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President talks job programs POTUS’s national tour aims to emphasize U.S. economic recovery By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
WAYNE, Mich. — President Barack Obama visited a Ford Motor manufacturing plant Wednesday to speak with plant employees as part of a three-stop tour to promote his upcoming State of the Union address. During his remarks, Obama previewed his address to the nation, noting that he intends to emphasize policies designed to build on his administration’s achievements over the last few years. He also used his venue
to highlight Detroit and the auto industry’s improvements as one example of the country’s progress during his time in office. In addition to a stop in Michigan, President Obama will visit Arizona on Thursday to talk about housing and Tennessee on Friday to discuss education. The State of the Union address is Jan. 20. On Wednesday, Obama said he saw the auto recovery’s industry resulted not only from his administration’s policies, but also the resilience of the state’s workers. “That’s how things work best, when everybody’s in it, when workers and businesses work together,” Obama said. “Shared sacrifice leads to shared prosperity.” The president also detailed See WHITE HOUSE , Page 3A
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President Barack Obama discusses the auto industry at the Michigan Assembly Plant on Wednesday to promote his State of the Union address.
Obama praises automotive resurgence in Michigan Remarks focus on impact of industry ahead of State of the Union address By WILL GREENBERG Daily News Editor
WAYNE, Mich. — Ahead of his State of the Union address on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama
paired Detroit Lions references with words of optimism for the future in a speech at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on Wednesday. The president used the town’s support for the football team, which was eliminated from the NFL playoffs this past weekend, as a metaphor for the country’s support of Detroit and the automobile industry. “If there’s one thing that you can take to the bank when talk-
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Clothing Club aims to fund new startups
Hand-drawn logo leads to succesful business venture for LSA senior
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Art & Design senior Linea Bast designs a product to help those with Celiac disease and gluten intolerance at the Art & Architecture building Wednesday.
HOSPITAL
UMHS enacts new visitor policy to prevent flu spread Influenza strain presents risk for Washtenaw County By AMABEL KAROUB Daily News Editor
The University of Michigan Health System is taking action
to protect patients from the flu. Since the start of this year’s flu season, UMHS has reported four influenza-related deaths. To combat the virus, hospital officials are enacting new protocols to keep other patients from falling ill. At the center of the plan is a revised visitor policy, which asks people who exhibit flu-
bailout money to GM and Chrysler, two of Detroit’s “Big Three” automotive companies in 2009. He said many feared that if those two went under, the third, Ford — which was not bailed out — could have suffered as well. He noted the importance of providing federal aid along with a strategic plan for recovery while trying to sustain the U.S. auto industry. He said the auto industry needed to “change with the times” and See AUTO, Page 3A
BUSINESS
Crew to partner with students from Abu Dhabi University
The Michigan solar car team will keep its international reputation alive. The team heads to the United Arab Emirates on Jan 15 for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge. Teams from six continents will race for 745 miles in solar-powered cars they designed and built themselves. The University’s team members will partner with students from Abu Dhabi University for the race. The race coincides with the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, an effort to raise awareness about ways renewable energies can play a role in the development of the oil-rich region. After the race concludes, the teams will take part in the See RACE, Page 3A
ing about Detroit, it’s that Detroit always comes back,” Obama said. The president focused his attention Wednesday on the auto industry and Detroit’s integral role in it. He split his time between revisiting the decision to bail out General Motors and Chrysler — now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — and discussing the recent growth in U.S. automobile sales. Obama spoke of the initially unpopular decision to provide
like symptoms to avoid visiting patients at the hospital, as the sick patients are more susceptible to illness than the general population. While the policy recommends anyone exhibiting flu symptoms — which can include fever, body aches, chills, coughing, headache, tiredness, See FLU, Page 3A
By LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily Staff Reporter
On campus, LSA senior Cyrus Tetteh is known as “the Cool Club guy.” It all started in 2011 — his freshman year — when he was doing math homework in his West Quad Residence Hall dorm room. He was trying to figure out a way to have an impact in college immediately and wasn’t sure that merely taking classes was enough. “I wanted to feel like I was progressing, or climbing a ladder in life,” Tetteh said. The idea and subsequent logo he created that day in West Quad was for a clothing company now known as Cool Club Clothing, LLC. Today, the company designs and sells clothing items sporting the same “Cool
Club” logo Tetteh drew on the back of his math homework three years ago. The company’s goal this year is to put some of Cool Club’s proceeds into a startup fund, which the company would then allocate to people who want to “start up their dreams.” “Cool Club Clothing is based on the idea that with an open mind you can reach limitless heights,” he said. “I never want anyone to be restricted or feel like they’re restricted in this world, because there’s greatness in everyone and I just want everyone to be able to tap into that.” Tetteh said he was able to tap into his own ability to start Cool Club Clothing with the help of friends like Business senior David Carlson. The two met during their freshman year as roommates in West Quad. Carlson helped lift Cool Club Clothing off the ground by converting Tetteh’s hand-drawn logo to a digital form that could be sent to a printer. “He drew the design, the See STARTUP, Page 3A
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NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS......................6A
SUDOKU.....................2A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A B-SIDE ....................1B