2 - Friday, March 28, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2~~~~~~~. - rdyMrh 8_04 h iciaDiy-mihgn _iyo t o idiigan Baitm 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@michigandaiy.com kvoigtman@michigandaiy.com LEFT Juicy 1 performs at Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan Tuesday. (NICHOLAS WILLIAMS/Daily) RIGHT After11 years, Donna Rafferty and Jules Cobb are married at Washtenaw County Court Saturday. 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FORUM filed a countercomplaint against Make Michigan claiming the complaint was frivolous. "Long before Mr. Greenfield became an official candidate with the FORUM party, he was hard at work on a project to address student's trans- portation needs," the respondent's reply brief read. The brief included multiple e-mails between Greenfield and University Provost Martha Pollack about the development of the SafeRide app, However, the petitioners of Make Michigan responded in another brief with a letter from Engineering senior Summit Shrestha, one of the technical developers for Campus SafeRide LLC. "No member of the FORUM politi- cal party has participated in the tech- nical development of the SafeRide application at any stage of this pro- cess," Shrestha wrote in a March 25 letter to the UEC. "Mr. Greenfield claims to have participated in this development process, but his asser- tion is simply untrue." The UEC held a hearing Wednes- day night and will come to a conclu- sion Friday morning. If FORUM is found responsible, the UEC will issue the party a statutory maximum of eight demerits, which would result in a 24-percent reduc- tion of FORUM's votes, Nitta said. The second case preventing the release of election results pertains to an alleged violation of irresponsible e-mail use by the Defend Affirmative Action Party. Steven Richards, a Social Work and Public Health graduate student and FORUM legislative candidate for the School of Social Work, is suing DAAP for improperly sending an e-mail to a listserv of 630 Social Work students on March 24, encouraging them to vote for DAAP. According to the complaint brief, Social Work student Cassandra Muro sent the e-mail on behalf of Social Work student Reyna Asadizoudegani, the DAAP legislative candidate for the School of Social Work. However, the respondent's brief read: "Ms. Muro, unlike her friend, did not become involved with DAAP and has never volunteered with DAAP. Ms. Asadizoudegani has never asked Ms. Muro for assistance with her campaign." If the UEC finds the DAAP respon- sible for requesting the e-mail, three to four demerits will be issued per e-mail recipient, Nitta said. The hearing will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and the decision will be announced 36 hours after the hear- ing concludes. RWANDA From Page 1 from the country since 1959 began to return to the nation. The genocide ended in 1994 with the victory of the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front, leaving between 500,000 and 1 million Rwandan people dead. During the war, Rusesabagina offered refuge to 1,268 people, both Hutu and Tutsi, in the Mille Collines, the large hotel where he had previously served as manager. As a result of paying off generals and wielding his connections, all of the hotel guests survived the genocide. Rusesabagina's story was later depicted in an Academy Award- nominated film starring Don Cheadle. The film was shown Monday as part of the University's commemoration activities. In his remarks, Rusesabagi- na said many of the problems in Rwanda have been caused by poli- ticians and government-sponsored media and not the country's aver- age citizens. Rusesabagina also said other countries require collective action to intervene in international con- flicts, as well as time to make deci- sions and then take actions. He also claimed the United Nations is ruled by six or seven powers that intervene in other countries only to protect their own interests. Rusesabagina, who was also a 2005 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, has previous history with the University. In 2005, he was awarded the Univer- sity's Wallenberg Medal, an honor that recognizes individuals who have made significant contribu- tions toward furthering human rights. Allan Stam, professor of Pub- lic Policy and Political Science and director of the International Policy Center, said he, along with Political Science Prof. Christian Davenport, first thought about organizing a commemoration of the genocide six months ago. Stam said Rusesabagina's own observations during the event as well as 20 years of study would provide a perspective that people in the United States don't often hear. "That there is hope for progress in the future but that there is still a lot of people who need to be held accountable for what took place in the past," Stam said. Rusesabagina, who now lives in Belgium and has not been to Rwanda since 2004, said he does feel nostalgic about his home. He also established the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, which works to prevent future genocides and promote the healing process in Rwanda. "My dream is that one day we see Hutus and Tutsis sitting around that table," he said. "We'll see all of these people talking. 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Through indi- said. vidual interactions, workshops, Mentors will also help their field trips and presentations, students analyze the important frey Canada states that students Detroit students will learn how components of their personal in low-income neighborhoods to apply new information in each identities, specifically focusing are more likely to know some- of these fields to their own lives. on what it means to be a Detroi- one who has served time in For both Chrzan and fel- ter. Chrzan said this means prison than someone who has low board member and Educa- educating students about their been to college. This distinc- tion graduate student Angela communities and the role they tion hit home with Chrzan, a Abiodun, who also grew up in play within them. With many Detroit native. With the imple- Detroit, academic empowerment of the University student men- mentation of CHAMPIONS: and identity development sig- tors not being from Detroit, the DETROIT, he and his fellow nify two of the development group stresses that mentors be board members aim to