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MLK Day protesters gather to MLK: Check out more reflections on Voices A4 MUSIC: Ann ‘OCCUPY RICK’ Arbor’s music scene just got ‘Far out’ and ‘Whyld’ B1

COMMAND CENTER: Campus Safety and Security gets a new outpost in the Parking Structure A3

PARKING STRUCTURE OPENS: Now that the long- awaited solution is here, are students using the parking structure? A3

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On Martin Luther King Day, protesters from Students priced across Michigan encapsulated the spirit of the fallen Civil Rights leader to show Ann Arbor, out of Health and and Gov. Rick Snyder, exactly what democracy Fitness Center? looks like. “If Democracy is good enough for Egypt, if ‘Too expensive,’ Trustees democracy is good enough for Libya, then it’s chair Horiszny tells board good enough for Michigan,” said Rev. David Bullock, president of the Rainbow 3+#$ and B!" S#$%& Highland Park chapter of the '""23. Managing Editor “OCCUPY RICK” CONTINUED A6 Students who have cho- sen not to pump iron at the Washtenaw Community College Health and Fitness Center because of the high membership prices may have some added muscle from WCC Board of Trustees Chair Pamela Horiszny. “It’s just too expensive,” Horiszny said. “It was never my intent to see students go into debt over participating.” Concerns over the high price of membership for students were raised after a year-end operations report had been issued to the trust- ees during the Jan. 10 meet- ing. The report reflected that there had been a 19 percent decrease in the number of students at the end of the 2011 fiscal year, which had initially planned for 1,680 JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE student memberships. The Clockwise from top: A large group of protesters marched toward Parker Mill Park on Geddes Road with signs criticizing Gov. Snyder’s policies; Two officers with the Michigan State Police stood guard by HFC, which is managed by the entrance to Snyder’s gated community; the Rev. Charles Williams II looks toward the crowd while the Rev. David Bullock speaks to the protesters. the Power Wellness fitness management company, had come up short with only 1,360 student memberships, according to the report. “For me, it isn’t meeting MLK ceremony highlighted by unveiling of plaque the spirit of the original in- tent of the building, and M'++ D,(( After getting more than or something similar. that’s becoming more and Editor 2,000 signatures, Hunter pre- While Hunter would like to more apparent,” Horiszny sented them to administrators. see that happen, he was reluc- said. Another step towards re- However, the movement tant to say that he will push The “initial spirit” of the naming the Student Center seemed to be stalled by former that agenda. HFC, she said, was to balance after Martin Luther King President Larry Whitworth. “If the administration feels the membership demograph- Jr. has been taken with But once Bellanca took over that conversation can hap- ic by 60 percent community the unveiling of a plaque in August, a new dialogue was pen, we’d be happy with that,” memberships and the re- dedicated to the slain civil opened. Hunter said. “For Dr. Bellanca maining 40 coming from rights leader. “It feels like we were just to come this far and meet us student involvement. The A ceremony was held last out here trying to get people halfway, it means a lot.” current numbers reflect 79 Tuesday in the first floor of to listen to us, it’s a bit surre- Student Activities hosted percent community mem- the Student Center building, al,” Hunter said. “I was very the ceremony and also gave berships and about 20 per- a day after the national holi- thankful that this issue was out free copies of Dr King’s cent coming in from students. day honoring Dr. King. The col- brought back to the front burn- iconic “I have a dream” speech. Horiszny charged the lege was closed on Monday in er. I thought about what this Students were also asked to fill HFC’s Senior Director Greg observance. would mean for the campus out pledges of non-violence Hanby to look into how “He was a man that has for a long time.” and to share how Dr. King had Power Wellness could lower changed all of our lives,” said And now a portion of that influenced their lives. student membership rates. Washtenaw Communtiy thought became a reality less Hunter started his move- Membership prices in College President Rose than a year after his campaign ment last year after docu- the HFC center vary for Bellanca in a speech address- began. ments uncovered by The Voice students and non-students. ing a small group. “I believe Among those in attendance showed that college trustees Non-student community that all of us in our hearts, at was retired WCC instructor in the late 1960s discussed members pay $60 per month least I hope we do, believe in Burton Lowe. A long-time sup- the possibility of naming the plus initiation fees. WCC stu- his dream.” porter of the movement, Lowe Student Center after Dr. King. dents pay $45 a month with- Bellanca also encouraged remembers when the Student During his speech, Hunter out initiation fees. Students students to make a di!erence Center at the old Willow Run encouraged students to re- enrolled in the PEA115 in people’s lives by helping oth- Campus was known as MLK member the words of Dr. King course, a physical fitness ers achieve their dreams. Hall in the 1960s. during the upcoming presiden- elective o!ered each semes- Also taking the stage was “(The ceremony) was excel- tial elections. While he sup- ter, pay $160, which averages Ryan Hunter, a political sci- lent, but this was just the be- ports discourse between sup- to $40 per month, according ence major from Ann Arbor. ginning,” Lowe said. porters of all sides, he hoped to Hanby. The 28-year-old has been at Lowe is hopeful that not just that those discussions re- Not good enough, the forefront of the movement a plaque will be dedicated, that mained civil. Horiszny said, adding that since last April when he started once the first floor of SC has “Let us not forget, at the end she was strictly “speaking ADRIAN HEDDEN THE WASHTENAW VOICE gathering signatures on a pe- been remodeled this summer, of the day, we’re all Americans,” The plaque, reading ‘Dedicated in the spirit of Dr. King. Peace and equality through non-violence.’ A permanent home for the plaque has not yet been tition that supported naming talks can start about naming Hunter said. “Let’s not forget HFC PRICES CONTINUED A6 determined. the SC building after Dr. King. the entire building MLK Hall to move the dream forward.” A2 January 23, 2012 News The Washtenaw Voice

THE COMING FORTNIGHT at a glance — the best of the area’s events

JAN 28 — SALINE JAN 26 — 3LAU The Blind JAN 26–29 — WOMEN, WINTERFEST. Downtown Pig. 9 p.m. 208 N. First St., WINE, AND SONG X. Saline. Event times vary. Ann Arbor. Aiming to usher Kerrytown Concert House. While this event is still in in the coagulated, sub- 8 p.m. (Fri-Sat); 4 p.m. its planning stages, this genre of post-progressive (Sunday). 415 North Fourth year’s Winterfest will again house music, 21 year-old Avenue, Ann Arbor. Acting host The Snowman Building producer 3LAU will hype up as the 10th anniversary Championship of The Free the Ann Arbor club scene. for this popular Kerrytown World, held at Henne Park. $15 in advance; $20 gen- event, the night will include Event is free. For more infor- eral admission. 18 and over performances from various mation: (734) 604-0051 or only. For more information: women in the style of jazz, http://salinechamber.org. (734) 996-8555 or classical and cabaret mu- http://blindpigmusic.com. sic. $20 general admission; $30-$50 for assigned seat- ing. For more information: JAN 27–28 — THE ANN JAN 26–29 — (734) 769-2999 or http:// ARBOR FOLK FESTIVAL. kerrytownconcerthouse.com. Hill Auditorium. Time TBD. SUNDANCE FILM 825 N. University Ave., Ann FESTIVAL USA. The Arbor. A two-day selec- Michigan Theater. 7:30 p.m. tion of eminent folk artists (Jan 26); 7 p.m. (Jan 29). JAN 27 — CHRIS and groups will fill the Hill 603 East Liberty St., Ann BATHGATE with Arbor. The world-renowned NATHAN KALISH AND with the colloquial spirit. Sponsored by The Ark. $30- Sundance Film Festival will THE WILDFIRE. The Blind $45 for single night; $50- proudly bring the Utah- Pig. 9:30 p.m. 208 N. First St., Ann Arbor. One of $80 for full series. For more based festivities back to information: (734) 761- Ann Arbor, with two sepa- Michigan’s most promis- 1800 or http://theark.org. rate days of special screen- ing up-and-comers, Chris ings, featuring one indepen- Bathgate’s honest and dent film and a collection brooding folk will be sure of Sundance shorts. $15 for to entertain and summon JAN 28–31 — U-M each film event. To purchase bouts of personal introspec- ICE CARVING tion. $7 for 21 and up; $10 tickets, visit Ticketmaster EXTRAVAGANZA. locations, or visit http://tick- for 18 and over. For more Downtown Ann Arbor. 6-10 etmaster.com. For more in- information: p.m. (Jan 29); 10 a.m.-6 formation: (734) 668-8397 (734) 996-8555 or p.m. (Jan 30-31). Between or http://michtheater.org. http://blindpigmusic.com. Main St. and Liberty St. The 8th annual University of Michigan Ice Extravaganza will take to the streets as FEB 4 — BOB MARLEY FEB 5 — SUPER BOWL the U-M carving team once BIRTHDAY BASH. The BASH. Victory Inn & Suites. 5 p.m. 3750 Washtenaw again gets creative down on Blind Pig. 9:30 p.m. 208 the curb. Event is free. N. First St., Ann Arbor. A Ave., Ann Arbor. This Super musical celebration of the Bowl Sunday, save the money you would spend legendary reggae artist and activist, featuring selections on buying food for a party FEB 1–MAR 26 — of the man’s music from re- and watch the big game at SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ nowned island act Universal Victory Inn. Event will fea- The Encore. Show times Xpression. $10 for 21 and ture an all you can eat buf- vary. 3126 Broad St., Suite up; $13 for 18 and over. For fet – including wings, pizza A, Dexter. A telling musical more information, please and cinnastix provided by about rock n’ roll culture call (734) 996-8555 or Domino’s – a cash bar and and the modern youth “in http://blindpigmusic.com. raffle with door prizes. $10 an idealized 1950s.” Ticket per person. Must be 21 and prices vary. For more infor- older to attend. For more mation: (734) 268-6200 or email bensolis1@gmail. information: http://theencoretheatre.org. com if you have a hot tip (734) 971-2000, ext. 119. on an upcoming event Friday, January 27, 2012 The Palace of Auburn Hills.

