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CHOICE
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puses.
Stack talked about her personal
experience of getting an abortion
at 20 years old and her experience
filming the show. She showed the
audience a clip of the emotional
TV segment, explaining how, at
the time, it brought the "burly
camera crew" to tears.
Stack explained that the rea-
son she speaks so openly about
her own abortion is to make oth-
ers feel safe enough to talk about
their own.

"I feel like what's important
about story sharing is that you
should be able to say your truth,
have your audience accept it, and
have them be comfortable enough
to share their truth," Stack said.
After Stacks's monologue,
women were given time to dis-
cuss their own abortions with
the audience. Five women told
stories, including several on the
Advocacy for Youth website that
were read by Students for Choice
members.I
Initially, Stack worried that a
safe environment wouldn't exist
because of negative comments
that were posted to the event's
Facebook page. Many people

criticized the event, with one,. "Hearing the truth behind it
threatening to bring 10 to 15 of makes me realize how important
her friends with "terrible abor- it is that people are not silent and
tion experiences" to the event. that people do get the support
Stack and other Students for they need," Stone said.
Choice members also feared' LSA sophomore Shannon Fol-
heckling. To ward against such ster said she found the event to be
behavior, they read the Univer- less political than she had expect-
sity's code of conduct at public ed.
events at the start of the talk. "I didn't realize that it is much
However, attendees remained less political than when you talk
civil, and a majority stayed to hear about it in general," Folster said.
every woman's personal story. "But to hear people come upthere
LSA sophomore Cheyenne and to hear how emotionally raw
Stone said she came in without it is... I don't know, I didn'texpect
expecting much, but left with a to be so emotionally open to that
much better idea of the hardship and the honesty is what I wasn't
women face before and after their expecting."
abortions.

FACTORY
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United Students Against Sweat-
shops, North America's largest
student-run campaign organiza-
tion, organized the vigil along
with other student organiza-
tions, including the Bengali Stu-
dent Association, Canterbury
House and the Sikh Student
Association.
The goal of the vigil was
to empower the University
to help prevent future disas-
ters and demand that apparel
brands, such as Adidas, sign
the accord.
LSA senior Allysha Choud-
hury, a member of the Bengali
Student Association, suggested
that anti-sweatshop activism at

the University could influence
other universities to take a stand
as well.
"Once the University of
Michigan pushes this, other
universities might do the same,"
Choudhury said.
Most of the University's
apparel is licensed by Adidas,
which has manufacturing facili-
ties in Bangladesh. Most stu-
dents purchase their Maize and
Blue apparel without realizing
where it was made.
LSA sophomore Ryne Men-
hennick, a USAS member, said
consumers need to keep in mind
that the employees who make
their clothes are often suffering
in harsh factory conditions.
"We wear our own clothing
without thinking about who
made them," Menhennick said.


ROTC
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fitness assessment," Carver said.
"What this brings us is a great
aspect for team-building," Naval
ROTC Capt. Joe Evans, chair of
the University's Naval Officer

Education Program, said, add-
ing that the exercise taught stu-
dent cadets how to apply their,
strengths within the team.
Carver now owns Bayo-
net CrossFit, a gym in Shel-
by Township, Mich., and
frequently runs similar train-
ing workouts on Saturdays.
Three Bayonet staff members

were on hand Thursday to help
coordinate and organize the
cadets.
Since students weren't given
information about what the
trfning would involve, Carver
sAid it made it more realistic for
careers in the armed services.
"If you know what you're
doing you can be mentally pre-

pared for it - (but) if you just
show up, it's a kick in the teeth,"
Carver said. "In a year to i6.ur
years, they are going to be lead-
ing soldiers in combat, so this
gives them a different perspec-
tive of how hard it could become,
and, as future leaders, what is
going to be demanded of them in
that role."

Soldier opens
fire at base


ADVISER
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after college. Rodriguez also said
the federal government needs a
better accountability system for
the $150 billion in student aid that
it distributes each year.
Rodriguez also discussed the
value of a college education, not-
ing that a large gap is forming
between college graduates and
those with only a high-school
FEMINISM
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how they relate to women and
gender.
Nadasen said conservative
think tanks help to perpetuate
terms such as "food stamp fraud"
and "welfare cheat." She argued
that these pejorative terms are
used to enable incorrect notions
claiming that public assistance
is inherently corrupt and fosters
dependency.
The issue of criminality in the
welfare system dominates news
headlines and political debates
even though studies show that
food-stamp fraud is rare, Nadas-

diploma.
"Gone is that economy of a
quarter-century ago where a#
worker with a high school cre-
dential could make at least half
of what a college graduate would
earn," Rodriguez said.
Though a college degree may
be important in today's society,
Rodriguez said the nation's high-
er education system is nowhere
near perfect.
"Tuition and fees at our public
four-year colleges is now more
than three times higher than it

was thirty years ago, and over
this same period income has only
risen 16 percent for middle class
families," Rodriguez said, adding.
that the average college student
today accumulates more than
$26,000 of debt by graduation.
The Obama administration's
postsecondary education plan,
the 2020 College Attainment,
Goal, calls for the United States
to have the highest proportion
of college graduates in the world
by the end of the decade. Rodri-
guez said in an interview after

his address that the United States
is currently sixteenth in world
rankings, a fact thathas been pre-
viously cited by U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan.
Rodriguez also commended
the University for holding down
tuition increases for this aca-
demic year, saying it was thanks
in part to the state's commitment
to support higher education. The
University's Board of Regents
approved a 1.1-percent increase
in tuition this year, the lowest in
more than a decade.


