MICHIGAN TAKES DOWN NORTHWESTERN: Led by Jordan Morgan's 27 points. the men's basketball team earned their fil ::tory. PA 46\F 46[F 46F)I I 01 U 1LIL\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 10, 2011 michigandai.com BONDING OVER BINGO SOCIAL MEDIA Activism changed by Facebook, Twvitter. HANNAH CHIN/Daily A resident of the Gilbert Residence assisted living home in Ypsilanti, Mich. plays bingo with Engineering junior Brandon Michael Leeper yesterday at a weekly bingo night. GREEK LIFE Sigma Apa Epsilon'ape suspended bynationals,IF Social networking sites spur civic engagement in A2, Middle East By DAVID BUCCILLI Daily StaffReporter While people across the world are using Facebook and Twit- ter for connecting with friends or following celebrity news, the social networkingosites have been takingon alarger role. The function of online activ- ism has come under an increased' watch recently with the wide- spread use of various websites to garnersupporters for the protests in the Middle East. According to University professors, social net- working websites are also chang- ing the way students participate in political and social dialogue. Michael Dobbs, a lecturer of Communications Studies, said social media websites like Face- book and Twitter are "completely (changing) the game" of activism. He said this has been illustrated by these sites' influencing the recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. "Undoubtedly, the Inter- net and social media played an important role inbringingpeople out into the streets," Dobbs said in an interview this week. Because people mobilized through the use of network- ing sites, Dobbs said, Egyptian authorities cut off Internet access from Jan. 28 until Feb. 2. In addition to the Internet aid- ing short-term goals like getting people on the streets to "give people a voice they didn't have," online resources also help pro- testers achieve long-term goals like raising global awareness about torture, Dobbs said. The Internet makes it "much easier for an ordinary protestor to communicate with the outside world," he said. But Dobbs pointed out that the Internet has helped to empower governments too, specifically by allowing officials to track people through photos and social net- See ACTIVISM, Page 3A Fraternity faces University's Interfraternity Council and the fraternity's allegations national organization due to alleged hazing. of hazing With the suspension, which was discussed at an IFC meet- By CLAIRE HALL ing last night, SAE may not Daily StaffReporter participate in any activities organized by the IFC, nor may The University chapter of the chapter attend IFC meet- Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater- ings, according to LSA sopho- nity has been suspended by the more Sean Jackson, IFC vice president for public relations. IFC also voted yesterday to defer a review of the chap- ter until after the fraternity's national organization has com- pleted its own review process. In an e-mail sent last week to executive board members of the IFC and Panhellenic Asso- ciation, Chris Haughee, assis- tant director of Greek Life at the University, wrote that the national SAE fraternity issued a Cease and Desist Order after the University received reports of hazing by the chapter. The order forbids the chapter from conducting social and sporting events, pledge activities and other meetings, according to the e-mail. The national organization has also suspended all chapter See CHAPTER, Page 2A . HEALTH CARE Federal gov't predicts better health insurance for students ; Terms of new law take effect, aim to increase coverage By BRIENNE PRUSAK Daily StaffReporter Passed almost one year ago, the Affordable Health Care Act aims to make health insur- ance more attainable to United States citizens, especially col- lege students who often face the high expense of tuition. The act's provisions are just now beginning to take effect, according to the U.S. Depart- ment of Health and Human Services. In a conference call with college journalists yester- day, department officials dis- cussed health care protections that are now available for Uni- versity students. Steve Larsen, director of oversight for the HHS Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, said young adults often don't have health care because they can't afford it, aren't employed by someone who provides it or have pre-existing conditions that prevent them from being approved for insurance. Young adults are twice as See HEALTH CARE, Page 3A IN MEMORY * Business Prof. Emeritus Arnett passes away HANNAH CHIN/Daily Engineering sophomore Jacob Brown at the MPowered Career Fair yesterday in the Michigan Union. MPowered links students with usinesses at yearly career fair Former accounting chair remembered for stories, warmth By JENNA SIMARD Daily StaffReporter Harold Arnett, a University professor emeritus of account- ing, died Sunday after being ill for a long period of time. A faculty member at the Business School since 1962, and served as the head of the Accounting Department from 1969 until 1972, along with par- ticipating in a number of local, national and international orga- nizations over time. Friends and colleagues spoke fondly of Arnett, noting his outgoing and kind character, and describing him as someone always willing to help a student or co-worker in need. Paul Danos, dean of Dart- mouth College's Tuck School of Business, taught at the Ross School of Business with Arnett from 1975 to 1995. Danos expressed his gratitude that he had the chance to work with Arnett. "He was a senior colleague when I got (to the Ross School of Business)," Danos wrote in See ARNETT, Page 2A Largest career event on campus hosts 92 companies By MELISSA MARCUS Daily StaffReporter The Michigan Union Ball- room was transformed yesterday afternoon into a bustling hub of entrepreneurship at the fourth annual MPowered Career Fair. The career fair, which is the largest on Central Campus, aims to expose students to entrepre- neurship and career opportuni- ties. Ninely-two companies and more than 1,300 students par- ticipated in the fair. MPowered - a University student group of approximately 80 students who promote busi- ness creation - coordinates the fair. MPowered urges students to take an idea and turn it into something big, said LSA junior Matt Holtz, the director of the Career Fair Project. 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