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NSYSU party
learns about U.S.
healthcare system
By ERIC GABBARD
Daily Staff Reporter
For 26 Taiwanese graduate
students and health care profes-
sionals, a week-long visit to the
University - and to the United
States - is an experience that will
not soon be forgotten.
Taking place from July 23-27, the
School of Public Health's Depart-
ment of Health Management and
Policy is hosting the Institute of
Health Management for members
of the National Sun Yat-nen Uni-
versity. The focus of the program is
to emphasize many elements of the
U.S. health care system.
The NSYSU was established in
1980 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and con-
tains six colleges that offer numer-
ous programs for its undergraduate,
graduate and doctoral ntudentn.
Among the vinitors are physi-
cians, surgeons, radiologists, occu-
pational therapists, administrators
and graduate students. The major-
ity of members are practicing pro-
fessionals and administrators.
Christy Lemak - associate
professor of health management
and policy who gave a presenta-
tion covering the performance of.
health organization at the event -
explained that the seminars range
intopicsfromhealthcare reformto
quality of care.
"The week was designed to meet
the expressed topical interests of
the visitors," Lemak said.
In addition to the program's
seminars, the visitors will have the
opportunity to tour the University
of Michigan Health System, the
Detroit office of Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan, the Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital and the
Chelsea Retirement Community.
Jersey Liang, professor of health
management and policy, is one of
the leading faculty members for
the program, along with Lemak.
originally from Taiwan, Liang
had not been to the United States
until after he had completed his
college education and began his
graduate training. Liang currently
has active research programs in
Japan, China and Taiwan and fre-
quently travels between East Asia
and the United States.
It was Liang's interaction in the
countries where he has researched
that began hin passion for hosting
international studentn and profen-
sionals in the U.S.
"Clearly, there is a very signifi-
cant interest of people from other
countries that would like to come
*to the United States," he said.
Liang added that while he hosts
studentsfrom countries like Tai-
wan, students from the United
States are also showing an "over-
whelming" interest in learning
more about countries such as
China and Japan.
Liang explained that the Public
Health School has become more
invested in programs like this
week's Institute of Health Manage-
ment in recent years.
"I think the School of Public
Health is very; very interested in
making a significant investment
in what we call the 'Global Public
Health Initiative,"' Liangsaid.
The long-term, strategic goal
of the initiative would be to reach
out to the University's peer institu-
tions abroad and establish relation-
ships so thatstudents preparing for
careers in health care can become
more exposed to other health care
systems.
As for the future of such pro-
grams as Institutes of Health
Management, Liang is optimis-
tic that the Public Health School
can expand its reach further, in
coordination with other institu-
tions. Additionally, programs may
be held for longer periods of time,
potentially for four weeks rather
than just one.
"Strategically, there may be
many possibilities," Liang said. "It
may be a mixture of web-based
instruction, as well as, having
(international students) come here
periodically, and, at the same time,
we could also send some of our stu-
dents abroad."
Liang cited the joint institute
formed between the University's
College of Engineering and the
Shanghai Jiao Tong University as
an example of collaboration that
the Public Health School is looking
to follow.
"We see all of this as possible,"
Liang said. "We would very much
like to see something like this for
the School of Public Health."
Ying-Chun Li, an associate pro-
fessor for the graduate program -
of health care management at
NSYSU, led the group from their
side of the program.
Li praised the University as an
educational institution, adding
that the visitors, including himself,
were impressed by the campus and
educational facilities.
"I think the University is a good
place for students to learn,"he said.
"That was one of the reasons why I
brought the (NSYSU) students here
this time."
One requirement of the NSYSU's
Institute of Health Care Manage-
ment is that students must spend a
semester abroad with a partnering
institution.
For students working full-time,
like the students attending this
week's program, they are allowed
to attend a much briefer program
due to their demanding schedules.
Li said the on-site visits to
UMHS weretespecially "eye-open-
ing" forthe students. He addedthat
the seminars have provided a dif-
ferent, valuable perspective of the
U.S. health care system.
Evelyn Huang, a surgical resi-
dent in Taiwan, said her time with
the University has been a new and
excitingexperience.
