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Students to fund $50K scholarship MUSIC Matters unveils ‘Big Thinkers’ fund, raised from sales at annual concert RYAN REISS/Daily
By MICHAEL SUGERMAN
Music, Theater & Dance junior Ji Hoon Kang and Engineering freshman Mac Porter work on Gypsy Pond 15: Organism, an interactive multimedia installation that explores the concepts of breathing, interconnectedness, and organisms.
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MUSIC Matters began with 10 freshmen and $100 in the summer of 2011. The idea was to introduce a capstone event at the end of the year consisting of daylong festivities finished off by a concert that raised money for charity. Each year, the charity would change. “At the time, I was hoping that we would scale up,” LSA senior Phillip Schermer, the president of the organization, said. “I was hoping that there would be a day when we could give big gifts.” Monday, that day came as MUSIC Matters unveiled its $50,000 endowed “Big Thinkers” scholarship. The need-based scholarship is entirely student-
BUSINESS
India focus of Ross event Ford Motor COO, Miss America speak at conference
proven to be a focus of international business. The Ross India Business Conference hosted a series of speakers Friday and created dialogue concerning how businesses can work with the intricacies of the Indian culture and economy with ventures in the country to about 200 attendees. With the theme of “Dream. Lead. Inspire.,” the aim of the
By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
With more than 1.2-billion residents and a continuously growing middle class, India has
fifth-annual IBC was to bring speakers involved with the ongoing economic and cultural transformation in India to the forefront and give attendees the opportunity to engage in dialogue on how to best harness the transformation. “I certainly believe that students cannot graduate from business school today without a clear understanding of the role
and importance of India,” Business Dean Alison Davis-Blake said. “And that’s why we have this conference.” She stressed the importance of India as a global “emerging market” with a “growing middle class,” and highlighted the large cohort of Ross students that were of Indian origin. This year, Indian students See INDIA, Page 5A
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CAMPUS LIFE
COMMUNITY
RHA event at Crisler brings spirit, prizes Watch party for MSU game draws 400 attendees By BRANDON SHAW Daily Staff Reporter
Michigan football may have lost Saturday in East Lansing, but that didn’t stop a group of several hundred Wolverines from cheering until the very last minute of the game at Crisler Center. About 400 students arrived to a watch party event hosted by the Residence Hall Association — the student-run government of dorm residents — at Crisler Arena, the home of the University’s basketball teams. At 3:37 p.m. the lights went down to simulate the opening of a basketball game, and the scoreboard monitors transitioned from football highlight reels to live television coverage of the Michigan football game against Michigan State
University. Public Policy junior Garrett Kessler, president of RHA, and LSA sophomore Christianna Pedley, RHA’s vice president for finance, introduced the game by noting that Michigan’s record against Michigan State stands at 68-32-5. Most guests at the event were maize-and-blue-outfitted underclassmen. Several attendees said they were more likely to come to the event at Crisler and others like it because they have less access to televisions in the residence halls. However, event organizers expected a much larger audience at Crisler. Both the media release and the official event announcement said RHA expected 10,000 students to attend. LSA sophomore Kyle Crane, RHA’s vice president for internal relations, said he and other members of the association had big hopes in launching Saturday’s initiaSee RHA, Page 5A
funded — the first of its kind at the University — and is the club’s second gift to the school following its inaugural donation of $10,000 to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 2012. The initial endowment funds were raised from ticket sales at the group’s Ben Folds concert in April. Materials for the scholarship are likely be released either at the beginning of the 2014 academic year or the following year. The idea behind the scholarship is that, every year, MUSIC Matters students will work with University administrators to determine a theme for the “Big Thinkers” applications materials. The first year’s topic will tackle social sustainability. “It will force applicants to think about big problems and what they can do or what we can do as a community to help solve those problems,” Schermer said. Schermer said UC 270, a course taught last year by Martha Pollack, University provost and execuSee SCHOLARSHIP, Page 5A
Arts outreach event teaches Detroit youth Student performers headline event promoting creativity By EMILIE PLESSET For The Daily
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LSA senior Alex Lee talks to LSA junior Harleen Kaur at the first Community Dinner, a monthly event that aims to bring together different organizations.The theme of this month’s event is family — participants were encouraged to talk about the importance of family relationships.
CRIME
Bus driver arrested for motor theft Student employee abandoned idling bus off campus By MATTHEW JACKONEN Daily Staff Reporter
A 22-year old male student bus driver was arrested after he left a Blue Bus unattended for over two hours near the
intersection of Arch and White Streets early Saturday morning. The bus was left alone and running between roughly midnight and 2 a.m. University Police arrived to check on the status of the bus shortly after 2 a.m. After searching the vehicle they found a backpack and a wallet that may have led to the missing driver. The bus’s driver arrived shortly thereafter and police
proceeded to question him. The driver promptly took responsibility for the vehicle, and after a series of questions, he admitted he had left the bus and walked to his place of residence. He responded in the affirmative when police officers asked if he had been preoccupied at home. Police on scene also said the University’s bus dispatch had mentioned that a driver had See BUS, Page 5A
Instead of their usual classroom routine, about 150 fifth- and sixthgrade students from Detroit spent Friday at the Michigan League singing and dancing with University students at the Michigan Performance Outreach Workshop. MPOW is an art-outreach student organization that hosts Detroit elementary- and middle-school students to expose them to multiple platforms of artistic expression through performances and interactive workshops. The organization has been running for three years and holds an event once per semester. In addition to promoting artistic expression, Music, Theatre & Dance senior Mary Naoum said MPOW aims to build community among University students in different schools as well as attending students through creative collaboration. “We’re trying to inspire a See OUTREACH, Page 5A
state smackdown Michigan was dominated in a 29-6 loss to Michigan State.
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