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Students gainmarketing skills
For the Michigan Adver-
tising and Marketing club,
giving members hands-on
experience working with real
marketing clients is critical.
Founded in 2007, MAM
consists of 100 active mem-
bers who work in teams to
create and plan distribu-
tion of advertisements for
a wide range of organiza-
tions, including other stu-
dent organizations and local'
Ann Arbor businesses. Each
group, comprised of about
five to eight students, works
with one of the club's 13 cli-
ents for the entire academic
year.
LSA senior Anusha Stha-
nunathan, president of
MAM, said due to the large
size of the club, each team
sets their own weekly meet-
ing time.
"Our executive board
meets every Sunday, and we
try to meet at a different loca-
tion every time to change the
pace of our meeting," Stha-
nunathan said. "Our last two
meetings have been at Cafe
Zola and Sava's."
Sthanunathan said the
recruiting process consists of
an online application and in-
person interviews. She added
that MAM is open to students
of all academic majors and
years, and the interdisciplin-
ary nature of the club pro-
motes individual growth.
In addition to working
with clients, MAM hosts cor-
porate events and workshops
to provide mentorship for its
members and the network-
ing they need to succeed in
careers in marketing and
advertising.
"I've found that MAM
gave me so many avenues
to excel not only within the
club but also in interviews for
companies," Sthanunathan
said. "Using this experience
to showcase how I've grown
as a leader is so incredibly
valuable."
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CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Stolen wallet Hit and run Graphic design International
WHERE: West Quad
WHEN: Monday at about
12:20 p.m.
WHAT: A wallet was
reported as stolen from an
dorm room when the door
was left open, University
Police reported. It's believed
the theft took place between
12:10 p.m. and 12:17 p.m.
Chemical
reactions
WHERE: Medical Science
Research Buildig I
WHEN: Monday at 6:30
p.m.
WHAT: A bottle of
formaldehyde was
accidentically spilled,
University Police reported.
There were no injuries, and
the spill was cleaned up.
WHERE: M-18 Carport
WHEN: Monday at 1:40
p.m.
WHAT: A vehicle was
struck by another vehicle
while parked on the top
level of the stucture,
University Police reported.
The incident resulted in
fender and bumper damage.
Bike theft
WHERE: 900 Block North
University
WHEN: Monday at about
12:20 p.m.
WHAT: A bicycle was
reported stolen from
outside the Chemistry
Building between 7 p.m.
and 11 p.m. on November 15,
University Police reported.
There are no suspects.
tutorial
WHAT: Students and fac-
ulty are invited to attend a
workshop to learn how to
use Adobe Illustrator to cre-
ate professional posters.
WHO: Teaching and Tech-
nology Collaborative
students
WHAT: Students will have
informal discussions about
cultural adjustment and
stress management.
WHO: Counseling and Psy-
chological Services
WHEN: Today at 1:00 p.m.
Bondi Beach, a famous
beach located in Sydney,
Australia experienced
an algae boom that
turned the waters red,
ABC News reported. Nearly
everyone fled in fear that
the red color was caused by
blood. The beach closed as
authorities tested the water.
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WHAT: Dr. Guifang Guo WHAT: Political Science
will give a presentation professor Charles R. Shipan
about nursing in China and will give his first lecture as
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Pop star Elton John
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critic of Chinese politics
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audience was shocked at the
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censorship of entertainment
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BALLOT
From Page 1A
presence on the ballot.
The injunction was filed on
Wednesday, six days before the
start of the election by GSG's stu-
dent legal counsel, LSA senior
Lukas Garske. Garske was joined
by CSG committee chair Jeremy
Keeney, a law student, to repre-
sent the petitioner at the hearing
and RSG president Michael Ben-
son was accompanied by two law
students for counsel. Spectators
included various members of CSG
including Manish Parikh, CSG
president and Business senior, and
several members of RSG's execu-
tive board.
