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Classes give opportunity to explore Motor City VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily
T.R. Durham, owner of Durham’s Tracklements, showcases one of his products to customers Saturday.
By NEALA BERKOWSKI
Kerrytown fish market 2 brings upscale taste to A Durham’s caters to local, national clientele with speciality products By LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily Staff Reporter
It all started in a bathtub. Sound fishy? Well, it was. Hand-crafted smoked salmon is Durham’s Tracklements’ spe-
cialty. The business started in Amherst, Mass. back in 1992, where Founder of Tracklements T.R. Durham cured — preserved with salt, sugar and maybe some seasoning — salmon in his basement. The bathtub, being a requisite size for salmon, served as his sink. Since then, Tracklements has nixed the bathtub in favor of a large sink in a small shop in Kerrytown, just around the corner from the farmer’s market. At the sink stands Margarito
Dominguez, a member of the Tracklements team since 2002. He’s performing a hand-led dry cure with quick, skilled hands. Using salt, sugar and sometimes some seasoning, he’s smoothing the mixture up and down the fish, applying more to the thicker parts and less to the thinner, Durham explained. “He’s really extremely meticulous,” Durham said. They’ve also since expanded from what used to be a holidaytime service only to a year-round
Detroit courses focus on history, culture and community service Daily Staff Reporter
business — open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and by appointment — that produces and sells smoked salmon varieties and has further filled in its repertoire with other fishes, meats and cheeses. Tracklements moved from Amherst to Ann Arbor in 1996 when Susan Douglas, Durham’s wife, got a job at the University. She’s currently a professor and Chair of Communication StudSee SALMON, Page 3A
Students registering for winter term classes have a range of options for learning about the city of Detroit through culture and history classes, or through community service programs. Rebecca Zurier, an associate professor of art history, who teaches Made in Detroit: A History of Art and Culture in the Motor City, said Detroit has changed so much recently she felt it was important to offer this course and have a discussion about the city with students. Her course gives students insight to trends in modern art, architecture and history by seeing how they were stressed on a world stage. “The arts are playing a bigger and bigger role in this Detroit
WELLNESS
TECHNOLOGY
Health experts debate merits of circumcision Researchers discuss ethical issues, new CDC medical recommendations By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter
The National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers of Michigan sponsored an event Sunday, titled “New Perspectives on Circumcision,” at the Michigan League in order to discuss the merits and pitfalls of the debated practice. John Geisheker, executive director of the nonprofit Doctors Opposing Circumcision, and Robert Van Howe, professor and interim chair of Pediatrics at the Central Michigan University College of Medicine, spoke. The event addressed medical and ethical problems associated with circumcision, a surgical procedure that removes the foreskin around the tip of the penis most
commonly performed on newborn males. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control released a set of guidelines last Tuesday that recommends doctors to discuss the option of circumcision with their patients. Jonathan Mermin, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, stated that circumcision is beneficial for men’s health, especially for disease prevention. “The first thing that’s important to know is male circumcision has been associated with a 50 to 60 percent reduction of HIV transmission as well as a reduction in sexually transmitted infections such as herpes, bacterial vaginosis and the human papilloma virus, which causes penile and cervical cancer,” Mermin told The New York Times on Tuesday. During his Sunday talk, Van Howe rebutted CDC’s guidelines and said there is currently no scientific evidence that circumcision is beneficial, saying that he See HEALTH, Page 2A
that is kind of growing informally,” she said. “The arts are an important insight into the city and they have something to do with its growth, so that’s a good thing to think about in a classroom with a group of really committed and interesting students.” In the course, which is cross-listed in art history and American culture, students will discuss specific pieces of art and architecture along with more general topics including the story of the Detroit Institute of Arts during the Detroit bankruptcy trials. For students interested in taking classes in Detroit, Detroiters Speak is a six-week public mini-course aiming to give students and the public a better understanding of historic and contemporary topics in Detroit. Students listen to a panel of Detroiters and experts talk about various topics. Semester in Detroit and the University’s Detroit Center are co-sponsors of the series that is held weekly at the UM Detroit Center. Transportation is proSee DETROIT, Page 2A
‘U’ sponsors Twitter chat on activism, new media VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily
Students participate in a “die-in,” a silent protest organized by the Black Law Students Alliance at the Law Library Friday. Students lay on the ground for 4.5 minutes representing the 4.5 hours Michael Brown’s body lay on the ground after he was shot in Ferguson, Mo.
Students organize ‘die-in’ to protest police brutality Black Law Student Association calls attention to grand jury decisions By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
Students and faculty gathered on the Law Quadrangle Friday afternoon to show their
solidarity with protestors across the country who are rallying for justice in the killings of two unarmed Black men at the hands of police. Recent protests were spurred nationwide by a grand jury’s decision last month not to indict the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown. Protests continued this week after a New York grand jury decided not to charge the offi-
cer that killed 43-year-old Eric Garner while holding him in a chokehold. On the Law Quad, participants were photographed displaying the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture that has become a symbol of the movement nationwide. They also laid on the ground in the Law Library for four and a half minutes in a staged “die-in,” intended to represent the number of hours See BROWN, Page 3A
Questions focus on journalism, social justice after Ferguson decision By IRENE PARK Daily Staff Reporter
The University hosted a live Twitter chat event Friday titled “The Power of Social Media in Journalism Today” with three panelists: Gregory Anderson, editorial director at Yahoo and Knight Wallace Fellow; Martha Jones, professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies; and Jennifer Calfas, 2015 Editor in Chief of The Michigan Daily. Twitter users submitted their questions using the hashtag #UMichChat before and during the event, and the University Twitter account chose 15 questions out of the pool to ask the three panelists. Questions covered a variety of topics within the theme of social See TWITTER, Page 2A
No Joke It’s True NJIT knocked off the Wolverines Saturday, 72-70, despite Caris LeVert’s career game.
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