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Student takes center stage
When LSA senior Mira Fried-
lander checked her phone on
Tuesday afternoon, she had one
missed call - the White House.
"I thought, 'Holy shit!"'
Friedlander, a political sci-
ence major and restaurant server,
was asked to write and deliver
the opening remarks for Presi-
dent Barack Obama's Wednesday
address about increasing the fed-
eral minimum wage. As an added
surprise, she was also invited to
have lunch with the president at
Zingerman's Delicatessen prior
to the event.
Obama ordered a #2 Reu-
ben and Friedlander ordered a
#73 - "Tarb's Tenacious Ten-
ure." Joined by Rep. Gary Peters
(D-Mich.), Friedlander said the
lunchtime discussion touched
on minimum wage, the revital-
ization of Detroit and her career
goals.
"I was obviously freaking out
because I was so hyped about
meeting the president of the
United States, but he was just
very cool," Friedlander said. "It
was very comfortable .speak-
ing with him and we talked a lot
about being a server, being a stu-
dent and paying my way through
school."
In addition to working for a
mayoral campaign in her home
state of Minnesota, Friedlander
has worked as a server to cover
living expenses while in college.
While the federal minimum wage
for most jobs is $7.25 an hour,
servers and other similar tipped
positions have a lower standard
- $2.13 an hour - as long as the
addition of tips covers the differ-
ence.
"For me, I've been lucky with
the restaurants I've worked at,"
Friedlander said. "I was raised
to be very independent and very
self-sufficient - and also I come
from a single mother home ... For
me, it's troublesome when I have
to ask for money."
"It's hard, butI make it work,"
she added.
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LSA senior Mira Friedlandergrabs lunch with President
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to his address on a proposed minimum wage increase.
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Guest professor Nicholas
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Hunter College profit from these industries, the
impact of their products affects
prof. gives lecture billions of people and will con-
tinue to over the next century,
to Public Health he said.
During his lecture, Freud-
students enberg said chronic disease
and injuries are the leading
By JOEL GOLDSTEIN causes of death and both are
Daily StaffReporter rooted in lifestyle choices. Fast
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Public Health Prof. Nicholas to many chronic diseases and
Freudenberg of Hunter College firearms and automobiles have
spoke at the School of Public caused millions of injuries, he
Health Wednesday, discuss- said, adding that cigarettes are
ing the consumption culture in expected to kill one billion peo-
the United States. The themes ple. With the large number of
in his talk echoed his recently victims, few people benefit from
published book, "Lethal but these industries.
Legal: Corporations, Consump- "The 'most effective strate-
tion, and Protecting Public gies are the ones that come from
Health." _ within communities," Freuden-
Freudenberg's work focuses berg said in an interview after
on how corporations influence the lecture.
society by encouraging con- Freudenberg has conducted
sumption of goods that ulti- research on how small sections
mately cause illness and death. of business cause large strife
While relatively few people in communities. He added that
a, ..,,
another paradox is the dispro-
portionate political power these
industries wield.
He compared President
Dwight Eisenhower's "military
industrial complex" to today's
"corporate consumption com-
plex." Freudenberg's complex
consists of any corporation that
promotes unhealthy behavior,
focusing primarily on ciga-
rettes, alcohol and fast food.
These corporations can be food
companies themselves as well
as lobbies and advertising agen-
cies.
Freudenberg has also
researched solutions to prob-
lems caused by the corporate
consumption complex, such as
the '90s fight started by commu-
nity organizers against Uptown,
the cigarette brand that was
attempting to break into the
market by specifically market-
ing to African-Americans.
Freudenberg also discussed
the progress made in this area,
citing the successful ban on
new fast food franchises in
downtown Los Angeles that
has opened up space for farm-
ers' markets, mom-and-pop
stores and other alternatives.
Freudenberg advocates for
community action as well as
government restrictions.
"The antidote is more
democracy," Freudenberg said.
Freudenberg said full dis-
closure of political contribu-
tions as well as capping the
amount of money corporations
can donate and lobby for could
help alleviate corporations'
hold on consumers. Freuden-
berg praised other Western
nations that have restricted
marketing toward children,
who can't tell the difference
between the truth and persua-
sive tactics. Other suggestions
for dismantling the corporate
consumption complex were
more radical. He said in addi-
tion to public transportation
and 1ibraries, the United States
would benefit from having a
public food source.
