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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 — 3A

Study measures
county knowledge
of health laws

According to a 2015 study

by the Michigan Organization
on Adolescent Sexual Health,
Michigan’s 83 counties are better
informed about reproductive
health laws than they were five
years ago. These laws were set by
the Parental Rights Restoration
Act of 1990. The study was
funded by the National Institutes
for Reproductive Health and
done in partnership with the
University.

The study was adapted from

University of Michigan-led
research in 2010, where students
made phone calls to all Michigan
counties, to simulate what a
minor would go through as
she sought information about
reproductive health laws.

In 2010, 54 percent of

counties failed. In 2015, the
statistic improved considerably:
Approximately 26 percent of
counties failed. Nonetheless,
there remains room for
improvement, according to a
University press release. One
problem that persists is judicial
offices’ readiness to provide
information on abortion rights
law.

Possible record
voter turnout
in presidential
primary

The Detroit Free Press reports

that Michigan could have
registered a record turnout in
Tuesday’s presidential primary,
based on the high number of
absentee ballots issued. Almost
556,000 absentee ballots were
issued as of earlier Tuesday,
compared to 162,000 more than
4 years ago.

Christopher Thomas, director

of elections for the Michigan
Secretary of State reported
that the SOS has seen high
turnout on both sides of the
aisle. According to an Epic/MRA
poll that surveyed those who
had already voted by absentee,
surveyees leaned heavily toward
Republican front-runner Donald
Trump and former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.

The record to break is the

1972 election, where 47 percent
of registered voters cast ballots.
There are some predictions that
voter turnout could come close
to 2 million voters and possibly
make state history.

Michigan ranks
high in U.S. for fraud
and ID theft reports

According to a new Federal

Trade Commission report,
Michigan ranks third in the
nation for fraud and sixth
for identity theft complaints.
National levels of fraud and
identity theft complaints have
increased overall.

More than half of those who

make fraud complaints don’t
actually hand over any money to
the cons, but for those who are
scammed, the median cost to
each victim is $400. A majority
of scams occur over wire
transfer, and originate in the
United States.

To explain why Michigan is

targeted by scammers, Puneet
Manchanda, a professor of
marketing at the University
of Michigan’s Ross School of
Business, points to the large
segments of immigrants and
elderly people in Michigan.
Older people are less tech-savvy,
while immigrants might not be
as well-informed on credit and
banking procedures, increasing
their susceptibility to scams.

Manchanda proposes legal

solutions to mitigate this
problem. “Our legal systems and
protections have not caught up
with the realities of the digital
world,” Manchanda said in
an interview with the Detroit
Free Press. “The scammers will
always be ahead. The solution is
regulation and education.”

—DESIREE CHEW

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polling places by the Daily.

Students for Sanders presi-

dent Nicholas Kolenda, an LSA
sophomore, said Tuesday night
that Sanders’s success should
worry Clinton as he continues to
do well in states he was predict-
ed to lose.

“Considering where he was

just nine months ago, his prog-
ress has been immense” he said.
“The fact that Sanders is still
standing and viable despite the
heavy front-loading of states
favorable
towards
Clinton

should worry the former Secre-
tary of State. Sanders’ campaign
likely still has its best days ahead
of it.”

In
a
statement,
Sanders

thanked Michigan voters, refer-
encing polliing data prior to the
election that incorreclty indicat-
ed Clinton would win by signifi-
cant margins.

“I am grateful to the people of

Michigan for defying the pundits
and pollsters and giving us their
support. This is a critically impo-
rant night,” Sanders said. “Not
only is Michigan the gateway to
the rest of the industrial Mid-
west, the results there show that
we are a national campaign.”

State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann

Arbor) said he thought the stu-
dent vote — particularly coming
out of Ann Arbor — likely gave
the Sanders campaign an extra
push in Michigan.

“I don’t think that there is any

question that there has been a
tremendous amount of energy
and enthusiasm behind Sand-
ers lead by huge voices,” Irwin
said. “I think Sanders campaign
has really benefited from the
momentum that student support
can give him.”

However,
Communications

Prof. Josh Pasek noted that voter
turnout numbers did not indi-
cate a significant increase in Ann
Arbor.

“These numbers are not huge,

but Bernie did seem to do very
well,” he said. “It doesn’t suggest
that we are seeing something
truly overwhelming from the
University itself.”

