U~be Mid~gan aiIF Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, April 3, 2014 michigandailycom A WLCOME RETRN President Barack Obama addressed his administration's push to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour at the Intramural Sports Building on South Campus Wednesday afternoon. Speech echoes, Johnson in '64 Wages focus of address 50 years after Great Society speech, a new call for equal opportunities By KATIE BURKE ManagingEditor Fifty years ago, former Presi- dent Lyndon Johnson stood in Michigan Stadium and out- lined his plan to create a "Great Society" in the United States. Wednesday, President Barack Obama stood in the Intramu- ral Sports Building and rallied the crowd with his vision of "opportunity for all." Johnson told University graduates in his 1964 com- mencement address, "Your imagination, your _ initiative, and your indignation will determine whether we build See SPEECH, Page 3A Students, faculty praise Obama's loyalty to the University By JENNIFER CALFAS ManagingNews Editor As President Barack Obama approached -the podium at the Intramural Sports Building, more than 1,400 students and University affiliates rose from their seats, eliciting a thunderous applause. Obama traveled to the Univer- sity Wednesday to speak about his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour. In his speech, Obama pointed to the state's efforts to support the bill and brought a partisan tone to his speech, calling out Republicans in Congress who oppose the pro- posal, "You've got a choice," Obama said. "You can give America the shaft, or you can give it a raise." Obama noted the extreme liv- ing conditions in America today, adding that some full-time work- ers are living in poverty despite holding steady employment. In Michigan, the minimum wage is $7.40 per hour. While the average American who earns minimum wage is 35 years old, Obama noted the importance of establishing a higher minimum wage for col- lege students - some of whom will be entering the workforce in a month. "We should make it easier for your generation to get a foothold on the ladder of opportunity," Obama said, with applause short- ly following. "And we believe the economy grows best not fromthe top down, but from the mid out." Obama has made more visits to the University than any sitting president in history. In 2010, he served as the University's Spring Commencement speaker. The president visited the University again in 2012 to discussthe rising cost of higher education - a point he touched on Wednesday. See OBAMA, Page 3A CAMPUS LIFE Administrators discuss revised misconduct policy Head of SAPAC says 'U' is a national leader in handling sexual misconduct By CLAIRE BRYAN DailyStaffReporter On Wednesday afternoon, The Michigan Daily and the Univer- sity's Office of Student Life part- nered to host a panel discussion for students to voice their questions about the University's sexual mis- conduct policies. The event was tailored around students' ques- tions and helped to clarify some of the changes to the Student Sexual Misconduct Policy, the Universi- ty's education process and resourc- es available for the survivors of sexual assault. Holly Rider-Milkovich, director of the University's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Cen- ter, joined Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones; Jay Wilgus, director of the office of Student Conflict Resolution; and Anthony Walesby, the University's Title IX coordina- tor, to engage with around 40 stu- dents and community members in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union. Students also tracked the con- versation online through a Twit- ter live stream under the hashtag #DailyDiscusses. At the beginning of the discus- sion, each panelist described the respective roles his or her depart- ment plays in investigations and sexual misconduct prevention. "SAPAC plays a significant role in providing expertise and guid- ance to the institution as it relates to the creation of policy so that we are representing the needs of survivors and ensuring that the best practices that we know of find their way into the work that we are doing," Rider-Milkovich said. Walesby later outlined the mis- sion of the office of Institutional See POLICY, Page 2A History Prof. Victor Lieberman, the 2014 Golden Apple Award winner, gives his "last lecture" at Rackham Auditorium Wednesday. Lieberm1an delivers 'last lecture' for Golden Apple ACADEMICS ArmyROTC takes trip to Gettysburg for training Annual event challenges students to apply tactics to historic battlefield By AMIA DAVIS Daily StaffReporter Instead of learning about battle tactics in the classroom, junior officers in the University's Army ROTC program visited the battlefield itself. Lieutenant Colonels Allana Bryant and Wayne Dole took the senior class on a weekend trip to Gettysburg, Pa. to study the his- toric Battle of Gettysburg. The trip was part of an annual event called a staff ride. The staff ride is an annual tradition in the Army ROTC in which junior and commanding officers travel to historic battle- fields and study various tactics See ROTC, Page 3A Award-winning prof. has spent 30 years teaching By EMILIE PLESSET Daily StaffReporter About 750 University stu- dents, staff and members of the Ann Arbor community stood and applauded as His- tory Prof. Victor Lieberman took the stage to receive the Golden Apple Award and give his "last lecture" Wednes- day evening in the Rackham Auditorium. Sponsored by the Univer- sity's chapter of Hillel, the Golden Apple Award was inspired by Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos, a lst- and 2nd- century Jewish scholar. The award honors professors who embody ben Hyrkanos' man- tra of living as if each day is his or her last, dispensing their knowledge through stu- dent engagement. The award has been presented annually for the past 24 years to highly acclaimed professors nomi- nated by students. 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