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New fiscal plan for Detroit approved by court Judge Rhodes deems adjustment plan feasible as city exits bankruptcy proceedings By NEALA BERKOWSKI Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT — In the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse Friday afternoon, Judge Steven Rhodes determined Detroit’s proposed plan of adjustment is feasible, marking a new chapter for the city as it exits bankruptcy. The decision comes more than a year after the city of Detroit became the largest municipality to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy in U.S. history. The decision states that the city filed for bankruptcy in good faith, that the plan of adjustment is feasible, passes “fair and equitable” and that it is in the best interest of creditors. In his decision, Rhodes wrote to the city of Detroit at large, thankSee DETROIT, Page 3A
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Members of the Indian American Student Association perform in “Kalyara: The Spark of Festivity,” the organization’s annual cultural dance show, Friday at Hill Auditiorium.
Cultural show celebrates ‘Spark of Festivity’ Annual IASA event highlights pageantry of Indian festivals
By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter
The 31st Annual Indian American Student Association cultural show filled Hill Auditorium Friday evening. This year the show was titled
“Kalyara: The Spark of Festivity” and featured 10 different dance groups, each representing a different Indian festival. The balcony section of the show was packed with University students, students from other schools and IASA alumni, as everyone stood for the American and Indian national anthems performed by 58 Greene and Maize Mirchi, respectively. When the lights dimmed, the balconies chanted the show’s name as the introduc-
tory video for Kalyara played on two screens at each side of the Hill stage. The audience chanted “Raas” as the first dance group, Raas, took the stage by forming the block ‘M,’ with maize and blue lighting behind them. Three hours before the show, the Classical dance group was huddled in Room A on the third floor of the League. Most of the girls in the group had begun an extensive process of spraying their hair down, applying meticulous
makeup and pinning jewelry. It took three different people to get one girl ready head-totoe with her outfit, makeup, hair and jewelry. The three choreographers for Classical, LSA sophomore Sahithi Akasapu, Ross senior Ishika Rajan and LSA junior Kinari Shah, had been at the League since noon. This year marked the return of the Classical dance group after missing the show last year. Rajan said she and the other See IASA, Page 3A
Dems.’ Senate legacy rides on Peters
Lone new Democratic senator to follow Carl Levin’s 35-year run By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter
Over the two-year lead up to Tuesday’s midterm elections, six Democratic U.S. senators announced their retirement, including one from Michigan, Sen. Carl Levin (D), a 35-year veteran of the upper chamber. Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D–Detroit) won the election to succeed him, beating out Republican challenger Terri Lynn Land, former Michigan Secretary of State, to become the next U.S. senator from Michigan. The win was a unique one for Democrats in a night that saw the GOP wrest control of the SenSee ELECTIONS, Page 3A
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CSG, ‘I Will’ campaign launch workshops to discuss sexual assault Participating in national dialogue, new program lays foundation for action By WILL GREENBERG Daily News Editor
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As a part of the University’s Vetrans Day celebrations, University veterans participate in the fifth annual Army-Navy wheelchair basketball game at Chrisler Arena Sunday.
Annual basketball game honors veterans Army, Navy ROTC programs face off in wheelchair rivalry By EMILIE PLESSET Daily Staff Reporter
Instead of tennis shoes, rubber wheels raced back and forth around Crisler Center Sunday night as part of the fifth annual
Army vs. Navy Wheelchair Basketball game in honor of Veterans Day. The game was the final event of the University’s Investing in Ability Week and the second event of the University’s weeklong celebration of the nation’s armed forces. About 52 University veterans of the United States Navy and Army, as well as University ROTC cadets and professional wheelchair basketball players,
battled against each other in the popular rivalry game. Team USA Paralympians Scot Severn, an army veteran and member of the Paralympic track and field team, and Paul Schulte, co-captain of the United States Paralympian basketball team, also participated in the event. “Veterans Day comes and it goes and you think, ‘OK have I done anything meaningful with this,’” Shulte said. “This is
a chance to help celebrate along with them.” While Navy beat Army for the second year in a row with a score of 44-37, the game brought the two branches of the armed forces together to honor those who have served. “It’s an opportunity to say thank you to the many people that served,” said Gerald Hoff, the event’s organizer and an See WHEELCHAIR, Page 3A
As conversations on sexual assault continues to grow on campus, the Central Student Government has partnered with the I Will campaign to facilitate peer-to-peer efforts to address the issue. Sunday morning, a group of more than 20 students attended a workshop to discuss education, awareness and resources, as each relates to sexual assault prevention. The meeting was the first of several meetings meant to build a foundation for future action. CSG President Bobby Dishell, a Public Policy senior, and LSA senior Hannah Crisler, director of I Will, hosted the event and invited Engineering Prof. Thomas Zurbuchen; Jen Wegner, assistant director of Student Affairs for the School of Engineering and Holly RiderMilkovich, director of the Sexual
Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, to help facilitate group discussion. While students had varied affiliations with different groups and schools on campus, the workshop was designed to include students already passionate about the issue themselves. Students from across campus, student government representatives among them, shared thoughts on where the University has fallen short in handling sexual assault and offered ideas of how to improve. However, this first workshop was not focused on finding immediate solutions. Organizers acknowledged the importance of first removing the stigma surrounding the discussion of sexual assault and aimed to consider new ideas to tackle the issue. “We are in a marathon, not a sprint,” Rider-Milkovich told the room. Still, by the end of the session, the attendees landed on a handful of ideas that could be implemented in the near future. Most notably, the idea of expanding the required prevention training to all student groups — including clear language about sexual See CSG, Page 2A
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