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Diana Chen, a 2011 graduate
of the University who majored in
Political Science and Philosophy is
a third-year law student at Loyola
University Chicago Law School.
She is also the founder ofLawStud.
io, an online crowdsourcing plat-
form for startups and small busi-
nesses to find affordable legal help.
How did you conceptualize
the idea of LawStud.io?
I'm in my third year of law
school right now and I had the
opportunity to work in two dif-
ferent law firms. I saw the inef-
ficiencies of the law firms and
thought, "How can we fix these
inefficiencies?" A lot of it is a lack
of technology that makes things
go slower, but, also, I think the
market is shifting from large cor-
porations to startups and small
businesses.
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insight intoyour company?
I got involved in the startup
community in Chicago and saw
the perspective from the busi-
ness owners, which was that they
couldn't afford legal help. A lot
of people don't understand how
important it is to have a lawyer
and take steps to prevent them-
selves from getting into legal
trouble. This is a way to help
people realize how important it is
and also give them an easier way
to get it done.
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did you bring to your
startup experience?
During my time at Michi-
gan, I had the opportunity to get
involved ... I started working at
Telefund my freshman year and
got promoted to student man-
ager position, which was a really
good experience for me to be able
to take on full responsibility and
learn how to lead and manage
a team. Also, Michigan is a big
school, and you have to be aggres-
sive in getting involved. No one
really hands you anything on a
plate. Those were all useful skills
that helped me do what I'm doing
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Engineering seniors Eyad Makki and Kun Shao view
Arduino microcontroller applications at the UMSI
MakerFest in the Union Wednesday.
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Tenebrae Penny Stamps
Same-sex halted College funding performance speaker series
BY HILLARY CRAWFORD BYJARRON BOWMAN
The temporary stay on
same-sex marriages was
elongated in a 2-1 majority
opinion from the federal
appeals court. Marriages
will not be able to continue
until the Sixth Circuit
Court rules on an appeal
to the legalization of gay
marriage.
Jarron Bowman explores
Michigan's proposal for
college funding. Although
the new policy allows
universities to pay student
tuition, a percentage of their
after-college wage would be
taxed. This proposal helps
students in financial need,
but it alsohas consequences.
WHAT: Hailing from Great
Britain, the Tenebrae cham-
ber choir will be perform-
ing an assortment of Lenten
WHO: University Musical
Society
WHEN: Today 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: St. Francis of
Assisi Catholic Church,
2270 E. Stadium Blvd.
WHAT: Penelope Spheeris
will be discussing her work
as a director and filmmaker.
She has produced several
documentaries chronicling
the history of American
rock 'n' roll.
WHO: Penny Stamps
School of Art & Design
WHEN: Today at 5:10 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Theatre
Film screening Diversity panel
As tensions over Rus-
sian intervention in
Ukraine escalate, Presi-
dent Barack Obama met with
members of NATO Wednes-
day to explore possible mili-
tary contingency plans in the
region, The New York Times
reported.
This Week's b-side
looks at how an art
program at University
Hospital makes treatment a
little bit brighter for patients.
But bringing color to a sterile
space isn't always easy.
a> FOR MORE. SEE THE B-SIDE
The U.S. Senate Home-
land Security Commit-
tee released a statement
Wednesday, stating it was
"troubled" by the actions of
three Secret Service agents
who had to be sent home from
assignment covering the Pres-
ident, USA Today reported.
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Trending issues include
2048 - the addicting
Internet game, Ebola virus
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Guinea, and the Singing
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WHAT: There will be a
showing ofnAmerikanuak,
a film by Nacho Reig. The
documentary showcases the
stories of individuals who
fled Spain to become sheep-
herders in the American
West.
WHO: Department of
Romance Languiages &
Literature
WHEN: Today at 7 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad,
Space 2435
WHAT: Panelists will
examine the intersection
of diversity, contemplation
and consciousness at this
open discussion. The panel-
ists will also take time to
answer audience questions.
WHO: Program in Creativity
and Consciousness Studies
WHEN: Today from 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Great Lakes
Room (Central), Palmer
Commons
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showcases innovative tech.