Pasek said Sanders’ success

likely came from better ground
organization and campaigning.

“I think it’s probably the case

that the Sanders’ campaign was
just better organized and did a
better geo-TV job in the state
of Michigan,” he said. “At least
compared to what we thought
we would see based on the pre-
election polls.”

One other state, Mississippi,

held its Democratic primary
alongside Michigan Tuesday,
which Clinton won with close
to 80 percent of the vote. With
a total of 166 delegates available
between the two states, Michi-
gan was the more impactful of
the two primaries because of the
130 delegates it had up for grabs.
Despite the loss in Michigan,
Clinton still maintains a lead in
the overall delegate count.

Both candidates had a strong

focus on the state in the days

leading up to the election, with
Clinton and Sanders both rally-
ing in Michigan on Monday —
Sanders on campus at the Crisler
Center and Clinton in Detroit
— where they discussed many
familiar points and some Mich-
igan-centric issues.

The primary also follows

a Democratic debate in Flint
on Sunday held in partnership
between CNN and UM-Flint.
The debate spent considerable
time discussing Michigan-cen-
tric issues including the Flint
water crisis and Detroit Public
Schools’ crumbling infrastruc-
ture.

Following Tuesday’s primary,

most of the remaining delegates
will come from more moderate
and diverse states where Sand-
ers has not done as well in the
past, in comparison to other
states where much of his support
comes from young white voters.

Pasek said Michigan’s pri-

mary determines whether Sand-
ers can do well in these types of
states, indicating whether he still
has a competitive chance at the
nomination.

“Given that dynamic, Bernie

needs to come relatively close
to winning — if not to win — to
show that he can really show
that he can take a state that isn’t
the kind of state that he has been
winning so far,” he said.

LSA
sophomore
Taiwo

Dosunmu,
communications

director for University’s chap-
ter of College Democrats, said
before the polls closed Tuesday
that the group hoped to continue
Democratic momentum on cam-
pus, by encouraging students to
vote by opening voter registra-
tion booths throughout the year
and distributing information on
polling locations.

Dosunmu added that while

the group does not endorse any
particular candidate, its main
goal is to encourage students to
vote.

“Our main goal is to have

turnout be as high as possible,”
he said. “On a college campus
turnout is essential. When stu-
dents vote, Democrats are able
to win.”

In his victory speech, Trump

said he appreciated the decisive
victory and the large turnout.

“To get these kinds of numbers

where they call them immediately
is just something else. I want to
thank the people of Michigan,” he
said. “One of the things I am very
happy about is the turnout has just
been massive for every week.”

Communications Prof. John

Pasek said Republican leadership
has been looking for a candidate
to oppose Trump in the primary

as many see him as toxic to the
party. However, he added that the
Republican party has been unable
to coalesce behind a single candi-
date.

Despite his relative success in

Michigan, much of the party sees
Trump as unelectable in compari-
son to other establishment can-
didates, Pasek noted. However,
he said Rubio’s poor showing in
Michigan may leave the party
with Cruz as the only alternative
to Trump.

The Michigan primary follows

two presidential debates in the
state, with a Republican debate
held in Detroit last Thursday and a
Democratic debate in Flint on Sun-

day. While the Republican debate’s
focus stayed national, the Demo-
cratic debate spent considerable
time discussing Michigan-centric
issues including the Flint water
crisis and Detroit Public Schools
crumbling infrastructure.

Pasek said it is hard to know

what issues in the debate truly
impact voters because there are
so many hotly contested issues
throughout the course of the
debate.

“When you have a reasonable

contested debate it is hard to read
which attacks are the ones that are
working for the candidates and
which are turning potential voters
off,” he said.

NEWS BRIEFS

in the warmer months for an
outside feel. The original main
aisle of the market will remain
the same as the new infrastruc-
ture will be constructed at
what is currently a sandlot.

In a statement, the DDA

board said they believed the
newly renovated space will be
an essential part of the com-
munity.

“It meets the mission and

values of the DDA to strength-
en downtown, spark increased
economic activity within the
Kerrytown neighborhood, cul-
tivate a memorable sense of
place and enhance walkability
along north Fourth Avenue,”
the board said.

David Santacroce, associate

dean for experiential education
and professor at the University
of Michigan Law School and
the chair for the Public Market
Advisory Commission, said the
project has been discussed for
many years due to an ongoing
need for a warmer space in the
winter months.

