The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 7A New student group to aid entrepreneurs overseas ACTING IN THE ATRIUM 'W dP S In the spring, Global Business Brigades will work in Panama By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter While most students will be enjoyingtheirfreedomfromschool in May, a few University students will be traveling to Central Ameri- ca to participate in volunteer work aimed at curbing global poverty. The University chapter of Glob- al Business Brigades will give stu- dents the opportunity to travel and work with communities in Central America. The group will work with the communities in a variety of ways: from helping them start businesses to working with them to better manage crops. Collin Petersonpresidentand co-founder of the University's chapter of GBB, said the group provides an "easy gateway" to volunteering while ,lso teaching basic skills needed to help communities in need. "Our goals are based upon the resolution of poverty," he said. "That is an extraordinary goal that cannot be accomplished by solely our group, but each step that we take is one step closer." Peterson said he hopes to make the trip to Central America a regu- lar excursion, beginning with this year's trip to Panama. Matt Boesler, executive director of the University's chapter of GBB, said he hopes the trip will help alleviate poverty in Panama. "By helping to expand small businesses, we will build com- munity wealth and encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship in a way that I believe will help to break the cycle of poverty that many Pana- manians face," he said. Boesler added that he thinks the group's trip to Panama will not only benefit the country but also the group's participants. "Our trip will be one week early in the summer, during which we hope to provide consulting, micro- finance and educational services to developing microenterprises - businesses that could range from two people weaving hammocks to a community-wide farmingco-op," he said. Boesler said that the partici- pants' skills include accounting, business management and agricul- ture. He said this broad variety of abilities will allow the organiza- tion to help the communities in as many ways as possible. Peterson said the trips are largely dependent on the nation- al program of the club and will require the University's chapter to fundraise and hold special events in order to send members on the trips. "Throughout the entire process we will be planning our trips with help from our national nonprofit organization, Global Business Bri- gades," he said. "From this organi- zation we are given projects, many of which are from the Peace Corps." The idea to start a University chapter of the group came natu- rally to Peterson, who said he has a passion for helping the global community. "With such diversity and mas- sive amounts of resources here at the University, we have come to realize the effects we can have on the world," he said. "After doing some research, we stumbled across this organization, who shares many of the aspirations that we hold." Before it heads to Panama, the group is focusing on recruiting as many new members as possible by blitzing campus with fliers and mass meetings. "We want to get our name out there," Peterson said. ANNA BAKEMAN/Daily Students watch a show by the Impro-fessionals at the LSA Student Government-sponsored "Night of LSA" last night in East Hall. SERVICE From Page1A Last year had already been a record-breaking year for the orga- nization, as it received over 25,000 applications from over 90 colleges. 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Christine Torres, a public affairs specialist at the Chicago Regional Peace Corps office, said that from Jan. 20-21, 2008 to the same dates in 2009, there was a 63-percent increase in applications nation- wide. And accordingto the Peace Corps Top Colleges and Universities list, the University of Michigan has played its part, ranking in the top MILANO From Page 1A Kampfer was not present at the second day of the preliminary hear- ing, but both his parents were. They were not available for comment. The pre-trial date was set for March 12, where both sides will five for each of the last four years. But despite the recent spike in interest, these organizations say they are not planning to expand proportionally to the increase of applicants, and will subsequently be forced to turn down more people than ever. Political Science Prof. Hanes Walton Jr. said in an e-mail inter- view that he expects students will continue to respond positively to Obama's call to service. 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Specifically, Weiss said the School of Education, College of Engineering, College of Literature, Science and Arts, School of Natural Resources and Environment and the Taubman College of Architec- ture and Urban Planning would experience noticeable changes in funding. During the presentation, SACUA member Gina Poe, an associate pro- fessor of anesthesiology, expressed concern over how the proposal would affect students who need to take a semester or more away for classes from personal reasons. SIGNING DAY From Page 1A freshman) Tate (Forcier), who took command every game he played in. That's the thing that excites us about Tate and Denard. Those are guys who, when you watch their game film, they kind of took charge and controlled things." Much of the day's attention cen- tered on the quarterback position, where Michigan signed two qual- ity dual-threat options, Forcier and Robinson. Rodriguez said that both quarterbacks are in the running to compete with redshirt sopho- more Steven Threet and redshirt junior Nick Sheridan for the start- ing spot. Rodriguez needed to pick up signal-callers that fit his fast- paced offense - and he apparently did that in Forcier (rated by Rivals. com as the most accurate passer in the nation) and Robinson, who gar- nered additional recruitment atten- tion from Rodriguez when former quarterback commit Shavodrick Beaver backed out. "We got two of the best ones we could possibly ask for," Michigan quarterbacks coach Rod Smith said. "You know, we had one bow out at the end there and we weren't too happy about that, but we moved on and probably got a better one in Denard." "I think that anyone whois chal- lenged, who is demanded by their community, for whatever reason, and needstostop - and I know a lot of people like this - would not be able to come back under this Rack- ham policy," she said. No formal policy currently exists for personal leaves of absence. If the continuous enrollment require- ment is implemented, students would be allowed to take "a one- term personal leave of absence for any reason one time during their Ph.D. studies," according to Rack- ham's website. The Rackham Executive Board approved the policy in December, but the policy will not be imple- mented until at least the fall semes- ter of 2010. Forcier, who's already on cam- pus, appears to have the upper hand on Robinson because he will par- ticipate in the 15 spring practices in March, and has an extra semester to adjust to college before summer workouts start in the spring. But while everyone else was preoccupied with the competition between the two young, quarter- backs, the easygoing Forcier wasn't too worried about it. "I just -know (Robinson's) last name - I don't know anything about him," Forcier said. "My mom was the one that actually said, 'Oh, you've got competition coming.' Oh, you know, I don't care." Forcier threw for 3,424 yards and ran for another 783, with 35 touch- downs his senior year. Robinson compiled 1,809 passing yards, 462 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns. Though he compiled an impres- sive class, Rodriguez did voice some concerns with recruiting as a whole. After last year's 3-9 record, he said the Michigan coaches ran into "more negative recruitingthan there's ever been," a discouraging reality for the coach. "I don't think you have-to do that to get a guy," Rodriguez said. "I tell our coaches, 'you talk about the good things we have to offer. ... If you have to negative recruit to get him, then we're probably recruiting the wrong guy." 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