%;; Monday, October 24, 2014 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom N ew s Monday, October 20,2014- NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Groups discuss water shutoffs with UN experts Advocacy groups and Detroit residents testified Sunday about city water shutoffs as United Nations human rights experts arrived to observe the impact on low-income residents. Hundreds of people attended a town hall meeting Sunday after- noon. "Once again, the international spotlight was on Detroiters trying to carve out dignified lives while being denied basic necessities of life," Maureen Taylor, spokesman for the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and the Detroit People's Water Board, said in pre- pared remarks. The groups, which helped organize the event, said in a state- ment that a judge overseeing Detroit's municipal bankruptcy case "denied residents a right to water and a water affordability plan, both of which make the lack of access to water and sanitation dire for poor families and critical for public health." HONOLULU Hawaii residents relax as hurricane threat eases Hurricane Ana has passed the Hawaiian island of Niihau, leaving the state wet but largely unscathed. Hawaii residents are begin- ning to relax after days of keeping a cautious eye on Hurricane Ana. National Weather Service fore- casters say the closest Ana got to Hawaii was about 70 miles south- west of Niihau Sunday. Hurricane Ana had been churning dangerously close for several days, spinning parallel to the islands where residents were urged to be ready. Instead the storm mainly stayed to the southwest, bringing little more than heavy rain and big waves. A tropical storm warning remains in effect Sunday for the islands of Kauai and Niihau, and a hurricane watch has been issued for parts of remote northwestern islands, home to a largely unin- habited marine sanctuary. JAKARTA Kerry seeks Asian allies in anti- Islamic State push U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Indonesia for a brief visit aimed at building Asian sup- port for the fights against Islamic State extremists and the deadly Ebola virus. Highlighting the Obama administration's commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, Kerry is leading the U.S. delegation to the inauguration of new Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a reformer who won hotly con- tested elections in July. Kerry arrived in the capital, Jakarta, on Monday after more than 26 hours of trans-oceanic flights that began Saturday in his hometown of Boston, where he held two days of talks with Chi- nese State Councillor Yang Jiechi. MADRID Test shows Spaniard with Ebola in recovery A Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola after treat- ing missionary priests with the disease repatriated from West Africa has managed to beat it after nearly two weeks of treat- ment in Madrid and has no traces of the virus in her blood- stream, according to test results released Sunday night by Spain's government. Teresa Romero, 44, is believed to be the first person to have caught Ebola via transmis- sion outside of West Africa in the current outbreak. -Compiled from Daily wire reports DANCE From Page 1A "It felt good to finish first for the Dance Marathon 5K, not necessarily because of the place finish, but because of what the 5K means for the kids," Dobmei- er said. "Through an event like this with every person raising $20, you can raise over $2,000 for a great organization really quick just by having people show up. It's really exciting that we were able to do that for the children." This year, DMUM is empha- sizing collaboration with other student organizations and the Ann Arbor community. Throughout the year, the group will partner with MRelay, Blood Battle and Musket to host fund- raisingevents. "We've been focusing a lot on student organization partner- shipsthis year because there's so many student orgs and we're all competing for the same things: participation and fundraising," said Amal Muzaffar, a Business senior and DMUM fundraising events chair. "We've seen this year that partnering with other student organizations really helps us achieve our goals with fundrais- ing and just getting the word out." Some of DMUM's upcoming events include a Halloween Bar Night at Scorekeepers Bar and Grille thisweekend and a formal gala at the Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel in early November where participants will get to meet many of the DMUM families. There will also be a fundraising competition against Ohio State University's chapter of Dance Marathon in the 10days leading up to the Michigan-Ohio State football game. "I'm excited to get to meet the families and to get to know the kids that we actually get to help," said Kinesiology sopho- more Rachel Tomassi, DMUM fundraising events coordinator. "When you're fundraisingyou're actually partnered with a family and you get to see someone and you get to say, 'OK, my money is actually helping this person standing right in front of me,' and that's what's really special about Dance Marathon." HEALTH From Page 1A the importance of not only under- standing medicine, but also the social issues that surround it. Jonathan Shaffer, coordinator for