The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Kellog Foundation gives $40M to Detroit art fund The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is giving $40 million to prevent the sale of Detroit art and help city retirees, raising the pool of money to $370 million. The announcement was made Tuesday by a coalition of founda- tions. The group wants to con- tinue to attract financial support from foundations and individu- als while Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder tries to win approval for $350 million from the state. City-owned art at the Detroit Institute of Arts could be vulnera- ble to sale in Detroit's bankruptcy. At the same time, Detroit's pen- sion funds are short by $3.5billion. Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has until March 1 to propose a plan to take the city out of bankruptcy. WASHINGTON Obama expected to pick up pace in his second term Frustrated by years of parti- san gridlock, President Barack Obama is moving to flex his presidential powers during his sixth year in office. He's start- ing by using Tuesday night's State of the Union address to announce executive actions to raise the minimum wage for new federal contracts, help the long- term unemployed find work and expand job-training programs. Obama's go-it-alone strategy, with modest steps for now, is aimed both at jumpstarting his stagnant second term and prod- ding a divided Congress to take additional action to boost eco- nomic opportunity for millions of Americans. But there's little indi- cation lawmakers are ready to follow along, particularly as the nation barrels toward the mid- term elections. DENVER Helicopter crash in Colorado under investigation Authorities were investigat- ing after a helicopter crashed in western Colorado on Monday, killing all three people aboard. Witnesses who saw the crash believe the helicopter was carry- ing a crew inspecting power lines and that the aircraft snagged a line, Garfield County sheriff's Deputy Ward Stowe said. The crash happened at 11:18 a.m. near Silt, a small town about 150 miles west of Denver. Doug Sheffer, the owner and chief pilot for DBS Helicopters, based in nearby Rifle, was among those killed, Sheriff Lou Val- lario told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. The names of the other two on board have not been released. JERUSALEM Palestinian leader reveals conditions for withdrawal Palestinians can accept a lim- ited Israeli presence in the West Bank for up to three years after a peace deal, but reject demands for a transition period of more than 10 years, their leader said in comments broadcast Tuesday. PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas reiterated a long-standing position, suggesting that there's been little movement in U.S.-medi- ated talks toward narrowing the gaps between the two sides. In an interview broadcast at an Israeli security conference, Abbas appeared to be speaking about the Jordan Valley, an area in the West Bank that borders Jordan and has become a cen- tral issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Israel wants a continued presence along the strategic border and Palestinians demand they withdraw once a Palestinian state is formed. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Hawaii student shot by police in standoff High school boy stabbed officer and attempted escape HONOLULU (AP) - A police officer shot a 17-year- old runaway in the wrist Tuesday morning at a Hawaii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authori- ties said. State Department of Edu- cation spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said the boy showed up at Roosevelt High School near downtown Honolulu, and officials there recognized him as a runaway and called police. The boy had been a student at the public school before, but wasn't registered for classes there this semester, she said. Honolulu police Maj. Rich- ard Robinson said officers arrived at the school and tried to take the boy into custody, but he lunged at them. The teen attacked one of the officers with a kitchen knife, leaving him with a minor cut on his torso, Robinson said. He also hit two other officers, but neither suffered serious inju- ries. One of the officers then fired two shots, hitting the boy once in the wrist. The teen was taken to a hospital in serious condition, EMS spokeswoman Shayne Enright said. His inju- ries were not life-threatening. "The suspect was taken into custody and walked out of the school," Robinson said. He added the boy was arrested on suspicion of three counts of attempted murder. The incident prompted a lockdown at Roosevelt, which has an enrollment of nearly 1,400. The officer who fired is on administrative leave during an investigation, Robinson said. It wasn't immediately clear whether the officer who fired aimed for the boy's arm or another part of his body. Rob- inson said the details were part of the ongoing investiga- tion. Tenari Maafala, president of the statewide police officers union, said