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NEWS BRIEFS
WASHINGTON
2008 candidates
break fundraising
records
Two Democratic presidential
candidates broke previous fund-
raising records during the first
three months of the year, with Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a
high bar of $26 million in new con-
tributions for the quarter.
Former Sen. John Edwards
raised more than $14 million since
the beginning of the year. Clinton
also transferred $10 million from
her Senate campaign account,
bringing her total receipts for the
quarter to $36 million.
Unlike Edwards, Clinton aides
would not reveal how much of her
total was available only for the pri-
mary election and how much could
be used just in the general election,
if she were the party's nominee.
By not breaking down the amount
available for the primaries, the
Clinton camp made it impossible
to assess how much of an edge she
actually has over Edwards.
Edwards' aides said about $1
million of his $14 million in contri-
butions could only be used in the
general election, should he win the
nomination.
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois -
sandwiched in public opinion polls
between Clinton and Edwards -
had yet to reveal his totals. Obama
was expected to be among the top
Democratic fundraisers.
HONIARA, Solomon Islands
Tsunami kills 8 in
South Pacific
A powerful undersea earthquake
early today in the South Pacific
sent a tsunami several yards high
crashing into the Solomon Islands,
devastating at least one village, offi-
cials and residents said.
Police and residents said a
wave about 10 feet high struck the
western town of Gizo, inundating
buildings and causing widespread
destruction. A man who answered
the telephone at the Gizo police sta-
tion said there were initial reports
that eight people, six of them chil-
dren, had been killed by the tsuna-
mi but they were still unconfirmed.
The phone cut out abruptly before
the man gave his name.
Gizo resident Judith Kennedy
-said water "right up to your head"
swept through the town.
"All the houses near the sea were
flattened," she told The Associated
Press by telephone. "The down-
:town area is a very big mess from
:the tsunami and the earthquake,"
.she added. "A lot of houses have
collapsed, The whole town is still
shaking" from aftershocks.
VATICAN CITY
Church takes step
;toward sainthood
for John Paul
Catholic Church officials reach a
key milestone in the drive to make
Pope John Paul II a saint yesterday,
closing an investigation into his life
and handing over a dossier detailing
the purported miraculous cure of a
nun who prayed to him.
The events come two years to
the day after John Paul died - a re-
markably fast pace that underscores
*the church's keen interest in beati-
fying John Paul and responding to
the calls of "Santo Subito" or "Saint-
hood Immediately!" that erupted
- after his death.
Pope Benedict XVI put John Paul
on the fast track for possible saint-
hood just weeks after his April 2,
'2005, death, when he waived the
customary five-year waiting period
and allowed the investigation into
his predecessor's virtues to begin
immediately.
Such a waiver had only been
granted once before; to Mother Te-
resa. .
Benedict will not attend Mon-
day's ceremony at the St. John
Lateran basilica to close the inves-
tigation into John Paul's life, a key
step in the process of beatification
and canonization.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
DP DAY
From page IA
the social issues affecting the city."
Detroit Project leaders went
door-to-door in the Detroit area
this year, approaching churches
and non-profit organizations to
encourage Detroit residents to par-
ticipate in the event, she said.
Among the Detroit groups that
contributed to DP Day this year
was Motor City Blight Busters, a
non-profit company that aims to
repair some of the urban decay
plaguing Detroit.
Blight Buster founder John
George and his son John George
Jr. helped direct volunteers to the
house Robinson worked on.
The younger George said DP
Day eases the difficulty the city's
grassroots revitalization move-
ment faces because of a lack of.
resources.
NAMES
From page IA
"Wetotally support it,"she said. "I
wish all universities would use it."
Assistant Provost Jeff Frumkin
said students will be able to use
their preferred name in the Uni-
versity system starting in the next
academic year.
The University will not use
preferred names on student tran-
scripts, license certifications for
faculty or staff members or tax
information.
Frumkin said the details of the
policy and its implementation have
not been finalized.
He said students currently
enrolled at the University will prob-
ably be allowed one free MCard
change if they decided to change
their preferred name, but he doesn't
know how many students will take
advantage of the policy.
"On (some) days, we don't have
more than two guys, a couple of
cans and a couple of shovels," he
said. "But when you have an army
like this you get so much more
accomplished."
He said he has found it harder
in some ways to repair the city
because improvement efforts have
become more public.
The scorched, rotting frame of
the house Robinson worked on still
stands because DP Day organizers
were unable to obtain the rights to
the house, the elder George said.
Still, his son said his group didn't
originally pay as much attention to
legal concerns when trying to clean
up the city.
"Eight years ago, we'd get eight
guys and rip it down," he said.
"As an actual company, you can
get sued. You can't just rip down
someone's house, even though it's
obvious the guy doesn't care very
much."
LSA senior Jaya Kalra, who
interned with The National Center
of Transgender Equality last sum-
mer, said it can be awkward when
someone swiping an MCard in a
dininghall or checkingout alibrary
book sees one a person as one gen-
der but reads a name associated
with another gender on the card.
She said keeping legal names
private will prevent self-identified
transgender students from being
thrust into the spotlight.
"This is a good move towards
making transgender people feel
comfortable on campus," she said.
"It's about being able to go through
your day."
