Hotline

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Wellness Center

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Services

313 - 593 - 5340

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Free tutoring (Meet with tutor

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University Center (UC)

313 - 583 - 6330

Mon. - Thurs.: 8 am - 11 pm

Fri.: 8 am - 10 pm

Sat.: 9 am- 6 pm

Sun.: 2 pm - 11 pm

Campus Safety 24-hr Dispatch

313 - 593 - 5333

Bookstore

313 - 593 - 5551

Mon. - Thurs.: 8:00 am - 6:30 pm

Fri.: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Books, supplies, UM-D Gear

Student Activities Office (SAO)

313 - 593 - 5390

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The Weekly Waffle

BY E. ZWIEBACKGUEST COLUMNIST

DEARBORN, MI – OnMonday September 24th,University and City officialsgathered to break ground onthe new “The Union at Dear-born” student housing proj-ect. This historic day sawthe likes of ChancellorDaniel Little, DearbornMayor Jack O’Reilly, andStudent Government Presi-dent Dennis Lienhardt get“down and dirty” in businesssuits and hard hats, shovel-ing heaps of dirt into the airamidst rounds of enthusias-tic applause. “[This is] abouta new kind of university ex-perience,” said ChancellorLittle of the project, whosecompletion and grand open-ing are predicted to occur inFall 2013.

The luxury student dormsare expected to be an exten-sion of the University Cen-ter, and to have a positivetransformative effect on stu-dent engagement at UM-Dearborn. After four yearsof planning and financingthe project, Monday’sgroundbreaking was a timeto celebrate the team’s abil-ity to overcome a number ofchallenges in that time. Anew and unprecedentedchallenge, however, marredthe excitement of the day.

“I was caught in the mo-ment of things,” recalledLienhardt. “I was shovelingthe dirt, and I think in myenthusiasm I plunged theshovel a little too forcefullyinto the ground.”

“He hit something solid,”said the Chancellor, “and weheard a loud clang.”

The company supervisingthe construction, UrbanCampus Communities

(UCC), believed it was arock at first. However, aftermore digging and as dirt waspushed aside, the horrifyingreality was exposed. “It-itwas a, a coffin,” cried Lien-hardt, his voice breaking, “Ihit a sarcophagus!”

It was the first of manycoffins revealed that day atthe site, and the press con-ference was quickly broughtto an end. The University’santhropologists were rushedout to examine the area.They’ve since confirmedthat the student housing wasplanned to be built above anancient burial ground, theresting place for a distantera’s aristocratic upperclass.

“We knew the previousbuildings were on the vergeof obsolescence,” com-mented one of the develop-ers who wished to remainanonymous. “Now we knowthe real reason why.”

The University is consult-ing experts from every cor-ner of the world to ensurethat construction of TheUnion goes as smoothly aspossible. Thus far, they’vebeen able to decipher a sin-gle ancient message carvedinto the lids of more thanhalf of the sarcophagi. “Itlooks like we’ll have to sac-rifice a UM-Dearborn stu-dent each year to continue tobe granted access to thesite,” explained anthropol-ogy Professor BrianMcKenna. “That’ll probablybe one of the freshmen.” Atthis point, the Universityplans to continue work onthis housing project.

“I mean, how many uni-versities can say their dormsare truly haunted?” askedL i e n h a r d t .

BY E. ZWIEBACKGUEST COLUMNIST

DEARBORN, MI – Ko-choff Hall buzzed with activ-ity on Friday as hundreds ofstudents, faculty, and familymembers traveled from onetable to the next at the Uni-versity of Michigan-Dear-born Health Expo. Overthirty organizations, fromrecognized student organiza-tions to the big three HealthSystems of Oakwood, HenryFord, and the University ofMichigan, all gathered in theUniversity Center to offertheir services to the campuscommunity. Services in-cluded free blood glucose andcholesterol screenings, bodycomposition measurements,and flu shots for only $5.However, the biggest servicerendered that day took every-one by surprise.

One of the attending or-ganizations was Wolverinesfor Life, a University ofMichigan donor community.Representatives from WFLsigned up Expo guests to beorgan donors. Little did thegroup know how great wouldbe the return.

“It started with a younggentleman who signed up forthe donor registry,” said MaryBickerstaff of WFL. “I gavehim a thank-you maize andblue wristband, ready tomove on to the next person,when he asked me how soonhe could donate his kidney.”Bickerstaff laughed. “I wasshocked.”

Organ harvesting is typi-cally performed after a regis-tered donor has reached thelast few minutes of his or herlife. “If the man had been ina car accident, and he wasn’tgoing to survive, transplantsurgeons would rush to re-

move his donate-able or-gans,” explained Bickerstaff.“Then they’d call the nextperson on the transplant list,letting them know that a mir-acle was finally here.”