the knife posed a clear threat and officers are trained to stop a threat, regardless of the suspect's age. "They didn't come here looking to shoot somebody," said Maafala, who went to the school as part of the Honolulu police peer support unit. Noah Powell, a 16-year-old junior, said the shooting hap- pened in a school counselor's office. Powell said he was in a nearby office and heard the struggle and shots but didn't see the 17-year-old or know who he was. Powell texted his parents afterward to let them know he was OK. He said he also posted on Facebook that he was fine and got quick responses from people saying they were pray- ing for the school. Kealii Akiona-Soares, a junior, was in a social studies class when he heard a faint shot at about 8:20 a.m. Then a school bell sounded and students were kept in their classrooms, the 17-year-old said. He said his class contin- ued with a politics lesson, and everyone kept mostly calm. "I guess it happens a lot in mainland schools, so it's not surprising," Akiona-Soares said. Several parents, including Carolyn Richardson, gathered outside Roosevelt after word of the shooting spread. Some were visibly upset, and many texted or called their children, who were still on lockdown inside. "This is really freaking me out," Richardson said. In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 photo, Jamal Abu Muhsin, second right shows his university degree earned at sn Israeli prison in the West Bank town of Tubas near Jenin. Imprisoned Palestinians r e eu *eCeiV-e college education Pri to p TU Jamal year studer of stal man t ation Palest Israel Rec on, he chapt pair o earner Abi dreds spent on pu a prop by the two d 2011 a tions then, organ with 1 in the estini Up: Bargh Palest a ma: Israel sin w; dents Abt helpe years «W for lif option ing fo and m Abu his ho of Tul He then L finally son schools aim ics before earning a bachelor's degree in political science via rovide new skills long-distance learning at the Hebrew University of Jerusa- to convicts lem. He later added a master's degree from the Palestinian Al- BAS, West Bank (AP) - Quds University. Abu Muhsin was a first- "I've studied materials about Palestinian university the Zionist movement from a nt when he was convicted Zionist perspective, but I found bbing a 76-year-old Israeli no discrimination against us as o death in 1991, in retali- students. I would write papers for the killings of five to the university in which I inian stone-throwers by would criticize the Zionist the- i soldiers. ory and they would accept my ently released from pris- argument," he said. "I wanted r's now beginning a new to understand everything in life er of his life thanks to a and to make my long life in jail f university degrees - all meaningful. Otherwise my soul d behind bars. would have died." u Muhsin is among hun- Israel first began offering of Palestinians who have university courses to the pris- their time in Israeli pris- oners in the early 1990s, fol- rsuing higher education - lowing a 14-day hunger strike grain that was supported by Palestinian prisoners. Since I -aeli pi son system for Israel captured the West Bank, ecades a. lit was cut in Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem s pa., f series of sanc- in 1967, tens of thousands of against p 'soners. Since Palestinians have been impris- prison-s secretly have oned for anti-Israeli actions, ized tneir own courses, from stone-throwing to kill- backing from universities ings. Hundreds of the roughly West ank and Gaza, Pal- 5,000 prisoners held by Israel an officials say. today are believed to be pursu- rising leader Marwan ing degrees, according to pris- outi, the most famous oners' rights activist. tinian prisoner, teaches Orit Adato, who served as ster's degree course in commissioner of the Israeli Studies, and Abu Muh- Prison Service from 2000 to as one of Barghouti's stu- 2003, said that criminal pris- oners around the world are u Muhsin said studying allowed to study but when it d him get through 23 comes to prisoners involved in behind bars. political violence, Israel is par- 'hen I found myself in jail ticularly lenient. fe, I was faced with two "The prisoners in Israel enjoy ns: either I make mean- conditions above and beyond r my life or waste my life those of any others in the iy mind behind bars," said world," she said. "It is part of a Muhsin, 42, speaking at humane Israeli approach that me in the West Bank city even prisoners deserve rights." bas. Prisoners' rights activists say chose ta study history, conditions are tough however, anguages and ,ritong and and prisoners have staged sev- y sciences and econom- eral mass hunger strikes in pro- test. Under her watch, Adato said prisoners were restricted to studying in Hebrew so that the learning material could be monitored and prisoners pro- hibited from studying subjects deemed dangerous, such as physics, chemistry and political nationalism. She said an upside of the pro- gram was that prisoners, who later went on to assume power- ful