The ICHIGAN PRIDE and Syrian Student OURNAL Titanic at the Henry Ford Exhibit commemorates ship on 100th Union approved by SG ince 1971 anniversary of sinking Student Life: Page 9 s News: Page 2 www.MichiganJournal.org VOL., XLI-NO.22 THE STUDENT PUBLICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN April 3, 2012 PR class, Vista Maria partner Lt. Dan Choi to visit for domestic abuse awareness UM-D this week Lowdown on D-Town April in the D Sports: Pg. 10 Student (is this BY KRISTEN GOLEMBIEWSKI ness to the all-too-real prob- According to the National lems of sexual and domestic Coalition Against Domestic real) life? STAFF WRITER abuse. Violence (NCADV), one in BY DEANDRE MCDAY Personality Students in Susan Sheth’s “Domestic abuse isn’t four women will experience STAFF WRITER like “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” quiz, J-14 style Public Relations Campaigns something that’s talked about domestic violence in her life- was in direct violation of the class have partnered with or that people are really open time, but most cases of do- Iraqi veteran Lt. Dan Choi moral principles he’d been Student Life: Pg. 8 Vista Maria for Sexual and to supporting,” says senior mestic violence are never will visit UM-Dearborn on taught and he vowed never to Domestic Abuse Awareness Maya Younis, a student in reported to the police. Women Thursday for a discussion at 6 lie about his true identity. Week, April 2 through 6. aged 20-24 are at the greatest COMM 460. “People don’t p.m. in the Borg-Warner audi- In March 2009, via live The week’s activities stem really want to jump on that torium, located in the Institute TV, he told America that he from the students’ semester- campaign because they don’t for Advanced Vehicle Systems was gay. By June that same Where did we long project with Vista Maria want to confront the reality Vista Maria building. year, he was standing trial for and are meant to bring aware- that it happens.” continued on page 2 go wrong? After being honorably dis- it. Leadership on a charged in 2009 for announc- Fed up with political ex- ADA raises disability awareness ing he was gay on a television cuses, he and fellow gay vet- commuter talk show, Choi went on to be eran Captain Jim Pietrangelo a powerful advocate for marched to the White House BY DEANDRE MCDAY campus them are seldom thought of LGBT civil rights and veteran in spring 2010 and chained Opinion: Pg. 5 STAFF WRITER when new projects or innova- health issues. Choi played a themselves to the fence in tions are brought to light. crucial role in the repealing of fierce opposition of how gays UM-D’s Alliance for Dis- The word “disabled” very ability Awareness (ADA) the controversial “Don’t Ask, were being treated. He and his often has a negative connota- Don’t Tell” law, the official comrade went on to face a dubbed this passing week tion, implying that such a per- “Disability Awareness Week,” government policy that forced night in jail. His words to the son is incapable of doing gay military personnel to hide judge who tried him: “Not an entire week dedicated to something deemed “normal” promoting educational and so- their sexual orientation or guilty, not ashamed, not fin- by “able-bodied” citizens. leave. ished.” cial inclusion of those with When one fails to meet a disabilities. Such treatment put Choi in The scheduled discussion certain criteria after being a rather compromising situa- will comprise of his experi- The disabled account for born, or comes to fall beneath nearly 10% of the American tion. According to his website, ences in his battle against a certain “standard” as they Choi recited the “Cadet “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the population, making it one of mature—in a nation that screening of a film about the the largest minority groups in Prayer” every night at West ongoing struggles at the cross- seems to pride itself on the life of an elementary school Point Military Academy, a roads of the gay and military the nation. Yet, despite the idea of “pulling oneself up by student with Down’s Syn- overwhelming number of prayer that taught him to al- communities, and his continu- their own bootstraps”—it be- drome and his battle with in- ways “choose the harder right ing fight to be reenlisted. Americans experiencing some comes very easy to be over- clusion, a balloon-popping form of disability, they are over the easier wrong” and to More about Lt. Dan Choi’s looked or forgotten. fundraiser, a panel discussion “never be content with a half story can be found at his web- often the least represented. UM-D’s ADA aimed to In a country seemingly ob- truth when a whole can be s i t e : Jane Goodall stand as a beacon of hope won.” http://ltdanchoi.com/index.ht sessed with speed, the dis- against such