After that initial exchangebetween Bickerstaff and theeager youth, more and moreattendees signed up for thedonor registry with the samequestion. “We were over-whelmed by the outpouringof goodwill,” said ErnestMichaels, executive directorof WFL. “It usually takesmuch coaxing to get peopleto sign up. We decided tocapitalize on the opportunityright then and there.”

With help from the threehealth systems present, someice-filled coolers donated bythe Biology Department, andfood prep equipment fromCampus Dining, dozens oforgans were harvested in Ko-choff Hall on Friday. The sur-geries were performed underthe direction of physicians atvarious hospitals, who super-vised wirelessly usingHealthNet connect’sVideoDoc system, a Skype-like system that allows doc-tors to video conference withand remotely monitor pa-tients. Kidneys, hearts, lungs,corneas, and every type oforgan under the sun wereshipped off to various loca-tions for transplant. Thosewho couldn’t donate vital or-gans opted to have their limbsamputated and given to thosewho couldn’t afford prosthet-ics.

“I could never haveplanned for this,” reflectedLance Slatton, the Expo’sdriving force, as people stum-bled, shuffled, hopped, andwere carried out of Kochoff.“It was definitely a day ofmiracles.”

nity Assistant’s or CA’s arebasically residential advisorswho have more responsibili-ties within the campus com-munity. CA’s will becompensated for bed spaceand receive a small monthlystipend. By working 14-18hours/week, students will becompensated for the amountof rent, any hours above thatwill be paid minimum wage.

Davis discussed how theprices will be market driven,although influenced by othercampuses, which is why it’staking a bit longer to receivethe pricing. Information onpricing should be releasedwithin the next 7-10 days,which is also when leasingwill be available.

As far as leasing is con-cerned, there is a 10 or 12month option, in which youcan pay yearly, semesterly, ormonthly. “Bed are on a first

come, first serve basis,” saidDavis.

According to LyndalBriscoe, regional marketingdirector of Asset CampusHousing, over 500 studentshave inquired about living inThe Union.

It was determined that apedestrian walkway must bein place by August of 2013.Accordingly, a pedestrian ac-tivated stoplight will be con-structed across Evergreen,from The Union to the parkinglot in front of the College ofArts, Sciences and Letters(CASL). In three to fouryears, a ramp walkway will beconstructed next to the northend of The Union, going to thecentral entrance of the maincampus. The ramp will cost$3-$4 million, which is on thebill of Wayne County.

From The Union to theUniversity Center, it is a 4.5minute walk. The shuttle willalso stop at The Union alongwith the University Center,

Administration Building andFairlane Center. Those livingin The Union at Dearborn,will have parking space on theeastern side of Evergreenhowever, they will not be al-lowed to park on main cam-pus.

Henderson pointed out thatalthough 500 students will beliving across the street in the

fall, there will be 8,500 stu-dents still commuting to cam-pus. “We will never lose sightof the commuting students,”said Henderson. For more in-formation, including CA hir-ing, leasing information andrenderings on The Union atDearborn, visit www.unionat-dearborn.com.

Vice Chancellor Stanley Henderson explains new aspects of The Union atDearborn at yesterday’s Town Hall meetig.

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Volleyball,continued from page 10more important; having astronger regular season recordwill grant the team a higherseed in the conference tourna-ment.

With eight conferencematches remaining, thewoman’s volleyball team ishoping for a strong finish totheir regular season and headinto this year’s WHAC tour-nament as serious contenders.For up-to-date stats on theWolves, check outwww.gowolves.net.

Men’s Basketballannounces walk-on

tryoutsBY DAN JENKINSGUEST REPORTER

The University of Michi-gan-Dearborn Men’s Basket-ball team will hold opentryouts to students this weekon Thursday, October 4 at6:30pm in the Fieldhouse.The team is looking to im-prove on a 3-27 season byadding local talent to a rosterwhich includes eight return-ing players and six new play-ers, including two juniorcollege transfers. Team prac-tices officially begin on Mon-day, October 8.

The Wolves are preparingfor a daunting schedulewhich includes out-of-conference exhibition gamesat Division I opponents East-ern Michigan and CentralMichigan. The team is wel-coming back a second-yearcoaching staff which includesHead Coach John Mackson,

Assistant Head Coach RonKochan Jr., and AssistantCoach Dymetrius Ware.