“It’s been talked about forev-

er,” Santacroce said. “It’s very
inhospitable in the winter to
shop there, both for customers,
but also for a lot of vendors who
are now in recent years grow-

ing a lot more produce during
the cold months.”

Some current vendors and

city residents do not believe
the funding allocation is the
right option for improving the
farmers market. Main rea-
sons for resistance of the new
project are centered around a
miscommunication of the mar-
ket’s needs: The physical area
around the market will lose
multiple parking spots, some
vendors will need to move
to different locations on the
site and the DDA is spending
more money than is needed to
achieve an improved market.

There are over 120 market

vendors throughout the year at
the market, according to Mar-
ket Manager Sarah DeWitt.
Many of those vendors want to
sell year-round, she added.

However, several of the cur-

rent vendors said this week that
they do not believe the funding
allocation is the right option for
improving the farmers market.

“We don’t want (the market)

winterized, what we wanted
was the main aisle winterized,”
said Janna Fields, co-owner of
Fieldfarms, a permanent ven-
dor at the farmers market. “I
went to the Toledo market last
fall; they have the exact same
setup as we do, but they have
roll-down shutters and radi-
ant heat and it only cost them
$70,000.”

Nonetheless, despite some

vendor
disapproval,
Santac-

roce said he believes the newly
proposed space is important
for maximizing the market’s
potential.

“There’s also what we call

the sandlot where the building
would go. It’s not covered and
not divided the way it could be
because people have to bring
their own tents and they only
come in a certain size, so we
are not maximizing the space
of that area,” Santacroce said.
“We want to better maximize
that space so we can increase
vendors, because there’s more
vendors that we can’t accom-
modate, especially in the peak
season.”

For at least some students,

the heated space might make
them more likely to attend in
winter months, LSA junior
Molly Weiss, who shops at the
market, said.

“I think students will defi-

nitely take advantage of this
new addition to the farmers
market,” Weiss said. “For those
living close to Kerrytown, the
farmers market has always
been such a great way to get
local goods, and the winteriza-
tion of the market I believe can
only help the business of ven-
dors. And students will be more
likely to go.”

SANDERS
From Page 1A

Guest Speaker
Sevig addressed the assembly

Tuesday on the advances CAPS
has made in recent months to
provide resources to students. In
particular, he discussed the CAPS
after hours phone service which
was launched in October 2015, an
increase in students seeking ser-
vices and an upcoming event later
this month on suicide prevention.

“We are the student counsel-

ing center,” he said. “We don’t
exist just to exist for me, for the
professional staff, and we don’t
technically exist for the Uni-
versity. When we wake up in
the morning our sole purpose
is to care about is you, and your
43,000 other classmates.”

Sevig said starting in the fall,

all incoming students will be
provided Mcards with the CAPS
after hours phone service num-
ber on the back.

CSG has discussed endors-

ing this initiative multiple times
in recent weeks, and passed a
resolution supporting the new
Mcards Tuesday.

The
CAPS
phone
service

went live on Oct. 5 of last year,
and Sevig said it took two to
three years to research and put
together a functioning system.
In the first months the line aver-
aged 70 to 100 calls, but in recent

months the number has settled to
an average of 65 to 70 per month,
according to Sevig.

“This is a signal that the Uni-

versity does care about you,” he
said. “They care about your men-
tal health, both crisis-oriented
and from day to day. Also, we are
not aware of any other colleges or
universities that have put a men-
tal health-dedicated phone line
on the back of their IDs.”

New Business
A new resolution was brought

to the assembly floor Tuesday
night regarding in-state tuition
for nontraditional and undocu-
mented graduate students . The
resolution states that, if passed,
CSG will work with the Coali-
tion for Tuition, Migrant and
Immigrant Rights Advocacy and
other organizations to encourage
the University to extend in-state
tuition to these groups.

Currently,
the
University

offers in-state tuition to undocu-
mented undergraduate students,
following a vote to change the
residency guidelines by the Uni-
versity’s Board of Regents in July
of 2013.

One of the resolution’s authors,

Public Policy masters candidate
Luz Meza, said the proposed
change would enhance campus
diversity.

“Diversity isn’t a word that

people just throw around,” Meza
said. “It’s something that we are
actively working on on campus.”

CSG
From Page 1A

MARKET
From Page 1A

TRUMP
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