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Wednesday added to ‘U’ Detroit bus schedule JAMES COLLER/Daily
The Walgreens on the corner of State Street and North University Avenue opened on Dec. 31.
Walgreens opens its doors Convenience store draws customers from CVS By CHRISTY SONG Daily Staff Reporter
From slushies to frozen yogurt to creating personalized packs of beer, students have a new option for their late-night drug store needs. Following months of renovations, Walgreens opened on the corner of South State Street and North University Avenue on Dec. 31. Across the street from Central Campus, the two-story convenience store even matched its interior décor to University col-
ors. The store supplies snacks, candy, cosmetics and other necessities. The first floor is primarily devoted to snacks and drinks but will soon include a cooler for fresh, health-friendly foods like sandwiches and salads. The store also plans to provide a wider variety of produce goods to serve students who are unable to go to grocery stores. The second floor consists of mostly makeup, hair accessories, toiletries and personal items, including a small selection of kitchenware. The store will face competition from CVS, just a short walk down State Street. CVS, which opened in March 2011, is also a two-story pharmacy that car-
ries similar products and caters to largely the same pool of customers. Tracie Klotz, Walgreen’s store manager, said it has always been her dream to set up a store in the downtown area. Because most employees are alumni or University students, she said it seemed natural to be near campus. Klotz wanted to keep some of the building’s heritage during construction — such as keeping its skylights — while incorporating modern aspects as well. She said she catered the store decorations and inventory to meet the needs and demands of students. Competing with CVS will always be a factor, but Klotz
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said she does not want to deliberately beat her competitors’ offerings, as the prices of the products are fairly similar to those of CVS and identical to the other Walgreens locations in Ann Arbor. In order to incentivize customers, Walgreens is currently distributing coupons for $2 off purchases of $10 and will have their grand opening celebration on Feb. 7. “We can make anything happen, so it’s going to be demandbased,” Klotz said. “But we will always have the necessities, since we are a pharmacy. We just want to see what we can do. We want to be great. Public Policy senior Adam See WALGREENS, Page 3
For students itching for a Wednesday afternoon trek to downtown Detroit, finding a ride just got easier. Beginning on Jan. 15, the MDetroit Center Connector will begin a new Wednesday bus service from Ann Arbor to Detroit. Students will also be able to reserve a spot on the bus starting Jan. 13 through MDCC’s website. The website also notes if a bus is not running due to harsh weather. The Transforming Learning for the Third Century Fund — part of a $50 million grant campaign designed to improve teaching and learning at the University in advance of the institution’s 2017 bicentennial — has allowed the MDCC to offer a free Wednesday bus service along with the Friday
RESOLUTIONS
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Help desks aid troubles with Wi-Fi network With UM Wireless gone, connecting to MWireless remains a challenge for many By ARIANA ASSAF Daily Staff Reporter
While the University is offering walk-up assistance to help students connect during the first few weeks of classes, frustration caused by dropped MWireless connections may be an issue of the past. As students and faculty transition from the now defunct UM Wireless Network to the new campus network MWireless, the University has created “help desks” to provide support for those experiencing difficulties. The desks are organized and hosted by the College of Engineering, the Computer Showcase, Information and Technology Services, ITS Campus Computing Sites, the Shapiro Undergraduate Library and University Housing. A combination of IT staff and students who work at the Computer Showcase and other Campus Computing Sites will be working through January 19 to address connectivity issues. The desks are located in Angell Hall, the Undergraduate Library and Pierpont Commons. These organizations have provided a full list of hours, so students can
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get help at the place and time most convenient for them. Palms said in the future, help desks will likely be set up at the start of the fall and winter semesters. MWireless was implemented in 2009 and is the preferred Wi-Fi network at the University. Information and Technology Services made MWireless the University’s premiere Wi-Fi network over the summer to continue the process of phasing UM Wireless Network out. As a result, incoming students with new devices were not be able to access UM Wireless Network, forcing more and more people to start connecting to MWireless. However, problems connecting to the new network can arise when a Kerberos password, such as the kind used to access University sites like CTools, is not synchronized with other types of account passwords. Though this issue can be overcome by logging onto weblogin. umich.edu and selecting “Change Your UMICH Password,” not all complications are as simple to troubleshoot. Andy Palms, ITS executive director of communications systems and data centers, can update a new device in about 60 seconds, but said the average person will spend about five minutes trying to connect even if all goes well. “There’s a lot of benefit to it, but the initial configuration is not what people normally expect,” he said. See WI-FI, Page 3
and Saturday bus services in operation since last semester. Mike Morland, the University’s Detroit Center communications director, said feedback on the route’s success prompted consideration of an additional day. “Our first semester was very successful,” Morland said. “We received a lot of feedback from people saying how much they enjoyed the service and how it definitely improved their quality and their mission of whatever they were looking to do whether it was to visit Detroit, work in Detroit or even hop on a bus to come home.” This summer, an initial survey sent to students showed that Wednesday was a popular day for students interested in the bus service, in addition to Fridays and Saturdays. Additional surveys were distributed this fall, and Wednesday again received substantial interest. The Michigan Detroit Center, the drop-off location for MDCC buses, serves as both an event center as well as a community outreach and engagement facility. This semester, the MDCC’s new See DETROIT, Page 3
CSG, IFC launch late-night bus route Proppe pushes to make ‘Night Owl’ route permanent By WILL GREENBERG
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LSA freshman Lindsay Fedewa does mountain climber excercises during a free crossfit sample class offered by U-Move Fitness at the CCRB Thursday.
RESEARCH
Study shows link between drug use, dating violence Findings reveal differences in female, male aggression By YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporter
Alcohol and illegal drug abuse have long been connected to violence in romantic and non-romantic relationships. New research from the University’s Injury Center adds prescription drug abuse to the mix, drawing a connection between dating violence in youth and abuse of prescription sedatives and opioids.
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Most young people who abuse prescription drugs do not discern a connection between their drug use and any subsequent violent behavior. Young men and women reported violence occurred because of bad moods, jealousy or as part of an argument, rather than as the result of prescription drug abuse. Lead researcher Quyen Epstein-Ngo, a fellow at the Injury Center and a researcher at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, said the prescription drugs might be a factor in whether an argument turns violent. “Without the alcohol or prescription drugs involved, they simply might walk away from
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a potentially violent situation,” Epstein-Ngo said in a press release. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and an Injury Center grant, Quyen and five other authors from the center analyzed data from the Flint Youth Injury Study, in which 575 participants aged 14 to 24 reported both the use of sedatives and opioids as well as instances of violent conflict over a 12-month period. In 1,262 violent incidents, substance use occurred immediately prior to the conflict 44 percent of the time. Quyen said it is important that the research focused on the immeSee VIOLENCE, Page 3
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The “Night Owl” bus route, a new service provided by Central Student Government and the Interfraternity Council, launched it’s new late-night route Thursday. The new bus route will provide Blue Bus services later than any current routes to help students get home to the more remote parts of campus on the weekends. Funding for the new route was approved earlier this month, costing the CSG and IFC a collective $30,000. The two organizations will each contribute $15,000, and the CSG Assembly will contribute an additional $10,000 for advertising and incidental causes. The money will fund the route until the end of the Winter 2014 semester. CSG President Michael Proppe said the new route, provided there is sufficient ridership this weekend, will run Thursday through Saturday evenings. The Night Owl route will use two Blue Buses, making stops at off-campus locations as well as Oxford Residence Hall, East UniSee BUS, Page 3
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