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"I think that he brought some-
thing to the table that was going
to relate to us," Hornstein said.
"He talked about affordable
education, something that is all
near and dear to our hearts and I
think he gave a call to action a lot
of times ... I definitely think he
inspired people, which is what I
was looking for."
Tee Thompson, who owns
an independent event produc-
tion company in Detroit, said
she was impressed to see Sec-
retary of Education Arne Dun-
can attend the event, which she
added showed the importance of
affordable higher education to
the Obama administration.
"I was standing next to a stu-
dent who said she's in law school
and her current loan amount
is $200,000," Thompson said.
"To look at rewarding higher
institutions as a result of them
impacting the students and the
reduction of tuition is important,
that is significant to taking our
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country to the next level."
Some of those in the crowd
said their views of Obama have
changed since his election in
2008. LSA senior Kerith Asma,
who waited in line for five hours
for her ticket to see the presi-
dent, said she has become disil-
lusioned with Obama.
"I've definitely been a little bit
disappointed in the execution of
his policies and how things have
gone," Asma said. "But at this
point, I'll probably still vote for
Obama based on the lack of qual-
ity Republican candidates."
Engineering junior Dan
Caldwell waited nine hours for
his ticket and said the past four
years have strengthened his sup-
port for Obama.
"I actually like Obama more
than I did when he was going
into office," Caldwell said. "I
didn't have a lot of faith in him
because there was a lack of the
type of experience I typically
look for, but I definitely like him
a lot better now that's been four
years."
Caldwell added that he would
also wait nine hours to hear a
speech from the top Republi-
can candidate. As an indepen-
dent and a first-time voter in a
presidential election, Caldwell
attended the event to hear about
Obama's policies, which he hopes
to have the opportunity to do for
the emerging Republican candi-
date as well.
University alum Karen
Wanza, who volunteered for the
Obama campaign in 2008, attrib-
uted mounting criticism that
the president has failed to enact
change to the Republicans hold-
ing a majority in Congress and
blocking legislative initiatives.
"I feel sorry for him," Wanza
said. "I don't think he realized it
would be such a setback with the
Republicans crippling Washing-
ton."
University alum Bruce Sander-
son compared Obama's struggle
to pass legislation in Congress
to junior quarterback Denard
Robinson's fight to persevere
through the opponents' defense
during Michigan football games.
"Obama could be Denard, but
he's got Boehner on his heels
dragging him down," Sanderson
said. "If we could manage to get
free of Boehner or get some more
defense, we could maybe make
some progress."
While the crowd was largely
comprised of Obama supporters,
a group of about 25 vocalizing
a variety of complaints against
President Obama protested out-
side the field house during his
speech.
While the University's chapter
of College Republicans decided
not to participate in the protest,
some members of the official
branches of the Republican Party
in the state came out to demon-
strate their opposition toward
the president.
Norm Shinkle, chair of the
Republican Party in Ingham
County, said there were people
from multiple counties around
Michigan protesting against
Obama's policies.
"We just want our president
and his friends to know that
there are some people who think
he hasn't done a very good job
and that he shouldn't get reelect-
ed," Shinkle said.
Multiple student protest-
ers said they did not approve of
Obama's economic policies, but
they were not against Obama's
presence at the University.
LSA junior Matt Jones, the
student coordinator of the pro-
test, said while it was an honor
to have the president speak at the
University, he protested to rep-
resent the percentage of Michi-
gan residents that "completely
disagree with the direction the
president is takingthe country."
Engineering freshman Sam
Shrago agreed with Jones, add-
ing that he feels the president's
policies have hurt businesses and
decreased job opportunities.
"We respect the office of the
presidency, but we just believe
he's done a terrible job and he's
killing businesses and killing
jobs," Shrago said.
Jones added that protestors
did not intend to "take cheap
shots at President Obama," refer-
ring specifically to the actions
of protesters toward Republi-
can House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor, when he spoke atthe Uni-
versity in October. Inthe middle of
Cantor's speech, protesters associ-
ated with the Occupy movement
stood up and turned their backs to
Cantor.
