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Pending litigation
yields student-voter
disillusionment
with election system
By EMMA KINERY
Daily Staff Reporter
The closest Central Student
Government race of the decade is
not over yet, as ongoing litigation
between Make Michigan and The
Team could alter the outcome of
the presidency.
There
have
been
nine
complaints made by both parties
overall, but three have yet to
be decided on and the results
are expected to be released on
Wednesday. Each case’s outcome
has the potential to result in
demerits against either party,
and if both receive more than 10
demerits, they will be disqualified
from the race.
So far, The Team has received
four demerits for destruction
of campaign materials — party
members
were
found
guilty
of erasing promotional Make
Michigan chalk advertisements
and replacing it with “Vote the
Team.”
Neither
party
has
been
disqualified
yet;
however,
individual candidates have. Art
& Design sophomore Tanner
Petch, a candidate for The Team,
and
First-year
Law
student
Stevin George, a Make Michigan
candidate, were both disqualified
for e-mailing listservs that did not
belong to them.
While Make Michigan has
yet to receive any demerits, the
results of Monday night’s hearings
could drastically change that. The
Team charged Make Michigan
with harvesting 5,719 e-mails
from listservs that were not
theirs. If found responsible, Make
Michigan will be penalized with
up to more than 17,000 demerits.
Make
Michigan
has
also
alleged that The Team and its
Representative Manager Andrew
Loeb, an LSA senior, harvested
534 e-mails. Subsequently, The
Team could be charged with up to
1,602 demerits.
Third-year Law student Paige
Becker, the University’s elections
Access to personal
computers is not
required, but many
recognize benefits
By SAMANTHA WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
College is expensive: tuition,
rent and social expenses can add
up to tens of thousands of dollars
per
year.
Smaller
expenses,
including the cost of buying a
laptop, can get lost in this grand
total.
News
outlets
often
write
broadly about the effects of
socioeconomic status on success
in school, but more specifically,
how does restricted access to
technology impact a student at
the University?
Students are not required
to own laptops in the majority
of schools and programs at the
University. According to the
University’s Computer Showcase
website, the University maintains
computing sites on both Central
and North Campuses equipped
with both Macs and PCs for
student use. However, the site
also advises students “to consider
a laptop computer.”
E.
Royster
Harper,
vice
president for student life, spoke to
this contrast in a March interview
with The Michigan Daily.
“As you can see, in the Unions
and every place we can, (we) have
computers and computer centers
available for students,” she said.
“But we know that that’s different
from you having your own and
being able to have the flexibility
of 4:00 in the morning.”
Individual school
requirements
Students in the School of Art
& Design are required to obtain
a specified computer package,
which the school website says
they can purchase for about
$3,500. This is the only school
with such a requirement.
Joann
McDaniel,
assistant
dean for undergraduate programs
in the School of Art & Design, said
Nursing Prof.
addresses
experience with
addictions in speech
By LAURA SCHINAGLE
Daily Staff Reporter
Nursing
and
Psychiatry
Prof. Stephen Strobbe’s voice
quavered
with
emotion
as
he stood before a nearly full
Rackham Auditorium to deliver
a lecture during his reception
of the Golden Apple award on
Tuesday evening.
The Golden Apple award
— which is sponsored by the
University of Michigan Hillel
and more than 30 other campus
organizations and departments
— is the only student-nominated
award for student teaching.
“The Golden Apple Award
honors those teachers who
consistently treat every lecture
as if it were his or her last
chance to impart knowledge on
their students,” said Business
junior Jake Berman, the Golden
Apple Committee co-chair.
This year marks the 25th
anniversary of the award at the
University.
The Golden Apple Award
Committee said they received
a record of more than 750
nominations this year, of which
75 were submitted for Strobbe.
Recipients of the award are
invited to present a lecture
Symposium proposes
recommendations
for new ‘U’ STEM
initiatives
By IAN DILLINGHAM
Magazine Editor
Scientific leaders are look-
ing to lay the groundwork for
new science policy initiatives at
the University and beyond. The
exploration of initiatives was dis-
cussed at the Jerome B. Wiesner
Symposium on Tuesday.
The two-day event at Rackham
Amphitheatre brought together
some of the nation’s leading sci-
entific minds and policymakers to
discuss the current state of scien-
tific research. During the sympo-
sium, attendees created a series of
recommendations for the Univer-
sity to better engage with policy
issues facing the field.
Topics from the conference
covered a wide range of concerns
Hundreds gather to
hear arguments
about the proposal
By TANAZ AHMED
and LEA GIOTTO
Daily Staff Reporters
After more than four hours of
discussion and public comments,
the University’s Central Student
Government voted to reject
a resolution calling for the
creation of an ad hoc committee
to investigate the University’s
investments in companies that
allegedly facilitate human rights
violations against Palestinians.
The resolution failed to pass
with a vote of 15 in favor and
29 opposed. There was one
abstention. A roll call voted
determined that the vote on
the resolution would be public
instead of a secret ballot.
The resolution asked for
CSG to support the creation
of a committee through the
University’s Board of Regents
to examine the University’s
investments in four companies:
Boeing Company, Caterpillar
Inc.,
G4S
and
the
United
Technologies Corporation. The
resolution claims these specific
companies profit from violations
of Palestinian human rights.
Hundreds of members of the
University community packed
the Rogel Ballroom in the
Michigan Union on Tuesday
evening to hear dozens of
speakers express reasons to vote
for or against the resolution.
Similarly to last year’s CSG
vote on a similar resolution,
attendees entered the meeting
on a first-come, first-served
basis and were given tickets
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
LEFT: LSA junior Devin Jones, an author of the divestment resolution and SAFE member, during the CSG meeting in the Rogal Ballroom on Tuesday.
TOP: Students raise their hands in support of the divestment resolution. BOTTOM: Others raised their hands in opposition of the resolution.
BRIAN BECKWITH/Daily
Dr. Stephen Strobbe, clinical associate professor in the department of health behavior and biological sciences in
the School of Nursing and the recipient of the 2015 Golden Apple Award, gives his acceptance speech at Rackham
Auditorium on Tuesday.
ACADEMICS
See ELECTION, Page 3A
See DIVEST, Page 3A
See LAPTOPS, Page 3A
See GOLDEN APPLE, Page 3A
See STEM, Page 5A
Wherever We Stand
The history of Pro-Israel
groups on campus
» INSIDE
After suits,
voters cite
flaws in CSG
proceedings
Divestment resolution
rejected for second year
Scientific
leaders lay
groundwork
for policy
The digital
divide: laptop
equity at the ‘U’
Golden Apple winner talks
mental health, vulnerability
INDEX
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