4)II 4\)ilI \IN IS 111 I I { W~\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 7, 2013 michigandaily.com CAMPUS LIFE Health orgs encourage - global focus Student organizers say campus lacks interest in worldwide health issues By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily Staff Reporter Twenty-six health-related student organizations came together Sunday for Students Taking Action, an event host- ed by the Global Health and Development Coalition, a net- work of health-focused student groups. The event, which lasted most of the day, included several prominent speakers, including School of Public Health Prof. Kenneth Warner and James Holloway, vice provost for global and engaged education. In addition to speakers, the event included a professional development panel. One panel member spent 10 months in India on a Fulbright scholar- ship, and another is working on a mobile app-sensor pair for monitoring blood pressure with- out a cuff. LSA seniors Nick Majie and Samantha Cunningham formed the Coalition in December 2012 because they wanted to form an umbrella organization that could unite health groups on campus to increase effective- ness. The coalition meets biweekly with a delegate from each mem- ber organization in order to plan events that will help achieve common goals. "We wanted the effort of these groups to be as great as possible," Cunningham said. "Sometimes it is counterproduc- tive to have groups overlap, and we wanted to encourage collabo- ration." Majie said he started think- ing about the need for a group like the coalition when he learned that the University's Center for Global Health had dissolved in July 2012. He said the closing of the center wor- ried him that the University may not put a big enough focus on global health. Cunningham and Majie said they want the coalition to include a focus on professional development, innovation and support dealing with cultural issues abroad. They also want to help student groups gain access to University resources. See GLOBAL, Page 5A TERSA MATHEW/Daily LSA senior Christopher Horn, Mr, Blue, and LSA senior Tiffany Steele, Ms. Maize, walk down the aisle at the Black Homecoming dance in the Michigan Union Saturday, Celebrati-nglakstdet Sister 2 Sister and H.E.A.D.S. organize Black Homecoming dent groups Sister 2 Sister and Here Earning A Destiny Through Honesty, Eagerness and Determination of Self, stu- dents had a blast from the past this weekend. On Saturday, the two orga- nizations held their 14th annu- al Black Homecoming Dance. The dance celebrated the accomplishments of the black community and was open to all University students. The annual celebration, held this year in the Michigan Union, was "an event for the community," said Alma Wor- thy, Sister 2 Sister co-external executive, The University's Sister 2 Sis- ter organization was formed in 1997 by several black women who didn't feel that there were any safe spaces for African American women on campus. Today, its mission is to give back to the community through fundraising and ser- vice, as well as to providea safe space for minority women. H.E.A.D.S. was formed a year after Sister 2 Sister by several like-minded individu- als who wanted to provide a safe space for African Ameri- can men on campus, and it retains that focus on dialogue and discussion today. The April before the dance is to take place, two groups got together and began planning. It's now one of several annual staple events for both groups, and each year it grows in size and prominence. "Just to give people a sense that there is a light at the end See STUDENTS, Page SA By SHOHAM GEVA For the Daily Formal dances, while an important rite of passage in high school, tend to fade away once students enter col- lege. But thanks to the stu- ANN ARBOR Protesters march in * A2 against poaching of elephants Activist group fears eventual extinction, cites growing Chinese demand for ivory By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily StaffReporter A world without elephants seems too hard to imagine - but a national advocacy group says that will be a reality if people don't take action. On Friday, March for Elephants held a protest against elephant slaughter on the corner of State Street and North University Avenue, followed by a march to the Federal Building on Liberty Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The group is concerned about the increased level of poaching of African elephants and fears that the species could be extinct within 10 years. According to the World Wild- life Fund, sporadic enforcement of poaching bans and increased land See ELEPHANTS, Page SA First Days in Flemig1 Administrators, confront a host of issues, includ- ing affordability, diversity and a experts outline most changing face of higher educa- tion. On top of those hurdles, the significant issues for 14th president will need to earn the respect of the community he next U president or she has been tasked to lead. Tobin Smith, vice president By SAM GRINGLAS for policy at the American Asso- Daily StaffReporter ciation of Universities, said a new president must be ready to inno- The President's Office on vate around an arrayof issues. the second floor of the Fleming "I don't see it getting any Administration Building will easier for university presidents, likely sit empty for a few days this and the challenges will become summer. even more difficult in the coming That is how the University's years, given financial challenges next president will find it when at both the federal and state he or she arrives in Ann Arbor level," Smith said. and looks out on Thompson Street for the first time. College affordability When University President Mary Sue Coleman's term con- In interviews with The Michi- cludes in gan Daily, Smith, as well as Uni- July, the versity Provost Martha Pollack presidency, and former LSA Dean Terrence and some McDonald, immediately listed of the Uni- affordability as the top challenge versity's for the next president. greatest The average annual increase Filling Fleming challeng- in tuition revenue during the past es, will be decade was 5.09 percent, accord- passed on to a new leader who ing to data provided by the Uni- will greatly influence the Uni- versity. versity's course over the next Between academic years decade. 2004-05 and 2013-14, LSA in- The newleader willbe asked to See FLEMING, Page 3A Students attend the 100th anniversary celebration of the Department of Recreational Sports on Intramural Sports Building. WEATHER HI:64 GOT ANEWSTIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail TOMORROW LO:44 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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