The protesters outside of
Obama's speech included those
who were anti-abortion, anti-
fracking, anti-Israel and Tea Party
members. LSA sophomore Joe
Lipa, events chair of Students for
Life, an anti-abortion advocacy
group, said he was frustrated that
the issue of abortion has become
less of a prominent issue of nation-
al debate.
"We're seeing unprecedented
attacks both on the unborn and
also on religious freedoms," Lipa
said.
While most of the protesters
left after the majority of ticket
holders entered the field house,
three people showed up to pro-
test hydraulic fracturing - the
process of inserting water and
chemicals in the ground to
extract natural gas - in Michi-
gan when attendees left the
event.
LuAnne Kozma, cofounder of
Ban Michigan Fracking, said her
group aims to ban fracking com-
pletely since it allows dangerous
chemicals to enter the ground-
water supply.
"We already know that frack-
ing isn't safe and that it is never
going to be safe," Kozma said.
At Sexpertise, students learn about sexual health
UHS sponsors
events, activities to
foster discussion
By K.C. WASSMAN
Daily StaffReporter
While Why Pornography Mat-
ters and Body Mapping aren't
your typical college classes, last
week students had the opportu-
nity to attend such classes at the
University's fourth annual Sex-
pertise conference.
The event, which was held at
the Michigan League last week
from Wednesday to Friday, fos-
tered discussion on a variety
of topics dealing with sexual
health, relationships and the
role of sex in society. Members
of Sexperteam - a sexual health
education group comprised of
students and sponsored by Uni-
versity Health Service - hosted
the conference in an effort to
promote increased discussion of
sexuality on campus.
Brittany Sandefur, a UHS
sexual health educator, said
she thought Sexpertise was a
success, noting that about 150
people attended the three-day
event.
"It went really well," Sand-
efur said. "We had a little bit of
a lower turn-out than we would
have hoped for, but the people
that did come got a lot out of it
and the presentations were real-
ly great."
Though it was Sandefur's first
year overseeing Sexpertise, she
said she believes sexual educa-
tion is an important part of cam-
pus life.
"It's important to continue
to have these kinds of conver-
sations on campus," Sandefur
said. "It can be surprising how
infrequently they happen and
how students don't have enough
information about their bodies ...
So it's good to have these conver-
sations often so that everyone
has the information they need to
make safer, healthy decisions for
themselves"
University alums Laura
McAndrew and Olga Semenova,
former members of Sexperteam,
held a presentation at this year's
Sexpertise called, Pleasure:
What you have and how to use it.
Participants who came to their
presentation played interactive
games that cultivated discussion
on sex, including drawing cards
with an activity on it and lining
up in order of riskiness.
In an interview after the
event, McAndrew said she hopes
Sexpertise helps students feel
more comfortable discussing
their sexuality.
"There's so much learning
that can be done and so many
resources on the (University)
campus for learning more about
sexuality," McAndrew said "...
Sexual health is a really impor-
tant part of everyone's general
health and that there's no need
to feel embarrassed about seek-
ing out information or seeking
out healthcare related to sex and
sexuality."
McAndrew said Sexpertise
has evolved since its first con-
ference, as organizers have been
able to better pinpoint topics
of relevance for University stu-
dents.
"When Sexpertise started,
there was probably less certainty
about the audience and we've
really been able to identify what
students are looking for in the
program," McAndrew said.
Semenova credited the pro-
gram's evolution to the sugges-
tions of participants in years
past.
"Every event has evaluation
afterwards," Semenova added.
"So if they express they want
something on a different topic,
it's possible to get that topic
goingthe next year."
LSA sophomore Billy Diaz,
who attended McAndrew and
Semenova's presentation, said he
enjoyed the games and interac-
tive aspect of Sexpertise.
"It's awesome," Diaz said. "I
think (Sexperteam is) a great
group who likes educating peo-
ple and they're good at it."
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