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award an honorary degree to Syr
Cantor. made
Cantor informed Syracuse agains
students, faculty and staff an adu
of her decision to fire Fine saying
through an e-mail on Sunday. Syracu
"It is vital that we examine that Fi
our protocols and actions in ate co
dealing with such serious alle- 1990s.
gations," Cantor wrote. "We sations
need to learn all we can from launch
this terrible lesson." tion in
On Nov. 18, the day after any e
Fine was placed on administra- accuse
tive leave, Cantor sent a letter Fin
to Syracuse University alumni of mol
explaining the history of the cuse U
allegations against Fine and on No
the university's response. forwat
"We are aware that many molest
wonder if university adminis- sity w
trations are willing to turn a that Sy
blind eye to wrongdoing that investi
may disrupt a successful sports agains
program," Cantor wrote. "I can tor's let
assure you I am not, and my fel- Fin
low administrators are not. We tions
hold everyone in our commu- onset
nity to high standards and we Syrt
don't tolerate illegal, abusive or Jim B
unethical behavior - no matter as the
who you are." face.
After multiple attempts, The "We
VIGIL Advan
From Page 1A and t
es com
becam
sprayed by police as they took cial pr
part in the occupy movement. to wor
The incident gained national ingtab
attention since the students hours,
were sitting on the ground and sour a
were not being violent. out $2
Denzell Turner, co-vice she h
chair of Here Earning A Des- school
tiny through honesty, eager- "I I
ness, and determination of Self, same s
spoke at the event and said the set us i
group has been planningevents LSA
for students to teach people of the
their rights when interacting sion a
with police or people of higher organi
authority. an int
"Personally, I feel that (the studen
incident at UC Davis) was com- the gr
pletely unacceptable, and it beyon
should not have happened in "Ev
the first place," Turner said. going
Ashley Williams, a former some i
University of Michigan-Dear questi
born student, was the final our ow
* speaker at the vigil and spoke said. "
about her experience as a vic- and g
tim of the education system. univer
Williams said she graduated come li
high school with a scholarship, On h
SCHUETTE
From Page 1A
prevents students, including GSRAs, from
unionizing because they are not public
employees.
On May 19, the University Board of
Regents voted 6-2 to recognize GSRAs as
employees. At the time of the vote, Univer-
sity President Mary Sue Coleman said she
did not agree with the regents' decision.
In his motion, Schuette wrote that
the regents'-decision will make it diffi-
cult for the MERC and an administrative
law judge, who would conduct the vote,
to oppose the position that GSRAs are
employees. According to Schuette, this is
another reason for his intervention.
Rackham student Stephen Raiman, a
representative of Students Against GSRA

Unionization, said the attorney general's
decision to intervene is a step in the right
direction.
"I think it's a very positive development
for us," Raiman said. "It's going to have
somebody representing our interests ... at
MERC and in court."
Raiman added that until this point, the
interests of his group have not been repre-
sented at the MERC, despite faculty sup-
port.
"Our voice has been taken from us by
the Board of Regents' vote to support
unionization," Raiman said.
A statement to The Michigan Daily
last night from the Graduate Employ-
ees' Organization stated that GEO will
"continue their effort to restore their
collective bargaining rights even as the
Attorney General attempts to delay or
prevent aunion election by filing a motion
to intervene."
In the motion, Schuette said it is the
attorney general's responsibility to guar-
antee that all pertinent information and
arguments are presented before the
0 MERC.
At the Dec. 13 MERC meeting in
Detroit, the committee will review two
action items. If the first item is approved,
a judge will decide on whether or not
GSRAs should hold avote on unionization.
The second item would deny the motion to
reconsider unionization.
The Michigan Student Assembly
passed a resolution on Nov. S in support
of the GSRAs' right to hold an election to
unionize.

gan Daily was unable to
comment from Syracuse
rsity's Division of Public
Is.
acuse University was
aware of allegations
t Fine in 2005 when
ult male came forward,
he had reported to the
se Police Department
ine initiated "inappropri-
ntact" in the 1980s and
In response to the accu-
s, Syracuse University
hed an internal investiga-
a 2005 that did not reveal
vidence to support the
r's claims.
e was initially accused
esting two former Syra-
University ball boys, and
v. 27, a third person came
rd accusing him of child
:ation. Syracuse Univer-
as informed on Nov. 18
yracuse police opened an
igation of the accusations
t Fine, according to Can-
tter.
e referred to the allega-
as "patently false" at the
of the new investigation.
acuse basketball coach
oeheim supported Fine
allegations began to sur-
have to see what hap-

pens. I support Bernie, as I
said," Boeheim said at a Nov. 22
press conference in New York.
"Known him for 50 years. If
something else happens, sur-
faces - some factual thing
- then we'll have to adjust to
that."
Boeheim has changed his
reaction to the scandal after
news broke of Fine's firing.
"What is most important is
that this matter be fully inves-
tigated and that anyone with
information be supported to
come forward so that the truth
can be found," Boeheim told
the Associated Press. "I deeply
regret any statements I made
that might have inhibited that
from occurring or been insensi-
tive to victims of abuse."
Despite criticism of how
Boeheim handled the allega-
tions against Fine - some claim
he verbally attacked the accus-
ers - Cantor has continued to
support Boeheim.
"Coach Boeheim is our
coach; he's getting the team
ready tonight," Cantor told
the AP yesterday. "We're very
pleased with what he said Sun-
day night, and we stand by it."
- The Associated Press
contributed to this report.