community engagement at the global health nonprofit Partners In Health, was the second key- note speaker. He discussed health care as a fundamental human right and the work that Partners In Health performs, including building hospitals in countries such as Haiti and Rwanda. The daylong event was a testa- ment not only to Parikh's legacy, but also to the issues that he cared about. Parikh's father, Manoj Parikh, began taking his son to volunteer at their Hindu temple in Dallas, Texas each Sunday when Sujal was four years old. This early exposure to volunteerism as well as the work of civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi inspired Sujal to devote his life to promoting peace and social justice around the world. Parikh was an Eagle Scout, earned degrees in neurobiology and public health from the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley, served on the Student Advisory Board of Physicians for Human Rights and won a Campus Inde- pendent Journalism Award for best political commentary for his 2006 piece condemningthe death penalty, titled "A New Vision of Justice." "He told me one time, 'Dad, I'd like to go on the edge of an active volcano, on the crater of an active volcano,' and he did that in Rwan- da in 2007, the Gometz Volcano," Manoj Parikh said about his son. Medical student Megha Trive- di, Parikh's cousin, emphasized Parikh's passion for serving man- kind and eradicating the injustic- es he encountered. "If he saw this today he would want it to be more about the issues - social justice, global health disparities, more than himself," Trivedi said. "And that's what he worked for all his life." SSD From Page 1A sity an inclusive environmentfor those with disabilities. Whittington said it is often difficult to reach out to stu- dents with disabilities and encourage themtoget involved in support groups because of the stigma that can come with being labeled as disabled. Beyond the stigma that makes it difficult to involve students with available support groups, Whittington said having a dis- ability also impacts the way he interacts with others. "Being a native stutterer, it really just forces you to choose your words in a certain type of way," he said. Shelton added that, like race, having a disability is another aspect of identity that can be marginalizing and can add another layer of difficulty to his life. "The more identities we have that are different from the norm, the more energy we have to exert," Shelton said. "The further you differenti- ate from that profile of white, male, able-bodied, straight ... the harder you have to try." The conference also includ- ed remarks from Dean of Stu- dents Laura Blake Jones; E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life; Jack Bernard, associate general counsel and chair of the University's Coun- cil for Disability Concerns; and Regent Katherine White, who serves as chair of the Uni- versity's Board of Regents. The first keynote speaker, John Greden, director of the University's Comprehen- sive Depression Center, said though depression is the dis- ability that impacts themost people in the world, many peo- ple don't view it as a disability. Law Prof. Samuel Bagens- tos gave an hour-long talk on the history of disability law and the growth of the disabil- ity movement in the United States, which was followed by a lecture on the future of mobility technology delivered by Engineering Prof. Law- rence Burns. @MICHIGANDAILY < Digitizing RacesEr DETROIT From Page 1A participants, and was the day's most popular event. Mike Andersen of Walled Lake, Mich. who coaches cross country at Milford High School, was the first to cross the mara- thon's finish line in 2:24:54. Andersen overcame University alum Zach Ornelas, who won the 2013 marathon, in their final strides of the race. Ornelas, who dealt with a hip injury through- out the year, finished in 2:25:13. The Detroit Marathon isan the rise. Hitting a record-break-' ing number of participants this year with 27,389 runners, the marathon is more than an event; it's a spectacle. Sandwiched between two of the most popu- lar marathons in the world - the Bank of America Chicago Mara- thon and the New York City Marathon on Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, respectively - runners have a host of options for their choice of marathon. And for Detroit, the runners keep coming. Executive Race Director Barbara Bennage said runners represented 48 states and 19 countries. She attributed the marathon's success to "the vibe that's coming out of Detroit" and the appeal of the international component to the race. Despite its national draw, she said 80 percent of participants come from the Metro Detroit area. "I think it's people that love the city and love what's happen- ing to it," Bennage said after one of her staff members handed her a paper reporting the record- breaking total of the partici- pants. Each runner has a specific reason for running the 13.1 or 26.2 miles. Some, as Bennage said, want to cross it off their bucket lists. Some want to set a personal record. Some want to qualify for the Boston Mara- thon. Others are influenced by loved ones. Randal Brown, who lives in Detroit, decided to run the mar- athon after his close friend and