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The Washtenaw Voice News January 23, 2012 A3 Open for business Students appreciate new parking structure — once they find it; some say a few directional signs might have helped WRITING HELP IN THE CITIZENS URGED LIBRARY TO TEST HOMES A$$! F()(!-S*+"# who’s been listening.” with the structure and its ear- been mostly positive. Students struggling with their FOR RADON Staff Writer Although the area around ly usage. Physical therapy major, English classes and other papers January 2012 is National the structure still looked like “I was concerned there Jacob Clinansmith, 20, of can get help from tutors from Radon Action Month. Washtenaw Dakota Devuyst could have a construction site during the would be a transition, but it Whitmore Lake, said he wasn’t the Writing Center, who will County will be promoting the call saved herself a half hour of first day of classes and signage seems people are adjusting to aware of the structure’s open- now be on-hand in the Bailey to action by offering radon home cruising around the park- was missing, Flowers con- it quickly,” she said. “I think it ing, but quickly found parking Library’s second floor computer test kits at half price. ing lots looking for a space to firmed that all of those things helps that the people who are during his second trip back to commons. Assisting students di- The leading cause of lung can- park her car on the first day of were fixed by the next day. using it have staggered sched- campus. rectly as their problems arise; tu- cer in non-smokers, radon is a classes – if only she would have “We noticed that the gate ules so there are people con- “I actually love it. It helps tors will be available on Tuesdays colorless and tasteless gas found known there were nearly 500 needed to be peeled back fur- stantly coming in and leaving.” out a lot,” he said. “I just and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. in nearly all soil and rock. The gas unoccupied spaces available ther to show students it was While just a few issues with heard about it from a couple to 3 p.m. enters homes through cracks in just a few steps away from the open, and we did put a sign out the structure remained on the people and didn’t hear about it This newly available resource foundation and other openings in LA building. there on Tuesday morning,” he opening day of the semester, through the school. It’s a great is part of a pilot program driven homes. Nearly half the homes in Even though several at- said. reactions from students have addition.” by the Humanities and Social Washtenaw County have shown tempts at marketing the struc- And by 11 a.m. on Jan. 10, Sciences Division in conjunction elevated radon levels, accord- ture came before it’s opening all four levels of the structure with the Learning Resources ing to the Washtenaw County on Jan. 9, Devuyst, 19, a nursing were full. Parking structure features: Division and will continue Environmental Health Division. major, of Ann Arbor didn’t real- Board Vice-Chair, Diana throughout the semester. Discounted kits are for sale ize the structure was open un- McKnight-Morton didn’t see for $5 at the Washtenaw County til her first class. Finally, after this as a problem for students. ƀLJ
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JAN. 23 CULTURES IN RESUME BUILDING CONFLICT WORKSHOP The opening reception of This hands-on workshop the new exhibit in Gallery One, teaches participants how to ef- “The Legend of John Brown. fectively build a resume, how to Harlem Renaissance artist tailor your resume to fit what Jacob Lawrence examines the employers look for and what life of abolitionist John Brown you can do to avoid making a through powerful imagery. The bad impression. 4:30–6 p.m. in event will feature a lecture SC 287 starting at 6:30 p.m. The event ADRIAN HEDDEN THE WASHTENAW VOICE will be held from 5–7:30 p.m. Left, a camera surveys the path between the parking structure and the LA building. Center, several computer monitors display live camera feeds of the parking UNIVERSITY OF at Gallery One on the first floor structure and surrounding areas. Right, the welcome desk of the new Campus Security office. TOLEDO VISITATION of the Student Center. Toledo University will have a representative on campus to JAN. 26 Campus Safety and Security’s new HQ in structure allays safety concerns answer questions and provide JOB SEARCH TECH- information about transferring NIQUE WORKSHOP A,&+!$ H-,,-$ dispatch equipment now oper- all the room it can get at WCC. have more room to move about to Toledo. First Floor SC, from How to look for the job that Features Editor ational, allowing for more cam- “It was kind of pointless the o!ce, and to pair up with 10 a.m.–2 p.m. best suits you. Learn about re- era coverage and a locker room to move safety and security,” a second officer during spe- sources that can help you find With the new security com- allowing for the storage of oth- Napier said. “It’s just taking up cial events. The dispatch of- JAN. 24 you find a job in today’s market. mand center up and running er clothing and equipment more room that could be used fice also has radio monitors INTERVIEW SKILLS 3–4 p.m. in SC 287 in the parking structure, Tony such as rain gear, Director of for spots.” to listen in on the Washtenaw WORKSHOP Warren can now finish his Safety and Security Jacques Yet employees at the com- County Sherri"’s Department Improve your ability to MUCH ADO ABOUT last semester at Washtenaw Desrosiers couldn’t feel more mand center are pleased at the and for broadcasts of weather effectively sell yourself during NOTHING Community College in peace. prepared to protect and serve expansion. emergencies. an interview and how to prop- The Shakespeare classic
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SITY AND ALBION a limit of two per student. the campus security o!ce to keep our eyes on more things the command center and man- At the structure, Desrosiers COLLEGE VISITATION 8–10 p.m. the second floor of the struc- that are going on, and there’s aging the school’s “lost and reprimanded five smoking vio- Representatives from Oak- ture, to safe guard his daugh- more room for our sta" to do found,” LaFleur looks forward lators in the first two days, a land U. and Ablion will be on JAN. 27 ters taking evening classes. their jobs.” to providing better service to number that is rarely reached campus to answer questions PISTONS: INSIDE THE “I really think the new loca- But the larger station may students on campus. monthly. for students who are curi- FRONT OFFICE tion will help,” Warren said. “I take up too much space accord- “Customers can come up to “I understand that peo- ous about transferring to the Students can meet "0 LJ.1)LJ/!". ,-LJƘ! -LJűŸLJ ing to some students. Richard the window more,” LaFleur ple need time to adjust,” schools. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on the representatives from finance, and 21) and I’m grateful that Napier, a 23-year-old mechan- said. “We’re much more cus- Desrosiers said. “We are en- first floor of the Student Center. marketing, TV, radio and more they will be watched over at ical engineering major from tomer-service oriented.” forcing the smoking ban. Put to submit their resumes and night, when it’s dark.” Ypsilanti, questions the new of- Utilizing the two jumbo- out that first smoke when you EMU AND CONCOR- get an inside look into how Personnel are grateful, too. fice’s relocation and resizing, screen monitors to oversee come into the structure and DIA VISITATION the operations at the Palace of With his new state-of-the-art submitting that parking needs the campus, dispatchers now light up when you leave.” Representatives from EMU Auburn Hills works. and Concordia universities Students are encouraged will be on campus to answer to bring a resume to distribute questions for students who are for possible future employ- curious about transferring to ment. Cost is $15 and includes Volunteering at a business can get you the schools. 1–5 p.m. on the a ticket to that nights Pistons second floor of the Student game against the Atlanta Center. Hawks. Workshop 1:30–5 p.m. noticed faster than your resume will Game starts at 7:30 p.m. N!"#!$ C%!&' powerful thing to get involved Staff Writer with the community here.” Wildfong says the volunteer Tough economic times usu- fair is more than just discover- ally means there are fewer ing organizations looking for Another in a series of stories jobs available in the free mar- volunteers; it’s an opportunity about volunteer opportunities in ket. While many unemployed for students to meet with a va- Washtenaw County. Americans work on revising riety of nonprofit agencies, hos- CHILD damaged on the front pas- their resumes to be more ap- pitals and other businesses to ENDANGERMENT? senger side. Although the driver pealing to potential employ- learn more about potential jobs Three children, ages 8 complained of neck pain, she ers, they forget that there is that may become available and months to 4 ½ years old, were refused medical attention, ac- another way to get noticed to make your face and reputa- left unattended by their mother cording to the police report. — volunteering. tion known within the business while she was in class, accord- Washtenaw Community to increase the chances of get- want to be a physical therapist. volunteering opportunities, ing to campus police. DOOR TROUBLE College will be hosting a vol- ting hired — as opposed to just So it helps with their career de- but is even nicer to have stu- A woman called security In the Health and Fitness unteer fair, February 21, from supplying a standard resume cision process.” dents directly connect with officers to the second floor Center’s parking lot, at 10:30 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second for the job. “We get lots of requests from agencies they are interested in. of the Liberal Arts building at a.m. a driver struck the open floor of the Student Center. “In addition to getting students asking about how they Wildfong is contacting lo- 12:11 p.m. on Dec 12, saying door of a parked car while “If people aren’t working out there and networking, can volunteer,” said Rachel cal organizations interested she was concerned after she pulling into a spot. Damage right now, they should really students that are consider- Barsch, events coordinator and looking for volunteers. discovered the children in a car was done to the door and the be looking into volunteering as ing getting into the medical in Student Development and Notable organizations such as and watched them in between passenger side, front bumper an option for getting some ex- field and are not sure which Activities. “It’s hard when we the American Red Cross, the her classes for over an hour. of the mobile vehicle, accord- perience and for getting some way they want to go, it helps get one or two students inter- United Way and St. Joseph Police said they told the mother ing to the police report. network opportunities,” said them in their career planning,” ested in volunteering at a time, Mercy Hospital are expected that if she did that again they To contact Campus Safety & Security, David Wildfong, a professional said Sandra Worrell, student and then we get some random to attend. would notify child protective services. dial 3411 from any school phone, services faculty member at the adviser at the Employment organization asking for a cer- A complete list of organiza- press the red button on red security Employment Services Center. Services Center. “They tain number of people at a cer- tions attending the volunteer phones, or use your cell phone to call “We live in a very community- can volunteer at the hospital tain time.” fair will be made available as FENDER BENDER (734) 973-3411. oriented area, we’re really big and decide that they don’t want Barsch says that it’s nice soon as attending organiza- A car accident was reported into giving back so it’s a very to be a nurse anymore, they to connect students with tions have been confirmed. at lot 3H on Jan. 10 at 10:16 Visit washtenawvoice.com for a.m. One of the cars was security updates. A4 January 23, 2012 Voices The Washtenaw Voice EDITORIAL Other ‘civil’ soldiers deserve recognition, too

Psst! Plenty of accomplishments, nor was relentlessly for their validated questions are simple, and have I desperate to return to my humanity? Where is the trav- anything to do with a supposed classes. Quite the contrary; eling wall for those who were overload of information and parking out back my a!ronted emotions came coincidentally caught in the heartbreak, then let my hard- New structure’s opening a well-kept secret from the realization that de- crossfire of flesh-tearing wa- fought intelligence be publicly spite this day set aside for King, ter hoses? insulted. Our current race rela- the United States does not rec- Where is my day o! to in- tions in this country are a joke, Parking problems have long been a complaint among ognize other figures in the Civil ternalize the courage of Rosa and anyone paying attention to students and sta! on the Washtenaw Community Col- B($ S)%*+ Rights movement with similar Parks, or better yet a vacation the ongoing debates of immi- lege campus. So it was with great pomp and circum- Managing Editor distinction. day from my classes to admire gration reform and class war- stance on Monday, Jan. 9, that the college opened the Although King died be- the educational triumphs of fare knows this to be an embar- $12.7 million parking structure. As I sat at home last week, fore his trials and tribula- Frederick Douglass? Why is it rassing truth. free of school and work be- tions could bear fruit, and that my high school text books For how can we evolve as a Except there was no pomp and circumstance. cause of the national holi- was taken from our world in only focused on the most tragic unified people if we can’t ad- Or any real notification, for that matter, informing day celebrating the life of Dr. a way most horrendous and and historically popular events mit the failures of our past? commuters that the structure was even open. Martin Luther King Jr., my brutal, many others within in this centuries-long battle for Let alone distinguish them, For something that had so much time, money and de- reflections on King’s accom- the movement died without inherent and inalienable rights, no matter how gruesome they bate poured into it, one would think that those in charge plishments turned sour. I felt any appreciation before and and not on the small lawsuits may be. at WCC would make sure that everyone on campus was jaded and outraged about hav- after the laws of segregation and coalition building that I’m not lazy, and I don’t hate well aware of the solution, finally, to our parking prob- ing the day o!. were abolished. Where is our made the more mainstream my job. But I wouldn’t mind It wasn’t because I failed monument for these proud examples possible? more days off – and for the lems. to appreciate the man’s African-Americans who toiled If the answers to these right reasons this time. However, when the parking structure opened that Monday morning, there was no signage letting people know that the structure was open or directing them to use it. A broadcast email was not sent out until 3 p.m. that day, when most people were already on campus and in class. If you’ve been following The Voice at all, you I’m preapproved to be in debt; you too! know that students are not particularly diligent about checking their college email accounts. a year. noticed recently that encour- not cheap. The lack of promotion was so glaring that students on Like so many other ages unwise spending. More Being a college student is campus as late as Thursday of that week still had no clue Americans, the only thing that and more on television, I have already financially draining. the structure was open for use. seems to have made me quali- been seeing ads for rent-to- Unless you’re attending school Those who bothered to seek out the information were fied for these credit cards is the own places and check-cashing on a scholarship, your family treated to a beautiful facility and plenty of open park- fact that I have an address. I institutions such as Western saved up money throughout ing spaces. The bridge that connects to the LA building suppose to the credit card com- Sky. Rent-to-own has to be one your childhood, you spent a few panies, occupying an area of of the biggest money pits I have years in the military, or you al- is covered and surprisingly warm. And with plenty of N!"#!$ C%!&' space means you want to spend ever seen. ready have a well-paying job, cameras and security on site, the structure is as safe as a Staff Writer money you haven’t earned yet. These establishments en- you’re probably using some building on this campus can be. So what is the purpose of courage you to pay, over time, form of financial aid that will It’s too early to tell whether the new facility will truly Like many Americans, I sending out so many credit- more for a product than what have to be paid back. The lon- be the answer to our parking problems, but apparently live a relatively normal life. I card applications to people it is worth with the premise ger you wait to pay it back, the promoting it as a possible solution created a new prob- pay my bills, I behave myself who have no way of paying that you get to keep the prod- more it will cost you. lem of its own. to avoid incarceration and I them o!? The easy answers uct once it’s completely paid o!. Being successful financial- receive enough preapproved would be pure and simple: In truth, a television for $400 ly is simple. Don’t blow your credit-card applications in the greed or stupidity. But I’ll let could end up costing you $600- money on useless garbage, mail to build a pretty sweet the conspiracy theorists han- $800 with the interest incurred don’t spend money you don’t MLK dedication a welcomed first step homecoming float. dle that one. It doesn’t seem to on your payments. If you don’t have and pay o! any debts you I’m not mad that I receive make any sense. You wouldn’t need a product right away, save have as quickly as possible, es- When President Rose Bellanca unveiled a plaque hon- so many such applications in lend money to somebody you up some money and buy it later. pecially any financial aid. And oring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. the mail; I just find it confusing knew would never pay you back, I can’t be too hard on the keep tossing out those credit- that I received so many, giv- would you? Western Sky commercials. card apps. 17, it was, we hope, the beginning of a more permanent en the fact that I haven’t had Credit-card applications At least this company open- Drowning in debt after col- tribute to Dr. King. a legitimate job in more than aren’t the only thing I’ve ly admits that the money is lege is no way to start your life. With the impending renovations to the Student Cen- ter scheduled for this summer, a permanent memorial seems to be a logical part of the project. While adminis- trators and trustees contend it’s not feasible to name the entire Student Center after Dr. King, as was discussed by trustees more than 40 years ago, naming a wing or a ADRIAN HEDDEN FEATURES EDITOR PHOTOS JARED ANGLE PHOTO EDITOR specified area for him shouldn’t be out of the question. Part of that responsibility falls on the students of WCC to make sure that administration knows how im- portant the issue is to them. Students cannot expect the decision-makers to take bigger steps towards a perma- The parking structure is finally complete and open for business. Those on campus have been nent tribute without the encouragement of the students. hoping for a cure to the congestion that has plagued WCC’s parking lot for years. The plaque dedication was a great start, and both the So we asked students: “Are you excited for the new structure? Will it solve the parking students involved and President Bellanca deserve ap- predicament? Do you approve of its construction?” plause for their work. But as we all know: It’s not how you start, but how you finish.

