The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, April 17, 2413 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ROYAL OAK, Mich. Royal Oak residents to vote to ban discrimation Residents of the Detroit sub- urb of Royal Oak are expected to vote in November on a human rights ordinance that would make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation and a number of other factors. Monday night's 7-0 vote by the Royal Oak City Commis- sion came after a petition drive blocked the ordinance from going into effect. The City Commission approved the human rights ordinance on a 6-1 vote March 4. Resident Fred Birchard later submitted petitions with enough signatures seeking repeal of the law, leaving the commission to decide whether to repeal it or let voters decide. DALLAS American Airlines grounds flights for several hours A computer system used to run many daily operations at Ameri- can Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-larg- est carrier to ground all flights across the United States for sev- eral hours and stranding thou- sands of frustrated passengers at airports and on planes. Flights already in the air were allowed to continue to their desti- nations, but planes on the ground from coast to coast could not take off. And travelers could do little to get back in the air until the computer system was restored. American blamed its reserva- tion system, which is used for much more than booking flights. Airlines commonly rely on such systems to track passengers and bags, update flight schedules and gate assignments and file flight plants. The computers also help determine how much fuel to put in an aircraft or which seats should be filled to balance a plane. BISMARK, N.D North Dakota outlaws abortions after 20 weeks Republican Gov. Jack Dal- rymple signed into law a mea- sure that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that at that point a fetus can feel pain. The law signed Tuesday is the latest among a raft of measures passed in North Dakota this ses- sion that are meant to challenge the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legal- ized abortion up until viability, usually at 22 to 24 weeks. Abortion-rights advocates have called the laws blatant- ly unconstitutional and have promised a long legal fight that they say the state can't win. PESHAWAR, Pakistan Former Pakistani ruler ousted from re-election bid High court judges disquali- fied former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday from running in the parliamentary election, likely ending any hope of a political comeback. The ruling was the latest blow for Musharraf, who has faced paltry public support, a raft of legal challenges and Taliban death threats since he returned to Pakistan last month after years in self-imposed exile. Many experts predicted this would be Musharraf's fate if he came back and have been scratching their heads at what drove his decision. Some have speculated he misjudged how much public backing he would get, while others guessed he was simply homesick. -Compiled from Daily wire reports. MEMORIAL From Page 1A crew team and ultimate Frisbee team at the University. LSA senior Alex Joboulian was studying political. sci- ence at the University. He was an active member of the Armenian Student Cultural Association ' and Indepen- dent Students for Liberty. Joboulian, who was in his last semester here, was awarded a posthumous degree from the University. LSA sophomore Colleen Mitchel passed away on March 4, eight days before her 20th birthday. She was majoring in psychology at the University, played club field hockey and was involved in Best Buddies, a campus orga- nization that pairs students with Washtenaw County resi- dents who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Mitchel aspired to become an occupational therapist, a field that often aids individuals with disabilities. Engineering sophomore Maxime Pouokam died on Oct. 2 at the age of 20. He was a resi- dent of Rochester Hills, Mich., but his family is originally from Cameroon. Pouokam was known for his participation in the African Student Associa- tion and his love of computer science and music. Though most families hold private ceremonies shortly after the respective passings, Rev. Reid Hamilton, former president of the ARC, said the service is valuable in allowing the families to remember their loved ones as part of a larger community. "This is a gathering that is particularly oriented towards the University as a commu- nity - towards remembering the students who have been a part of our lives and devoted so much of their own lives and energies to the work of service and learning on this campus," Hamilton said. The ceremony included three readings: one from the Koran, one from the Bible and a secular poem. Despite the participation of the ARC, Hamilton said the event "was not intended to be a specifi- cally religious ceremony." "We try to incorporate the religious traditions of the students themselves - if any - and be intentional about rec- ognizing the diversity of the campus community," Hamil- ton said. Assistant Dean of Students Sarah Daniels, the event's orga- nizer, said the University holds the memorial to complement the private services held by families, honoring the students within the context of the Uni- versity. "I think that the goal is to recognize that we are a uni- versity community," Daniels said. "This was to honor them as members of the University community and to recognize that the community comes together - acknowledging that there are others going through the grief process." Daniels said families are notified of the event at the beginning of the winter term, but are not in any way obligated to attend. Families also have the choice of asking that their loved one be excluded from the ceremony, but Daniel said no family has ever made this request. FORD From Page 1A everyone