The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, January 28, 2013 - 5A FLU From Page 1A seeing more influenza illness," Winfield said. "I know several staff have been out with influ- enzaeven though they were vac- cinated." UHS has also set up hygienic stations throughout the clinic. "As we do every year, we have posts with a hand cleanser dis- penser and a stack of masks throughout UHS," Winfield said. "If we have someone coughing in the sitting room, we'll ask them to put on a mask." In addition to the antibacterial dispensers, Winfield said some nurses have been diverted from their normal duties to vaccinate students. Due to UHS's new appoint- ment-only system, Winfield said his staff have been able to triage patients in order to differenti- ate those with flu-like symptoms from those that actually have the flu. "We're trying to handle a lot of the influenza-like illness on the phone, unless someone is very ill and needs to be seen," Winfield said. "So we really don't know at this point if we had the old walk- in system whether we would be mobbed." UHS has adapted to the early outbreak of this season's influen- za illness, but UMHS has been hit the hardest, Winfield said. "I know that U of M Emer- gency Department has seen an increase in the number of influen- za-like illness in adults and chil- dren above what is normally seen at this time of year." FORUM From Page 1A people - think about but have essentially no outlet to find an answer and then have educated peers to receive the opinions of." Molnar said it's important that the group is comfortable with each other. Anything said at the meetings does not leave the room. "The idea is to get the atmo- sphere comfortable because every- one isvery exposed at the moment." With less-somber topics, it's common to keep the environment light - cue decorative condoms. Last semester, the group made pins out of condoms decorated with magazine pictures for backpack decoration. "There are manyinnuendosthat come up," Molnar said of discus- sionsingeneral."It'safunnytopic." LSA freshman Katherine Irani joined the forum this semes- ter, but is looking forward to the learning opportunity. "I'm interested in sexual- ity as a whole and am think- ing about studying it so I kind of wanted to learn as much as I can through as many resources as possible." Molnar said a discussion-based sexual-health student group is rare on campus, describing other sexual health groups as "more pedantic." "It's a safe place to learn and ask about sexuality that you normally wouldn't be able to," Molnar said. "(Members) gain a sort of security within themselves in the fact that they know about sex more. I've learned things that I've always wondered about that had Inot been given that opportunity to learn * those things that I would still be confused about." MARCH From Page 1A reproductive health. She hopes the event would help enlighten more people on the abortion laws throughout the country. "We have so many young peo- ple and so much support for the pro-life cause," Criswell said. "It's just a great way to show what we're all about and what we're working towards, which is ending abortion." On Saturday, Criswell and other members of the club attended the Students for Life of America conference, the largest student anti-abortion confer- ence in the world. Criswell said over 2,000 students attended the conference, which aimed to unify the "pro-life generation" and to work toward abolishing abortion. The University's delegation was named the 2013 Group of the Year by Students for Life of America for the work they did with the Pregnant on Campus initiative. As part of the initia- tive, they created an e-mail address, pregnantinfo@umich. edu, where pregnant women on campus can confidentially receive free resources as well as other support. The services pro- vided include free ultrasounds, adoption referrals, help with stu- dent housing arrangements and financial aid. Through the Pregnant on Cam- pus initiative and other efforts, Students for Life continues to advocate for anti-abortion causes. "Even though the life issue didn't win in this (past) election, we're still pushing forward," Criswell said. Criswell said the significance of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision has ener- gized the anti-abortion base to continue to ramp up its advo- cacy in the future. She pointed out that many people at the rally have never known a time before abortion was legal. "We can't rely on politicians, we have to do it ourselves," Criswell said about revisit- ing the debate about abortion. "Forty years is way too long." FIRE From Page 1A Two Huron Valley ambulanc- es were also on scene, and Ann Arbor police vehicles blocked off Division Street at Jefferson, and also blocked Williams Street between Thompson and Division