"The lectures and visits are
inspiring - we have new ideas and
we'll benefit alot," Huang said.
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Hoke: Michigan not interested in Penn State transfers
By BEN ESTES emphatically stated that he would
Daily Sports Editor not be pursuing any current Nit-
tany Lions. Ohio State's Urban
CHICAGO - The NCAA's Meyer expressed similar senti-
announcement on Monday of ments, but Minnesota coach Jerry
unprecedented sanctions leveled Kill and Nebraska coach Bo Peli-
against Penn State in the wake ni said that while they wouldn't
of the Jerry Sandusky scandal actively recruit, they would be
opened up a similarly unprec- open to taking players if they
edented period of what Nittany expressed interest first.
Lions head coach Bill O'Brien On the other side of the spec-
called "NFL free agency without trum, Purdue coach Danny Hope
the rules." said he would "exercise every
In the wake of vacated wins, a opportunity we can to enhance
$60 million fine, a four-year bowl our own football team," and Illi-
ban and scholarship reductions, nois coach Tim Beckman con-
the NCAA also ruled that any cur- firmed that staff members had
rent Penn State player would be been in State College on Wednes-
allowed to transfer with no pen- day to receive any Penn State
alty, and the Big Ten said it would players that expressed intent to
allow restriction-free intra-con- transfer to his school.
ference transfers as well. For his part, Michigan coach
At Big Ten Media Days on Brady Hoke declared that he
Thursday, conference coaches would neither pursue any Nittany
varied on how they said they Lions nor look at accepting trans-
would approach this unique situ- fers even if they reached out to his
ation - a league foe whose roster program first. in fact, the fain-
was suddenly ripe for the picking. ily of one player had already done
Wisconsin's Bret Bielema so, but Hoke said he determined
it wasn't worth the changes that
would result.
"It's really a personal philoso-
phy," Hoke said. "You look at team
chemistry. We had one young
man's father call us, but to me, it
really is a situation that we'd rath-
er stay out of.
"I think your emotions are
always for those kids and Bill and
that great staff, and obviously
those emotions you have for those
victims. But again, we can only
control what we do at Michigan."
Though pegged as a strong con-
tender in the Big Ten's Legends
Division for the upcoming season,
Michigan's roster isn't without
holes, especially when it comes to
depth, and there certainly are cur-
rent Nittany Lions that could help r
pointed to as the main reason for
his policy.
He said the Wolverines had
built a bond that wasn't worth
messing with, or at least that their
chemistry was strong enough to
not warrant any potential disrup-
tions.
"To be honest with you, we kind
of made a decision - I'd be lying
if I didn't say we didn't look at the
roster to some degree - but we've
kind of made a decision that we're
going to stay and (not) recruit the
guys and keep our business our
business," Hoke said. .
Meanwhile, a tense O'Brien -
undoubtedly stressed by the idea
that at least several of his players
might leave his team, perhaps to
land with a conference foe that
he will play this season - did not
seem to enjoy the questions that
came his way about the issue.
When asked if he could update
the status of star running back
Silas Redd, the biggest name
involved in transfer rumors,
O'Brien simply said "no." He was
similarly terse when asked if he
had talked directly to Beckman
about the latter's intentions.
And when asked if he was sur-
prised by the conference's policy
of unrestricted transfers for Penn
State players, O'Brien responded
thusly, also in curt fashion:
"Nothing surprises me, no, so
the answer to the first question is
no and I have no thought on that"
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Wolverines.
But Hoke, asked about the topic
on several occasions in the mul-
tiple stops along the media tour
on Thursday, shot down the idea
on each occasion. More often than
not, the team's chemistry was
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ber of A2A3, came up with the
idea of swimming across the Eng-
lish Channel for ALS, according to
A2A3 President Suzanne Ross.
"When (Mercer) found out that
there was a world record specifi-
cally for six women in a relay for
double-crossing, she decided that's
what she wanted to do," Ross said.
Ross said ALS is an orphan
disease because pharmaceutical
companies do not see it profitable
to invest in finding a treatment or
cure for ALS.
