2 - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Prof. looks at culture and change Dario Gaggio is an associate history professor. Gaggio graduat- ed from the University of Florence in Italy in 1992 and received his PhD in History from Northwest- ern University in1999. coursesto undergraduates. Iwish I could, but in teaching European history and Italian history in par- ticular, I have to make sure my students have a broad introduc- tion to the themes and the issues. How hasthe research for your What do you believe your stu- publications affected the way dents should take away from you teach your classes? your classes? the social (order) is, firstofall, not as orderly as you think, and it will never be. How doesAmericanhigher education compare with that in Europe? I came to the United States to get my Ph.D., so I don't have teaching experience in both con- texts. I'm thoroughly American in professional terms. But I do remember what it meant to be a student in Italy in the '80s and early '90s, and it was very differ- ent. It was much more hierarchi- cal. - JAMES WHITE In many fields of history there is a big gap between the kind o history that most of us here at the University do research in and th kind of history we teach. I'm n' exception to that rule, there is., pretty big gap between the tw' in thematic terms. I don't get t teach very specific, very detailed "Get away with murder" . By KAREN HUA The seventh episode of "How to Get Away with Murder" builds anticipation for the upcomingfinale of its firstseason. The episode delves further into each character's personal life. Kendrick Lamar By KEN SELANDER Kendrick Lamar released his music video for "i." The video features scenes of sor- row as he travels through a neighborhood. The video projectsa positive message about hope. That nothing is set in stone. Social change is the rule, not the exception. We are so accustomed to thinking of the social order as something that is set in stone or that it can only change at the margins, that can only be negoti- ated from a position of passivity. What history teaches you is that CHARLES KOWALLC/Daily Engineering sophomore Mehul Kulkami tunes his instrument before the Campus Philharmonic' Orchestra's performance Monday at Hill Auditorium. 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The policy is expected to reduce the number of arrests for marijuana posession. 2sThe Michigan men's basketball team defeated Wayne State in an exhibition, 86-43, but it was freshman guard Austin Hatch's single point that stole the show. FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 8 Hydrogen sulfide gas is spreading' through Moscow, the BBC reported Monday. Moscow residents are advised to stay indoors. The source of the gas has yet to be found. Russia's emergency ministry is blam- ing a Moscow oil refinery. speaker WHAT: The Michigan Law Veterans Society presents University alum Admiral James Houck as part of its Veterans Day Program. Admiral Houck will discuss currentcmilitary and national security issues. WHO: University Law School WHEN: Today from 11:50 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. WHERE: SouthHall WHAT: An interactive performance that uses music to explore cultural diversity. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, Rackham Graduate School, School of Public Health, Alumni Association, Office of the Vice Provost WHEN: Today from 6p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lydia, Mendelssohn Theatre Settlement fund set up for Katrina plaintiffs Campus orgs create website to support student parents 0 $14 million set aside for victims of 2005 hurricane NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than nine years after the levees broke during Hur- ricane Katrina and flooded New Orleans, residents and businesses finally can ask for some compensation - albeit small - from a $14 million settlement fund set up to pay for the catastrophic flood. The payouts, though, will be meager and far from what residents may have hoped for after their city was devastated in 2005. Hopes for hefty damage payments were dashed in the years after the hurricane when lawsuits suing the Army Corps of Engineers were defeated in federal court. The courts held that the federal agency was protected from liability by a 1928 law that gave the agency immunity from suits seeking damages over failed flood-control proj- ects. This money comes from a separate settlement that plaintiffs' lawyers reached in 2009 with three levee boards in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish and St. Bernard Parish. The levee boards were respon- sible in part for the upkeep of the structures that broke dur- ing Katrina. Under this settlement, resi- dents, businesses and people visiting the city when Katrina struck can apply now for com- pensation. The money comes from insurance policies the levee boards had at the time of Katrina. Claims must be filed by April 30, 2015. A fed- eral judge recently gave his approval to how the money can be divided. Gerald Meunier, a New Orleans lawyer who helped handle the class-action law- suits over the flood, said the settlement is as much money as can be gotten from the boards' insurance policies. He added that'under the law, the levee boards' assets could not be seized. "We can't get a dime more from the levee districts," Meunier said. "It's obviously not enough. It can never make up for everything people went through." He said the plaintiffs' lawyers did everything they could to win more for the city's residents, but that the federal courts affirmed the Corps' immunity. Residents and businesses flooded in New Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson are eli- ,5i~a fonr araaxy. gioie ror money. -U