A THE WISDOM OF 'WISBOM': Play written by University Professor OyamO explores meaning behind Vietnam war protests. ) PAGESA ~ DOCM EU Liilgan 0aiEj %W)\l ..:11 Y$WN } I I 'rill 11)1 .x iY I . I. $1, l l. Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 28, 2012 michigandaily.com NATIONAL RANKINGS 'U' R&D spending ranks No. 2 in country Re ADAM iLANLMAN/Uaily Junior forward Tim Hardaway Jr. elevates for a shot over N.C. State forward CJ. Leslie during No. 3 Michigan's 79-72 victory over the Wildcats at Crisler Center. CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT CSJ: Ballot survey on RSG secession to be mai ntained B' On been the n ties. Th secon for r. spend repor Scien Cot $1.3 1 about top sp versit billior did ra tution year. Th increa fiscal )aseach funding 2011. This is the 13th time in the past 27 years the University has prioritizes life been the top spender among pub- lic universities. sciences and overall, the NSF - an inde- pendent federal agency that engineering supports scientific research and education - reported that uni- y ADAM RUBENFIRE versities spent $65 billion on Daily News Editor research in 2011, which is a 6.3 percent increase from 2010. ce again, the University has Thereport further notes that named a top spender among $4.2 billion of the 2011 spending ration's research universi- came from the American Recov- ery and Reinvestment Act. About e University was ranked 10.2 percent of the funds used for d among U.S. universities the University's R&D expendi- esearch and development tures came from the ARRA. ing for fiscal year 2011 in a Though the report did not t released by the National rank fiscal year 2012, the Uni- ce Foundation Monday. versity said in a statement that it ming in at approximately spent $1.27 billion in that fiscal billion, the University fell year, which ended June 30. $8.7 million short of the Most R&D spending at U.S. render, Johns Hopkins Uni- institutions was focused on life y, which spent atotalof $2.1 sciences, with about $37.2 bil- n. However, the University lion allocated for research in ink first among public insti- that field. Engineering research rs for the third consecutive totaled $10 billion, which came in second for national spending. e University spending The survey also ranked the ased about 8 percent from nation's medical schools in order year 2010 to fiscal year See R&D, Page 6A Ruling denies injunction request to withhold results By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter After a three-hour hearing, the Central Student Judiciary ruled against the - injunction filed by Central Student Govern- ment against Rackham Student Government, effectively main- taining a non-binding question for graduate students regarding RSG secession on the election ballot., The question surveys if grad- uate students would be in sup- port of examining what a newly formed, graduate student-only government separate from CSG would look like. While the CSG election and other student gov- ernment elections are already underway, the results ofthe non- binding question could have been enjoined by CSJ, meaning the results of the election would never be made public. Since the election concludes Wednesday at midnight, the injunction was separated into pressing and non-pressing mat- ters, with a second hearing slated for another time to dis- cuss non-pressing issues. The parts of the injunction that CSJ agreed to hear included RSG's involvement in violating the submission deadline for bal- lot questions in its own bylaws and CSG's compiled code and whether "irreparable harm" was caused by the question's See BALLOT, Page 2A SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS Congressional dysfunction focus of Ford School forum [G LAPTOPS C1SALLY MANN' Poltical scientists discuss party polarization By MOLLY BLOCK Daily StaffReporter Though University students often have the opportunity to hear from a wide range of political persuasions, attendees of an event hosted by the Ford School of Public Policy had the chance to discuss American politics with governmental experts that lean toward the radical side. Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, political scientists and University alumni,,exam- ined how partisan polarization in Congress is plaguing the American government during a discussion on Tuesday at the Michigan Union. Both men find two primary problems endan- gering the American politi- cal system: polarized political parties inhibiting action and unequal responsibilities of each side. They said these issues cre- ate "asymmetric polarization," a situation in which Republi- cans deny Democrats anything that may help them politically at any cost. "They have become ideo- logically extreme, contentious of the inherited policy regime going all the way back to Roo- sevelt - and I mean Theodore, not Franklin - scornful of com- promise, skeptical of facts, of evidence, of science, and simply dismissive of the legitimacy of the political opposition," Mann said. Public approval ratings for Congress are currently at an all-time low and Democrats and Republicans have increas- ingly struggled to compromise on the nation's critical issues. Mann and Ornstein said they believe Republicans have become more extreme and opposed to recognized social See DYSFUNCTION, Page 2A NICK WILLIAMS/Daily Officer Brent L. Carriveau helps students register electronic devices at the Shapiro Library to prevent loss and theft on Tuesday. There will be another chance for students to register their products on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. E LEfC TION P REV I W R Student gov't election to fill 18 vacant assembly positions STUDENT ORGS Ethics Bowl to compete in Chicago tournament Ranking will decide if team travels to nat'l championship By RACHEL PREMACK For the Daily LSA sophomore Tracey Fu was nervous. Her mind was rac- ing - running through the argu- ment she perfected, the cases she studied for months and the potential questions she would soon answer. It was the Regional Intercolle- giate Ethics Bowl Championship last year, where Fu and her fellow members of the University's IEB Team excelled and advanced to nationals. On Saturday, the IEB team is competing at the Region- al IEB Championship in Chicago, where judges will pose questions about ethically contentious cases and students will present their arguments in team debate. The University's team will be pitted against students from colleges in Wisconsin, Illinois and other Michigan universities, and the highest scoring 32 teams nationally will then oppose each See ETHICS BOWL, Page 2A re By A As Wedn repres Rackham to newly elected members to their next meeting. elect most Though presidential and full assembly elections are 'presentatives held every year in March, the November CSG election is MIRUTHA SIVAKUMAR meant to fill vacant seats within Daily StaffReporter the assembly and facilitate elec- tions for other student govern- elections come to a close ments on campus. esday at midnight, CSG Though eight colleges are entatives will welcome holding CSG assembly elec- tions, eight of the 18 vacant seats are set aside for Rackham Grad- uate School representatives. However, Rackham - which has 10 available seats - does not have any candidates registered on their ballot, which means only write-in candidates can be elected. 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