Fort Hood shooting leaves
three dead, wounding more
Military base suffers in 2011, had been undergoing an immediately available.
assessment to determine whether The injured were taken to Dar-
second shooting in he had post-traumatic stress dis- nall Army Community Hospital at
ft yorder, according to Lt. Gen. Mark Fort Hoodandotherlocal hospitals.
ye years A. Milley, the senior officer on the Dr. Glen Couchman, chief medical
base. officer at Scott and White Hospital
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A There was no indication the in Temple, said the first four people
soldier opened fire Wednesday on attack was related to terrorism, Mil- admitted there had gunshots to
fellow service members at the Fort ley said. chest, abdomen, neck and extremi-
Hood military base, killing three A Texas congressman said the ties and that their conditions range
people and wounding 16 before shooting happened at a medical cen- from stable to "quite critical."
committing suicide at the same post ter. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman The 2009 assault on Fort Hood
where more than a dozen people of the House Homeland Security wasthedeadliestattackonadomes-
were slain in a2009 attack, authori- Committee, also identified the sus- tic military installation in U.S. his-
ties said. pect as Ivan Lopez. But additional tory. Thirteen people were killed
The shooter, who served in Iraq details about the gunman were not and morethan 30 wounded.
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POLICY
From Page1A
Equity, which is responsible for
enforcing the University's non-
discrimination statement, which
ensures thatcampus remains a safe
and welcoming climate built on
mutual respect for all students.
"With respect to student sexual
misconduct issues, we have two
full-time investigators who handle
those matters exclusively," Wales-
bysaid.
He briefly described the inves-
tigation process, which begins
when the survivor or complain-
ant in a case notifies the Univer-
sity through one of many available
mediums, such as a residential
adviser or online through the Uni-
versity's sexual misconduct web-
site.
After the complaint is filed, OIE
will immediately assess if extra
measures need to be taken to sepa-
rate the person from the situation.
OIE will next make sure the com-
plainant is aware of all resources
that are available to him or her.
Walesby said OIE is equally
interested in making sure that
person who is accused - the
respondent - is also supported by
connecting him or her to resources
on campus.
OIE receives the respondent's
statement, ensures that it is correct
and starts an investigation by iden-
tifying witnesses and searching for
any other information.
"We are very interested in a fair,
thorough and equitable process,"
Walesby said.
Wilgus elaborated on the proce-
dure from a resolution standpoint,
as the next part of the process
involves sending reports to OSCR
to facilitate the sanction.
"Our goals are to eliminate the
misconduct, prevent its reoccur-
rence and remedy its effects," Wil-
gus said.
He added that OSCR seeks to
create an agreement between the
complainant, the respondent and
the University.
In the rare number of cases in
which an agreement is not met,
OSCR will facilitate a "resolution
by decision" in which the Univer-
sity makes a binding decision about
the matter without the consent of
the respondent.
As dean of students, Blake
Jones said her office is intricately
involved in educating the student
body about sexual misconduct, as
well as facilitating student com-
plaints and sometimes referring
themback to SAPAC.
Several students in attendance
asked why the University's sexual
misconduct policy was changed
and revised over the course of
the last three years. Since 2010,
Holly and Wilgus began actively
researching how to manage stu-
dent sexual misconduct. Wilgus
added that they kept very close
attention to relative legislation in
thinking about ways to improve.
The U.S. Department of Educa-
tion's Office for Civil Rights issued
guidance regarding student sexual
misconduct on April 4,2011. Imme-
diately following the release of the
letter, OSCR instituted an interim
procedure for addressing student
sexual misconduct issues in order
to learn the new process and get
student feedback.
"We actually took the time to
create a policy that is uniquely
Michigan, that genuinely responds
to what our community identified
as being importantto us and where
we wanted to center our values,"
Rider-Milkovich said.
According to Rider-Milkovich,
other campuses and the White
House are looking to the Univer-
sity's policy as a "novel practice"
and a way in which the campus is
furtheringthe knowledge ofsexual
assault prevention.
"We are trailblazers," Blake
Jones said. "And an institution
that most of the country looks to in
terms of our prevention and educa-
tion efforts."
Students were also curious
abouthowmanystudentsuse these
services annually.
Each year, SAPAC supports 150
to 160 individual students. OIE sees
about 60 to 80 cases per year, and
about half of those cases proceed to
an investigation. OSCR reviewed
about 83 cases in the last academic
year.
"Not all of those matters result
in a full scale investigation that
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