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Harvard breaks donation record
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Harvard University ranks
second in fundraising among
American universities, the Har-
vard Crimson reported Feb.
12. In fiscal year 2013, the Ivy
League institution raised $792
million, a 21-percent increase
from fiscal year 2012 and the
most raised by Harvard in a
single year.
According to the Council
for Aid to Education ranking,
Stanford University again beat
out Harvard for the top spot,
trumping the Ivy League school
by more than $100 million.
Stanford has remained in first
place for nine consecutive years
despite Harvard's "Stanford
Campaign," which was created
to gain the top fundraising title.
Harvard's newest campaign,
which launched in September,
aims to raise $6.5 billion - the
largest campaign goal ever for
an institution of higher educa-
tion.
Also on the list, the Uni-
versity of Southern California
ranked third while Columbsia
University ranked fourth.
Twin brothers create new
social media app
A sophomore at the Univer-
sity of Illinois and his twin
brother who studies at Stanford
University have succeeded in
creating a new social app, which
is now available on the App
store, The Daily Illini reported
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Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell gives a pre-
sentation about the challenges of adapting to climate
change in Hutchins Hall Tuesday.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
History lecture Masters
Class Disparity
BY EMMAMANIERE
Income distribution of the
family incomes of University
students reveals an under-
representation of students
of lower socioeconomic sta-
tus. An assistant professor of
sociology at the University
of California, Merced who
conducted a five-year test
affirmed that class has an
effect on success in college.
GOP lacks plan
BY MICHAEL CASEY
The GOP has
acknowledged legislation
resignation in the upcoming
months, claiming that the
Republican Party will focus
mainly on midterm election
campaigning in 2014. The
resignation reflects divides
within the party itself, as
well as the zero-sum game
against Democrats.
"She Knows"
BYALLEN DONNE
J. Cole's music video for
"She Knows," the popu-
lar single from his second
album, Born Sinner, reflects
his narrative, story-telling
form. The video privileges
the viewer to a day in the
life of a boy who abuses sub-
stances and comes home to
witness his mother's affair.
Gender in Soccer
BY CAROLYN GEARIG
The varsity men's and
women's soccer teams at the
University have recently
shared their outlooks on
the gender dynamics that
occur on soccer teams.
Read morefrom these
blogs at ntichigandaily.con
Tuesday.
Neil and Kush Nijhawan came
up with the idea for their app
Shortnotice in December 2012,
but did not market the product
until more than a year later. The
brothers distinguish the appli-
cation from other social media
websites such as Facebook and
Twitter by its ability to transfer
online communication by means
of face-to-face interaction.
"We're trying to create a
new type of social media," Neil
said. "Right now social media is
one-dimensional. It's just about
sharing in the online world, and
we really want to bring itto the
real world."
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Jimmy Fallon's premiere
of The Tonight Show
was received well by
fans, reported The Washing-
ton Post Tuesday. The host
opened the show with "I'm
Jimmy Fallon. I'll be your
host... for now," and starred
Will Smith as his first guest.
2 When Title IX passed
in 1972, athletes filed
law suits against ath-
letic departments not follow-
ing the law. Read this week's
Statement no see how gender
affects college sports today.
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Consumers have a new
reason to resist the Hot
Pocket, after nine mil-
lion pounds of meat escaped
inspection in California,
reported KATU Tuesdasy.
The U.S. Department of Agri-
culture called the product,
"unfit for human food."
WHAT: New York Times
bestselling author Nathaniel
Philbrick discusses his
book, "Bunker Hill: A City,
A Siege, A Revolution."
WHO: William L. Clements
Library
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library - Gallery Room 100
Discussion on
Chinese art
WHAT: Professor Hao,
Chinese Associate Director
for the Confucius Institute,
discusses traditional
Chinese paintings and
the history embedded in
them. Light lunch will be
provided.
WHO: Confucius Institute
WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. to
1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League
- Henderson Room
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Beethoven, Debussy, and
Prokofiev will be played
by Stanton Nelson on the
piano.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Walgreen Drama
Center - Stamps Auditorium
Rec sports talk
WHAT: A discussion
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recreation facility
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ForUM unveils platform
centered on empowerment
Initiatives to focus year, the party hopes to support with the Michigan Community
a similar number of candidates. Scholars Program on a privilege
on diversity and Manes said there has already and oppression workshop for
been a large number of appli- freshmen.
accesSibility cants, though she was unable to forUM is working to reform
confirm an exact number. the current race and ethnicity
By WILL GREENBERG Manes said forUM is looking requirement for LSA, expand the
Daily StaffReporter for a diverse group of representa- requirement to other schools and
tives who are focused on student increase the number of Inter-
If there's one word forUM activism and not "petty politics." group Relations classes within
wants its members and constit- "We're expecting and we're that umbrella.
uents to know, it's "empower- looking for individuals who are Manes has reached out to the
ment." passionate about empowering Black Student Union as well,
At Tuesday night's forUM our campus community through saying many of the demands the
mass meeting, Public Policy tangible action and through the BSU presented on Martin Luther
junior Carly Manes, forUM's empowerment of one another King, Jr. Day this year aligned
Central Student Government and our communities," she said. well with many of her goals for
presidential candidate, and LSA Manes and Abraham present- campus diversity.
