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Wednesday, October 26, 2011- 3A
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NEWS BRIEFS
HOLLAND, Mich.
Hope College
freshman killed by
train in Holland
Authorities say an 18-year-old
Hope College freshman has died
after being struck by a freight
train near the edge of the school's
campus in southwestern Michi-
gan.
The school said that Joshua P.
Boerigter of Portage was struck
about 8:45 p.m. Monday by the
CSX train at a crossing near the
school's DePree Art Center. The
2011 graduate of Portage North-
ern High School was known by
friends and professors as "JP."
The school said Boerigter was
a third generation Hope College
student.
Hundreds of Hope College stu-
dents gathered yesterday at Dim-
nent Memorial Chapel to pray. A
student told The Grand Rapids
Press the service helped people
cope.
Police say the train was going
about 20 mph. The engineer tried
to stop using emergency brakes
after spotting a man on the tracks.
PHOENIX, Ariz.
Judge rejects
medication hearing
for Jared Loughner
A federal judge turned down
yesterday a request by lawyers
for the Tucson shooting rampage
suspect to hold a special hearing
regarding his forced medication.
U.S. District Judge Larry
Burns wrote in his ruling that
23-year-old Jared Lee Loughner
is being forced to take psycho-
tropic drugs at a Missouri prison
facility because he poses a danger
to himself
So far, the decision to medi-
cate Loughner has been made by
prison officials at the Springfield,
Mo., facility where experts are
trying to make him psychologi-
cally fit to stand trial.
Loughner's defense attorneys
had argued that the issue should
be up to a judge and wanted
Burns to consider the matter.
Loughner has pleaded not
guilty to 49 charges stemming
from the Jan. 8 shooting in Tuc-
son that killed six people and
injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
and 12 others.
WASHINGTON
Obama to offer
student loan relief
The White House says Presi-
dent Barack Obama plans to offer
millions ofstudentloanborrowers
the ability to lower their payments
and consolidate their loans.
Obama today will use his
executive authority to accelerate
a measure passed by Congress
that reduces the repayment cap
on student loans from 15 percent
of discretionary income to10 per-
cent. The White House wants it to
go into effect in 2012, instead of
2014. About 1.6 million borrowers
could be affected.
Also, the 5.8 million borrow-
ers who have loans from both the
Family Education Loan Program
and a direct loan from the gov-
ernment would be able to consoli-
date them into one loan.
BRUSSELS
Official: Accord
at EU summit
in doubt
A European official says there
is now serious doubt that EU
heads of government will agree
on a broad package of financial
measures at a summit meeting in
Brussels today.
The official says the 10 EU
members who don't use the
euro do not want to agree to
a bank recapitalization plan
unless there's also agreement on
increasing the firepower of the
EFSF, the EU's bailout fund.
The person, speaking on con-
dition of anonymity because the
negotiations were confidential,
says there are doubts that the
EFSF changes can be agreed.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
WALLENBERG
From Page1A
Following the viewing of her
speech, a panel of students was
invited to the stage to ask Suu
Kyi questions via Skype.
Because it was 7 a.m. in
Burma, John Godfrey, Wallen*
berg executive committee chair
and Rackham Graduate School's
assistant dean for international
education, prefaced the ques-
tion-and-answer session by tell-
ing the audience that Suu Kyi
"might still be wakingup."
As her face appeared on
the screen, the audience rose
to their feet in resounding
applause. Followingthe ovation,
Lester Monts, the University's
senior vice provost for academic
affairs, awarded Suu Kyi the
Wallenberg Medal to which she
responded with a smile.
Undergraduate and graduate
students on the panel asked Suu
Kyi questions ranging from her
inspiration as an advocate for
Burma's new constitution to the
current situation in Libya.
"Her discussion with the
students was brilliant," God-
frey said in an interview after
the event. "If anyone can bring
a message of endurance and
hope and persistence on behalf
of what is right on justice and
human rights, it is this woman."
Godfrey proceededto explain
how Suu Kyi was under house
arrest in Burma for 15 years
until 2010. She was released on
the condition that she was not to
leave the country.
"The (Wallenberg) Com-
mittee had talked about her for
years, but she had been under
house arrest and completely iso-
lated," Godfrey said. "When she
was released from house deten-
tion ... we began to think, 'Well,
she's not going to be able to leave
Burma, but is there any other
way to do it?"'
Suu Kyi is best known for her
fight for democracy and pur-
suit to ensure human rights in
Burma.
UHS to switch to
electronic record
system by next year
CARD
From Page 1A
one of the co-founders.
So far, 34 local businesses
have committed to offering
10 to 30 percent discounts for
cardholders, who pay $15 for
the membership. According to
LSA freshman Nathan Pilcow-
itz, another co-founder, the
name of the business, Legends-
Card, is a reference to the title
of the new divisions in the Big
Ten Conference.