The Wolves will open uptheir home schedule againstthe Taylor University Trojans(Upland, IN) on Saturday,November 10 at 7:30pm. TheWolves’ home schedule alsoincludes games against divi-sion powerhouses DavenportUniversity (Grand Rapids,MI) and Cornerstone Univer-sity (Grand Rapids, MI). Formore information about theopen tryouts call (313) 593-5670.

You can follow UMD Bas-ketball (@UMDHOOPS) andCoaches John Mackson(@CoachMackson) andDymetrius Ware (@coach-ware) on Twitter. Visitwww.gowolves.net for news,schedules, and game results,and follow The MichiganJournal for updates on theteam.

Lions woes continueagainst Vikings

BY RICKY LINDSAYSTAFF REPORTER@RLINDZ35

The Detroit Lions looked tobreak their two game losingstreak as they came backhome to face the MinnesotaVikings. The Lions were com-ing off a tough loss after fail-ing to complete the comebackin overtime against the Ten-nessee Titans, last week.

The running game turnedout not to be a factor in theLions’ offensive game planagainst Minnesota. MikelLeshoure struggled after hisstrong NFL debut, gaining 26yards on 13 rushes.

The lack of rushing hascaused the Lions to focus onthe passing game, becoming aone dimensional offense.Quarterback MatthewStafford had 30 completionson 51 attempts for 319 yards.Stafford chipped in a fourthquarter rushing touchdown aswell.

The Vikings were able tocontinue what other NFLteams have done thus far; takeadvantage of the Lions’ defen-sive woes.

Adrian Peterson, theVikings’ running back, over-powered the Lions defensiveline, gaining 108 yards on 21rushes. Peterson continues hisdominant return from a tornACL last season.

Vikings Quarterback Chris-tian Ponder completed 16passes on 21 attempts for 111yards. The second year prohas yet to allow a turnover thisseason and continues to showexcellent decision making.

Both of the Vikings’ touch-downs came on returns (onekickoff, one punt). PercyHarvin led the game off witha kickoff return for a 105 yard

touchdown. Marcus Sherelsreturned a punt 77 yards,breaking sloppy tackles byLions defenders along the wayfor a touchdown.

The Lions continue theirway into the record books.They became the first team inNFL history to allow a kickoffand punt return for touch-downs in back to back games.

With the 20-13 loss to theVikings, the Lions drop to 1-3on the season. They have abye next week, and it seemsthat it may come at the besttime.

The Lions defense has beenatrocious thus far, allowing onaverage at least 250 yardspassing per game, and 95rushing yards per game, andthe offense is relying toomuch on the passing game.They lead the NFL in passingyards, but also lead the leaguein dropped passes, which issomething they’d like to im-prove in the coming weeks.The Lions will look to im-prove during the bye week ifthey hope to rebound againstthe Philadelphia Eagles inWeek 6.

NHL Lockout Update: Week 2

The National HockeyLeague is still in a lockout. Ifthe season were to start ontime, the Red Wings wouldbegin their season on Friday,October 12 against theNashville Predators at home.

It’s not looking goodthough as each day goes by, aday is lost towards starting theseason on time. The goodnews is that the NHL andNHLPA met for three straightdays over the weekend. Thebad news, there’s still a lock-out. During the three straightdays, discussions on healthand safety issues were re-solved, more specifically drugtesting and and player safety.

There are no plans tomeet in the coming weeks, butthat could change soon. The$3 billion is still the debateduring this lockout.

Right now, the NHLis waiting for the NHLPA tomake a counteroffer to con-tinue trying to break the lock-out. Pavel Datsyuk is playingvery well in Russia, with acouple of assists in his lastgame, and both Valterri Filp-pula and Jakub Kindl are con-tributing to their teams.

Unfortunately, it’slooking like the lockout couldbe here to stay. Both sidesaren’t any closer than theywere a week ago, so if youmiss hockey, there will be alist of other teams in lowerleagues you could watch inthe surrounding area.

BY CHRIS ZADOROZNYSPORTS EDITOR@ZADS07

Wolves hockeydrops first

conference gameBY CHRIS ZADOROZNYSPORTS EDITOR@ZADS07

The Wolves openedtheir season in the GreatLakes Collegiate HockeyLeague (GLCHL) againstthe Oakland UniversityGolden Grizzlies inRochester this past Saturday.Unfortunately, they openedtheir season with a loss,falling 6-1 to the Grizzlies.

A rivalry game,penalties were aplenty andthree of the Grizzlies sixgoals were on the powerplay. Every goal for theGrizzlies were scored by adifferent player. The lonegoal for the Wolves camefrom freshman forward,Cody King late in the thirdperiod. Ryan Kelly andCasey McLogan assisted onthe goal.

