2A - Wednesday, March 21, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam At fidtchgn Dailm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief Eusiness Manager 7a4-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 eat. 1241 anweiner@michigandaily.com rmgrein@michigandaily.com Alum wins reality TV show Stephanie Izard, who gradu- atedfrom the University with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1998, is the executive chef and partner of two Chicago restaurants, Girl £t the Goat and Little Goat. After appear- ing on and winning season four of Bravo's "Top Chef" How did you come up with the name of your restaurant? Well my last name, Izard, is a type of goat that lives in the Pyrenees Mountains in Italy, so my friend actually painted a picture for me of a girl and a goat running through a field. When we were trying to name the restaurant, I woke up and camaraderie knowing what saw the painting and thought, really goes into it. 'Girl & the Goat' -that works! Were you a part of any clubs at the university? I was actually in a sorority... but I keep that on the down low. Could you tell me about your experience on Top Chef? It was incredible. Every day was something new, and it really is nothing that you can explain easily. It's very fun to see people that I was on the show with. We share a certain What's your favorite food, besides your admitted guilty pleasures, Taco Bell and Lean Cuisine? Cheez-Its? Or matzo with cream cheese. Any cooking tips for college students? 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There e. no e,,snoee as vet neurodiversity and disabil- ity studies in autism will be held in which a panel of psy- chology and autism special- ists will answer questions about new autism research. WHO: Institute for the Humanities WHEN: Today at 1 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Henderson and Koessler Rooms digital sales initiative, will give a lecture on law and entrepreneurship in the film business. Sloss has helped finance films like Little Miss Sunshine and Precious. WHO: Zell Entrepreneur- ship and Law Program WHEN: Today at 11:55 a.m. WHERE: Hutchins Hall, Room 116 Star Wars' Jedi knights could soon be perform- ming intergalactic mar- riage ceremonies in Scotland, the Telegraph reported. The ceremonies would stray from tradition, with guards of honor wielding light sabres instead of swords. VAGINA From Page 1A ever. "I had always sort of regarded myself and my body as something that could be improved upon," Parkinson said. "I've never had great self-confidence, and so I saw the show ... and I realized I'm 18 years old and I've never seen a part of my body. And so, I went home, and the next day, I got down there with a mirror, and I cried." "I had never realized how beautiful that part of my body was - that it wasn't some- thing gross or something to be ashamed of," Parkinson con- tinued. "After that, I looked at myself and my body in a com- pletely different way." Now, Parkinson has the chance to be a part of the show that reshaped her perspec- tive. On March 21, "The Vagina Monologues" will be performed at the University. Ensler penned the play after conducting over 200 interviews with women about their views and experiences when it comes to sex, relationships and violence against women. She teamed up with producer Willa Shalit and others to start V-Day, a global non-profit that raises money through productions of the show for women's anti-violence groups. The production is presented by Students For Choice, a stu- THE NEW LINE CHINESE CUISINE 7(iarfen, SPECIALIZING IN HONG KONG, TAIWANESE, ,ED SZECHUAN & HUNAN STYLES 734-995-1786W 116 S. MAIN STREETO (BETWEEN W.HURONAND WASHINGTON ST.) DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR WWW.KAIGARDEN.COMS -H. U dent organization on campus that promotes reproductive jus- tice, and the proceeds will go to SafeHouse, Ann Arbor's sup- port center for people impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. SFC president Carly Manes, an LSA sophomore, explained SFC's decision to tackle its first theater production. While the organization is typically associ- ated with advocacy and action regarding abortion, Manes said "The Vagina Monologues" fits into the group's larger purview of promoting women's sexual agency. Manes also explained that SFC took interest in the show because of the usefulness of exploring these issues through theater. "I think that it's a way to engage people without being threatening," she said. Beyond hoping to inspire activism, Manes said she hopes any members of the audience who might not identify as femi- nists will walk away no longer afraid of the title. Most of the students acting in the show are not in SFC - some even came in with reservations about call- ing themselves feminists, but according to Parkinson, the show can be transformative. On the first day of rehearsal, the cast had a long discussion about themselves and their vagi- nas, sharing their personal expe- riences with feminism. "This one woman comes to mind: We're sitting around in a circle and we're talking, and she says, 'Guys, I don't know any of this,' " Parkinson said. "She was embarrassed because she didn't quite understand some of the concepts that people were just throwing out there." Flash forward a couple of months. At the end of the show, the members of the cast all step forward and say why they are rising up against abuse of and violence against women. Parkinson was struck by what that same young woman who admitted to not knowing much about feminism said at her turn. "She steps forward, and she says, 'I'm rising because I'm learning,' " Parkinson said. "And it's just been really awesome see- ing her and other people start to find their own voice when it comes to feminism and being women." The whole production process has been an emotional journey, and Parkinson noted that one of the distinct challenges is balanc- ing the show's more humorous monologues with its very serious moments. "Even as recently as yester- day, I'll sit there and I'll cry in rehearsal," Parkinson said. "There are some really, really serious things that can be very triggering, very hard-hitting and hit close to home." 