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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 7
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 7
'U' website offers coping guidance
Campus Mind Works
made with help of
students suffering
from mental illness
By VERONICA MENALDI
Daily StaffReporter
Students coping with mental
health issues have a new Univer-
sity-sponsored resource to turn to:
campusmindworks.org.
The new site developed by the
University's Depression Center in
partnership with the Division of Stu-
dentAffairs,aimstoprovidestudents
with more "live" resources to help
themdealwithmentalhealth issues.
Developed with the help of stu-
dents with mental health disor-
ders, the site also features pages
with self-care strategies, plans
for staying healthy in college and
interactive worksheets. It also
includes sections on medication
CRIME
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The number of forcible rapes in
AnnArborincreasedby2incidents,
while the number of aggravated
assaults dropped by 5 incidents.
As was the case last year, there
were no murders in Ann Arbor.
The numbers coming out of
Washtenaw County are much
more striking.
A 110 percent increase in aggra-
vated assaults and a 9 percent
increase in larcenies contributed
to the overall increase in violent
and property crimes.
The figures for Washtenaw
County buck a national trend that
saw both violent crimes and prop-
erty crimes decrease in 2008.
According to the FBI report,
violent crimes in the United States
decreased by about 2 percent, and
property crimes fell about 1 percent.
The report also compares crime
CITY COUNCIL
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City of Ann Arbor - by "forcing
reductions in spending for vital
public services, including police
protection, fire protection, park
operations and human services."
Such reductions, the resolution
states, are too drastic when the
state government has cut statu-
tory revenue sharing to Michigan
municipalities by millions of dol-
lars in recent years.
Councilmembers formally stated
their disapproval of the proposed
state budget in the resolution and
urged Sen. Liz Brater (D - Ann
Arbor),Rep.Pam Byrnes(D-Lyndon
Twp.) and Rep. Rebekah Warren
(D-Ann Arbor) - all of whom repre-
and information on how to com-
municate effectively with profes-
sors, according to Melvin McInnis,
director of psychiatry programs at
the Depression Center.
McInnis said the site was
meant to address student com-
plaints that finding information
for dealing with mental health
issues was often a long and com-
plex process. He said students
would get frustrated and give
up their search for information
when they found dead links and
other problems.
"Campus Mind Works simply
brings information together in an
organized and unified way that we
hope will make things more acces-
sible and expedite the information
finding process," he said.
Rackham student Steve Brun-
wasser, who helped develop the
content of the website, said the site
will be constantly redefined based
on the student feedback.
"I think (the website) will contin-
ue to get better,".he said. "It's going
to be dynamic and I feel that it will
never be finished and will be con-
stantly adaptingto students needs."
He added that the site develop-
ers plan on continuing to get feed-
back from comments on the site
and focus groups.
"There is no way you can antici-
pate everything, which is why the
feedback is so important," he said.
McInnis said there's no hard
and fast way to assess the efficacy
of the program, since many won't
take the time to fill out a survey
about a website. But he said he
hopes the number of hits on the
site can be an indicator of how
successful it is.
"Beyondthesheernumberofhits
and the amount of time spent on the
links we're very much open to ideas
on how to assess it," he said.
To make sure students know
about the site, McInnis said the
developers have been making sure
that health care providers tell their
patients about it. In addition, rep-
resentatives from the site were at
Festifall handing out stress reliev-
ers and T-shirts.
McInnis added that he hopes
students will hear about the site
through another University men-
tal health resource, Mitalk.org.
Mitalk is designed to screen for
psychological diseases and provide
information for people dealing
with those issues.
"Mitalk.orgmightbe considered
the first folia for a student that is
having some issues," McInnis said.
"Mitalk will help the individual
potentially develop strategies for
everyday problematic things stu-
dents might run into."
"If that student is concerned
they may have a major depressive
disorder," he continued, "then
Campus Mind Works is the web-
site that will help them develop
and identify a longer term care
program."
McInnis added that the sites are
meant to work in tandem.
"Theyare meant to work ashand
and glove," he said.
D08
VIOLENT PROPERTY
T CRIMES CRIMES
16 1,065
23 1,034
12 465
8 421
15 771
2 435
With no heads-up,
officials alter travel
expense pol icy
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Practices Guide with the revisions
was sprung on them unexpectedly.
"Although there have been dis-
cussions about it over the past year,
the SPG just suddenly appeared,"
he said.
Travel policy for faculty has
been a much-discussed issue of late,
especially given recent fraudulent
charges to credit cards distributed
to often-on-the-road faculty.
Since 1995, PCards have been
given to the most frequently trav-
eling faculty. The card allowed
the University to directly pay for
charges, instead of reimbursing
faculty on an individual basis.
Yet in the last few years, PCards
have been the subject of much
debate after a handful of University
employees were accused of misus-
ing their cards.
In July 2007, The Michigan
Daily reported that Tommy Metty,
a University maintenance super-
visor, pleaded guilty to embezzle-
ment charges for using his PCard to
make purchases that totaled about
$160,000. The card is not intended
for private purchases, but Metty
used his card to pay for motorcy-
cle parts, a television and a digital
camera.
According to the article, in 2005,
a University employee used her
PCard to pay for personal expens-
es amounting $85,200. Another
employee reportedly charged
$4,000 to her card in 2006.
At the meeting, Sullivan did not
say previous fraudulent activities
played a role in making the switch
from PCards to per diem. She said,
rather, financial constraints have
caused the University to look at
ways of cutting down unnecessary
costs, and that faculty expenses are
a factor into that equation.