streets. The house is on the same block as the University's Insti- tute for Social Research. Menard said on scene the department believes the fire was started when frozen pipes were being thawed by a torch. There were no reported inju- ries, but AAFD personnel did rescue two dogs from the house. Menard said the dogs were fine and reunited with their owners. Firefighters brought two ladder trucks and set up two additional ladders to reach the second floor of the house. Fire- fighters with flashlights were seen breaking windows - from inside the house. There appeared to be little exterior damage to the building, and neighboring houses were not evacuated. Firefighters deemed the house uninhabitable Friday night. A Red Cross vehicle was on scene later Friday evening to assist and provide shelter to victims of tie fire. University Housing officials were also reportedly on scene to place affected students in tempo- rary housing. Both streets were reopened to traffic at about 8:45 p.m. as cleanup and utility crews arrived on scene. According to city of Ann Arbor records, the building permit granted to property manager Old Town Realty expired in June of 2011. Additionally, a 2010 city inspection cited the building's landlords for failing to replace broken smoke alarms in two of the units. Old Town Realty manages 25 properties and has been in operation since 1972. Company representatives were unavailable for comment over the weekend. Although managed by Old Town Realty, the property is owned by Ouimet LLC, an enterprise registered to for- mer state representative Mark Ouimet. Ouimet said he is unsure when residents will be able to come back to their homes. "As of yet, we do not know a move-in date," Oimet said. "It's been boarded up to secure every- thing in the meantime." Oimet said he does not yet know the extent of the damages. He said the insurance company will arrive on the scene Monday to assess the house. AnnArbor.con reporter Ryan Stanton lives in the house and his dog, Stan, was one of those saved by the firefighters. "Well, my house might have caught fire. today, but at least the firefighters saved Stan," he tweeted. Friday night's fire was the second major fire to catch in an off-campus apartment complex in the past month. On Jan. 14, flames tore through a Packard St. apartment complex, sending six residents to the University Hos- pital and leaving units uninhab- itable until further notice. PARIKH From Page 1A campaign promises. ' Parikh broke the mold for CSG when he and LSA junior Omar Hashwi ran and won as independents for the presi- dency and vice presidency. One of their main promises was to reach out and turn their former opponents' platforms into CSG policy. Public Policy senior Kevin Mersol-Barg, who was the presi- dential nominee of OurMichigan and is founder of the Coalition for Tuition Equality, said Parikh has been supportive of CTE - which advocates in-state tuition rates for Michigan's undocumented residents. Specifically, Mersol- Barg noted that Parikh has spoken at meetings of the Univer- sity's Board of Regents to support tuition equality. "I didn't really know what to expect - certainly when he campaigned he said that he would embrace the many cam- paign goals of his competitors," Mersol-Barg said. "I think for the most part he's made a good faith effort to reach out with me at least and see how we can work together." No longer a competitor, Mer- sol-Barg said he's pleased to see Parikh visibly in favor CTE's goals. LSA senior Aditya Sathi, the presidential candidate from MForward, said Parikh has been involved in two issues that he ran on - medical amnesty and the Student Association of Michigan. Medical amnesty - a pol- icy of not issuing citations to minors seeking medical atten- tion for alcohol-related con- ditions in many cases - was signed into law over the sum- mer, so there was little Parikh could do for the issue, Sathi noted. He said, however, that he was pleased to see Parikh support a resolution in the fall to include the medical amnesty policy in the University's state- ment of rights. He'll be meeting with Parikh in the near future to continue discussion on the subject. Sathi, who is also the trea- surer of SAM, said Parikh has been supportive of the state- wide coalition of public uni- versities - pointing out that he has sent representatives to SAM meetings, which past presidents have not always been done. Another campaign promise, Parikh and Hashwi created The International Student Affairs Commission, an organization for issues affecting international stu- dents. Parikh, a dual citizen of the United States and India, also said that promoting entrepreneurship would be a main goal - evidenced by the new Entrepreneurship Commission. . According to the proposed winter 2013 semester bud- get, the International Student