metro ITS YOUR TURN!!! Stolen from page 8 University of Michigan Regents Need to Hear From Our Jewish Community BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS Insidious Disease Most families who receive the diagnosis of Frontotemporal dementia are told there's nothing that can be done. At this time, there is no cure. "FTD is insidious and likely causes are due to genetic mutations that took effect during brain development:' said Rhonna Shatz, D.O., director, Behavioral Neurology, Clayton P. Alandt Chair of Behavioral Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. "It doesn't nec- essarily run in families, but there is a genetic risk factory' Shatz explained that people with a learning disability are more vulnerable to early-onset dementia because their brain is already stressed trying to compensate for their learning defi- cit. The brain's frontal lobes are responsible for executive functions including planning, making priorities, organizing and con- trolling our behavior. For people with FTD, Dr. Rhonna these abilities are Shatz impaired together with an inability to commu- nicate and recognize faces. People with FTD make up about 10-14 percent of patients with dementia. "There are warning signs that may help lead to an early diagnosis:' Shatz said. "These include building multiple large collections, hoarding and becoming pack rats. They also frequently engage in new food rituals, have horrible table manners and tend to eat more food than normal. They often lack impulse control and are often blunt and opinionated in public." We all develop pathologies as we age, but our brain continually compensates. Legal Considerations Don't let history repeat itself: Fight anti-Semitism. Fight EDS. Presented4WANI.OnFtegion EXCERPTS FROM TWO IMPORTANT .1 III ARTICLES ON CAMPUS INTIMIDATION Sara with her dad in 2011, before his dementia diagnosis Alzheimer's, for example, provides clinical signals such as losing the ability to communicate and loss of short-term memory. FTD affects another system in the brain, which is a group of functions called executive functions needed on a daily basis. It's not memory loss, but an increasing inability to get simple things done. A high degree of anxiety is also charac- teristic of FTD to the point where every- thing makes a person uncomfortable, even meeting a new person. Although there is no known treatment for FTD today, research continues. The Bloomberg family is participating in the upcoming Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's, Aug. 23, to raise research funds. It's being held in 11 Michigan communities and 650 com- munities nationally. To participate or donate to the Bloomberg team, go to http://act.alz.org/goto/ErwinsGirls or call the Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter at (248) 351-0280. ❑ When Mickey Bloomberg applied for disability for her husband, Erwin, Social Security insisted she needed to assume guardianship to receive the disabil- ity checks. She had all the legal papers, including letters from doctors con- firming Erwin's inability to take care of himself. But now she needed to go to Probate Court and apply for guardianship. It was a simple procedure, but it was one more unfamil- iar task that added to her anxiety. Now she visits Probate Court yearly to maintain guardianship. "It is difficult and stressful to make these kinds of deci- sions especially when the goal is the safety and well-being of a spouse," says Don Rosenberg, a Troy elder law attor- ney and former president of the Alzheimer's Association Don Greater Michigan Chapter. "I often tell clients to plan proac- Rosenberg tively, prepare for the unthinkable and to work with an elder law attorney so a family's financial goals are also met." Rosenberg recommends families have on hand updated copies of these core documents and work with an elder law attorney for help navigating through the complicated laws. • Durable power of attorney for health care • Durable power of attorney for financial decisions • Distribution of assets after death Staring Down the Devil at the University of Michigan A first-hand account of how one of America's elite schools became the latest flash point of anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitic intimidation. Molly Rosen Student at the University of Michigan, Class of 2014 http://www.thetower.org/article/staring-down-the-devil-at-the-university-of-michigan/ On March 18, SAFE brought a resolution before the CSG (Central Student Government) de- manding that the university divest from Caterpillar, General Electric, Heidelberg Cement, United Technologies, and "all other companies that explicitly profit from and facilitate the Israeli occupa- tion and siege of Palestinian land in violation of international law and human rights:' The resolu- tion was part of a campaign that quickly spread across campus. This was similar to a proposed resolution that was introduced in 2005, and was defeated by a 11-25 vote. The meeting that night was chaotic, uncomfortable, and intimidating. There were frequent outbursts from the crowd that interrupted the official proceedings, and BDS advocates made snide allusions to the Birthright program and various Israeli "war crimes:' After hearing pro and con speeches, CSG members voted to postpone considering the resolution indefinitely. As one representative said, "This is Central Student Government. Not the United Nations:' Just after that vote, the crowd began chanting "Divest" loud enough and long enough that the meeting had to be adjourned before official business was completed. The resolution's supporters did not let up their disruptive behavior. The following night, SAFE and other anti-Israel activists staged a sit-in, occupying the CSG chambers and vowing to remain indefinitely unless CSG acceded to their demands. In what shocked students, but failed to sufficiently alarm University administrators, the campus environment became as chaotic as the sit-in itself, and far more frightening. Students who opposed the boycott efforts were targeted—subject to derogatory tweets, targeted with slanderous names, and abused for how they express their personal and even religious beliefs. It was not just individual students who were the victims of violent threats and intimidation by pro-Palestinian forces. Student Government representatives were similarly targeted and, most tell- ingly, called "kike" and a "dirty Jew." Both CSG representatives and ordinary students were afraid to attend their classes because they felt unsafe. Jewish Students Tell University Administrators: Time to Stop Hiding Tammi Rossman Benjamin- lecturer at University of California-Santa Cruz https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1399061426-49e593d29df4fdfa07e1b370c7a65ae8- 860fa27?pa=22296410096 As soon as an African American student at San Jose State University who was racially harassed and bullied by his dormitory roommates came forward, university, county, and state officials began an investigation. Within days, prosecutors labeled it a hate crime, battery charges were filed against three of the roommates, and the university had suspended them. Sadly, Jewish students who have spoken out have been vilified and attacked for even trying to call attention to the anti-Semitic behavior they are experiencing. For example, at a University of California, Davis anti-Israel "occupation" rally last November, a student who expressed concern about the anti-Semitic banners displayed at the protest was physically assaulted by a protestor who screamed in his face, "You are racist and you should die in hell:' Who bears the most blame for the tsunami of campus anti-Semitism? University administra- tors. Distressingly, administrators routinely turn a blind eye to this long-standing and pervasive anti-Jewish bigotry and ignore Jewish students' pleas for help. Language and behavior that would never be tolerated from students or faculty when directed against other campus minorities goes unchallenged by administrators when directed against Jewish students. The primary responsibility for addressing campus anti-Semitism rests with university administrators. Unfortunately, they are missing in action when it comes to protecting Jewish students rights and ensuring their safety. Administrators: It's time to stop hiding. ADVERTISEMENT 10 May 8 • 2014