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B SManaging Editor
Students who have cho-en not to pump iron at the
Wash ten aw Com mun ityollege Health and Fitnessenter because of the high
membership prices mayave some added muscle
rom WCC Board of Trusteeshair Pamela Horiszny.
Its just too expensive,Horiszny said. It was nevermy intent to see students gonto debt over participating.
Concerns over the highrice of membership fortudents were raised after aear-end operations report
ad been issued to the trust-es during the Jan. 10 meet-
ng. The report reflected thathere had been a 19 percentecrease in the number oftudents at the end of the011 fiscal year, which had
nitially planned for 1,680tudent memberships. The
HFC, which is managed byhe Power Wellness fitness
management company, had
ome up short with only360 student memberships,ccording to the report.For me, it isnt meeting
he spirit of the original in-
anuary 23, 2012 washtenawvoicWCC, AA, M
MLK Day protesters gather to
OCCUPY RICK
B S & JAManaging Editor & Photo Editor
On Martin Luther King Day, protesters from
across Michigan encapsulated the spirit of thefallen Civil Rights leader to show Ann Arbor,and Gov. Rick Snyder, exactly what democracylooks like.
If Democracy is good enough for Egypt, ifdemocracy is good enough for Libya, then itsgood enough for Michigan, said Rev. DavidBullock, president of the Rainbow andHighland Park chapter of the.
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JARED ANGLE THE WASHTEN
Clockwise from top: A large group of protesters marched toward Parker Mill Park on Geddes Road with signs criticizing Gov. Snyders policies; Two officers with the Michigan State Police stood gthe entrance to Snyders gated community; the Rev. Charles Williams II looks toward the crowd while the Rev. David Bullock speaks to the protesters.
Students pricedout of Health andFitness Center?
oo expensive, Trusteeshair Horiszny tells board
MLK ceremony highlighted by unveiling of plaque
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January 23, 2012 The Washtenaw
Led by Bullock and Rev.harles Williams II of the
Historic King Solomon Baptisthurch in Detroit, nearly 1,000rotesters from about 50 dier-nt activism groups gatheredear Washtenaw Community
ollege on Jan.16. They mety the pavilion at Parker Millounty Park on Geddes Road
o show their displeasure, out-age and frustration with thenyder-supported Public Act 4,
more commonly known as themergency Financial Manager
aw.Rallied in opposition to the
ontroversial act, which allowshe governor and other state
ocials to institute emergen-cy managers to oversee citieswith ongoing financial misman-agement issues, the protesterstook their concerns, chants andsigns to Snyders front doorstep,essentially occupying the en-trance of his gated community,roughly a mile east of campus.
As the last of the protestersarrived at WCC, where the ma-
jority gathered before the of-ficial march began, membersof Occupy Detroit, Occupy forDemocracy and the AFSCMElabor union distributed mega-phones among the organizersso they could speak openly tothe crowd.
The rally led protesterseast down Geddes Road from
Dixboro Road, taking the groupto Parker Mill County Park, andlater to the governors SuperiorTownship residence. Whilesome protesters marched onfoot, many more came by bus,from cities including BentonHarbor, Detroit, Muskegon,Inkster and Flint.
The eort was aided by theWashtenaw County Sheriff sDepartment and Michigan statepolice, who helped close downGeddes Road and ran crowdcontrol.
For Williams, the coalitionbuilding that went into the rallywas unprecedented.
I havent been to any otherprotest that has had so manydiverse and different types
of people, Williams told TheWashtenaw Voice. That showsthat we are all Americans, thatwe all unite around democracy,and that it isnt just for some,but for all of us.
Williams, 30, and a graduateof Eastern Michigan University,said that seeing older African-
Americans interspersed withyoung white men and womenrallying peacefully together en-capsulated the spirit of the aus-picious occasion.
Encamped shortly outsideof Snyders gated community,
Williams and others deliveredtheir message to Snyders Chiefof Staff, Dennis Muchmore.They spoke more of disappoint-ment than anger.
Our message to Snyder (andMuchmore) was that we dontwant our democracy taken awayfrom us, Williams said. Wedont want our elected ocialsto be flushed down and thrownaway. We elected them to repre-sent us, and we dont want thatto be dismantled.
Although his feeling of joywas apparent, Williams saidhe is not happy about what isto come.
I am proud of what we did,but I am not proud that we hadto do it, he said. Im afraidand concerned that well haveto do more. I am hopeful, butwe need to be thinking aggres-sively about how we can changethat paradigm.
Others had a more pointedmessage to give Snyder, likeKeith Kuchner.
