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Campaign will benefit scholarship recipients Students speak on how aid has had impact VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Brett King changes the marquee for the movie “12 Years a Slave” at the Michigan Theatre on Liberty Street Tuesday night.
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One of the easiest ways to understand the potential impact of the University’s $4 billion Victors for Michigan fundraising campaign is by looking at the experiences of students who have been awarded financial aid scholarships like those that the campaign will offer. One such scholarship recipient, LSA senior Allison Epstein, exemplifies the kind of students the campaign hopes to support through financial aid. Epstein, along with 19 other University students, received the Sidney J. and Irene Shipman Scholarship the summer before the fall 2010 semester. Recipients of the scholarship receive $12,000 a year for four years of undergraduate study, as well as additional funds for room
SAPAC advocates always ready Core team of employees support survivors of sexual assault By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily Staff Reporter
For 168 consecutive hours at a time, a full week, Anne Huhman doesn’t let a 2005 black flip phone out of her sight. Huh-
man is the program manager for education and prevention at the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, and one of only five people who currently handle the crisis hotline. Huhman and three others serve as advocates in the SAPAC office, where survivors of trauma can receive support, counseling and resources for various issues. SAPAC staff also educate students about sexual assault to create a cam-
pus environment focused on prevention. The center was founded in 1986 after University students protested the lack of a rape crisis center on campus. Huhman became an advocate for survivors of sexual or domestic violence, which culminated in her employment at SAPAC. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 2002, Huhman took a job at Underground Railroad, Inc.,
a domestic violence shelter in Saginaw, Mich. There, she worked with schools and juvenile detention centers and gained experience educating youth about sexual assault and harassment, dating violence, stalking and healthy relationships, while working with survivors. In 2004, Huhman entered the University’s School of Social Work and began her work at SAPAC for her field placement. See SAPAC, Page 3A
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Solar car ‘Quantum’ to compete in U.S. race Older car will be used in wake of lastest car’s crash By SAM GRINGLAS Daily Staff Reporter
Though a crash left its car damaged in the Australian Outback last month, the University’s Solar Car Team is already mak-
ing plans for another race. On Monday, the team announced its intention to compete in the American Solar Challenge 2014, an eight-day, 1,700-mile race from Austin, Texas to St. Paul, Minn. But after the damage sustained at the World Solar Challenge in Australia, the team’s latest car, Generation, won’t make an appearance in the next race. The car
and board — approximately $8,000 a year — if the students choose to live in the residence halls. Epstein grew up in a middleclass suburb near Lansing. While she believes she could have attended the University without help from her scholarship, she would have needed to take out several student loans. “I would’ve had to borrow money from my parents and worry about what kind of housing I would have to choose for that,” Epstein said. “It would have been possible but it would have been a lot different than what I have now.” Epstein is currently an English, Creative Writing and French triple major, she’s editor of the Residential College literary magazine and she also runs a student writing workshop called The Writers’ Community. The extra funds from the scholarship have also enabled her to travel abroad for two summers, once to France and once to the United Kingdom. Another important contribution Epstein has made to the University See CAMPAIGN, Page 3A
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was pushed by a gust of wind while at a stop on the fourth day of the race, causing it to fall into a ditch. Instead, the team announced plans to race its previous model, Quantum, a three-wheeled vehicle that weighs about 300 pounds and can reach 105 mph. LSA junior Ian Sullivan, the team’s interim business director, said members, sponsors and See SOLAR, Page 3A
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Ben Fidler plows the Bending Sickle Community Farm in Stockbridge, Mich.. The farm is run on self-taught sustainable cultivating practices.
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CSG discusses absence at Circle K to organize 24 hours of service meetings, election demerits Nearly 50 CAMPUS LIFE
Reps can now be excused at speaker’s discretion By CAROLYN GEARIG Daily Staff Reporter
Eight days before the fall semester’s Central Student Government elections, the assembly met for their 10th meeting Tues-
day night. CSG discussed two resolutions and passed one. LSA senior Pratik Ghosh, a CSG representative, authored a resolution to modify CSG’s absence excusal procedure, eliminating the requirement for excusal of a two-thirds assembly vote. The resolution passed unanimously — the speaker of the assembly can now excuse absences because of illness, academic
obligations, family emergencies or religious holidays at his or her discretion. LSA senior Annika Conrad, co-chair of the Rules Committee, introduced a resolution to change the CSG elections demerit system to a violation and penalty system. Instead of the demerit system, in which those running for CSG who have committed offenses can continSee CSG, Page 3A
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organizations signed up to parcticpate By TANAZ AHMED For The Daily
Starting at 8 a.m on Saturday, University students and members of the Ann Arbor community will have the chance to volunteer for 24 consecutive hours.
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and businesses such as Michigan Abilities Center and Tantré Farm, an organic farm located in Chelsea, Mich. LSA senior Alex Novo, Circle K’s external vice president, said the broad range of volunteering opportunities is meant to appeal to a large group of people with varying interests. “The biggest differentiation, other than the fact that ours is a full 24 hours, between this service day and other ones like See SERVICE, Page 3A
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This year, the annual 24-hour Service Day hosted by the University’s chapter of Circle K — a student organization that promotes community service and leadership — will provide 108 service opportunities. Projects will take place in a variety of locations and range from random acts of kindness to planting trees in Detroit. Approximately 50 student organizations have signed up to participate so far and will be joined by local nonprofits
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