2 - Friday, March 29;-2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, March 29, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom LEFT Independant candidate Scott Christopher reacts to the election results early Friday morning in the Duderstadt Center. (ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily) RIGHT youMICH candidate Browyn Haltom and Michael Proppe, the presidential candidate, react to the election results early Friday morning. 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Just cut it WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Wednesday around 7:20 p.m. WHAT: A report was made that a subject was cutting a lock off a bike close to Regents' Plaza, University Police reported. The subject was unable to be located by police once they arrived on the scene. Yahoo! lecture Fault lines series of faith WHAT: As part of the Yahoo! lecture series, Marti Hearst, a professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley, will give a lecture on her work. WHO: School of Information WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: North Quad WHAT: In a lecture as part of the Human Rights Initia- tive, Kira Kay, a correspon- dant from PBS, will show and discuss three stories from her TV series. WHO: International Institute WHEN: Today at 1 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League Dance Mix Geisha dance A medical box that con- tained a pair of eyeballs was found in a trash can at a gas station in Kansas City on Thursday, My Fox New York reported. Police are unsure whether the eyes are human or if there were any crimes committed. Fracking is back in the spotlight in Michigan. How does the Daily's editorial board feel about the risky natural gas extraction? >> FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 3G internet access will no longer be available for tourists in North Korea, The Telegraph report- ed. Access was available for about one month before the renewed ban, during which time the first Instagram pho- tos of the country surfaced. GUlO WHAT: Dance Mix, an organization that brings together student perfor- mance groups, will hold this annual event to celebrate diversity through many unique dance groups. The event costs $10 to attend. WHO: Michigan Union Ticket Office WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Power Center WHAT: Professor Mariko Okada will give a presenta- tion that covers the chore- ography and history of the geisha dance performance. Okada will focus on the choreography of the style throughout history in order to provide new perspectives on the dance's history. WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today at 7p.m. WHERE: North Quad Class project helps air students' hidden stories Obama urges Congress to remember Newtown Confidential the objective is not only to make the grade, but to help fellow Uni- campaign meant to versity students express their secrets in a healthy, confiden- act as cathartic outlet tially. The Yellow Box Campaign is By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA intended to be a cathartic means Daily StaffReporter for University students to divulge things they might otherwise keep How many people did you bottled up. Boxes, pens and paper, help by writing your last English have been discreetly placed in paper? different areas around campus For six students in an Organi- including the Shapiro Under- zational Studies activism class, graduate Library, Michigan DbI b M UA Wt I WAl ! tUi M AlM1Ir(tbt l LAMLUMUr BEST ORE? BEST f ' 2 UB? 3EST .. - BAWR2 BEST BEST 1'!R " BES FIZZA I /BESi 4AIR ASI- END 55! Union, Mason Hall, and several residence halls. LSA sophomore Julie Siegler said the project, which kicked off Thursday, will be in place for the rest of the year. The team hopes to get at least 500 responses in that time. "Everyone has those little secrets that they would never tell anyone, and this is a way for them to do that," Siegler said. "Once you've written it down, it's out, it's done and you don't have to worry about it anymore." Siegler felt that the aspect of confidentiality would appeal to students, adding that the posts will be shredded and disposed of once the boxes are full. "Keeping things bottled up isn't healthy and can often lead to depression and other mental health problems," Siegler said. "By writing down your secret, you're helping to externalize it and make it objective, not sub- jective, which makes everything more manageable." Though the responses will not be read by anyone, including the Yellow Box team members, Siegler predicts a wide range of responses, likening them to post- ings on Whisper or PostSecret. "At this point, social media is something that's viewed as cool and trendy, so we felt like this would be a good way to help people express themselves," she said. "We're expecting people will have things to say, whether they be these deep, profound statements or just things they don't want to keep a secret any longer." Siegler said the group is cur- rently looking for other orga- nizations to collaborate with. So far, the group has earned