I want Snyder to resign andgo to jail, said Kuchner, 59,from Dearborn. I have morerespect for the Mafia and or-ganized crime than I do for theman. At least when they whackyou, theyll let you know aboutit.
For Esperanza Orozsco, 24,of Milwaukee, being able to at-tend two recall rallies for twodierent governors was a highpoint of her activism.
I was involved in theMadison protests, so Im hereto bring the spirit of Wisconsinwith me, she said.
As Williams prepared todeliver his speech and air hisgrievances in front of the gat-ed neighborhood, argumentsbegan among protesters aboutthe purpose of the protest,with some raising concernsthat the movement should bemore about economic disparitythan the Emergency FinancialManager law.
For inactive-duty U.S. MarineEmmitt Harness, the perspec-tive gained from his time in Iraqfueled his outrage toward thegovernor.
Im here because I got to wit-ness first hand why the govern-ment sent people like me to war,said Harness, 26, from Flint. Itwas corporate greed and doingwhatever it takes, even takingaway peoples land, to achieve
that. I want my presencto incite more awareness
veterans.When an older protest
those surrounding him tprotest must be focusedon economic issues, Haand his cohorts otherbers of Occupy Flint chanting, Its not one this everything.
Causing more mild and against the wishesprotest organizers, meof the Coalition to D
Armative Action, Integ& Immigrant Rights, andfor Equality By Any MNecessary () deltheir own speeches, onincluded a section of Kimous I Have A Dream s
Yet not all were theretest these causes.
I am here in a counttest to the protest, saidSwimp, 43, of the FreDouglass FoundatiMichigan, a conservativlic policy and education tion. My organization bthat the charges being bup against Snyder are baracism and falsehoods.
It is a shame, Swimthat black pastors from Dhave chosen to protest aSnyder in Ann Arbor,corruption and mismment of funds ruined thies, not Snyder.
Williams toldThe Voisuch claims were absurthat he did not find mopposition to the messthe day.
No matter what the peopinions of the various pers, and counter protesteparallel between the ralKings own fight for equalnot lost in the events of t
There is a parallel htween us and Dr. KingNaomi Zikmund-Fish41-year-old social work sfrom the University of Miwho held a sign commeing King and other Civil leaders. We are here trychange a discourse ofing an elected officialwhatever he wants widemocracy.
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OCCUPY RICK FROM FRONT PAGE
834 friends on Facebook? Wow.
128 followers onTwitter? Nice.
14 people in youraccounting class?
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eft, Emmitt Harness, a 26 year-old former Marine, raises his fist along with the hundreds of other protesters outside Snyders gated community. Right, Com-unity High School student Fauster Kitchens, 18, of Ann Arbor, joined in the various chants.
A TStaff Writer
The Testing Center hasreinstated Sunday hours forthe Winter semester, but dis-satisfaction among studentslingers.
With the previous semes-ter omitting Sunday hours andraising concern for workingstudents, this should be goodnews shouldnt it? Accordingto some students, however, theshortened weekday hours arenearly as unappealing.
While only having weekdayhours were a pain, according
to Sara Viland, 29, a physi-cians assistant major from
Ann Arbo r, now Sun daysare the only hours availableto her.
Its almost worse, she said.And that sentiment may be
shared by fellow students whonow have traded one set of re-stricted hours for another.
During the Fall semester,Matt Gittleson, 31, a Liberal
Arts transfer major from AnnArbor said, Right now I haveSaturday and Tuesday nightclasses. If I work, then my onlyoption is to suddenly come inon Sunday instead of anytime
during the week?However, ocials at
are trying to do what is bthe students and the bu
We heard the requSunday hours, said Blakey, associate vicedent for Student Servicetried to address the conthe best we could, and what we came up with.
With the Winter semunder way, only time wwhether the new hoursa suitable solution, but ing to Blakey, re-evaluatthe Spring/Summer semis not out of the questio
Testing Center to open Sundaysagain; students still concerned
New Testing Center schedule
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2012 Michigan Community College Press Association Judging Form
Place of award:First Place
Category: 19 photo essay
Headline/title of entry: Occupy Rick
Contestants name: Jared Angle
College name: Washtenaw CC
Judges comments:
Jared does an excellent job of capturing the emotions of a key campus event and
supplementing the main front-page story. Sound variety of photos. Good use ofsize, clearly separating the main photos from the secondary selections. Managedan overall look at the events from protestors through the emotions of thespeakers to the police on the scene. Good job of capturing both the emotions onthe faces and the signs that they were holding. Combined with a very solid story,the Voice captured the essence of the demonstration