2A - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 In Other Ivor) The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ClI$ firola an -431-11 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext.1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com Activism and education Michigan Helping Hands, a new campus organization that promotes education and activ- ism on social issues affecting Michigan and the United States, is working daily to inform local communities about prevalent issues like homelessness, poverty and hunger. Founded by LSA freshmen Joshua Kleiman and Alex Lieber- man, the duo said they were inspired to create the group dur- ing high school, and decided to bring the idea to campus this year. Creating an organization was their method of stimulat- ing student involvement to com- bat issues in the community and inspire change, they said. "Michigan Helping Hands has three goals - spreading aware- ness, raising money and involve- ment," Kleiman said. Each year, members will learn about various issues and vote on a topic to pursue in depth over the course of the year. Kleiman and Lieberman said they will encour- age students at the University to participate in volunteer trips, fundraisers and a host of other activities, adding that they hope to influence students on other college campuses as well. "Everyone has a voice and there are opportunities to learn about everything, even (for) members (of the group)," Klei- man said. Lieberman said the group emphasizes an important set of values and skills that can be applied to various areas in life. For the upcoming fall semes- ter, both Kleiman and Lieberman said they hope to remain active in the group, increase their mem- bership at Festifall and encour- age others to engage in social issues and events. 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Syrian government defiant U.S. begins negotiating U.N. resolution with Russia and China BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's presi- dent defied mounting inter- national pressure to end the year-old crackdown on an upris- ing against him and said yester- day le was determined to go on fighting what he called "foreign- backed terrorism." After a powerful American senator called for airstrikes on Syria, President Barack Obama said unilateral U.S. military action against President Bashar Assad's regime would be a mis- take. The United States said it is proposing a new United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an end to violence in Syria, first by government forces and then by opposition fight- ers. Russia and China, powerful allies that have blocked a Secu- rity Council resolution against Syria, made clear they were still standing by the regime in Damascus. "The Syrian people, who have in the past managed to crush foreign plots, ... have again prov- en their ability to defend the nation and to build a new Syria through their determinat pursue reforms while coi ing foreign-backed terr President Bashar Assad according to state news SANA. The military crackdow turned to southern Daraa ince, where the uprising b year ago. Troops shelled a in Daraa and clashed wit tary defectors. Activists said the m blasted abridge and atunn the border with Lebanont escape routes for the we and refugees fleeingc Homs province, an opp stronghold which just end heavy monthlong offensiv - ADIDAS From Page1A tion to ica Shattuck, chair of Central nfront- Student Government Peace and orism," Justice Commission, organized 1 said, of yesterday's meeting. agency "That wasn't very respectful to just make me dismissed like en has that, and that is a little discon- a prov- certing," Nebel said. egan a Nebel said the meeting failed village to produce effective ideas to h mili- resolve the issue. "It was productive in that I nilitary learned what their positioning is, el near but I don't think it was produc- used as tive to finding a solution," he said. tunded While LSA junior Yonah central Lieberman, also a Michigan osition Daily columnist, said he believes lured a it was disrespectful for the com- e. pany to not pay severance to the workers, and he said the meeting ROMNEY From Page 1A night had been "convincingly won by Romney." He said that while Romney - who has main- tained a substantial lead in the delegate count from the start of the GOP race - may not appeal to the whole Republican Party, he is the party's best candidate and is now the clear frontrunner. "Super Tuesday looks a lot like what we've been seeing for the last two months, which is Rom- neyis not lovedby the Republican Party but he is winning," Heany said. In Ohio, where Romney and Santorum exchanged leads for most of the night, Romney's nar- row victory was hailed as a key triumph over Santorum in a bat- tleground state. However, since Heaney said Santorum was not eligible for del- CH egates in some parts of the state for legal reasons, he said Rom- ney would win most of the state's delegates, a fact more important than either candidate winning the popular vote. "One candidate might win by one percent, but Romney's going to get the most delegates in Ohio LIKE THE A was effective in fostering discus- sion on corruption in the work- force. "I think we got our point across," he said. "I thinkwe dem- onstrated that we understood the issue and that we weren't just goingto let it slide." During the discussion, Nebel and Shattuck disagreed over what Adidas owed the affected workers. "We are morally taking on our obligations," Nebel said. "You guys are pulling out one thing that is strictly the severance. You're not looking at everything else that's happening." Shattuck disagreed, argu- ing that severance is crucial to understanding the issue. Nebel said Adidas supports the workers being paid their sev- erance, but that ultimately PT Kizone, not Adidas, is respon- no matter who wins the popu- lar vote," he said in an interview last night, before Romney was declared the winner early this morning. Though Romney won convinc- ingly in Massachusetts and Vir- ginia, Santorum fared well in the southern states. Ken Kollman, a professor of political science, said Santorum's performance in the South is a sign of the ongo- ing search for an alternative to Romney and of Santorum's abil- ity to maintain momentum in the race. "I think Santorum is keeping himself in the race, and it's a vic- tory that he is the main alterna- tive to Romney," Kollman said. "He's going to stay in the race for a long time, but he can't seem to do a knockout punch." Despite Santorum's persever- ance, Kollman said Santorum's persistent deficit in the delegate count could become trouble- some for him as Romney contin- ues to accumulate delegates in each subsequent primary. "This is ultimately a race about getting seats at the con- vention," Kollman said. "He's winning those, and he's got an advantage there." LSA junior Brian Koziara, sible for the severance. He added that since the factory's closure, approximately 300 of the work- ers have been rehired by other Adidas suppliers and 950 total have been reemployed. He noted that Adidas is working on finding jobs for the other workers with- out jobs. "(Adidas) funded an initiative that is helping on out-place- * ment services and occupational training for the entrenched workers," Nebel said. "They're helping them find jobs, they're helping them with training opportunities." Nebel also met with Universi- ty President Mary Sue Coleman's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights earlier in the morning. Shattuck, who is a member of the commit- tee also attended the meeting as well. external vice chair of the Uni- versity's chapter of the Col- lege Republicans, agreed with Heaney that Super Tuesday was a success for Romney because he continued to add to his lead in the delegate count. Koziara said Romney's five wins re-estab- lished him as the frontrunner in the Republican race. "Now that we're actually get- ting into the contested part of this, it's become all about the delegates - who can actually win the delegates," he said. "And in that regard, Romney won the night." Even in states where San- torum earned the majority of delegates and the popular vote, Koziara said the successes were only "technically" wins for San- torum because in every state, except Georgia and Tennessee, Romney gained a significant portion of the delegates. "I think for Santorum it's a lit- tle bit of a hollow victory," Kozi- ara said. "Technically he won three states - pending results in Alaska - but what Santo- rum needs to do is not just win states; he needs to stop Romney from amassing delegates. And he wasn't able to do that this eve- ning." 0 p- 4:00-60 P'' Po fifth Annual Fre Gramnyc'h SHOWCASE For, - ~ol Student Work we EDWAR5D MARTIN GRAMLiI 1939 -d2007 ster session with refreshments. le and open to the public. oJ'oi ?r 0) flors : Ho a + 9ol DAILY ON FACEBOOK m5 r I