"We were shocked at the time
whenourmainwayofgettingmoney
was through private donations or
government grants, not the pharma-
ceutical companies," Ross said.
Ross said she concluded the best
way to support Schoeni and his
family was to raise funds specifi-
cally for ALS research.
The Channel for ALS campaign,
a collaboration of the six women
and A2A3, has raised nearly
$80,000. The funds will be used to
support research that focuses on
finding an effective treatment and
cure for ALS.
"We give all.the proceeds from
the events and donations and such
to labs doing what we call 'cure-
based research,"' Ross said.
Ross said she appreciates the
community's support of A2A3.
"This is the largest initiative
(A2A3 has) ever had, and we hope
that brings attention to-ALS as well
as the 'urgent need for research
fund," Ross said.
While the team was training to
swim across the English Channel
last March, Mercer came across
medical problems of her own when
she was diagnosed with breast can-
cer.
Ross said everyone's immediate
reaction to Mercer's diagnosis was
that they expected her to take time
off for treatment and perhaps not
swim at all.
"The more (Mercer) realized
all the treatment options she had
available to her was made pos-
sible by people who have donated
to research for breast cancer, she
became that much (more) deter-
mined to continue to cross the Eng-
lish Channel for ALS research and
for people like Bob," she said.
According to Schoeni, Mercer
had her last chemotherapy on July
9, only two and a half weeks before
the team's swim across the English
Channel.
"What an incredible inspiration
they are to me, giving me strength
as I deal with changes in my body,"
Scheoni said.-
A2A3 has funded three different
ALS research organizations - the
Robert Packard Center for ALS
Research at Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, a nonprofit biotech com-
pany in Cambridge, Mass. and the
University of Michigan.
ALS research at the University
is conducted under Eva Feldman,
neurology professor and direc-
tor of the program for neurology
research and discovery.
Gretchen Spreitzer, professor
of organizational behavior and
human resource management and
Schoeni's wife, said Feldman and
her team plan to start a clinical
trial of intraspinal transplantation
of stem cells on ALS patients by
next month.
"It's been a selfless, amazing
story of the swimmers doing this
to raise awareness and research
funds for ALS," Spreitzer said.
Spreitzer said her husband's bat-
tle would be harder to fight without
the support from the community
and added that yesterday was the
fourth anniversary of his diagnosis.
"We appreciate the love, support
and encouragement of the Univer-
sity community every day that Bob
fights this awful disease," Spreitzer
said.
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By STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Daily Sports Editor
CHICAGO - The Michigan foot-
ball team was dealt a blow on Mon-
day with the indefinite suspensions
of Fitzgerald Toussaint and Frank
Clark amid legal charges.
Toussaint, a redshirt junior run-
ning back who was the starting
tailback in 2011, was arrested on
Saturday and was slapped with a
charge of operating a vehicle while
intoxicated.
Clark, asophomore candidate for
the starting weak-side defensive
end spot, was arrested and charged
with second-degree home invasion
in June after allegedly stealing a
laptop from Stockwell Hall.
Michigan coach Brady Hoke
announced the players' suspen-
sions when they surfaced Monday
and he backed up the suspension
on Thursday at the annual Big Ten
Media Days in Chicago.
"They're indefinitely suspended
right now," Hoke said. "They're
going to pay the price for poor judg-
ments, which a lot of 18- to 23-year-
old kids make, and then we'll make
a decision down the road."
Hoke said he does not know
yet whether Toussaint and Clark
will join the football team as it
opens fall camp next week. Look-
ing further into the future and the
looming season opener against
reigning-champion Alabama, Hoke
refused to forecast whether the
suspensions might be lifted before
the season.
"Obviously there's a standard of
performance we expect at Michi-
gan from an academic standpoint
to a community standpoint and
to an athletic, competition stand-
point," Hoke said.
The blame for the suspensions,
of course, goes to Toussaint and
Clark individually. But does Hoke
pin some of the blame for off-field
transgressions on the senior lead-
ership of the football team?
"You always do," Hoke said. "You
always do. That's all part of it. It's a
growing and an educational pro-
cess that guys go through. They're