the support of the organization To Write Love on Her Arms, which provides assistance to students struggling with self-abuse. "I could definitely see this project continuing on if people are willing to do it," she said. someone to supply the pens and paper, so it's definitely achiev- able." Senate prepares to debate gun restrictions WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmak- ers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough sell on an approaching Senate vote to expand purchasers' back- ground checks. "Shame on us if we've for- gotten," Obama said at the White House, standing amid 21 mothers who have lost chil- dren to shootings. "I haven't forgotten those kids." More than three months after 20 first-graders and six staffers were killed in New- town, Conn., Obama urged the nation to pressure lawmakers to back what he called the best chance in over a decade to tame firearms violence. At the same time, gun con- trol groups were staging a "Day to Demand Action" with more than 100 rallies and other events planned from Connecti- cut to California. This was on top of a $12 million TV ad cam- paign financed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloom- berg that has been pressuring senators in 13 states to tighten background-check rules. But if political momentum was building after the night- marish December shootings, it has flagged as the Senate prepares to debate gun restric- tions next month. Thanks to widespread Republican resis- tance and a wariness by moder- ate Democrats from Southern and Western states - including six who are facing re-election next year - a proposed assault weapons ban seems doomed and efforts to broaden back- ground checks and bar high capacity ammunition maga- zines are in question. In one statement that typi- fies moderate Democrats' caution, spokesman Kevin Hall said Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is "still holding con- versations with Virginia stake- holders and sorting through issues on background checks" and proposals on assault weap- ons and magazines. In stronger language this week, Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota said, "I do not need someone from New York City to tell me how to handle crime in our state. I know that we can go after andprosecutewcriminals without the need to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding North Dakotans." Expanding federal back- ground checks to private sales at gun shows and online is the gun-control effort's cen- terpiece and was the focus of Obama's remarks. The system, designed to block criminals and the mentally disturbed from getting firearms, current- ly applies only to transactions by licensed gun dealers. The National Rifle Asso- ciation opposes the expansion, citing a threat that it could bring federal registries of gun owners, which would be ille- gal. The NRA says what is needed is better enforcement of the existing system, which it says criminals too easily cir- cumvent. Democratic sponsors are sure to need 60 votes to pre- vail - a daunting hurdle since the party has just 53 of the Senate's 100 seats, plus two Democratic-leaning indepen- dents. In a sign of potential trouble ahead, six Democrats backed a failed GOP proposal last week that would have required 60 votes for all future bills restricting guns. "The week after New- town, we thought it would be a tough road to 60 votes but we'd get there," said Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group that Bloomberg helps lead. "Three months after New- town, it looks like a tough slog but we'll get there." Exactly how they can achieve that has yet to be dem- onstrated, with Obama's turn Thursday as arm-twister-in- chief underscoring the politi- cal pressure that proponents feel is needed 104 days after the Newtown killings. "Now's the time to turn that heartbreakintosomethingreal," said Obama. While not naming the NRA, he chided opponents for tryingto "make all our prog- ress collapse under the weight of fear and frustration, or their assumption is that people will just forget about it." NRA officials are unyielding intheir opposition, with spokes- man Andrew Arulanandam say- ing, "We have a politically savvy and a loyal voting bloc, and the politicians know that." Obama and his backers find themselves in an unusual posi- tion- strugglingtoline upvotes for a proposal that polls show the public overwhelmingly sup- ports. An Associated Press-GfK poll in January found 84 per- cent support for expanding background checks to include gun show sales. Near-universal checks have received similar or stronger support in other national surveys. Polls in some Southern states have been comparable. March surveys by the Quinnipiac Uni- versity Polling Institute found morethan 9 in10people inFlori- da and Virginiabackingexpand- ed background checks, the same margin found in February by an Elon University Poll in North Carolina. Analysts say politicians are loath to alienate the people who oppose broader background checks and other gun restric- tions because they tend to be dedicated, single-issuevoters. 4