change plan's most crucial components. aware of the specific challenges the paradigm. Chrzan said academic empow- Detroit students face. By establishing trust-based erment means not only tutor- The students will be paired relationships with students, ing students, but also providing with mentorsbased on an assess- mentors will be able to effec- them with exposure to different ment of their compatibility with tively administer six different campus environments through potential partners. Surveys will areas of focused development. the arrangement ofcollegevisits. be administered to both men- These." areas include academic For many high school students in tors and students that will help empowerment, identity develop- Detroit, this type of firsthand to establish academic strengths and weaknesses, extracurricu- E EU E lar interests and plans for the future. More generally, the orga- nization hopes that the close- ness in age between mentors and students will facilitate a quality of comfort in each relationship. 1 9 The goal is for students to feel as though they can relate to the 1 7 5 3 experiences of each mentor. The creators of CHAMPI- ONS: DETROIT are looking for 9 27Michigan students who under- stand the power of relation- 4 2 1 8 ships, and who feel passionately about making a difference in the 7 4 6 3 city of Detroit. Most impor- tantly, Chrzan said, they are seeking not just mentors, but 5 3 4 J8 loyal champions who will cheer students on in their pursuit of 2 1 5 8 future success. CHAMPIONS: DETROIT will 1 2 6 3 release their applications for student mentors in the coming 4 I weeks. Following the application V I1"' process, board members will quickly begin training future mentors so that they will be ready to start working with stu- dents in September. LSA From Page 1 Dabrowski is currently already on the Executive Board of LSA-SG as academic relations officer. In this role, she chairs the Academic Affairs Committee. In the past, Dabrowski worked on the Taking Responsibility for the Earth and Environment Subcommittee and Student Life Committee of LSA- SG. Walsh is the current counsel on the Executive Board. He has been BILL From Page 1 said this interest-free tuition plan would eliminate financial barriers to higher education. The bill was introduced in February. "Interest is taken off the table," Knezek said. "By doing the pro- gram interest-free, we're saving students tens of thousands of dol- lars - literally with the swipe of a pen." The current legislation includes only the implementation of a pilot program. Funded with an initial $2 million grant, the pilot would con- sist of 100 community college stu- dents and 100 four-year university students. Knezek said lawmakers would monitor the program's suc- cess over a five-year period with the possibility of then considering system-wide legislation. Knezek said one of the propos- al's best features is its ability to be self-sustaining in the long run. "When you pay back into the program, this isn't going to banks, this isn't going to line anybody's pockets, nobody is making a profit off you having attended an institu- tion of higher learning," he said. "Those dollars are going into the active in LSA-SG since he worked on the Taking Responsibility for the Earth and Environment Sub- committee as a freshman. He was later elected chair of that subcom- mittee and previously served on the Curriculum Committee for the College. Dabrowski and Walsh will focus on specific goals regarding aca- demic projects and new student life initiatives. A key point of their plat- form is to make course evaluation data public for studentstouse while choosing courses. "We hope to empower students to take ownership of their educa- program to fund the next genera- tion of students." Knezek said the legislation was introduced through identical House and Senate Bills, the latter of which is sponsored by Sen. Jim Ananich (D-Flint). The House bill is currently being reviewed in the Committee on Competitiveness chaired by Rep. Mike Shirkey (R- Jackson). However, unlike in other states, support for SMART is not unani- mous in Michigan. Audrey Spalding, director of education policy at the Mackinac Center of Public Policy, said tuition model plans are simply not sustain- able in the longterm. "Is an engineering major who might be facing the prospect of earning $100,000 after graduation really going to sign on to a program where he's promising a percent- age of his income? Probably not," Spalding said. "Is someone who's considering majoring in a less lucrative major more likely to sign on to this program? Absolutely." Spalding said without those high-earning graduates, the fund would not be substantial enough to continually finance rising tuition costs. Spalding said she is also con- cerned by the fact that "pay it tion," Dabrowski said. Another goal outlined in their platformisto reevaluatethecurrent LSA Race and Ethnicity require- ment to broaden the program and include courses on Intergroup Rela- tions. Regarding student life initia- tives, Dabrowski said she and Walsh want to address current campus climate by fostering col- laborative dialogue between stu- dent groups. Johnson and LSA junior Allie Hammond, vice presidential can- didate, both active members of LSA-SG, lost the election. forward" plans ignore the root problem - the exorbitant price tag of higher education. She said leg- islative initiatives such as SMART would actually incentivize univer- sities to raise tuition, given that students would pay a fixed percent- age of their own salary regardless of the institution's price. "It completely eliminates the connection between what you pay for your degree and what degree youget," she said. Last summer, the University's Board of Regents approved the smallest annual tuition increase in 29 years. Still, the change is part of a broader trend of upwardly spi- raling tuition. LSA in-state tuition increased by 60 percent between academic years 2004-05 and 2013- 14. Despite the opposition, Kne- zek said part of his confidence in SMART lies in the fact that every- one can agree that some kind of reformis necessary. When itcomes to student loans, barriers to access and the cost of higher education, he said he remains committed to improving higher education in the state. "Everybody acknowledges the fact that we have a crisis right now as it relates to college tuition."