2A- Wednesday, October 1, 2014 The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, October 1, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 BEAT GOES ON ONE ISLmAND, TWO NATIONS Northern Cyprus minister speaks at Yale OeMihigan odium 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN DOUGLASSOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 eat. 1241 pjshahin michigandailycom dougslo@michigandaitycom' Five student organizations at Yale sponsored a talk given by Ozdil Nami, the Foreign Minis- ter of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Yale Daily News reported Tues- day. Nami spoke to the students Monday afternoon about the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and the problems it is facing. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is notrecognized as a sov- ereign body internationally, and the United Nations considers it as militarily occupied by Turkey. The Greek-Cypriot Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus, which is inter- nationally recognized, are in the midstof tense peace negotiations. Michigan State University hosts world-renowned slam poets Michigan State University will host two nationally recognized poetry slam champions this Friday, The State News reportedTuesday. T. Miller and Ebony Stewart will perform at a poetry slam with an open mic night after- wards for students to showcase their pieces. Miller, a Michigan native, won the title of Grand Slam Champion in 2007 and is currently recognized as the fifth best female slam poet in the world. Stewart is from Austin, Texas and won Slam Artist of the Year in 2012. Luke Mayernik performs at the Third Annual Organ Improvisational Competition Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor. 1 TH E .. Rmr l ga .m OPINION Afghan graffiti By LINDSAY LAIRD Laird studied the work of an Afghan street artist, Sham- sia Hassni. Hassini, a resi- dent of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, frequently depicts women in blue burqas, which Laird argues does not contradict Hassini's women's rights viewpoint. OPINION Emma Watson By ALLY WRIGHT Actress Emma Watson recently launched an intia- tive called HeForShe, which. aims to incorporate males into the fight for gender equality. Wright notes that listening to Waston's speech is not enough; it's neccessary to act on her message and act with compassion and solidarity. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES African art FBI session Chinese lecture WHAT: Two Ghanaian artists in residence will discuss Akan and Asante cultures. WHO: Global REACH WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Room D WHAT: This information session will present an over- view of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with available work for appli- cants interested in jobs or internships. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Ford School of Public Policy language talk WHAT: Linguistics professor San Duanmu will discuss Chinese syllables and homophones. WHO: Confucius Institute WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League, Koessler Room Indiana University students raise awareness about heart disease Students from Indiana Uni- versity participated in a walk for World Heart Day Monday after- noon, The Indiana Daily Student reported. World Heart Day was founded by the World Heart Federation. It is meant to raise awareness of and support for subjects like heart disease and stroke research. The state of Indiana currently ranks 41st in overall health nation- wide. Students wore T-shirts with the saying, "Done with 41" -MAYA SHANKAR THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY On Tuesday, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was arrested for the second time for driving under the influence, ABC News reported. Police said Phelps was driving 84 mph in a 45 mph zone and failed sobriety tests. How difficult is it to create a video game? What does it take to go pro? This week, we explore competitive gaming and the gaming industry at the Uni- versity. FOR MORE,SEESTATEMENT, PAGE1B California Governor Jerry Brownsigned leg- islation that is the first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Brown said that this bill will reduce plastic pollution in the ocean and beaches. 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WHO: Residential College WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: East Quad, Room 1807 CORRECTIONS " Please report any er'or in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. CSG reaffirms support for student athletes Dishell acknowledges Department made a mistake, they havecome out and apologized but Athletic Department that doesn't mean that it's excus- able or that it's right but it does statement mean that there is an opportunity for policy change to occur and for By TANAZ AHMED us to find the best way that stu-, Daily StaffReporter dents are protected," he said at the meeting. Student athletics, police brutal- Dishell also discussed the pop- ity and the Central Student Gov- ular University student petition ernment budget were discussed calling for the removal of Athletic during the CSG meeting Tuesday. Director Dave Brandon. He said CSG is looking into collecting Michigan Athletics data on the petition and they aim to find out the number of current As the nation reacts to last students signers as well as the Saturday's football game against number of alumni signers on the Minnesota, many blaming Michi- petition. gan coach Brady Hoke for allow- During