2A- Wednesday, February 5, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A Wednesday, February 5, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com RBOY I VE Syracuse students start Girl Code Syracuse University students Julie Gelb, Caroline Heres and Jackie Reilly recently founded the Girl Code Movement, an organiza- tion that raises awareness of sex- ual assault on college campuses, The Daily Orange reported. The three students are all sis- ters of the university's chapter of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority and bonded over similar experiences of sexual assault. Inspiration to form the organization came from President Barack Obama's recent task force dedicated to educating college campuses on the dangers of sexual assault and promoting safe campus environments across the country. "We want the Girl Code Move- ment to have a big impact," Heres, a sophomore biochemistry major, told the Orange. "We want to wake people up." Since launching in Novem- ber, the organization has accrued thousands of followers via Face- book and Twitter and received hundreds of sympathetic mes- sages from girls all over the world. The group also coined the catch- phrase "Cock Block Crew," which is the staple hashtag on The Girl Code Movement's Facebook and Twitter pages. Researchers at Purdue University find possible end to childhood virus A research team consisting of graduate students, postdoctoral L A eot Klyl.I 0 . V li vhI A I."wrtten acrosshershift, Shil dd ,' i t oer f the word fatat The Body '64M IOl~gL I", i I! 'JPl, e eday. CRIME NOTES Truck, stop>! WHERE: 2800 Block Pymouth Road W HEN: Viuonday at about 2:10 p m. WIHAT: An unidentified truclstruck a vehicle as it entered the NCRC north entrance, University Police reported. There were no reported injuries or da m - age. Pipe dreaiiis WIHERE: M sla\hk irs Residena:' hail WHEN: ITuedo at about 12:3) a.m0: WHAT: A staijlan:: pipe kVals )IIonisaL d f-J( m a, stude:::, L :t: 'vera:: y :ol: reported. MORE ONLINE oveCrim Get rnore online atichigandaily. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Slip 'n salt WHERE: Victor Vaughn House WHEN: Monday at about 4:10 p.m. WHAT: A subject fell on an icy walkway, University Police reported. He did not seek treatment, but facility staff were requested to salt the area. Peeping Tom WHERE: East Quad Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Tuesday at about 12 a.m. WHAT: Maitenance reported stolen peephole hardware from third-floor rooms, University police reported. There are cur- renstly no suspects and the stolen hardware hasnbeen renlaced. Ariel Quartet WHAT: Israeli string quar- tet preformance featuring cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Tickets starting at 20 dol- lars. WHO: Sponsored by Uni- versity Musical Society WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Gradu- ate School, Rackham Audi- torium Navigating the Road to Work WHAT: A panel will address questions about how someone should disclose his or her disability in the workplace with an opportunity to network and discover job opportunities. WHO: Services for Students with Disabilities WHEN: Today at 10 a.m. WHERE: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery Room 110 Driving Innovation. WHAT: Lecture on how innovation can help stu- dents foster economic growth and make a positive impact in the world. WHO: Campus Information Centers WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Ross School of Business, Blau Auditorium CORRECTIONS An article that appeared in the Feb. 4 edition, "With $1.3M, Taubman and LSA to fund research program on urban architecture," mis- stated the title ofMonica Ponce de Leon. She is the dean ofthe A. 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Afghan presidential election process begins with debates COuntry's next election would mark Afghani- gave a brief opening statement, stan's first real democratic trans- the questions began. eleCtiOn Colld mark fer of power. The U.S. security deal took Hanging over the campaign is center stage right off the bat, first democratic a question about a security deal with Qayyum Karzai, Ghani and between the U.S. and Afghani- Rassoul all expressing their sup- iranster of "power stan to allow a small number port for its signing. The remain- of American troops to stay in ing two candidates were not KABUL, Afgltais'tan (AP) the country and continue train- asked the question. Tackling i at,,it rigiig from ing Afghan security forces after "The security forces and the tle Taliat t: lhe fUtUre of NATO's combat mission ends in people of Afghanistan will not foreigtt titi s it: Afghanistan, December 2014. have the ability to function on candidates lbtdli::g to replace Karzai has been refusing to their own," QayyumKarzaisaid. Presidento iltitid Karzai faced sign the deal despite pressure Abdullah echoed his senti- ott Tu sl i_ t e irsi televised from Washington, placing the ments, addingthat "support from debate i a rirl ratiti:: cim- issue front and center for the 11 the international community to paig:. candidates vying to succeed him. our security forces will help our Ilie pres.ialetitial race is play- On a snowy Tuesday night in