NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7 WAGE Continued from page 1. supporting of the measure in January. Signature collection on the Diag will continue at least for now, Bates said. Last month, MSA held a panel discussion on the ini- tiative. Students and others on both sides of the debate participated. Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyo- ming) noted that the state has not had a raise in the minimum wage in nine years. He said there are posi- tives and negatives for raising the wage. "But all in all, I think it's the right thing to do at the right time," Sikkema said yesterday on the Sen- ate floor. Democrats pushing the ballot measure had hoped it would bring more Democrats to the polls in Novem- ber, something Republicans would like to avoid. "It's a factor in the decision making - there's no question about it," Sikkema said of the petition drive. The Senate-approved bill initially would raise the wage more than the petition drive would, but it would not put the language in the state constitution, mean- ing the increase could be repealed in the future. If voters approved raising the minimum wage in the state constitution, it would take another statewide vote to repeal the increase. The bill doesn't link the minimum wage to inflation- ary increases, something the ballot measure would do. Republicans criticized that tie, and Sikkema said that the michigan daily was one reason he decided to move the bill. Michigan's $5.15-per-hour minimum wage is the same as the federal government's. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have higher minimum wages. The vote drew a mixed response from interest groups. "I think it's good that the Senate is finally moving on a bill," said John Freeman, executive director of the Michigan Needs a Raise Coalition. "We certainly support the bill," he said. "It's cer- tainly better than their earlier position, which was not to address the issue." But he was not optimistic about the bill's prospects. "It still has to pass the House," he said. "The House has been a little bit more conservative than the Senate." The Michigan Restaurant Association said raising the minimum wage would kill jobs but added that it's better to do it with legislation than by amending the constitu- tion. The Michigan Catholic Conference applauded the Senate vote. "Work is more than just a job, it is a reflection of our human dignity and a way to contribute to the common good," Paul Long, the group's vice president for public policy, said in a statement. Senate Democrats first introduced the bill to increase the minimum wage in March 2005, but their efforts to raise wages were largely ignored by Republicans who control the chamber. - Daily Staff Reporter Andrew Grossman and the Associated Press contributed to this report. DEBATE Continued from page 1 the election. The group will e-mail its picks out totthe 2,500 members on its e-mail list. "The reason that the College Demo- crats endorsement is so sought-after is that we have such a large and strong membership on campus," said College Democrats vice chair Jamie Ruth. The presidential and vice presiden- tial candidates for each party spoke briefly about their main ideas and then answered questions from the audience. Of the questions, the issue of whether to grant MSA funds to students group that may lobby sparked the most heated debates. Because College Democrats lobby on behalf of Democratic politi- cians, the audience had a large stake in the issue. The group has found it increasingly harder to get money from MSA for political events, Benton said. Last month, MSA voted down a res- olution to allow funding for lobbying student groups proposed by Rese Fox, Michigan Progressive Party presiden- tial candidate. Opponents of the pro- posal cited concerns about its effect on MSA's tax-exempt status. At one point, MPP vice presidential candidate Walter Nowinski motioned toward Students 4 Michigan's presi- dential candidate Nicole Stallings and her running mate, Justin Paul, pointing out that they had cast the two deciding votes that killed the resolution. Much of the crowd of about 100 erupted in applause in support of Nowinski. S4M vice presidential candidate's impassioned rebuttal, though, elicited a similar response when he explained that his and Stallings's votes were based on concerns from the University administration. "This is very touchy with the admin- istration," Stallings said in an inter- view after the debate. "There was no need for the resolution. We want to handle it delicately." Student Conservative Party presi- dential candidate Ryan Fantuzzi and running mate Tommi Turner also aggressively attacked Fox's resolution. 