2 - Friday, March 14, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 94 f #MidliganDaily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.com LEFT Managing Photo Editor Teresa Mathew traveled to London, England during Spring Break and visited Big Ben. (Teresa Mathew/Daily) UPPER RIGHT Washtenaw Community College student Cl South builds a lIfe-sized snowman with the help of artists Vaugn Louks and Rachel Polk on State Street Wednesday. (Virginia Lozano/ Daily) BOTTOM RIGHT Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poe per- form at FrenchieSkate Sunday at Yost Ice Arena. (Luna Ann Archey/Daily) I! 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"Cost containment at U-M is a comprehensive effort, and looking at large and growing expenses is vital to that process," Timothy Slottow, exec- utive vice president and chief finan- cial officer, wrote in a press release. "We took a disciplined approach, utilizing expert faculty because we know a strong retirement savings program is crucial to the welfare of faculty and staff." The University also announced Thursday it saved $16 million - $2 million more than initially pro- for PANEL tor From Page 1 t ga "Run. We need you." diE "We need to step up so we'll be ch heard," Lawrence added. sio The leaders also stressed the th importance of mentorship - pa whether from a male or female an - and the need for women to ge support each other in campaigns, careers and in life instead of see- wI ing each other as competitors. an Dingell, who late last month ad declared her candidacy to fill her oN' retiring husband Rep. John Ding- to ell's (D-Mich.) congressional oN seat, could engage in a primary w challenge with Warren, who has co jected - through strategic sourc- ing initiatives during the 2013 fiscal year. Another component of the AST Project, this project streamlines the University's purchasing of supplies, furniture and computers. The University Health System, which also received similar analysis of its retirement allocations, opted for more extensive changes to its current policy. Because a study showed UMHS's retirement savings plan was more than 60 percent greater than nation- al and local peers, the committee recommended capping the Universi- ty's contribution at 9 percent of base pay for certain UMHS employees. Those employees will only need to contribute 4.5 percent of their base pay to qualify for the matching pro- gram. The University aimed to avoid more extensive changes at the uni- versity-wide level. In an interview with the Daily, History Prof. Maris Vinovskis said across-the-board cuts to the Univer- sity's base-level contribution would rmed an exploratory conmittee rape c consider a run. crats While education, the wage insura p and health parity were also Pro scussed at length, the issue of allows oice received the most pas- oppos. onate responses from several of of pay e panelists. Dingell called the cover ssage of the abortion insur- ture fi ce rider "absolutely outra- when ous." der ve The bill requires individuals Right ho receive insurance through 300,01 employer to purchase an suppo ditional abortion rider at their house en expense and is not available ber. women who purchase their Bec en individual policies. Because fied ti omen must have the rider to initiat ver abortions resulting from effect have made thesebenefit offerings less competitive compared to other insti- tutions that sometimes lure Univer- sity professors. Top Universityofficials announced the changes in an e-mail that was sent to employees Thursday morning and obtained by the Daily. "These reviews were part of the University's ongoing efforts to ensure that our benefits plans are competi- tive, of high value to our faculty and staff and, at the same time, respon- sive to the financial climate for high- er education and health care," the e-mail said. Kathleen Canning, professor of history, women's studies and German and chair of the History Department, said the change will likely have small irnpacts for regular faculty members, but for faculty members serving in leadership roles, the impacts will be more direct. "We need to learn more about this, however, before assessing how facul- ty are responding to it," Canning said. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the reductions are widely dispersed among employ- ees. While the provision excluding overtime wages would likely affect hourly staff and the provision exclud- ing administrative differentials, for example, Fitzgerald said the distri- bution would prevent any one type of employee - such as staff, faculty or hourly employees - from being dis- proportionately affected. Multiple faculty members said it is too early to judge the policy, but the impacts, especially for employees who do not earn income above their base pay, are not likely to have wide- reaching implications. Vinovskis said the University's policy, which does more than match money for retirement, is more than generous. He added that he had not realized the University was including income above base pay in retirement plan calculations to begin with. "I have faith in the University that they're looking out for our interests," Vinovskis said. "They're trying to be very judicious. We're living in a period of time where everyone has to make sacrifices." 