Affairs Commission and Entre- preneurship Commission will be allocated $8,100 and $6,670, respectively, for the winter 2013 semester - makingthem the two most well-funded CSG commis- sions. "Every single entrepreneur- ship organization on campus is represented on the (entrepre- neurship) commission," Parikh said, adding that this March will be a campus-wide entrepreneur- ship month with about 15 entre- preneurship related events to be held then. As candidates, Parikh and Hashwi also promised to bring more prominent musical acts to Ann Arbor. CSG Treasurer Chris Osborn said the proposed winter 2013 CSG budget allocates $10,000 to Music Matters - a group dedi- cated to putting on large concerts at the University - making CSG its largest contributor. It did not receive CSG fundinglastyear. Furthermore, this semester marks the inception of a 24-hour cafe at the Undergraduate Library, another promise of the duo. Bert's Cafe is now open 24 hours on Sun- days through Wednesdays. While it was not a campaign promise, a major project under- taken by Parikh's administration has been the CSG interns pro- gram where students work with CSG members in teams on dif- ferent projects like the Take U-M Abroad program. "Most of these (interns), I'd say, are way smarter than I am or other people inCSGare rightnow, and if we empower them to effect change when they're freshman right now, the change that they will unleash on this University two years, three years, four years down the road will be absolutely historic," Parikh said. Lastly, Parikh has made good on another promise - albeit an aesthetic one. He has largely refrained from wearing formal wear while conducting CSG busi- ness, fulfilling his promise to not wear a suit or tie, which he said was to achieve a better connec- tion with students. PROMISES PENDING Parikh and Hashwi promised that professors would have to make syllabi for classes publicly available during enrollment. He said in a recent interview that this will "definitely happen." The University did not immedi- ately respond to comment on the topic. Parikh said CSG has been advocating more equitable spend- ing by the University - another campaign promise - and pointed to the Peace and Justice Commis- sion and its action against Adidas last semester as results of that campaign. Parikh acknowledged that his administration was not directly responsible for this activ- ity - the commission has been fighting Adidas since before he was president. Lastly, Parikh and Hashwi also promised that students would be able to choose their own commencement speak- er. While Parikh said he has spoken with administrators regarding this idea, he said he didn't expect to begin work- ing on it until this semester because commencement is not until May. GRADUATE STUDENT SECESSION LOOMS While workingtokeephis cam- paign promises, Parikh has also been dealing with other events that have come up in his term - most notably, possible graduate student secession from CSG. Despite having charges brought against it in the Cen- tral Student Judiciary twice, the Rackham Student Government's November elections - dur- ing which 69 percent of the 9.5 percent of voting Rackham stu- dents voted in favor of secession - were upheld. Furthermore, 64 percent of the 48 percent of Law School students who voted on the issue supported secession as well. Watson, who does not sup- port graduate secession, said the responsibility of prevent- ing graduate student seces- sion will fall solely on Parikh's shoulders. "I think that the student body president serving at that time owes it to the organization and its legacy and its historical signifi- cance and also to the student body to make sure (secession) doesn't happen," Watson said. "Because there's nothing good that can come of (secession). It will only divide the student voice." Watson said the greatest power of the CSG presidency is the ability to represent the stu- dents to the University adminis- tration. "I think everybody who has an opportunity to sit in that seat understands that there isn't really muchthatcanbedonewithoutthe support and the follow-through of the University administration," Watson said. "Being able to sit in a room with them and discuss the issues with students concerns' and serve in an official capacity as (students') representative is an extremely powerful and benefi- cial tool to have." Parikh also stressed the need for a single representative for the entire studentbody. RSG President Michael Ben- son, said that while he and his administration support seces- sion, it's not because Parikh is doing an inordinately bad job. He said he and Parikh even had a sit- down meeting at the beginning of the school year, an uncommon occurrence for RSG and CSG leaders. "As far as reaching out to grad students, I'd say he's doing about