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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

See MARRIAGE, Page 3
See DONATION, Page 3

See REGENTS, Page 3
See FRANCE, Page 3
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