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Last semester, it was packed. gmail.com Bob Conradi FEATURES EDITOR Adrian Hedden STAFF CONTRIBUTORS KHADIJA MUBARIK, 16, Canton, JORDAN MALLETT, 16, Ann Arbor, [email protected] ILLUSTRATOR Jael Gardiner Math and Science Healthcare Hafsah Mijinyawa Mike Adsit PHOTO EDITOR [email protected] Beau Keyes Jared Angle jared.angle@ AD MANAGER ADVISER gmail.com Becky Alliston Keith Gave [email protected] [email protected] The Washtenaw Voice News January 23, 2012 A5 WCC Dental WCC’s climate Clinic brings Panel of experts commitment a!ordable health meet to clarify B)0 C)$&!-* care to students Staff Writer ‘climate confusion’ W a s h t e n a w Community College takes climate change Dental Clinic Basics B)0 C)$&!-* very seriously. Staff Writer In 2007, then ,#($: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. president Larry ,#(&(: Located in OE 106 Amid an unusually warm Whitworth signed the #),: Services by appointment only winter in Ann Arbor, with mid- American College and -("!*%+: Must be a currently enrolled student, sta% winter tornados in Indiana and University President’s or faculty member of Washtenaw Community College Kentucky, no one can deny the Climate Commitment and be at least 18 years old. ID must be presented when weather has been strange. ()$*'$$). This is a scheduling and attending all appointments But these events do not commitment to low- .)& /)&( *$.)&/!"*)$: To make an appointment, prove that the whole earth is er heat-trapping gas call (734) 973-3332. getting hotter. They occurred emissions to reduce on a tiny part of the earth’s WCC’s impact on surface in a narrow window climate. of time. The concept pro- B($ S)%*+ going through at any point in Nevertheless, when scien- DR. KATHARINE HAYHOE COURTESY GRAPH moted by )$*'$$ is Managing Editor time.” tists look at the big picture, The global average temperature fluctuates from year to year, but that colleges should Both Sprague and Weber sings of global warming are the trend is clearly toward a warmer world. lead the way in dem- Students fighting a tooth- went on to work at other or- unmistakable. Other voices onstrating to their ache with an empty wallet can ganizations and in private are saying that the world’s cli- industrial use of fossil fuels for drinking water. Dry areas students and to the look no further than the doors practices before coming back mate scientists got it all wrong. exploded. That level is 392 are getting drier and wet ar- world that elimination of the Washtenaw Community to teach at WCC. Some say the scientists are ppm today, and the increase eas wetter. Health risks are on of greenhouse gases College Dental Clinic for As a part of their curricu- driven by lust for acclaim or is accelerating. the rise. is achievable. WCC, treatment. lum, WCC’s dental assisting for economic gain. Others at- Second, on a global scale, The World Health along more than 600 “It’s really too bad that students begin field-training tribute more sinister motives, the earth is getting warmer. Organization reports that other colleges and uni- there is really a high need in exercises through the dental calling climate change sup- This was demonstrated in the about 300,000 deaths world- versities, is trying to do Washtenaw County for af- clinic. After that, they move on porters “watermelons” – green fourth assessment report of wide were attributable to cli- its part. fordable dental care and not to U-M for a four-week clinical. on the outside, red (i.e. com- the &'$$ in 2007 (a fifth report mate change in 2009. This In 2011, incom- enough places for people to This kind of approach is munist) on the inside. is under way). Some scientific number is rising, Hayhoe ing president Rose go,” said Kristina Sprague, an what Weber calls four-hand- Some spokesmen present criticism of the report, most added. Bellanca moved swiftly adviser to the WCC Dental ed dentistry, meaning that such apocalyptic visions of di- notably by Dr. Richard Muller, Rev. Jim Ball, an expected to set up a climate ac- Assisting program and a su- the dental assistants will get saster that people are inclined of the University of California attendee at the Ann Arbor tion task force. This pervisor for the clinic. “Here, a chance to flex the skills that to curl up in a fetal position to at Berkley, has been silenced. meeting and spokesperson for team includes instruc- they can receive services at an they have learned by actively await inescapable death. The Muller, thinking that the trend the Evangelical Environmental tors Suzanne Albach, extremely reduced rate.” participating in the services Institute for Public Policy shown by the &'$$ was skewed Network, is particularly con- Dale Petty and Leslie Starting on Jan. 24, all en- provided. Research in the U.K has called by improper handling of the cerned about the poor who of- Pullins, along with ad- rolled Washtenaw students, “Passing all instruments, such sensationalism “climate data, led an independent sur- ten live in marginal environ- ministrators Steven faculty and sta% can receive mixing all the medicaments porn.” vey, published a few months ments and are less equipped Hardy, Damon Flowers, in-house dental care in be- — which include cavity medi- Little wonder so many peo- ago. to adapt to changes. Stuart Blackwell, tween classes for a nominal cation and the filling materials. ple view global climate change Muller’s temperature curve Projections suggest that the Barbara Fillinger, Pete fee, according to Sprague and They are there to assist those as such a confusing issue. was virtually identical to that situation will get worse, much Leshkevich and Laura Kathleen Weber, another ad- dental students and doctors,” This problem with public of the &'$$, showing that the worse, if nothing is done. Crawford. Their first viser to the program and su- Weber said. perception led the University concerns he had expressed did “We have a very narrow win- meeting was on Nov. pervisor of the clinic. The well-trained assistants of Michigan’s Erb Institute for not change the conclusion. dow of time to determine how 30. The clinic, which has been will even have the skills need- Global Sustainable Enterprise, “Kudos to Muller for pre- climate change will a%ect our The task force sets a WCC staple for more than ed to place fillings when they together with the Union of senting what the science said,” own and future generations,” short and long-term 40 years, will be housed go out into workplace. Concerned Scientists, to or- Hayhoe said. “This was a very Hayhoe said. goals to keep the col- in room OE 106 and will Although the emphasis is ganize a workshop, bringing powerful result.” But what can be done? lege on track towards offer various, albeit lim- placed on WCC’s students, together climate scientists, But climate change is not If humans caused the prob- carbon neutrality. ited, services provided by the students at the U-M gain social scientists and science just abstract trend lines in re- lem, humans should be able to The initial strategy Washtenaw dental assisting a valuable primer before they communicators to discuss the search reports. Evidence of slow it down. The &'$$ warns is to become more ef- students and junior dental go out into additional train- issue. A public town hall meet- global warming can be seen that humans must reduce the ficient in energy use, students from the University ing, as well, according to Paul ing called “Cures for Climate happening now in retreat- amount of heat-trapping gas- said Dale Petty, elec- of Michigan. Community den- Russeau, and administrative Confusion” was scheduled ing glaciers, in the shrinking ses released to the atmosphere. tronics instructor and tists will also help oversee the specialist for the U-M dental for Friday, Jan. 20, at the ice shelves of Greenland, in The more this can be reduced WCC’s implementa- clinic to help the dental stu- program. University of Michigan Ross the rising sea level and in the the less su%ering and adaption tion liaison for )$*'$$. dents get real-time guidance “It gives our third-year stu- School of Business. northward shift of the ranges will be required. There is also a longer- and advice. dents some practical experi- “There is a raft of evidence of plant species. Emissions can be reduced term goal to achieve For Weber and Sprague, ence out in the community,” supporting global warming, “Responses to a warming through increases in e(ciency +,,- certification the clinic isn’t just a tool for Russeau said. “Not only do yet in the American public planet are seen in more than and by adopting a variety of al- (Leadership in Energy instruction; it is a way to give the assistants and community there is not a social consen- 25,000 physical and biologi- ternative energy sources. and Environmental their students an opportunity dentists work with them, but sus,” said workshop organizer cal systems around the world,” “There is no silver bullet,” Design) for all cam- to give back that which was so it’s there to help the students, Dr. Andrew Ho%man, director Hayhoe said. Ball said, “but there is silver pus buildings and to freely given to them — hands- faculty and sta% of WCC.” of the Erb Institute. Ho%man Of course the next ques- buckshot.” obtain at least 40 per- on education. And who doesn’t need af- hopes to find better ways to tion is whether this tempera- The &'$$ recommends that cent of the available “We are a part of the fordable health care? communicate science and the ture rise is connected to the the world commit to reducing energy points for new American Dental Association “It’s a wonderful option scientific process to Americans increase in CO2. A surprising emissions 80 percent by 2050, construction. accredited clinical program,” for students,” said Kimberly who do not think in those ways. consensus of atmospheric sci- a daunting objective. Like other colleges, Weber said, adding that only Rice, an Ypsilanti dentist who One of the scientists expect- entists says yes. Dale Petty, an instruc- WCC has a long way to eight other institutions share also teaches at U-M and WCC. ed to attend the workshop is Dr. “Ninety-eight percent of ac- tor at WCC was asked if he go. From September that accreditation. “There are Rice has been involved with Katharine Hayhoe, Associate tive scientists in related fields thinks this is attainable. He 2007 to September three faculty members over- the clinic for the past 15 years. Professor of Atmospheric agree that climate change is responded by quoting Vaclav 2008, WCC conducted seeing the clinic, and we’re “It’s convenient and is right Sciences at Texas Tech occurring and is primarily the Havel, poet, playwright, dis- an inventory of heat- all graduates of the WCC pro- there on campus,” Rice said. University. Hayhoe was an ex- result of human emissions of sident, and first president of trapping gas emis- gram, so we can fully appre- “I wish more students would pert reviewer for the United heat-trapping gasses,” Hayhoe the Czech Republic. sions for which it was ciate what the students are take advantage of it.” Nation’s Intergovernmental said. “Hope is a state of mind, not responsible. The big- Panel on Climate Change Hayhoe explains that other of the world. Hope, in this deep gest contributors were (&'$$) and is heavily involved natural cycles a%ecting climate, and powerful sense, is not the energy used to power in the U.S. Global Change such as variations in solar out- same as joy that things are the school and ener- Services and prices Research Program. put and galactic cosmic rays, going well, or willingness to gy used for commut- Neighbors and acquaintanc- cannot explain the tempera- invest in enterprises that are ing. Considering all X-Rays $15 es often ask, “How do we really ture change that is happening. obviously heading for success, sources the total came Bitewings $8 know that this issue is happen- Only the rising CO levels at- but rather an ability to work for to almost 28,000 met- Prophylaxis $15 2 ing?” she acknowledged. And tendant on the industrializa- something because it is good.” ric tons of CO . Amalgam Restoration (silver filling) $15 2 she is happy to explain. tion of Western civilization can Petty says the time to begin Is there hope of Composite Restoration (tooth colored) $20 First, there is no doubt that explain this unprecedented this endeavor is now. achieving carbon Fluoride Treatment $8 the concentration of atmo- global shift. “There is enough evidence neutrality? Pit and Fissure Sealants $4 spheric carbon dioxide (CO2) Does it matter? Global cli- that we need to act now,” Petty “Hope comes from is increasing. Starting from a mate change is melting the said. “If it turns out we were action,” Petty said. Cash and checks are the only accepted method of level of about 285 ppm in the mountain glaciers that near- wrong, everything we did payment. Since the clinic o!ers nominal charges, mid-1800s, around the time ly a billion people depend on would be a good thing anyway.” dental insurance is not accepted. WCC reaches out to help students battle depression

