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Monday, November 10, 2014
BANKRUPTCY CASE
New fiscal
plan for
Detroit
approved
by court
Judge Rhodes deems
adjustment plan
feasible as city exits
bankruptcy proceedings
ByNEALA BERKOWSKI
Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT - In the Theodore
Levin U.S. Courthouse Friday after-
9 noon, Judge Steven Rhodes deter-
mined Detroit's proposed plan of
adjustment is feasible, marking a
new chapter for the city as it exits
bankruptcy. The decision comes
more than a year after the city of
Detroit became the largest munici-
pality to declare Chapter 9 bank-
ruptcyin U.S. history.
The decision states that the city
filed for bankruptcy in good faith,
that the plan of adjustment is fea-
sible, passes "fair and equitable" and
that it is in the best interest of credi-
tors.
In his decision, Rkodes wrote to
the city of Detroit at large, thank-
See DETROIT, Page 3A
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GOVERNMENT
Dems.'
Senate
legacy
rides on
Peters
Lone new Democratic
senator to follow Carl
Levin's 35-year run
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily Staff Reporter
Over the two-year lead up to
Tuesday's midterm elections, six
Democratic U.S. senators announced
their retirement, including one from
Michigan, Sen. Carl Levin (D), a
35-year veteran of the upper cham-
ber.
Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters
(D-Detroit) won the election to suc-
ceed him, beating out Republican
challenger Terri Lynn Land, for-
mer Michigan Secretary of State, to
become the next U.S. senator from
Michigan. The win was a unique one
for Democrats in a night that saw
the GOP wrest control of the Sen-
See ELECTIONS, Page 3A
Members of the Indian American Student Association perform in "Kalyara: The Spark of Festivity," the organization's annual cultural dance show
Friday at Hill Auditiorium.
Cultural show celebrates
'Sp arkofestivity
Annual IASA "Kalyara: The Spark of Festiv- tory video for Kalyara played makeup and pinning jewelry.
ity" and featured 10 different on two screens at each side of It took three different people
event highlights dance groups, each represent- the Hill stage. The audience to get one girl ready head-to-
ing a different Indian festival. chanted "Raas" as the first toe with her outfit, makeup,
pageantry of The balcony section of the dance group, Raas, took the hair and jewelry.
show was packed with Uni- stage by formingthe block'M' The three choreographers
Indian festivals versity students, students with maize and blue lighting for Classical, LSA sophomore
from other schools and IASA behind them. Sahithi Akasapu, Ross 'senior
By TANYA MADHANI alumni, as everyone stood Three hours before the Ishika Rajan and LSA junior
Daily StaffReporter for the American and Indian show, the Classical dance Kinari Shah, had been at the
national anthems performed group was huddled in Room League since noon. This year
The 31st Annual Indian by 58 Greene and Maize Mir- A on the third floor of the marked the return of the Clas-
American Student Associa- chi, respectively. League. Most of the girls in the sical dance group after miss-
tion cultural show filled Hill When the lights dimmed, group had begun an extensive ing the show last year.
Auditorium Friday evening. the balconies chanted the process of spraying their hair Rajan said she and the other
This year the show was titled show's name as the introduc- down, applying meticulous See IASA, Page 3A
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CSG, 'I Will' campaign
launch workshops to
discuss sexual assault
As a part of the University's Vetrans Day celebrations, University veterans participate in the fifth annual Army-Navy wheelchair basketball game at Chrisler Arena
Sunday.
Annu sketball game honors veterans
Participating in
national dialogue,
new program lays
foundation for action
By WILL GREENBERG
Daily NewsEditor
As conversations on sexual
assault continues to grow on
campus, the Central Student
Government has partnered with
the I Will campaign to facilitate
peer-to-peer efforts to address
the issue.
Sunday morning, a group of
more than 20 students attended
a workshop to discuss education,
awareness and resources, as each
relates to sexual assault preven-
tion. The meeting was the first of
several meetings meant to build
a foundation for future action.
CSG President Bobby Dishell,
a Public Policy senior, and LSA
senior Hannah Crisler, direc-
tor of I Will, hosted the event
and invited Engineering Prof.
Thomas Zurbuchen; Jen Weg-
ner, assistant director of Stu-
dent Affairs for the School of
Engineering and Holly Rider-
Milkovich, director of the Sexual
Assault Prevention and Aware-
ness Center, to help facilitate
group discussion.
While students had var-
ied affiliations with different
groups and schools on campus,
the workshop was designed to
include students already pas-
sionate about the issue them-
selves. Students from across
campus, student government
representatives among them,
shared thoughts on where the
University has fallen short in
handling sexual assault and
offered ideas of how to improve.
However, this first work-
shop was not focused on finding
immediate solutions. Organizers
acknowledged the importance
of first removing the stigma sur-
rounding the discussion of sexu-
al assault and aimed to consider
new ideas to tackle the issue.
"We are in a marathon, not a
sprint," Rider-Milkovich told the
room.
Still, by the end of the session,
the attendees landed on a hand-
ful of ideas that could be imple-
mented in the near future. Most
notably, the idea of expanding
the required prevention training
to all student groups - includ-
ing clear language about sexual
See CSG, Page 2A
Army, Navy ROTC
programs face off in
wheelchair rivalry
By EMILIE PLESSET
Daily StaffReporter
Instead of tennis shoes, rub-
ber wheels raced back and forth
around Crisler Center Sunday
night as part of the fifth annual
Army vs. Navy Wheelchair Bas-
ketball game in honor of Vet-
erans Day. The game was the
final event of the University's
Investing in Ability Week and
the second event of the Univer-
sity's weeklong celebration of
the nation's armed forces.
About 52 University veter-
ans of the United States Navy
and Army, as well as University
ROTC cadets and professional
wheelchair basketball players,
battled against each other in
the popular rivalry game. Team
USA Paralympians Scot Severn,
an army veteran and member of
the Paralympic track and field
team, and Paul Schulte, co-cap-
tain of the United States Para-
lympian basketball team, also
participated in the event.
"Veterans Day comes and it
goes and you think, 'OK have
I done anything meaningful
with this,"' Shulte said. "This is
a chance to help celebrate along
with them."
While Navy beat Army for
the second year in a row with a
score of 44-37, the game brought
the two branches of the armed
forces together to honor those
who have served.
"It's an opportunity to say
thank you to the many people
that served," said Gerald Hoff,
the event's organizer and an
See WHEELCHAIR, Page 3A
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