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"We await that court or legal
direction on this complex, unusu-
al situation," Wurfel wrote in an
e-mail interview. "It wouldn't be
appropriate for us to speculate
on these matters while legal pro-
ceedings are ongoing. We're sen-
sitive to feelings on this issue and
are hoping for a swift resolution
for all involved."
The Attorney General's office
did not provide a statement by
press time. However, Schuette
has stated that his reason for
filing an appeal concerns the
alleged violation of the federal
court ruling on the popularly-
passed 2004 vote to ban same-sex
marriage in Michigan.
"Michigan voters enshrined
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that decision in our State con-
stitution, and their will should
stand and be respected," Schuette
wrote in a statement. "I will con-
tinue to carry out my duty to pro-
tect and defend the Constitution."
Kirkland said that if Michi-
gan's Constitution violates the
14th amendment of the U.S. Con-
stitution, which states that all
people receive equal treatment
under the law, then Schuette's
argument is null.
The tension between state
and federal law is also clear in
the unlikely case that same-sex
marriage is deemed illegal in
Michigan. Kirkland said she was
unsure what would occur in this
situation, but marriages would
maintain their legality at the fed-
eral level.
However, same-sex couples are
seeking rights at the state level,
including health and adoption
rights.
"It would be a political issue in
the state at that point," Kirkland
said.
In any case, Washtenaw Coun-
ty Clerk Larry Kestenbaum said
that the weddings on Saturday
morning occurred legally. The
marriage licenses remain in the
county's records proving their
legality.
"In the end, when it's all done,
the state will have no choice but
to recognize them," Kestenbaum
said.
He mentioned the example
of these same-sex couples filing
joint tax returns and adopting
children, rights that married cou-
ples have.
After that, the brief willbe sub-
mitted to a panel of three appeals
judges, the makeup of which has
not been publicly announced.
The panel will either choose to
extend the initial stay - expir-
ing Wednesday - for a specified
period of time or indefinitely.
The decision on whether to
continue the stay will hinge on
who the court thinks suffers
more harm, said Jay Kaplan, staff
attorney for the ACLU of Michi-
gan LGBT Project.
"It's sort of a balancing test,"
Kaplan said. "It's looking at what
the state's interest and what the
plaintiffs' interest are, and what
is more compelling."
The court must also rule on
the request of a pending appeal
submitted by the state. The plain-
tiffs are requesting an expedited
appeal for the case.
The case may go beyond the
court of appeals all the way to the
U.S. Supreme Court. Mogill weit-
ed DeBoer v. Snyder, the series
of arguments which took place
after the state denied a same-sex
couple the joint adoption of their
children, which led to Friday's
ruling. It's also the first case since
Hollingsworth v. Perry in which a
trial with expert testimony con-
cerning LGBT matters occurred.
This 2010 Supreme Court case
allowed same-sex marriage to
resume in the state of California.
"As result of that, the district
court has made very detailed
findings of fact and determina-
tions as to credibility," Mogill said
concerning DeBoer v. Snyder. "All
that having been said though, it's
entirely up to the court to decide
which case or cases it will take."
At the University, students
envision going beyond marriage
equality.
LSA junior Robert Schwar-
zhaupt, chair of Central Stu-
dent Government's LGBT Issues
Commission, said that while
the spread of marriage equal-
ity in Michigan is an exciting
development for the LGBT com-
munity at the University, the
focus when it comes to activism
around the issue is a little more
far reaching.
"We also want to make sure
that as a community we're look-
ing toward to the future, and
understanding that marriage is
only the first step, that momen-
tum doesn't end there, that we
recognize that people's lives are
impacted by a myriad of differ-
ent things," Schwarzhaupt said.
"As a community we have a real
responsibility towards mak-
ing sure that those needs are
addressed, on a personal and on a
policy level."
Schwarzhaupt cited issues
such as education on gender
expression, healthcare and
employment rights as some of
those next steps.
START-UPS
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Pryor-Hale award for their startup,
Movellus Circuits - a more effi-
cient clockgenerator technologyfor
microprocessors, which exist inside
ofeveryelectronic device.
"I think that helps with creat-
ing stronger ideas and building
stronger businesses," said Sarika
Gupta, program manager at the Zell
Lurie Institute. "I think it's all of
the schools within U of M coming
together and creating teams and
learning how to build businesses
together - that's probably the big-
ger theme."