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The more liberal Reform move- ment passed a resolution in 2000 sup- porting rabbis who choose to preside over same-sex marriages and commitment ceremonies. The traditional Orthodox movement maintains that the Torah's prohibitions on homosexuality must be respected. According to the National Jewish Pop- ulation Survey if 2000, 38 percent of Jews affiliated with a temple or synagouge were Reform, 33 percent Conservative and 22 percent Orthodox. The Conservative movement is "a cen- trist movement in which there is a tension between Jewish law and modernity,' said Rabbi Jason Miller, a Conservative rabbi and the associate director of the Universi- ty's chapter of Hillel. "Living within that tension means trying to strike a balance between the two." The Torah, the Jewish holy book, men- tions homosexuality in Leviticus 18:22, stating, "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination." Leviticus 20:13 states that the punishment for such action should be death. Openly gay applicants are currently prohibited from enrolling in the Conser- vative movement's rabbinical and canto- rial schools. "To some extent, it's a 'don't ask, don't tell policy,' "Miller said. The debate over the role of.gays in Con- servative Jewish life has been at the fore- front for the movement's rabbis. "For rabbis in the Conservative move- ment, this is the hot issue," Miller said. LSA freshman Susan Turner, a Con- servative Jew, supports a new approach to homosexuality in Judaism. "I don't have a problem with it," she said. "I think it's good that people are being more open-minded:' But Turner said she could understand opposition to the move. "The Torah says, 'Be fruitful, multi- ply,"' she said. "There aren't a lot of Jews in the world; that's why it's important to me to marry another Jewish person. We need to produce more Jews." LSA freshman Alex Jacobson said his Reform Jewish family never discussed homosexuality in the context of - their faith. 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"(Jantsch's accomplishment is) really positive in a lot of ways," said Music Prof. Fritz Kaenzig, Jantsch's studio instructor. "For young people, for young musicians, it should be a really exciting, hopeful sign that if you play well enough and an audition committee is open enough, there's the possibility that you could land some- thing like a position in the Philadel- phia Orchestra right out of college." And if her resume is any indication, Jantsch's musicianship is top-notch: After switching instruments from the smaller, more solo-oriented eupho- nium to tuba at age 12, Jantsch won her first competition, the 2000 Tuba Student Competition at the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, at age 15 while attend- ing Interlochen Arts Academy. Last March, Jantsch had a typical college student's existence: She divid- ed her time between classes, practic- ing and playing with Flywheel, the women's, ultimate frisbee club team. When the job opening with the Phila-, delphia Orchestra was announced, she decided to send in her resum6 in hopes of getting a spot on the audition list - and was rejected. But after that round of auditions, the position still hadn't been filled. A coincidence helped Jantsch get her big break. She sent in an audition tape of herself playing to Bar Har- bor Brass Week. The director of Bar Harbor just happened to be Philadel- phia Orchestra bass trombonist Blair Bollinger, who was also the chair of the tuba audition committee for the Orchestra. Bollinger was so impressed by what he heard that he included Jantsch in a selective group of tubists who were to play in an invite-only audition for the position. Although Jantsch progressed to the final round, the committee still wasn't convinced, and another audi- tion was held last month. But she was in luck. The finalists for the second audition were chosen to fill the tuba chair throughout the season. "I played with (the orchestra) three weeks in October and November, and then they asked me back for the whole month of February, so I was actu- ally playing with the orchestra while I auditioned for them," she said. At the last audition in February, Jantsch beat players with decades more experience than she had. Some of them were even college professors. Kaenzig was ecstatic when Jantsch called him that night to share the good news. "I shed a few tears," he said. "I was so happy for her." Kaenzig's tuba and euphonium stu- dents have gone on to win auditions for such ensembles as the Honolulu Symphony, the Charleston Symphony orchestra in South Carolina, the U.S. Navy Band, the U.S. Marine Band and the U.S. Air Force Band. While Jantsch is excited about beginning her position with the Orchestra in August, she's still down- to-earth about her career. "It's not like there aren't going to be any more challenges left," she said. "I won't have to worry about the basis of everything, because this is the thing I can depend on." She's still considering teaching, performing and recording as a solo artist in addition to her duties with the orchestra. 'SINGER Continued from page 1 desperate full-court press led to two Min- nesota turnovers and two timeouts. But just a minute earlier, with the team down by seven, Amaker had his troops in a quarter-court zone-trap. Because Michi- victories in nine games to make a strong case for an NCAA Tournament berth. But the Wolverines won just two, and they are now left on a rapidly shrinking bubble that can't handle the weight.of their failure down the stretch. On Sunday, Michigan's most talented team in years will gather to watch CBS's coverage of Selection Sunday. But instead w