who sees it, but espe- cially our students, to always do what they can." Brigadier General Scowcroft, who served as the national security advisor under Ford and President George H.W. Bush, spoke on Ford's achievements and struggles while in office. Scowcroft stressed that Ford was the only president who did not intentionally seek the office, as he became president only after Nixon resigned, emphasiz- ing Ford's commitment to the United States. "His objectives were simple." Scowcroft said. "The United States comes first." Mike Ford recalled the hard- ships his family faced during the Vietnam Was and spoke of how grateful he and his family were for the statue and the cen- tennial reception. "It just gives me goose bumps to stand in this place, this hall," Ford said. "He's looking down on all of us." Ford said he was proud.of his father's in-office accomplish- ments. "It is that man, the same man that led this country through some very challenging times and he loved our nation passion- ately," Ford said. "He had tre- mendous courage, tremendous compassion and integrity as a public servant. And he loved the University of Michigan." When asked what he would hope students would think of when passing his father's stat- ue, Ford responded: public ser- vice. "Public service is the thing he represents in his life," Ford said. "He's really about serving our nation for the greater good." LIBERTY From Page 1A street" because "there isn't any reason to wander down there now." Businesses that are most suc- cessful on the block are destina- tion businesses, which people seek out for a specific product or cuisine and have historically lined the streets and filled the storefronts. The law of retail gravitation explains how big anchor stores draw custom- ers - like a gravitational pull - to other shopping locations, Kinnear said. He explained that is why shopping centers and malls always have large chain retail stores, like Nord- strom and Macy's. "Borders was a big loss in that regard," Kinnear said. "For the most part, it's fairly minor disruption that's going on." Kinnear added that "retail can be the difference between massivefoot traffic and very little." Though there are some retail spaces, none of the storefronts are boarded up, which indicates that the street is not devastated, Kinnear said. Further down the East Liberty block, toward Main Street, most of the storefronts are filled, since those busi- nesses cater to the reliable customer base of business professionals. Kinnear compared the situ- ation on East Liberty to the nature of business on South University Avenue. Foot traffic patterns on South University have fluctuated over the past 20 years as the street has also lost main-attraction stores. However, high-rise, apart- ment buildings, such as Land- mark and Zaragon Place, have increased the foot traffic on South University as students walk to classes on Central Cam- pus. Justin Hana, general man- ager at Tropical Smoothie Cafe - which opened on East Liber- ty near Maynard Street in Sep- tember 2012 - said foot traffic in the area is slow. "Most (students) stay more towards campus because they have no reason to come out this way," Hanna said. Hanna said customers some- times stop by his restaurant on their way to Main Street. He hopes as the weather gets warmer, foot traffic in his store will increase. He referred to the myth on the block is that the strip is "cursed" because not a lot of students shop in that area. "They don't want to do the extra walking, especially when it's cold out," Hanna said. "We're here to stay." Alyssa Tangney, manager of the Douglas J. Salon on East Liberty near Thomp- son Street, said she has not noticed a decrease in foot traffic and her business has been steady. Tangney added that her salon attracts a wide customer base from students to families to professionals who are not necessarily from the immedi- ate area. Bill McClelland, owner of Encore Records - located on East Liberty near Thomp- son Street - said the past two businesses that have occupied the space next to his store closed within a year of open- ing. McClelland has been with Encore Records since it opened in 1989 and said he has seen the block transform over the years. He added that there is an increase in coffee shops and restaurants, which sometimes make the block look like "a mall food court." "I'm nostalgic for the time when there were more book- stores and more music stores," McClelland said. "It had more character; it seems like it's a little more sterile than it used to be. There are not a lot of mercantile business where people sell things other than food." McClelland said his store attracts an "alternative crowd," whereas Borders attracted a "loyal" customer base that extended down the block. He added that parking has been a barrier to entry for some cus- tomers who are reluctant to pay for it and can't find street spots. "That, to some people, is a deal breaker." CLINIC From Page 1A free clinic. Fundraising will be a vital source of income for the clinic, especially with its new rent, which is much higher than the previous location which was $1 per year. The rent for the new library space is close to $2,000. Goldman, along with his wife Laura Goldman, said they hope to find a permanent loca- tion in the same area. Most of their patients live within a 10- to 15-mile radius of Pickney. The clinic was and will con- tinue to be completely free for patients. "We don't take a penny from any of our patients," Goldman said. "We don't take forms; there's no insurance forms; there's no money changing hands.'It's basically pure medi- cine. We come in, we take care of them and we follow them as needed.". Goldman added that the greatest advantage of sourc- ing the clinic out of the library building is the larger space it provides. "One of the problems with the old clinic was that it was so small. We were bumping into