en said. Fraud wastes only about
1 percent of the program's funds,
but public backlash against wel-
fare fraud has had profoundly
detrimental effects for the wel-
fare system.
"Although the outcry about
fraud is not based in reality, the,
political discourse about fraud
serves a purpose," Nadasen said.
It justifies cutback; it taints gov-
ernment programs as corrupt,
and it stigmatizes receipts of pub-
lic assistance."
Nadasen added that one of the
crucial developments during the
welfare rights movement was the
evolution of feminist conscious-
ness.
"It was through the process of
building a movement that came

to espouse a distinctive brand of
feminism," Nadasen said. "This
combined an analysis of race,
class, gender, sexuality and social-
welfare policy," Nadasen said.
In an interview before her
address, Nadasen said that her
passion for studying welfare was
sparked during her time as an,
undergraduate, when she was'
involved in anti-Apartheid and
anti-racist organizations on cam-
pus.
"It was at Michigan that I
found my passion for social jus-
tice, my interest in feminism and
my interest in issues of race,"
Nadasen said. "I have a very spe-
cial place in my heart for Michi-
gan, and I think it's an important
institution for people engaging in,

political activism and speaking
about the bigger world around
them."
Heidi Bennett, special events
planner for the Institute of
Research on Women and Gender,
said Nadasen's work on welfare
exemplified the institute's theme
semester on poverty and inequal-
ity.
Bennett said the last time the.
U.S. government fully directed]
its attention at combating poverty
was President Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society programs, which
he announced at the University
in 1964.
"It's a relevant time to look and
see what has changed what has
gotten better and how far wehave
to go."

National Guardsman
wounds two soldiers
before being subdued
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP)
- A member of the National
Guard opened fire at an armory
outside a U.S. Navy base in Ten-
nessee, wounding two soldiers
before being subdued and dis-
armed by other soldiers, officials
said Thursday.
Millington Police Chief Rita
Stanback said the shooter was
apprehended 'Thursday by other
National Guard members, and
that he did not have the small
handgun used in the shooting in
his possession by the time offi-
cers arrived. Stanback said two
National Guard members were
shot, one in the foot and one in
the leg.
"I'm sure there could have
been more injury if they hadn't
taken him into custody," Stan-
back said.
Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Ten-
nessee's adjutant general, said
at a news conference that the
victims were being treated at a
local hospital and he expected
them to be released.
The Tennessee National
Guard late Thursday identified
those shot as Maj. William J.
Crawford and Sgt. Maj. Ricky R.
McKenzie. The shooter's name
has not been released.
In a news release, Guard
spokesman Randy Harris said
the two were shot while disarm-
ing the gunman.
Haston said all three of the
men were recruiters. lie said
the shooter was a sergeant first
class who had been in the Guard
about six or seven years and that
the victims were his superiors.
He said the recruiters who were
shot were based in Jackson,
Tenn.
Haston characterized Thurs-
day's activity as disheartening.

"You never think something
like this is going to happen on
your watch or in good old Ten-
nessee here," he said.
Stanback said at an ear-
lier news conference that the
soldiers' conditions were not
immediately known, though the
Navy said on its official Twitter
account that neither had life-
threatening injuries.
The shooter was a recruiter
who had been relieved of duty,
said a law enforcement official
briefed on the developments.
The official was not authorized
to discuss the investigation pub-
licly and spoke on condition of
anonymity.
Asked about this at the news
conference, Hastln would only
say that there were "adminis-
trative policies and procedures
that we were going through
with him." He did not elabo-
rate.
Stanback said the shooting
happened inside an armory
building just outside Naval
Support Activity Mid-South.
There are more than 7,500
military, civilian and contract
personnel working on the
base, according to the facility's
official website. The facility
is home to human resources
operations and serves as head-
quarters to the Navy Personnel
Command, Navy Recruiting
Command, the Navy Manpow-
er Analysis Center and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Finance Center.
The Navy said the base was
briefly placed on lockdown as
a precaution, though the lock-
down was lifted in the after-
noon.
On 'Thursday afternoon, yel-
low crime scene tape remained
around the front of the building
where the shooting happened.
Law enforcement had blocked
off streets with access to the
armory, which is across the
street fromithe army base.

