8A - Monday, April 7, 2008 RELAY From Page 1A 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 From Page 1A 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. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 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 From Page 1A 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. - The Associated Press contributed to this report. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Thrift Store er I;g the community for 39years. Help us help others." Accepting Donations for Gently used Household Goods, Jewelry Books and Textbooks. 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