N!"#!$ C%!&' “We o%er this service every signs or symptoms of depres- Staff Writer year,” said Elizabeth Orbits, sion from their friends to en- Symptoms of manager of !"#$. “The screen- courage them to come to the depression Life is filled with emotion- ing is a way to get people to screening. al highs and lows, from joyful come and see if there are any The screening is strictly ƀLJ"(! -LJ#(LJ-& *#(!ŻLJ times like starting a new re- resources that can be provided confidential and conducted in eating and mood lationship to the sadness we for them to help them.” a private room, so students can ƀLJ &#(!-LJ) LJ-( --LJ(LJ feel with the loss of a loved one. According to the Suicide be confident that their privacy exhaustion Coping with sadness or stress Prevention Resource Center, is secure during the screening, ƀLJ #!". ( LJ &#(!-LJ) LJ can be challenging, but what more than 30,000 people in the Orbits said. anxiety if you feel sad for no apparent United States commit suicide After the screening has been ƀLJ,)/& LJ)( (.,.#(! reason? every year, and it is the third- completed, students showing ƀLJ (!#(!LJ-., -- You might be suffering leading cause of death among risk for depression or suicide ƀLJ &#(!-LJ) LJ #&/, from a form of depression, those 15–24 years old. will have counselors readi- ƀLJ-#(!LJ-/-.( -LJƘ*, - and Washtenaw Community “The general public isn’t ly available to speak to them scription or illegal) to College wants to help you. really familiar with the symp- and have referrals available for cope WCC’s Student Resource toms and what to look out for,” them to other depression re- and Women’s Center (!"#$) said Eleanor Brundage, a stu- sources outside of WCC. will be holding a Depression dent specialist at the !"#$. The !"#$ maintains a vast Screening Day, Jan. 25, from 10 “There are some good resourc- list of depression-manage- a.m. to 2 p.m., for any students es on what kind of behaviors to ment clinics in the local area For more information, visit the SRWC in SC 287, second floor of the Student Center. who feel they need help or are notice in a friend or relative.” and can refer students to the If you or someone you know might be at simply curious and wish to Brundage says they en- nearest clinic that best suits risk for suicide, please call the national sui- JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE cide prevention lifeline at (800) 273-8255. From left, Kristina Sprague, Kathleen Weber and Jodi Neuman, learn more about depression. courage anyone who notices their needs and income level. supervisors of the WCC Dental Clinic. A6 January 23, 2012 News The Washtenaw Voice

“Our message to Snyder (and that. I want my presence here Muchmore) was that we don’t to incite more awareness among want our democracy taken away veterans.” from us,” Williams said. “We When an older protester told don’t want our elected o"cials those surrounding him that the to be flushed down and thrown protest must be focused solely away. We elected them to repre- on economic issues, Harness sent us, and we don’t want that and his cohorts – other mem- to be dismantled.” bers of Occupy Flint – began Although his feeling of joy chanting, “It’s not one thing, it was apparent, Williams said is everything.” he is not happy about what is Causing more mild chaos, to come. and against the wishes of the “I am proud of what we did, protest organizers, members but I am not proud that we had of the Coalition to Defend to do it,” he said. “I’m afraid A"rmative Action, Integration and concerned that we’ll have & Immigrant Rights, and Fight to do more. I am hopeful, but for Equality By Any Means we need to be thinking aggres- Necessary (#$%&) delivered sively about how we can change their own speeches, one that that paradigm.” included a section of King’s fa- Others had a more pointed mous “I Have A Dream” speech. message to give Snyder, like Yet not all were there to pro- Keith Kuchner. test these causes. “I want Snyder to resign and “I am here in a counter pro- go to jail,” said Kuchner, 59, test to the protest,” said Stacy from Dearborn. “I have more Swimp, 43, of the Frederick respect for the Mafia and or- Douglass Foundation of ganized crime than I do for the Michigan, a conservative pub- man. At least when they whack lic policy and education institu- you, they’ll let you know about tion. “My organization believes it.” that the charges being brought For Esperanza Orozsco, 24, up against Snyder are based on of Milwaukee, being able to at- racism and falsehoods.” tend two recall rallies for two It is a shame, Swimp said, di!erent governors was a high that “black pastors from Detroit point of her activism. have chosen to protest against “I was involved in the Snyder in Ann Arbor,” when Madison protests, so I’m here corruption and mismanage-

JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE to bring the spirit of Wisconsin ment of funds ruined their cit- Left, Emmitt Harness, a 26 year-old former Marine, raises his fist along with the hundreds of other protesters outside Snyder’s gated community. Right, Com- with me,” she said. ies, not Snyder. munity High School student Fauster Kitchens, 18, of Ann Arbor, joined in the various chants. As Williams prepared to Williams told The Voice that deliver his speech and air his such claims were absurd, and “OCCUPY RICK” FROM FRONT PAGE o"cials to institute emergen- Dixboro Road, taking the group of people,” Williams told The grievances in front of the gat- that he did not find many in cy managers to oversee cities to Parker Mill County Park, and Washtenaw Voice. “That shows ed neighborhood, arguments opposition to the message of Led by Bullock and Rev. with ongoing financial misman- later to the governor’s Superior that we are all Americans, that began among protesters about the day. Charles Williams II of the agement issues, the protesters Township residence. While we all unite around democracy, the purpose of the protest, No matter what the personal Historic King Solomon Baptist took their concerns, chants and some protesters marched on and that it isn’t just for some, with some raising concerns opinions of the various protest- Church in Detroit, nearly 1,000 signs to Snyder’s front doorstep, foot, many more came by bus, but for all of us.” that the movement should be ers, and counter protesters, the protesters from about 50 di!er- essentially occupying the en- from cities including Benton Williams, 30, and a graduate more about economic disparity parallel between the rally and ent activism groups gathered trance of his gated community, Harbor, Detroit, Muskegon, of Eastern Michigan University, than the Emergency Financial King’s own fight for equality was near Washtenaw Community roughly a mile east of campus. Inkster and Flint. said that seeing older African- Manager law. not lost in the events of the day College on Jan.16. They met As the last of the protesters The e!ort was aided by the American’s interspersed with For inactive-duty U.S. Marine “There is a parallel here be- by the pavilion at Parker Mill arrived at WCC, where the ma- Washtenaw County Sheriff’s young white men and women Emmitt Harness, the perspec- tween us and Dr. King,” said County Park on Geddes Road jority gathered before the of- Department and Michigan state rallying peacefully together en- tive gained from his time in Iraq Naomi Zikmund-Fisher, a to show their displeasure, out- ficial march began, members police, who helped close down capsulated the spirit of the aus- fueled his outrage toward the 41-year-old social work student rage and frustration with the of Occupy Detroit, Occupy for Geddes Road and ran crowd picious occasion. governor. from the University of Michigan Snyder-supported Public Act 4, Democracy and the AFSCME control. Encamped shortly outside “I’m here because I got to wit- who held a sign commemorat- more commonly known as the labor union distributed mega- For Williams, the coalition of Snyder’s gated community, ness first hand why the govern- ing King and other Civil Rights Emergency Financial Manager phones among the organizers building that went into the rally Williams and others delivered ment sent people like me to war,” leaders. “We are here trying to law. so they could speak openly to was “unprecedented.” their message to Snyder’s Chief said Harness, 26, from Flint. “It change a discourse of allow- Rallied in opposition to the the crowd. “I haven’t been to any other of Staff, Dennis Muchmore. was corporate greed and doing ing an elected official to do controversial act, which allows The rally led protesters protest that has had so many They spoke more of disappoint- whatever it takes, even taking whatever he wants with our the governor and other state east down Geddes Road from diverse and different types ment than anger. away people’s land, to achieve democracy.”

Testing Center to open Sundays again; students still concerned

A!!"# T$%&'$( to Sara Viland, 29, a physi- during the week?” Staff Writer cian’s assistant major from However, o"cials at WCC Ann Arbor, now Sundays are trying to do what is best for The Testing Center has are the only hours available the students and the budget. reinstated Sunday hours for to her. “We heard the request for the Winter semester, but dis- “It’s almost worse,” she said. Sunday hours,” said Linda satisfaction among students And that sentiment may be Blakey, associate vice presi- lingers. shared by fellow students who dent for Student Services. “We With the previous semes- now have traded one set of re- tried to address the concerns 834 friends on Facebook? Wow. ter omitting Sunday hours and stricted hours for another. the best we could, and this is raising concern for working During the Fall semester, what we came up with.” students, this should be good Matt Gittleson, 31, a Liberal With the Winter semester 128 followers on Twitter? Nice. news – shouldn’t it? According Arts transfer major from Ann under way, only time will tell to some students, however, the Arbor said, “Right now I have whether the new hours will be shortened weekday hours are Saturday and Tuesday night a suitable solution, but accord- nearly as unappealing. classes. If I work, then my only ing to Blakey, re-evaluation for While only having weekday option is to suddenly come in the Spring/Summer semester 14 people in your hours were a pain, according on Sunday instead of anytime is not out of the question. accounting class? New Testing Center schedule Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–7:15 p.m. Tests collected at 7:45 p.m. Perfect. Friday–Saturday 9 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Tests collected at 4:45 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m.–4:15p.m. Tests collected at 4:45 p.m.

HFC PRICES FROM FRONT PAGE receiving aid from taking the Despite the services o!ered, course more than twice. some feel the rates are still too from my own perspective and “We probably saw the drop high. opinion. It is a trend that I’ve from the PEA changes,” Hanby “I agree that it costs too noticed from the beginning. said. “We weren’t even made much,” said Dave Kvatadze, The fee is just too high for most aware of the changes until after 26, from Ann Arbor, a gradu- students.” we made our budget targets.” ate of WCC. “I pay the $60 fee, Wednesday, March 21 Immediately following While Hanby’s team will be- but $45 for students is just too the meeting, Hanby told The gin looking into how to low- high.” 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Washtenaw Voice that he has er the student rate, he said it For MarSean Wilson, stu- Visit us. Student Center, McNichols Campus assembled a task force to look would be hard to pinpoint how dents may complain about the into how the HFC could go much a slight reduction would price, but will still pay it if they about lowering the prices for a!ect revenue. want it bad enough. students. “I think that a large increase “At Eastern, students pay up- “We meet routinely each could a!ect revenues consider- ward near $80,” said Wilson, month to address the concerns ably,” said Hanby, who added a 19 year-old PEA115 student of members,” Hanby said. “We that the prices are high because from Ypsilanti. “I know a lot of were due to have our January of the amount of premium students who don’t come here We want great things for you. meeting, so I said ‘let’s get to- services offered to all mem- because they can’t a!ord it. But gether now.’” bers, included free fitness and I also know of students who udmercy.edu/great 800-635-5020 In the HFC’s defense, Hanby health courses. Hanby also still pay it because they want attributed the drop in student added that overhead revenue to use the facilities. It’s just a numbers to changes in finan- gets pumped back into the col- matter of whether you want cial aid, which bar students lege’s pipelines. the fitness or not.” We Specialize in Easy Transfers.

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Ann Arbor’s Far House plays host to local experiments

Josh Hedges performs as Little Mac in the Far House basement.