Explosion injures 40, kills one

Candy factory
leads to building
collapse in Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico
(AP) - An explosion inside a
candy factory in the border city
of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday
left one person dead and at least
40 injured, Mexican authorities
said.
The blast took place on the
second floor of the Dulces Blue-
berry factory and caused the

floor to collapse, injuring people
working downstairs, said fac-
tory worker Ismael Bouchet.
"I was able to help five people
who walked out of the building
but as soon as they were out they
went into shock and fainted," he
said outside the factory, which
produces gummy bears, jelly
beans, peach rings and other
sweets.
Authorities said the cause
of the blast hadn't been deter-
mined but Bouchet said a steam
boiler had been installed recent-
ly in the area.
Ciudad Juarez Civil Protec-

tion Director Fernando Mota
said firefighters found a body
inside and that six of the at least
40 injured are in serious condi-
tion. Several workers are miss-
ing and could be trapped inside"
the building, he added.
Firefighters and rescue crews
continued to search the build-
ing for more victims Thursday,
night.
Bouchet said people could
smell acid in the area where the,
explosion occurred.
"Since the morning, several
co-workers said there was a bad"
smell, that it smelled of acid and-

because it was a new area we
thought it was normal," Bouchet
said.
Photographs of workers
being helped by paramed-
ics showed people with inju-
ries that resembled chemical
burns.
Dulces Blueberry employs 300
people and the candy is sent to
a distributor based in El Paso,
Texas, which lies across the bor-
der from Ciudad Juarez.
Ciudad Juarez is a manufac-
turing hub and the assembly,
plants there employ many of its
residents.

'Shadow government forms in Libya

Division of country
could occur in
aftermath of uprising
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The
leaders of a movement for self-
rule in oil-rich eastern Libyan
unilaterally announced Thurs-
day the formation of a shadow
government, the latest challenge
to the weakened central author-
ity. '
The announcement came sev-
eral months after the movement,
backed by some militias and local
tribes, declared the eastern half
of Libya to be an autonomous
state, named Barqa, claiming
broad self-rule powers and con-
trol over resources.
The central government ,in
Tripoli had rejected the declara-
tion. It had no immediate com-
ments on Thursday.
Advocates of the self-rule
in the east, who long has com-
plained about discrimination by
the government in the capital
Tripoli, have been pushing for
the reviving the system main-
tained under King Idris in 1951.

Libya then was divided into
three states, with Cyrenaica - or
Barqa, as it was called in Arabic
- encompassing the eastern half
of the country.
Opponents fear a declaration
of autonomy could be the first
step toward the outright division
of the country, particularly with
the turmoil that struck in the
aftermath of the fall of longtime
dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
The tension between the cen-
tral government and eastern
militias and tribal leaders has
already disrupted the exports
of oil. Eastern militias earlier
seized control of oil exporting
terminals, sending production
plunging from 1.4 million barrels
a day to around 600,000, robbing
the country of its main revenue
source.
Abd-Rabbo al-Barassi, the
head of the newly declared Barqa.
government, said the aim is to
improve distribution of resourc-
es and undermine the hold of the
centralized system that has dis-
criminated against their region.
"The aim of the regional gov-
ernment is to share resources in
a better fashion, and to end the'

centralized system adopted by'
the authorities in Tripoli," al-
Barassi said at a news conference.
in the northeastern town of Ajd-'
abiya.
He dismissed accusations that
the movement's leaders are only.
seeking to take control of the
region's oil resources. "We only
want Barqa's share according to,
the 1951 constitution," he said.
The new government is
made up of 24 posts, which
don't include the defense or
foreign affairs portfolios, he
said. Al-Barassi said the region,
will encompass four provinces,
includingBenghazi, Tobruk, Ajd-
abiya and Jebel Akhdar.
Since Gadhafi's ouster follow-
ing months of civil war, Libya,
has been beset by lawlessness
as the numerous armed men
who fought against the longtime
leader's forces formed into inde-
pendent militias now vying for
power and allying with compet-
ing politicians.
"The security file will be pri-
ority," Al-Barassi said. "It is a
thorny issue leading to the chaos
of illegitimate militias."
It is not clear how much sup-

portthenewautonomousgovern-
ment will have in the country's
east, though the movement's
leaders have seized control of
important resources. Officials
in the central government have
threatened to use military action
against any illegaLor unauthor-
ized shipment of oils.
Meanwhile, a Libyan court
on Thursday referred Gadhafi's
son and more than 30 others to
trial before a higher tribunal on
charges ranging from murder to
treason during the 2011 uprising,
a senior prosecutor said.
Prosecutor Al-Seddik al-Sur
said the Tripoli court also decid-
ed to appoint defense lawyers for
Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, and
the late dictator's intelligence
chief, Abdullah al-Senoussi. He
did not announce a date for the
trial before the Criminal Court.
Al-Senoussi and al-Baghdadi
al-Mahmoudi, Gadhafi's last
prime minister, were among
about 10 of the 38 Gadhafi-era
officials to attend the hearing.
Seif al-Islam, held by a militia
group that captured him as he
attempted to flee to neighboring
Niger in 2011, was not present.

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