michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, January 21, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 51 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS ......................7A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A THE STATEMENT..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Fraternities damage Northern Michigan resorts MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW HI: 30 LO: 17 Walking in Glue: Mental health among college women » INSIDE the statement Governor also urges voters to pass ballot proposal to fix roads in May By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Staying true to his nickname, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, the “tough nerd,” emphasized edu- cation as one of several means to create opportunity in his State of the State address Tuesday. Using a “river of opportunity” as a metaphor for improving edu- cation and job prospects in the state, among other issues, Snyder said he will shift the state’s focus from creating new programs to addressing problems. “Quite often we’re addressing symptoms. We’re not addressing root causes. In some cases, we’re actually facilitating dependency on government,” Snyder said. “That’s not right.” Snyder said his plan would focus on five principles: people, causes, increasing results without increasing cost, community and measuring outcomes. Though several other gover- nors who may be potential 2016 presidential candidates discussed national policies in their address- es, Snyder primarily emphasized Michigan-centric policies. Snyder has not discussed any potential 2016 candidacy despite specula- tion. On education, Snyder intro- duced several key initiatives that, if passed, would impact Michigan students from preschool to higher education, including calling for legislative support for a statewide evaluation system for K-12 teach- ers and a commission to study third-grade reading scores. He also announced he will ask the legislature to include an addi- Snyder talks education in State of State address AMANDA ALLEN /Daily Republican Gov. Rick Snyder gives the 2015 State of the State address at the State Capitol in Lansing on Tuesday. City will engage in efforts to displace temporary camps humanely By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter The heaviest topic of discus- sion of Tuesday’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting centered on the city’s homeless camps. The dialogue came in the wake of numerous demonstrations by public commenters supporting these camps. In recent months, Council- member Stephen Kunselman (D-Ward 3) has been targeted by members and allies of Ann Arbor’s homeless commu- nity following statements last November that some considered offensive. These claims resulted in a petition to recall Kunsel- man, which was approved in the first week of January. Subsequently, the council dis- cussed and approved a revised This year’s event open to undergraduates By EMILY MIILLER For the Daily Over 40 employers and hun- dreds of students gathered Tuesday in the Dana Build- ing’s Ford Commons for the University’s first campus-wide Green Career Fair. Open to all University students, the fair showcased internships and jobs centered around environmental and sustainability issues. Though the School of Natu- ral Resources and Environment has organized similar fairs for graduate students in the past, this year’s event was open to all students. The fair was co-hosted by the student organizations Stu- dents for Clean Energy and Net Impact Undergrad, and spon- sored by the environmental consulting firm Antea Group. LSA senior Jesse Selvin, president of Students for Clean Energy, co-organized the event and said many students are concerned about sustainability, but do not know how to become involved. “We really want to make sure students know sustainability is something that’s vital both on campus and afterwards,” Sel- vin said. “And not only that it’s vital, but that it’s available, it’s accessible.” Selvin added that he was pleased with the diversity of participating companies. “I would say it runs the gam- bit from environmental consult- ing companies to engineering companies to nongovernmental organizations and research,” he said. Han Zhang, a representative from Dow Chemical, said it is important for students to rec- ognize that they can apply their interest and skills in sustain- ability beyond college. LSA senior Michelle Dimuzio said she liked the fair’s con- centration on environmental careers in contrast to larger career fairs. She attended the Assembly plans to transfer nearly $9,000 to library By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter The Central Student Gov- ernment’s main focus Tuesday night was funding additional power stations in the Shap- iro Undergraduate Library to address students’ mounting needs to charge up. The new electricity expan- sion proposal would place an additional 67 table-mounted power stations in the UGLi. These would include three power outlets and one USB port each. Because there were ques- tions about the project’s total cost and the need for charging stations to include USB ports, the resolution was ultimately referred to CSG’s finance com- mittee and will come to a vote at next week’s meeting. Installation costs would amount to $8,772 — the resolu- tion in place proposes that CSG cover the costs with money from its Legislative Discretion- ary Fund by transferring it to the UGLi’s facilities coordina- In address, Obama calls for reduced college costs Foreign policy, middle class also prominent in State of the Union By JACK TURMAN, ALLANA AKHTAR AND SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporters and Daily News Editor President Barack Obama gave his seventh State of the Union address Tuesday evening before a Senate and House controlled by the Republicans for the first time during his presidency. The president’s speech touched on several key issues from his years in office, includ- ing conflict in the Middle East and the economic recession. He expanded on proposed reforms in several areas announced by the White House in the weeks leading up to the address as well. Chief among his reforms were proposals to impact the price of paying for college as part of an overarching theme addressing “middle-class eco- nomics.” “Middle-class economics means helping working fami- lies feel more secure in a world of constant change,” Obama said. “That means helping folks afford childcare, college, health care, a home, retirement — and my budget will address each of these issues, lowering the taxes of working families and putting thousands of dollars back into their pockets each year.” In the address, Obama specif- ically stressed a plan announced earlier in the week to simplify and consolidate the American Opportunity Tax Credit, an 2009 initiative that gives low and middle class families tax benefits on higher education costs. Though the AOTC is set to expire by 2017 under the cur- rent tax plan, Obama said he hopes to make it a permanent feature of the tax code, with the amount of credit adjusted to keep up with inflation. The president also proposed making it easier to apply for tax credits, as well as require col- leges and universities to pro- GOVERNMENT Green Career Fair focuses on sustainability CSG considers resolution to invest in UGLi outlets Complaints lead to new homeless legislation CAMPUS LIFE ANN ARBOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT See POTUS, Page 3A See OUTLETS, Page 3A See SNYDER, Page 3A See GREEN, Page 3A See HOMELESS, Page 3A SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily LSA freshmen Anna Bauer and Maddie Rabe, members of the University’s chapter of the College Democrats, view the State of the Union at the College Democrats watch party in the Weill Building on Tuesday. DEM VIEWING PART Y