SIC

SIC TABLING - POSTING WALL ANGELL HALL

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:33:48 -0700

Start: Jan 30 2008 - 11:00am

End: Jan 30 2008 - 4:00pm

LEVIN and DINGELL PETITIONS!

INFO ON THE FORUM!

DEMS!

SIC Meeting

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:21:58 -0700

Start: Jan 22 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Jan 22 2008 - 8:00pm

We will meeting in room 2105A in the Union!

SIC Tabling!

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:07:29 -0700

Start: Nov 14 2007 - 11:00am

End: Nov 14 2007 - 3:00pm

Come table to repeal the Rogers Law. Get excited for voting reform.

SIC On Notice

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:35:25 -0700

Voting Stories - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:06:12 -0700

Demlings -

If you have not heard the Student Issues Committee is starting a campaign to overturn the overly restrictive voting laws in the State of Michigan. Specifically the Rogers' Law, which requires that students match their MI driver's license address to their voting address. This law has created a mountain of confusion amongst student voters and has turned many off of voting. Voting should be easy and accessible to all - not a hassle and a burden to students.

The questions is...

Have you had any negative voting experiences?

Where there times when you were misinformed about your rights to vote?

Have you had any significant problems trying to vote?

Post your experiences in this forum topic!

Mark Brewer talking about Voter IDs

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:07:46 -0700

When should the Publicity Committee meet?

ashleyw — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:32:19 -0700

When should the Publicity Committee meet?

ashleyw — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:31:54 -0700

Malachi on Voting Rights

Nathaniel Eli Coats Styer — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:53:51 -0700

"Voting Rights are Slops"

Sweetness

Malachi Zussman-Dobbins — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:51:35 -0700

Maize Out the State Capitol for lower tuition

Sam Harper — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:29:35 -0700

Start: Sep 26 2007 - 12:30pm

End: Sep 26 2007 - 6:00pm

In the past 5 years, the State of Michigan has been the worst state in
the country in terms of higher education funding.  This summer, instead
of making good on its promise to give $180 million to public
universities around the state, the Michigan Legislature deferred its
payment until its next budget vote on October 1, 2007.  That day is
quickly approaching and the University of Michigan has a $30 million
check coming--except that it might not ever make it.  If we don't
receive our money, then it is likely that there will be a mid-year
tuition increase that could be as much as $1000.  The reason that
students keep getting a raw deal is because we don't generate enough
noise-- politicians have said that it is easy to put higher education
on the backburner because there is hardly any political fallout.  This
Wednesday, let's prove them wrong.

Student from every public university in the state will be gathering on
the Capitol lawn in Lansing to give our government the political
fallout they've had the luxury of avoiding.  And the University of
Michigan is leading the way by sending 300 Wolverines.  We are going to
Maize Out on the Capitol lawn.  But we need your help to make this
happen.  We've already had a huge tuition hike once this year--we can't
let it happen again.  Take 6 hours out of your day, get on the bus with
us, and help put a stop to these exorbitant tuition increases.

REGISTER NOW AT http://www.msarally.com
EMAIL MSA.Rally@umich.edu WITH QUESTIONS

Dems Demanding a Difference

When should we have SIC meetings?

Malachi Zussman-Dobbins — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:19:25 -0700

Welcome to SIC

Malachi Zussman-Dobbins — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:45:55 -0700

To old, new, and prospective members, welcome to the Student Issue Committee's official website. Throughout the 2007-2008 school year, here you'll be able to find everything SIC-related, from our meeting times and minutes, to events we're planning and participating in, and, if last year is any indication, plenty of useless and humorous nonsense, too. Click to see what SIC has to offer.

Below, you'll find a summary of our current and upcoming projects. Regardless of your level of experience, if you're interested, just come to a meeting or send us an email. We'll take anyone we can get (terms and conditions apply, acquire within).

This year, we will be focusing at least preliminarily on two issues: Student Voting Rights and Disenfranchisement, and the Ever-Increasing Cost of Education. Considering the first, voters, especially young voters, face a variety of election-day obstacles in Michigan. Among several, Roger's Law is undoubtedly the most troubling, East Lansing Representative Mike Roger’s infamous 1999 creation (available in full here: http://archive.legislature.mi.gov/documents/1999-2000/publicact/pdf/1999-PA-0118.pdf but not recommended) requires Michigan residents to register to vote using the address found on their driver’s license. This leaves the many students who spend Election Day away from home (hmmm...who might that be) with several rather undesirable options: changing the address on their driver’s license (and continuing to, each and every time they move), driving home mid-week, or voting absentee, a right Michigan election code conveniently denies first-time voters. In May 2007, Representative Rebekah Warren, Ann Arbor’s own, proposed House Bills 4447 and 4448, which call for Roger's Law's repeal (available in full here: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billanalysis/House/htm/2007-HLA-4447-1.htm). Since, both have been approved first by the House Ethics and Elections committee and second, by the Michigan House of Representatives itself (on July 30^th, for the record), though their progress through the Republican-controlled State Senate will be much more difficult, if not impossible. This will likely turn out to be our most consuming first-semester project... while the voter registration process could be simplified, (for example, the form itself could be clearer and same day registration would be awesome) this is a great opportunity for SIC to step up and make an important and lasting difference.

As written above, we also plan to explore the astronomic cost of secondary education. In Michigan and across the country, the cost of education is not only increasing but often outpacing inflation. This is troublesome for several reasons, though primarily because it is likely to disproportionately affect minority and low-income students and because there are so many different people (and things) responsible. Universities have a variety of solutions, besides tuition increases, to consider, many of which are extensively discussed by Melissa Markowitz here: http://www.aascu.org/policy_matters/v4_1/default.htm, but in brief, include consortiums, purchase sharing, utility-cost-cutting sustainable energy policies and the somewhat unappealing use of technology to educate more students for less. Exactly how much money public universities will receive when the new fiscal year starts October 1^st is , as of August 15th, yet to be decided. However, so far in 2007, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop has committed Republicans to “adequate” funding for state universities, but called for salary and benefit cuts too. While Democrats haven't been much more convincing, our tuition bills have; every year, the price of an education is increasing, but are our education becoming more valuable? In Michigan, the problem is of special importance. For Michigan residents, plagued by the nation’s highest unemployment rate and overall economic stagnation, in state (and out of state) tuition is increasing precisely when students and their families have less money to spend.

For More information, contact Malachi, at zussdobb@umich.edu

About SIC

cuellar — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:24:56 -0700

Contact our coordinator, Malachi, for more information. (uniquename: zussdobb)

Meeting times and additional info will be posted here.