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GOVERNMENT
Court orders to
state to recognize
marriages performed
during March stay
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily News Editor
In a decision announced Thurs-
day morning, a U.S District Court
ruled that the state is required to
recognize 300 same-sex marriages
performed in Michigan last year.
In the ruling on the case, Caspar
v. Snyder, Judge Mark Goldsmith
wrote that once marriages have
occurred, the state cannot retract
them under the due process clause
of the 14th Amendment.
“The same-sex couples who
married in Michigan during the
brief period when such marriages
were authorized acquired a status
that state officials may not ignore
absent some compelling interest
— a constitutional hurdle that the
defense does not even attempt to
surmount, ” the ruling read. “In
these circumstances, what the
state has joined together, it may not
put asunder.”
If the state does not appeal the
decision in the next 21 days, the
marriages will become valid next
month.
The marriages in question were
performed during the day-long
interim period between a March
district court decision to strike
down the state’s ban on same-sex
marriage in DeBoer v. Snyder and
the granting of a stay on that deci-
sion pending an appeal to the Sixth
Circuit Court.
In a departure from decisions in
favor of same-sex marriage legal-
ization across the country, the cir-
cuit court has since reversed the
district’s court ruling, holding that
the state’s ban, as well as several
similar measures in Kentucky, Ohio
and Tennessee, was constitutionally
valid.
Plaintiffs in the case have since
asked the U.S. Supreme Court to
take up the issue. Justices heard
the petition last week, but have yet
to make a decision on whether they
will take up the case.
As part of his ruling, Goldsmith
also declined to issue a stay on the
recognition of the marriages tied
to the petition before the Supreme
Court, which would have halted the
ruling from coming into effect until
the Supreme Court acted on the
petition.
In a statement Thursday morn-
ing, Michigan Attorney General Bill
Schuette, who requested the stay on
the marriages and is litigating the
case to protect the state’s ban, reiter-
ated previous calls for the Supreme
Court to take up the issue.
“We are reviewing Judge Gold-
smith’s decision, but as I have said
repeatedly, the sooner the United
States Supreme Court makes a deci-
sion on this issue the better it will
be for Michigan and America,”
Schuette said.
In contrast to Schuette, the plain-
tiffs in the case, represented by the
ACLU, have taken the position that a
decision on the Michigan’s same-sex
marriage ban would not impact the
Despite previous
plans, route to
continue running
through semester
By TANAZ AHMED
Daily Staff Reporter
Though Central Student Gov-
ernment previously announced
plans
to
discontinue
the
Night Owl bus route, the body
announced Wednesday that the
service will continue.
As of last semester, CSG and
the Interfraternity Council fund-
ed the Night Owl as a pilot pro-
gram, each contributing $15,000
and hoping the University would
assume responsibility for sus-
taining the program’s funding. In
December, CSG said the Univer-
sity had not secured long-term
funding.
University Parking and Trans-
portation Services has commit-
ted to funding the service at least
through the end of the semester.
The
late-night
bus
route,
Session to focus
on long-term
policy initiatives
with Schlissel
By GENEVIVE HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s Board
of Regents will meet this
month for a strategic session
closed to the public to dis-
cuss topics concerning the
future of higher education.
Regent Denise Ilitch (D)
wrote in an e-mail interview
the meeting would focus on
a diverse range of initiatives.
“We
will
be
discuss-
ing
Academic
Excellence
and its evolving direction,
the Biosciences, Challeng-
es confronting the higher
education business model,
Diversity at UM, UM Health
System and Athletics,” Ilitch
wrote.
The
meeting
is
also
intended to recognize the
one-year
anniversary
of
the selection of University
President Mark Schlissel,
who was appointed by the
regents to succeed President
Emerita Mary Sue Coleman
in January 2014.
Additionally, Ilitch said
the sessions will give the
board the opportunity to
orient
incoming
Regent
Michael Behm (D–Grand
Blanc), who was elected
in November 2014. Behm
replaced
outgoing
regent
Julia Darlow (D), who chose
not to run for reelection.