A major point in the hearing
was whether the question submit-
ted by RSG was a "ballotquestion"
or a "referendum," which CSJ
eventually voted in favor of the
latter in a 3-2 decision.
Under the RSG bylaws, bal-
lot questions must be submitted
within 14 days of the election.
However, under another sec-
tion of the bylaws, "referenda"
can be sent out to its constituents
"as (RSG) deems necessary by a
majority vote."
Because the question was sub-
mitted 12 d
its status a
referendurr
it was in vic
A dissen
that becaus
questions g
never uses
but rather
"ballot ques
Gersovit
was true, it
don't think
with theirlI
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CSJ's Ma
injunctions
teria, inclu
brought up
injunction:
voted 5-0o
"irreparabl
as a produc
submitted.
election, as
Benson,
plaints or
brought up
ing the quc
to a questio
tion that po
Rackham G
point avera
was submi
before the
and memb
ays before the election, submitting the question through
is a ballot question or e-mail and CSG didn't bring any
could decide whether charges.
olation of RSG bylaws. Lastly, CSJ ruled 5-0 that RSG
ting justice pointed out was not in violation of CSG Com-
se the frequently asked piled Code, which, per CSG's
;uide on RSG's website injunction, said ballot questions
the word referendum, must be submitted 25 days before
calls the question a the election. This portion of the
stion" multiple times. compiled code, however, is a
z said that while this recent'addition and it isn't includ-
was inconsequential. "I ed in the Compiled Code currently
they've been very strict online.
anguage," he said. Gersovitz cited a regulation
more, according to included in the all-campus con-
tnual of Procedure, stitution to express his sentiment
must meet four cri- that "students can't be bound by
iding damage will be rules and regulations that are
on the petitioner if the either unclear or unpublished for
is not upheld, but CSJ obvious reasons.
against the notion that During the hearing, Keeney
e harm" was caused questioned the intent of Benson,
t of the question being asking if he was aware that he has
only 12 days before the a reputation that he is "out to get
opposed to 14. revenge on CSG." As the group
testified that no com- discussed whether it was a fair or
concerns had been pertinent question, Benson vol-
by any student regard- unteered to answer the question
estion. He also alluded regardless.
sn from a previous elec- Benson acknowledged that
lled students about the he was Student General Counsel
Traduate School's grade from 2008-2009 and that, when
ge scale. The question nominated for another term, he
tted only a few days was rejected by the assembly, then
election, Benson said, called Michigan Student Assem-
ers of RSG voted on bly.
"Was I upset that the assembly
rejected me? Yes," he said. "Did
I get over it like an adult within
about a day? Yes."
He added he was "somewhat
offended" that this issue was
brought up.
Overall though, both Garske
6 9 and Benson spoke highly of CSJ
and the process. While Garske
called the results of the hearing
"disappointing," he nevertheless
lauded the professionalism of the
7t justices.
"The judges were very impar-
tial in their decision-making pro-
cess, so I applaud them for that,"
he said.
He added: "Every new crop of
justices continues to impress with
4 their insight and depth."
Law student Liz Gary, a mem-
6 ber of RSG's counsel at the meet-
ing, said the hearing was her first
2 personal experience with student
government at the University.
"It gives me greater appre-
ciation into how much work goes
into all student governing," she
" * said. "These are important, they
affect thousands of people, they
affect thousands of dollars."
DYSFUNCTION
From Page 1A
and economic policies, which in
turn has caused citizens to raise
concern with their elected offi-
cials.
Ornstein suggested that
increased public participa-
tion and a restructuring of both
houses of the U.S. Congress
could remedy the problems cur-
rently plaguing Congress. He
said he hopes the media and gen-
eral public will learn to reinforce
positive policies and diminish
deadlocks to ensure a functional
democracy.
"We do believe that some of
the ways out of this are exter-
nal to the Congress or politics
in Washington," Ornstein said.
"First among them, we want to
make voting easier and we want
to enlarge the electorate."
