The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 3A
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
DETROIT
Bing: Emergency
manager won't fix
Detroit's finances
The future of cash-starved
Detroit still could end up in the
state's hands, but it may not be
through a financial overseer
appointed by the governor.
In his third State of the City
speech since being elected
mayor, Dave Bing told residents
that he and Republican Gov. Rick
Snyder have similar opinions on
Detroit going into state receiver-
ship.
"Gov. Snyder and I both agree
that an emergency manager is
not the best approach," Bing said
Wednesday in the nearly 30-min-
ute address. "We're working
hard toward a solution to resolve
our city's financial challenges."
A preliminary review shows
Detroit has a budget deficit of
about $200 million. A 10-person
review team currently is poring
over the city's books and opera-
tions. They are expected within
weeks to report their findings to
Snyder as to whether a financial
emergency exists in Detroit.
TUPELO, Miss.
Santorum says a
win in Mississippi
will redefine race
Urging conservatives not to
yield, Republican Rick Santorum
told supporters yesterday that
they could make the GOP presi-
dential contest a two-man race
if they deliver him a victory next
week and offer an embarrassing
loss to rival Newt Gingrich in the
South.
Santorum and Gingrich have
been competing to emerge as
front-runner Mitt Romney's
chief rival, yet they continue to
split the party's right-leaning
bloc. The division has allowed
Romney to shore up delegates
and momentum, including six of
the 10 states that weighed in on
Super Tuesday. Santorum won
three yet remained far behind
Romney.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.
Activists launch
viral video on
African atrocities
American filmmakers who
reported on wartime atroci-
ties in Africa for a 50-minute
work called "Invisible Children"
drew more attention than they
imagined when their project
was released in 2005. They soon
founded a nonprofit organization
to campaign against the brutal-
ity.
The group's new 29-minute
video is gaining even more atten-
tion, thanks to social media. The
work released Monday is part of
an effort called KONY 2012 that
targets the Lord's Resistance
Army and its leader, Joseph
Kony, a bush fighter wanted
by the International Criminal
Court for crimes against human-
ity.
VIENNA
Iran may clean up
nuclear work
Satellite images of an Ira-
nian military facility appear to
show trucks and earth-moving
vehicles at the site, indicating an
attempted cleanup of radioactive
traces possibly left by tests of a
nuclear-weapon trigger, diplo-
mats told The Associated Press
on Wednesday.
The assertions from the diplo-
mats, all nuclear experts accred-
ited to the International Atomic
Energy Agency, could add to the
growing international pressure
on Iran over its nuclear pro-
gram, which Tehran insists is for
peaceful purposes.
While the U.S. and the EU
are backing a sanctions-heavy
approach, Israel has warned
that it may resort to a pre-emp-
tive strike against Iran's nucle-
ar facilities to prevent it from
obtaining atomic weapons.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
CSG
From Page 1A
have developed towards the stu-
dent government," he said. "They
don't think the student govern-
ment is medium for affecting
change, they think that student
government is not a serious
institution, and they've failed to
capture the imagination of the
common student on campus."
Parikh identified two current
problems with CSG. The student
government makes unfulfilled
promises and fails to serve as a
direct representation of its con-
stituents, he said.
"(CSG says) that we think that
this will make campus a better
place. It may be a fantastic idea,
but that is not role of any govern-
ment," he said. "The role of gov-
ernment is to do what the people
who have elected you to office
want you to do."
Hashwisaidhe met Parikhlast
year at the library after Parikh
overheard him talking about
student government. Parikh said
he and Hashwi agreed to work
together in the future out of their
mutual interest to help students
while distancing themselves
from party politics.
"We do not intend to be politi-
cal people in our future," Hashwi
said "We want to help people; we
want to improve their lives. We
sincerely do."
Parikh said they had not final-
ized their candidacy plans until
Tuesday and have not released a
public platform yet.
While candidates may often
criticize their opponents' plat-
forms, Parikh lauded the ideas of
his opponents.
"We want to focus on the
strengths of our opponents,"
Parikh said. "All of (them) have
certain strengths. They do bring
positives to the table - their
leaders have done good things in
the past, and we feel that we will
recognize these strengths."
Before his decision to run for
office, Parikh said he belonged
to the University's Model United
Nations organization and found-
ed his own business, Sumo Deal,
a non-for-profit that offered dis-
counts at Ann Arbor businesses.
Parikh also stressed his casual
and open approach to governing
if elected.
"You're not going to see us in
suits and ties," Parikh said.
DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION TO CHOOSE CAN-
DIDATE
Election director Peter
Borock, a law student, said the
Defend Affirmative Action Party
will also run a candidate for pres-
ident and vice president, though
they have yet to formally declare
their ticket.
ManymembersofDAAP could
not attend the meeting because
they were in Cincinnati yester-
dayto protestoutsidethe 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals as it re-
opened the case determining
whether the use of affirmative
action in college admissions at
public universities in Michigan is
legal. DAAP candidates and oth-
ers who missed yesterday's meet-
ing will be meeting with Borock
on Sunday.
When DAAP enters into the
race, the total number of CSG
presidential candidates will be
raised to six.
