2A - Thursday, February 6, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ilhe fiiigan Dailij 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 pjshohin@ntiihigondoaiycom kvoigetmn@michigandaily.com From home plate to in the clouds Derek Kerr earned his under- graduate degree in aerospace engineering in 1986 and his MBA in 1991, both from the University. He is currently the chieffinancial officer for American Airlines. He met his wife of 21 years during their time in graduate school at the University and his daughter is an LSA freshman. He and his wife are also involved with the Univer- sity's new Victors for Michigan campaign. Whatwereyou involved in during your time at the University? I was at the University for undergraduate and graduate school. I studied Aerospace Engineering (as an) under- graduate and received an MBA in graduate school. During my undergraduate years, I played on the varsity baseball team and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. How do you think the University's education prepared you for your currentjob? My Michigan education gave me the technical and financial skills I use in my job today. It also taught me how to perform in a group environment and effec- tively work with all sorts of per- sonalities. Also, as an athlete, I learned to manage my time and work with the team to meet our goals. These abilities have served me well over the years. What is your fondest memory about your time here? My fondest memory of my undergraduate years was learn- ing I had made the varsity base- ball team. I was with my friend, Chris Brewster (who ran track), when I found out. 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WHEN: Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. WHAT: A subject reported he had fallen on an icy sidewalk, University Police reported. The subject did not sustain any injuries. We're on the same team! WHERE: Ann Street WHEN: Tuesday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A University bus and a University service vehicle reportedly collided into each other. No injuries were reported. The accident was handed over to the Ann Arbor Police for response. WHERE: 1300 Block Beal Avenue WHEN: Tuesday at 8 a.m. WHAT: Aquantity of oil was spilled, likely from a vehicle that had already departed, University Police reported. No liquid made it into the drain system. Full stop WHERE: 200 Fletcher St. WHEN: Wednesday at about 2:20 a.m. WHAT: A driver was arrested during a traffic stop for possession of alcohol as a minor and possession of what was suspected to be marijuana, University Police reported. He was processed and released, pending war- rant authorization. WHAT: Violinist GidonKre- mer and his chamber ensemble Kremerata Baltica honorsthe centennialofBenjaminBrit- ten's birth. Tickets start at $10. WHO: University Musical Society WHAT: The weekly event will cover basic meditation skills to relieve stress and anxiety. Participants come on a drop-in basis. WHO: Counseling and Psy- chological Services NBC reported snowboard- er Shaun White has bowed out of the slopestyle event at the 2014 Sochi Games. White said he will solely focus on "try- ing to bring home the third straight gold medal in halfpipe for Team USA." 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WHO: Center for Japanese Studies WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Working Building, Rm. 1636 of being a writer and being a reader of student writing. WHO: Sweetland Center for Writing WHEN: Today from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Literati Bookstore CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. Fans of Kraft Food are in a state of distress after Velveeta and Polly-O string cheese experienced a shortage of cheese, ABC News reported. Kraft said the shortage is due to a "premature spoilage" and "minor manufacturing challenges." MORE ONLINE Love Crime Notes? Get more online at michigandaily.com/blogs/The Wire Utah district explains why $2 . school lunches were seized Cafeteria manager for that I am sorry," Orton's tice when students don't have report says. "No child will have lunch money. district supervisor their meal tray taken away ever Several dozen parents attend- again." ed the meeting, and some said on paid leave during To avoid that happening the report was vague and that i e .i again, Orton said they've cre- the cafeteria worker put on nvestigation ated new communication guide- leave was being scapegoated, lines for kitchen managers. The The Salt Lake Tribune reported. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A district also plans to notify par- Some parents urged district Utah school district that came ents when their balance is at leaders to hold Orton and his under fire for taking away $10, when its' empty, and then staff accountable. $2 school lunches from some every day after as it accrues a "The lunchroom staff should 40 students whose parents negative balance. not be held accountable for the owed money on food accounts The incident occurred Jan. policies implemented by their are vowing to make systemic 28 at Uintah Elementary when supervisors," said Lynn Lonar- changes to ensure it never hap- students trying to buylunch had do, who said her daughter's pens again. their meals thrown away, anger- lunch was confiscated last week. Salt Lake City School Dis- ing parents and stirring outrage But Heather Bennett, board trict child nutrition department around the country. The district vice president, said the move director Kelly Orton on Tuesday put a cafeteria manager and a wasn't disciplinary. night delivered a brief, prelimi- district supervisor on paid leave District Superintendent nary report to the school board as the investigation got under- McKell Withers said the leave pinning the incident on viola- way last week. is typical during investigations tions of agency procedure and The report didn't indicate and was meant to protect the a failure to notify parents that whose decision it was to toss the affected workers from threats. their children's lunch accounts lunches. Police investigated several were empty or in the negative. The children who had their threatening phone calls made "We took food trays away meals thrown out were given to the school following the and embarrassed students, and milk and fruit, a standard prac- incident, but determined they were not credible, Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen said. School offi- cials cited privacy concerns in not identifying the two workers on leave. Bennett and other board 1 3 6 5 members said they were as upset as the parents who attended the 5 9 4 6 3 meeting. "We share your real horror at the specific happening that's 9 1 8 brought us here," she said. Under board member ques- 6 9 4 5 tioning, Orton said his depart- ment didn't properly tell parents 1 9 3 about a new electronic payment system, and he promised efforts to prevent meals from being 9 2 8 tossed again. He said the inves- tigation was ongoing and his 2 9 8 1 report wasn't definitive. Many parents were unaware 3, 7 65of the system swap that makes it harder to set up email alerts about balances, Orton said, 5 2 6 whereas the old system auto- matically sent out messages. He said the new system is more cost-efficient and processes payments quicker. Eric Heinze, Political Science and International Studies Prof. of the University of Oklahoma speaks at the Human Rights in Conflict Series in Rackham Auditorium Wednesday. Syria and South Sudan the focus of human rights and norms talk Panel examines role society plays in humanitarian issues By MAYA KALMAN Daily StaffReporter Building on the conversation about the ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention in Syria and South Sudan, Human Rights Through Education host- ed a panel discussion with about 50 attendees Wednesday evening in the Rackham Amphitheater. The panel featured Megan Schmidt, outreach officer at International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, an organization of NGOs that advo- cates increased for human rights measures, and Eric A. Heinze, associate professor of political science and international and area studies at the University of Oklahoma. The hour-long discussion began with an introduction by Schmidt, who joined the panel via Skype, where she described the goals of the ICRtoP. The RtoP movement aims to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, Schmidt said. She also described the criti- cal role civil society plays in responding to violations of human rights and the difficulty in finding an adequate way to respond to these violations. "This really serious response gap left the international com- munity to essentially choose between the lesser of two evils," Schmidt said. "So you have on the one hand doing nothing, largely in part to the principle of non-interference, or on the other, misuse of military force." Conceding that many advancements have been made in addressing issues of human rights violations, Schmidt said there are still many pressing challenges ahead, including rais- ing awareness, monitoring indi- cators of human rights violations and assisting in recovery efforts. The discussion continued with a short lecture by Heinze, who discussed the internal and external dimensions of human rights. Heinze described the internal dimension as "the state's responsibility to protect its own people," and the external as "the international communi- ty's responsibility to assist other states in developing the capacity to prevent those sorts of atroci- ties within their own boundar- ies, as well as the international community's responsibility to protect people in other coun- tries." Heinze also discussed the establishment of international norms of human rights and the conflict between adhering to those norms while maintain- ing state sovereignty. He added that because these standards of expected conduct aren't bind- ing for governments, violations of human rights are allowed to continue. "Just because the norm pro- hibiting torture is frequently violated, (it) doesn't mean it doesn't exist," he said. He also addressed the ques- tion of when humanitarian inter- vention should take place, adding that this shared responsibility by the global community con- flicts with the principle of state sovereignty. Sovereignty - the principle that governments have the right to act as they please within their nation's boundaries See RIGHTS, Page 3A I