With return to EMU, O'Dell to
receive $20,000 less in salary

From Page1A
to University spokesman Rick
Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald wrote in an e-mail
interview last night that O'Dell
did not break a contract with the
University by resigning since he
did not have a contract with the

University.
DPS Deputy Chief Joe Pier-
sante will take over as inter-
im executive director of DPS,
Fitzgerald said in a separate
interview. Piersante \previously
held the role of interim execu-
tive director after former DPS
Chief of Police Ken Magee took

a medical leave of absence last
February.
O'Dell joined EMU in 2008
after spending more than 20
years working for the Ann Arbor
Police Department.
- Daily News Editor Bethany
Biron contributed to this report.

MSA
From Page 1A
The two houses of the leg-
islature are called the Student
Assembly and the University
Council, which Watson said
causes confusion when people
say "assembly" since it is unclear
whether they are referring to
the Student Assembly or the
Michigan Student Assembly as
a whole. With the new name in
place, he said it will be easier to
know which group students are
referring to.
"It's confusing for even mem-
bers within MSA ... to under-
stand exactly which part of
the organization we're talking
about," Watson said.
The All-Campus Constitution
also does not include the name
"Michigan Student Assembly."
Instead, the document refers to
the governing body as the Cen-
tral Student Government. After
the constitution was revised in
March 2010, student govern-
ment representatives say they
intended to change the name
of the governing body to reflect
what's stated in the Constitu-
tion.

With the name change, the
student government also aims to
highlight the University Council,
a group of unelected delegates
acting as a second house in MSA
that draws members from MSA,
student governments of Uni-
versity schools and colleges and
the University Activities Center
- which plans a variety of stu-
dent events. Added into the All-
Campus Constitution in 2010,
the University Council hopes to
increase collaboration among
these groups.
Brendan Campbell, vice presi-
dent of MSA, said the group cre-
ated a website to help facilitate
the name change - www.msa.
umich.edu/newname - and
highlight some of MSA's recent
initiatives like the alteration of
MSA's funding system for stu-
dent organizations. Starting in
January, instead of applying for
funding by three designated
deadlines per semester, student
groups can apply, for funding
every week.
Campbellsaid the name change
has "received support from
everyone we've spoken with." He
added that the Division of Stu-
dent Affairs, E. Royster Harper,
the University's vice president

for student affairs, and Univer-
sity Dean of Students Laura Blake
Jones have been helpful in intro-
ducing the new name.
"We're hoping that we can use
this name change as an opportu-
nity to reconnect with the stu-
dents," Campbell said.
The student government's
new name needs formal approv-.
al by the University's Board of
Regents, but Watson said he
expects the name change to pass
at the next regents meeting on
Dec. 15.
Denise Ilitch, chair of the Uni-
versity's Board of Regents, said
the regents have not formally
discussed the issue, and, she
could not yet comment on the
likelihood of the name change
being approved.
"The student government is
up to the students," Ilitch said.
"If they, as a majority, show that
they can communicate their mis-
sion and message better with a
stronger name, then I'm all for
it."
The last time the student gov-
ernment changed its name was in
1976 when it became the Michi-
gan Student Assembly, replac-
ing its former name, the Student
Government Association.

ce Placement credits
hree college-level cours-
npleted. But she said she
e overwhelmed by finan-
oblems, as she was forced
*k 30 hours a week wait-
bles while taking 15 credit
When the economy went
nd she was forced to take
0,000 in student loans,
ad to withdraw from
1.
feel imprisoned by the
ystem that is supposed to
free," Williams said.
junior Erin Reed, chair
Student Rights Commis-
nd one of the primary
zers of the vigil, said in
erview at the vigil that
ts should be mindful of
eater struggles that exist
d their own lives.
en though finals are
on, there are definitely
key issues that we should
on in the"midst of all ff
wn personal chaos," Reid
Our ability to participate
o to such a prestigious
sity as this does not
ightly. It is a privilege."
his way home, LSA junior

Michael Yaari stopped on the
Diag to learn what the vigil was
about.
"I did not know that much
about what had gone in Cali-
fornia, but after listening to
these speeches and standing in
silence, I feel more passionate
about responsibility to speak
out as a student of this Univer-
sity," Yaari said. "They can-
not keep us quiet with pepper
spray. We cannot let that hap-
pen."
At the end of the vigil, Wil-
liams led the group to C.C.
Little for the first occupy
Michigan meeting where the
group officially declared the
formation of the University of
Michigan's Occupy branch and
set the agenda for future action.
Organizers plan to lead
peaceful protests on campus
against the cost of tuition and
corporations' influence on the
University. Potential locations
of protests include President
Mary Sue Coleman's front lawn
and the Ross School of Business.
- Managing Photo Editor Jed
Moch contributed to this report.

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