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B SlsManaging 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 reected thathere had been a 19 percentecrease in the number oftudents at the end of the011 scal year, which had

nitially planned for 1,680tudent memberships. The

HFC, which is managed byhe Power Wellness tness

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 washtenawvoicW C C, A A, M

MLK Day protesters gather to

OCCUPY RICK

B Sls & Jad AglManaging 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 .

OCCUPY RICK CONTINUED A6

JARED ANGLE THE WASHTEN

Clockwise rom top: A large group o protesters marched toward Parker Mill Park on Geddes Road with signs criticizing Gov. Snyders policies; Two ocers with the Michigan State Police stood gthe entrance to Snyders gated community; the Rev. Charles Williams II l ooks 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 hihihe by nveiin of pqe

MLK: Check outmore refections

on VoicesA4

MUSIC: AnnArbors musicscene just gotFar out andWhyld B1

COMMAND

CENTER:

Campus Saetyand Security getsa new outpostin the ParkingStructure A3

PARKING

STRUCTURE

OPENS: Nowthat the long-awaited solutionis here, arestudents usingthe parkingstructure? A3

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2012 Michigan Community College Press Association Judging Form

Place of award: Second PlaceFirst Place Second Place Third Place Honorable Mention

Category: Headline Writing

Headline/title of entry: Park the Whining; Occupy Rick; On target

Contestants name: Voice Staff

College name: Washtenaw CC

Judges comments: Creative use of words; good description of what story wasabout. Park the Whining was particularly good!