The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 11, 2013 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, February 11, 2013 - 7A TREASURER From Page 1A die of January. Still, it wasn't until this week that Osborn made the decision not to run with youMICH. youMICH nearly won the presidential election last year, handily won a plurality of seats in the assembly and is the only active party from last year's elec- tion. Osborn noted that running with youMICH would have been an easier path to victory than trying to run an entire party in opposition, but he said ideo- logical differences outweighed increased political security. In particular, Osborn said forUM will hold open meetings every week as well as closed meetings for its executive board. "We want to make it as open and transparent as possible, and that was something I didn't necessarily see with youMICH either," he said. Osborn added that youMICH BUSINESS From Page 1A trying to get different people to come based on the theme of our conference." Agusiobo said the African community in the business school is tight-knit, which she attributes in part to the club's efforts. The event was successful, though only about 100 of the 150 registered guests were in atten- dance due to complications with the weather. She also said the clubhopes to make this anannual event and will continue to inform people about the potential Africa has as a business power, as well as the options available for Afri- cans studying business abroad. Rackham student Wil Asumeng, the club's vice presi- dent of finance and corporate can be "somewhat exclusive," which he didn't necessarily sup- port. "If you weren't in the party, it was kind of (like), 'Okay, too bad,"' he said. "It was behind closed doors." One platform idea from forUM is to update Mcards to include information like allergies, blood type and other medical infor- mation and to make those cards compatible with the University Health System. Osborn said it could eliminate paperwork for students. "So that when you walk into UHS it's more of like a check-in system," Osborn said. "It's more efficient; it's more convenient for students too. There's no reason that students should have to go and fill out the same paperwork every single time they want to go to UHS." Lane added that if it's possible for your Mcard to act as an ATM card for TCF bank, it should have other purposes too. Another platform point is making healthy food more avail- able around campus. Lane and Osborn pointed to the difficulty students have finding fresh food at available prices if they don't have cars. "We like our ideas; we think our ideas are pretty good, but they're just our ideas," Osborn said. "We want to hear all the rest of the students." LSA junior Laurel Ruza, you- MICH chair, said youMICH is still looking for a presidential candidate. "We definitely wish (Osborn) all the best, and we're just pre- paring to move forward with a new candidate whose vision of student government better aligns with youMICH's goals of an open, diverse and collabora- tive student government." She declined to comment fur- ther on youMICH's candidate selection. -Daily Staff Reporter Amrutha Sivakumar contributed to this report. NUCLEAR From Page 1A professors and employees of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, DTE Energy and the Palisades Nuclear Generating Sta- tion, which is located on the west side of the state. Gilgenbach said in an inter- view that he anticipated questions would center on the disposal of nuclear waste, which tops public concerns. "We have solved those problems technically, but they're really politi- cal problems," Gilgenbach said. "It'S merely a question of finding some politicians who are willing to accept nuclearwasteintheirstates.' Several audience members asked about nuclear plant safety, particularly following incidents like the one that occurred in Fuk- ishima, Japan after a major earth- quake and tsunami plagued Japan in 2011. NRC Deputy Regional Administrator Cindy Pederson, who works in the Midwest region, said the NRC made immediate responses following that disas- ter, both assisting the Japanese and assessing how well domestic plants respond to incidents. . Peter Smith, director of licens- ing and engineering at DTE Energy, said a new reactor at the Fermi Nuclear Generating Station outside of Detroit will have safety features that Fukushima lacked. In discussing what can be done to improve plant safety, Annalisa Manera, an associate professor in Engineering, pointed out that Gen- eration IV reactors, which feature passive safety features like gravi- ty-driven cooling systems, will be available by 2030. Most current reactors are GenerationII. Palisades Nuclear Plant Engi- neer Adam Bono said mechanisms are being continually replaced. "It's a process of constantly monitoring (and) replacing com- ponents that need to be replaced," Bono said. Physics Prof. Gregory Tarle said he was disappointed at research- ers' lack of focus on advanced sys- tems, like pebble bed and molten salt reactors, discussed in the final topic of the town hall. "They have potential for improv- ing safety, reducing proliferation concerns so I would like to see more research into those and it looks like peoplehaveabandonedit" ART From Page 1A for the East Stadium Bridge. Despite the pending financial discussions among members of the City Council, the AAPAC contin- ues to work on new projects. The