46F 46F 46F a 4,:)-at ',hie LT C4 I/1? l.Ol _X 1 E)tTj ' I" iIU " { l,1)1, (d 1, x! 1 11 ,I I"I)().Nf I) !,,i', T\ k'' I IFT Ii 011 rl Arnn Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 29, 2014 michigandaily.com EARL GREY GOVERNMENT Students meet with senators on Africa aid University President Mark Schlissel joins Martha Cook residents Public Policy Junior Erin Bozek-Jarvis, LSA Sophomore Erin Eusebi and LSA Sophomore Nisreen EI-Saghir at their annual Fall Tea event Friday at Martha Cook Building. SCIENCE Meteorologists promote their craft. at WeatherFest Students visit Washington, D.C. to promote the Energize Africa Act By EMILIE PLESSET Daily StaffReporter The nation's capital had its taste of some of the University's lead- ers and best earlier this month when Music, Theatre & Dance junior Arian Shaw-Obasogie and LSA junior Robert Dickinson lob- bied Congress to pass the Energize Africa Act, which aims to help pro- vide affordable electricity to sub- Saharan Africans. Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson were chosen to visit Washington, D.C. for a two-day "Power Trip" after being the top letter senders this summer as part of the ONE Campaign's Power Project. The Power Project was an initiative run by the ONE Campaign, an interna- tional advocacy organization with the goal of eliminating poverty by 2030, to raise nationwide support for the act. If passed, the act could bring electricity to more than 50 mil- lion people in sub-Saharan Africa. Shaw-Obasogie said better access to electricity would help combat the Ebola crisis and improve infra- structure in the region. Both Shaw-Obasogie and Dick- inson promoted the act this sum- mer through the Power Project. Dickinson sent Congress 315 let- ters and Shaw-Obasogie sent in the second-highest number of responses by recruiting more than 400 letters. The act was passed in the House of Representatives in May, but has yet to be passed in the Senate. The ONE Campaign is pushing for the Senate'to consider the act before the end of the year, or it will need to be reintroduced to Congress. During their time in Washing- ton, Shaw-Obasogie and Dick- inson met with Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Shaw-Obasogie also met with congressmen from her home state of Florida. Shaw-Obasogie said attending the D.C. Power Trip was the sec- ond step in the push to get the act See WASHINGTON, Page 2A Event informs students of research initiatives By LARA MOEHLMAN For the Daily The weather Sunday was ideal, to say the least. But mem- bers of the University's chapter of the American Meteorologi- cal Society could've predicted its beauty days before. Members of the Meteoro- logical Society came to the Diag Sunday to teach passers- by about the field of meteorol- ogy. Society members hosted the event as part of an outreach effort to expose students and community members to research efforts currently underway at the University, as well asother institutions. Engineering graduate stu- dent Justin Tsu co-organized the event with a fellow club member Engineering senior Barbara Doyle. "There's so much more to it than just (weather) news and rocks falling from the sky," Tsu said. "In general, meteorology is all about applied physics of the atmosphere. It's how wind moves - it's how the resulting movement of wind can cause different types of weather." About 10 student and non- student organizations joined AMS on the Diag with infor- mation, demonstrations and models. Other participat- ing organi ations included the Cooperative Institute for See WEATHERFEST, Page 2A CELEBRATION With historical lens, The Daily enters125' year Evolving organization aims to serve each generation of Michigan students By SHOHAM GEVA and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily StaffReporters Bound volumes of The Mich- igan Daily line the bookshelves of the editorial conference room - others lie in stacks on the floor. Still, more fill cabinets behind the news desk. The edi- tions date back to Sept. 29, 1890, the first day of production as a newspaper. The Daily enters its 125th year of existence Monday, and, with that anniversary, the paper celebrates a longstanding tradi- tion of fostering student jour- nalism, serving the University community and covering the stories that matter not only on campus, but also in Ann Arbor, the state of Michigan and even the nation. In the first edition, the Daily ran a story about the rugby team's upcoming season, an ad for fraternity pins and notes from faculty about new cours- es in foundry work and water analysis. Over the subsequent 124 years. the Daily has covered integral parts of this campus' history. The Daily witnessed the terms of 12 of the University's 14 presidents. And it has been the first to report on important scientific breakthroughs, like the announcement of the polio vaccine. The Daily has written about the impact of Supreme Court decisions stemming from the University's admission poli- cies and covered anti-war and anti-draft protests during the Vietnam War, as well as the experiences of a student jailed during one. See BIRTHDAY, Page 3A Sister Simone Campbell speaks at the Nuns on the Bus event to encourage voting and political awareness Sunday at the School of Social Work. Nuns on the Bus encourage poli-tical participation GREEK LIFE Student's comedic4 rush video goes viral LSA senior gains notoriety for infiltrating sorority recruitment events By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily News Editor Some students participating in the rush process as part of Panhellenic Recruitment ear- lier this month were in for a sur- prise when they were joined by a unique potential new member. LSA senior Daniel Markowitz donned a dress and wig, purport- ing to be Danielle, an over-eager freshman sorority recruit. He produced a video of his trials as a rushee, which has over 60,000 views on YouTube. It was also featured to websites popular within the Greek community, such as BroBible and Total Frat Move. See VIDEO, Page 3A Cal tor n Nu activi stop i politi As tholicgropaims Roman Catholic sisters posed group a questions for the audience of aise awareness of about 100 voters and both politi- cal and religious activists, ask- coney in politics ing, "What are your concerns as we move toward the November By EMMA KERR election?" and "What gives you Daily StaffReporter hope?" The goal ofthese events is primarily to do justthat, to gauge ins on the Bus, a social what matters to individuals sm advocacy group, made a across the country and to offer n Ann Arbor Sunday to talk an opportunity to effect change cs. in those areas of injustice. part of the event, the Sister Simone Campbell, executive director ofnetwork for Nuns on the Bus, said their goal is to open up conversation and encourage attendants to take action of their own, especially following the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Elec- tion Commission decision regarding campaign finances. 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