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Subscriptions for fan term, starting in September, via U.S. mai are $110. Winter term Oanuary through April) is $115 yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. or incest, Michigan Demo- have branded it as "rape nce." ponents of the bill say it people who are morally ed to abortion to opt out 'ing for health plans that the procedure. The legisla- rst passed the bill in 2012, Republican Gov. Rick Sny- toed it. It became law after to Life Michigan gathered 00 petition signatures in rt of the bill, and both s passed it again in Decem- ause the signatures quali- he measure as a citizen's ive process, it went into without for Snyder's sig- nature. "It's inexcusable," Dingell said. "I could use a lot of words but I don't want to use profanity today." Warren, who represents Ann Arbor in the Michigan Senate, said while some may view choice as a niche issue, it may come off as too narrow. She added it is the most telling issue of a politician's core values and beliefs. "I don't view it as too narrow because in some ways, choice is the best values indicator," War- ren said. "In some ways it's the only thing I need to know about a candidate to know if I want to support them or not." Tlaib said she ran for office because of her love of community - not as a pro-choice candidate. However, she said she quickly became a prominent pro- choice activist while in office and, like Dingell, said she was outraged at the actions of the Republican-dominated Michi- gan legislature. "The way they shape it, they're calling me a killer, a murderer, on the House floor. They have no idea," Tlaib said. "The infant mortality in my city is so high, but you don't want to spend the money on those children ... it's very hypocritical." Infant mortality is the num- ber one killer of children in Detroit, according to the Michi- gan Department of Community Health. While Dingell said there is still much to be done to help women reach parity in society, she is optimistic about the future for women in the country. Dingell plans to run on a plat- form that includes a focus on health parity for women, but said increased funding for education is also crucial. "I'm really worried about access to education," she said in an interview after the event. "Too many students are graduat- ing with debt they can't afford." HEALTH SYSTEM From Page 1 which was created by the UMHS Transplant Center. The event aimed to educate attendees about the risks of kid- ney disease and teach them about prevention, according to Lindsay White, senior communications coordinator at the National Kid- ney Foundation of Michigan. Julia Herzog, program coor- dinator at the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, expe- rienced kidney failure after her kidney was damaged in an acci- dent. Herzog said she hopes to raise awareness of kidney dis- ease prevention so others do not have to go through treatments like dialysis, the procedure that filters blood to eliminate waste. She said she hopes kidney disease will be just as well known as other chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. "Kidney disease doesn't usu- ally get the same type of promo- tion as some of the other chronic diseases," Herzog said. "It's not as sexy or attractive as the others because kidneys are associated with urine and peeing." Internal Medicine Prof. Rich- ard Swartz, who was honored with the Collegiate Professorship in Nephrology, said treating kid- ney disease is difficult because it often goes unrecognized. Patients have better outcomes when the disease is detected early and before it develops into later stages or into kidney failure. Chronic kidney disease presents a chal- lenge because it requires dialysis, meaning that patients must visit the hospital multiple times every week for lengthy treatments. Kathryn Uhler, a peritoneal dialysis nurse at the University Hospital, said dialysis can be dis- couraging for patients. "The patients have to change their diet, they might not have as much energy, it may change their job situation," Uhler said. "It affects the family more than we know." Swartz said kidney transplan- tation is the ultimate solution. "We do almost one kidney transplant a day here at the hos- pital," Swartz said. "The problem is we don't have enough organs." White said of the 3,100 people waiting for an organ transplant in Michigan, 2,600 of are waiting for a kidney. Herzog waited five years for a kidney transplant, and the average wait time in Michigan is five to seven years. Swartz discussed the need for and research surrounding finding another source of organs, adding that while the research is cur- rently promising, it's not yet real- istic. "If you work in these areas, you trust technology," Swartz said, "I've seen incredible things. I think it's going to happen, but not in my lifetime." The prevalence of chronic kid- ney disease is increasing across the country, especially as obesity rates rise. Theresa Tejada, program coordinator with the early child- hood & elementary prevention programs at the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, said this is why she dresses up as Regie: to promote the healthy behaviors that stop kidney disease in its tracks. 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