2A - Thursday, October 2, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com .A- hrsa, Otbr2,21.heMcianDiy-_.hgndiy (Tht fidcipan Dailm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETER SHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandai"y.com dgsoto@michtgandailycom ON THIN ICE Skate to impress What's more roman- Steffes said he then girl. tic than finding love at happened to catch sight And with that, he lost an ice-skating rink? This of a young lady at the any chance he had with was the question for LSA other end of the ice her, he said. sophomore John Steffes arena. A naturally tal- Immediately after when he tried to smooth- ented skater, Steffes saw the accident, Steffes ly impress a girl while this as the perfect oppor- apologized repeatedly. ice-skating last Saturday. tunity to make his move. In the end, the woman He went skating with To get her attention, was okay and the two his roommates to sup- he asked his roommate laughed it off and tried port Habitat for Human- who played hockey to making small talk, but ity. As a high school race him. Feeling confi- the damage was already hockey player, Steffes dent that he could eas- done. Steffes said he left had no trouble on the ice. ily win and show off his a little embarrassed. He was having a great skating skills to woo the But he did have one time doing twists and woman, he started off in positive note to end the turns and other crazy the lead. All was going night: maneuvers. well, Steffes said, until "I did catch her on the "I was showing off a he lost control of his way down," he said. "I little bit, of course," Stef- skates. was proud of that." fes said. "I had to." 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He had previously served as co- chair of a financial task force charged with overseeing AAATA expansion efforts. T HE PO0D IU M Dirt & Dish BY HALI LEVANDOSKI With the pressures of school and the stresses of election season, Levandoski suggests yoga as a healthy and relaxing stress reliever for students. After exercis- ing, she suggests students try a kale smoothie as a great source of fiber, as well as vitamins K, A and C. T HE WIR E Ross statement BY TOM MCBRIEN In the wake of protests from students calling for the dismissal of Athletic Direc- tor Dave Brandon, promi- nent University donor and real estate mogul Stephen Ross, voiced his support of the department under Bran- don's leadership to the Wall Street Journal Wednesday. THE TANGENT Beat the curve BY STATEMENT STAFF As students are hit by the struggles of midterm exams, the Statement staff suggests some means to beat the ever- elusive grading curve. Find- ing common themes among classes and forming study groups can both help stu- dents better learn material and score better on tests. Farmers market WHAT: In the fouth annual event, the Central Student Government, in partnership with the University, is spon- soringa farmers market for students to promote sustain- ability and healthy eating. WHO: University Unions WHEN: Today 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Duderstadt Center's outdoor area 1' *1-1 STEM writing WHAT: Students interested in writing for the sciences are invited to attend this seminar, which will address many facets of the writing process. WHO:Sweetland Writing Center and Rackham Grad- uate School WHEN: Today 2:30 to 4 p.m. WHERE: North Campus FBX Building - Room 1109 Penny Stamps Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigned Wednesday, following - a series of missteps - includ- ing failure to stop a White House intruder and allowing the President to ride an eleva- tor with an armed man - The New York Times reported. Studio space in North Quad and a dedicat- ed student team may keep WOLV-TV alive for the immidiate future, but ques- tions linger about the chal- lenges facing the TV industry with internet competitors. FOR MORE, SEE B-SIDE Following the first diag- nosed case of Ebola in the U.S., Centers for Dis- ease Control officials found the patient had been released from the emergency room days earlier without a proper travel history being recorded, CNN reported Wednesday. 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Subcriptos us be prepaid. The0MchiganDiyi el mbrofAThe,,ssoc ,, iatd r ssn TeAsoitd CllegitePress. q I jewisn ienuty speaker series in the Ukraine WHAT: The Center for Judaic Studies will host a lecture discussing iden- ties, space and memory in Russian history through an examination of literary fic- tion in the post-Soviet era. WHO: Center for Judaic Studies WHEN: Today at 12:15 p.m. WHERE: 202 South Thayer - Room 2022 WHAT: Fred Tomaselli will discuss his work with unorthodox materials. WHO: School of Art and Design WHEN: Today at 5:10 p.m. WHERE: The Michigan Theatre " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. LSA-SG budget to use Hong Kong protests inspire Diag gathering new rolling app. Procedures provide develop and implement the new funding plan. student organizations The Budget Allocations Com- mittee is responsible for the more flexibility when distributing funds for some stu- dent organizations and events at receiving funds the University. The three LSA SG members said the greatest By ALYSSA BRANDON adjustment to the process grants DailyStaffReporter student organizations addi- tional opportunities to apply for LSA Student Government funding. looks to offer student organiza- "The difference is a switch to tions better access to resources a rolling fund," the group said this semester with the restruc- in an e-mail. "What this means turing of its budget process. is that there will be four oppor- On Sept. 17, LSA SG passed a tunities, or four separate cycles, resolution to create a