tct tan ah IIE 1) N I 'WIE' NT' Y FIF AR (F EITORIAL FREED) Monday, October 20, 2014 michigandaily.com L BOY. CAMPUS LIFE After 40 years, SSD discusses Schoolboy Q performs at Hill Auditorium Saturday. Dance Mar on kicks off ftmdraing with 5K inA Conference features student population is registered with the office, with learning dis- experiences of abilities listed as the most com- mon category. students with The 40th anniversary cel- ebration lasted for most of 2014 disabilities and included events each month designed to increase awareness By JULIA LISS of disabilities on campus. One DailyStaffReporter program focused on navigating graduate school with a disabil- The Office of Services for Stu- ity and another promoted ADHD dents with Disabilities continued awareness. a yearlong celebration of 40 years The conference featured a of service with an all-day confer- panel of three students who ence Friday at the Hatcher Grad- receive accommodations through uate Library. The conference, SSD. Public Health student which was attended mostly by Surabhi Rajaram, Social Work faculty and staff, included several student Lloyd Shelton and LSA keynote speakers and a discussion senior Jeremiah Whittington panel composed of students with each discussed their experiences disabilities. as University students living with Since the office opened in disabilities and the ways in which 1974, it has helped students with the office impgcts them. disabilities achieve success by The panelists said having the providing accommodations and SSD community is helpful, along services- including academic and with the support groups it offers transportation accommodations, through which they can interact peer mentoring programs, assis- with other students with disabili- tive technology and free skill ties, but they also noted that more tutoring. According to the office's can be done to make the Univer- annual report, 5.1 percent of the See SSD, Page 3A Student org. resumes efforts after raising over $500K last year By EMILIE PLESSET Daily StaffReporter Gravel and orange leaves crunched under the shoes of about 120 University students and Ann Arbor residents Sunday afternoon as they ran through the Nichols Arb to raise money for the University chapter of Dance Marathon's Third Annual 5K For the Kids. The run raised $2,500 toward DMUM's yearlong fundrais- ing efforts to support pediatric rehabilitation programs at the University's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Beaumont Chil- dren's Hospital in Royal Oak. The 5K was DMUM's first major fun- draising event of the year. Last year, the organization raised over $500,000 for pediatric rehabili- tation programs in the University of Michigan Health System's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Before running the traditional 5K, running a one-mile fun run or walking the route, participants were thanked and encouraged by a few of the families who benefit from DMUM's efforts. DMUM Communications Chair Brian Dobmeier, a Business junior, was the first person to break the blue ribbon at the end of the run. See DANCE, Page 3A HUMANITARIANISM Public health event honors student's life Symposium examines global engagement, collecting research By GENEVIEVE HUMMER For theDaily About 200 people gathered at the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedi- cal Science Research Building for the Fourth Annual Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium for Health and Social Justice. In 2010, University medical stu- dent Sujal Parikh was killed in a motorcycle accident in Kampala, Uganda, where he was conduct- ing AIDS research as a Fogarty International Clinical Research scholar. "It was really started with friends and colleagues that were inspired by his story and inspired by his ability to bring people together," said medical student Maia Anderson, the symposium's student leadership chair. The interdisciplinary event aims to draw students interested in medicine, law, pharmacy, busi- ness and public health. Rackham student Nadia Sebastian, a mem- ber of the student planning board, said it is designed to be a celebra- lion of Farikh's life and an oppor- tunity for students with similar interests to discuss global health and social justice issues. This year the symposium was designed to be as interactive as possible, Anderson said. The event featured two Design Thinking Sessions, one titled "Re-Envision- ing Global Engagement at UM" and the other titled "What Comes Next?" The event also featured two keynote speakers, several lightning talks and poster ses- sions, which gave students and faculty the opportunity to present their research. The first keynote speaker was Dr. Vincent Iacopino, the senior medical adviser at Physicians for Human Rights and an adjunct pro- fessor of medicine at the Univer- sity of Minnesota Medical School. Throughout his career, Iacopino has traveled across the world teaching people in underserved areas how to better use available tools to diagnose and treat diseas- es. At the symposium, he stressed See HEALTH, Page 3A RUBY WALLAU/Daily Participants in the Detroit Marathon run down the highway early Sunday morning in Detrdit. Detroit Marathon draws record-breaking entries ANN ARBOR Council to discuss changes to ordinance Proposed resolution will lose N.University for homecoming party By JACK TURMAN Daily StaffReporter This week's Ann Arbor City Council meeting will include dis- cussion ofresolutions regardingthe closure of North University Avenue for a University of Michigan home- coming block party, approval of a state grant for improving routes to local schools and an ordinance to amend the city's non-discrimina- tion ordinance. North University Avenue Closing Councilmember Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) is sponsoring a reso- lution to close North University Avenue between State and Thayer streets Friday, Oct. 31, for a Home- coming Block Party. The State Street Association and Ashley's, a nearby restaurant, have requested the closure of this area. See COUNCIL, Page 3A 80 percent of participants hail from Metro Detroit By JENNIFER CALFAS ManagingNews Editor DETROIT - Thousands of runners paced anxiously on the cold, brisk October morning on W. Fort Street. In the dark, donning disposable layers and gloves, the runners awaited the horn to signal the begin- ning of the end of their months of tireless training: the start of the Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon. Soon, the city's streets filled with marathoners as thousands funneled through the starting line. Traveling over the Ambas- sador Bridge, into Canada, back through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, through Mexican- town, Corktown, Greektown, Indian Village and Belle Isle, the participants took a unique tour of the city - and a bit of a neighboring country. Some took a shorter tour, opting for running the more manageable 13.1 miles offered for both halves of the full dis- tance. The first half of the mar- athon - which runs through Canada and offers a sunrise view over the Ambassador Bridge - hosted almost 14,000 See DETROIT, Page 3A WEATHER HI: 52 GOTANEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail TOMORROW LO: 4 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX Fred Tomaselli brings "The Times" exhibit to UMMA Vol. CXXV, No.14 MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS ©2014The Michigan Daily michigondaily.com N EW S ......................... 2A A R TS........................... 5A SUDOKU..................... 2A CLASSIFIEDS ............... 6A OPINION .....................4A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B . . . ._