mentor passed away. Though he did not consider himself a run- ner before, he completed the marathon in 3:27:39 - which beat the average marathon time for men in 2013 of 4:16:00. "It was a lot of fun and a lot of people cheered. It's worth it. It's good for the city," Brown said at the finish line, catching his breath. Tom Claflin of Brighton, Mich. has run 20 marathons, and said the Detroit Marathon stands out due to its unique course. At age 66, Claflin started tunning eight years ago, and said he had the "perfect race" Sun- day. "It's terrific," he said. "Over the bridge with the sunrise and back through the tunnel, it's much better than anybody who would go through the tunnel with a car would know." With two of his sons based in Ann Arbor, Claflin said he usual- ly visits there more than Detroit, though he hopes to travel back to the city more often. For Ornelas, a former member of the University's men's cross country team and winner of his first marathon in Detroit's 2013 event, the spirit of Detroit drew him to the marathon for a sec- ond go. Having lived in Texas before attending the University, Ornelas said the marathon gave him a unique tour of the city that seems so far from the Ann Arbor "bubble," as he called it. After graduating from the School of Education, Ornelas now teaches at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in Detroit - a job, he said, he earned with help from his 2013 Detroit Marathon performance. The experience gave him a unique perspective of Detroit - one that students may not always see. In a survey conducted by The Michigan Daily, only 22 percent of the 230 randomly selected undergraduates said they would consider living in the city after graduation. For many college students, Detroit's portrayal in popular media paints a negative pic- ture of the city. While in col- lege, Ornelas said he found it "di-heartening" when friends w'' Id make jokes about Detroit, calling it dangerous and warn- ing others against traveling to it. "I'd encourage students to stop talking about Detroit nega- tively," he said in an interview before Sunday's marathon. "They're quick to do it - and that's because that's what we're used to - but they need to stop." Ornelas said he was exposed to 'parts of tfie 'city by running through it that he had never seen and had previously only imagined based on the image of Detroit painted in the media. "I got to see just how tough a lot of the people have it," he said. "We all think we know, but it's different once you're there." Behind the finish line and throughout the race, 3,000 vol- unteers handed participants water, offered motivation and greeted finishers with Gatorade, water, bananas and medals. University alum Leah Ouel- let, one of the volunteers, brought high school students to help at the race. Ouellet works at buildOn - a nonprofit based in Detroit that aims to engage students with community ser- vice in the city. Ouellet said she knew she would work in Detroit immediately after graduating from the University in 2013. "Having it happen in Detroit at this time, you can tell there are a lot of people who don't live or work here that came down, so it's a cool cosmopolitan event with a lot of people in the city to help with the rebranding of Detroit," she said. As participants recover and take a week - or many - off from running, the preparation for next year's race has only just begun. Daily News Editor Will Greenberg contributed reporting. Lisa Nakamnra Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture and Screen Arts and Cultures COUNCIL From Page 1A The street closure will last from 2 p.m. until midnight, but the actual event will run from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., which allows time for setup and cleanup. Grant to construct sidewalks The Council will discuss approval of a grant from the Michigan Department of Trans- portation for the Clague Safe Routes to School Project. The project includes the construction of sidewalks along a portion of Nixon Road and the installation of a Rectangular Rapid Flash- ing Beacon on Green Road to improve the safety of students walking to and from nearby schools. The project is funded by the Safe Routes to School grant, which covers100percent ofeligi- ble construction costs, and by the Alternative Transportation Fund and Special Assessments, which covers other project costs such as design and testing. The project is expected to total $221,067 and construction will start in 2015. Non-discrimination ordinance Councilmembers Jack Eaton (D-Ward 4), Sumi Kailasapa- thy (D-Ward 1), Christopher Taylor (D-Ward 3), Margie Teall (D-Ward 4) and Chuck Warpehoski (D-Ward 5), together with the city's Human Rights Commission, sponsored an amendment to the non- discrimination ordinance. The ordinance currently does not comply with state law since affirmative action was banned by Proposal 2, a 2006 ballot ini- tiative. The amendment features extensive changes, such as clarification to some language throughout the ordinance, alignment of provisions with state and federal legislation and additional protections based on gender expression, veteran status, victims of domestic violence, political alignment, genetic information, arrest record and familial status.