2A - Monday, October 27, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, October 27, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Lhit Michigan DAMl 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@miche andaitycem dougsolocdmichigandailycom SOLkIDARITY FOREVER 'U' clerical works vote to unionize Forty years agothis week certain, though there were some $38 million in appropriations for (Oct. 30,1974) concerns about turnout. the University. University clerical workers voted in a runoff election to determine whether they would unionize. The week-longelection process was triggered by a vote the month before between three options - no unionization, joining with the United Auto Workers, or the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - in which none received the majority of the vote necessary for the decision. The runoff election only featured a choice between no union and the UAW. Union officials claimed that a yesvote onthe UAW wasvirtually Thirty years ago this week (Oct.27,1984) In a letter to University staff, University president Harold Shapiro and Morton Hilbert, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, encouraged employees to donate to the campaign against state , ballot measure Proposal C. The measure would move taxes back to the levels they were at in December of 1981 and mandate voter approval for any future tax changes. According to the letter, the change would result in a loss of RUBY WALLAU/Dally Ann Arbor middle school student Connor Water- man carves a pumpkin with Engineeringjunior Mark Tetarbe during Dance Marathon's pumpkin carving event at the Cube on Sunday. T.V. recap BY CATHERINE SULPIZo Daily Arts Writer Catherine Sulpizo sums up what happened in episode two of "The Affair", looking at the character of Noah and how he defies categorization as a stereotypical male character. Sulpizo also examines the relationship Proposals BY LIA VALLINA Opinion blogger Lia Vallina tells readers to vote against Proposals 1 and 2 in the November election. Both concern the legalization of indiscriminate wolf hunts in Michigan. Currently, wolves can only be killed if they are a threat to livestock or pets. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Cancer lecture Author WHAT: Laura Mamo, San Francisco State University health equity professor will discuss how cancer can be viewed through the lens of gender and sexuality politics. WHO: Institute for Research on Women and Gender WHEN: Today at 4:00 p.m. WHERE: 2239 Lane Hall Recovery discussion WHAT: Matt Statman, program manager of the University Health Service's Collegiate Recovery Program, will facilitate a dialogue featuring University students in recovery from substance abuse and addiction. WHEN: Today from 4:30 p.m to 6p.m. WHERE: Rackham Assembly Hall discussion WHAT: Women's Studies Prof. Gayle Rubin will discuss her body of work on queer theory and feminism along with English Prof. Valerie Traub. WHO: Author's Forum WHEN: Today at 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Grad Library, Room 100 Lit.lecture WHAT: Robert Crawford, University of St. Andrews professor of modern Scottish literature, will speak on poet T.S. Eliot and the challenges of writinghis biography. WHO: Department of English Language and Literature WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall 3222 Twenty years ago this week (Oct.28,1994) Medical School alum Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, most famous for separatingthe Binder Siamese Twins in a 1987 surgery, gave a speech in Hale Auditorium on "overcoming barriers and helping today's youth reach their full potential." The University welcomed Carson back as the first speaker in the First Annual Spotlight on African American Alumni, sponsoredby the African American Student Programs Task Force. - SHOHAMGEVA _ THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Gay marriage will be recognized at the federal level in six more states, the AP reported Saturday. The recognition follows the Supreme Court's decision to not take up appeals in favor of gay marriage bans in those states. The Michigan football team didn't have an enjoyable Saturday afternoon in East Lansing. In a high-stakes game, the Wolverines fell apart in the second half of a 35-11 defeat to the Spartans to drop to3-5. FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY The trial for four members of Florida A&M University's marching band is set to begin Monday, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The four face accusations of hazing in the 2011 death of drum major Robert Champion. 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The Miahigan Daly is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Colegate Press. Concert and Religious music lecture discussion WHAT: Preceeding a concert of Vietnamese music, Vn-Anh Vanessa Vf and Alexander Cannon, both of Western Michigan University, will discuss Vietnamese music at large. WHO: Center for Southeast Asian Studies WHEN: Today from 7:15 PM. to 9P.M. p.m. 109p.. WHERE: Musuem of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium WHAT: Attendees will discuss how one's actions and words matter to God. WHO: Apostolic One WHEN: Today at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Pierpont Commons, Center Room CORRECTIONS 0 Please reportany error inthe Dailyto corrections@michi- gandaily.com. DETROIT From Page 1A operated as an independent non- profit since 1998 and without municipal support for a number of years. The value of the DIA's works of art and other city assets were appraised in response to creditors who wanted to know their value. After Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr ordered the appraisal of the DIA collection in August 2013, advocates for the DIA went to Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who determined that the art is held in "public trust" and cannot be sold to sat- isfy creditors. Orr said he had no particular plan to sell the art and only needed to know its value as a part of the restructuring pro- cess. The DIA became the center- piece of the negotiations spear- headed by U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen that resulted in the grand bargain. Under this agree- ment, funding from the DIA, the state as well as nonprofit and for-profit organizations would prevent the sale of DIA artwork and reduce cuts to pensions. Under this plan, the DIA would be removed from city ownership and placed outside the reach of creditors. - However, creditors argued that failure to sell the art unfair- I I ly' discriminated against them compared to the pensioners. This issue has been resolved, with major creditors signed on to deals in which they are compen- sated in other ways. The Grand Bargain The "grand bargain" was necessary to get the unions and retirees on board with the city's bankruptcy