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ECONOMY
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DOMINICK SOKOTOFF/Daily
Kevin Leeser bags 3D-printed medical face shield components donated to Operation Face Shield, the organization he created in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Information
sophomore
Summer
Nguyen was scrolling through Facebook
one day in late March when she came
across another GoFundMe page for
a small Ann Arbor business. Nguyen,
realizing the serious implications of
Whitmer’s executive order for local
businesses, decided to create a post
with the links of multiple GoFundMe
campaigns to spread awareness about the
calls for donations.
“I realized that there are so many
more small and local businesses that I
care about in Ann Arbor that may not be
seen,” Nguyen said. “It’s kind of hard to
pinpoint which ones are actually accepting
donations and are in need of support right
now. So I thought it would be a good idea
to just compile the ones that I could find in
the local downtown Ann Arbor area that
people knew about and would be willing to
support.”
Nguyen said stay-at-home orders and
citywide shutdowns have led students and
community members to feel powerless
in the face of a looming economic crisis.
Turning to fundraising platforms, she said,
may be one of the only ways to actively
contribute.
“It can be kind of a helpless situation,”
Nguyen said. “There’s not much that we
can really do since we’re all quarantined
inside our homes. By donating, I feel like
it’s one of the best ways to kind of fight
back and provide a good contribution to
this entire thing.”
Jessie Lipkowitz, the owner of aUM
Yoga on South University Avenue and a
University alum, echoed this feeling of
helplessness after being forced to shut her
business’ doors late last month. In an email
to The Daily, Lipkowitz said business may
not return to normal even if the studio was
granted permission to reopen.
“Even if we were able to re-open
our doors tomorrow, the University of
Michigan has cancelled spring term
classes, and the months of May-August are
already a gigantic hurdle that Ann Arbor
businesses face every year,” Lipkowitz
wrote. “The ripple effects of this pandemic
will continue for months, if not for years to
come.”
Like the Gustafsons, Lipkowitz turned
to GoFundMe in an attempt to preserve
her business, which opened on North
University Avenue in September 2013 and
expanded to a new space in 2015. She said
she remains thankful for the community’s
support even as she struggles to keep the
business operational in preparation for its
reopening.
“It is hard to put into words how much
gratitude we have, knowing that members
of our community are willing to contribute
in a time that is undoubtedly difficult for
everyone,” Lipkowtiz wrote.
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor
said the city has been implementing small
initiatives to help small businesses feeling
the impact of COVID-19, such as making
parking in Ann Arbor free. This allows
individuals to more easily pick up take-out
meals and conveniently park outside of
restaurants, Taylor said.
“The market impact of COVID-19 is
substantial and continues to spread,”
Taylor said. “As primarily a municipal
service-providing organization, we don’t
have resources to provide grants and
things like that to enterprises. We do have
some levers that we’re working on.”
Taylor said most small businesses in
Ann Arbor are on triple net leases by which
tenants have property tax responsibility.
He said the city will continue to provide
services such as water supply, police
stations and fire stations during the
pandemic.
According to the LSA website on
academic
misconduct,
“Academic
dishonesty may be understood as any
action or attempted action that may
result in creating an unfair academic
advantage for oneself or an unfair
academic advantage or disadvantage
for any other member or members of
the academic community.”
Examples of academic misconduct
include
cheating,
plagiarism
and
unacceptable
collaboration.
The
website also lists among other forms
of misconduct “aiding and abetting
dishonesty,”
or
when
students
deliberately or inadvertently provide
material or information to another
person that allows for improper use.
Though the students interviewed by
The Daily mentioned their concerns
regarding an increase in cheating
in the digital classroom, The Daily
cannot verify the extent to which
cheating is currently occurring.
In Said Hannouchi’s Arabic 402
class, Hannouchi, the Arabic language
program director, said he shares his
screen during in-class live quizzes
to avoid having copies spread out
and shared with students between
class sections. He also said sharing
the screen restricts students from
consulting
other
resources
while
taking quizzes.
“I share the screen instead of
sending them the quiz,” Hannouchi
said. “They only had to write the
answers. If they want to go back and
look at something, they only have
the answers. They don’t have full
sentences or the prompts that are
given to them.”
However, Hannouchi said he trusts
his students and said he only wants to
mirror in-class conditions.
“I know my students,” Hannouchi
said. “I’m not worried, actually. When
I did that, I’m not worried about
cheating. (I’m just) trying to simulate
what we’re doing in the class.”
Prior to the move towards online
learning, procedures for resolving
academic misconduct usually began
with instructors reporting possible
violations to the Office of the Assistant
Dean and informing the student.
Though instructors may choose to
handle simple cases on their own,
the OAD requests a summary to be
reported after the conclusion of the
incident and for complex cases to be
immediately reported.
The
OAD
then
begins
an
investigation and meets with the
student, where an Honor Council
representative may attend. The LSA
Student Honor Council is a student
organization that promotes integrity
on campus and provides a student voice
at academic misconduct hearings.
Next, the OAD determines the
outcome and reports to the student
and instructor. If the student is found
responsible, the student may have
college sanctions imposed and will
have appropriate grade penalties as
outlined in the course syllabus. If the
student is found not responsible, the
instructor should grade the student
regularly
and
no
sanctions
are
imposed.
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