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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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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