"We do anticipate that this year
will be financially challenging, and
most offices have begun to make
some changes," Sullivan said.
She added at the meeting that
there are "things around the edges"
the University can trim, citing that
her office has eliminated catering
for most events - a cost-cutting
measure she says saves the equiva-
lent of three in-state undergradu-
ates' tuitions.
While the new policy is meant
to reduce unnecessary travel costs,
Sullivan said per diems will actual-
ly benefitfaculty because there will
be no delay in getting reimbursed,
as was the case with PCards.
"Because per diem is flat, we'd
be able to determine it quickly,
and we'd hope you'd get your turn
around very fast so that you would
not pay any interest on the float,"
Sullivan said.
One of the concerns raised by
members of SACUA was that fac-
ulty would not be able to cover all
travel expenses by per diem.
Sullivan said the new system is
not intended to make traveling dif-
ficult.
"I think people are not going to
find this a hardship," she said. "We
think faculty are going tobe able to
live with this without too much dif-
ficulty."
Sullivan cited federal and state
employees who use per diem,
who, she says, find that the system
works. She added that faculty who
attend conferences are often pro-
vided meals and don't need to cover
additional food expenses.
- Dylan Cinti contributed
to this report.
SOME BIG 10 SCHOOLS' CRIME STATISTICS - 2
STUDENT
SCHOOL NAME ENROLLMEN
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 52,568
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 46,045
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 43,252
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON 41,563
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR 41,042
INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT BLOOMINGTON 38,990
Source: FBI 2008 Crime in the United States Report
statisticsfromeveryuniversity and
college in the country. Reported
crimes at the University of Michi-
gan have decreased from the year
2007 to 2008.
Property crimes dropped nearly
11 percent and violent crimes fell
25 percent on campus.
The University's official report-
ed crime numbers from 2008
have not yet been filed, according
sent Ann Arbor in different roles -
to also vote against the draft.
In addition, councilmembers
wrote in a press release that Gov.
Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat,
shouldshootdownanyproposalthat
would cutstatutory revenue sharing
to Michigan municipalities.
City Council announced the
resolution one week after Sen-
ate Majority Leader Mike Bishop
(R-Rochester) and Dillon set newly
established budget targets that call
for a $L2 billion cut in spending
statewide withoutincreasing taxes.
The compromise represents a
breakthrough in a stalemate over
the state's budget. Reports by the
conference committees in both
state houses appointed by Bish-
op and Dillon will be presented
as a revised budget and must be
to Department of Public Safety
spokeswoman Diane Brown. The
University will release its official
statistics on Oct. 1.
Washtenaw CountySheriffJerry
Clayton expressed his concerns
about the county-wide increase in
crime in an AnnArbor.com story
published last week.
"Any increase in crime concerns
me," Clayton said. "Obviously, one
completed by the Oct. 1 deadline,
otherwise there will be a partial
government shutdown. -
CASA DOMINICK'S
NEW BUILDING
Councilmembers unanimously
voted to approve Casa Dominick's
proposal for a new Planned Unit
Development, which will allow the
restaurant to expand and renovate
as well as fold four other proper-
ties into a new establishment.
Dominick's, which is currently
a bar and restaurant, will use the
extra space to add a small grocery
operation, more seating, a bed and
breakfast and housing and office
space.
In order for the restaurant's
owner - ardDni-to+nve-
of our primary focuses is public
safety and improved quality of life
in our community."
To address the increase in crime,
Clayton said the sheriff's depart-
ment is working to identify spe-
cific crime hotspots in Washtenaw
County. The department is also
working to increase enforcement
numbers and patrols in those areas,
according to AnnArbor.com.
forward with his plan, the pro-
posal will also have to comply with
Ann Arbor's zoning ordinances.
DiVarti inherited the property
the restaurant currently sits on
from his parents in 1960 and has
since acquired the four surround-
ing properties. Divarti's plan
was approved by the Ann Arbor
Planning Commission in March,
before it went before City Council.
Though there are concerns from
the community, John Barrie, the
architect working on the project,
said he will maintain the charm of
the neighborhood.
Divarti added that patrons
shouldn't look for huge changes in
the near future.
"There's nothing immediate.
It's a50-year plan, so it's a gradual
change," he said.
Justin Hakala, '09
STUDENT GROUPS
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logos team to see how we could
step up the education about those
policies because there were some
pretty flagrant violations of them,
and so we stepped up the educa-
tion efforts and I think that's the
effect we're seeing this year," said
Hindelang.
Tom Duvall, vice chair of Col-
lege Democrats, said the group
had to change its name from the
University of Michigan College
Democrats to the College Demo-
crats at the University of Michi-
gan, because of the rule.
"In reality, it's not that big of a
change for us," he said.
Another organization affected
by the enforcement of the rule
was the student group formerly
kn n as Universiet.of Michi-
gan Dance Marathon. The group
began the renaming process as
early as October 2008, according
to LSA senior Kathleen Olson,
executive director of Dance Mar-
athon.
"I think at some point (the
trademark policy) was known but
the University hadn't really been
enforcing it," Olson said. "But I
think that (Dance Marathon) did
know that the rule was in exis-
tence."
Gretzinger said that her office
provided the group with other
name options, like Michigan
Dance Marathon but the group
chose to use Dance Marathon
at the University of Michigan
instead.
"We're actually really excited
about our new name," Olson said.
- Allie White contributed
I I
Humankind in his future world has
learned how to thrive in harmony with
a flourishing Nature. In one homeland,
however, women are oppressed. Now
they awaken to their rage-and the men
have all the weapons.
Clementa
a novel
Jim Martin
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