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CRIME

Police arrest three people in DeWolf murder case Medical Student murdered in July at Phi Rho Sigma house By PETER SHAHIN

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University President Mary Sue Coleman outlines goals for the Victors for Michigan campaign at a press conference at Hill Auditorium Thursday.

Campaign has $4 billion goal Victors for Michigan launches with record-setting fundraising goal By SAM GRINGLAS and JENNIFER CALFAS Daily Staff Reporters

The University announced Thursday that the Victors for Michigan campaign will be the largest fundraising drive for a public institution in history — with an ambitious $4

billion goal. Victors for Michigan, the University’s sixth major fundraising campaign, will launch Nov. 8. The University’s last campaign, The Michigan Difference, raised $3.2 billion between 2000 and 2008 — surpassing its original goal of $2.5 billion. University President Mary Sue Coleman said last winter that the primary priority for the campaign will be student support through financial aid. At Coleman’s leadership breakfast last month, Coleman reiterated that $1 billion

in campaign funds will be focused on student support. Just like the last campaign, Coleman said in an interview after the event that passing the $4-billion mark is possible. “It is always possible that if the campaign is phenomenally successful, then maybe midway we could raise it,” Coleman said. “There’s a lot of analysis that goes into doing it, but I feel really good about this number. It’s a very audacious campaign.” Campaign organizers have made students central to campaign strategy, not only

creating goals for student support, but also in involving students in campaign planning and marketing. The Office of Development created a student campaign committee — the first of its kind at the University — consisting of 19 members from various undergraduate and graduate schools to assist in the fundraising and planning process. The campaign will also focus on raising funds for developing a more engaged learning environment in the classroom and producing ideas See VFM, Page 3A

DEVELOPMENT

By SAM GRINGLAS Daily Staff Reporter

No, it wasn’t just pulled out of a hat. Jerry May, the University’s vice president for development, said choosing the Victors for Michigan campaign’s $4 billion goal was a fairly scientific process. First, the University recognizes that it will need to raise more money than was gathered during the past campaign, The Michigan Difference, May said. Development officers then perform a name-by-name analysis of donors with the potential to give more than $100,000 — a critical category that May estimated will bring the campaign total to about $3 billion in the approximately next seven years.

The University also estimates that it can raise at least $1 billion from a shortlist of mega-donors, like philanthropists A. Alfred Taubman or Stephen Ross, the campaign’s chair. The mega-gift category includes part of the $1.7 billion already raised for the campaign. From the group of potential major donors who haven’t yet given to the University, development officers then make educated guesses about what they can expect these people to contribute. May said he plans to spend time on the U.S. coasts courting some of these billionaires during the course of the campaign. The University’s Board of Regents, along with May, will travel to New York City in January in lieu of their regularly scheduled meeting — a jaunt that will certainly include time to engage with potential and longtime benefactors. “We’ll keep working on them and we hope we’ll become a priority for them,” May said. Still, he noted that for every See MAY, Page 3A

University looks for bids on Arthur Miller home

By ARIANA ASSAF

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Engineering junior Amanda Ejups passes out free glowsticks at the #GlowOut on North Campus Diag on Thursday.

CITY COUNCIL

Council members discuss Big House digital billboard University has pushed back against complaints By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter

At its meeting Thursday night, the Ann Arbor City Council revisited its request

that the University remove the newly installed digital billboard located off the East Stadium Boulevard near the entrance to Michigan Stadium. After discussing the disturbance caused by the marquee at previous meetings, Councilmembers Christopher Taylor (D–Ward 3) and Marcia Higgins (D-Ward 4)

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proposed an ordinance to request the University take down the $2.8 million billboard. The councilmembers said the billboard violates city ordinances by projecting moving, illuminating images that are distracting to drivers and residents. Taylor said he’d like to collaborate with See COUNCIL, Page 3A

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FACILITIES

South Division house would be moved from current location

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WEATHER TOMORROW

Three people have been arrested in connection with the July murder of Medical School student Paul DeWolf. DeWolf, a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the neck in his room at the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity on North Ingalls Street on July 24. Police have been investigating the DeWolf case for nearly three months. In a statement, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto said the three suspects arrested do not have any apparent affiliation with DeWolf, the University or the Air Force. The suspects have not yet been arraigned and police are continuing their investigation and evidence gathering. Police do not believe there are any further suspects. DeWolf was discovered dead in his apartment by a coworker after

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he failed to report to his shift at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. According to reports, nothing was stolen from DeWolf’s apartment and Ann Arbor Police Lieutenant Robert Pfannes said in July that the apartment was “orderly and valuables appeared to have been untouched.” No firearm was found at the scene. The Ann Arbor Police Department was assisted in their inquiry by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and University Police. In the immediate aftermath of the homicide, police increased patrols around the North Ingalls area. AAPD also offered a $10,000 reward for anyone with information about the homicide. Pfannes said Thursday the reward was not claimed in the investigation. University President Mary Sue Coleman concurrently issued a statement addressing the arrest and thanking AAPD for their diligence in continuing the investigation. “We hope today’s developments provide some solace to Paul DeWolf’s family and friends, who remain in our thoughts,” Coleman said. “We See MURDER, Page 3A

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A historical house may be given a new home, if the University can find someone to buy it. Earlier this week, the University opened bidding on a residence previously inhabited by Arthur Miller, University alum and Pulitzer Prizewinning playwrite, when he was a student. Miller is known for plays such as “The Crucible,” “All My Sons” and “Death of a Salesman.” Currently, the goal is to secure a buyer who will remove the entire house from its foundation at 439 S. Division Street. Once the house has been removed, the University plans to use the space as a parking lot. Jim Kosteva, the University’s director of community relations, said some parties have expressed interest in purchasing the house, but could not provide details on See MILLER, Page 3A

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