Photos and Words by: The Far House’s mission has environment where people are “The people who I choose to A!"#$% H&!!&% always been the same: to have a welcome to feel a part of the ac- work with, and play shows with, Features Editor place where the minds of artists tion,” Stephenson said. “I want are the people who actually do it and intellectuals can meet with- them to come here and feel like because they like to, not to make Ann Arbor’s underground mu- out judgment or the constraints of they’re welcomed, not just an- a buck,” Stephenson said. “The sic scene has a home and a house a consumer-based society. other customer. They’re not pa- people who have that integrity full of friends at local concert ven- trons, they’re pals.” tend to get less exposure.” ue and collective, The Far House. Stephenson, 30, has often found - The Far House’s donation-on- Located at the corner of himself frustrated with what he eral concerts at the Far House ly events and fundraisers, includ- JENNIFER GENTNER COURTESY PHOTO Jo Pie Whyld. sees as the elitist nature of his throughout the year, Stephenson ing musical performances, art house has played host to a num- town’s local music scene, hop- believes his selection of per- shows and movie nights, raise ‘Whyld’ thing ber of experimental performanc- ing that his home can be a public formers to be in line with the money to support the local acts WCC student takes plunge into local music market es and events since the collective escape from it. Far House’s stance against was started in 2008. “We want to create an commercialism. FAR HOUSE CONTINUED B8

A%%$ F*+*$-S,#-. place for her if she was going to Staff Writer start studying music on a more passionate level. Although Hope Thomas has “I haven’t had struggles with been performing all of her life, it singing although I really don’t wasn’t until more than two years know how I got to where I’m ago that she decided to pick up at,” she said. “But I’ve matured a guitar and start playing seri- emotionally – which is essential Rx for success ously. to writing music.” Recently, Thomas, 20, While Thomas hasn’t suf- of Ypsilanti, a student of fered the displeasure of losing Washtenaw Community College her voice, she says that playing majoring in music production the guitar has been the most dif- and engineering, has released “Of course, I want to get bet- ter,” she said. “I don’t want to childhood nicknames. be a songwriter, or just a guitar The new record is called player, or just be a singer. I want “Songs for Noah.” to be all three and do them better Named for her pet dog who than what I’m capable of now.” suffers from genetic, skeletal While that road may be un- defects, “Songs for Noah” was certain for Thomas, she looks written, recorded and mixed all forward to the strong relation- by Thomas with her microphone and interface in her apartment. Originally from Lawrence, It was July of 2011 at one about a half hour outside of of the several open-mic nights Kalamazoo, Thomas has been when Raymond, out scouting for attending WCC since Fall of “Her voice is what sets her she’s hoping to support herself apart,” Raymond said. “When through music. it comes to music, it’s not just “The way this works is they somebody’s voice. Someone can promote me, I sing; they pro- have a very beautiful voice, but mote me some more and I sing the fact that she was able to take some more,” Thomas said. the lyrics and take her voice and put it with a simple melody was seriously saying, ‘I want to do amazing.” RUSSELL FERGUSON COURTESY PHOTO this, I’m putting all I got into it, Raymond, 22, of Ann Arbor, WCC instructer Russell Ferguson stands next to a Chevy Volt while on a Car and Driver road test. a recent University of Michigan investing in my music.’” graduate, has one goal for Instructor’s sabbatical ‘Doc, the human body hasn’t semester is to work hands-on “We have very talented part- Making the decision to move Thomas: to give her music the changed in a million years, look as a line mechanic, while focus- timers, but it’s hard to get them to Ypsilanti, halfway across the exposure that will allow her to helps to ‘recharge’ at all the new cars that came ing on emerging sustainable in the classrooms during the state, was easy for Thomas. She college’s auto program out this year. You get to bury technologies in the automo- day because they are licensed knew that WCC was the right ‘WHYLD’ THING CONTINUED B8 your mistakes. Mine come back tive industry. mechanics at dealerships,” B&% S'(#) on a tow truck.’” “Hopefully, the idea is that Ferguson said. “Two of them Managing Editor While that anecdote is a sta- you bring back some teaching (Kelley and Sykes), I consider ple of Ferguson’s instruction, it techniques that will help out my good friends. I asked them Have you heard the one is also the philosophical justifi- in the curriculum,” Ferguson if I could shadow them and they about the doctor who com- cation for his newly approved said. “In order to do that, we thought it was a great idea.” plained about the high cost of paid sabbatical. need to keep up to date.” Ferguson will split this por- his automotive repair bill? “The college offers a sab- During this period, Ferguson tion of his time working with If you’ve taken a class taught batical for instructors after will take on a few di!erent roles Sykes at Zubor Buick GMC by Washtenaw Community six years of service,” Ferguson with General Motors, Chrysler, and with Kelley at Village College automotive technolo- said. “I’ve been teaching full Car and Driver magazine and Automotive in Chelsea. gy instructor Russell Ferguson, time for over 12 years now, and various secondary schools to “My pitch to students when chances are, you surely have. my industry changes every sin- reassess his knowledge base. I tell them to take classes with “It’s not a joke, it really hap- gle year.” In the vein of reacquaint- our part-timers is that at 5 p.m., pened,” Ferguson said. “Back in In his 14 years of instructing ing himself with newer vehi- they close their toolboxes and the mid-’80s I was working in a at WCC, Ferguson has had lit- cles, Ferguson will shadow two start teaching,” Ferguson said, shop, Palmer Ford, and a doctor tle opportunity to go back into part-time WCC instructors, highlighting Sykes’ and Kelley’s came in to get something fixed. the field and “recharge his bat- Matt Kelley and John Sykes, JENNIFER GENTNER COURTESY PHOTO I was standing by the counter, teries,” in terms of relearning at their day jobs as mechanics Jo Pie Whyld smiles at fans who chant her name before her performance on heard his complaint, and said, his craft. His goal this winter in dealerships. RX FOR SUCCESS CONTINUED B2 Jan. 14 at Crossroads Bar and Grill in Ypsilanti. 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WCC and Chip Brigade ‘Wasted’ Words make ‘upcycling’ easy, fun B!" S#$%& the Pepsi and Coca Cola WCC recycling manager talks garbage – and how to reduce it Managing Editor companies, he said that they were concerned In an effort to make about what happened to recycling more practi- their products after the cal, Recycling Operations consumer.” Manager Barry Wilkins Pepsi and Coca Cola will be working with have been selling their TerraCylce, a New Jersey- products, Wilkins said, based waste collection but were not seeing the company, to collect used bottles returned in mass chip bags for its Chip numbers, even with a de- Bag Brigade “upcycling” posit involved. program. For each item collect- TerraCycle, founded in ed, TerraCycle will award 2001 by then-Princeton each group with two University student Tom points, which can either Szaky, works with schools be rewarded as a chari- and companies to collect table gift or one cent per previously non-recyclable point for the organization or hard-to-recycle waste collecting waste streams. materials and helps re- That revenue can add make these materials into to $30,000 saved on aver- new items. age from the college’s re- These items can be re- cycling e!orts, according made into everything from to Damon Flowers, asso- three-ring binders and ciate vice president of de- tote bags to fences and velopment and operations. park benches. Each waste Once Wilkins has collect- stream, or pieces of mate- ed 350 bags, or 5 pounds rial a group wants to col- worth, he will send the bail lect can then be converted. into TerraCycle to receive Di!erent waste streams the points. include cell phones, ink Wilkins has already cartridges, digital cam- signed up Washtenaw Community College for a JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE eras, candy wrappers and Barry Wilkins hopes to reduce the amount of trash generated on campus, ensuring that the trash compactor to the right will be emptied every 30 days instead chip bags, according to Chip Bag Brigade, spon- of every 22 days. TerraCycle. sored by Frito-Lay. Each company associat- While he has been rela- B!" S#$%& I would walk around the college cleaning up to do and I knew colleges, organizations and ed with the specific waste tively low-key about this Managing Editor and see materials that aren’t in that he would be able to do it.” other schools to give recogni- stream puts its stamp of endeavor, Wilkins will the right place.” Flowers said that while it tion to their individual e!orts. approval on the item be- be working with market- For Recycling Operations That’s not to say that Wilkins wasn’t in his main job descrip- Working closely with mem- ing “upcycled,” or remade, ing personnel and other Manager Barry Wilkins, thinks students and sta! at the tion, Wilkins had shown a nat- bers of custodial services, who allowing these products college officials to build “trash talk” isn’t part of his college don’t care about reduc- ural passion for recycling. He Wilkins said are the foundation to be sold in stores such awareness about the vocabulary. ing the waste stream. said it was only fitting when and real success of his opera- as Walmart and Whole program. “The word waste is a dirty “What we’re trying to do is recycling operations for the tion, helps the recycling czar Foods. Students looking to word around here for us,” change the behaviors of the school needed another reboot; keep a close eye on what is go- “I spoke with a third- participate can place used Wilkins said. college,” Wilkins said. “It has Wilkins was the right man for ing where. party person about com- chip bags into the paper And as Washtenaw gotten better, but there is al- the job. “He has been really helpful, panies being in demand recycling containers locat- Community College’s lead ways room for improvement. I “We wanted to drastically in things like Recyclemania for consumers to return ed in nearly every class- recycler, Wilkins is putting see it all the time when I walk increase the visibility of the and even helping to orga- their products,” Wilkins room and other campus an emphasis on striking that around campus. It’s important program,” Flowers said. Aside nize the Earth Day,” said said. “When he spoke to locations. phrase from the college’s col- that we let students know that from repositioning Wilkins, Crawford, senior managing lective lexicon. Since trading the materials have to be put in the college has also begun col- editor for Washtenaw’s pub- his former position of Director the right place.” lecting, compacting and bailing lic relations department and a of Building Services for his Wilkins began his employ- the college’s waste. This was member of the Environmental current one, Wilkins has been ment with the college as a cus- done as a cost-cutting measure. Committee. “He has always Recyclemania will kick o' Feb 5 and will con- making it his personal and pro- todian in 1982, after serving With a steady and flourishing been passionate about it tinue until March 31. Students looking to partici- fessional mission to reduce six years in the U.S. Armed recycling program, Flowers and has a strong a"nity for pate can place recyclable items in the designated the college’s waste stream. He services. First in the Air Force said that the college could be- recycling.” hubs around campus. For more information, please reaches out to students, faculty National Guard and then lat- gin saving an average of nearly That interest is more than contact Laura Crawford at (734) 677-5498, or by and sta! by engaging in vari- er in the Army, Wilkins slowly $30,000 from recycling alone. just professional, it’s personal. email at [email protected]. ous recycling drives through- climbed up the department’s That’s why recycling drives “I have seen the college out the year. chain of command. He worked and awareness is so important, grow with new additions since Materials that WCC recycles: While he is still relatively as a supervisor of custodial Wilkins said. I have been here, and this is Cardboard, Paper, Metals, Plastics new in his position, which was services before managing the “Aside from cutting items to a legacy that I want to leave awarded to him during the Fall, heating and cooling depart- the waste stream and getting it behind,” Wilkins said. “We all 2011 semester, Wilkins has no- ment, before “bailing out” the out of the landfills, there is an know that we aren’t going to ticed for years that the aware- building services department, opportunity there to generate be here on this planet forever, ness of recycling has been weak according to Damon Flowers, revenue,” he added. and when I leave this world, I on campus. associate vice president of de- Among the di!erent drives don’t want my children or my Banfield’s ‘Band of Brothers’ “It never sat well with me velopment and operations. and promotions, Wilkins is grandchildren to have a landfill that the emphasis wasn’t “We had been going through working with Laura Crawford in their backyards.” still living it up over co'ee there,” he said. “We have cus- some changes in building ser- and other members of the WCC And with a little bit of el- todians and other staff who vices, and I knew that (Wilkins) Environmental Committee bow grease and some creative and talk of U-M athletics have taken the time to place had the knowledge to do it and to help reinvigorate the an- thinking, maybe he can discon- containers in class rooms and had a good management style,” nual Recyclemania drive, tinue a few foul words in the B#( C#")*+% The group began in the mid- around campus not to be used. Flowers said. “We had some which helps rank various process. Staff Writer 1980s as four men associat- ed with U-M began a regular To a casual observer it is lunch gathering at Café Marie just a group of old guys sitting near north campus. They met RX SUCCESS FROM B1 Encouraged by Ferguson to a valuable contributor. “We’ve been trying to get around a table at the back of a to console a friend who had enroll in his classes, Freeman Yet of all the di!erent roles that course going but we nondescript tavern near the lost his job with the Alumni expertise. “I set five or six cars went on to complete all 12 of he will be filling in his pursuit haven’t had enough people sign edge of town. Next to walls Association. a semester; they do five or six the repair classes o!ered by of hands-on mechanical knowl- up for it,” Ferguson said. “We decorated with sports mem- Over time more men joined, cars a day.” the college. edge, Ferguson’s position as an need to have the people before orabilia and beer signs, they especially sports fans and For Sykes, 47, from Belleville, “He develops relationships instructor will still act as his we buy the cars and the equip- sip co!ee, water or milk. And sports broadcasters. Because the opportunity goes beyond with his students,” Freeman guiding light. ment, but maybe we should. If with voices often gravelly with one of them had a problem just helping out a friend. said about his former teacher. The last and most crucial you build it they will come. So age, they talk. with the smoking ban at Café “It makes it exciting hav- “He does a lot of neat things part of his sabbatical will be to I’m going to see what’s working The conversation of- Marie, they began meeting at ing him there to do it,” Sykes with his classes and gets the visit various post-secondary and how we can emulate it.” ten turns to University of Banfield’s. said. “I fix newer cars every community involved. I think schools throughout the state to Ferguson doesn’t view his Michigan sports. One day the The only man from the day, from bumper to bumper. this will be good for him to get see which hybrid courses have sabbatical as time o!, but as recently released book “Three original four is Bill Stegeth, We don’t see that at the college more experience because, he’s been successful and why. Using just another way to help out and Out,” by John U. Bacon, 92, whose health and nimble every day.” right – it is di!erent in the real surveys and his own observa- his students. was a topic of discussion and mind belie his years. Kelley, 41, from Clinton, world.” tion, Ferguson aims to tailor “I want to make it clear that debate. The book provides an He recalled what comedi- agrees that Ferguson’s need Ferguson and will also con- the marketing and instruction this isn’t a vacation, and the inside look at the much-ma- an George Burns said on his to re-immerse himself in the tinue his work for Car and around the data that he gathers. other places aren’t paying me,” ligned three-year reign of Rich 90th birthday: “I can do pret- field will make his sabbatical Driver magazine as a contrib- He will present his findings to he said. “This is a valuable op- Rodriguez as Michigan’s head ty much the same things I did that much more successful. uting road-tester, a role that the school at the end of his time portunity for faculty like me football coach, and a critical when I was 22, which tells you “You can sit in class every he has held with for 10 years. out of the classroom. to recharge my batteries. In assessment of the U-M sports how pathetic I was when I was day and teach and learn from Intermittently, the maga- For nearly two years, what other career do you get establishment. 22.” a textbook, but you don’t get zine has asked Ferguson and Ferguson and other WCC auto time o! of work to be a good The group discussed But Stegeth is not the only to go out and see what you will his brother to put miles on new instructors have been pushing employee?” who was really to blame for member who is looking at age actually work on in the real cars and log any successes or for an alternative fuel technol- Sounds like just what the Michigan’s football woes, a 90 in his rearview mirror. world,” Kelley said. “The book di"culties with the vehicles ogies course, to no avail. doctor ordered. conversation rendered less This group has done a lot is beneficial, but can be generic that they may have along the painful by this season’s suc- of living. Three served in the in the processes that it’s teach- way. Ferguson’s road trips have cesses. They lamented on how military during WWII. Others ing. In the real world, we have taken him up and down the “the whole department fell served during the Korean or to focus on what the main con- East and West Coast a num- apart after Bo left.” Vietnam conflicts. At least cern is and what the common ber of times, putting anywhere United by service to their four have authored books and failure is.” from 40,000 miles on each car country, by devotion to the four have been involved in the Real world problems are they allow him to. University of Michigan, by broadcast industry. exactly the kind that WCC “It’s a win-win for them and love of sport, by careers in A few have been leading Trustee Mark Freeman ran us,” he said. “We don’t write the communications, they now Ann Arbor businessmen. into some years ago, prompt- articles, but we write up a re- they sit, talk sports and remi- Among them, Bud Stein, 91, ing him to take automotive re- port for them in their log book nisce over a weekly lunch at was co-owner of the venera- pair classes with Ferguson in and take photos along the way. Banfield’s East on Packard ble Stein and Goetz Sporting the Fall of 2006. A year ago, I was on the Santa Road. Goods Store, now home to The “At the time, I was still work- Monica Pier with a new car.” They often choose the cup M-Den. Stein’s store was once ing my delivery job, and I found Mike Sutton, road test editor of soup and half-sandwich spe- the go-to place in Ann Arbor that I was taking my car in for for Car and Driver, said that not cial. Bill orders what he calls a for sports news and banter. repairs constantly,” Freeman only is Ferguson dependable “Jenny Special” after the wait- Travel agency innovator said. “I looked at the course cat- and available when they need ress. It is peanut butter, bacon, Tom Conlin, 78, founded and alog and looked up (Ferguson’s) RUSSELL FERGUSON COURTESY PHOTO lettuce and honey on rye. For directed Conlin Travel, an agen- him, but his keen eye for tech- One of many photos documenting the road trips taken by Russell Ferguson to name and gave him a call.” nical subtleties has made him test cars for Car and Driver magazine. desert, they talk more sports. cy that has served Ann Arbor They have upheld this tradi- check out our new website @ washtenawvoice.com tion for more than 25 years. BAND OF BROTHERS CONTINUED B5 The Washtenaw Voice Culture Sync January 23, 2012 B3 EAT graduates into its own space Former Mark’s Carts stand finds niche in catering events and carry-out space

JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE Blake Reetz, 31, of Ann Arbor, co-owner of EAT, chops up radishes for the day. One of two intimate seating areas in the carry-out space.

A!!" F#$#"-S%&'( spread too thin throughout capable of as co-owners. are getting something a little Staff Writer Ann Arbor,” Harding said. “It “It was interesting to say the di!erent than what they would was time for us to start look- least but we opened on time make at home or get anywhere Nearly 10 years ago, what ing for our own kitchen to see with one part-time employ- else,” he said. Get an education began as a normal friendship what was out there.” ee working two days a week,” Harding, meantime, said she between Helen Harding and And looking is what they did. Harding said. really appreciates the custom- But don’t forget about your kids Blake Reetz blossomed into a “We heard through the The daily lunch menu has ers who encourage and force sustaining business partner- grapevine that Marcano’s was sandwiches, soups and salads EAT to be creative. B)"# K)*)+ “I only have one kid at ship that grew from their love moving out of this space and ranging from $6-8, but the din- “Sometimes you’ll get wed- Contributor home with me during the of food made-from-scratch. the owners of Big Ten Burrito ner specials are usually rotated ding clientele who are easy and day so it is not that much want all of the decisions made Fo r Wa s h t e n a w of juggling. We always eat for them within a budget,” she Community College in- dinner together, and I make said. “But then we get the cli- structor Angela Guy-Lee, sure to ask them about their entele that constantly keeps attending an important school and in turn tell them challenging us to come up with event like her daughter’s about mine,” Doxey said. something di!erent.” induction ceremony to the Including children in the No stranger to local food, National Honor Society parent’s educational pro- Lisa Gottlieb of Ann Arbor is eclipses most everything cess helps ease any feelings the force behind Selma Café, else. of guilt for not having time a breakfast salon dedicated to “This is one of those for them, while also show- the sustainable food economy, things you know that your ing them the importance on the west side of Ann Arbor. kids will remember if you’re of getting an education. The creative aspect of the not there,” Guy-Lee said. Taking advantage of avail- food is something Gottlieb real- Finding a way to jug- able extended family and ly appreciated about EAT when gle the demands and guilt friends is also a way to ease it catered a 100-guest wedding of pursuing an education the burden on the parent for her eldest daughter, Zoe. when already busy with and keep things as normal “For one thing, they are re- life, work and children can as possible for the child. ally investing in sourcing food be challenging for every- “I don’t feel guilty be- locally and seasonally,” she one involved. Because par- cause my son is blessed said. “Our wedding was out- ent students have respon- with so many people who doors, and the presentation sibilities and commitments love to spend time with him. was seamless. The food came that can put a strain on their He probably doesn’t miss out hot, beautifully presented families, it is important to me one bit,” Underdahl said. and on time.” ensure that children aren’t The real key may be just

JARED ANGLE THE WASHTENAW VOICE While using locally pro- forgotten in the rush to to put the importance of the Co-owner Helen Harding, 27, of Ann Arbor, explains EAT’s menu. duced food is important to him, betterment. education in focus and keep Reetz doesn’t claim EAT keeps “Especially for non-tra- things light and fun at the After several months oper- were looking for tenants,” out at least four times a day. to making just one kind of food. ditional students, it’s harder same time. ating food carts at Mark’s Carts Harding said. “We had thought “We try to have a menu that’s “We’re here to be creative because they are balancing “I take advantage of trav- and the Ann Arbor Farmers to look at places in Ypsilanti interesting, but still approach- and to experiment with oth- so much more than those el time in the car with my Market, Harding, 27, and Reetz, because we thought it would be able,” Reetz said. “We don’t er ideas,” he said. “Talking students fresh from high son and instead of talking 31, had been working in the lo- cheaper, but they just ended up want to scare people with too with customers and clientele school, still living with on the phone or listening to cal wedding circuit so much being dumps. This space came ‘out there’ food at a pretty ap- through the weddings and the their parents, with no bills, the radio, my son and I talk that condensing their business partially equipped, so very little proachable price range.” carry-out space will prove to be no spouse, no job, and no and sing,” Underdahl said. down to one kitchen was essen- had to be done to make it our While the menu o!ers a vari- fundamental in what we o!er.” children. It’s harder – it re- “For the most part, my tial for the longevity of EAT. own functional kitchen.” ety from a pork confit (cooked ally is,” Guy-Lee said. kids like it when I’m at school “I try my best to get because I am the main disci- “By July 2011, we had two They moved in on Nov. 15 as in lard) sandwich to venison EAT is located at 1906 Packard St., Ann carts between Mark’s and they were preparing for their chili, Reetz is committed to his Arbor and is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., school work done during plinarian. When Mom is in the farmers market and with final wedding of 2011. This gave food-from-scratch concept. Tuesday through Saturday. For more infor- the week and focus on my charge while I’m gone they the wedding circuit, we were them an idea of what they were “We want people to feel they mation, visit: http://eatannarbor.com. family on the weekends,” feel they can get away with said Angie Underdahl, 31, more,” Doxey said. “My old- a social work major from est said it would be funny if Deerfield and working I took fewer classes and was mother of a 2 year-old-son. still in college when he goes. “My son does get an- Um, yea, that’s real funny, noyed when I’m trying to dude. Not!” study and can’t play with him right at that exact mo- ment, but I know that my choice to be in school right now is something that will benefit him in the future,” Underdahl said. Being a stay-at-home parent doesn’t always make it any easier. Children are often comfortable with a particular process at home and a parent starting at col- lege can change that. “I scheduled all my classes for weeknights and Saturday and Sunday,” BOB CONRADI THE WASHTENAW VOICE said Chad Doxey, 36, a lib- Angie Underdahl, 31, is a working mother who knows that juggling eral arts student from Ann a full-time job, two classes and a Arbor and father of three. child is difficult.