Transgender students will also
be more protected. CTools, for
instance, reveals the legal names of
all present users. Some professors
or GSIs don't'recognize preferred
name requests and read a student's
legal name by mistake when taking
attendance, Kalra said.
POWWOW
From page IA
Pathak, a University alum and mem-
ber of the Pow Wow Committee.
Pathak said shehasbeeninvolved
with the Native American Student
Association - a University student
group - since she was a freshman
at the University, even though she
isn't Native American.
The dance competitions were in
full swing Saturday afternoon in
the stadium.
Several men sat shoulder-to-
shoulder around a large hide drum
at Crisler Arena on Saturday,
pounding out steady rhythms while
saying high-pitched chants.
Afterward, female dancers wear-
ing colorful shawls praised Mother
Earth.
One group of jingle danc-
ers wore dresses adorned with
small metal cones that jingled as
they danced to the rhythm of the
drums.
Sick people often ask for a jingle
dance'to be done on their behalf,
said Marie Dreaver, a member of
the Oneida and Odawa tribes and
the head female dance judge of the
Pow Wow.
"It's a healing dance," she said.
The jingle dresses covered in
cones used to be called medicine
dresses, she said.
Most dancers make their own
regalia, a process Dreaver described
as a full-time job. First, they pick
out colored cloth. Dancers usually
choose either all the primary col-
ors or red, yellow, black and white
- the four colors of the Medicine
Wheel, a spiritual symbol used by
the tribes that make up the Three
Fires Confederacy.
Then the cloth is sewn in tra-
ditional patterns and bells are
affixed.
Each dancer wore a number so
the judges could identify them as
they performed.
Judges watched the dancers and
assigned points based on timing,
style and regalia.
The competitions were also cat-
egorized by age - there was a per-
formance group for children up to
6 years old and another for elderly
dancers.
Performers said the dances are
meant to represent one's personal
spirituality and faith.
"You just feel it," Dreaver said.
"Everyone's dance is their own
individual thing." 'Dreaver first
danced at the Pow Wow as a child.
She continued dancing - first inthe
Traditional category, then in the
Fancy category and most recently
in the Jingle category - and creat-
ing her own regalia for more than
20 years.
Dreaver has taken a break from
dancing at the Pow Wow because
of time constraints, but she said she
intends to begin dancing again as
soon as she can.
"I've danced since I could walk,"
she said.
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MICHIGAN GAMMA CHAPTER.
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ner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship
and exemplary character as students in engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in
engineering colleges.
We, the officers and faculty advisors of the Michigan Gamma Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, wish
to congratulate the following people who have achieved our high standards and have suc-
cessfully completed the initiation rituals, thereby becoming active members of Tau Beta Pi:
Tanmay Aggarwal Alex Goldman Scott Pfeffer
Ali Al-Shaoibi Arun Gupta Jonathan Roobol
Francesco Andriulli Gary Herrin Ryan Rudy
Jose Azurdia Laura Hirshfield Dheeraj Sanka
Adriana Blazeski Colin Holmes Tins Scholand
Mitchell Keith Bloch Farhan Huq Shrutivandana Sharma
Minghua Chen William Jacobs Christine Siew
Seifu Chonde Amanda Kandt Joshua William Smith
Eric Dattoli Danielle Kapala David Stile
Emily Downs Rohan Khubchandani Ryan Teller
David DuRussel Bobby Li Brian Turner -
Brandon Eagen Daniel Margul Cipta Wira Utama
Ian Faust Kevin Melotti Martin Sulaiman Wibawa
Jacob Faust Prakit Mohal Stephen Wu
Bruna Ferro Jessica Morga Deok Kyun Yoon
Emilia Fracz Tsuyoshi Niwa Min Zhu
Chris Goldenstein Jeffrey Peachman
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FORUM
From page IA
dent of the Michigan State Board
of Education and a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution, said the
main reason places like Chicago,
Minneapolis and New York City
have thriving economies is that
young people want to live in cities.
As more young people move in, the
economy will improve, they said.
"The smart places are getting
smarter," he said.
But beyond the growing "brain
drain," Michigan's reliance on auto
manufacturing - a steadily shrink-
ing sector - is another factor con-
tributing to the state's struggling
economy, speakers said.
Because generations of Michigan
high school graduates have had the
option of taking solid jobs in the auto
industry straight out of high school,
Michigan residents don't have expe-
rience starting their own businesses,
Austin said. Those who do are doing
it in other states, he said.
Szakaly, an automotive expert,
said as international car companies
surpass the Big Three - Toyota is
expected to pass General Motors as
the world's largest carmaker next
year - the Big Three have slowed to
a near-halt the hiring of blue-collar
workers in the state.
But Szakaly said the state will be
able to adapt if it can increase the
amount of high-tech and white-col-
lar business in the state.
"The advantage that we have
and will have in the future is really
in terms of research and develop-
ment," he said.
Kayupov said in an interview
after the forum that one of the best
ways to jump-start the Michigan
economy would be to diversify the
state's industries.
LSA sophomore Patrick Dem-
kowski, who was in the audience,
said he agrees. He said he thinks
Michigan could be a pioneer in the
technology behind wind power and
other green sources of energy. Like
many other in-state students, Dem-
kowskihas family members working
for the auto industry and is con-
cerned by the decline in Michigan's
economy. But he was optimistic.
"There's so many opportunities,
especially in the environment," he
said. "I think there's hope."
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