The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 5A APPEAL From Page 1A and the Michigan Education Association, presented enough evidence to rule against throw- ing out the case. Both sides will now prepare for testimonies in the coming weeks. Dan Korobkin, a staff attor- ney for ACLU of Michigan, said the aim of the suit was not to challenge the substance of right to work - which limits unions' rights to organize within work- places - but rather to challenge the "undemocratic and illegal process that was used to enact it." The Open Meeting Act aims "to protect your right to know what's going on in government by opening to full public view the processes by which elected and nonelected officials make deci- sions on your behalf," according to the legislation. When right to work was passed in December amid contention, the Capitol Building in Lan- sing was closed to the public for safety reasons due to overcrowd- ing, and there were reports that legislative staffers occupied the viewing gallery usually reserved for the public. At the hearing, Collette questioned Assistant Attorney General Michelle Brya about the building's closure to the public and why legislative staffers filled the public gallery. Brya said the claimswere "inac- curate," though Collette said it was still "suspicious" and worth debating as part of the lawsuit, the Dfetroit Free Press reported. Yearout declined to comment on the viewing gallery issue. Korobkin said the ACLU has evidence to dispute the claim that the Capitol was closed for safety reasons. "We have photos and videos showing (the Capitol) was prac- tically empty by 1 p.m.," Korob- kin said. "So the idea that people couldn't come inside because it was too crowded is just not true." Yearout said the Michigan state police had to take some steps that day to ensure the health and safety of everyone in the building. She added that open meeting laws were not violated, since all legislative activities were broadcast live on Michigan government televi- sion and on the Internet, and the media was present to report on everything. "Everything was out in the open," Yearout said. "This did not occur in the shadows. Every- one had a full understanding of what was going on." Accusations of bribes in NYC CLINTON From Page 1A believes the organization shows anyone can make an impact through hard work and creativ- ity. "I'm passionate not only about girls in developing countries, but girls here (as well), and convinc- ing them that philanthropy and giving back is really important," she said. Though the club's signature fundraising event is a tie-dye cupcake bake sale, members can take on other activities to raise money. Rich, for example, is run- ning a half marathon where any sponsored money she receives will be donated to the organiza- tion. An upcoming gala will also raise funds for the group. In addition, both women will continue to work on their indi- vidual commitments in the com- ing year. O'Connor works with local girls to create beaded jew- elry made out of recycled maga- zines, a practice with roots in Uganda. Rich is hosting a Read- A-Thon next school year for local girls. The raised money will be used to sponsor another girl abroad. "I wanted to think outside the box and have a different pur- pose," Rich said. And while O'Connor and Rich already have a full plate, they said one of the best things about the CGIU weekend is the opportunity to meet new people and get a dif- ferent perspective. "Just knowing that projects have been started at this confer- ence will hopefully inspire us to think more and want more," O'Connor said. O'Connor's sister recently started a chapter at Michigan State University and bases much of what MSU's chapter does on events that have worked in Ann Arbor. ORESTEIA From Page 1A around in 2008, but the perfor- mance was pushed back until 2013withan anniversaryin mind. "We decided we should just wait until the centennial, since the first part (of the trilogy) was written in 1913," Kiesler said. "The Oresteian Trilogy" con- tains particular significance to the University because of the composer Milhaud's connection with former Composition Prof. William Bolcom. Bolcom, who worked for the University from 1973 to 2008, is a world-renowned and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. Bol- com studied with Milhaud in the 1950s, and it was because of Bol- com's connection that the piece was chosen. Milhaud's three-piece opera is based on the plays by Aeschylus and tells the story of murder and revenge of the Greek royal fam- ily of Argos. In the narrative, the mother kills her husband and then the son kills his mother to avenge his father's death. The son ends up on trial for murder but eventually walks free, with the jury deciding that he was merely defendinghis dead father. Despite the story being an old one, Kiesler insisted that themes like class conflicts, power, gen- der conflicts and jealousy still ring true today. But more important than those themes is the trial that takes place. "It was the first trial ever," Kiesler said. "Before this, justice was just revenge, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But at the end of the story, Athena says to stop the revenge and that they are going to have a trial and an impartial jury to decide. She lays out the rules for how a jury should work." With an intense plot and com- plex music, the task of direct- ing Milhaud's piece would seem like a daunting feat, but Case has full confidence in Kiesler's abilities. "He's one of the most incredi- ble musicians I know," Case said. "Music just comes out of him." "Everyone's been working really hard. 