the community con- ing sophomore quarterback Shane cerns portion of the meeting, LSA Morris to continue playing after junior Jacob Abudaram urged displaying concussion-like symp- CSG to represent the opinions of toms following a helmet-to-hel- the student body with regards to met hit; Dishell drafted a response the Athletic Department. on behalf of CSG. He pointed to CSG's collabo- "I wholeheartedly stand by the ration with the Athletic Depart- student athletes ... The Athletic ment on seating in football games US MO last year as an example of how the group can influence the Ath- letic Department. Abudaram also mentioned the petition calling for the firing of Brandon. "Again, our students have spoken," he said. "At the start bf this meeting 9,131 students have signed the petition, 1,000 more than those who voted during the last CSG election ... This body has the opportunity to again prove itself as the voice of students." Resolution to stand with Ferguson After a long debate, CSG repre- sentatives voted in favor of refer- ring the resolution to stand in solidarity with the people of Fer- guson to the resolutions commit- tee. The resolution was originally introduced on Sept. 16 and then referred to the resolutions com- mittee during that meeting. The vote on the resolution was post- poned during the following CSG meeting on Sept.23. The resolution supports Fergu- son residents who have protested police brutality after Darren Wil- son, a white Ferguson police offi- cer, shot and killed local teenager Michael Brown - who was Black and unarmed - on Aug. 9. Multiple CSG members expressed concerns over the. wording and the language used in the resolution. Amendments to the resolution included making it clear that non- violent actions of youth against police brutality would be support- ed in the resolution. CSG budget The resolution to enact this semester's CSG budget was also passed at the meeting. CSG's total income for this fall is $419,191.94. The largest portion of the income is allocated to the Student Organization Funding Committee, the CSG committee in charge of providing funding for student organizations. SOFC has $173,673.87. Prominent Arab-Israeli author Sayed Kashau discusses his experiences in Palestine at the Alumni Center Tuesday. Noted Israell Arab writer discusses-minor iidentity A noted author and screenwriter, Kashua calls for peace in Middle East By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily StaffReporter Prominent Arab-Israeli author Sayed Kashua spoke Tuesday eve- ning at the Alumni Center as part of an event titled the "Foreign Mother Tongue: Living and Writ- ing as a Palestinian in Israel." Though the event was not sponsored by the University, several campus organizations including the University's Judaic Studies department, Helen Zell Writers' Program, the Center for Middle Eastern and North Afri- can Studies department, the Near Eastern Studies department and Comparative Literature depart- ment hosted the lecture. Shachar Pinsker, a professor of Hebrew Literature and Culture, moderated the event. Kashua discussed how he recently left his home in Israel following the events there this summer. He wrote about his deci- sion to leave in a columnin the Guardian titled "Why I Have to Leave Israel." "Last summer was catastroph- ic," Kashua said, "For the first time in my life, I'm not sure Ihad a lot of reasons to be optimistic." As a Palestinian living in Israel, Kashua said he has felt conflicted over his Israeli identity and citi- zenship. "I am a citizen [of Israel], because I have no other citizen- ship," Kashua said, "I am a citizen because I care about the future, and I am a citizen because I used to believe, and maybe stillbelieve in some naive way that we can live together and exist together equally - Christians, Jews and Muslims." Kashua is also the writer and creator of-an Israeli television show called "Arab Labor." The show centers on an Arab family living in Israel and their encoun- ters assimilating into Israeli soci- ety. He mentioned the importance of using comedy and humor- ous stereotypes in the show to humanize the characters. Kashua said this is especially important when portrayingthe Arab minor- ity characters on the show. "I do believe in minority humor," Kashua said. "There is nothing funny about being a majority." Kashua is also an acclaimed novelist. He has published three books, one of which won the Berstein Prize, an Israeli literary award for authors younger than s0. Kashua is unique as a Palestin- ian author because he writes in Hebrew, though his works have been translated into English. After age 14 he was educated in a school for gifted students in Jeru- salem that only had books written in Hebrew. Kashua said language has always been an integral part ofhis background and identity. "I wanted to tell, in Hebrew, about my father who sat in jail for long years, with no trial, for his political ideas," Kashua wrote in the Guardian. "I wanted to tell the Israelis a story, the Palestin- ian story." J Street Umich, a student orga- nization dedicated to achieving a two-state solution to the Arab- Israeli conflict, encouraged their members to attend and held a dis- cussion after the event. LSA junior Arielle Schoenburg, co-chair of J Street, said this issue is important to her as an Ameri- can Jew who wants to see Israel as a democratic Jewish state. "I think it is super important to continue talking about this issue, especially in light of what hap- pened last semester," Schoen- See WRITER, Page 3A w