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a week of daily stories
Business junior Manish Parikh was elect-
ed Central Student Government president
after a marathon 12-hour hearing last
Thursday night.
The 15th annual University of Michi-
gan Dance Marathon raised more than
$500000 for alocal organization that pians
camping trips for sick children.
Eavesdropping on the aftermath of the Central Student Government elections
By Giacomo Bologna, Austen Hufford and Andrew Schulman
Last Wednesday, midnight
The online polls for Central Student.Gov-
ernment president, vice president, assembly
representatives and Department of Public
Safety Oversight Committee are activated.
There are six parties running for CSG presi-
dent.
Later that day-
School of Social Work student Victor
Andrews, the president of the School of Social
Work Student Union, sends out an e-mail to
21 listservs in support of Business junior
Manish Parikh and LSA sophomore Omar
Hashwi, independent candidates running for
CSG president and vice president.
LSA senior Katy Tylus of youMICH and
LSA junior Robert Bowen of OurMichigan
both file complaints with the University
Elections Commission that allege Andrews's
e-mail breaches the CSG election code
because Andrews doesn't own the listservs
that received the e-mail. The two grievances
are combined into a joint complaint against
Parikh.
Later, Andrews tells us he had no idea his
e-mail would launch the longest night in the
history of the UEC.
"I'll never send an e-mail that'll do any-
thing like that ever again," Andrews says.
is scheduled to start.
7:32 p.m.
Parikh arrives two minutes late to the
CSG offices on the third floor of the Michi-
gan Union.
Shortly after 7:32 p.m.
Andrews arrives to testify. According to
Andrews, Parikh said he would only need to
be there for less than a half-hour.
"Man, 15 to 20 minutes turned into 12
hours," Andrews tells us later.
9:49 p.m.
First-year Law student Betsy Fisher, a
friend of CSG election director Peter Borock,
also a Law student, is studying at the Law
Quadrangle when she gets a call from Borock
asking her to defend Parikh and Hashwi in a
hearing.
"I was vaguely aware that the CSG stood
for Central Student Government," Fisher
tells us. "I'd never seen the CSG elections,
certainly never the composite code with all
the election rules."
But Borock pleads with her over the
phone, swearing that the hearing could not
continue without her. Fisher relents.
members of his team are leaning over a table
strategizing.
Borock, shuttling between hearings,
hands Fisher a copy of the election code with
the provisions in question highlighted.
"Read this," Fisher recalls Borock telling
her. "I'll get back to you and tell you when
we're ready to start."
10 p.m.
The UEC, composed of Borock and Law
student Ezra Geggel, LSA senior Anne
Laverty, Business senior Matt Eral and Rack-
ham student Elson Liu, goes into the first of
two closed-door deliberations to decide the
extent of coordination between Parikh and
Andrews.
11:30 p.m.
LSA sophomore Chris Mays, a member of
MForward and a candidate in the LSA-SG
elections, arrives at the proceedings to sup-
port Hashwi.
"It was kind of like a theater," he says,
referring to how crowded the squat, square
hearing room was.
11:45 p.m.
When the UEC returns from its closed-
door deliberations, it becomes clear that the
election results will not come out at mid-
night.
11:48 p.m.
A full public hearing commences.
Andrews is called back to testify.
The commission asks for definitions and
personal accounts. It scrutinizes Parikh
and Andrews's relationship. It questions
Andrews's authority to use the listservs in
question.
Friday, 12:18 a.m.
Questions and testimonies are repeat-
edly pored over, as the UEC looks for for any
detail that could have been missed.
Andrews later told us the memory that
most stuck with him was the way he was
treated during the hearing.
"They tried to belittle my name," Andrews
said. "I didn't like that."
1:45 a.m.
The hearing is still in full force.
CSG program manager Anika Awai-Wil-
liams announces that the hearing will need
to move to LSA-SG's offices in Mason Hall
because the Union closes at 2 a.m.
1:47 a.m
With a brief respite for chatter, UEC,
Parikh and the prosecution pack up. In the
hallway outside the hearing room, Parikh,
Fisher and their team swipe gray T-shirts
from a box on the floor and don them for the
See CSG, Page 7B
do the wobble
[stausupdate] by jordan rochelson
Why should a University student participate in
Dance Marathon?
They get a chance to be involved in on organization that
has both a social and philanthropic function.
What was the craziest dance you saw . at the
marathon?
Well, it's not crazy, but the Central Planning Team
got to go on stage and lead all the dancers in "The
Wobble." I'm not sure if you're familiar, but it's kind of
sweeping the campus right now.
What is your personal goal for DMUM?
That we spread further in the community.
What decade would you have like to been born in?
I'm watching this show right now called "Downton
Abbey." I love that decade.
The University's School of Music, Theatre
' & Dance held its annual Playfest event last
week. The festival featured original works by
six University students.
Amanda Koons
Community' Outreach Chair,
University of Michigan Dance Marathon
No. 395:
"Call Me Maybe" is
an amazing song.
No. 396:
It's totally
acceptable to
listen to "Call Me
Maybe" on repeat
for an hour.
TH E ruleS
No. 397:
People at your
party will most
likely NOT like
your choreography
for "Call Me
Maybe."
The Michigan hockey team lost in overtime
to Cornell in the first round of NCAA Tour-
nament last Friday in Green Bay, Wisc.
9:55 p.m.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Fisher's at the Michigan Union now, rac-
The hearing against Parikh and Hashwi ing to the third floor, where Parikh and a few