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Dingell addresses concerns at VA hospital
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There’s a new Thanksgiving tradition. Dubbed “friendsgiving,” the occasion allows friends to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday together a few days ahead of the traditional family feast. In recent years, the unofficial holiday has become increasingly popular, especially among millennials. LSA senior Breah Dean hosted a gathering for a group of six friends, who met last semester while studying abroad in Switzerland. “There was one guy in our group. I ran into him on the street and we talked for like five minutes,” LSA senior Marissa Henry said. “And then Breah came, and happened to run into us, too. And then we got really excited because it’s very rare that we all see each other randomly so we thought, ‘Friendsgiving, let’s do it. Everyone’s doing it, we all like food, no one’s gonna say no.’ ”
Study: Parents, teens want additional e-cig regulation Michigan does not restrict sale to minors By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
More than 75 percent of teens and adults say e-cigarettes should carry restrictions similar
to traditional cigarettes, according to a C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health published Nov. 16. Commonly known as vaping, e-cigarettes simulate the feeling of smoking a traditional cigarette. The battery-powered device delivers nicotine, which is often flavored, as well as other
chemicals in the form of vapor rather than smoke. Matthew Davis, professor of pediatrics and internal medicine and director of the National Poll on Children’s Health, said the poll asked teens aged 13 to 18, as well as their parents, about their attitudes toward e-cigarettes and what they thought would be
approporiate for regulating the devices. Currently, few restrictions exist with on how e-cigarettes are marketed. “These (potential) restrictions would entail the prohibition of e-cigarette use in public spaces that would be similar to See E-CIG, Page 3A
Surgeries resume after contamination caused cancellations, postponements By SAMANTHA WINTNER Daily Staff Reporter
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D– Dearborn) sent an inquiry Monday to the director of tzxzhe VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System regarding dozens of surgeries for veterans that were cancelled or rescheduled in the past few weeks because of a potential equipment contamination. Though concerns with sterilization of surgical equipment were also raised in 2014, Dingell said in an interview Tuesday that she recently began receiving calls from concerned constituents about what appears to be a similar issue. According to Derek Atkinson, a public affairs official for the Healthcare System, nurses at the hospital began noticing inorganic
BUSINESS
PHILANTHROPY
Italian eatery to fill former Five Guys spot Piada aims to attract students through fastcausal model By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
Five Guys is out and one Italian restaurant is moving in. Piada Italian Street Food is set to open in spring 2016 on State Street in the former home of Five Guys Burgers and Fries. The burger shop closed in June after financial troubles, and the building has been vacant since. Piada currently operates in two cities in Michigan, as well as in a number of other states. Matt Eisenacher, director of marketing for Piada, said Ann Arbor was an attractive city for the restaurant brand to expand into for two main reasons. “Ann Arbor is just a good food community, a good food culture,” Eisenacher said. “The community really appreciates good food and seeks better food
options. Two, we just heard from a lot of people as we moved into Michigan — and obviously we’re in Toledo and Cleveland as well — we just kept hearing ‘Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor’ over and over again so really we just had our eyes so I’m finding the perfect site.” In addition to Ann Arbor food culture, Eisenacher believes the business will thrive because of the city’s young residents. “Especially younger generations are looking to put more of their fingerprint on the food that they’re choosing,” he said. “They like the fact that they can choose what goes into their meal, and two, they like the fresher options. The younger generation realizes they can get better food without having to empty their pockets for it. We seek to provide fresh or food at an affordable price and obviously I think that’s something that appeals to college students.” LSA sophomore Alex Ngo, who worked at the Troy, Mich., Piada for five months before See ITALIAN, Page 3A
particulate matter several weeks ago on the cases containing surgical equipment that had previously been sterilized. The system has been working to determine the cause and solve the problem since that time. “Our O.R. nurses, as part of their normal inspection process perhaps, would notice one of these little micro particulates. Essentially — just to kind of give you an idea of what you’re looking at — it’s almost like a speck of pepper in the case that would house the equipment, but not on the equipment,” he said. To rectify the situation, Atkinson said the Healthcare System opted for a “surgical stand-down” the week of Nov. 11 — cancelling and rescheduling veteran surgeries to later dates at the Healthcare System or at the University. In Dingell’s letter to the Healthcare System, which followed a phone call with Robert McDivitt, the hospital’s director, she posed several questions about actions the hospital is taking to address the situation and ensure See VA, Page 3A
Giving Blue Day calls on students to contribute Development staff aim to top $3.2 million in donations during 24-hour event By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter RUBY WALLAU/Daily
Ann Arbor resident Jerry Quigley empties cans from recycling bins in front of the Michigan Stadium before the Rutgers game on Nov. 7.
One man’s trash: A look at ‘canning’ culture in A2
Residents earn extra income by cashing in on bottle deposits By GIANCARLO BUONOMO Daily Arts Writer
Ann Arbor, on a football Saturday, is one big party. Swarms of maize-and-blue-clad fans carouse on lawns and spill out
into oncoming traffic. The air is thick with the aroma of charcoal-grilled hot dogs and hormonal sweat. So thick, it seems to catch and hold cellphone signals like flies in a web. Everyone drinks a Great Lakes’ worth of beer, vodka, tequila, boxed wine and more beer, until it’s time to head in a mass exodus to the stadium. After they leave, it’s a ghost
town. Plastic bags drift along like tumbleweeds. Thousands of beer cans litter the streets, overflow from garbage barrels and fill giant, leaking bags on the sidewalk. But by sundown, most of these cans will be gone. A small economy, a culture even, springs up in Ann Arbor on football Saturdays. Each game day, dozens of individuals canSee CANNING, Page 3A
The University will conduct its second annual Giving Blueday on Tuesday, a 24-hour event during which students and alumni are encouraged to donate to campus organization and programs. The event is a spinoff of Giving Tuesday, a global movement dedicated to philanthropy and giving back to communities and is inspired by Black Friday events. “When it comes to philanthropy, Michigan students are no strangers to accomplishing great things,” wrote E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, in an e-mail about the event to the student body Tuesday. “From supporting medical treatments for underserved populations, to funding community service trips See GIVING BLUE, Page 3A
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