junior Pavitra Abraham, forUM's ed forUM's platform to the nearly Engineering junior Robert
vice presidential candidate, 30 people in attendance Tuesday, Greenfield, BSU treasurer, said
introduced their party platform a collection of mostly underclass- Manes and the BSU have already
to recruit CSG representative men and some juniors. forUM's started work on reorganizing
candidates for the upcoming top three initiatives are diversity, the curriculum for the race and
election. accessibility and transparency, ethnicity requirement without
Last year, according to forUM all initiatives the two candidates disrupting students' schedules
records, the party ran 42 total have worked on in the past. too significantly. While Green-
representative candidates from Manes already has significant field said the BSU has not, and
various schools within the Uni- experience in promoting on- will not, endorse any party for
versity, securing 32 seats. This campus diversity, having worked the CSG election, he said Make
Michigan has not reached out to
the BSU. Of the two parties, the
BSU is so far only working with
Manes and forUM.
"We will definitely make our
community more aware of vot-
ing because, at least from my
2 3 experience, the Black commu-
nity doesn't really take part in
7 5 4 CSG voting as much as it should,"
Greenfield said. "It's getting
4 3 W 6 the big points out there to make
sure people make informed deci-
sions."
9 6 7 2 Low voter turnout is common
across the campus as a whole,
4 1 which puts pressure on candi-
dates to make the right impres-
sion on the small voter pool.
6 3 9 forUM will have to overcome the
already public presence of Make
9 11 4 Michigan's CSG presidential
candidate Bobby Dishell, Public
Policy junior and current CSG
2 8 7 6 vice president.
However, both Manes and
5 4 3 9 2 Abraham said they have already
made an impression on campus
through their own work before
this year, and are optimistic
See FORUM, Page 3A
City council addresses
disputed arts funding
Members change
ordinace but defer on
final decision
By MATT JACKONEN
Daily StaffReporter
Cash just complicates every-
thing.
The Ann Arbor City Council
debated and voted on a trifecta
of issues regarding the alloca-
tion of city public art funds
Tuesday, a night when only
Councilmember Christopher
Taylor (D-Ward 3) was absent.
The most significant resolu-
tion, related to the other two
resolutions, was the return of
uncommitted public art funds
- amounting to $819,005 - to
their original sources.
This resolution would return
the funds to various infrastruc-
ture needs including water, sew-
age, street and energy funds,
among others - but council
postponed a decision on that
transfer. The Council debated
three separate agenda items
regarding the issue.
The first issue tackled was the
resolution to amend the city's
public art ordinance. Council-
members voted unanimously
to pass the resolution, which
makes it possible for the Coun-
cil to amend any budget - both
future and present - to return
any uncommitted public art
funds to their original sources.
However, before voting on the
resolution to return the funds,
the Council debated and even-
tually postponed a motion to
establish a timeline for the city's
Public Art Commission to create
a plan to ease its transition into
its future without funding.
Councilmember Stephen
Kunselman (D-Ward 3) said he
believes the resolution is sim-
ply micromanagement, and said
City Administrator Steve Pow-
ers should take care of the tran-
sitional finances himself since
it is within his power as city
administrator.
"These issues can be left to
the administrator, and when he
submits the administrative bud-
get to Council, he will address
what needs to be done in order
to finish up the public art pro-
grams that have been under
way," Kunselman said. "The
resolution that we're discussing
right now loads this effort up by
directing the administrator to
do something he already needs
to do."
Kunselman added that while
he does want to create a steady
environment for the Public Art
Commission to make the tran-
sition, public art supporters are
creating tension by "badgering"
councilmembers.
"I did make a commitment
last year that we are going to get
through this transition," Kun-
selman said. "But it's difficult
when you're getting badgered by
some members of the public art
community who seem to think
that we're all doing it wrong and
only they do it right."
Councilmember Sabra Bri-
ere (D-Ward 1), the sponsor of
the resolution, responded to the
allegations of micromanage-
ment by stating the city needs
the resolution in order to have
strict guidance during the tran-
sitional period as the arts com-
mission adjusts to the reduced
funding.
"Whether those funds get
returned tonight or not, we still
need to give guidance to the
Public Art Commission and, by
extension, to the city admin-
istrator to finalize a plan for
the transition," Briere said. "I
appreciate the concern that this
might be micromanaging, but to
me, it's reaffirming."
After the postponement of the
resolution to establish a transi-
tional timeline, the Council dis-
cussed and also postponed the
vote on the main issue of wheth-
er or not to return the public art
funds to their original purpose
of infrastructure.
Councilmember Jane Lumm
(I-Ward 2), one of the spon-
sors of the resolution, argued
that the Public Art Commission
should not be allowed to "keep
the money around just in case,"
and said the Commission rou-
tinely provides a laundry list of
possible future public art proj-
ects to simply keep the money in
its hands.
Councilmember Jack Eaton
(D-Ward 4), also a sponsor of
the resolution, said it would
be effective because it allows
the Public Art Commission to
continue the already approved
projects without sending the
message that the commission
must make the decision to either
"spend the money on bad art" or
lose the funds.
"We should encourage (the
Commission) to be selective in
the art that they do spend their
own money on," Eaton said.
The city no longer has a pub-
lic art administrator to lead
the projects that are already
approved, and the resolution
would provide $20,500 to com-
plete the already approved
projects that would probably be
used to fund the position for six
months.
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