Mann added that party polar-
ization also must be addressed,
and said each party needs to bet-
ter focus their visions and squash
extreme factions like the Tea
Party.
"In the end, it's going to take
voters sefnding signals to the
party that strayed too much
while keeping the other one true
to its mission and its promises
to bring them back to the main-
stream world of American poli-
tics," Mann said. "Without doing
that, nothing can be enacted or
implemented effectively."
Public Policy Dean Susan Col-
lins said she found the session
to be entertaining, particularly
Ornstein's jokes about Big Bird's
"near death experience" dur-
ing the election, in which Mitt
Romney claimed he would cut
funding to PBS programming if
elected during the second presi-
dential debate last month.
"I thought they did an excel-
lent job of summarizing some of
the challenges we are facing, but
also offering some concrete sug-
gestions," Collins said. "And they
did it with some humor as well as
some history."
In addition to being comical,
Collins said Mann and Ornstein
were also easily understood by
the audience.
"Their responses were acces-
sible to students who might not
knoW'much about polittif sIsci-
ence, but may be worried about
what is going on in Congress,"
Collins said. "I liked the extent
to which they went beyond the
book, specifically their discus-
sion of the past election."
Public Policy graduate student
Claire Hutchinson said she was
glad to see University alumni
returning to campus to educate
current students.
"It's awesome that they're
Michigan grads and they're back
and excited to be back," Hutchin-
son said. "It's also really inter-
esting that they're from very
different political think tanks in
terms of ideology, which is great
and interesting and unique. I
could have listened to them talk
all day."
Hutchinson also said she
appreciated their perspective on
Capitol Hill.
"They had a lot of insight as
to where the political gridlock is
occurring and they did a really
great job providing anecdotal
stories about what they're seeing
in D.C. now," Hutchinson said.
S -
ETHICS BOWL
From Page lA
other in the IEB Championship
on Feb. 28in San Antonio, Texas.
The University's seven mem-
ber team been preparing since
September. The 15 cases released
to IEB teams pose debate on
societalpredicaments, and have
included free online college
courses, rape jokes in popular.
culture and plagiarism in the day
of creative commons licenses - a
policy that allows for public dis-
tribution of copyrighted mate-
rial.
"I can see a trend of more and
more cases dealing with tech-
nology in some way, and though
this makes some cases trickier
or stranger, it also makes cases
more applicable to our lives," Fu
said.
At competitions, the judges
introduce the eight questions
pertaining to the 15 cases, which
LSA senior Hasenin Al-Khersan,
co-captain of the team, said can the team rather than day-to-day
be quite challenging. operations, Al-Khersan said. The
"With some of the cases, the captain credited Chamberlin as
questions seem obvious and you playing a "pivotal role" in secur-
can see what the questions are ing their current funding from
going to be like," Al-Khersan PPE.
said. "But other times they throw Al-Khersan described the
you a curveball." group as student driven, and'
The Ethics Bowl was pre- community organizations have
viously funded by the Center noted their efforts.
for Ethics in Public Life until Jeanine DeLay - president
the center closed in June 2011. of A2Ethics.org, a non-profit
Though the group's trek to Chi- organization that promotes
cago this weekend is funded by ethics through education and
the University's Program in Phi- social networking - said she
losophy, Politics and Economics, was impressed with the team
if they proceed to nationals, the and expressed frustration with
team has no definite source of the funding struggles in a press
funding for transportation, Al- release about the Ethics Bowl's
Khersan said. upcoming competition.
"It's kind of challenging, the "Don't you think it would be
task of balancing being on the quite surprising, and embar-
team with the administrative rassing even, were administra-
tasks that we kind of have to do tors not able to fund and extend
on our own," Al-Khersan said. the program for a seven-person
The team's faculty adviser undergraduate ethics team from
John Chamberlin, a professor of the school of'the leaders and the
public policy and political sci- best' to compete for a national
ence, is focused on logistics of championship?" DeLay said.
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