M=PACT ",-Continued from page 1A :the survival of M-PACT will be created through a massive fundraising effort, Coleman said. The new program will also be help- ful to students no longer receiving a Pell Grant under a new federal for- mula determining eligibility. Under the new formula, the Bush administra- tion will cut grants to students who no longer qualify for them because their family income has increased. The -money saved from this process will go toward making the grants given to more needy students larger and possi- bly increasing the number of students receiving grants The new formula will affect Univer- sity students because 1,677 out of the 3,335 undergraduates who receive the grant will lose about $400, the Detroit -Free Press reported, while 300 Univer- PIRGM Continued from page 1A As part of its drive to protect ten- ant rights, Student PIRGIM would distribute a two-part scientific sur- vey to students about their expe- riences renting or leasing in Ann Arbor. The first part would ask about students' experiences and the second would gauge their literacy on subjects, such as whether it is legal for a landlord to charge a cleaning fee. Student PIRGIM would then use that information to set up a hotline in the fall. Another possible campaign involves working with Granholm on Michigan's high mercury levels in water. The mercury renders the water unsafe because of possible birth DONATION Continued from page 1A will attract and the more money you will attract." The Detroit-based Carls Foundation made the donation as part of its con- tinuing pledge to promote children's welfare. Industrialist William Carls and his wife Marie created the founda- NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 7, 2005 - 7A sity students will no longer qualify for the grants. Engineering sophomore Conor Burns said the new grant program would be extremely beneficial to him. Burns said he will be losing grant money due to the recent cuts made to the Pell Grant program. "Basically, I'm receiving about $10,000 a year in loans and I'm $15,000 in debt, so having more grant options would be great," Burns said. "I don't want to be shackled with more debt than I can possibly pay off in the 10 years after I gradu- ate. The less I have to pay back, the better." Although M-PACT aims to help those whose families fall into the lowest income bracket and who already qualify for the highest Pell Grant of a little more than $4,000, Coleman expressed hope that the pro- gram would benefit those whose fami- lies fall into a higher income bracket - $50,000 to $70,000 per year - but still have trouble paying for college. Andrea Craig, a counselor at Detroit City High School said she was excited to hear that M-PACT may help families who do not fall into the lowest income bracket. "Working families who are not mak- ing an extremely high amount of money, but just meeting their needs don't get the Pell Grant money, you have to be con- sidered destitute in order to qualify," Craig said. "It would be wonderful for a good student coming from an average income family to qualify for this new grant program." Eligibility for M-PACT grants will be determined by the level of family contribution and other factors used to distribute financial aid packages. Two- thirds of University students currently receive need-based financial aid in the form of grants, loans or scholarships. defects, Fox said. "Over two years, we could help reduce the mercury levels by 90 per- cent," Fox said. "The Bush administra- tion's plan would only do that much in 10 years." PIRGIM had a student chapter at the University in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, it was instrumental in plac- ing blue-light emergency phones on campus and requiring gas stations to post prices, Hwang said. "When we were a chapter, we could do a lot more," she added. According to Hwang, the regents eliminated the chapter's funding in the 1980s because it feared the group had too much influence. Students For PIRGIM has been meeting with MSA members since the beginning of the school year in an attempt to clear the path to funding. Fox estimates the group collaborated with two-thirds of the assembly's lead- ers, but Wells-Reid did not notify it of the injunction until less than a week before the scheduled vote. "He's been looking at the tax issue for a while, and it wasn't until Fri- day that he decided it was important enough for the case," said second-year Law School student Cliff Davidson, Wells-Reid's legal counsel. Students For PIRGIM has asked Wells-Reid to drop the case because the group believes it has addressed all of his concerns, Fox said. "If we lose the trial, then we will continue to work as we've been func- tioning," Hwang said. "(MSA's fund- ing) is pretty critical to what we want to accomplish." tion that promotes children's welfare. "Having lost their only child in infancy, William and Marie Carls experienced personally the need for advanced and readily available pedi- atric medical care and made it a prin- cipled mission of the foundation they established," said Elizabeth Stieg, executive director of The Carls Foun- dation in a press release. "The Trust- ees of The Carls Foundation felt that the Mott Children's Hospital plans for a new facility are clearly needed and help fulfill that mission." The Carls Foundation has given Motts donations before that have helped fund research of jaw-related birth defects and establish a new diagnostic and treatment program for children at risk for hearing loss. IRAN Continued from page 1A toppled the Shah and brought the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. "If the Shah is in Iran, you would give him nuclear technology, but if Imam (Khomeini) is in Iran, you can't do that ... the history of nuclear energy in Iran is a lesson in contradictions in Western policy towards Iran," he said. But Rafsanjani said Iran has been very transparent since 2002 when aspects of its nuclear activities were revealed and that it has cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, to dispel suspicions that it was seeking nuclear weapons. He said Iran would never agree to a permanent halt on enriching uranium,. a technology he says Tehran is entitled to under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Iran suspended its uranium enrich- ment activities last year to create confi- dence and avoid U.N. Security Council sanctions. But Tehran says maintaining the voluntary freeze depends on prog- ress in ongoing talks with Britain, Ger- many and France, who are negotiating on behalf of the European Union. "Definitely we can't stop our nuclear program and won't stop it. You can't take technology away from a country already possessing it," Rafsanjani said. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of the Iranian parliament, told the conference that Parliament would not approve additional proto- col to the NPT if the Europeans insist Iran turn its temporary suspension of uranium enrichment-related activi- ties into a permanent freeze. MSA Continued from page 1A One source of competitors is Maize Rage, which draws all its candidates from the orga- nization of athletic supporters that bears the same name. But the party is not focused on University athletics. Rather, it is mounting a campaign of change. Chrzanowski said he aims to change the emphasis of MSA. "Their attention is on a lot of issues that aon't necessarily impact students directly," Chrzanowski said. "We'd like to see a lot that attention turned to how they can help the students on campus." He pointed in particu- lar to what he called MSA's focus on inter- ational events. Stenvig took issue with Chrzanowski's characterization of the student assembly. "I would say the opposite," she said. "We don't live in a bubble. These issues directly affect students on campus in a broad and sweeping way." She added that MSA does not ignore strictly campus concerns, attrib- uting Chrzanowski's opinion to critics of the predominately liberal agenda of MSA. Still, Chrzanowski predicted his party will fare well with students who are disen- chanted with MSA and feel it does not rep- resent them. The LSA sophomore was also critical of the way other MSA parties have conducted their campaigns. "One of the things we definitely do not want to do is the dorm invasion tactic. That is one thing we will not do," he said. Instead, Chrzanowski said, "Our primary goal is going to be encouraging people to actually vote." He vowed to mount a positive cam- paign, saying "We're not looking for a blood- bath here." As in last November's elections, DAAP will again focus on increasing minority enrollment. Black enrollment 'declined 15 percent in the current academic year, the first since the new application was created. "To have black enrollment drop 15 percent, this fight is just beginning," Stenvig said. The central goal of Stenvig's party remains the defense of the University's race-con- scious admissions policies. But in a possible move to attract traditional DAAP supporters, Levine said, "The leader- ship of Students 4 Michigan is committed to standing behind U-M's admissions policies. In that respect, we do not differ much from DAA P." Stenvig said Levine's position does not erase the need for her party. "I'm glad that they're taking that posi- tion," she said, adding that her party has taken leadership on the issue. Levine said his party has broad appeal. 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