The Michigan Business Chal-
lenge is comprised of four rounds,
which become increasingly difficult
as pitch time increases from three
to 25 minutes. Startup teams apply
in November and the competition
ends in late February. The compe-
tition kicked off with 68 teams and
was reduced to 16 by the second
round.
The panel of judges expects the
contestants to improve along the
way, as they acquire the tools and
knowledge to evaluate their own
business from a more professional
and realistic stance.
"Students who enter the compe-
tition don't yet have a fully devel-
oped idea," Guptasaid. "Theymight
be in the initial stages and we can
help them go through that step by
step process of developing their
business."
DuringFaisal's doctoral research
in the Department of Electrical
Engineering, Faisal developed tech-
niques for improving clock genera-
tors, which he calls the "heartbeat
of all electronics" so that they con-
sume less power, are lighter and
are smaller. He added that even
today, the systems are designed
using techniques that are over four
decades old.
Faisal had little background in
business, but since the competition
was campus-wide, decided to take
his chances and sign up to give his
pitch.
"I had been thinking about it
for two years, but hadn't taken any
steps because I wasn't sure how
it was going to be, I didn't go the
business school, I didn't know how
it worked," Faisal said. "But then I
said 'okay, I'm going to sign up for
the competition and see what hap-
pens' - it was really encouraging."
He said that a large takeaway
from the experience, aside from the
prize money, which the team plans
to use towards patents and custom-
er acquisition, was learning how to
deal with investors.
"Therbusiness school has pro-
vided me with all of the resources
to develop my business plan, to
really do some business develop-
ment around my idea and at the
same time, College of Engineering
and the Tech Transfer Office have
helped me really figure out what
is it that I need, what are the next
steps," Faisal said.
The University is also helping to
fund his postdoctoral studies after
graduation so the idea may be fur-
ther developed.
Daniel Andersen, also a founder
of Movellus Circuits, said their
collaboration has blended their
distinct expertise to give them an
advantage in the competition.
"It really helps for us to have a
technology expert on the team, as
well as me, coming from the busi-
ness school and having the busi-
ness background," Andersen said.
"Having a balance of the two really
gave us an edge over some of the
teams that maybe just had one or
the other."
The panel of judges rotates each
round and is made up of entrepre-
neurs, investors, venture capitalists
and service providers from the Ann
Arbor area. Aside from the pros-
pect of winning the cash awards,
the competition also supports net-
working and business development.
Finalists are evaluated based on
their ability to take risks, proposed
financial strategy, management
capability, and competitive advan-
tage in their industry.
Gupta added that even in the
beginning rounds, it is typical for
judges to show interest in teams,
especially those involved in similar
industries. By the end, some ven-
ture capitalists and investors ask
the University, with whom they
already have connections, to put
them in touch with the competitors
so that they may conduct further
business.
During the competition, part-
ners learn from each other's back-
ground, but at the same time are
exposed to the wider range of busi-
ness ideas by conversing with other
teams.
"What helps is learning from
other people's mistakes by watch-
ingother people presentand seethe
questions that the judges asked."
Andersen said.
The University's involvement
extend past the boundaries of the
competition, with the business
school's funding for Movellus Cir-
cuit to participate in various other
business competitions at both the
University of Texas in Austin and at
Rice University in Houston. Ander-
sen said that in preparation for
these events, the Zell Lurie Insti-
tute matches them with professors
who lead sessions as well as individ-
ual meetings based upon their own
first hand knowledge of business.
The other finalists include Flipsi,
a reusable water bottle that can
be flipped inside-out, Keravnos
Energy, an energy systems geared
towards electric vehicle drivers and
MyDermPortal, a web-based medi-
cal application that provides follow-
up treatment more efficiently.
The finalist teams also won
grants from the Dare to Dream
program, which awarded a total
of around $50,000 to startups this
year. The program also offers busi-
ness development seminars. Other
resources available to startups
through the University include
the TechArb, a University startup
acceleratorthatgives office space to
promising student-run companies
still in their early stages.
Startups do not always begin
at the Ross School of Business.
The University's interdisciplin-
ary approach to award allocation
and startup program participation
has helped the trend spread across
campus.
"They're definitely a lot of
resources around campus to foster
entrepreneurship," Andersen said.
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stances on the issue. Both said
they have goals of increasing
funding for student organiza-
tions to exceed 50 percent of
the total CSG budget. How-
ever, both candidates also said
they do not believe in raising
the current $7.19 fee students
pay towards CSG as part of
their tuition payments. They
said a more efficient restruc-
turing of the budget is possible
without increasing these fees.