circumstances. abled are very easily left ADA Meditating on such ideals, ml visits CMU Their efforts included the continued on page 2 Choi found that legislation Legendary behind as accommodations for researcher UAW and Mich. New DPTV series tells Arab speaks Dem. Youth endorse News: Pg. 2 American stories Knezek’s campaign BY ERIC CZAJKA of Arab origin. Sams. It tells the stories and STAFF WRITER The Detroit Public Televi- struggles of Arab immi- sion (DPTV) series is pro- grants in the United States. Detroit: A City BY STEPHANIE COSBY On Saturday evening, the duced and directed by Alicia The “Arab American Sto- NEWS EDITOR Arab American National Sams, a second generation ries” celebrate diversity – on the Rise Museum in Dearborn hosted Lebanese American. Sams with profiles ranging from Riverwalk Aspiring District 11 a reception screening and says that “when DPTV ap- actors and teachers to musi- State Representative and discussion of the “Arab proached [her] with the op- cians and businessmen. A&E: Pg. 6 current Student Govern- American Stories,” a series portunity to create a “I learned a lot about ment President David focusing on the diversity television series about Arab being Arab American,” said Knezek received official and breadth of the Arab Americans, [she] leaped at Sams. “You can’t explain it endorsements for his American experience. Ap- the chance to work on it with just one word.” Two Life- campaign from the UAW, proximately 200 people at- with them.” Sams has also Even though the series fo- Region 1A and the Region 1A President tended the screening. worked on other documen- cuses on Arab Americans, Changing Michigan Democratic Rory Gamble in the en- The 13-part series is taries – producing and di- Sams’ goal is to increase the Youth Caucus this past dorsement letter. “After hosted by NPR’s Neda recting the Emmy cultural awareness and com- Lectures, 24 week. looking at both his polit- Ulaby and documents 39 no- Award-winning HBO docu- petence of all Americans. “In this race, we’re ical platform and his per- table and diverse Arab mentary “By The People: “I really want the non- hours looking for a candidate sonal background, in the Americans who are making The Election of Barack Arab community to love this with the leadership and an impact on society. It Opinion: Pg. 4 Obama.” courage to fight for the Knezek highlights Arab Americans “(The series) represents DPTV automotive industry and continued on page 2 from almost all 22 countries what America is about,” said continued on page 2 its workers,” said UAW, Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday This week’s weather... 60 40 60 35 49 33 56 38 60 46 65 45 59 42 CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK The Michigan Journal / 2 April 3, 2012 VOL. XLI, NO. 22 NEWS Artifacts from “unsinkable” Legendary Dr. Jane Goodall Titanic surface at The Henry visits Central Michigan Ford Museum BY LINDSEY DESMET STAFF WRITER World renowned primatol- ogist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall made a visit to Central Michigan University’s McGuirk Arena on March 28. Goodall’s presentation was in- troduced by CMU president George Ross as a part of the university’s speaker series. After greeting the audience “in chimpanzee,” Goodall fo- cused on the theme of “Mak- ing a Difference,” discussing her early life and how she came to work with chim- panzees as well as the many projects that her organization, Goodall said of the Univer- said. the Jane Goodall Institute, has sity’s reaction to her naming The event was free of founded along the way. and recognizing emotion in charge and open to the public. BY KYLE SCHAFER It will mostly focus on the accompanied by several tie-in “Jane Goodall’s talk about her subjects. “You cannot Tickets could be picked up at STAFF WRITER human aspect of the tragedy, events, including a tribute primate behavior was very in- including stories that can be event, “Titanic Remembered,” share your life with a dog, a CMU’s Ticket Central box of- teresting and her devotion to cat, a pig […] and not realize fice or ordered by phone for a The Henry Ford Museum told through the artifacts, and on the evening of April 14; preserve and restore species offers up a rare look into the through the history of the “Titanic Tuesdays,” a speaker that the professors were small shipping fee. and the environment is inspir- wrong.” Several University of salvaged remains of the Ti- sinking, discovery, recovery, and author lecture series, ing for all to do meaningful tanic in their latest exhibit, Ti- and conservation efforts that scheduled for the second While she still visits Africa Michigan – Dearborn students work,” said UM – D Anthro- and her beloved Gombe forest made the two and a half hour tanic: The Artifact Exhibition.