46F 46F Illic tpan,.3atlV Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 23, 2013 michigandaify.com VIGIL FOR LIFE AROUND ANN ARBOR Borders space to be filled by mid-2013 TODD NEEDLE/Daily Members of Students for Life hold a vigil on the Diag on Tuesday, which marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in toe o. Wade. STUDENT GOVERNMENT outlines new budget Multiple food, retail and office tenants to take E. Liberty building By K.C. WASSMAN Daily News Editor Upon completion of a major remodel, the former, original Borders store on East Liberty Street will once again have ten- ants. Brendan Cavender, a real- estate broker at Colliers Inter- national, said the space is being renovated to fit retail shops and restaurants on the ground floor and offices on the second floor. The construction, which start- ed in late November, is expected to be completed this summer and will include between five and seven new storefronts on the East Liberty side of the building, Cavender said. "Right now what's happen- ing is the landlord is demo-ing out the whole building," Caven- der said. "They have plans to do major upgrades on the outside and completely update and redo the interior." The space is owned by Hughes Properties, who bought the building in June 2012. Ron Hughes, the company's execu- tive, said they have had many businesses express interest inthe property, and he hopes to have tenants move in by the middle of 2013.- "We've had tremendous response for leasing the build- ing," Hughes said. "We have in various stages, about 80 percent of the building pre-leased." Cavender said Colliers is in "final negotiations" with mul- tiple businesses, but couldn't dis- close the names of the potential tenants. He added that they hope to have a mix of local and nation- al businesses in the space. Rich Bellas, board president of the State Street Area Association, See BORDERS, Page 3A $341K budget mainly dedicated to student orgs By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily StaffReporter On Tuesday evening, the Central Student Government convened for the second time of the winter semester to propose a budget for the remainder of the academic year. CSG proposed to budget $340,740 to be used during the course of the term. Of this total, $203,385 would go to operating expenses of the CSG and the Student Organization Fund- ing Commission, and $92,800 would be used to fund CSG- sponsored activities. FUNDING TO COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS Representatives proposed that $44,519 ofthe budgetwould be allocated toward funding the various committees and com- missions of CSG. The newly formed Entre- preneurship Commission was allocated $8,100, the largest allocation to any. of the CSG commissions this term. CSG President Manish Parikh justified the large budget alloca- tion claiming that the work of the Entrepreneurship Commis- sion is expected to be "the most high-impact work the CSG has ever participated in." Parikh outlined that the budget will mainly go toward See CSG, Page 3A CITY GOVERNMENT City welcomes new members to A2 council G--GETTIN' TRASHED Members focused on services, transit and budget By FARONE RASHEED Daily StaffReporter Three new City Council mem- bers will take their seats in the new session of city council after being elected in November. City councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy (D-Ward 1), a native of Sri Lanka, came to Ann Arbor after fleeing an impend- ing revolution in the south Asian country. After her education at Welles- ley College and the New School in New York City, a teaching opportunity at Eastern Michigan University brought Kailasapa- thy to Ann Arbor, where she has lived for 13 years. Since then, she has practiced as a certified public accountant. Kailasapathy claims this experience has motivated her to pursue local politics and has inspired her to focus on plans for the new fiscal cycle. "We can do better with our budgets and how we prioritize and choose to spend," Kailasapa- thy said. "I look at their budgets and finances and I feel like I can add something to this (job)." Kailasapathy said she was unsurprised byvoters' choices on the city's recent ballot initiatives. "It was a clear backlash - people are having a construc- tion fatigue," Kailasapathy said, referring to the voters' rejection of Proposal 1, the Ann Arbor Dis- trict Library Downtown bond proposal. Kailasapathy's top priorities include building up core services, reigning in unfunded pension and health care liabilities, and protecting parks and environ- mental resources. She also hopes to bring more transparency and accountability to the council. "We are their servants and I owe it to them," Kailasapathy said. "My duty is to my people - the people who elected me." Councilmember Sally Hart Petersen (D-Ward 2) came to Ann Arbor from North Attlebor- ough, Mass. in 1996. She received an MBA from the Harvard Busi- ness School. Since relocating to Ann Arbor, Petersen has had a prolific career in both the public and private See COUNCIL, Page 3A Planet Blue Student Leaders donned hazmat suits and sorted through trash collected from Mary Markley Hall at a North Campus Service Building. They collected discarded valuables and recyclable materials. The activity revealed the waste-stream volume of one campus building in one day. The group will donate any valuables they find. ONLINE Students cover variety of topics on 'Michiblogs' site PHILANTHROPY Student org fundraises for summer program Camp supports kids with families affected by cancer ByASHWINI NATARAJAN Daily StaffReporter Being the child of a parent with cancer can be emotion- ally and physically stressful. To combat this, the University's chapter of Camp Kesem has con- sistently provided a bit of magic, or "kesem" in Hebrew, to serve as a period of respite for children coping with family illness. Camp Kesem is a student-run organization that coordinates and fundraises for a free week- long summer camp for children whose parents currently have or have had cancer. The organiza- tion also strives to empower col- lege students by teaching them leadership skills through orga- nizing fundraising projects and volunteering as camp counselors. The project started at Stanford University in 2000 and has since grown to 41 chapters. The Uni- versity's chapter started in 2011 and now has about 40 members. See SUMMER, Page 3A Site provides cures and calculus classes, the student has several thoughts platform for and conversations about the basketball upset from the pre- creativity vious night, favorite recipes, social issues and various other By ARIANA ASSAF topics. Daily StaffReporter Now, these thoughts can become public thanks to a eer into the mind of a Uni- blogging site run by Business ity student. junior Andy Green. between economics lec- Green formed Michiblogs in the summer of 2012 as a way to showcase student creativ- ity. The site contains 23 blogs maintained by University students, with topics ranging from art and music to accounts of students' everyday lives, including study abroad jour- nals, do-it-yourself projects, sports coverage and- global issues. See MICH IBLOGS, Page 3A P versi In WEATHEvR HI:21 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail TOMORROW LO: 19 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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