Manes said she does not
believe CSG has functioned
well enough to be able to ask
for more money.
"Student government has
not been accountable enough
to the students yet to trust
in the student government
enough to take more of their
money," she said.
Hayes said he is confident
he would be able to find a way
to allocate more money to
student organization funding
without a fee increase.
"If you want something, you
can make a budget happen," he
said.
Dishell spoke about his
experience dealing with the
CSG budget. He said in the
past year, the overall executive
budget was severely cut and
the resulting increase in cash
flow was redirected towards
the Student Organizations
Funding Commission. He said
they zeroed out all Execu-
tive Commission budgets at
the start of the year and made
them reapply for funding as
the year progressed.
In past years, the individu-
al commission budgets were
preset at the start of the year.
Dishell said the only way he
would have been able to reach
the goal of 50 percent of the
budget for student organiza-
tions would be if CSG cut its
Program Manager.
As a solution, Dishell said he
supports a $2 increase to the
$7.19 student government fee.
He said a fee increase would
supply the funds necessary to
increase funding for student
organizations.
"I feel terribly every time a
student org has to get turned
away," he said. "We simply
need more money to give out
to student orgs."
Dishell added that he is the
only candidate who has expe-
rience directly working with
the CSG budget. In response,
Manes and Hayes both reit-
erated that they feel they are
competent to deal with this
issue. Manes said she has
experience with the LSA stu-
dent government budget.
Hayes said that Dishell's
experience is invaluable, but
that this should not dictate
the legitimacy of other candi-
dates.
"If that's the precedence,
why don't we always just
reelect the incumbent?" he
said.
Dishell pointed to his
experience as vice president
again later when a question
was raised from the audience
regarding the respective can-
didates' role in campus activ-
ism.
"What's important as you
come into your role as a leader
as a representative of 43,000
voices is that you know how
to be an activist for a student
voice, not just for one cause,"
he said. "We've done that this
past year. That's evidenced
by our work, that's evidenced
by the national press we've
gotten, and that's evidenced
the regents' reports and their
comments tous."
Manes said she has identi-
fied as a student activist since
her freshmanyear and she will
continue to do so whether or
not she is elected.
"Student activism is the
most effective tactic to achiev-
ing goals on campus," she said.
Hayes said The Party Party
would increase the role of stu-
dent activism on campus. He
pointed to the #BBUM move-
ment as an effective use of the
student voice. He said student
government needs to make
more of an effort to engage the
student voice.
"You can't wait for some-
thing to happen," he said. "For
43,000 people, there is liter-
ally less than a lecture hall
here."
The candidates also dis-
cussed the #UMDivest move-
ment. They were to commit
to a decision on the resolu-
tion proposed that CSG sup-
port divestment from several
companies. Dishell and Manes
both said they do not support
the resolution. Holt was the
only candidate who said he
supported divestment.
Hayes did notspedify, his
personal decision on the
divestment resolution.
"It should be a composition
of student voices. It is not my
personal decision," he said.
Regarding the decision of
CSG to table the resolution
indefinitely, Manes reiterated
that she voted against this
decision, regardless of her per-
sonal opinion regarding the
resolution.
"It matters to students, it
should matter to their student
government," she said.
Dishell said that this was a
decision of the CSG Assembly
and not within his power as
an executive member of CSG.
However, he said he regrets
not meeting with SAFE mem-
bers earlier to hear their con-
cerns following last Tuesday's
meeting.
Hayes said Dishell's tech-
nical role should not be taken
into consideration when
addressing the decision of CSG
to postpone the vote on the
divestment resolution.
"We should never wait to
engage," he said.
In closing statements, Holt
reiterated DAAP's commit-
ment to addressing issues such
as racism and sexism on cam-
pus.
Manes said she is running
because she wants to see a
change in the way CSG oper-
ates. She said that even if she
does not win, she will contin-
ue to be a student activist and
address the issues raised in
FORUM's platform.
"We know student govern-
ment has failed students, and
that's why we are running,"
she said.
Dishell reiterated Make
Michgian's campaign slogan
multiple times in his closing
statements, saying that the
party will "Make the Differ-
ence."
Hayes was the final speaker
of the debate and repeated
that he believes student gov-
ernment has not been effective
in engaging students. He said
The Party Party would be the
change that is needed. He ref-
erenced the comical #SaveR-
oss video that has received
over 2,500 views in its first day
as a testament to his ability to
spark interest in student gov-
ernment moving forward.
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