security." ing out it the trut-ip to the Kabul, five of those candidates On peace talks with the planned ssithialt of NATO took their places behind podi- Taliban, the candidates mostly combat trtij p, and the April umsinfrontofastudioaudience. shared the same views - all 5 vote will ie a crucial test of After each of the candidates five support a negotiated settle- whether thie iountry ca:: ensure - Abdullah Abdullah, runner- ment with insurgents willing to a stable tasitioi after years of up in the 2009 election; former lay down arms and cut ties with war and saltile falig a Taliban foreign minister Zalmai Ras- terrorist groups like al Qaida. insurgency that has ,,Ned it will soul, ex-finance minister Ashraf But they were more reticent atteipt to disruptthse poll Ghani, ex-defense minister when asked by the moderator With lsarzai ineligible to run Abdul Rahim Wardak and Kar- if the Taliban are the enemy of for a third term, a successful zai's brother, Qayyum Karzai - Afghanistan - perhaps with an eye to future negotiations. While Ghani condemned the killing of innocents and suicide attacks, he said some Taliban are "forced because of corruption and injustice to take up arms." Asked if the Taliban are the 5 7 2 3 9 enemy ,of Afghan people, Ras- soul answered indirectly, say- 5 9 2 7 ing that "those who burn our schools, who kill our children, who kill innocent people and 2 8 5 kill our soldiers - they are the enemies." 6 4 2 Abdullah, meanwhile, called for a "clear peace process" with 2 1 4 the Taliban, but said "we should make it clear that if there are people who don't want peace, 7 3 8 there is no other way than to face them." 4 5 Other topics on the agenda included the economy and how to eradicate corruption. 5 3 "There is no doubt that cor- ruption is like a cancer in 2 4 8 Afghanistan," Ghani said, but argued that "if you place some- one who is clean at the head of government, it's very hard for others to be corrupt." JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP President Barack Obarna looks at a student's Pad project at Buck Lodge Middle School where he spoke about his Con- netED goal of connecting 99% of students to next generation broadband and wireless technology within five years. Obama seeks to make Internet more accessible to young learners Companies set aside $750 million to make classrooms tech-friendly ADELPHI, Md. (AP) - Claim- ing progress in his goal to put the world at the fingertips of every American student, Presi- dent Barack Obama on Tuesday announced $750 million in com- mitments from U.S. companies to begin wiring more classrooms with high-speed Internet. Apple is pledging $100 mil- lion in iPads, computers and other tools. AT&T and Sprint are contributing free Internet service through their wireless networks. Verizon is pitching in up to $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions. And Microsoft is making its Win- dows software available at dis- counted prices and offering 12 million free copies of Microsoft Office software. "In a country where we expect free Wi-Fi with our coffee, we should definitely demand it in our schools," Obama said at a middle school in the Washington suburb of Adelphi, Md. Students there are assigned iPads that they use in class and at home. Beyond the promise of mil- lions in donated hardware and software, the Federal Communi- cations Commission also is set- ting aside $2 billion from service fees to connect 15,000 schools and 20 million students to high- speed Internet over two years. Obama last year announced his goal of bringing high-speed Internet to 99 percent of students within five years. He used Tues- day's announcement as another example of how to act without waiting on Congress. "We picked up the phone and we started asking some out- standing business leaders to help bring our schools and libraries into the 21st century," the presi- dent said. The average school has the same Internet speed as an aver- age home, but serves 200 times as many people, Obama said. About 30 percent of students have true high-speed Internet in their classrooms, compared with 100 percent of South Korean stu- dents, he said. He said the pledges would put the world and outer space at every child's fingertips Before the speech, Obama vis- ited a seventh-grade classroom and noted one benefit of their Internet access: lighter knap- sacks because they don't carry as many books to and from school. "Sasha's book bag gets too big sometimes, hurts her back," he said of his younger daughter. Cecilia Munoz, director of domestic policy for Obama, spoke of the importance of pro- viding high-quality education for all students. "Technology is clearly going to be essential to making that possible," she said. The initiative builds on Obama's focus for 2014 on help- ing more people join and stay in the middle class amid an eco- nomic recovery in which the benefits have come more quickly for those at the top of the income scale than for those toward the bottom. Gene Sperling, a top White House economist, said every student needs high-speed Inter- net, but the problem is more pronounced in disadvantaged schools where students are less likely to have Internet connec- tions at home. " I