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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

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