2 - Friday, April 4, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com THURSDAY: Alumni Profiles 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETER SHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.com LEFT President Barack Obama speaks at the Intramural Sports building Wednesday about raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10. (ALLISON FARRAN D/Daily) UPPER RIGHT LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar celebrates as Make Michigan wins the CSG elections Tuesday. (ALLISON FARRAN D/Daily) BOTTOM RIGHT Public Policy junior Maya Menlo (left), Washtenaw Community College freshman Micah Smith (center), and LSA freshman Jean-Philippe Dubois (right) march for manufacturing reform Monday. 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LSA senior Mira The shoes people wear, from the National Pan- students will perform at Cavanaugh is working on Friedlander accompanied Donne writes, say something Hellenic Council present the 42nd annual Dance for a documentary exploring President Barack Obama to about them. In this blog, step performances that Mother Earth Powwow. sweatshop labor globally. He lunch at Zingerman's Deli Donne conducts a thorough emulate famous video WHO: Native American said he's trying to "put a face Wednesday, over which analysis of different types games. Tickets are $15. Student Association on who makes our clothes." 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" FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 6 Turns out the U.S. Agency for International Development created a secret Cuban twitter account to steal private data for political purposes. The goal was to "sow disruption," the Associated Press reported. LSA reduces restrictions for credit transfer policy 'U' teams with consultants to explore housing options Students now able to transfer credits from community colleges more easily By YARDAIN AMRON Daily StaffReporter Wednesday afternoon, LSA students received an e-mail from the Newman Academic Advising Center announcing a new transfer credit policy beginning in spring that will allow students - regard- less of class standing - to transfer credits earned at a community college. The new policy eliminates a restriction that limited transfer- ring community college credit to students with fewer than 60 credits at the University. Now, students with over 60 credits, or junior and senior standing, can also transfer community college -HS credit. munity college." "Behind the old policy was The policy will affect students the idea that community colleges .like LSA junior Stephanie Pena, teach first year and second year who is in her first semester at the courses and therefore juniors University as a transfer student and seniors at a four year institu- from Lansing Community Col- tion shouldn't get credit for first lege. Pena transferred in about 57 year and second year courses," credits from her time at LCC and said Tim Dodd, director of the until now, was preparing to fin- Newnan Academic Advising ish up the rest of her credits at the Center. "Our counterargument University. was that juniors and seniors take "I was a little bummed out introductory -100 and 200 level when I wastold earlier this semes- - coursework all the time here ter I wouldn't be able to complete at the University and we don't any more credits at community prevent them from getting credit college because I knew I would from takingthose courses." be going back home this sum- Dodd said it was also a matter mer," Pena said. "Now this new of economic fairness. policy allows me to go back home "There are a lot of students who and take some extra college cred- do need to take courses off cam- its, and it will let me do that at a pus but can't necessarily afford to cheaper cost as well." take them at a four-year institu- Pena said she paid $87 per tion," Dodd said. "We thought it credit at LCC. For Spring 2014 at would be only fair for those who the University, in-state students may have economic hardship to pay $690 for the first credit and take courses that are typically $510 for every additional credit. much cheaper percredit at a com- Out-of-state students pay $1,825 for the first credit and $1,645 for every additional credit. Dodd said the policy change will mostly affect students try- ing to catch up on credits, fulfill requirements, or those who were suspended from the University 3 8 and need to complete credits out- side of the University as a condi- 7 4 5 tion for return. "I don't think this is going to be a tectonic shift in what students 8 3 do with their summers," Dodd said. Ch ho to To versit focus studei Scion es con ahead Th Chica tions privat provia their 0 annou the U year. eral f from versit Logan In dents, tion,1 inforn ket re Arbor the ye and ut ing op "As icago-based firm third party coming in and taking a look at the residential facilities, lds focus groups the residential experience that we offer for both undergraduate gather student and graduate students has been very helpful," Logan said. suggestions The three focus groups on Monday of this week had three By ANASTASSIOS different residential themes. ADAMOPOULOS One included students who live Daily StaffReporter on campus, another students living off campus and the third explore the future of Uni- was with student staff who live y Housing, three different and work in residence halls. On groups of undergraduate Tuesday, another meeting was nts met Monday with the held with seven undergraduate Group, a real estate servic- students living in North Campus mpany, to discuss what lies residences. 1. Students shared what they e Scion Group, based in like about living on and off cam- go, consults with institu- pus and what the advantages of higher education and and challenges are in each case, e-sector companies that including what would they like to de housing for students on change. They also asked students development projects. Scion about the difficulties of finding nced its partnership with housing. niversity on Feb. 3 of this Logan said as the Residential The company has held sev- Life Initiative comes to an end ocus groups with students with the renovation of West Quad February to March, Uni- Residence Hall, which will begin y Housing spokesman Peter in May, the University thought it n said. was an importanttime to talk with the meetings with stu- students and gauge their opinions faculty and administra- on what could be done next. the Scion Group gathered "We are trying to anticipate nation and performed mar- what more should we be doing in search on housing in Ann terms of student housing experi- to help form a vision for ence at U of M after 2015 when ars ahead for both graduate West Quad reopens" Logan said. ndergraduate student hous- University President Mary Sue tions. Coleman launched he Residential essentially an objective Life in 2004 for the improvement and development of University Housing facilities including 18 residence halls, the nine resi- dential dining halls and the five North Campus apartment com- plexes. These developments included upgrading and renovating exist- ing residences like East Quad Resi- dence Hall in 2013, South Quad in 2014 and WestQuadin2015,aswell as the construction of North Quad Residence Hall in 2010. Logan said the Universityhas committed $650 million to the RLI. "University Housing over the past several years has been involved in a remarkable cam- paign to improve our facilities (and) improve the residential experience" Logan said. Logan said the attendance in the focus groups varies with as little as one person showing, to a dozen or more students attended others. Regardless, Logan said he has seen constructive feedback. "It's just been helpful getting the undergraduate perspective of what is a good, what is a sup- portive living experience for them," Logan said. Logan said there may be more sessions in June, depend- ing on the student population on campus, and that Scion will complete their research in July. Scion will conclude their study by sending an online survey to .undergraduate students about their student housing experi- ence, Logan added. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE And news. WE PROVIDE BOTH! READ ALL ABOUT IT AT MICHIGANDAILY.COM I A