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MSA hires new administrative coordinal
Daily Ftor inChief conflicts.'
Stefanic, who wa
Months after the election that employee while serv
prompted the dismissal of Michigan was suspended and
Student Assembly Administrative last March because
Coordinator Lou Stefanic, the that he had aided
assembly announced its choice of a Party's winter camp
candidate to fill the vacancy. election staff cited.
Stephanie Souter was chosen
earlier this week by a committee
that included LSA Rep. Dan We were I
Serota, Rackham Rep. John Lopez,
University Student Activities Someone WhI
Associate Roger Fisher and MSA
bookkeeper Sara Flynn. have bOth1th
'We were looking for someone
who would have both the ability and incentive
and incentive to remain impartial,
so we would not have a repeat of impartialX
what happened with Lou
(Stefanic),' Serota said.
Serota said the committee was LS
wary of hiring a current or former
University student to fill the position sage addressed from
because of possible partisan loyalties. eral Wolverine Pe
"Students obviously have a vested including the party's
interest in their school," Serota said: vice presidential can
"When they put theirown vested interest dence of partisan in
beside their job, that's where we run into e-mail detailed elec
as a University
ing as MSA AC,
then dismissed
of accusations
the Wolverine
aign. The MSA
an e-mail mes-
ooking ft
D would
e ability
to remai
- Dan Sero
A Representat
Stefanic to sev-
arty members,
presidential and
didates, as evi-
volvement. The
ction strategies,
including some using MSA software
and resources.
The election staff fined the five
party members named in the message
and turned the disciplinary action
involving Stefanic over to Fisher, who
oversaw the University employee dis-
ciplinary procedures.
"When you have a paid worker
using student funds to influence the
r outcome of a student election, this is
wrong," MSA President Fiona Rose
said.
Rose called the post "critical"
"This is MSA's main link with the
student body - the glue that holds
fn MSA together."
Souter, who is pursuing a mas-
ter's degree in communications at
Eastern Michigan University, said
)ta her candidacy stressed an attitude
ive focused on working as a team and
to "weed out the fuzzy areas" of
MSA.
Souter's duties will include commu-
nicating with student group leaders,
dealing with health insurance requests
and coordinating the rest of the MSA
office staff.
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Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon (left) and Ypsilanti Mayor Charyl Farmer cut the
21st birthday cake of the Domestic Violence Project on Sunday.
Domestic Violence Project holds *
auction, party for 21st anniversary
By Brian Campbell
Fer the lDaily
Washtenaw County community
members convened at the Women's
City Club last Sunday to commemorate
the 21st anniversary of the Domestic
Violence Project. Mayors Ingrid
Sheldon (Ann Arbor) and Cheryl
Farmer (Ypsilanti) co-hosted the event,
which consisted of a wine reception
followed by an auction to raise funding
for the Project.
Sheldon said, "It is important that we
sit back and take note of the accom-
plishments of 21 years of recognizing
domestic-violence issues."
Sheldon, who recommended the
establishment of the Mayor's
Commission on Increasing the Safety
of Women, also commended the
increased awareness of violence
against women at the University
through date-rape education and pro-
grams such as SAPAC.
Farmer said that because she is a
physician, domestic violence is "close
to her heart."
"Many victims are afraid to tell the
truth about being abused. There are cer-
tain injuries you just can't attribute to
falling down," Farmer said.
Farmer said domestic-violence
issues have been slow to gain entry into
medical literature, and only recently
has awareness increased.
"As more education gets out there, it
becomes easier for a woman to say,
'I'm not the only one. There's nothing
wrong with me. This is wrong, and I
shouldn't have to take it,"' Farmer
said.
The Domestic Violence Projec
DVP, is a private, non-profit corpora-
tion. It serves persons who live or
work in Washtenaw County by provid-
ing emergency shelter relief for sur-
vivors of domestic battery and their
children, and by operating a 24-hour
crisis line.
Catherine McClary, DVP president,
said the project has many different
funding sources.
"It is a public facility, with approxi-
mately half the costs coming from pri
vate donors, and the rest coming from
funding by the general public, United
Way, the federal, state, and local gov-
ernments, and the cities of Ypsilanti
and Ann Arbor."
Both mayors emphasized this distinc-
tion between public and private matters,
indicating that "violence is violence"
whether it occurs on the street or in the
home, and that individual families
should not be exempt from the law.0
McClary said, "Domestic violence is
not a private matter that should remain
within the family, and it is gratifying to
see that it will not be tolerated in this
community."