The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, March 29, 2013 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, March 29,2013-3 NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Right to work in place, effects to be delayed A right-co-work law is on the books in Michigan, a mainstay of organized labor, but those consid- ering opting out of paying union dues will have to wait months or years to do so. The law, which lets workers choose not to pay to the unions that bargain on their behalf, applies to labor contrcts that are extended or renewed start- ing Thursday - meaning many employees will not be affected until existing collective bargain- ing agreements end. "I've gut a long way to go until I can exercise my right," said Terry Bowman, 47, who works on the line at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Ypsilanti. Contracts between unions and Detroit automakers are effective until September 2015. TULSA, Okla. Thousands of den- tal patients urged to take HIV test Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to under- go hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office's spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the pub- lic health." State and county health inspectors went to Dr. W. Scott Harrington's practice after a patient with no known risk fac- tors tested positive for both hep- atitis C and the virus that causes AIDS. They found employees using dirty equipment, reusing drug vials and administering drugs without a license. Harrington voluntarily gave up his license and closed his offices in Tulsa and subur- ban Owasso and is cooperating with investigators, said Kaitlin Snider, a spokeswoman for the Tulsa Health Department. He faces a hearing April 19 where his license could be permanently revoked. DENVER Prosecuters reject * Holmes' plea to avoid death penalty Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting on Thursday rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty and accused defense law- yers of a serious breach of court rules by making the offer public. In a scathing court document, prosecutors said the defense has repeatedly refused to give them the information they need to evaluate the plea offer, so the offer can't be considered genuine. No plea agreement exists, pros- 0 ecutors said, and one "is extreme- ly unlikely based on the present information available to the pros- ecution." JOHANNESBURG 0 Mandela receives treatment, reacts positively Nelson Mandela was back in the hospital for the third time in four months Thursday, and the 94-year-old former South Afri- can president was reported to be responding well to treatment for a chronic lunginfection. South Africa's presidency said that doctors were acting with extreme caution because of the advanced age of the anti-apartheid leader, who has become increas- ingly frail in recent years. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was admitted just before midnight to a hospital in Pretoria, the South African capital. He has been par- ticularly vulnerable to respiratory problems since contracting tuber- culosis during his 27-year impris- onment for fighting white racist rule in his country. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Pistorius granted leave to compete in upcoming race PATRICK BARRON/Daily ForUM party officials celebrate their victory in the CSG elections, OSBORN From Page 1 With 58 candidates running for 21 available seats, the battle for LSA representative was the most competitive of all. After 4,055 votes were tallied and weighted in order of preference, forUM candidates had a clear majority, winning 16 seats, and youMICH secured five. Once again in the major- ity, forUM won five out of seven seats in the College of Engineer- ing, with youMICH securing the remainder. Rackham Graduate School elected seven indepen- dent candidates alongside two running with forUM and one with youMICH. Business stu- dents in youMICH won three out of four representative seats. The single seats for the Archi- tecture, Dentistry, and Kinesi- ology colleges and the Art and Design, Medicine, and Music, Theatre & Dance schools were swept by forUM, while you- MICH won the seats for DPS Oversight, the School of Educa- tion and School of Nursing. Inde- pendent candidateswon seats for the Information and Pharmacy, and the Law schools. The Defend Affirmative Action Party only won repre- sentation in the School of Social Work. No candidates from new- comer party momentUM have been elected. LAWSUITS From Page 1 infraction" which can result in two to four demerits. Five demerits disqualify a candidate and 10 disqualify a party. LSA sophomore Laurel Ruza, chair of youMICH, said her party's complaints were filed at about 8 or 9 p.m. and added that she thought those hearings were delayed to give forUM time to prepare. Ruza said she was not pleased with the conduct of the election. . "I do think that there was some petty politics between the different parties," Ruza said. "It is what it is. It's definitely disappointing; I wish we could keep it about the platform, the election and running a clean campaign." Ruza did, however, say she was glad with the turnout. Business junior Mike Proppe and LSA sophomore Bobby Dishell, youMICH's presidential and vice presidential nominees, declined to comment on what the next step for youMICH will be. The independent candidate, Business junior Scott Chris- topher - who came in third place - said he has no plans to file any complaints and doesn't think complaints and UEC hearings should be used to try to change the outcome of an election. "I think its over. I really hope so," Christopher said. Christopher added that he understood the incentive behind filing complaints, but said he was pleased with the voter turnout. "We had the highest voter turnout ever, which, in my opinion, is a success because it mirrors the students' voices," Christopher said. "If we look back to my freshman year, I'm a junior now, it wasn't this kind of turnout and it wasn't taken seri- ously." Daily Staff Reporter Will Greenberg and Daily News Editor Alicia Adamczyk contributed to this report. Athlete suspected of murder allowed to run in world championship PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius could compete at this year's world championships after