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Friday, March 28, 2008 - 3
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, March 28, 2008 - 3
NEWS BRIEFS Senate passes 3 percent funding hike
BAGHDAD FUNDING From Page 1 Senate passed only one. trict includes North Campus,
The bills went to a conference a member of the House Appro
iolence continues to the state, and all of them are committee, eventually becom- priations committee. She sai
recovering from budget cuts. ing one bill with two parts that she hasn't yet decided whether t
to escalate in Basr "We have been firmly support- granted separate funding to the push for ode bill or two.
ive of the idea of having one single research corridor universities. Byrnes said if she recommend
Prime Minister Nouri al-Ma- funding bill for all 15 public uni- Brater said something simi- one bill, though, she will push fo
liki pledged "no retreat" yesterday versities," she said. lar could happen this year if the it to have two separate sections.
in the fight against Shiite militias Last year, the state House of House chooses to push for sepa- She said the House will begi
in the southern city of Basra, as Representatives passed two sepa- rate bills. hearing testimony on April 18 an
thousands of protesters demanded rate appropriations bills after the Rep. Pam Byrnes, whose dis- hopes to pass a bill by mid-May.
he resign over the crackdown and
extremists fired rockets into the
U.S.-protected Green Zone. Student volunteer organization to send more
Shiite militia leader Muqtada
al-Sadr called yesterday for a po- than 1,000 students to Detroit tomorrow
litical solution to the burgeoning
crisis and an end to the "shedding DP DAY From Page 1 an urban area would be and gives borhood revitalization organ
of Iraqi blood." But the statement, people an incentive to volunteer zation in Detroit, said it's bee
released by a close aide, stopped that are being done by community more often." a pleasure working with Th
short of ordering his Mahdi Army members to make the commu- Egler said The Detroit Part- Detroit Partnership for the pa
militia to halt attacks on the Green nity better, which I don't think a nership encourages University nine years.
Zone or stop fighting in Basra, lot of people realize." Adler said. students to branch out with their "I know the importance
Iraq's second-largest city. "It is fascinating, all the amazing community service to places working together," said Georg
In a sign of the deteriorating things that go on." beyond campus. whose group's members plan t
security, gunmen in Baghdad LSA 'freshman Rebecca Egler "It's important for people to work at five different sites wit
seized a high-profile government said she's excited to participate in realize there are communities DP Day volunteers. "I know it
spokesman from his home in a Shi- the program for the first time. besides the magical world of Ann in everyone's best interest to hav
ite neighborhood, killing three of "Being so close to Detroit has Arbor," she said. a strong, safe city. And when w
his bodyguards and torching his made me more and more inter- John J. George, president and learn to put our petty difference
house. In a bid to curb the violence, ested in it," Egler said. "It gives co-founder of the Motor City aside and focus off things like thi
Iraq's military ordered vehicles people a taste of what service in Blight Busters, a non-profit neigh- everyone can benefit."
and pedestrians off the streets of
the capital until Sunday morning.
services. She also addressed the president for student services an
LANSING DEAN importance of facilitating stu- enrollment management at Star
From Page 1 dents' search for self and culture State College in North Canton
Senate passes green while on campus. Ohio. The other two candidates
events, students can ask the can- "Everything should support names have not yet been made
energy initiative for didates questions and provide the student and their develop- public.
written feedback. ment," she said. Locke said he thought Quin
state bulidings Susan Mosley-Howard, the Mosley-Howard, who earned nan's presentation illustrated hi
associate vice president for stu- a doctoral degree in Educational views on making the University'
The Michigan Senate voted yes- dent affairs and dean of students Psychology from Michigan State different campuses more con
terday to make state government at Miami University in Oxford, University, appeared at ease dur- nected better than Mosley-How
use more green energy but didn't Ohio, is one of the finalists for ing the interview, occasionally ard.
ask the same of residents and busi- the University's dean of students joking with the audience. "Quinnan had a more ideal
nesses because of Republicans' position. She gave a presentation Audience members asked a istic, very optimistic approach
worries that renewable power before a crowd of about 50 people handful of questions regarding to diversity and the belief tha
costs too much. in the Michigan Union yesterday. Mosley-Howard's ability to tran- everyone can unite," he said
Legislation approved unani- Mosley-Howard, a University sition to the University, asking "(Mosley-Howard) didn't reall
mously would require that 10 per- alum, took a moment before the what her first-year focus in the address community unification."
centofelectricityinstatebuildings talk to ask who was in the audi- position would be and how she Linda Green, a spokeswoman
come from wind, solar or other ence. While the event was open would react to specific problems forthe DivisionofStudentAffairs
renewable sources by 2010. The to all students, only about five ahd situations. said she had attended both Quin
standard would rise to 25 percent attended. Everyone else identi- "My purpose is supporting nan's and Mosley-Howard's pre-
by 2025, though the government fied themselves as either faculty students and helping them make sentations responded positively
could avoid mandates if it turns or student affairs staff. sense of their collegiate journey," to both of them.
