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Lawyer Richard Bernstein to
receive Neubacher Award for
raising disability awareness
'U' alum, professor
helped make
Michigan Stadium
more accessible
By GIACOMO BOLOGNA
Daily StaffReporter
University alum Richard
Bernstein's work is reflected in
Detroit Metro Airport, Detroit
buses and even the Big House.
And tomorrow, his work will be
recognized by the University.
Bernstein, an attorney who
returned to his alma mater to
teach about social activism, will
receive the James T. Neubacher
Award tomorrow for his work
to raise awareness about dis-
abilities. Bernstein, who is blind,
focuses on pro bono cases repre-
senting people with disabilities.
Some of his successes include
improving disability access in
Detroit Metro Airport and the Big
House as well as making Detroit
buses wheelchair accessible.
The annual award is bestowed
upon a person affiliated with
the University who has raised
awareness and understanding
of disabilities. The Neubacher
Award, first presented in 1990,
is given in memory of University
alum James T. Neubacher, an
advocate for disability aware-
ness who died in 1990.
Anna Schnitzer, chairwoman
of the Neubacher Award Com-
mittee, said the award commit-
tee chose Bernstein because "he
has actually done so much (for
disability awareness)."
"He is so dynamic," Schnitzer
said.
Representing the Michigan
Paralyzed Veterans of America,
Bernstein filed a lawsuit against
the University in 2007 advocat-
ing for better wheelchair access
in Michigan Stadium. Though
the lawsuit was dropped, it
resulted in expanded wheelchair
accessible seating in the Big
House, which was included in
the renovations that were com-
pleted last year.
"Everyone can now look at the
Big House with a tremendous
sense of pride and excitement,"
Bernstein said. "The University
of Michigan stadium is now the
benchmark and is now the lead-
ing stadium for accessibility all
across the country."
Bernstein, who works at the
Farmington Hills, Mich.-based
Sam Bernstein Law Firm, said
that he was inspired to help peo-
ple with disabilities during his
time at Northwestern University
Law School.
"I used to pray every day that
God wouldgive (me)the strength
to make it through law school,"
Bernstein said. He said he prom-
ised God that if he became an
attorney, he would dedicate his
life to "trying to make life better
for people with disabilities and
special needs."
Bernstein said he looks for
cases in which people are "fac-
ing tremendous injustice and
tremendous hardship" and who
would otherwise go unrepre-
sented in court.
Bernstein said he hopes his
speech, which he will deliver
tomorrow when he receives the
award at Rackham Graduate
School, will "inspire and incite
folks to recognize the fact that
whatever it is they care about ...
that students find their purpose,
know why they were created and
live life with that kind of pas-
sion."
KEGS
From Page 1
according to University spokes-
man Rick Fitzgerald.
"The University of Michigan
did not actively lobby for passage
of the state's keg labeling law,"
Fitzgerald wrote in an e-mail
interview.
Even as Meadows and other
state legislators applauded the
law, which will make Michigan
the 31st state to mandate keg tags,
other lawmakers questioned how
effective it will be in reducing
underage binge drinking.
State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann
Arbor) said he is unsure if local
law enforcement will actually
examine whether every keg is
tagged and whether every retail-
er maintains accurate records.
Irwin said he is "skeptical"
the law will have a pronounced
impact since it will likely incrim-
inate more retailers for selling
alcohol to minors but looks past
underage demand of the prod-
uct. He added that minors binge
drink due to a lack of education
and discourse with adults about
responsible alcohol consump-
tion.
"I think that this is prob-
ably not the best way to address
underage drinking," Irwin said.
"I think it creates this wall
between young people and the
responsible people in their lives
who may be able to guide them in
the right direction."
Irwin added that the law
could also increase the appeal
of binge drinking for under-
age people. The government is
not capableof en\ding underage
drinking, he said, and legisla-
tion that aims to reduce access to
alcohol for minors inspires more
demand.
"If it makes it sort of more
difficult for young people to get
their hands on it, I think it does
increase the impetus for some
young people to go overboard
and to abuse it to excess," Irwin
said. "People who are under 21
will always find a way to access
alcohol if they want to."
Eddie Galyana, owner of
Strickland's Market on Geddes
Avenue, said he believes the law
"doesn't make sense" because it
will increase sales of liquor and
other alcoholic products besides
beer.
"The people who buy the
kegs - they're actually going to
turn around and buy different
things,"'Galyana said.
Galyana said he expects his
store's keg sales to decrease by
about 10 to 15 percent once the
legislation starts next week.
"I'm sure the sales are goingto
go down," he said. "The custom-
ers will be scared. Nobody wants
to get in trouble. It's a risk."
Similarly, Jet Elia, owner of
Jimmy's Sgt. Pepper's Party
Store on East University Avenue,
said the law will likely "kill"
keg sales because students don't
want to be held responsible for
serving alcohol to minors.
"Do you blame them?" Elia
said. "They don't want any sort
of misdemeanor ontheir record."
LSA senior Greg Juliano said
he thinks some students will be
deterred from purchasing kegs,
particularly students who do so
with fake IDs, since police will
be able to access store records.