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WCC women’s basketball wins fourth straight in OT CLUB SPORTS CALENDAR A!!$ F&(&$-S%)"* Arbor, an elementary educa- of the fourth and after speak- the court quickly.” Staff Writer tion major. ing to coach, I decided I had Head coach Michael I!"#$%&#$' In overtime, Gri!fin, 20, a to be careful with my fouls,” Nightingale said he thinks the Melena Chisolm hit a business major from Ypsilanti, Benjamin said. “If I would have Warriors got better as the game Table Tennis 3-pointer to send the game into broke the game open with a got my fifth, I would have been went on. Registration: Jan. 17-27 overtime, when Colby Gri"n jumper followed by a 3-point out.” “By the second half, we were Game dates: Men – Jan. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Women – Jan. 25, 5:30- took control with a five-point basket. Playing her first game up either by four or two while 7:30 p.m. run that lifted the Washtenaw’s With 22-seconds to go, ra- with the Warriors, Brittany in the first half we were either Location: Student Center, 1st floor women’s basketball team to a diography major, Journey Bucknan, 22, of Brighton, was down by two or tied,” he said. “I All registration is conducted in SC 118. 54-49 victory Thursday over Benjamin, 21, of Ann Arbor nervous to play the top team just kept telling the girls with previously undefeated Tom drained a 3-pointer to secure in the league through the Ann just seconds in the game, we Winter Wednesdays* Holzer Ford. the win. Arbor Rec and Ed. Holzer Ford don’t need to shoot, we just Jan. 25 – Women’s Table Tennis tournament Feb. 1 – Basketball free-throw shooting contest The victory improved WCC With four fouls, Journey dropped to 3-1. need to keep the ball away. Feb. 8 – Drop-in Ping-Pong and Foosball extended hours to 4-0 in the Ann Arbor Rec and Benjamin was apprehensive “It was a matter of keeping “I was nervous because we Ed league. heading into OT. For her, it my head in the game,” she said. had a couple girls in foul trou- *All Winter Wednesday events are open to students and em- The Warriors were down meant she had to temper her “Throughout overtime, I was ble,” he said. “It was all about ployees and begin at 5:30 p.m. outside of SC 118. No registra- by three before the clutch aggressive play. set on playing tight defense and not getting another foul but tion is required. basket by Chisolm, 26, of Ann “I had four fouls at the end getting the ball up and down playing aggressively.”

Rivals gear up Tim Tebow and the business of sport for coming ratings for his two playoff intramural games. When Tebow and the dodgeball Denver Broncos faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers tournament on Jan. 8, a reported 42.4 mil- lion people tuned in, earning A!!$ F&(&$-S%)"* a 24.0 rating. It was the high- Staff Writer est-rated wild-card game in 17 M$"" D&## years. Tebow’s jersey is rated as In recent months, the in- Editor the second most popular jer- tramural section of the WCC sey sold on NFL.com (Green Sports Department has seen Whether you love him or Bay Packers quarterback Aaron a lot of competitions as stu- hate him, Tim Tebow (start- Rodgers is first). You cannot dents are quick to sign up for ing quarterback for the Denver turn on ESPN or any NFL- specific events. Broncos) has become a nation- related program and not hear But none of the sports al icon and quickly is becom- about Tebow. have seen as much hype and ing the most recognizable face All of this means one thing: as much furious competition in all of pro sports. But it’s not more money for the NFL. And as dodgeball. because of his record-breaking at the end of the day, that is all Ricky Logan, 23, an anima- passing numbers, or his God- that matters to the NFL and tion major from Ann Arbor, is given physical attributes, it’s the owners. Thanks to revenue captain of the Reservoir Dogs, because of who he is o! the sharing, every team in the NFL the first-place team of the Fall field. And the National Football will benefit from the record 2011 season. League wouldn’t have it any ratings that Tebow is pulling in. “Our goal is just to be bet- other way. Even though Tebow is bare- ter than everyone else,” he In a day and age where most ly a top-20 quarterback, even said, sharing one secret to his athletes make national head- though he looks atrociously team’s success: “I don’t get lines for their various court ap- awkward on the field, and even why no one has gotten this yet, pearances, Tebow appears to though he has yet to win any- MCT CAMPUS COURTESY PHOTO but if (the ball) bounces o! the be a God-fearing, God-loving thing of substance, Tebow is championships, even in leagues rich people to deepen their your screen for a long time wall, you can turn around and man who would rather read his the NFL’s golden boy, and it’s with a salary cap. That’s why pockets even more. No longer to come. And not just on the catch it and get the thrower Bible than go out for a night on not going to change until his Division II college teams will are athletes and teams looked football field. Companies like out.” the town. The NFL has seen a popularity drops. That doesn’t take automatic losses to play at based solely on their abili- McDonalds and Coca-Cola will Sports Coordinator Erica major hit to its public image seem likely, because Tebow- teams like Michigan because ties. These days it’s more about be lining up to have him shill Lemm says she sees this kind because of numerous, highly mania is running wild. of the huge payday that is at- marketability. Athletes can fre- their products to the masses. of passionate competition publicized run-ins with the And that’s the sad part tached. And why guys like quently make more from en- Tim Tebow isn’t the best among a variety of teams. law. But with Tebow, those con- about what sports are becom- LeBron James leave cities like dorsement deals than their ac- player in the NFL, not even “These teams are very in- cerns are almost non-existent, ing. The bottom line is always Cleveland for bigger markets. tual contracts for playing their close, but in one season he is tense about their dodgeball,” and the American people love more important than the prod- What used to be about ath- sports, and that is ridiculous. already standing on top of the she said. “They are constantly that. uct. That’s why small-mar- leticism and getting away from Get ready to see the righ- NFL mountain, or should I say picking the game apart, what It’s evident in the television ket teams rarely compete for reality has become a way for teous face of Tim Tebow on kneeling… they did and what the other team did.” Co-captain of Reservoir Dogs, James Driessche, 20, also an animation major from BAND OF BROTHERS FROM B2 of Ann Arbor, has refined his techniques to stay on top. He travelers since 1959. Conlin’s joked about not being too keen business has long had close ties on cheaters. with U-M sports. “There’s this guy, when- Others have been administra- ever he’s the last one in, he tors or faculty in the local univer- goes and sits on the back wall sities. Rod Grambeau, 91, head- and doesn’t move,” he joked. ed intramural and recreational “Cheater, such a cheater. I’m sports at U-M. John Fountain, looking forward to this ex- 80, was a vice president at tended, fun rivalry.” Eastern Michigan University. Four teams competed on Then there is the broadcast Jan. 22 in a tournament that connection. Ann Arbor radio was will continue each Sunday a place of innovation and an in- for the following four weeks cubator for broadcasters who at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at went on to greater fame. Some the Health and Fitness Center. of those early pioneers now meet All are welcome. To get at Banfield’s. involved, stop by the Sports The group talked of the old Department at SC 118. days when basketball games were played at Yost Field House, now called Yost Ice Arena. Tom Johnston, 81, recalled that it had Whitmore Lake a dirt floor and students used to hockey tournament run on a cinder track around rescheduled again the basketball court even dur- ing games. Broadcasters sat up ANNE DUFFY near the rafters where bats were BOB CONRADI THE WASHTENAW VOICE Conrtributor often seen flying. The lunch group at Banfield’s East includes (clockwise from left) Rod Grambeau, Tom Johnston, Bill Stegeth, Dale Leslie and Tom Conlon. Johnston covered basketball would be glad to repeat the sto- teaching, Stegeth began a long era that MSU usually dominated. PT boat o! New Guinea. and football, working for several The Michigan Pond ries themselves. career with the U-M Alumni “Little Denny Fitzgerald from There is also talk of family. local stations including, WAAM, Hockey Classic, a hock- Dale Leslie, 63, worked in Association. Ann Arbor St. Thomas High Stegeth has a daughter living WPAG, WHRV and Channel 50 ey tournament that helps radio for 14 years before join- He described how he be- School, a walk on, took the ball in Oman and Leslie has a son TV. He spoke of reporting ev- charities for kids pay to par- ing Leslie O"ce Supply Inc., a came the first director of Camp on the kick o! at the 1 yard line in the Navy who serves on an ery U-M basketball game in ticipate in athletic activities, 36-year business started by his Michigania, a family camp es- and ran straight down the east aircraft carrier deployed in the which National Collegiate Hall had to postpone the event father. tablished for Michigan alumni in sideline. I mean, he didn’t dodge. Persian Gulf region. Messages of Famer Cazzie Russell played. for a second time. Moving Bill Stegeth, began working in Boyne City. It was an 11th-hour He didn’t sti!-arm. He didn’t do from these loved ones are al- He was also the first to host a the event from Jan. 27-29 radio as a teenager in Escanaba. appointment after the intended anything,” Leslie said. “He just ways big news. Monday morning coach’s show, until Feb. 17-19, organiz- He worked for WUOM during its director backed out. ran as fast as he could. He got But the discussion seldom beginning with football coach ers hope the weather stays earliest days, starting out read- John Fountain is another some blocks along the way of ventures far from U-M sports. “Bump” Elliott. cold enough to freeze at ing the evening news. He also did radio personality in the lunch course and he ran all the way for A friendly competition to pre- When one of the group least eight inches of ice on play-by-play sports broadcasting group. After several years re- a touchdown! It was unbeliev- dict the score of upcoming expressed admiration for Whitmore Lake. and was color commentator with porting U-M games, he became able! And there’s only been one Wolverine football games is a Johnston’s incisive o!-the-cu! More than 800 players Bill Flemming who later became the voice of EMU athletics for Michigan player to match that, regular feature. Since it is rare sports commentary, cigar in from all over Michigan and a popular ABC sportscaster. the next 44 years. He was re- Tyrone Wheatley.” for any of these men to predict hand and “without a stitch of Canada are set to compete Stegeth told a story about the cently awarded the Detroit Remote broadcasting was that the Wolverines lose, the notes,” Johnston simply replied, this year on 20 ice rinks. The FCC’s initial refusal to certify Sports Broadcasters Association new when these men were on winner is determined by point “I was a fan.” three day marathon of ice WUOM with those call letters (DSBA) Ernie Harwell Lifetime radio. “Satellite changed our spread and total points scored. Asked about a well-known hockey has something for because they believed it was too Achievement Award for his radio whole world,” Johnston said. To a casual observer it is just a voice of “Meechigan” football, everyone. hard to pronounce. work with U-M and EMU. “Before that, we had to carry the boring group of old guys sitting Johnston said, “I knew Bob Ufer The opening ceremony He earned a PhD at U-M, Understandably, the conver- stu! in and plug it into the wall around a table in a nondescript better than Bob Ufer knew Bob with fireworks starts Friday writing his dissertation about sation at Banfield’s often turns and make sure our phone lines tavern near the edge of town. Ufer.” evening, “chilly dippers” early Michigan radio, and taught to recollections of earlier days: were alright.” But don’t believe it. His fascinating broadcasting jumping in the frozen lake speech and broadcasting at U-M. great Michigan football plays, “We had to be our own en- In their lifetimes this group recollections could easily fill a and kids games and prizes One of his students during this the glory of radio, career moves, gineers more often than not,” has had a profound influence book. In fact he would like to are on Saturday. The beer time was Hazen Schumacher, published works and memorable Stegeth added. on our community. And in their write one. tents with live music are who went on to host the nation- travels by members of the group. Occasionally military ser- golden years, through their sup- Of course Johnston’s friends open both nights and the ally popular NPR radio show, Leslie recalled a memorable vice comes up in conversation. portive friendship, they have a have heard all these stories be- championship games are “Jazz Revisited.” play in the Michigan-Michigan Stegeth flew B-24 bombers dur- profound influence on each fore but they don’t seem to mind on Sunday. hearing them again. Indeed, they After more than a decade of State rivalry. It was in 1960, an ing WWII and Stein served on a other. B6 January 23, 2012 Mediaphile The Washtenaw Voice