Princeton Review MCAT - LSAT - GMAT - GRI -Small Classes - Expert Instructors * Free Extra Help - Online Student Center -Satisfaction Guaranteed* 800-2ReviewSOO-273-8439 Princetonflbviw.com N W.sam a-ad S0aeaematPEKb1H~ U cS2~cwte a the same as the last few (CSG presidents)," Benson said. Benson said he doesn't know if Parikh has reached out to the professional student community, but he said he heard that Parikh had been in contact with the Graduate Employees' Organiza- tion. Benson did question, none- theless, whether Parikh's action have only been in response to the secession movement. "It's certainly on his radar, and that is a step forward," Benson said. This is the third major push for graduate student secession in the last 50 years. The previous two attempts failed, but the possibil- ity of losing about two-fifths of its constituents is an issue for CSG and Parikh was clear in his dis- sent with secession. "I firmly do believe 100 percent that being united is the best for the entire student body," he said. Nonetheless, Parikh said the only action he would be tak- ing against secession would be reaching out to students, admin- istrators and the regents about the historical and future impor- tance of maintaining the current structure of student govern- ment. "At the end of the day, I'm not going to impose my will in any sense,"he said. Parikl didn't say whether secession would occur during his time as president, but only stressed the importance that CSG remain intact. "I sincerely do hope that Cen- tral Student Government will for today and for 10 years down the road and for 100 years down the road will continue to repre- sent 42,000 Wolverines on cam- pus and we'll make every effort to make sure that it does remain unified." Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system Ongoing U.S. around the world are grounded the Dreamliner were three years domestic flights through Feb. 12, after one of the jets operated by behind schedule because of man- affecting 69,000 passengers, and investigation of fire All Nippon Airways made an ufacturing delays. Much of the 195 international flights through emergency landing in Japan ear- aircraft is made by outside man- Feb. 18, affecting 13,620 passen- grounds 50 planes lier this month when its main ufacturers,.many of them major gers. TOKYO (AP) - The joint U.S. and Japanese investigation into the Boeing 787's battery prob- lems has shifted from the bat- tery-maker to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. Japan transport ministry offi- cial Shigeru Takano said Monday the probe into battery-maker GS Yuasa was over for now as no evidence was found it was the source of the problems. Ministry officials said they will inspect Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co. on Monday as part of the ongoing investigation. It makes a system that monitors voltage, charging and tempera- ture of the lithium-ion batteries. All 50 of the Boeing 787s in use battery overheated. Earlier in January, a battery in a Japan Airlines 787 caught fire while parked at Boston's Logan Inter- national Airport. GS Yuasa shares jumped on the news it is no longer being investigated, gaining nearly 5 percent in Tokyo trading. The issue had plunged 12 percent after the battery problems sur- faced in Japan. Ministry officials stopped short of saying that Kanto's mon- itoring system was under any special scrutiny, saying it was part of an ongoing investigation. "We are looking into affiliated parts makers," Takano said. "We are looking into possibilities." Deliveries of the jet dubbed Japanese companies who make about 35 percent of the plane. It is the first jet to make wide use of lithium-ion batteries, the kind usually found in laptops and other gadgets. They are prone to overheating and require addi- tional systems to avoid fires. Investigators have been look- ing at the remnants of the ANA flight's charred battery, but it is unclear whether the battery or a related part was behind its over- heating. Investigators have said the ANA battery and the JAL battery did not receive excess voltage. Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways was the "launch cus- tomer" for the 787, and has been forced to cancel services - 643 Japan Airlines, which has fewer 787s than ANA, has deployed other aircraft in its fleet, minimizing its flight can- cellations. Boeing, which competes against Airbus of France, has halted 787 deliveries. Boeing has orders for more than 800 of the Dreamliner planes. The 787 is the first airliner made mostly from lightweight composite materials that boost fuel efficiency. It also relies on electronic systems rather than hydraulic or mechanical sys- tems to a greater degree than any other airliner. Analysts say customers won't come back to the 787 unless its safety is solidly assured.