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Washington Woman LSA and Public Policy Prof. Edie Goldenberg was director of the Public Policy School from 1987 to 1989 and the dean of LSA from 1989 to 1998. Goldenberg is the founding director of the Michigan in Washington Program, which is in its eighth year. What attracted you to political science?

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Art & Design senior Jordan Barse hangs art for an IP pre-show in the Penny Stamps Building Monday.

As a sophomore, I took a wonderful course that made me switch majors from math to political science. It was an interdisciplinary social science class team-taught by four distinguished senior leaders in a newly established Department of Political Science at MIT. One of them, Ithiel de Sola Pool,

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became my adviser, and my interest in the field just kept growing. Michigan’s Political Science Department is one of the very best in the world. Being part of it has only enhanced my interest in the field. Ever since coming to Ann Arbor, I have been involved in both Political Science and the Ford School. What is your role as the director of the Michigan in Washington program? I am responsible for program design, requirements, and evaluation; curriculum; student recruitment, selection, preparation and recognitions; faculty and staff selection and evaluation; program budget,

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WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Sunday at about 12:15 p.m. WHAT: A staff member reported he was punched in the face by an unknown male upon walking through a hallway. The victim did not seek treatment. There are no suspects.

WHERE: Stockwell Hall WHEN: Sunday at about 2:40 p.m. WHAT: A student was arrested due to suspicions of marijuana use under charges of violations of controlled substances. Suspected marijuana and paraphenalia were confiscated.

Fall career fair Tech and WHAT: Companies to change mixer the Union come to showcase their job and internship opportunities, often leading to interviews. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 2 p.m to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, second floor

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WHERE: School of Public Health WHEN: Sunday at about 5 p.m. WHAT: A bicycle was reportedly stolen from a bike rack outside the building between Sept. 27 and Sept. 29. There are currently no suspects.

WHERE: Church carport WHEN: Saturday at about 11:10 p.m. WHAT: It was reported that several subjects were yelling in the structure for 30 minutes. Upon investigation, police were unable to find anyone on the premesis.

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WHAT: The opening of an exhibit that details the life and career of football legend Tom Harmon, including the ‘unretiring’ of his playing jersey. WHO: Bentley Historical Library WHEN: Today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Bentley Historical Library lobby

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WHAT: A mixer for those interested in technology and social change at an interdisciplinary level. WHO: Group for Research on Infotech and Development WHEN: Today from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. WHERE: North Quad

Trippy bio lecture WHAT: Seminar by Dr. Joe Kappock on biological chemistry, titled “An Acid Trip”. WHO: Biological Chemistry WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: Medical Science Unit 1

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THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY

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CNN reported that in light of the impending government shutdown, Congress’s national approval rating is at an all time low, with just 10 percent of Americans saying they approve of their actions.

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The Department of Education will begin sending out e-mails this month that inform students of their loan-repayment options. SEE OPINION, PAGE 4

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Kenyan military officers responding to a four day seige at a mall looted the stores, MSNBC reported. Owners were just allowed to re-open when officers stole jewelry, electronics, and cash.

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Stock levels decline again as Mali soldiers and separatist government faces standoff rebels have face off at border Wall Street prepares for federal gov’t shutdown

States is the bedrock that nearly every other investment is built upon, largely due to the assumption that the nation will always pay its debts. “The concern is government has become so polarized that if it cannot pass (a budget), there’s a greater chance that the debt ceiling battle will go to the brink or possibly lead to a default,” said Alec Young, global equity strategist with S&P Capital IQ. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 128.57 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 15,129.67. The Standard & Poor’s 500 slid 10.20 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,681.55 and the Nasdaq composite dropped 10.12 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,771.48. Monday’s decline adds to what has been eventful September for investors. Stocks hit an all-time high on Sept. 18 after the Federal Reserve voted to keep up its economic stimulus program. But that enthusiasm vanished as