Contraband Beauty and the Beast 3D

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life to bail everyone out of trou- ble – including himself. Yep, it’s as the “The Lion King” had a plot straight out of Hollywood last fall. Although much dark- ‘Contraband’ delivers and rigged with predictability. er than the feline fable, “The Unfortunately, Ribisi plays a Fall in love again in Beauty and the Beast’s” gor- the action, but lacks good bad guy doing a very bad 3D with ‘Beauty and geous, state-of-the-art 3D ef- plot job at pulling o! the unpleas- fects also drew viewers deep ant role of drug lord by failing the Beast’ into the mysterious and shad- A$$! F()(!-S*+"# to do the single thing necessary owy environments of the tale, Staff Writer to make his part believable: re- A/&+!$ H,//,$ casting light across furniture maining tough. Even worse, his Features Editor and through the many rooms The fast-paced thrill- gangster New Orleans accent of the Beast’s regal lair. er “Contraband” stars Mark only serves to annoy. Disney, the iconic creator of While few pop-out e!ects Wahlberg playing the role as But while the story line is a vast multitude of animated were added to the movie, a Chris Farraday, the typical pay- easy to foretell – the action is classics has always insisted wider variety of light inten- check-to-paycheck guy living in not. its fans believe in magic. No sities afforded by the dim- the gritty city of New Orleans. The plot is complex enough film encapsulates that sense of ming e!ect of Real-D created A reformed top-notch smug- to keep you watching. The script wonder like the melodic and a greater sense of immersion gler, he is husband to Kate (Kate makes sense, but all Wahlberg tragic “Beauty and the Beast.” into the scenes of the story. Beckinsale) and father to two does is play the poker-faced ma- Fans young and old packed From the vast ballroom where young boys while owning a busi- cho-man and this role was noth- theaters on opening night of Belle and Beast first fall in love, ness installing home-burglary ing short of typical for him. And the re-release, some hoping to to the death-defying fight be- systems. very similar to “The Italian Job.” relive the glory of their child- tween the Beast and the wick- While enjoying life as the Leading up to the cathartic hood splendor, some enticed ed Gaston atop the castle, the family man, Chris’s brother- end, the viewer is left to wonder by the magic for the first time. updated detail is undoubtedly in-law Andy (Caleb Landry whether or not Wahlberg can As the audience gazed at apparent in the backgrounds Jones) gets involved in a drug- still work his smuggler magic the stained glass of the en- and breathes new, emotional smuggling a!air that goes hor- around betrayed friends and chanted castle as it loomed life into the aging tale. ribly wrong. He brings in Chris the infamous border patrol. above, transfixed from the The heart-warming songs to help end the battle with the Naturally, Wahlberg could woods below, “The Beauty and and classic themes engulf recently released prisoner- sleepwalk through this role – the Beast” was once again in viewers from newly updated turned-drug lord Tim Briggs and nearly does – but the mov- theaters for a new generation sound systems as they are (Giovanni Ribisi). ie remains just suspenseful of starry- eyed believers. transported to a magical place For Chris, there is no reason- enough to keep viewers from They were immersed in the of love and glory and asked to ing with the frightful drug lord, nodding o!. romance, and they fell in love “Be our guest.” forcing him into one last job with the characters. They sang “The Beauty and The Beast smuggling goods from Panama RATED!R along with the songs; children 3D” marks a landmark in spe- to protect his family. RUN!TIME!$$&!MINUTES new to the ballroom and talk- cial e!ects and animation that The reformed crook is not GENRE!THRILLER ing tea set eagerly learned even rivals its original release. only dragged back into crime RAVE!()"'& the words and lapped up the but forced to risk his family and QUALITY!()"&& dream as never before. With more depth and de- RATED!PG tail than previously achieved RUNTIME!*+!MINUTES by the Disney classic, the GENRE!FAMILY RAVE! HAFSAH MIJINYAWA THE WASHTENAW VOICE Real-D updated version was ! ($% given the similar treatment QUALITY!"#!(,"'& Mutemath Britney Spears Iron Lady

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ALBUMARTEXCHANGE.COM COURTESY PHOTO aspects of the music’s con- struction, “Odd Soul” gives Go,” most of this recording ALLMOVIEPHOTO.COM COURTESY PHOTO Mutemath a naturalistic stay- has the same sound Spears Mutemath hits its ing power. The rhythmic na- has made for years. For much running for Parliament and stride on ‘Odd Soul’ ture of the first half of the disc ‘Femme Fatale’ – of this album, the beats were being prime minister during is apparent in every drum roll same old Britney, catchy and the lyrics were cute, the tail end of the Cold War. and fill, relying heavier on the but it was still the same thing I am ‘Iron Lady’ – The film continuously B,$ S-%+. drummer’s virtuosity than any with a few twists Spears has been doing her en- bounces back and forth from Managing Editor other instrument. Innate and tire career. hear me roar! present-day to key events overwhelmingly tight grooves J!,% G!&/+$,& The new single “Criminal” in Margaret Thatcher’s past, Initially typecast as a are the glue that holds “Odd Contributor is something di!erent. Instead such as the struggling British Christian-Rock equivalent to Soul” together, and without it, of only a beat and her singing, N!"#!$ C%!&' economy in the 1980s, and U2, Mutemath has been steadi- all of the fancy trickery men- The pop queen Britney there is guitar and drums in Staff Writer the invasion of the Falkland ly gaining more mainstream tioned would just seem like an Spears hasn’t been doing any- the mix. It’s a di!erent sound Islands. recognition, building an easily un-enjoyable phantom mist of thing new lately. She is even fused with her usual style. The Movies revolving around Meryl Streep’s perfor- identifiable sound that defies mismatched tracks. rereleasing albums with a few music video is also very unique. influential people in history mance, which has already won modern cliché’s and the pre- In fact, the album spans new songs instead of record- It’s a story about Spears meet- have come and gone since the her a Golden Globe for best ac- tentious failings of the past. so many different genres in ing a whole new record. Her ing a criminal, falling in love beginning of motion pictures, tress, as both the aging, elder- On “Odd Soul,” Mutemath one sitting, it would be hard latest album, “Femme Fatale,” with him and then becoming but rarely have they ever been ly Margaret Thatcher and the cultivates a lyrical philosophy to pinpoint what kind of band isn’t terrible, but it seems like one herself. It’s good to hear this good. strong, powerful middle-age that rocks hard with surprising Mutemath really is. The pain- every song fades into the next. something a little bit new “The Iron Lady,” star- Margaret Thatcher, is superb. operatic fullness, while still al- fully dated vocals help give lis- Only a few of these songs, par- from Spears, as sometimes ring Meryl Streep, portrays Playing the role of one of lowing the band the dissonant teners clarity. This can be seen ticularly the ones with guest her songs can get monotonous. the thoughts and emotional the most influential women of space needed to not overcom- as both a negative and a posi- artists, o!er a twist. While many of these songs state of Margaret Thatcher, the ’80s takes much more than plicate their simply construct- tive, and can be the truest lit- Britney doesn’t always have been played endlessly the former prime minister of just being able to do a British ed pop songs. mus test of who will enjoy the get it right, but she attempts on the radio, some of the less England, as she copes with the accent. It requires a tone, body Don’t let the hard-edged ex- music or pass it o! as another to fuse her style with other popular are the best. “How I loss of her husband in 2003 language and aura of leader- terior and low-in-the-mix gui- failed attempt at bringing retro genres. “Big Fat Bass,” featur- Roll” is one of the songs that while living in a changing ship that only the most sea- tar leads fool you; this is just so- elements back into music. ing Will.i.am, o!ers some rap. has a slightly di!erent sound, world that’s getting harder to soned and skilled actress can phisticated pop wrapped in the However, these head- She also did a song with but that makes it better. It’s a understand. pull o!. layered textures of synthesiz- scratching abnormalities make Sabi, “(Drop Dead) Beautiful,” fast song for the most part, but The film opens with an I’m sure that in time “The ers, orchestral strings and com- Mutemath, a band known for that has a very new sound as the chorus really changes pace. aging Thatcher sharing hia- Iron Lady” will fade into ob- pressed guitars – all of which writing theme songs for mov- well. It’s nice that she stepped Those who love Spears tal breakfast conversation scurity like so many other are staples of the smart pop ies like “Transformers” or a little bit outside her comfort may enjoy the album, but the with her husband, Sir Denis great productions, but I see music of David Bowie and The “Twilight,” that much more zone when she did this song. repetition of similar sounds Thatcher, who has recently no reason why it should. The Talking Heads. These subtle inviting, and interesting to However, this particular song gets boring. Don’t go for the passed away. It is very clear film is a thought-provoking, mixtures even capture the ad- listen to. isn’t great. whole album, just buy one or from the beginning that he Oscar-worthy, biographical vantageous post-rock sound of While many of the tracks two songs. is dead and that Margaret is drama that belongs on every- Tortoise, which is impressive on the album were released the only one who can see him. one’s must-see list. for a band that had to engage ARTIST!MUTEMATH over the summer, the deluxe ARTIST!BRITNEY!SPEARS As Margaret struggles to cope in a lawsuit with label heads ALBUM!ODD!SOUL edition of the album, featuring ALBUM!FEMME!FATALE! with the death of her husband, RATED!PG#$% at Warner Bros. Records for a LABEL!WARNER!BROS"! several new tracks, hit shelves DELUXE!EDITION everything around her brings RUN!TIME!$&'!MIN mainstream marketing e!ort. RECORDS recently. With songs like “’Till LABEL!JIVE!RECORDS up memories of her past. She GENRE!DRAMA Aside from the technical GENRE!POP!ROCK the World Ends” and “I Wanna GENRE!POP recalls memories of grow- !RAVE!()"'& ing up as a grocer’s daughter, QUALITY!"#!()"&& The Washtenaw Voice Play January 23, 2012 B7

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FAR HOUSE FROM B1 realities. One such inhabitant, Adrienne Berry, has found her- performing in its underground self studying and developing en- sound stage in the house’s base- vironmental practices in the Far ment. All proceeds go to the House’s backyard. With chick- bands. ens, a greenhouse and even a “The money always goes to worm bin for compost, Berry the bands,” Stephenson said. enjoys the freedom granted at “We’ve never kept any money.” the Far House for her endeavors. Patrick Doyle, 22, has been “It’s a house for experimenta- journeying from West Sumter to tion,” Berry said. “I’m glad to perform at and enjoy many of the be able to experiment with sus- Far House’s shows over the past tainability. We’ve always tried to two years, citing the importance of independent music. The ideology of the Far “I come here for the commu- House hasn’t only been em- nity. It’s a great place for friends braced in Michigan. Twenty- to get together and listen to mu- sic,” Doyle said. “They’re very Chicago, has never felt more supportive of the underground at home when traveling to Ann music scene.” Arbor to perform his experi- Doyle enjoys the support his mental electronic music under own independent record label, the name “KKrusty” at the Far TF Records, has garnered within House. “I come up here whenever I get the chance. There’s nobody “Here, we have non-corporate who appreciates what I do like musicians that are doing it just the people here,” Taylor said. because they like to, not to line Taylor cherishes the Far their pockets,” Doyle said. “Sure, House and the surrounding mu- it’s nice to make some money, sic scene’s open-mindedness and but that’s just not a concrete re- diversity. ality these days.” “Equal opportunity is the Other residents at the Far Adrienne Berry plays saxophone and sings for Troubajabamos as they perform at the Far House. House have begun to use Taylor said. “You can see any- the property to address other thing out here.”

Fans dancing during a performance at the Jan. 14 concert. Eric Stephenson resident of Far House succeded in raising $412 for his emer- gency dental work at a Far House event called ‘Tooth-a-palooza.’

‘WHYLDE’ THING FROM B1 skills,” she said. “I’m not any- Her mother, Anne Hawkinson, where (near) where I want to be, 54, agrees. earn a living. but I’ll be there soon. I know that “It wasn’t until 2 ½ years ago, “Sustainability, for me, for her I will be coming out with another she decided that music was her means that she wouldn’t have to EP or another album relatively passion,” Hawkinson said. “Her work at a coffee shop during the soon.” dad and I are supportive of her, day to sing,” he said. “Our No. At Crossroads in Ypsilanti, and I’m just glad she’s found 1 goal is getting her in front of Thomas’s sister, Elly Thomas, something she loves and she’s as many people that will listen.” had the chance to see her little good at it.” Thomas’s view for the future is similar. “I don’t know how she does “The next step for me is to it. For her, it just seems so effort- For more information on Jo Pie less,” Elly said. Whyld visit http://jopiewhyld.com.

JENNIFER GENTNER COURTESY PHOTO Jo Pie Whyld plays her song, ‘Despair’ at Crossroads Bar and Grill on Jan. 14.

JENNIFER GENTNER COURTESY PHOTO