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Now, a federal prose- man of the Queens County r says one Democratic state Republican Party. They were naker went too far by offer- both arrested Tuesday. SOP bosses bribes in order Tabone is a lawyer for Catsi- t on their ballot. matidis' Red Apple Group, S. Attorney Preet Bharara which owns the Gristedes Tuesday that Malcolm supermarket chain and other h, who has served at times businesses, and Tabone has he state Senate's major- been a consultant to Catsima- nd minority leader since tidis' campaign. Campaign ming a senator in March finance records show Tabone , was arrested along with had been paid $3,000 so far. blican New York City Catsimatidis said the arrests icilman Dan Halloran and "point to a culture of corrup- other political figures. tion that permeates our city arara said Smith "tried to and state, corruption fueled by his way to a shot at Gracie career politicians who put per- sion," the official mayor's sonal advancement before public ence. "Smith drew up the service." plan and Councilman Hal- Smith was removed Tues- essentially quarterbacked day from his leadership post in drive by finding party chair- Albany. He had not yet officially who were wide open to launched a campaign for mayor vingbribes," he said. - the first New York City may- umpaigningas a Republican oral race in 12 years without e mayoral race is an attrac- Bloomberg. sath for candidates because Smith said in a statement that easier to get on the GOP he'll be vindicated. His lawyer, ary ballot. The tactic was Gerald L. Shargel, said his client larized by Mayor Michael denies wrongdoing. mberg, who switched from "Malcolm Smith is a dedi- Democratic to Republi- cated public servant who has parties shortly before his served both the state of New successful run for mayor York and his constituents in an 01. At least three current exemplary fashion," Shargel idates for mayor switched said. "He steadfastly denies the party affiliation to get on allegations that are contained in OP ballot. the complaint." v. Andrew Cuomo, speak- Outside federal court in White 'uesday at an event in Buf- Plains, N.Y., Shargel said the alle- called the arrests "very, gations in the criminal complaint troubling." "do nottell the fullstory." Te have zero tolerance The government said Hal- ny violation of the public loran, 42, told the undercover rity and the public trust," agent that he wanted to get his Cuomo, a Democrat. "mortgage situation resolved" w York Republican Chair- and to be named deputy police Ed Cox said the arrests commissioner if Smith were "deeply concerning." elected mayor. he integrity of the elector- Halloran's attorney, Dennis ocess for the voters of New Ring, said: "The councilman City must be preserved," denies all allegations and looks aid in a statement. forward to clearing his name e of the men arrested, and returning to court." ent Tabone, worked as a On Tuesday evening, Hallor- er and campaign consul- anwas stripped ofhis committee for mayoral candidate John assignments and money-allocat- matidis, and the billionaire ing authority inthe City Council. essman responded that the The Queens Republican Party dal points to "a culture of said in a statement the chairman iption" in the city and state. has asked Tabone to resign from tsimatidis' campaign said his position, pending the out- ne has been suspended come of legal proceedings. the business and his asso- Representatives for Savino in with the campaign has and Tabone did not immediately terminated. respond to requests for com- arara called the alleged ment. an "unappetizing smorgas- In court papers, the FBI of graft and greed." He said detailed numerous meetings hlights a New York political over the last year among the re defined by "Show me the defendants, the undercover FBI y." agent and the cooperating wit- criminal complaint against ness, who pleaded guilty to fed- h, 56, said that in meetings eral charges last month ina deal a cooperating witness and aimed at winning leniency at idercover FBI agent posing sentencing. Dementia tops cancer in expenses New study details cost of treating Alzheimer's (AP)-Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expen- sive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail., The biggest cost of Alzheim- er's and other types of demen- tia isn't drugs or other medical treatments, but the care that's needed just to get mentally impaired people through daily life, the nonprofit RAND Corp.'s study found. It also gives what experts say is the most reliable estimate for how many Americans have dementia - around 4.1 mil- lion. That's less than the widely cited 5.2 million estimate from the Alzheimer's Association, which comes from a study that included people with less severe impairment. "The bottom line here is the same: Dementia is among the most costly diseases to society, and we need to address this if we're going to come to terms with the cost to the Medicare and Medicaid system," said Mat- thew Baumgart, senior director of public policy at the Alzheim- er's Association. Dementia's direct costs, from medicines to nursing homes, are $109 billion a year in 2010 dollars, the new RAND report found. That compares to $102 billion for heart disease and $77 billion for cancer. Informal care by family members and others pushes dementia's total even higher, depending on how that care and lost wages are valued. "The informal care costs