out the cost of renewable energy Mosley-Howard spoke for she said. "Both come highly qualified
is more than 5 percent higher than about an hour, addressing her LSA sophomore Kyle Locke, and from similar positions,'
traditional power. experiences at Miami. who attended the presentation, Green said. "They show a clear
Sen. Patricia Birkholz, a Sau- She also emphasized the said he also attended a presen- understanding of the effort need
gatuck Republican and sponsor of importance of student-faculty tation by Timothy Quinnan, ed sod the work expec- ed to do
the bill, said it would help Michi- partnerships, living-learning another candidate for the dean of what is needed. They sho w a pas-
gao make progress on the renew- communities and the benefits students position. Quinnan, who' sion for students, which''is asa
able issue "without putting a strict of university student learning interviewed Monday, is the vice very important."
mandate on the people."
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PRIVATE DORM
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sity, Central Michigan University
and Western Michigan University.
Engineering Junior Eddie
Hoskin said he was interested in
the new apartments when he was
looking to sign a lease last fall,
but didn't want to if construction
wasn't complete.
He eventually signed a lease
at the Highland apartments near
North Campus, where a two-
bedroom apartment costs $950 a
month.
Becky Leirstein, sales and mar-
keting manager of The Courtyard,
acknowledged she'd heard objec-
tions from students about price,
emphasizing that complex manag-
ers would welcome feedback from
students about pricing once the
apartments are ready in the fall.
LSA Freshman Steve Balko, who
lives in Baits I on North Campus,
said he wasn't familiar with The
Courtyard's amenities, but that he
was glad to have another housing
option.
"I think it's cool that they are
almost trying to outdo the dorms
with more activities," Balko said.
Though Balko has already leased
an apartment on Central Campus
for next year, he said he'd con-
sider The Courtyard in the future
because many of his classes are on
North Campus.
Leirstein said The Courtyard's
leasingstrategyistotargetstudents
like Balko, who have the majority of
their classes on North Campus.
"We're trying to find our niche
market within the University and
grab it," Lierstein said.
Every student who signs a
lease to live in The Courtyard
will have access to free tanning, a
mini-movie theater and an on-site
gaming lounge. Courtyard staff
members will also sponsor intra-
mural sports teams, career-plan-
ning and study skills workshops for
their residents.
Students living together will
share a common area and kitchen,
but each one will have his own
bathroom and bedroom.
Monthly rent for The Courtyard
varies by the number of students
living in a single unit.
A four-bedroom, four-bath
apartment costs $697 per month,
while a single apartment runs
$993.
Students' monthly payment
includes all utilities, cable and
Internet. Unlike most residence
halls on campus, every apartment
also offers air-conditioning.
Within the next several years,
several University residence halls,
including Mosher-Jordan Hall,
Stockwell Hall and North Quad
will begin to offer air condition-
ing and other perks not available in
most dorms.
Housing spokesman Peter Logan
said it's too soon to tell whether
The Courtyard will pose any seri-
ous competition to the University-
owned housing options.
He said the University-owned
Northwood apartment complex on
North Campus offers a similar style
of living.
one advantage of University
housing, he said, is that students
don't have to commit to a 12-month
lease like they would with The
Courtyard apartments.
But current Northwood resident
and Engineering sophomore David
Lloyd said he'd prefer more up-to-
date housing.
"If I had to choose between
living in that place and living in
Northwood III, I would choose
that place a thousand times over,"
Lloyd said.
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Disgruntled man
shoots 3 at hospital
A retired teacher bearing a
grudge over his mother's treat-
ment at the hospital where she
died fatlly shot one of her nurses,
another employee and a man out-
side yesterday before police shot
him, authorities said.
Charles Johnston, 63, is being
charged with murder and will
be turned over to police after an
overnight stay in another hos-
pital, where he was treated for
a shoulder wound, Police Chief
Ricky Boren said.
The chief said the gunman ar-
rived at Doctors - Hospital with
three pistols, including a 9mm au-
tomatic and a.38-caliber revolver,
and went to the fifth-floor inten-
sive care unit where his mother
had been in 2004.
SALT LAKE CITY
Romney joins
McCain on the trail
In a show of Republican unity,
one-time bitter foes John McCain
and Mitt Romney raised money and
campaigned together yesterday for
a single goal - getting McCain
elected president.
"We are united. Now our job is
to energize our party," the Arizona
senator said in an airport hangar,
flanked by Romney and Utah Gov.
Jon Huntsman Jr., an early McCain
supporter. Both have been men-
tioned as potential vice presidential
picks, and McCain praised each.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
U.S, DE ATH S
. 4,004
Number of American service mem-
bers who have died in the war in
Iraq, according to The Associated
Press. The following deaths were
identified yesterday:
Army Pvt. George Delgado, 21,
Palmdale, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher M.
Hake, 26, Enid, Okla.
Army Spe. Andrew J. Habsieger,
22, Festus, Mo.
Army Spc. Jose A Rubio Herna-
dez, 24, Mission, Texas.
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