NEWLY-FORMED PARTY
ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR
CANDIDACY
In addition to Parikh's
announcement yesterday, Den-
tistry student Andrew Horne, a
representative of the CSG assem-
bly, also made his presidential
campaign public. He and running
mate Daniel Ruff, also a Dentistry
student, will be running as part of
the newly formed political party,
Students for Puppies.
Horne said he is still collabo-
rating with his campaign team to
form Students for Puppies' plat-
form.
"Our party is Students for
Puppies, and I don't know what
we stand for," Horne said. "We're
working on our position - we're
talking with our campaign man-
ager and getting things sorted
out."
He added: "(Puppies are) a
great animal. The University
right now uses them as therapy
dogs outside some exams. We
might go that route and cam-
paign for more puppies on cam-
pus, we might not. We're still
undecided.
Horne said he believes he
and Ruff will win the upcoming
election, emphasizing that his
campaign is not a joke.
"Absolutely, it's a serious cam-
paign," he said. "I would not be
running for president of CSG
if this was not a serious cam-
paign."
The decision to run was due
in part to his long tenure spent
in student government.
"It's a long time coming. I've
been in CSG for three years now,
and I've seen three different
presidents and vice presidents,"
Horne said. "I think it's time to
see some change."
TASK FORCE
From Page 1A
said.
Fitzgerald added that gather-
ing this information is crucial
to the function of the task force
because it will assist in deter-
mining the force's goals.
"The information phase
needs to be done," Fitzgerald
said. "(Cunningham and Varn-
er) are spending a lot of time on
fact-gathering."
In an interview with The
Michigan Daily last month,
Coleman said the University's
work has already yielded posi-
tive results in the form of pub-
lic recommendations, and she
is optimistic about the future of
CAUTION
From Page 1A
At the meeting, Jones said
police had arrested and released
an individual in connection with
home invasions earlier in the
year, but have not been able to
locate him since.
Though not all students have
the security of swipe-entry
residence halls, Amy Khan,
president of CMB Property
Management, said all 400 of
CMB's units have locks on doors
and windows, though the com-
pany does not install alarm sys-
tems in its properties.
During his address to resi-
dents, Jones suggested that
renters, who may not be allowed
to install wired alarm systems,
implement wireless alarm sys-
tems to secure their property.
Khan said an invasion has not
occurred at a CMB rental prop-
erty in several years. However,
she noted that she has observed
that the students' forgetfulness,
particularly in leaving doors
propped open, has led to inci-
dents at other rental properties.
After last summer's string of
sexual assaults, Khan said CMB
the task force.
"We intend to follow up on all
of those recommendations, and
I'm pleased that we are going
to do that and we may get addi-
tional recommendations," Cole-
man said. "If we do, we should
follow up on those too."
Coleman said the ulti-
mate goal of the program is to
ensure the safety of children
in all University programs and
investigate current policies on
reporting criminal activity.
"I want to know across the
University the way in which
underage children are interact-
ed with," Coleman said. "I want
to know what our policies are,
(if there are) gaps in our policies
and what we need to be doing."
When the University heard
regularly contacted residents
to educate them in maintaining
their safety.
"We tried to be proactive and
send e-mails to our residents
to remind them to maintain a
high safety standard by locking
their doors and windows and
just being extra careful," Khan
said. "Since the assaults, the
residents are being more care-
ful and are not propping doors
open like they used to for their
friends."
AAPD detective Dave Mon-
roe said police are working dili-
gently with any information and
evidence they have received.
"If I were a resident, my pri-
mary concern would be that I
wouldn't want to have my home
broken into," Monroe said. "Sec-
ondly, I would want the attack-
ers caught."
In several incidents, burglars
have knocked on a resident's
door in order to see if a home is
vacant before breaking in. Mon-
roe said residents should make
their homes "look occupied,"
and avoid revealing personal
information to door-to-door
solicitors who may be burglars
in disguise.
"If someone comes knocking
that former UMHS resident Ste-
phen Jenson had allegedly been
found in possession of child
pornography, Coleman said
she mandated an audit on the
details of the case.
"We've certainly learned a lot
through this (audit), and clearly,
I'm very disappointed in what
happened," Coleman said.
Though the charges against
Jenson were for Internet images
and no evidence of direct harm
to children was found, Coleman
said it is important that all Uni-
versity programs are examined
for potential abuse to children.
"I don't want children to be
exploited in any way, no matter
where, no matter what," Cole-
man said. "Children need to be
protected."
on your door asking for someone
who is not there, call us right
away," Monroe said. "We want
to check up on that person."
Monroe encouraged citizens
to ignore any hesitations they
may feel about calling the police,
even if they believe a situation is
minor.
"Call us when you're con-
cerned," Monroe said. "When
there are people who you haven't
seen before or there's a vehicle
in the neighborhood that looks
suspicious, call us. Those small
differences really add up."
LSA junior Jessica Parlove
said she and her roommates are
careful to keep their front doors
and windows locked at their
house on Church Street. Nearly
half of the recent home inva-
sions occurred through the front
door of a residence, and of these
cases, nearly 42 percent of doors
were left unlocked.
Parlove said she is concerned
that police may not be effective-
ly responding to the crimes.
"I'm concerned about what
the police are doing to take
care of the issue," Parlove said.
"I can't believe the number is
that high, and we haven't heard
about someone being caught.
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