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A PRE-GAME PEP TALK
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Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez speaks at the Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday. Rodriguez spoke about the team's future prospects.
will allowsome students to be eligible and 1,531 graduate students at the in an e-r
FINANCIAL AID for more aid. University participated inthe Perkins Commit
From Page 1A "The benefit of getting rid of the Loan Program for the 2008-2009 aca- and Pen
mail statement that the Senate
ttee Health, Education, Labor
nsions is still working on the
LEADERSHIP
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gyrations in the price of cheese."
Brandon described a Wall
Street Journal article printed
after he was chosen as Domino's
CEO that highlighted his inex-
perience in the quick-service in-
dustry.
"I cut that article out, lami-
nated it and put it in the corner
of my desk for my first two years
as a CEO," Brandon said. "Every
day I saw this son of a bitch tell-
ing me I couldn't do it, and every
day it motivated me to prove him
wrong."
Grace Singleton, a managing
partner at Zingerman's Deli-
catessen, said she was excited
when MSA asked someone from
Zingerman's to speak. During
her breakout session, she offered
advice about students' struggles
with campus leadership. Single-
ton also described unusual busi-
ness decisions that Zingerman's
has made and how that has led to
the company's success.
Singleton said when the own-
ers of Zingerman's had the op-
portunity to franchise the busi-
ness, they decided to grow the
business within Ann Arbor in-
stead because franchising didn't
fit with the company's mission.
Zingerman's now has eight busi-
nesses in the Ann Arbor area.
Student leaders also heard
from three White House staffers,
all of who worked in different
areas of Barack Obama's presi-
dential campaign and graduated
from the University.
Lisa Ellman, who works in the
Office of Legal Policy in the De-
partment of Justice, described
the path that led her to work for
Obama.
"I went to the University of
Chicago Law School and had a
professor named Barack Obama,"
Ellman said. "After being voted a
delegate for John Kerry, I moved
back to Chicago and was a poli-
cy staffer during Obama's cam-
paign."
Business junior Lee Quack-
enbush said he was impressed
by the accomplishments of the
speakers, particularly Nick Col-
vin, special assistant to the White
House Counsel and a 2006 LSA
graduate.
"He's so young and yet he's al-
ready worked with the first lady,
the president and soon-to-be
(Supreme Court) Justice Sonia
Sotomayor," Quackenbush said.
White House Staffer Eugene
Kang, a 2006 LSA graduate, de-
scribed a few of his experiences
while working on Obama's presi-
dential campaign.
"Toward the end of the pri-
mary season, when they were
deciding if Michigan and Florida
would count, the decision came
out at 1 p.m. I was in a room with
Barack Obama, and he turned to
me to ask what we should say,"
Kang said. "He actually used one
of my lines in the press confer-
ence later that day."
The White House staffers, who
all worked in different areas of
Obama's presidential campaign
and currently work on his staff,
are recent University graduates.
Additional speakers included
President of the Alumni Asso-
ciation Steve Grafton and former
presidential candidate for the
Czech Republic Jan Svejnar, a
professor in LSA, the Ross School
of Business and the Ford School
of Public Policy.
LSA senior Anudeep Mukka-
mala, the executive director ofIn-
noWorks - an organization that
encourages kids to be involved in
math and science - said he was
impressed by the range of speak-
ers and student leaders who at-
tended the event.
"I'm trying to connect with
others. I wanted to hear about
their struggles and successes
and learn from that," Mukkamala
said. "I am planning to go back
and share what I heard here with
the rest of my organization."
Margolis said he hoped par-
ticipants could use the event as
a way to network with other stu-
dent leaders.
"Especially now, with the tight
financial situation, it'd be great
if a lot of these organizations
could collaborate and co-sponsor
events," Margolis said.
Engineering junior Ambreen
Sayed, chief of staff for MSA, said
she would like the event to con-
tinue in the future.
"Every year, we need to start
... with this," she said. "It spear-
heads the discussion for what
we have the potential to do. This
motivation needs to infiltrate
campus organizations."
- Daily News Editor Trevor
Calero, Editor in Chief Gary
Graca and Managing News
Editor Jacob Smilovitz attended
this event. None of these
individuals edited this story.
be directly affected by switching from
private lenders to direct loans, they
will feel the effects of other provi-
sions ofthe bill,like the simplification
of the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid form.
As part of the changes to the FAF-
SA form - which determines how
much of a student's education costs
their family is expected to contribute
- many questions about assets and
tax income will be eliminated, which
ARGO DAM
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ing me the advocacy of removal."
Briere said the council was mis-
taken in talking about removal of the
dam in the first place.
"The issue of getting rid of the
pond is no longer on the table," she
said. "The dam itself is not in trouble.
We were acting as if we had to take
care of Argo on an emergency basis -
when that was never the problem."
The Huron River Watershed
Council, anonprofit organization, has
been advocating for the dam's remov-
al since 2000.
asset questions means there will no
longer be any factual or perceived
penalty for saving for college or sav-
ing for any other purpose for that
matter," Kantrowitz said.
The bill also includes an expansion
ofFederalPerkins Loan Program from
$1.5 billion to $6 billion per year.
Kantrowitz said additional funds
would be available for Perkins loans
because the program will shift from a
private program to aloan program.
Fowler said 3,403 undergraduates
demic year, totaling over $8 million.
The Senate version of the bill con-
tains the same language as the House
bill regarding the Pell Grants, said
Bank, who expects this would likely
result in the increase in Pell Grants
from the legislation.
But Bank does not know what oth-
er provisions the Senate bill, expected
to be released this week, contains.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-
Mich.), who is in support of many of
the provisions in the House bill, wrote
Senate version of the legislation.
"I have been a long time propo-
nent of increasing Pell Grant funding,
expanding Perkins Loan criteria and
reforming loan repayment standards,
and will continue to follow the prog-
ress of this legislation in the Senate,"
Stabenow wrote.
As part of the House bill, changes
would go into effect in July 2010. Eli-
gible students would then see a change
in their financial aid packages for the
2010-2011 academic year, Fowler said.
HRWC Executive Director Laura
Rubin said the removal of the dam
would benefit the city financially and
environmentally.
"Basically, it's better for the envi-
ronment, it's cost effective and it will
increase recreational value," she said.
"More specifically, the dam is aging.
Dams have a finite life, and you need
to keep paying to clean it.
"The pond behind it is filling with
a lot of sediment coming from up-
stream which encourages a lot of
algae growth," she said. "It is a poor
quality fishery; fish that used to live
there can't survive there anymore. It
has the potential to be a high-quality
fishery. It would help in terms of wa-
ter quality - it would clean up the
river, it would restore flows and add
flood storage."
Rubin said from a taxpayer's point
of view, removing the dam makes
sense, as it could save "anywhere be-
tween $250,000 and $500,000" in
maintenance costs per year.
Questions over the dam's future
have left the Michigan Men's Club
Rowing Team concerned about their
program.
The team practices in Argo Pond,
which would be impossible if the dam
is removed. Removing the dam would
level the water, making it shallower,
and increase the flow of water to nat-
ural speeds, which are unsuitable for
rowing practice.
LSA senior David Horvath, a mem-
ber of the rowing team, said if the
team did not have Argo Pond as a
training site, they would most likely
have to use Barton Pond or Geddes
Pond, both of which are smaller than
Argo.
"There is no area for a dock or
boathouse in Barton Pond, and Ged-
des Pond has bridges, which make it
harder to row in," he said.
Horvath said the team already has
one of shortest home courses of the
top national rowing programs.
But according to Anglin, the row-
ing team's worries - at least for the
time being - are overblown.
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