Insidelout Program of the Detroit Institute of Art has reproduced and installed temporary, outdoor pieces of its collection on buildings throughout Ann Arbor. Chamberlin stressed the impor- tance the AAPAC played in submit- tingtherequest,choosinglocations for the pieces and promoting the community's exhibits. "They're designed to bring art to the people,"Chamberlinsaid. In addition, a lack of public funding is not likely to stop public art from being erected through- out the city. The AAPAC has also begun preliminary discussions for a collaborative project in 2014 at the Argo Canoe Livery and sev- eral non-profit art institutions, all of which would be privately fund- ed but overseen by the AAPAC. Canoes at the livery would also be re-sculpted and re-imagined by the artists. relations, said he was mainly involved in fundraising for the event. "The focus of the event was to give presence to the Afri- can community, especially in the business school," Asumeng said. "Even though it's a young organization, we felt this was a good time to have a conference to give people from Africa the time to come and speak because usually people know very little about Africa outside of the media." Asumeng agreed that the turnout and interest level were "promising" for the group, and that the success of the event shows the potential for a thriv- ing African community within the larger academic one. Though most in attendance were graduate students, LSA freshman Eberechi Ogbuaku came out for the event at the recommendation of her African Studies advisor. "I'm Nigerian myself, so when there's a conference about Afri- cans and trying to build com- munity, that always interests me," she said. "It's something that needs to take place, so I was interested in hearing other peo- ple talk about how we can build that community stronger and energize it, as the conference's goal is." Ogbuaku said she 'feels more informed, but that the time it will take to see actual progress being made is "frustrating." "It's going to take time to see the actual growth happen, you have to do it in steps," Ogbuaku said. "I'm definitely more inter- ested in the business side than the law making side, but it's not about pointing fingers, it's about making progress as a united Africa." BELTWAY From Page 1A ment of Energy, and said, as cli- ents, the two institutions have more similarities than differ- ences. "There's a real confidence in the missions," Lynch said. "The University, of Michigan has a really impressive research mis- sion. The Department of Energy is a huge funding vehicle for labs and for universities across the country." Originally from Binghamton, N.Y., Lynch remembers his par- ents' friends' anecdotes of cross examining in trials as being a catalyst in his interest in the law - he saw it as both academically perplexing and a fantastic way to institute social change. He com- pleted his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in 1990 and his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Cen- ter in 1995. Lynch's career is centered on the public sphere. After clerk- ing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1995, he worked at litigation boutique Shea & Gardner. Lynch then was an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington D.C. before becom- ing an assistant chief litigation counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions until 2010, when he joined the Depart- ment of Energy. In his work at the department, Lynch said working on issues like renewable energy and nuclear nonproliferation issues was an honor. "The energy department ... was an extraordinarily exciting place to be, and it was really wonder- ful being part of that mission and going to work every day in-order to bring to fruition the ideas that (Secretary of Energy Steven Chu) had." He said the University allows him to do the exciting work he did at the Department of Energy with "the added benefit of being an amazing institution that is educating some of the very best students in the world." "I was looking for oppor- tunities for a place that had a very public-spirited science and research mission, and I saw that the University of Michigan would be a wonderful opportunity to do the work that I love for a client that has a very similar values and goals," Lynch said. Only residing in Ann Arbor for a month, he's already adopted the city's cerebral character over the fast-paced nature of the capital. "In Washington.D.C., everyone focuses on the politics, everyone knows who's going to appear on the Sunday talk shows and that is something that people find inter- esting to talk about," Lynch said. "I didn't. Here, people care about politics, people are very political- ly involved, but there's also such a wonderful cultural and intellec- tual environment that I've really come to love in the short time I've been here." He looks forward to his wife, Lisa, and their three children joining him in Ann Arbor this July. In D.C., Lynch was a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law from 2007 to 2012 and an adjunct professor at the George- town University Law Center from 2008 to 2012. He said he found his experiences in the classroom enriching. "Every year I would learn something new from the stu- 'dents," Lynch said. "I would have these wonderful epiphanies in class." He added that it would be an honor to teach at the University Law School once he has adjusted to his new occupation. Leonard