rolling sys- to apply for funding, instead of tem for student groups to apply the previous single cycle once a for funding as opposed to the semester." old, single deadline system. The three also wrote that LSA SG President Natasha each cycle will have a receipt Dabrowski, an LSA senior, along deadline. If an organization with LSA SG Vice President doesn't meet the receipt dead- Corey Walsh, an LSA senior, line for the corresponding cycle, and LSA junior Jason Colella, that their money will be allo- Budget Allocations Committee cated for the next cycle toward Chair, worked collaboratively to another organization or event. -H-IaMOM system Student organizations will also have the opportunity to appeal funding decisions made by LSA SG one week after award notic- es are distributed during each cycle. Organizations can apply at each cycle but cannot receive more than $2,000 total per semester. "The new plan will provide flexibility in allowing groups to plan and implement costly events in a more timely man- ner. The increase in the number of receipts deadlines will also allow us to fund in excess of our $30,000 budget, " Dabrowski said. LSA SG members decided to amend the funding allocations process after they noticed issues student organizations were hav- ing with the previous funding plan last year. "LSA SG saw that a number of student organizations were missing the deadline for our funding cycle, and we knew that was problematic," the group said. "It seemed to be a combi- nation of transitioning leader- ship within the organization, new organizations who had not previously applied for funding, event organizing changes, and our own publicity of the funding system." Over the summer, members of LSA SG reached out to various student organizations to receive feedback about the old plan, as well as receive feedback regard- ing potentially switching over to a rolling funding plan. The response to the proposed fund- ing switch was overwhelmingly positive, they said, so the group decided to move forward with developing the new plan. Dabrowski said LSA SG mem- bers have been careful to keep student organizations up to speed regarding the new fund- ing switch and have been work- ing since the passing of the resolution to spread the word about the new funding switch. See BUDGET, Page 3A 0 By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily StaffReporter Dozens of students gathered on the Diag Wednesday after- noon to show solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The silent rally was one of over 50 on college campuses around the United States. The group is part of the global move- ment to raise awareness of the protests in Hong Kong, "United for Democracy: Global Solidarity for Hong Kong," which started at Harvard University. Rackham student Anthony Ip and LSA junior Chris Cheung created the University's chapter, also taking charge of organizing and publi- cizing the protest. Tension has been growing in Hong Kong since China decid- ed not to give Hong Kong full autonomy in 2017, as the country promised it would back in 1997 as part of an agreement to reas- sume sovereignty over the island from the United Kingdom. On Sunday, protests escalated after clashes with police officers using tear gas and pepper spray result- ed in 41 injuries. Louisa Lim, a visiting profes- sor of journalism at the Univer- sity, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times Monday compar- ing the protests to the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989, where the Chinese army was also deployed and used violence toward protesters. She added that the tension stems from not just gaining autonomy, but from the "gaping inequality" in the region, said to be rigged by gov- ernment policies. "As students and activists faced off with riot police amid the canyons of skyscrapers, one popular chant was simply, 'Hong' Kong People! Hong Kong Peo- ABBY KIRN/Daily Architecture senior Ashish Bhandari participates in a rally Wednesday on the Diag in support of pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong. 40 ple!'"s Ip s were mainly Hong COMM ians fi1 in a pc out ag: "We We c ally to world HongI Tho campu event, campu show 1 rally, s of Hat Les M Hear t he wrote. Cheung said the rally did aid the goals of the event not intend to take a stance on to share the stories of the issue or politically sway the y student protesters in public. The students wanted Kong with the campus to support the largely peaceful unity, support the civil- protesters fighting for a cause ghting for true democracy they believe in and rebuke the eaceful way and to speak officers preventing them from ainst police brutality. doing so. e want to speak out glob- "The thing is that the protest- ers in Hong Kong are peaceful, are unarmed. Wejustwanttoget the voice out that why are you want to speak usingviolence?," Cheung said. )Ut 1ba11 Law student Brian Wong Ut came to the event to show his support for the spirit of Hong Kong's fight for democracy. Though the political future of share, to make the whole Hong Kong remains uncertain, know what's going on in he hopes that through rallying Kong," he said. and bringing awareness for uni- ugh no student group on versal suffrage, the rest of the .s officially sponsored the world will help the protesters members from across the achieve their goals. s community came out to "The more international their support. During the awareness, the more pressure tudents stood on the steps there is on the Chinese govern- cher to sing the chorus of ment and the Hong Kong gov- liserables' song "Do You ernment to do something about he People Sing?" it." a hey there! wanna hear more about this? FOLLOW @MICHIGANDAILY ON TWITTER