each other," Goldman said. New programs are also being introduced upon the reopening of the clinic. Uni- versity Social Work students will provide social services and assistance programs for patients and help increase patient access to prescrip- tions, and plans for University Dental School students to pro- vide dental care for patients are also underway. Medical School student Eytan Shtull-Leber, a co- director of the clinic, said he misses seeing the patients at the clinic because he formed strong ties while treating them. "It'sbeen tough over the past couple months mainly because we just haven't been able to see patients," Shtull-Leber said. "It's why we all got into it, why we all got into medical school and why we all decided to vol- unteer with the clinic." Hari Conjeevaram, an asso- ciate professor of medicine and the clinic's medical direc- tor, said returning to helping patients is the clinic's top pri- ority. "Probably the most excit- ing and important thing for me and for students is really get- ting back to providing service for the patients," Conjeevaram said. "That's the goal always and that's the most important thing. A lot of patients have chronic diseases ... so we've been talking to patients, trying to make sure they aren't out of medications." He added that the experi- ence the Free Clinic provides for aspiring medical students is beneficial in their learning process. "And for the faculty, for us to be able to provide that to our students is also really quite exciting," Conjeevaram said. The Goldmans and their team have high hopes for the clinic and are confident in its future success in patient care. THE WEATHER program was ideal for bringing MINOR Aundergraduates to the School of From Page 1A Social Work, which currently offers no bachelor's degree. As laboration between multiple an incentive to pursue careers schools, departments and in social work, CASC minors majors. The first graduating may apply for preferred admis- class in 2011 consisted of about sion into the Master's of Social 30 students. This year, the Work program. minor has more than 100. Ashley Kryscynski, a CASC Students representing each program assistant, said the undergraduate college in the minor involves courses con- University and more than 50 cerning context and theories majors currently participate in to use in the field, diversity and the program. learning through service. The Withee said she's become minor also requires foundation more interested in social entre- and capstone courses in the preneurship as a result of CASC School of Social Work. Nearly classes she has taken. all courses for the minor are "We got to interview a found in LSA. bunch of people who had busi- Richards-Schuster said the nesses for a social cause or program focuses on teaching mission," Withee said. "Just students how social change getting out there, getting to emerges and how to implement talk to people who have done it with consideration of diverse something like that and get- social identities. ting to present about that was A class on context and theory incredibly helpful and gave us might include studying sociol- a good idea of what that would ogy of gender or 20th-century look like." Detroit history, while courses CASC director Katie Rich- on diversity give students the ards-Schuster credits the ability to foster community major's growth to the idea that action. Kryscynski said her ser- students from a wide range vice-learning course brought of educational interests can her to Detroit, where she and implement social change. her colleagues discovered a "What brings people togeth- neighborhood wracked by pol- er is having a core commitment lution. to wanting to be part of creat- "There was a certain spot ing change in communities and where you knew exactly working for a more socially just where you were because the society," Richards-Schuster air was so acidic and sulfuric," said. "What's been incredible Kryscynski said. "We knew is, because people are bring- these kids and these families ing different experiences and were living in these areas bringing different perspec- 24/7, and it just makes it real- tives, that in the classes it ly hard for them to study, for allows students to really chal- them to live comfortably, just lenge each other." to grow. They can't go outside Richards-Schuster said the and play without breathing in this air." In Delray - the shrinking, Y EST ER industrial Detroit neighbor- hood - Kryscynski worked with students to write to their city council to demand action GORG HEQ I against growing pollution lev- IF YOU HAD R els. YOU WOULD HAV "They were so proud of themselves," Kryscynski said. THOUGH I'M S "It's really empowering for me to see that we can make a dif- APPS F ference in this world some- THERE ARE how." Richards-Schuster said theS capstone course allows stu- dents to critically review their READ TI experiences and how they can be integrated into their future career plans. "(The School of Social * f Work) is about recogniz- ing and also thinking about what ... skills and experj- ences are needed to help pre- pare students who want to be social-change advocates,", 5 9 Richards-Schuster said. Kryscynski, who graduated 2 7 with her CASC minor in 2011, added that the course exhibits the students' efforts. "Every time I listen to the - seniors and their presentations, all of their incredible work they've done is just mind-blow- ing to me," Kryscynski said. However, she isn't surprised that students in her genera- tion are implementing societal innovation. 4 5 "We're very aware of nega- tive things going on in the world, especially with social media and information being- so easy to access for us," 3 1 Kryscynski said. "We feel a sense of, 'We want to make a change in the world and for the better.' " DAY WAS JS, RIGHT? EAD THE DAILY, E KNOWN ALREADY URE THERE ARE )R THAT. DEFINITELY iLL HIE DAILY. 5-m