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kerfest informs organize the first-ever Maker-
fest event. Other participants
dents about the included the Ann Arbor District
Library, Maker Works, U-M
chool's degree Computer and Video Games
Archive and Michigan Makers.
program Makerfest was the brainchild
of LSA freshman Kenny Heindel,
By AMIA DAVIS program assistant for the Cen-
Daily Staff Reporter ter for Campus Involvement, a
student-focused department that
dakerfest, so many attend- aims to offer both undergraduate
ted out the Google Glass and graduate students a variety
ventually the battery died of organizations and events, such
everyone had a chance to as UMix.
its tiny display. According to Heindel, the idea
lents and members of the for Makerfest came about when
Arbor community gath- the Center for Campus Involve-
n the Pendleton room of ment asked him to collaborate
cchigan Union Wednesday with a academic department to
o reasons: to get hands-on create an event.
ence with the latest tech- "I suggested a Makerfest
and learn about the new where people can go to different
or of Science in Informa- stations and do things that have
to do with technology," Heindel
Center for Campus said.
ement and the School Makerfest gave both students
uormation teamed up to and the general public the oppor-
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tunity to interact with new tech-
nologies at a variety of stations,
including Google Glass, Xbox
One, 3D printing, laser etching,
squishy circuits, Raspberry Pi,
Arduino, coding, crochet and
cookie decorations.
Attendees could also find a
station on the new Bachelor of
Science in Information, which
provided information about the
program and the opportunity to
schedule an appointment with an
advisor.
The BSI program, an upper-
level program for juniors and
seniors, focuses on how people
connect with technology and
how people share information
with organizations. The program
also focuses on making a bridge
between the client and the tech-
nical sides of an organization.
Undergraduate program
adviser Katy Ross said the School
of Information had been dis-
cussing creating the program
for many years. Ross said she
kept hearing from students who
wanted to take courses outside of
their school and engage with the
School of Information.
"We felt like it was time to
go ahead and launch our own
degree," Ross said.
The BSI program will be
offered beginning in Fall 2014.
To apply, students must have at
least sophomore standing and
must have completed a series of
prerequisite courses
Ross said the School of Infor-
mation already accepted the first
round of students into the BSI
program, including Information
sophomore Madison Garver, and
Heindel who will be transferring
to the School of Information next
year.
Heindel said he was pleased
with the turnout of the event and
hopes to oigani, the event again
in the future.
The Google Glass station
was the most popular attrac-
tion among event participants.
Attendees waited in line to test
out the new piece of technol-
a)y, 4iih iotegrates Google's
TFA
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Teacher Education pro-
gram, said the University
teaching certificate hopes
to join TFA in teaching
future teachers.
"This for us is all about
opportunity to be a part of
the preparation solution
and help them go in as well
prepared as they possibly
can," Hearn said.
For many corps members,
the TFA teaching course is
the only formal education
training they receive.
Dharan, who graduated
in 2013, said during the
training program, he and a
group of four other teachers
taught a morning kinder-
garten class together and
took turns acting as the lead
teacher. In the afternoon,
they attended sessions dis-
cussing how to make lesson
plans and interact with stu-
dents.
Dharan said he felt like he
did not have enough class-
room experience prior to
the beginning of the school
year.
"You really don't get a
sense of a whole day and
what a whole classroom
experience looks like until
you're in it," Dharan said.
"No matter how good the
training is, the more time
PEACECORPS
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application in development
that will allow Peace Corps
volunteers to manage and
track their medication and
health while serving. This is
incredibly important for vol-
unteers who are frequently in
Android user interface into
glasses that the user can wear
and use hands-free.
Garver was among the
attendees who waited in line
to try out the Google Glass.
Though she did not have the
you can spend in a class-
rvoom before you enter the
progranm, the better off you
will be."
The original summer
training program also pro-
vided a general knowledge , W
of how to teach every age
bracket.
However, University
alum Carly Goldberg, a cur-
rent Chicago-based corps
member, said she did not
have the opportunity to
connect with kids in the age
group she teaches and did
not receive sufficient train-
ing in her field.
Over the summer, Gold-
berg trained with a high-
school class, but taught in a
middle school in the fall.
"When I started teaching
middle school, I hadn't been
in a middle school classroom
since I was in middle school,"
Goldberg said. "In college,
you're used to taking a class
where the professor just talks
to you the whole time. You
have to learn that that's not ro'f tdnt n
how kids learn things." roteistoadh
Dharan said he felt he
could have been better pre- r ve
pared to teach his first grade da"an ar obervd"
class and felt unprepared to t t rT
teach his students how to provde-cr p ,me
read. f-."kan "pr
"There have been moments.. ru.. g...ra
where I've been like, 'I real-
ly feel like I needed more
preparation on how to actu-
ally teach a child to read,' "
Dharan said.
places that do not offer essen-
tial medicalbenefits, Holloway te l
said.-plans observe other.
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programs have nine previous tt cu um "b e
agreements with the Peace sessions
Corps, including the Ger-
ald R. Ford School of Public
Policy, the School of Natural
Resources and Environment,
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on their con'
opportunity to fully test the ress and the c
Google Glass, she enjoyed the face They m.
other stations as well. workshops or
"I've seen some really cool
stuff that indicates where the
future of technology might be
going," Garver said.
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