Niehoff, University Law School adjunct professor, said the University's Office of the Vice President and General Counsel has great significance in influencing higher education law. "Throughout its long history, the University has worked to pro- tect the independence that the Michigan Constitution wisely affords it," Niehoff said, calling the school's leadership role "sec- ond to none." Niehoff, who has been in pri- vate practice in Michigan for nearly three decades and worked with nine general counsels, said the breadth of issues the office must review is common only to large, public research institu- tions. "The University of Michigan is a city," Niehoff said "It has roads, a security force, buildings, parks and recreational facilities ... just about every kind of regulated enterprise or industry exists on the campus." The University's legal offices have always contended with national issues. He foresees the University will experience cases related to health care regulation and donor agreements as higher education becomes more expen- sive. "To some degree, it's very hard to predict," Niehoff said. "It ends up being a mirror of what else society is dealing. The University has to be a leader, and it has con- sistently played that role." Barely a month into his role, Lynch anticipates serving the University to the greatest of his abilities. "This is just one of those cli- ents for a lawyer where you can just come to work every day really fully believing in the mission of the client and wanting at your core to help the client succeed." A business in Hattiesburg, Miss. is damaged after an apparent tornado Sunday Major damage was reported in Hattiesburg and Petal, including on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Homes wrecked, a dozen hu rs Buildings damaged on Southern Mississippi campus HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A tornado tore through Hat- tiesburg on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that downed trees, damaged build- ings and injured more than a dozen people. The twister traveled down one of Hattiesburg's main streets and mangled homes, commercial buildings and struc- tures on the campus of the Uni- versity of Southern Mississippi. Emergency officials said at least 10 people were injured in sur- rounding Forrest County and three were hurt to the west in Marion County, but they weren't aware of any deaths. Mississippi Emergency Man- agement Agencyspokesman Greg Flynn said it appears that a single tornado caused the damage in those two counties and Lamar County. Hundreds of homes are damaged in Forrest County, along with a couple dozen in the other two. Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency. Flynn said the sheer scope of the damage was slowing their assessment. "The problemis,itwassostrong that there's so much debris that there's a lot of areas they haven't been able to get to yet," he said. On the campus of the univer- sity, trees were snapped inahalf around the heavily damaged Alumni House where part of the roof was ripped away. Win- dows in anearby building were blown out, and heavy equipment worked to clear streets nearbyin a heavy rain after the worst of the weather had passed. The university released a statement saying no one was hurt but that it was under a state of emergency, anyone away from campus should stay away until further notice. East of campus, 47-year-old Cindy Bullock was at home with her husband and dog, a terrier mix named Vinnie, when she heard the tornado coming. They ran to a hallway and covered their heads. It wasn't long before the windows in the kitchen and bedroom exploded. The storm stripped all the shingles off the roof and left holes in it, while knocking over a large pine tree in the yard. After dark, the Bullocks were trying to arrange their stuff inside so it wouldn't get wet from the dripping water. "I just looked out the win- dow and I heard the rumbling. It sounded like a train. We ran to the hall, and the kitchen win- dows and the windows in the bedroom exploded. It happened pretty fast," she said. There were large trees block- ing the road all through her neighborhood, and several of the houses were hit by falling trees. Her friend was staying with them after the friend's apart- ment took a direct hit from a falling tree. ForrestCounty Sheriff Billy McGee says 10 or 15 people were injured by the tornado that slammed Hattiesburg and other parts of the county - but none of the injuries was serious. He says, "Most of our injuries have been walking wounded." To the west, Marion County emergency director Aaron Greer says three injuries have been reported in the community of Pickwick, about seven miles south of Columbia. He says two people were taken to hospitals, but the third didn't have the injury examined. Greer says one mobile home was destroyed, three other structures have major damage and several have minor damage. Bryant plans to go to Hatties- burg on Monday to check out damage in the city and at USM, his almamater, spokesman Mick Bullock said. On Sunday night, John and Katherine Adams were cleaning up around their one-story white house where the storm punched holes in the roof, busted win- dows and completely destroyed the back porch.,The couple was at home with their 7- and 3-year- old daughters when the tornado passed next to their house. PLANNING TO REGISTER FOR 9 SPRING/SUMMER CLASSES 2fro, now is the time to apply for financial aid.