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RELAY
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radiation therapy.
On Saturday, Pienta attended his
fourth Relay for Life - his second as
a survivor.
The American Cancer Society, in.
partnership with cities and schools,
hosts about4,800Relayfor Lifeevents
nationwide each year. The University
held its 6th annual Relay for Life this
weekend on Palmer Field.
More than 150 teams set up
campsites Saturday morning and
remained there for 24 hours relay,
walking laps and hanging out with
friends. The teams included student
organizations, sororities, fraterni-
ties, residence halls, companies and
groups of friends.
The event raised $262,000, more
POLICY
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drinking throughout the night to
run the system, meet partygoers at
the door and take inventory of their
alcohol. They numbered the bottle
and the guests' hands. All alcohol
was kept in the same location and
monitored.
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than any other college or university,
said Richard Lam, one of the co-
chairs of the event's planning com-
mittee.
Pienta said he understands first-
hand what effect the money raised at
relays can have on research and can-
cer treatment. Untilrecently, Pienta's
leg might have been amputated for
lack of better options.
"Without organizations like
ACS, rarer types of cancer like mine
wouldn't have gotten funding for
research," he said. "Because of fund-
ing, research has been done with
surgery and radiation, so I get to
keep my leg."
Pienta said he was first able to
identify as a cancer survivor at last
year's Relay for Life, during the sur-
vivor's lap around the track. While
the survivors walk the track, other
participants cheer and clap.
When a guest wanted a drink,
he had to ask the sober monitor. If
a monitor thought the person had
become too intoxicated, he could
limit a guest's consumption.
Spotts said a girl attendingthe Chi
Psi party on Friday had to be taken
to the hospital because she had con-
sumed too much alcohol. Spotts said
the situation was unfortunate but
praised Chi Psi brothers for ensuring
"You feel like you did something
great and everyone is here for you,"
Pienta said.
Ross School of Business senior
Aundrea Albers, one of the three co-
chairs of the relay's planning com-
mittee, said celebrating the survivors
is one of the most important aspects
of the event. This year, they tried to
encourage every team to bringsome-
one who has survived or is fighting
cancer.
"Beinga college event, we typical-
ly have less survivors," she said. "We
wanted to make sure more were here,
because they're why we're here."
Since the University began spon-
soring Relay for Life, its participants
have raised more than $1 million to
fund cancer research and cancer
education and awareness programs.
Dr. Kenneth Pienta, a professor
of internal medicine and urology at
that the girl was takento the hospital.
Barack said he didn't think the
system was "horrendous," but added
that he thought it needed some work.
He said the system put too much
pressure on the sober monitors tobe
bartenders and to ensure the safety
of party guests at the same time.
LSA senior Tyler Meaton, a sober
monitor at Alpha Delta Phi's party,
said he didn't have much trouble
the University and Brian father, is
one of the cancer researchers funded
by the ACS. His research focuses on
the origins and spread of cancer, so
scientists can develop treatments to
stop it.
Dr. Pienta said he has spoken at
more relays than he can count, start-
ing before his son was diagnosed.
He called his son's diagnosis and its
effect on their family "another rea-
son to hate the disease."
"I get up everyday trying to cure
it," he said. "I shouldn't have to deal
with it athome."
Last week, Brian had his year-
and-a-half checkup, which turned
out to be clean.
He said he's almost in the clear,
because 90 percent of recurrences
happen within the first two years.
He's only six months away from
that point.
doing his job Saturday night but
doubts the policy will stick.
LSA sophomore Ashley Waters
said she disliked the new policy, crit-
icizing it for preventing fraternities
from buying alcohol for guests.
"I don't think its effective," she
said. "They used money that they
would have spent on beer for a DJ
and a dance floor. People would just
rather have free beer."
PRIMARY
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caucus as the best way to seat the
state's delegates. They proposed
a primary election for June 3, but
state legislators failed to approve a
bill before they left for their spring
recess March 20.
According to DNC rules, a new
primary must be held before June
10 to give voters at least 60 days
notice before an election.
The DNC and the committee
released a statement on Friday say-
ing they will work to seat Michi-
gan's delegates in August.
"While there may be differences
of opinion in how we get there, we
will continue to work together to
ensure that a Michigan delegation
is seated and that the logistics are in
place for a Michigan delegation in
Denver," the statement said.
At a dinner in Detroit's Cobo
Center last night, Levin promised to
find a fair way to seat the delegates
at the convention.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer,
the dinner's keynote speaker, said
his state's delegates won't go to the
convention in August if Michigan's
delegates aren't seated. Montana
will hold its primary election on
June 3.
Clinton's campaign has been
pushing for a new primary or cau-
cus, but Sen. Barack Obama's cam-
paign has been hesitant to approve
a do-over election.
Phil Singer, a spokesman for the
Clinton campaign, issued a state-
ment Friday asking that the Jan.
15 primary results be considered.
Clinton, the only leading candidate
to leave her name on the ballot in
January's primary, won 55 percent
of the vote. Forty percent voted
uncommitted.
"Already, over 100,000 peo-
ple have signed our petition
calling on the DNC to seat the
delegates from Michigan and Flor-
ida," Singer said. "We urge Senator
Obama to join our efforts to ensure
that the votes of the people of Mich-
igan andFlorida are counted."
ObamacampaignmanagerDavid
Plouffe said the delegates should
instead be split evenly between the
candidates.
"A 50-50 split of the delegates
is an eminently fair solution, espe-
cially since originally Sen. Clinton
herself said the Michigan primary
wouldn't 'count for anything. it's
now up to the Clinton campaign:
They can agree to a fair resolution
or they can continue trying to score
political points and change the
rules,"Plouffe said.
LSA sophomore Tom Duvall,
chair of Students for Obama, said
he was disappointed there won't be
a primary in Michigan but wasn't
surprisedby the decision.
"As a Michigan resident, it's
obviously disappointing that we
wouldn't be able to have a primary
that would actually count," he said.
"There was never arealnominating
contest."
Duvall said he thinks the best
course of action would be to split
the delegates evenly between
Obama and Clinton. He said voter
turnout was too low in the Jan. 15
primary to justify seating the del-
egates based onthose results.
"It's not really a true reflectionof
what the voters in the state would
say," hesaid.
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