0 8A - Thursday, September 25, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Democrats delay plan to censure Sen. Lieberman for bashing Obama Granholm to speak at 'U' today HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Con- necticut Democrats, angry that Sen. Joe Lieberman is campaigning for the Republican presidential candi- date and criticizing his own party's nominee, agreed yesterday to circu- late a resolution to censure the vet- eran politician but won't consider acting on it until after Election Day. The state party's central com- mittee Wednesday agreed to send copies of the resolution to every Democratic town committee in the state. The resolution condemns Lieberman for speaking at the Republicans' convention and back- ing John McCain. Party officials said the group plans to get input from the town officials and revisit the issue in December. SCORING From Page 1A woman is worth two points. In other sports, including basket- ball, women get mor points for the same accomplishments. Wells said her group is open to conversation with students about the rules. "We are very welcome to indi- viduals coming and talking with us and sharing their concerns: We have a Student Advisory Commit- tee that we present these kinds of suggestions," she said. She said the staff meets to look at what the national association recommends as well as what the rules other schools around the country are using. Wells was accompanied by Rec- reational Sports Director Bill Can- "When we have someone who is our elected senator, as a Demo- crat, standing in front of not only a national, but an international audi- ence, speaking in support of Sen. McCain,it was the final straw for me personally," said Audrey Blondin, a 30-year partyveteranwhohelpedto put together the resolution. Lieberman was re-elected to the Senate as an independent after losing the Democratic primary in 2006 to businessman Ned Lamont. While he calls himself an "indepen- dent Democrat" in the Senate, he remains a registered Democrat and has said he has no plans to change his party affiliation. Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 ning and Assistant Director Nicole Green at last night's meeting. Canning, a University alum, started his career as the director of co-recreational sports at UCLA in 1973. He told the body that when he started there, very few women participated in intramural sports. "The philosophy behind co-ed sports is to keep both sexes involved in the game," he said. He said different kinds of modi- fications arise from different situ- ations. "When you combine men and women together, you must modify those rules to give each sex equal footing," he said. He cited a rule dictating batting orders in softball so pitchers can't intentionally walk male batters to get to female ones. The resolution was scrutinized before being brought up for a and ran for the party's presidential nomination in 2004. Lieberman and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont have been caucusing with Democrats in Washington, givingthe party control of the Senate with what is effectively a51-49 majority- eventhough each party has 49 members, Democrats, inturn,havemadeLiebermanchair- man of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The resolution says Lieber- man'st actions. are "extraordinary disloyalty to countless Connecti- cut Democrats without whom his career as an elected official would never have been possible" and calls on state Democrats to ask him to resign from the party. vote. LSA senior Weston Brunner, who opposed the resolution told a personal story from his time playing co-ed intramural soccer at Emory University before trans- ferring to Michigan. He said that at Emory, which doesn't use modi- fication rules, women tended to get very little playing time. Most stopped participating after the second game, he said. "Itis about having fun.Ifthey're riding the pine, they're not having fun," he said. Some representatives said the resolution had good intentions, but not enough research had been done for the council to come to a sound conclusion. LSA sophomore Mike Dun- leavy said there would be "better grounds behind it if we had evi- dence." Governor speaking at environmental conference By ESHWAR THIRUNAVUKKARASU Daily StaffReporter Gov. Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today at the inaugural environmental law con- ference held by the University's Environmental Law and Policy Program and Environmental Law Society. An advocate of alternative ener- gy development, Granholm will kick off the conference, which is scheduled to continue Friday with environmental panel discussions. Granholm is expected to speak at 4 p.m. in the Honigman Audito- rium. Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said the governor "will focus on how the crisis of climate change can be turned to economic oppor- tunity." Granholm, a Democrat, has called for an investment of $100 million of public and private funds in renewable energy technolo- gies, through a new energy pack- age, with the goal of supplying 10 percent of Michigan's total energy needs with renewable sources by 2015. Boyd said Granholm, once the state's attorney general, will also discuss "the role Michigan can play in addressing the nation's dependence on foreign oil." At the conference, Granholm will honor six University fac- ulty members and two gradu- ate students. who contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the network of scientists who shared the Nobel Prize last year with former Vice President Al Gore. The conference will also fea- ture several speakers who plan to address the issues of climate change and sustainability. George- town Law Prof. Lisa Heinzerling will speak during Friday's lun- cheon.Heinzerlingplayedapivotal role in authoring briefs for Massa- chusetts v. EPA, a Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that the Clean Air Act could regulate greenhouse gas pollutants. David Uhlmann, the Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program, said he hopes the con- ference will encourage discussion about environmental challenges. "The goal of the conference is to talk about how the next (presiden- tial) administration can address global clin ate change," he said. This year, the University has embraced the issues of alternative energies research and innovation. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has chosen "Energy Futures" as its theme this semes- ter. 'Earlier this year, the school hosted a kickoff event with Robert Musil, the former CEO for Physi- cians for Social Responsibility, who urged students to unite and mobilize against global climate change. 0 AUDITS From.Page 1A all the discrepancies," Boillat said. From a four-hour stint at The Blue Leprechaun to a 12-hour all- day shift at the Quarter Bistro - where 350 varieties of wine add up to $70,000 worth of inventory - Boillat's service comes at a price of around $200 per audit. With the economy struggling and bar own- ers looking to account for every penny, Boillat said he now works 65 to 70 hours a week. "Business is booming with the economy taking a turn for the worse, so I definitely can't com- plain," Boillat said. "Restaurants and bars are looking to cut costs in any way possible, and a service like ours is one of the quickest ways to do so." 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