I LIKE IT NOT IN MY NEWS FEED: Why Noel Gordon thinks the breast cancer awareness campaign on Facebook is an ineffective fad. 2 P H "W OSWHOSE MONEY? th Pae rs" n College basketball and football players a egenerate millions for their universities every year. How come they see none of it? Ube ic41yan 0aiI Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, October 13, 2010 michigandaily.com LjNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Law School to launch clinic to fight trafficking in Mexican city Ora Pescovitz, the University's executive vice president for medical affairs, speaks at a ceremony celebrating a $14 mllion partnership between the University's Medical School and Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing. At the event, Pescovitz re-affirmed the importance of University partnerships with chinese institutions. P scovit mphasizs value of ' China tis 'U' received grant from State Dept. to open similar clinic to one in Ann Arbor By SARA BOBOLTZ Daily StaffReporter The University Law School recently received a $300,000 grant to expand its work fighting human trafficking to the international arena. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and it will be used to help the Law School opena clinic in Zacatecas, Mexico that will accept cases dealing with human traf- ficking. The clinic's structure will be modeled after the University's existing Law School Human Traf- ficking Clinic, which was launched in 2009 as the first clinic of its kind, according to a press release distrib- uted last week. Bridgette Carr, the clinic's director, said in the press release that the grant will enable the clinic to extend the work law students do in Ann Arbor to the international level. "By awarding us the grant, the State Department acknowledged that the success of our clinic could be replicated elsewhere," Carr said in the press release. "We're excited about this new venture and look forward to helping victims in Mex- ico." Establishing the clinic will require a combined effort from the University of Michigan, the law school Unidad Acaddmica de Dere- cho at the Universidad de Aut6no- ma de Zacatecas and Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., a non-governmental organization that aims to promote awareness of workplace rights in the United States for migrant workers. Stephen Warnath, director of the NEXUS Institute, an anti-human trafficking organization based in Washington D.C., will also act as a partner on the project. Warnath will help analyze the success of the project at its completion, according to clinical fellow Meredith Weill, who is assisting with the project. Several University law students will accompany Carr and Weill to Mexico, where the group will train students and faculty from the Uni- versidad de Autonoma de Zacate- cas and help with various cases. Weill said that though the group will draw on lessons learned from the University's human traffick- ing clinic, the new clinic won't be identical. Instead the clinic will be largely in the hands of the Mexican institutions. "We're not exporting Ameri- can clinical education," Weill said. "The idea is that we have expertise, we'll be a resource for them, we'll See CLINIC, Page SA As critics looked on, 'U' rep. read freedom of speech statement to crowd By KYLE SWANSON Daily News Editor At a ceremony on campus to formalize a new joint partnership with a leading Chinese Univer- sity yesterday, University officials strongly reaffirmed their support for interna- tional collabo- ration. The signing ceremony was meant tobe an opportunity for represen- KYLE SWANSON tatives from Covering the the University A . ion of Michigan Admmistrat Health System and Peking Uni- versity Health Science Center to formally sign an agreement to establish a $14-million partner- ship to focus on cardiac, liver and pulmonary diseases. However, throughout the event, officials from the University focused on the importance of partnerships with Chinese institutions. The defense of the Univer- sity's Chinese partnerships came while a small group of critics who oppose the University's involve- ment with China sat among the audience. And while the critics - including some who have spoken publicly before the University's Board of Regents about their con- cerns in regards to the University giving too much attention and preference to China while issues confront the University at home - didn't publicly protest during the event, University organizers read a statement at the start of the ceremony to warn against inter- rupting the event. Speaking at the event, Ora Pescovitz, the University's execu- tive vice president for medical affairs, emphasized the impor- tance of partnering with Peking University Health Science Center. "This partnership provides us with a unique opportunity to See CHINA, Page SA MEDICAL MARIJUANA SERIES, PART TWO OF FOUR ULTIMATE FALL AFTERNOON Who is eligible for medical pot? Debate is far from over 'U' doctors made guide detailing drug's effects on different conditions By SUZANNE JACOBS DailyStaffReporter Though medical marijuana was legalized in Michigan in 2008, debate is still raging over which patients are eligible to use the treatment. According to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, medical patients in the state of Michigan who want to use marijuana to treat their conditions must first obtain registry identification cards from the Michigan Department of Com- munity Health - a process that has ignited controversy over who should be allowed to use the drug. And with limited research on the drug that is backed by the federal government, many physicians are hesitant to suggest it asa treatment option, though patients and advo- cates swear by the drug's medical efficacy. Between April 6, 2009 and Oct. 8, 2010, the department received 65,816 new or renewal applications. So far it has approved 35,802 and denied 7,938 of those applications. Most of the denied applications were incomplete, according to the department's website. To apply for a card, a patient needs written certification from a licensed physician verifying that See MARIJUANA, Page 6A MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY Supporters: Open housing may be an option for students by next fall LSA freshman Mary Bridget Welch relieves midterm stress by playing frisbee in the Law Quad yesterday. Service organization to launch declaration in honor of Peace Corps's 50th anniversary Group to present report to Housing brass in December By ROBIN VEECK Daily StaffReporter Members of the Open Housing Initiative were optimistic at last night's Michigan Student Assem- bly meeting about the possibility of making gender-neutral housing an option available to students next fall. Allison Horky, co-chair of the Spectrum Center Student Advisory Board, spoke at last night's meet- ing about the Open Housing Ini- tiative's progress and goals for the coming months. The student group is currently assembling a report to present to residence hall adminis- trators this December. "We needed a more detailed report, we needed logistics, we needed survey data, all of these variable things that show, a varied amount of different kinds of sup- port," said Horky, who's a Social Work student. Horky said in an interview after the meeting that the goal of estab- lishing an open housing option isnto See HOUSING, Page 5A ServiceWorld aims to send 100,000 volunteers abroad By LEE SOVA CLAYPOOL For the Daily Fifty years ago, then-presiden- tial candidate John F. Kennedy encouraged University students to pursue international service opportunities in an unscripted speech delivered at 2 a.m. on the steps of the Michigan Union. This speech, along with the subsequent efforts of many Michigan stu- dents, ultimately led to the forma- tion of the Peace Corps. The organization ServiceWorld is harnessing this memory and aiming to take ita step forward by launching its International Ser- vice Declaration tonight as part of the University's 50th anniversary celebration of the Peace Corps. ServiceWorld representative Jack Sibley said the group chose to launch the petition in conjunction with the Peace Corps celebration because they wanted to begin cir- culation of their declaration in a similar atmosphere to the one in which the petition that started the See SERVICEWORLD, Page SA WEATHER TOMORROW HI: 63 LO: 42 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us knw. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Tips on how to manage your Facebook profile. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE PODIUM INDEX NEWS. .............. Vol. CXXI,No.27 OPINION............... 02t1tThe MichiganDaily CLASSIFIEDS. michiyvvdeily.cvm .2A ARTS................... .........4A SPORTS ............... .........6A THE STATEMENT. ..........7A ...8A ........... B ........