After gunfire causes fear in downtown Kidal, situation deteriorates

Wall Street began to worry that the political bickering between Democrats and Republicans would lead to a government shutdown and crisis over the debt ceiling. NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks Even with the worries about fell Monday as Wall Street wora shutdown and debt ceiling, ried that a budget fight in Washinvestors are still optimistic BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Maliington could lead to an event far about the long-term health of an soldiers and ethnic Tuareg worse for the economy— a failthe U.S. economy. The S&P 500 separatist rebels clashed again ure to raise the nation’s borrowindex rose 3 percent in Septemin the northern desert town of ing limit. ber and is up 18 percent for the Kidal on Monday, a day after Investors pulled back from year. trading gunfire downtown in stocks as a budget standoff With September behind a battle that has raised fears between Republicans and Demthem, investors now head into a about whether an unraveling ocrats in Congress threatened to worrisome October. peace accord could lead to propush the government into a parA brief shutdown wouldn’t tracted fighting in the region. tial shutdown for the first time hit the economy and stock marThe clashes in Kidal began in 17 years. Lawmakers have ket hard. But a prolonged one, only a day after suicide car until midnight Tuesday to reach lasting two weeks, could lower bombers killed two civilians a budget deal that would keep the annual growth rate for the and wounded seven others in government in full operation. economy by 0.3 percentage Timbuktu, another northern There is a simple reason why point, according to a report by provincial capital. the budget battle — and, more Macroeconomic Advisers. If a And as fears rose over the importantly, an upcoming fight shutdown were to last the entire deteriorating security situation Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ over the debt ceiling — are so month, it could cut the annual in the north there were reports crucial: the credit of the United growth rate by 0.7 percentage of tensions at an important milpoint. That is because hundreds itary barracks near the capital, of thousands of federal workers Bamako. would go without a paycheck. Soldiers at the Kati camp, “You’re putting a lot of peofrom which the March 2012 ple, at least temporarily, out coup was launched, took an EASY of work and out of pay, and army colonel hostage, saying that will affect spending,” said they had not received the proKathy Jones, vice president of motions they had been promfixed income strategy at Charles ised. Schwab. “It slows down activity In Kidal, after a lull in vioon companies that depend on lence overnight, fighting flared federal contracts.” again early Monday but was Some investors think a shutbrought to a halt when French down could be a positive event soldiers arrived at the scene in the long-term. The political several hours later. pressure could force politicians “The French forces are tryto get down to business and ing to calm the situation but it’s negotiate — particularly on the very complicated,” said Hubert issue of the debt ceiling. de Quievrecourt, a communica“This may be good thing in tions adviser with the French the long run because it may lead military mission. “For the to compromise,” said J.J. Kinahmoment there is no casualty toll an, chief strategist at TD Ameribut the fighting has stopped.” trade. Residents said the fighting on Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Monday again centered around said last week that the governa bank being guarded by Malian ment would run out of borrowing soldiers, where gunfire rang authority by roughly Oct. 17. The out on Sunday. The same Kidal bank was targeted in a grenade © sudokusolver.com. For personal use only. last time the debt ceiling issue puzzle by sudokusyndication.com SMOOTH. came up in August 2011, it led to attack two weeks ago. Each side Standard & Poor’s downgrading accused the other of firing the the United States’ credit rating. first shots. Generate and solve Sudoku, Super Sudoku and Godoku puzzles at sudokusyndication.com!

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The clashes, which wounded three people, marked the first such violence in Kidal since the rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, or NMLA, and two other groups announced last week they were suspending participation in a peace accord signed with the government in June. Andrew Lebovich, an analyst who focuses on political and security issues in the Sahel and North Africa, said the fighting stems from divisions within the NMLA and other groups, and frustrations with progress on reconciliation coming to the surface. “Any comprehensive peace and reconciliation process is becoming more difficult, not just because the groups in question are dissatisfied but also because as fighting and insecurity persist most Malians will be less and less inclined to support any peace deal that contains serious concessions for rebel groups,” he said. The June peace accord had allowed the Malian military to return to the town, where a separatist rebellion sparked in early 2012 forced the soldiers into retreat. The June agreement also allowed for democratic elections to go forward, the first since a March 2012 coup. Coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo was later elevated to a four-star general in the Malian military, skipping over a number of grades and drawing outrage from human rights groups who say he should be tried for abuses committed during his brief rule. On Monday, soldiers took up arms at the Kati military camp near Bamako, according to two military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to reporters. Sanogo’s spokesman, Lt. Mohamed Bou Coulibaly, said the situation was under control

Monday afternoon and blamed the unrest on elements close to Col. Youssouf Traore, who has had a strained relationship with Sanogo. Coulibaly said the soldiers accused Col. Mohamed Elhabib Diallo of taking their names off a list of those who were to be promoted. However, another Malian military official said that Diallo had been wounded by gunfire after the angry soldiers took him hostage. The tensions on several fronts underscore the enormous challenges for new Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who took office in September after winning the election in an August runoff. In an acknowledgement of those obstacles, Keita has made reconciliation a priority for his new government, even naming a minister responsible for the effort and for developing the north. Talks were to resume between the two sides in Burkina Faso later this year. However, the rebels accused the government of failing to make good on its promises under the deal. Separatist sentiment remains high in Kidal, and the presence of the Malian soldiers since June has been highly controversial. Tuaregs in northern Mali have sought autonomy dating back to the country’s independence from France in 1960. The government has put down several rebellions over the years, though the one sparked in early 2012 allowed separatists to make their greatest gains to date. After the March 2012 coup in the capital, al-Qaida-linked jihadists also sought to control northern Mali and temporarily sidelined the separatist rebels. After a French-led military intervention ousted the radical Islamic militants from power, though, the NMLA began reasserting itself in Kidal.


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