positions in Palestinian poli- tics, became fluent in Hebrew and familiar with Israeli soci- ety, which helped facilitate peace negotiations. Almagor, an Israeli asso- ciation of families who have lost loved ones in militant attacks, said convicted killers shouldn't be allowed to study. Meir Indor, head of Almagor, said the arrangement sent the wrong message and hurt Israe- li deterrence. "It's a basic principle: Just as those who were killed cannot study, those who kwilled them shouldn't be allowed to study either," he said. "We need to send a stronger message to all those who are waiting in line for the good life in Israeli pris- ons." In 2011, Israel scaled back privileges of Palestinian pris- oners in response to the con- tinued captivity in Gaza of Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants five years earlier. Thought Schalit was released later that year, uni- versity studies have remained cut off since the 2011 decision, said Sivan Weizman, a spokes- woman for the Israeli prison service. said she could not comment on whether materials have been illicitly transferred to prisoners or whether the Palestinians are now teaching themselves. Sochi drug tests to be more thorough Winter 2014 Olympics will check athletes repeatedly LONDON (AP) - Go ahead - just try to get away with it. If you're willing to take the risk, you'll pay the price. That's the challenge laid down to drug cheats think- ing they can dope their way to success at the Winter Olym- pics in Sochi. International Olympic and anti-doping officials are implementing the toughest drug-testing program in Win- ter Games history, using intel- ligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk. Authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out dopers through rigorous pre- games and pre-competition tests. Armed with an improved scientific method that can detect drug use going back months rather than days, the International Olympic Com- mittee will conduct a record number of tests. Urine and blood samples will be stored for eight years for retroactive testing, provid- ing further deterrence to any- one thinking they can avoid being caught. "I think it would be stupid to try to cheat," IOC medical director Dr. Richard Budgett told The Associated Press. "If there are any doping cases in Sochi, some of them may be because athletes are being stu- pid." The Russian doping lab, which had faced possible sus- pension by the World Anti- Doping Agency for inadequate procedures, has been fully accredited for the games and will be analyzing samples around the clock. The Winter Olympics have produced only a small number of positive tests over the years as they involve far fewer ath- letes than the Summer Games and fewer sports with a record of doping. Olympic officials hope any cheats will have been screened out already through extensive out-of-competition testing carried out around the globe in the months, weeks and days leading up to the games. Don't think, though, that nobody's cheating or that Sochi will be doping-free. "You'd be foolish to write off the Winter Games as hav- ing any lesser risk," said Andy Parkinson, chief executive of Britain's national anti-doping agency. The IOC plans to carry out 2,453 tests in Sochi, includ- ing 1,269 pre-competition controls. That's a 57 percent increase in pre-games tests from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The majority of the 1,184 in- competition tests will be done in sports like cross-country skiing and biathlon, endur- ance events with a history of blood doping and EPO use. About 20 percent of the doping controls will be blood tests. Much of the testing will be based on intelligence gathered from law-enforcement agen- cies, whistle-blowers and pre- vious suspicious blood level results. The testing program begins on Jan. 30, the day the athletes village opens. From then until the close of the games on Feb. 23, Olympic athletes can be tested at any time and at any place, including training sites anywhere in the world. The games open on Feb. 7. About 2,000 of the 3,000 athletes competing in Sochi are expected to be tested - some of them two, three or even four times. The top five in all medal events are tested, as well as others chosen at random. THE BOARD FOR STUDENT PUBLICATIONS SEEKS NEW MEMBERS The University of Michigan Board for Student Publications is recruiting new members for three year terms beginning in April. The Board is responsible for three publications: The Michigan Daily, the Michiganensian yearbook, and the Gargoyle. Because the Board is committed to realizing diversity's benefits for itself and for the publications it oversees, the Board is particularly interested in recruiting members of the University community (faculty, staff and students), or the general public who are members of underrepresented groups and who have experience and expertise in journalism, law, finance, or fundraising. All interested persons are encouraged to apply. 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