Pilcowitz, Kaufman, and
the other two co-founders LSA
junior Artur Fruman and LSA
freshman Joshua Kaufman,
Jonathan's brother, grew up
together in the West Bloom-
field and Bloomfield Hills
area. Their friendships and
shared entrepreneurial mind-
set inspired them to start the
LegendsCard business this past
summer after Fruman read an
article about a similar venture
at the University of Pennsylva-
nia.
During the summer, the four
friends got LegendsCard up
and running despite funding
and timing problems. They've
used their personal funds to
start the company, but Fruman
said managing the coding for
the website along with study-
ing has been difficult.
Pilcowitz and Joshua
Kaufman also worked at a
venture capitalist firm in Chi-
cago this summer, where their
entrepreneurial interests were
fostered. With the skills they
learned from their internships
and the firm's encouragement,
Pilcowitz said the four friends
jumped right in.
"Business plans are out,"
Fruman said. "We didn't even
come up with a business plan."
Instead of the traditional
business planning steps, Fru-
man said they produced a
one-page description on the
business and strategy. Part of
that strategy includes seven-
inch signs near cash registers
at participating businesses
informing patrons that the card
is accepted there. The students
have also used social media
to get the word out, with the
LegendsCard website and
Facebook page listing the par-
ticipating businesses.
Though LegendsCard has 34
business partners and count-
ing, it's suffered a few rejec-
tions. Amer's Mediterranean
Deli on State Street and the S3
Safe Sex Store on South Univer-
sity Avenue turned them down,
Fruman said, on the principle
that those establishments
never offer discounts.
Still, the setbacks haven't
diminished the students' moti-
vation to find more partners.
They're currently working
on signing local bars such as
Scorekeepers Bar and Grille
and Good Time Charley's, and
they have their sights set on
Revive and Bert's Caf6 as well,
Fruman said.
Fruman and Pilcowitz agree
the business is not all about
making aprofit.
"I think our main goal was to
start a business, (to) see how we
can do it," Fruman said. "The
money really definitely comes
secondary."
Jonathan Kaufman said they
make agreements not to sign
with their clients' biggest com-
petitors. For example, because
LegendsCard has partnered
with Rave Cinemas on Carpen-
ter Road, they won't attempt a,
deal with Goodrich Quality 16
Theater on Jackson Road.
Social Work student Kristen
Houck said she's never heard
of LegendsCard but would be
interested in investing in a
good discount card.
"I'm on campus a lot, and I
spend a lot of money on food,
so anything that would help
me save money in the long run
would be great," Houck said.
Ahmad Almusawi, one bf
the managers of Rendez Vous
Cafe on South University, said
he's seen a lot of customers use
the card. But Maher El-Awar,
manager of Smoka Hookah on
South University - a Legends-
Card affiliate - said the card
hasn't brought in any custom-
ers yet. But he has sold some
of the free cards he was given
- affiliates get 15 free cards to
distribute - and thinks it will
be good for business overall.
"A lot of people seem to be
talking about it," El-Awar said.
"There's a big buzz about it."
In the future, the founders
hope to expand to other uni-
versities.
"We're going to be the first
discount card to franchise to
other campuses," Pilcowitz
said.
They're also investigating
other ways of developing their
business.
"Eventually, we'll have an
app where you'll be able to
locate yourself and see all the
discounts around you," Pilcow-
itz said.
From Page 1A
hands of a doctor. Additionally,
though UHS can see medical
reports from the hospital, the
hospital cannot see reports from
UHS.
"If you come into (UHS) with
a broken wrist at 10 o'clock on
Monday morning, and then
you're transferred to the hospital
on Tuesday night, they currently
cannot see our X-rays," Winfield
said. "And they cannot see what
we did."
According to Winfield, the
current system negatively affects
the UHS' patient care.
"This is kind of an old system
that, based on the technology we
have now, is begging to be fixed,"
he said. "We've been aware of it,
and we're absolutely certain that
(the current system) is not opti-
mal use of the funds because of
the repetition of testing and the
inconvenience for patients."
In the last few years, UHS
directors have considered a
number of providers for an elec-
tronic health record system, but
were worried the systems might
not be compatible enough with
the hospital to meet the needs of
the hospital's system. Last year,
hospital officials announced that
the hospital would employ Ethic,
an electronic health records pro-
vider.
Winfield and UHS officials
asked to be included in the
switch to the new program to
ensure quick and clear interac-
tions between the two units,
including visit documentation,
lab reports and X-rays. He said
hospital directors were receptive
to the idea, though the integra-
tion just happened recently.
Though the price has not been
finalized yet, Winfield said the
new system will likely cost about
half of UHS's allotted budget for
electronic records. Rather than
dealing directly with the elec-
tronic health record provider,
UHS is now included in the Uni-
versity Hospital's contract with
the provider and is charged a fee
from the hospital.
When the transfer is made to
the electronic system, UHS will
still refer to the paper system
for patients with complicated
health issues or treatments.
When enough of a patient's his-
tory is documented in the elec-
tronic system, the patient's paper
records will be archived.