The size of the payouts will depend on how many claims are filed. For instance, if 200,000 claims are paid, a homeowner whose prop- erty was flooded by 4 feet of water could expect to receive 4 $463. But if 800,000 claims are paid, then the same home- 6 owner could expect $116. People also can claim com- pensation for the death of a family member. Claims for deaths will receive between 9 $255 and $1,020. After lawyer and admin- istrative costs are factored in, there will be about $14 million left for residents and businesses. Lawyers who han- dled the case are expected to divide up $3.5 million among themselves to pay for costs they incurred. The lawyers who handled the case waived their fees. In all, the lawyers say they spent more than $13 million on litigating the cases. "We took a beating," said Joseph Bruno, a plaintiffs' lawyer. Collaboration raises awareness of available resources By STEPHANIE DILWORTH Daily StaffReporter The University's chapters of Students for Life and Students for Choice have found an issue worth coming together to sup- port. In partnership with the Dean of Students Office, the two groups are creating a website set to be released by the end of the semester that will showcase resources for undergraduate stu- dent parents. The idea came about after a campus visit by Sally Winn, vice president of Feminists for Life. The central theme in Winn's speech was her frustration with the lack of campus resources for student parents. After the speech, LSA senior Taylor Crookston, Students for Life interim vice president, said he was approached by Stu- dents for Choice about working together to improve resources on campus for student parents. Crookston said the collabo- ration was intended to better organize the current resources available to students with kids. "Right now, this collabo- ration between Students for Life and Students for Choice is trying to just get what resources are available very clear," Crookston said. "There are more resources than peo- ple know about, but there is nowhere for people to really find out about them." LSA senior Sophia Kotov, president of Students for Choice, said student parents and pregnant students lack a community at the University. "It's really, really hard to have a child on campus espe- cially because you don't see other people on campus who have children," Kotov said. "If you don't know anybody else who is in the situation, you would feel so alone." Though a discussion group for parenting students previ- ously existed on campus, apart from a Facebook group, it has since disbanded. Rachel Naasko directs the Blavin Scholars Program, a division of -Student Life that works to promote the success of University students who were formerly in foster care. She is a Critical Incident Coordina- tor, whichsupports students in difficult situations, and serves as the Dean of Students Office administrator helping establish the new website. Naasko emphasized that the website supports both pregnant students and students already caringfor children. "The website will be tailored toward undergraduate student parents, not exclusively stu- dents who are pregnant," she said. "We want to support all students in whatever way they come to campus, whether that be students who come to cam- pus with children to students who have children while they are on campus. We want those resources to be in an accessible way, which is really the issue they brought forward." The website is expected to feature dadirectory of resourc- es. It will likely provide links to housing options for student parents, University lactation rooms, University Health Ser- vice options for prenatal care and other community-based resources such as childbirth or Lamaze classes. Crookston said the groups came together to give students more options at the University. "I don't think that students at the University of Michigan have any choice between abortion or carrying the baby to term - and then either givingit up for adop- tion or raising it themselves because of this institutional- ized barrier that you don't see any pregnant girls on campus or rarely," Crookston said. "We don't think there is that genu- ine choice. It's either drop out or have an abortion." Naasko said the groups were too focused on their common goals to let conflict get in the way. "They, together, came for- ward and identified an issue that they had questions about and were looking for more information," Naasko said. "I think because they had already identified that together, there wasn't a place for conflict. They had already decided that this was an issue they wanted to create support for together." Kotov said this experience reminded her of the groups' commonalities and how pro- life and pro-choice are not a dichotomy. "Pro-life and pro-choice aren't opposites. Not at all," Kotov said. "We have so many common goals that we just kind of forget about because we are busy with this polemic rheto- ric." Naasko added that this part- nership reflects University stu- dents' desire to support fellow students. "It is a great example of how Michigan students, who appear to have very different ideas and feelings, can come together to support other Wolverines. I'm glad to hear that their expe- rience has also been fairly smooth. I think the circum- stance could have been very different," Naasko said. Crookston said the website will be unbiased and will not showcase any pro-life or pro- choice arguments. "Our goal is to make our Uni- versity a more inclusive place for pregnant and parenting stu- dents, for women who do want to have the choice to carry their pregnancy to term," Crookston said. "We have really avoided, honestly, abortion as a topic in regards to the website." See WEBSITE, Page 5 lp 4