a South African judge eased his bail restrictions and ruled Thurs- day that the athlete, who faces a murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend, can trav- el overseas to run. The international athletics body said that if Pistorius quali- fies, it had no objections to him running - an event that could eclipse the stir last year when he became the first double ampu- tee to compete at the Olympics. Pistorius' agent told The Associ- ated Press soon after the ruling that the world championships in Moscow in August could be a possibility if the runner wanted to return to the track on his car- bon fiber blades. Judge Bert Bam upheld the Olympic athlete's appeal against some of his bail restrictions, but said the 26-year-old Pistorius must travel under certain con- ditions. The athlete could face a life sentence if found guilty of murder for the Valentine's Day shooting death of Reeva Steen- kamp. His passport will be held by a court while he is in South Africa, and he can only leave the country if he provides an itinerary of his travel plans at least a week before he is due to leave. Pistorius must also hand his travel documents back to the court within 24 hours of return- ing home, Bam ruled. "Based on this (the judge's decision), and if he is up for it and qualifies, the world champi- onships will definitely be on the radar," Pistorius' agent, Peetvan Zyl, told the AP by telephone. The judge's decision was "fair," Van Zyl said, but any return to track would be up to Pistorius, who hasn't run com- petitively since September and hasn't trained for two months. The worlds are in August, while Pistorius' next court appear- ance is June 4. "It's his call. He's the one under all the pressure for the court case and grieving for Reeva," the agent said. Although Pistorius' lawyers said in the appeal hearing that he had no immediate plans to compete, he would likely need to return to track in the future to earn money, they said. Pisto- rius, widely known as the Blade Runner for his prosthetic legs, did not attend the court session. "He has no desire to compete now but it might change and it will change," defense law- yer Barry Roux told the judge in arguing for Pistorius' travel restrictions to be eased. Roux said Pistorius would not try and evade trial if he is allowed to travel internationally, and would eventually need to run again "to earn an income." "He is not going to run away and hide. He is going nowhere," Roux told the judge in the brown-walled courtroom in the high court, where television cameras and photographers were allowed in to record the proceedings. "Why stop him from traveling under controlled circumstances?" Roux added. Pistorius says he killed Steen- kamp accidentally when he fired shots through a door in his bath- room in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14, fearing there was an intruder in his house. Prosecu- tors say he shot the model and reality TV star intentionally after they argued, and they have charged him with premeditated murder. The IAAF, athletics' ruling body, reiterated that it wouldn't comment on the case involv- ing Pistorius, but he would be allowed to run at the world championships if he met the sporting criteria. "If he qualifies for (the) Mos- cow World Championships next August, then on the basis of (the) 'innocent unless proved guilty' principle he would be free to run," IAAF spokesman Yannis Nikolaou said in a state- ment emailed to the AP. The decision on whether Pis- torius could run at other events would be at the "discretion of meeting organizers" and not the IAAF, Nikolaou said. British Athletics chairman Ed Warner said it was too early to say if Pistorius would be invited to the London Anniver- sary Games in July at Olympic Stadium, a meet to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Olympics. Any decision would be taken "with great care," War- ner said. Pistorius' last competitive race was his victory in the 400 meters final at the London Para- lympics in September last year. He hasn't trained or "seen a track" for around nine weeks, agent Van Zyl said, but when he was ready they would consider both able-bodied and Paralym- pic events. Van Zyl saw no reason why Pistorius shouldn't be allowed to run again by athletics author- ities while accused of murder and said that he had been con- tacted by race promoters who wanted to see Pistorius return to competition. "If they (track bodies) don't allowhimtorunandhewalksout (of court) a free man, there might be a problem,"Van Zyl said. LECTURE From Page 1 color. Goodley said that lack of understanding of this issue can hinder communication between the different social groups. "We have to think about how we define domestic violence," Goodley said. "If we don't know how a community defines some- thing, if we don't know how they understand it, there is no way that we should be helping ... Because you don't even knowthe framework that you are working with." For instance, Goodley said African-American women do not like to be identified as "victims" or "battered women" because they don't think that these words apply to them. Goodley dispelled the myth that "a strong black woman" can handle everything on her own without help or sup- port. Goodley said that there are some aspects of modern society that increase the chances for a black woman to experience domestic violence. She said many people of color do not trust for- mal systems such as law enforce- ment, officers or courts because of the disproportionate number of African-Americans impris- oned. Furthermore, the term racial loyalty, as defined by Goodley, promotes the idea that women should withstand abuse and self-sacrifice for the greater good of her family instead of bringing shame to her commu- nity. Goodley further emphasized the intersection of multiple iden- tities, and the idea that simulta- neous identities of race, class, and gender are felt by victims of domestic violence. This means that domestic violence is not only a black issue or a women's issue but a black women's issue as well. Goodley said that cultural competence and having self- awareness of other cultures helps people to understand each other better and take what we learn to translate into solutions for domestic violence. Goodley concluded by saying that men want to