The Wolves also added in-sult to injury, but vice-versain this case. Late in the sec-ond period, senior forwardRob Zubke was involved ina collision at center ice. Heleft the game and never re-turned. It turns out he had a

separated shoulder, andcould be out for some time.

Defenseman KyleHorn was given a game mis-conduct in the first period forhitting from behind, puttingthe Wolves down two men.

Originally, theWolves were set to play theGolden Grizzlies in a homeand home, but the Fridaygame was rescheduled, withan announcement on the re-placement game comingsoon. Two games againstCentral Michigan the previ-ous weekend were post-poned as well, and willreschedule them for later inthe season.

The Wolves nextgame will be against theUniversity of Michigan onSaturday, October 6 at theArctic Coliseum in Canton at8:30pm.

Finally, if you are astudent with some extra timeon your hands, and lovehockey, the Wolves are look-ing for a student equipmentmanager. If you are inter-ested, contact AssistantCoach, Chris Haltinner atcdhalt@umd.umich.edu

NFL Referee Lockout ends

The NFL referee lockoutfinally ended Wednesdaymorning after the infamousending on

ESPN’s Monday NightFootball between theGreen Bay Packers andSeattle Seahawks, lastweek.

Four preseasongames and three regularseason games were notenough for the

replacement referees toadjust to the game of pro-fessional football, and allthe personalities

that come along with it.The replacement

referee situation eventuallybecame worse each week,as they

received heavy criticismfrom the media, fans, play-ers, and coaches. CoachesBill

Belichick of the New

England Patriots, and JohnFox and Jack Del Rio ofthe Denver Broncos wereall fined by the NFL afterheckling replacement ref-erees after questionablecalls.

In an open letterfrom the NFL league of-fice, commissioner RogerGoodell said that the

“fans deserve better.”“I regret we were

not able to secure an agree-ment sooner in the processand avoid the

unfortunate distractionsto the game,” said Goodell.

The regular refer-ees were slated to officiateWeek 4’s games. They re-ceived standing

ovations from fans in at-tendance during ThursdayNight Football between theCleveland

Browns and BaltimoreRavens, and especially inGreen Bay, who had thecall go against themagainst the Seahawks.

BY CHRIS ZADOROZNYSPORTS EDITOR@ZADS07

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It took 160 games, but theDetroit Tigers are playoffbound once again, afterclinching their second consec-utive American League Cen-tral title. It was the first timein team history that the Tigerswon back to back division ti-tles.

After a huge off sea-son, capped with the signing

of first baseman PrinceFielder, fans and media alikepredicted the Tigers to coast toa division title. However, theabsence of designated hitterVictor Martinez due to a pre-season ACL injury proved tohaunt the team offensively formost of the season.

The game-clincherMonday, was a pitching duelbetween starters Rick Porcelloand Bruce Chen until the fifthinning, when shortstopJhonny Peralta put the Tigerson the board with a solo homerun.

The floodgates

TIGERS CLINCH THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL!

opened when AL MVP andTriple Crown candidateMiguel Cabrera hit a solo shotto right field to lead off thesixth inning. Cabrera now has44 homes runs, leading thatcategory, along with RBI’sand batting average. He has alegitimate shot to win TripleCrown, a first since 1967.Fielder later scored on anerror, and Gerald Laird hit athree run double to score Per-alta, Andy Dirks, and Avisail

Garcia, giving the Tigers acommanding 6-0 lead.

Porcello did exactlywhat was needed of him inthis key game, going five in-nings, allowing only one run,an Alex Gordon home run tolead off the bottom of the sixthinning for the Royals. JoseValverde closed out the game,to clinch the AL Central title,for the second year in a row.

Before the gameclincher, the Tigers traveled toMinnesota over the weekend,extending their AL Centrallead.

Converted reliever

Volleyball wins firstconference game

The University of Michi-gan-Dearborn Women’s vol-leyball team defeatedLawrence Tech University fortheir first win in the Wolver-ine-Hoosier Athletic Confer-ence (WHAC) this season.The Wolves clinched the vic-tory by winning three of foursets (25-23, 23-25, 25-20, and25-18).

Although the Wolveswere victorious, senior captainTiffany Brufladt believesthere is always room for im-provement. “We need to im-prove our execution duringthe matches as well as playingat a high level on a consistentbasis,” said Brufladt. Tiffanyis the team’s only captain, andone of two seniors starting asan outside hitter. Brufladt ex-plains the importance of theirrecent win saying, “Tuesdaywas a big win because we hadlost to them earlier in the sea-

son and I know we didn’t playto our full potential andavenged the lost.”