He added, however, that stu-
dents who are over 21 will likely
not be discouraged from buying
kegs.
"I don't think it'll kill sales,"
Juliano said.
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SATELLITES
From Page 1
plan around (satellite disruptions)
and understand which signals are
gettingthrough," she said.
The RAX-2's mission is simi-
lar to its predecessor, the RAX-1,
which ceased activity premature-
ly due to power issues.
Rackham student Sara Spange-
lo, anRAX teammember,wrote in
an e-mail interview that the RAX-
2, funded by the National Science
Foundation, was built quickly as
a result of what the team learned
from the construction of the
RAX-1. Craddock echoed Spange-
lo's sentiment, praising the prog-
ress students made this year. '
"(The RAX-2) is a reflection
of students learning from expe-
rience, and implementing new,
more inventive technologies
firsthand," Craddock wrote in an
e-mail interview.
Students will be monitoring
and "talking" to the satellites
over the course of their missions
to ensure their success, Engi-
neering junior Matt Regan said.
Leading the M-Cubed integra-
tions and testing team, Regan was
responsible for creating testing
procedures for the one kilogram
satellite prior to its launch.
Other RAX and M-Cubed
teams will monitor the satellites'
communication capabilities and
electrical systems while in orbit.
Craddock said though team mem-
bers were excited until the day
of the launch, the next step of
the process - analyzing how the
satellites behave in orbit - is par-
ticularly nerve-racking.
"It's not something we can just
celebrate and kick back about,"
she said.
While Regan and most of the
M-Cubed and RAX-2 team mem-
bers viewed the launch on a live
stream from the Frangois-Xavier
Bagnoud Building on North Cam-
pus, Craddock and a handful of
students traveled to California to
watch the satellites depart aboard
a Boeing Delta II rocket.
"It's really cool to see, because
you know all of your work up to
this point is getting on that rocket
and getting flung out into space,"
Craddock said. "There's a real
passion and dedication in our stu-
dents."
AWARD
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Snyder referenced bridges
made with carbon fiber cables -
instead of steel so the bridges are
more durable - as an example of
greeninnovationthat has already
been applied in society.
"After about 10 years, the steel
rusts out, and we need to make
large-scale replacements of bridge
struts and steel to keep them
going," Snyder said. "Ifyoureplace
it with carbon rope, it never rusts.
It's stronger than steel and will
last for many more years."
Simon Ng, associate dean of
research at Wayne State Uni-
versity's College of Engineering,
won the governor's award in the
academic category. Ng created a
catalyst that forms biodiesel fuel
from sources like vegetable oil
and animal fats that could poten-
tially bring down the price of bio-
diesel fuel by as much as $1 per
gallon.
In the category of small busi-
ness, KTM Industries of Lansing,
Mich. was recognized for creat-
ing biodegradable starch foams
for insulation cooler and pack-
aging markets. KTM partnered
with Michigan State University
to create the material, which has
a smaller carbon footprint and
replaces petroleum-based alter-
natives.
Recycled Polymeric Materials
Inc. - a subsidiary of Diversified
Chemical Technologies based in
Detroit - claimed the top award
in the large business category for
commercializing the recycling
of waste rubber into gaskets and
other automotive parts. The gas-
kets are exported to more than 15
countries and are used for more
than 38 vehicle platforms.
University President Mary
Sue Coleman spoke atyesterday's
event and discussed the Univer-
sity's commitment to green tech-
nology in the classroom and the
laboratory. The University offers
more than 640 courses in several
disciplines that focus on sustain-
ability, Coleman said. Addition-
ally, the University no longer uses
mercury, a toxic pollutant, in its
laboratories.
Coleman said she is amazed by
the level of student dedication to
science and sustainability issues.
"It's an enthusiasm that I
haven't seen since my days as a
student during the space race,
and the national drumbeat for
better science," Coleman said.
"But environmental threats far
exceed the challenges of Sputnik
and the space race. They have
serious implications for the entire
planet."
While the winning products
of the governor's award are used
commercially, other innova-
tions presented at the conference
are still in experimental stages.
Showcasing his project to the
crowd, Rackham student Shawn
Eady described his research that
uses enzymes found in anaerobic
bacteria to create more effective
hydrogen gas, with water as the
only byproduct.
"About 9,000 molecules of
hydrogen can be produced per
second, per enzyme molecule ...
which is more than enough than
we'd ever need," Eady said. "That's
about enough to fill up a NASA
fuel engine within like an hour."
Eady predicts that the tech-
nology, which will most likely be
used in fuel cells for transporta-
tion, will be commercially viable
by 2030.
LSA senior Olivia Kramer, part
of a group that works to make
campus laboratories environ-
mentally friendly, presented her
group's efforts to create guide-
lines and evaluations for Univer-
sity teaching and research labs.
The group members, who are in
Environment 391: Sustainabil-
ity and the Campus, drafted a
lab guide for t'esearchers to make
their work more efficient and cre-
ated a checklist for the Office of
Campus Sustainability to certify
green laboratories.
"We conducted a survey to see
what lab users actually thought
would help them create more sus-
tainable lab behaviors," Kramer
said.
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