be involved, and should be involved, in find- ing a solution to violence against women. "There is not just room for men, but it is required," she said. Holly Rider-Milkovich, the director of Sexual Assault Pre- vention and Awareness Center, was in attendance at the event and said that the lecture com- memorated Williams as well as seeking to positively impact the University campus. "This event is incredibly important to our community," Rider-Milkovich said. "This is a time when we reflect on Tamara's death and then seek to move from that place of vio- lence and her loss to create a more positive campus environ- ment." LSA sophomore WillaAdamo said that she enjoyed hearing Goodley speak and feels more informed about domestic vio- lence communication. "(The lecture) was very down-to-earth," Adamo said. "I'm not a social work major but she made it applicable to real life and everyday interactions with people." FLOODING From Page 1 dents affected will use the Uni- versity's alternative solutions because many will opt to stay with friends. "We need to find out how many need a place for the eve- ning to go to and work with our existing places in housing and spaces out in the community," Logan said. "We'll help them out. We'll make sure everybody is taken care of." The most immediate concern is making sure that electrical sys- tems are safe after possibly being shorted by the water. After elec- trical systems are suppressed, the facilities staff will try to repair the damage and assess the value of the loss, which includes several ruined computers. All drywall and ceiling tiles will also have to be replaced. Campbell speculated that it would take at least a month to repair. In an interview later in the day, Logan added that students would not be compensated for personal items damaged or destroyed by the flood. Residents will have to file claims with their parents' homeowners insurance or independent renter's insur- ance in order to receive compen- sation for their loss. At the earliest, students who live on the third or fourth floor of the building will be allowed to move back into their room on Saturday or sometime next week. In the meantime, resi- dents will be allowed to return to collect their personal belong- ings while restoration services continue. Students who have classes in North Quad should check department websites for infor- mation about alternative class- room assignments. In an e-mail, MacKie-Mason wrote that the School of Information would be releasing a statement later tonight about how the flood would affect that school's class schedule. LSA senior Adam Kleven was in a class in North Quad at the time of the evacuation and said people were making noise in the hallway before anyone in the room was aware of the flood. When the instructor went to investigate, she saw the water creeping down the hall. "It got pretty bad at one point; the water went pretty much across the whole room," Kleven said. "When the water started creeping into our classroom, our teacher gave me a number to call ... The guy on the phone started laughing." At about 11:25 p.m., main- tenance staff told the class to leave the building. While exiting, Kleven described water flowing freely down the staircases and across the hallways. North Quad opened for aca- demic and residential use in fall 2010. Commanding a price tag of $175 million, it is also the new- est residence hall at the Univer- sity. At full capacity, the building houses 450 upper-level under- graduate students and has facili- ties for television production, performance areas, classroom and seminar spaces, and a large computer lab. Mildew and mold will likely be an ongoing concern during the extensive restoration process. The value of damage to the build- ing has not yet been assessed by the University. The Sweetland Writing Cen- ter is also based out of the base- ment of North Quad. It has since been relocated to the Modern Language Building because of water damage. Three firms worked on differ- ent facets of the project and it is unclear at this time which firm was responsible for installing the fire safety system that caused the flood. COUNSELING From Page 1 "The data is really impor- tant," Asidao said, "but it's really about those heartfelt messages." "We're really focused on the themes of hope and resilien- cy," CAPS director Todd Sevig added. "Those can be present in even our hardest struggles." E. Royster Harper, the Uni- versity's vice president for stu- dent affairs, addressed a crowd of about50 people attheunveilingof the project. She remarked that it is a creative approach to the seri- ous issue and encouraged those in attendance to continue thinking of innovative ways to help. "I think that it is just really far too many to imagine the real loss in talent, in gift, in the sense of community, in the possibilities, when someone takes their own life," Harper said. "We remem- ber the pain, and all the things we wish we could have done. But the one thing we can do here is to make sure they understand how important they are."j After viewing the tiles and chatting with other attendees, Harper said she was impressed by what CAPS and the student advisory board put together. Though she hadn't yet filled out a tile of her own, Harper said after her address that she has been blown away with the altruism and the student body's response to the issue. "I had no idea that I would get off the elevator and see and feel what I have seen and am feeling right now," Harper said. "You know how you know the impor- tance of something, but not really the power of it? I've been blown away by this." LSA sophomore Lauren Roth, a member of CAPS' student advi- sory board, said she was happy with the way the project came to fruition. "We're making use of space that wasn't being used before," Roth said. "I think it's going to have a really positive impact on students, especially by letting them take one that resonates with them and leaving one for others." Engineering sophomore Kevin Pitt said he thought the event was a success and thinks CAPS is taking the right steps toward prevention. "It's a big deal," Pitt said. "I don't think suicide is really talked about as a casual subject. And to a point, I don't think it should be, I think it should be tackled in a more organized manner like this."