are substantially higher for demen- tia than for cancer or heart con- ditions," said Michael Hurd, a RAND economist who led the study. It was sponsored by the government's National Institute on Aging and will be published in Thursday's New England Jour- nal of Medicine. Alzheimer's is the most com- mon form of dementia and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Dementia also can result from a stroke or other diseases. It is rapidly growing in prevalence as the population ages. Current treatments only temporarily ease symptoms and don't slow the disease. Patients live four to eight years on average after an Alzheimer's diagnosis, but some live 20 years. By age 80, about 75 percent of people with Alzheimer's will be in a nursing home compared with only 4 per- cent of the general population, the Alzheimer's group says. "Most people have understood the enormous toll in terms of human suffering and cost," but the new comparisons to heart disease and cancer may surprise some, said Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the Institute on Aging. "Alzheimer's disease has a burden that exceeds many of these other illnesses," especially because of how long people live with it and need care, he said. For the new study, researchers started with about 11,000 people in a long-running government health survey of a nationally rep- resentative sample of the popu- lation. They gave 856 of these people extensive tests to deter- mine how many had dementia, and projected that to the larger group to determine a prevalence rate - nearly 15 percent of people over age 70. Using Medicare and other records, they tallied the cost of purchased care - nursing homes, medicines, other treat- ments - including out-of-pocket expenses for dementia in 2010. Next, they subtracted spending for other health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes or depression so they could isolate the true cost of dementia alone. "This is an important differ- ence" from other studies that could not determine how much health care cost was attribut- able just to dementia, said Dr. Kenneth Langa, a University of Michigan researcher who helped lead the work. Search for California hikers Sfruitless; rescuers hopeful Two lost in Cleveland National Forest Wednesday RANCHO SANTA MAR- GARITA, Calif. (AP) - Rescuers working in sometimes danger- ously rugged terrain combed Southern California's Cleveland National Forest for two lost hik- ers late Wednesday, but the third day of searching proved fruitless as darkness fell. There was no evidence of foul play and authorities believe the teens are in the area, in part because a 911 call made before their mobile phone died was traced to a cell tower near the location, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. John Muir. "Their probability for survival is good," he said, adding that the nights have been mild and the days not too hot. "We're not stop- ping until we find them." So far, nothing has been found in the area where moun- tamn bikers glimpsed what they believed to be a light in heavy brush Tuesday night off of a trail, he said. Several dozen people on the ground and three helicopters in the air looked for the pair Wednesday. The overnight search would be mostly the work of a single helicopter, sheriff's Lt. Jason Park said. Nicholas Cendoya, 19, and Kyndall Jack, 18, were last heard from Sunday night when they made the 911 call. The two are believed to have gone off trail near Holy Jim Trail, a tree-lined dirt path along a creek that leads to a waterfall and is popular with day hikers. In the call, they said they were about a mile from their car, which was parked at a trailhead, but rescuers have expanded the search. "When you're disoriented because you're out of breath and tired and you think you're one mile away, you could be potentially three or four miles away," Muir said. "There's a lot of ground to cover." It was unclear whether the lost hikers carried water and Kyndall's father, Russ Jack, said he worried that after three days the pair might be dehydrated. But he still has hope. "So at this point everybody's still upbeat, optimistic about finding the kids in good shape and alive," he told TV reporters. About 50 searchers, some on horseback and aided by dogs, moved back and forth through chest-high brush across moun- tain ridges. Two search volunteers got lost themselves Wednesday, but a helicopter found them and airlifted them out, Park said. Two hikers unrelated to the search also had to be helped when at least one of them was injured, Park said. The U.S. Forest Service gave permission to cut brush on a mountain peak to land a helicopter, which allowed LA County sheriff's personnel and two dogs to be taken to a can- yon northwest of the pair's car, Orange County sheriff's Lt. Erin Guidice told the Los Ange- les Times. That area was chosen because of the nearby cellphone tower that picked up the 911 call, she said. Four helicopters also dropped search-and-rescue teams in the forest all day Wednesday, Muir said. Jack's car was left in a park- ing area. Her mother drew a message on the dusty wind- shield that read: "Kyndall - we r looking wont stop love you mom" and signed it with a heart. Jack's family towed away the car Tuesday night, KABC- TV reported. The area is in a section of the national forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, which lie along the border of Orange and Riverside counties southeast of Los Ange- les. The trail ranges in elevation from about 2,000 feet to about 4,000 feet.