Brufladt believes theteam is more than capableenough in competing with thetop teams in the conference. “Ithink we can be competitivewith any team. It just comesdown to our execution,” saidBrufladt. The Wolves’ nextgame is Tuesday, October 2 atIndiana Institute of Technol-ogy in another WHAC confer-ence match-up. The girls arehoping to have a repeated suc-cess in this contest in order tocontinue on improving theirleague record.

The coaching staffconsists of head coach MikeGibson, who is entering year30 in charge of the program,assisted by Al Edwards (sea-son 21) and Tom McPartlin(season 4). As the season con-tinues, each game becomes

Photo Credits: Paul Sancya/AP Photo and Jim Mone/AP PhotoAbove: Prince Fielder has been a big addition to the Tigers lineup

Below: Justin Verlander is vying for another Cy Young. MLB Playoff racesheat up

October Baseball. It’s fi-nally here. Well, it technicallydoesn’t start for a few moredays, but the end of the regu-lar season is here. A few teamshave clinched in the AmericanLeague and the NationalLeague.

This year, instead ofone wild card, there will betwo. It sounds weird, and itonly means that in this situa-tion, both wild cards will playeach other. It will be basicallya one game playoff. The win-ner of that wild card game willthen play the team with thetop record in the regular sea-son.

In the NationalLeague, the Washington Na-tionals are in the playoffs forthe first time since 1981. Be-fore that, the last time a fran-chise from the D.C. area wasin the playoffs was whenFranklin D. Roosevelt wasPresident. They have a shot tobe the best team in the NL,even without star pitcherStephen Strasburg.

The Cincinnati Redsclinched the National LeagueCentral Division and will fin-ish either first or second in theNL. The San Francisco Giantsare clinched the NL West andwill finish at best third. Cur-rently leading the wild card inthe National League includethe Atlanta Braves, whoclinched a playoff spot inChipper Jones’ last year. TheSt. Louis Cardinals currently

hold the final wild card spot,leading the Los AngelesDodgers.

The Braves wouldplay the Cardinals, while theNationals would play the win-ner of that play-in game, if infact the Nationals finish withthe best record. The Red andGiants would face off in theDivision League Series, if theReds finish second.

The AmericanLeague features some surpris-ing teams. The Texas Rangersclinched the AL West division,and will at least be in secondplace when the season is over.They are currently in firstplace and will look to play thewild card winner. Right now,the surprise Oakland Athleticshave the last wild card spot,while the other-surprise, Bal-timore Orioles are tied withthe New York Yankees forboth the AL East lead, andother wild card spot.

Based on the season,the Yankees would take thewild card spot, while the Ori-oles would win the AL East.

In the AL Central theDetroit Tigers are on the vergeof clinching and securing aspot in the postseason. If so,they would end up playing theOrioles.

The Division serieswill start Saturday and Sun-day, with the Wild Card gameson Friday. All series will be onTBS except the NLCS andWorld Series will be on FOX.This is shaping up to be an

exciting postseason in bothleagues.

Drew Smyly took the moundFriday night in place of MaxScherzer, to start the seriesagainst the Twins. Smylypitched well, going five and athird innings while only al-lowing two hits. Twins desig-nated hitter Ryan Doumitprovided all the runs for theTwins, going 2-4 with fourRBIs, including a two-runhome run in the seventh in-ning. A combined White Soxwin put the Tigers lead to onlyone game in the AL Central.

Luckily, Saturdaywas a new day for the Tigers,as ace Justin Verlander tookthe mound against the Twins.Verlander was spectacular,going seven innings allowingonly one run on four hits andstriking out eight.

The Tigers’ offensewas alive Saturday, as PrinceFielder, Miguel Cabrera, andAndy Dirks all hit home runsto give the Tigers the 6-4 vic-tory. They also extended their

lead in the AL Central, com-bined with a White Sox loss totwo games.

Sunday featured asurprisingly good pitchingmatch up between AnibalSanchez and Liam Hendriks.Sanchez went six and a thirdinnings while allowing onlyone run. Hendriks was able toshut down the Tigers’ offense,going seven strong innings al-lowing no runs on five hits.

Fielder provided thefireworks and the offense forthe Tigers on Sunday, hitting aclutch, two-run home run inthe bottom of the eight inningto give the Tigers a 2-1 win.

The Tigers open the2012 MLB Playoffs on theroad Saturday against the win-ner of the American LeagueEast; either the New YorkYankees or Baltimore Orioles.The Tigers possessed a 3-4record against the Yankees,and 3-3 record against Balti-more in the regular season.

Photo Credits: AP Photo and Jime Mone/ AP PhotoTop: Miguel Cabrera is vying to become the First Triple Crown winner since

1967.