plan. Without it, dividends paid out to unsecured creditors would have been unat- tractively low to retirees. Judge Steven Rhodes, a bank- ruptcy judge for Michigan's Eastern District Court, indicated early in the case that he might not confirm a plan with direct draconian cuts to pensions. Creditors The city of Detroit owes bil- lions of dollars to creditors. Part of the challenge of the plan of adjustment was . organiz- ing these creditors into class- es, specifying how the city is intends to treat each class and coming to an agreement about what they are getting from the city, such as cash, bonds or noth- ing at all. Major creditors such as Syn- cora and Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. are no longer opposed to their plans with the city. Both Syncora and FGIC settled for a combination of cash from bonds and develop- ment rights. Syncora settled for $25 million along with credits to purchase Detroit real estate while FGIC settled for $74 mil- lion cash from bonds, also with real estate credits, the Free Press reported. Syncora also received parking facilities and an extension of their operating lease on the Detroit-Windsor tunnel while FGIC received the site of Joe Louis Arena. Some small creditors have still not come up with agreements, but it is unlikely that they will be able to stop the confirmation of Detroit's plan. Bonds In 2005, then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had the city issue "certificates of participation" as a mechanism for funding pensions and getting around the debt limit, which the city, had reached. Syncora and FGIC insured these COPs. After the city argued that the COPs were illegal and proposed giving a low recovery rate to the investors who bought into them, FGIC filed a lawsuit against Detroit's proposal to exit bank- ruptcy, saying it was illegal dis- crimination. There are a variety of bond types, but every major class has signed off on what they are set to receive. Some of them are receiving new bonds in the same amount while others are getting a "haircut" depending on which class they are in. Blight Removal One of the requirements for confirmation of a plan of adjust- ment is that it be feasible. Fea- sibility is generally interpreted to mean the plan will work to solve the financial problems of the debtor. Detroit is saying it has to use money that previously went to pensions and creditors to reinvest in the city in vari- ous ways, such as blight remov- al. The city also wants to make other changes to increase the quality of life in Detroit, such as improving lighting and the city's police and fire departments. Part of the question of fea- sibility is whether Detroit has enough money to do what it needs in order to solve these problems and make improve- ments to attract people to live in Detroit and pay taxes. Water Shutoffs Amidst the issues of water shutoffs across the city at the end of the summer, many citizens and others called for Rhodes to issue a stop to the shutoffs, calling them an infringement of human rights. However, Rhodes ruled in September that he has no power over water shutoffs and cannot force the city to pro- vide water. The water authority is shut- ting off water to homes and businesses because of outstand- ing accounts on those locations, which is what other utilities also do. Detroit's bankruptcy did not cause these shutoffs. REGENTS From Page 1A the candidates' platforms dif- fered little, as all candidates expressed their desire to make the University more affordable. Weiser said the number one problem facing the University was the rising cost of tuition and White mentioned her initiatives to get more veterans to attend the University. Diversity on campus was a focus of the discussion with a special emphasis on racial cli- mate on campus. Diversity has proved to be at the forefront of student con- cerns, as exemplifiedby the Uni- versity's Black Student Union's #BBUM Twitter campaign, created to share the difficulties many Black students experi- ence on campus. The campaign garnered national media atten- tion and paved the way for the students to meet with University administrators to help address these concerns. Steele and Weiser said help- ing lower-income students come to the University by making the school more accessible and pro- viding more grant-based aid. White offered outreach prob- lems to encourage qualified high school students to apply to the University. Behm said he believes the University should work within the jurisdiction of The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, common- ly referred to as Proposal 2 - which banned the consideration of race in admissions decisions, among other factors - to find ways to increase racial diver- sity. He expressed. discontent at how the Black population in the state of Michigan is 14 percent but only 4 percent of the under- graduate population at the Uni- versity. "The picture of the student body should reflect the state," he said. "We need to improve that." The candidates were also asked about how they would go about changing the culture of sexual assault on campus to make the University safer for students. The Washington Post recently ranked the University second in number of reported instances of sexual assault. Behm and Weiser also men- tioned working with the execu- tive leadership to find policies that would contribute to lessen- ing the stigma surrounding sex- ual assault on college campuses. Steele said he would want robust data on the issue to inform policy changes and said he would work with campus police to encourage survivors to report their assaults. Other questions involved divesting from fossil fuels, working with the city of Detroit, growing communication between students and admin- istrators, the shared services center and the recent Athletic Department controversy. Behm and Steele were at opposite ends during the dis- cussion on fossil fuels, Behm saying that he will be in full support of divesting from fos- sil fuels because climate change is a fact, while Steele disagreed with divestment and the science behind climate change. "I am a scientist and the data on this issue is not robust," said Steele. "It's not a proven theory, there's just no question about it." White said the city of Detroit is not just important for the state, but also for the nation as it has been a leading manufactur- ing hub for many years. Weiser added that though working with the city of Detroit is important, the University should also strive to work with other cities within the state that are also in chal- lengingsituations. "Do we tell the citizens and the people of Pontiac, Flint, Muskegon and Marquette - people have been suffering in the Upper Peninsula for a long time also - do we tell them that the University cares more about the city of Detroit than them?" Weiser said. E WWWMICHIGANDAILY.COM