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The new Blimpy Burger on S. Ashley Street hosted a soft opening Thursday. The original location was closed in 2013 to make room for the new Munger Graduate Residence Hall.
Blimpy Burger hosts soft opening at new location Ann Arbor favorite aims to celebrate grand reopening next week By WILL GREENBERG Daily News Editor
Blimpy is back. At its new location on Ashley and West Liberty streets, the historic, Ann Arbor-favorite
Blimpy Burger held an operational soft-launch Thursday in preparation for an anticipated full opening late next week. Rich Magner, owner of Blimpy for more than 20 years, said he invited about 50 people to the restaurant Thursday, calling it a “test run” for his staff at the new location. Magner said he invited investors, construction workers and others involved in getting the restaurant up and running. “It went well; people seemed
to like it,” Magner said. Following 60 years at its South Division Street location, Blimpy Burger was displaced in 2013 after the University purchased the property for $1.5 million to build the Munger Graduate Residence Hall. The graduate residence hall was funded in large part by a $110 million donation from University alum Charles Munger, a real estate mogul. At the time, the donation was the largest in University history, though it
was topped a few months later by a $200 million donation from fellow real estate magnate Stephen Ross. The residence hall, projected to cost $188 million and house 600 graduate students, is expected to open in fall 2015. Magner said moving Blimpy Burger into its new home took longer than he had originally hoped. After looking into a new location that didn’t work out, Magner signed the lease for the See BLIMPY, Page 3A
Students to compete for overseas study as Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell scholars By AMABEL KAROUB Daily Staff Reporter
Six University students have been nominated to represent the leaders and best overseas. The University Provost’s Council on Student Honors has nominated six students for three of academia’s most prestigious scholarships — the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, the Marshall Scholarship, which places students in the United Kingdom and the Mitchell Scholarship in Ireland. The University’s nominees are LSA senior Ana Guay, LSA graduate Zeinab Khalil, LSA senior Stephanie Leitzel, LSA graduate David Moore, LSA senior James Nadel, and Kevin Bain, a Business senior with dual enrollment in LSA. These students will compete with thousands of others for one
ELECTION 2014
JUDICIAL RACE
Peters calls for loan reform, climate action U.S. Senate candidate aims to stimulate economic growth By BEN ATLAS Daily Staff Reporter
With six-term Sen. Carl Levin’s (D–Mich.) retirement, the election for Michigan’s first open seat in the U.S. Senate race in 20 years is underway. In a midterm cycle that could spell the end of Democratic control of the Senate, Rep. Gary Peters (D–Mich.) hopes to keep the seat within his party. From 2009 to 2013, Peters served Michigan’s 9th Congressional District — made up mostly of suburban Oakland County — and has represented the redrawn 14th district since 2013. Prior to his election to Congress, Peters served for almost five years as the state’s lottery commissioner and was a member of the Michigan State Senate from 1995 to 2002. Before entering politics, Peters worked as a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch and Paine Webber
for more than 20 years. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1993 to 2005, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. The Pontiac native received his undergraduate degree from Alma College, earned an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy, a law degree from Wayne State University Law School and a master’s degree in philosophy from Michigan State University. A recent poll from Public Policy Polling has Peters leading Republican opponent Terri Lynn Land 47 percent to 40 percent. Here is where Peters stands in five policy areas:
of the few coveted spots offered by these elite scholarship organizations. University Provost Martha Pollack will host a reception Monday where the nominated students will speak. Students interested in applying for the scholarships in the future are also invited to attend. Leitzel was the only University student nominated for the Mitchell Scholarship. Leitzel said prospective students first apply to a University committee that selects the nominees. “You prepare for it for quite a while,” she said. “You apply to Michigan first and there’s a committee at Michigan that selects people for the Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell.” Leitzel decided to apply to the Mitchell Scholarship because of her fascination with Irish culture and history. The Mitchell Scholarship awards as many as 12 winners per funded year of study at any university in Ireland. Leitzel said the scholarship would be a “perfect fit” for her, as she hopes to become a historian with a speSee PROVOST, Page 3A
Probate judge race focuses on experience Julia Owdzie, Tracy Van den Bergh square off By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
A new ArborBike station was recently installed outside of South Quad, which is one of five across Ann Arbor.
Jobs, economy and the deficit One of Peters’ top priorities in Congress has been to stimulate economic growth by supporting small businesses. In 2010 he co-sponsored the Small Business Jobs Act, which funded state programs that lend to small businesses and manufacturers. He has also emphasized the importance of entrepreneurship and startups in creating jobs and is a co-chair of See PETERS, Page 3A
ArborBike kiosks open to students, A2 residents Program offers five on-campus locations By TANYA MADHANI For the Daily
Ann Arbor’s first bikeshare program, ArborBike, is up and running, with locations both on and off campus for student
and city resident use. The Clean Energy Coalition, a nonprofit environmental organization based downtown, is working in partnership with the University, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority and the city of Ann Arbor, launched its first bikeshare program Thursday. ArborBike will ultimately have 14 stations around the
city by the spring, five of which will be on campus. Riders rent bikes using an electronic check kiosk and are able to return them to any of the stations. “(Former University President Mary Sue Coleman) had pitched the idea to us when she had visited a bike share community and felt this was something that would benSee BIKE, Page 3A
Following August’s five-way primary, two judges remain in contest for the Washtenaw County Probate Court judicial seat in the Nov. 4 election: incumbent Julia Owdziej and Tracy Van den Bergh. Owdziej was appointed to her current seat as Probate Court judge by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder last June after the retirement of Nancy Wheeler, the former Washtenaw County probate judge. Owdziej and Van den Bergh received the most votes out of the five primary candidates, with 31 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Owdziej has served for nearly 15 years as a juvenile court referee, a position that handles juvenile abuse and See JUDGE, Page 3A
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