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GOVERNMENT
Students meet with senators on Africa aid VIRGINIA LOZANO/Daily
University President Mark Schlissel joins Martha Cook residents Public Policy Junior Erin Bozek-Jarvis, LSA Sophomore Erin Eusebi and LSA Sophomore Nisreen El-Saghir at their annual Fall Tea event Friday at Martha Cook Building.
Students visit Washington, D.C. to promote the Energize Africa Act By EMILIE PLESSET Daily Staff Reporter
SCIENCE
Meteorologists promote their craft at WeatherFest Event informs students of research initiatives By LARA MOEHLMAN For the Daily
The weather Sunday was ideal, to say the least. But members of the University’s chapter
of the American Meteorological Society could’ve predicted its beauty days before. Members of the Meteorological Society came to the Diag Sunday to teach passersby about the field of meteorology. Society members hosted the event as part of an outreach effort to expose students and community members to research efforts currently
underway at the University, as well as other institutions. Engineering graduate student Justin Tsu co-organized the event with a fellow club member Engineering senior Barbara Doyle. “There’s so much more to it than just (weather) news and rocks falling from the sky,” Tsu said. “In general, meteorology is all about applied physics of
the atmosphere. It’s how wind moves — it’s how the resulting movement of wind can cause different types of weather.” About 10 student and nonstudent organizations joined AMS on the Diag with information, demonstrations and models. Other participating organizations included the Cooperative Institute for See WEATHERFEST, Page 2A
The nation’s capital had its taste of some of the University’s leaders and best earlier this month when Music, Theatre & Dance junior Arian Shaw-Obasogie and LSA junior Robert Dickinson lobbied Congress to pass the Energize Africa Act, which aims to help provide affordable electricity to subSaharan Africans. Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson were chosen to visit Washington, D.C. for a two-day “Power Trip” after being the top letter senders this summer as part of the ONE Campaign’s Power Project. The Power Project was an initiative run by the ONE Campaign, an international advocacy organization with the goal of eliminating poverty by 2030, to raise nationwide support for the act.
If passed, the act could bring electricity to more than 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Shaw-Obasogie said better access to electricity would help combat the Ebola crisis and improve infrastructure in the region. Both Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson promoted the act this summer through the Power Project. Dickinson sent Congress 315 letters and Shaw-Obasogie sent in the second-highest number of responses by recruiting more than 400 letters. The act was passed in the House of Representatives in May, but has yet to be passed in the Senate. The ONE Campaign is pushing for the Senate to consider the act before the end of the year, or it will need to be reintroduced to Congress. During their time in Washington, Shaw-Obasogie and Dickinson met with Sens. Carl Levin (D–Mich.) and Debbie Stabenow (D–Mich.). Shaw-Obasogie also met with congressmen from her home state of Florida. Shaw-Obasogie said attending the D.C. Power Trip was the second step in the push to get the act See WASHINGTON, Page 2A
CELEBRATION
GREEK LIFE
With historical lens, The Daily enters 125th year
Student’s comedic rush video goes viral
Evolving organization aims to serve each generation of Michigan students By SHOHAM GEVA and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporters
Bound volumes of The Michigan Daily line the bookshelves of the editorial conference room — others lie in stacks on the floor. Still, more fill cabinets behind the news desk. The editions date back to Sept. 29, 1890, the first day of production as a newspaper. The Daily enters its 125th year of existence Monday, and, with that anniversary, the paper celebrates a longstanding tradition of fostering student journalism, serving the University community and covering the stories that matter not only on campus, but also in Ann Arbor,
the state of Michigan and even the nation. In the first edition, the Daily ran a story about the rugby team’s upcoming season, an ad for fraternity pins and notes from faculty about new courses in foundry work and water analysis. Over the subsequent 124 years, the Daily has covered integral parts of this campus’ history. The Daily witnessed the terms of 12 of the University’s 14 presidents. And it has been the first to report on important scientific breakthroughs, like the announcement of the polio vaccine. The Daily has written about the impact of Supreme Court decisions stemming from the University’s admission policies and covered anti-war and anti-draft protests during the Vietnam War, as well as the experiences of a student jailed during one. See BIRTHDAY, Page 3A
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Sister Simone Campbell speaks at the Nuns on the Bus event to encourage voting and political awareness Sunday at the School of Social Work.
Nuns on the Bus encourage political participation Catholic group aims to raise awareness of money in politics By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter
Nuns on the Bus, a social activism advocacy group, made a stop in Ann Arbor Sunday to talk politics. As part of the event, the
Roman Catholic sisters posed questions for the audience of about 100 voters and both political and religious activists, asking, “What are your concerns as we move toward the November election?” and “What gives you hope?” The goal of these events is primarily to do just that, to gauge what matters to individuals across the country and to offer an opportunity to effect change in those areas of injustice. Sister Simone Campbell,
executive director of network for Nuns on the Bus, said their goal is to open up conversation and encourage attendants to take action of their own, especially following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision regarding campaign finances. This decision struck down regulation and limits on campaign spending by interest groups such as Citizens United, a See NUNS, Page 3A
LSA senior gains notoriety for infiltrating sorority recruitment events By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily News Editor
Some students participating in the rush process as part of Panhellenic Recruitment earlier this month were in for a surprise when they were joined by a unique potential new member. LSA senior Daniel Markowitz donned a dress and wig, purporting to be Danielle, an over-eager freshman sorority recruit. He produced a video of his trials as a rushee, which has over 60,000 views on YouTube. It was also featured to websites popular within the Greek community, such as BroBible and Total Frat Move. See VIDEO, Page 3A
Indefensible Brady Hoke committed a fireable offense Saturday
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