'The Vagina Monologues' balances its humor delicately," she continued. "I think they do an excellent job of making sure things that are very serious aren't being made fun of." Because of the triggering nature of the show, LSA senior and SFC member Aja Weston came up with the idea to have a post-production debrief, which audience members are encour- aged to attend. A representative from the University's Sexual Assault Prevention and Aware- ness Center will lead the debrief, but Weston explained that there isn't a specific structure to the talk. "It'll depend on who shows up and what they want," Weston said. "We wanted to have a platform for discussing what happens next, to continue the dialogue." Parkinson, Manes and Weston all emphasized that they hope students of all identities and backgrounds come to the show, which is by and about women, but not necessarily just for peo- ple with vaginas. "It really goes beyond just talking about vaginas," Parkin- son said. "It's not just a group of people standing up there describing labias. It's really a celebration and exploration of womanhood and femininity, and I think it applies to everybody." When asked about what audi- ences should take away, Par- kinson recalled her personal relationship to the show. "I hope that at least one person is going to walk away the same way I did, realizing that they're beautiful and that there's noth- ing to be ashamed of for being a woman and for having a vagina." Aim to clear up tensions on key issues, Iran JERUSALEM (AP) - Seek- ing a fresh start to a strained relationship, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Min- ister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday demonstrated soli- darity on the key issues that have stirred tensions between them. The U.S. president vowed he would do "what is neces- sary" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while Netanyahu reaffirmed that his newly formed govern- ment seeks a two-state solution to Israel's decades-long dispute with the Palestinians. Obama, in Israel for the first time in his presidency, also pledged to investigate reports that Syria had used chemical weapons for the first time in its two-year civil war. And he sternly warned Syrian leader Bashar Assad that use of such weapons would be a "game- changer," one that could poten- tially draw the U.S. military into the conflict for the first time. "The Assad regime must understand that they will be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons or their transfer to terrorists," Obama said, standing alongside Netan- yahu at a nighttime news con- ference. Expectations were low for a breakthrough during Obama's visit on any of the major issues roiling the region. Instead, the president was focused on reas- suring anxious Israelis that he is committed to their security, and on resetting his rocky rela- tionship with Netanyahu. The two leaders have been at odds over Israeli settlements and Iran's disputed nuclear pro- grams, and Netanyahu famous- ly lectured Obama in front of the media in the Oval office on Obama, Israeli PM show solidarity Israel's right to defend himself. Compared with past encoun- ters, there was a noticeable lack of uneasiness Wednesday, the first time the two leaders have met publicly after both sur- vived elections that will leave them stuck with each other for the foreseeable future. They traded jokes throughout a day of side-by-side appearances. And they repeatedly referred to each other by their first names, Obama calling his Israeli coun- terpartby his nickname, "Bibi." On Iran in particular, the two leaders sought to show theywere united intheir desire to prevent the Islamic republic from developing what Obama called "the world's worst weap- ons." Although preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is a priority of both countries, Netanyahu and Obama have differed on pre- cisely how to achieve that goal. Israel repeatedly has threat- ened to take military action should Iran appear to be on the verge of obtaining a bomb, while the U.S. has pushed for more time to allow diplomacy and economic penalties to run their course. Obama said he continues to prefer a diplomatic solution and sees time to achieve it. Whether that works, he said, will depend on whether Iran's leaders "seize that opportu- nity." Although Obama did not promise that the United States would act militarily against Iran if Israel decided that must be done, he offered an explicit endorsement for Israel to take whatever unilateral measures it deems necessary to guard against the threat. "Each country has to make its own decisions when it comes to the awesome decision to engage in any kind of mili- tary action, and Israel is differ- ently situated than the United States," he said.