The switch will include some
processing and infrastructure
changes for UHS. Because the
electronic system is more metic-
ulous than paper records, the
pace and flow of the clinics will
be different, and UHS might
need additional staff to operate
the clinics, Winfield said. For
example, one of the changes is
that the new system requires
UHS staff to enter information
such as drug allergies, drugs the
patient is taking and the patient's
vital signs.
Winfield added that when
UHS directors began looking for
an electronic health record pro-
vider, they altered their opera-
tions to meet the criteria of the
system rather than to custom-
ize the system to fit their cur-
rent methods. A large part of the
adjustment will be training staff
to work with the new system and
reorganizing staff to maintain
productivity.
UHS Ancillary Services
Director Gwendolyn Chivers
said the new electronic record
system will be especially helpful
in the departments she oversees,
including the pharmacy and
radiology departments. Ancil-
lary Services is already prepar-
ing for the switch by digitizing
data in the laboratory and radiol-
ogy information systems.
Though the system had some
kinks to work out - like images
not appearing in multiple places
- Chivers said the new electron-
ic system has been helpful.
"When we did not have an
electronic radiology system,
there was a gap in the continuity
of care," she said. "Now, a patient
can go anywhere in the Univer-
sity system, and for continuous
care, reports of the images are
available, and that has been a
tremendous effort but a success-
ful one."
GSRAS
From Page1A
are in favor of unionization.
At MSA's Oct. 11 meeting,
members of GEO spoke to the
assembly and asked for its sup-
port of GSRA unionization.
Raiman pointed out that
unionization would make
membership compulsory for all
GSRAs, requiring them to pay
$400 in annual fees. He argued
that the benefits the union
would provide either don't
apply to GSRAs - such as hours
and promotion requirements
- or are already provided by
Rackham Student Government,
like advocacy and mediation.
"(GSRAs) currently have the
right to form a union in which
membership is voluntary with
no election required," Raiman
said. "The only reasonthey need
to hold an election is to force all
GSRAs into the bargaining unit
and become the sole bargaining
agent for all GSRAs."
CENTER FOR STUDENT
INVOLVEMENT
INTRODUCED
University officials intro-
duced the creation of the Cen-
ter for Student Involvement - a
merger between the University
Unions Arts and Programs and
Student Activities and Leader-
ship - to the Michigan Student
Assembly last night.
Speaking before the assem-
bly, Susan Pile, director of the
University Unions Arts and
Programs, explained that the
two offices joined together out
of a desire to rethink student
involvement on campus.
"Part of this process was to
streamline work for students to
improve student involvement
on campus, but also to really to
enhance University Unions and
University life," Pile said.
The new center willbe divid-
ed into two teams - one focus-
ing on student organizations
and the other focusing on pro-
grams, according to SAL Assis-
tant Director Jimmy Brown,
who will lead the student orga-
nizations team in the future.
Pile said that entire staff is
trained to handle issues arising
from both teams.
"While we have these two
sort of functional areas within
the team, we've been very inten-
tional about the cross-develop-
ment of the staff so that if you
come into either of the offices,
we can be a resource across
multiple areas," Pile said.
For the time being, the center
will remain divided between
the second and fourth floors
of the Union, where SAL and
UUAP are currently located,
respectively. But officials hope
to transfer both organizations
to the second floor within the
next year.
The transition into the uni-
fied center will officially take
place on Nov. 1, Brown said.
MSA VOTES TO ALTER
OPERATING PROCEDURES
The assembly passed a reso-
lution by a margin of 25 to one
that defines speaking rights for
the community concerns por-
tion of the agenda.
The new definition lays out
a system for determining vio-
lations and associated penal-
ties for speakers. Despite the
approval of the resolution,
some assembly members had
concerns about the wording of
the resolution and two com-
munity members voiced their
disapproval.
The resolution was in
response to past incidents in
which community speakers'
comments offended members
of the assembly.
CTOOLS
From Page 1A
with the MSuite Student Collab-
orative. Bansal said the students
were motivated to design Mobile
CTools because of the popular-
ity of smart phones, and the team
wanted to create the app so stu-
dents could use CTools quickly
and easily without computer
access.
Bansal and his team also
streamlined the program by
only including the most perti-
nent CTools features for students
such as the resources, announce-
ments and assignment menus
and MPrint. Bansal said the
decision to streamline the func-
tions Mobile CTools offers will
increase efficiency and speed,
when accessing menus.
"Let's say you wanted to access
a resource. (Using the mobile
app), it would probably take you
half a minute or a minute, as
opposed to spending two minutes
trying to hack away, trying to
get your password (on a regular
mobile browser)," Bansal said.
The next step is a "dashboard"
function for the app that allows
students to view recent activ-
ity including professors' post-
ings and a calendar of upcoming
assignments and quizzes, accord-
ing to John Johnston, a senior
business systems analyst for the
teaching and learning group at
ITS.
The ITS team did a trial run of
the mobile app at the Michigan
Union on Friday and received
positive feedback, Johnston said.
"We got a very good response
back," Johnston said. "Some stu-
dents said it was easier to use than
the standard view of CTools."
When it is released, students
can access the app by download-
ing the Michigan app from an
Android or Apple market.
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