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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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INDEX
NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS ......................................
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SPORTS................................10
NEWS
Disclosure of train
project raises ire
City councilmembers
demand more transparency
>> SEE PAGE 3
NEWS
Residents petition
to stop sale of lot
Citizens wish to build park in
vacant downtown library lot
>> SEE PAGE 3
OPINION
A speedy
resolution
Slow response to Dept.
of Education inquiry calls
priorities into question.
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Governors Ball
brings rain and
stars
Musicians descend on
New York for music festival
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Heartbreaking exit
for ‘M’ softball
The Wolverines could have
won the WCWS in 2016
>> SEE PAGE 10
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A2 Clinton supporters
set sights on party unity
‘U’ expert
discusses
cell
phone
warnings
KOMEL KHAN/Daily
University of Michigan alumna Amira Belwafa converses with others at the Hillary victory party at Melange on Tuesday.
Local victory event
turns focus to
campaign against
Trump
By BRIAN KUANG
Daily Summer News Editor
To mark Hillary Clinton’s
victory
for
the
Democratic
nomination,
several
dozen
grassroots supporters of Clinton
gathered to celebrate at a Main
Street
restaurant
Tuesday
evening, with many eyeing the
general election campaign to
come.
In the Michigan presidential
primary in March, Ann Arbor
voters
favored
Clinton’s
challenger,
Senator
Bernie
Sanders (I–VT) by 15,409 to
12,014 votes — due in part to
strong
grassroots
drives
for
voter turnout from University of
Michigan students — and Sanders
narrowly carried the state in an
upset victory.
Nonetheless, the Associated
Press declared Monday that
Clinton had won enough delegates
to secure the nomination, and her
victory was further cemented by
winning four of the six primary
contests held Tuesday.
Michigan — which is typically
considered a Democratic state
in presidential elections — has
come into focus as a state in
which presumptive Republican
nominee Donald Trump can
build on unconventional support
from blue collar white voters.
Suzanne Perkins, a city resident
and lead grassroots organizer
for
Clinton
in
Ann
Arbor,
expressed confidence, based on
her experience canvassing Ann
Arbor voters, that Democrats in
Michigan would be able to rally
behind Clinton in November even
though Sanders won the state in
the primary.
“Even when we met Bernie
people, people said to us, ‘I’m
going to vote for Bernie, but
please come back in November,’”
Perkins said. “People were just
generous and sweet and very
nice, so I don’t think we’re going
to have any problem unifying the
party in Ann Arbor. Nobody’s
angry.”
Perkins
also
said
she
is
sympathetic to many Sanders
supporters
—
particularly
students
—
but
reaffirmed
that she believes Clinton to be
the strongest candidate in the
general election.
“I voted for Jesse Jackson in
my first election, and I knew
he wasn’t going to win, but I
liked what he was saying, and
ultimately I knew what he
was saying would never pass
Congress,” Perkins said, referring
to the two-time Democratic
candidate
for
president.
“I
understand when you’re voting
for the first time you feel
passionate about a particular
person.”
Ann Arbor resident Jason
Morgan — another grassroots
Clinton organizer — echoed these
See CLINTON, Page 9
RESEARCH
Neurology professor
believes increased
mobile phone use is
not linked to cancer
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Due to various studies with
conflicting results on the effects
of constant radio-frequency wave
exposure from cell phones on
human health, there has been a
national debate as to whether or not
mobile devices should come with
warning labels.
According to the Pew Research
Center, 49 percent of cell phone
users said their cellular devices
would be very hard to give up.
Cell
phones
can
cause
distractions that can lead to severe
consequences: For instance, there
are reports of people accidentally
walking off piers or getting into car
accidents as a result of texting while
driving — which poses threats not
only to texters but to those around
them.
In addition to simple distractions,
some believe cell phones cause
neurological damages. According to
the Food and Drug Administration,
cell phones emit low levels of radio-
frequency energy, which has led to
debates over the neurological safety
of cell phones. The FDA states there
is a common misconception since
people
confuse
radio-frequency
energy with the more harmful
electromagnetic
energy
found
in X-rays; whereas, the radio-
frequency energy from cell phones
is harmless, according to the FDA.
Similarly, research from the
See PHONES, Page 9
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