2-News 2 — Friday, October 30, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The No. 15 Michigan football team travels to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers on Saturday. The Wolverines come in at 5-2, 2-1 in the Big Ten. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. >>SEE SPORTS, PAGE 7 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Horror Film Festival WHAT: The film festival will feature four foreign language horror movies from around the world. WHO: University Libraries WHEN: 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery LRCCS symposium WHAT: A symopo- sium to honor Robert Dernberger’s career in Chinese economics. WHO: Asian Lan- guages and Cultures WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Ross School of Business, Room R2220 Rep. Paul Ryan was officially elected Speaker of the House Thursday morning, the Washington Post reported. Winning 263 votes, Ryan beat Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) 184 votes, and Rep. Daniel Webster’s (R-FL) nine votes. 1 Drug discovery lecture WHAT: Michael Holinstat, an associate prof. of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, will present on the “eevelopment of novel therapeutics in the platelet.” WHO: Center for the Discovery of New Medicines WHEN: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall Officials in China annouced Thursday the country will lift its one-child policy, CNN reported. While the policy was intitially created as a means of population control, officials are now worried labor forces are dwindling. 3 Greek lecture WHAT: Professor Pavlos Kavouras from the University of Athens discusses the importance of xenitia in Greek culture. WHO: Modern Greek Program WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: 2175 Angell Hall •Please submit corrections to corrections@ michigandaily.com Dia de los Muertos Ball WHAT: Event will feature music and food to celebrate the ending of LatinX Heritage Month and the culuture of Dia De los Muertos. WHO: Office ofMulti- Ethnic Student Affairs WHEN: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Alumni Center, Founders Room Scholars symposium WHAT: The 2015 Commu- nity of Scholars, which com- prises students from various departments at the Uni- versity, will present their recent research findings. WHO: Department of Women’s Studies WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: 2239 Lane Hall Advances in casual inference WHAT: The event will be a celebration of the birthday of Richard Remington, a professor of biostastics at the University. WHO: School of Public Health WHEN: 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, 4th Floor Symphony Band WHAT: The concert, titled“From the Heart,” will feature dance, folk and spoken word per- foremances. Timothy McAllister will perform on alto saxaphone. 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The event, which drew about 40 people, was mod- erated by Susan Smith, vice president of program plan- ning for the League of Women Voters of Michigan. The League of Women Vot- ers is a national nonpartisan organization aimed at citizen empowering voters through education about various pol- icy areas. Thursday’s forum was one of a slate of events statewide focusing on redis- tricting, which refers to the process of redrawing elector- al districts. Electoral districts demarcate the geographical areas Michigan’s legislators represent in Congress. Currently, Michigan’s leg- islature draws the district lines for the state. States also have the option of redrawing district lines through inde- pendent, nonpartisan com- missions. Smith said the events were prompted by a Supreme Court case handed down in June, in which the court ruled an independent redistricting commission in Arizona was a constitutional method of redistricting. Following the ruling, she said, it was clear that state residents were passionate about the issue, with many reaching out to the League of Women Voters to discuss the possibility of an independent commission in Michigan. “What we do now creates a problem in Michigan,” she said. “The process that we are using now is one where the politicians are choosing the voters instead of the voters choosing their elected offi- cials. “This is not democracy; this is the reverse of the way it is supposed to be in a demo- cratic country.” Nancy Schewe, president of the League of Women Vot- ers for the Ann Arbor Area, echoed Smith’s sentiment and said the issue was important for Ann Arbor residents. “We are concerned about the way our legislative dis- tricts are drawn in Michi- gan,” Smith said. “We are in a statewide education cam- paign about the consequences of redistricting, and possible solutions.” During the forum, present- ers discussed whether there was gerrymandering in Mich- igan — the practice of redraw- ing lines to get a particular partisan outcome during the election. Smith noted that in the most recent election for the Michigan House of Represen- tatives, Republicans won 46 percent of the vote, yet man- aged to obtain 59 percent of the seats in the House. Republicans currently con- trol both the state House and Senate, and were the majority party the last time redistrict- ing occurred after the 2010 census. “Partisan politicians manipulate elections to keep themselves and their party in power. The Republicans do it, the Democrats do it,” Smith said. “(Gerrymander- College Republicans talk public perception of GOP energy policy Michigan Conservative Energy Forum stresses need for bipartisanhip BY CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter The Michigan Conservative Ener- gy Forum spoke to the University’s chapter of College Republicans on Thursday about energy policy and its relationship with bipartisanship. The event, held in the Michigan Union, focused on the activities of the MCEF, which was formed in 2013 in response to the impending expiration of a number of energy bills. MCEF Program Director Katie O’Connell said the goal was to give conservatives a voice at a time when the discussion on energy policy was led by Democrats, and to remove ste- reotypes that Republicans don’t pri- oritize taking care of the environment. In particular, she said a lack of education led to inefficient political and legislative efforts in energy pol- icy, especially when it came to new technology developments. “You get a lot of loud characters that just say whatever they think is true at the highest decibel possible,” O’Connell said. “One of the big things we run into are people who know the technology from 2005. Well, in the past 10 years, solar, wind, biomass and hydro have all take off because we’ve given them a great opportu- nity.” The organization encourages the adoption of an “all of the above” approach to energy policy, aiming to diversify Michigan’s energy portfo- lio by including multiple sources of renewable energy. O’Connell said the organization believes expanding renewable energy resources and increasing energy effi- ciency will result in improvements in several areas, including jobs and the economy, national security and health. The College Republicans estab- lished a partnership with MCEF last year. Information senior Madeline Jursek, chair of the College Repub- licans, said she plans to continue to foster this discussion and take part in sustainability and environmental groups across campus. She added that she also hopes to collaborate with the University’s chapter of College Democrats on this issue. “I think it’s really important, espe- cially as young republicans, to show that we do care about the environ- ment and are looking for clean energy opportunities and sources,” Jursek said. “I think it’s really strong that we show the community on campus that we can be Republicans and still care about the environment.” LSA senior Gabriel Leaf, who serves on the MCEF Leadership Council, said misinformation and misunderstanding from both par- ties are the cause of many barriers in energy policy. “Most hurdles come from people’s misunderstanding of what we’re doing, energy policy as a whole and conservative energy and how that can work towards more of a workable future for everyone,” Leaf said. In addition, several members of the College Republicans noted they believe the public’s view of Republi- can energy policy is not representa- tive of the majority’s sentiment. LSA freshman Jake Roodvoets stressed the importance of the MCEF in promoting the issue, which he said was vital to the state and national economies. “Most of the time, Republicans focus more on money or the military, tax cuts and less spending regulation, but there are more priorities we have to look at,” Roodvoets said. “I think it’s a good thing this group is looking at that and promoting a solution many people like myself can agree with.” O’Connell said she thought young people in particular had an impor- tant voice on the issue, expressing the importance of younger citizens in instigating change in policy priori- ties. “Young people are the power- house that makes things happen,” O’Connell said. “We need people who are passionate, and that starts at the grassroots level.” See REDISTRICTING, Page 3