This is the first of the
strategic sessions to be held
in Ann Arbor. In 2013 and
2014, the regents traveled
to California and New York,
respectively.
In California, the regents
met with Google research
scientist Dan Russell, Stan-
ford University President
John Hennessy and Robert
Berdahl, former president of
the Association of American
Universities.
During last winter’s trip
to New York, the board met
University alum’s
donation to fund
creation of new
student center
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily News Editor
The money keeps rolling in.
The Ross School of Business
announced a new $20 million
gift to the school Thursday
morning.
Donated by former General
Mills CEO Stephen W. Sanger,
a University alum, and his
wife Karen Sanger, a small
business attorney, the gift will
be used to create the Sanger
Leadership Center.
In a press release, Ste-
phen Sanger lauded current
Business School leadership
programs, namely the Ross
Leadership
Initiative,
and
said he was honored to sup-
port the continued growth of
additional opportunities.
“Among those of us who
have recruited talent for our
companies, one of the things
that sets Ross graduates apart
is their leadership skills,”
Sanger said. “This differ-
ence reflects the innovative,
hands-on programs of the
Ross Leadership Initiative.”
The center will focus on
sustaining current elements
of the RLI. The initiative cur-
rently facilitates several pro-
grams for students, including
yearly competitions to form
profitable, socially minded
businesses in Detroit, cri-
sis management simulations
and workshops focused on
self-reflection and leadership
skills.
The center will also provide
feedback for students and
personalized coaching, along
with resources for faculty
working on innovative ideas
or new leadership methodolo-
gies.
In
a
statement,
Scott
DeRue, the Business School’s
associate dean and incoming
faculty director of the Sanger
Leadership Center, said its
creation will increase the
school’s unique capacities to
provide leadership training.
“I envision a future where
50,000 Michigan Ross stu-
dents — past, present and
future — lead positive change
in themselves and around the
world,” DeRue said. “The cre-
ation of the Sanger Leader-
ship Center and the generous
Mark Burde
clarifies aspects
of French satire in
context of incident
By EMMA KINERY
Daily Staff Reporter
After millions filled the streets
of France to honor the victims
of the Charlie Hebdo shooting,
French lecturer Mark Burde deliv-
ered a lecture titled “Satire and
Society in France This Week and
Last” at the Residential College’s
French coffee hour on Thursday.
“About four million people
marched in the entirety; the most
people marching for any political
reason, any reason at all, any sort
of gathering, since World War II.
It was a huge deal,” Burde said.
“So the question is, why was this
so important?”
The talk centered on the Paris
shootings on Jan. 7, which killed
12 people and wounded 11. The
attack targeted specific cartoon-
ists and editorial staff of the
French satirical magazine Charlie
Hebdo. Carried out by two French
Muslim brothers, the attack was
a response to the magazine’s
satirical publications featuring
the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Images of the Prophet Muham-
mad are forbidden in the religion
of Islam.
The attack prompted interna-
tional outcry as #JeSuisCharlie
went viral. However, some have
been critical of expressing total
support for the publication, which
many say prints satirical cartoons
DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TRANSPORTATION
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See DONATION, Page 3
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See NIGHT OWL, Page 3
CHARLES KOWALEC/Daily
Bassist and vocalist Gwenyth Hayes performs with the Gwenyth Hayes Trio at the Gifts of Art free concert at the University of Michigan Hospital
Thursday.
SOULFUL SONG
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
French lecturer Mark Burde presents on the tradition of satirical newspapers in France at East Quad in response to the recent
attacks on the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo.
Judge rules
300 Mich.
same-sex
unions valid
Ross recieves $20 million
for leadership initiatives
Regents plan
strategic talk
in Ann Arbor
Residential College lecture
talks Charlie Hebdo fallout
‘U’ commits
funding to
Night Owl
bus service