I e , ic1 i n i1 Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, April 17, 2014 michigandaily.com GOVERNMENT Education Dept gins on-campus interviews Councilmember Christopher Taylor (D-Ward 3), a mayoral candidate, speaks at the 2014 Mayoral Candidates Town Hall in Weill Hall Wednesday. Candidates for A mayor d iscuss policy positons Title IX inquiry to examine 'U'sexual misconduct policies By SHOHAM GEVA Daily StaffReporter Officials from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights are on campus until today as part of an ongoing Title IX investigation at the University. The investigation spurred by an August 2013 complaint from former University profes- sor Douglas Smith, who lodged a complaint with the department in connection with a 2009 sexual misconduct case involving for- mer kicker Brendan Gibbons. In his complaint, Smith alleged that the University did not respond in a timely manner to the incident. According to documents reviewed by The Michigan Daily, Gibbons was permanently sepa- rated from the University in December following a violation of the Student Sexual Miscon- duct Policy. A second complaint is also being investigated along with Smith's - the content of which has notbeen made public. OCR investigators are holding office hours until Thursday, and held two focus groups for male and female students Wednesday afternoon. E. Royster Harper, vice presi- dent for student life, said the Uni- versity has cooperated with the OCR inquiry, and is interested in hearing and responding to any of the investigation's findings. "They're going to help us," Harper said. "They're going to say look, we've come to cam- pus, we've heard from students, here's some ideas and thoughts about what you might do differ- ently. And we will welcome that." However, she added that she believes real change at the Uni- versity, especially in relation to systemic issues like sexual mis- conduct, can't only come from an external source - it also has to be driven by the students and See INTERVIEWS, Page 3A Four Democratic city council members have entered race By WILL GREENBERG Daily News Editor With less than a week to go before classes end, Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje's stu- dents tackled an unusual proj- ect - hosting a forum for the Ann Arbor mayoral candidates Wednesday afternoon. Hieftje's Public Policy class hosted, organized and moderat- ed the forum held in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Annenberg Auditorium. The event was open to the public; attendees were encouraged to submit questions for the candi- dates who used the opportunity to introduce themselves and their platforms to the voters. Councilmembers Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1), Stephen Kunselman (D-Ward 3), Sally Hart Petersen (D-Ward 2) and Christopher Taylor (D-Ward 3) are currently the only candidates declared in the race, meaning the Demo- cratic primary in August will likely decide the race. The policy students' ques- tions were varied, giving the candidates a chance to discuss their opinions on an array of concerns for the city such as downtown development, shel- ter services, public transit and "town-gown" relations. Each of the four worked to distinguish themselves in their answers, often returning to the same themes for each question. Petersen framed most of her answers within a business and economic context - her stron- gest area of experience. She said the city's revenue problem is one of her main concerns, hoping to work from several perspectives to bolster economic growth. Briere focused on increas- ing inclusivity and accessibility of the city officials, wanting to See MAYOR, Page 3A CAMPUS LIFE SAFE: regents protest on hld UMDivest leaders say next action will take place in the fall By KRISTEN FEDOR Daily StaffReporter Members of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality will not be present at Thursday's University Board of Regents meeting. SAFE members ini- tially expressed interest in tak- ing their case to the regents after Central Student Government voted against aresolution in sup- port of divestment from compa- nies allegedly involved in human rights violations in Palestine. LSA junior Tala Dahbour, SAFE co-chair, said the group has not made a formal decision to approach the board. She said any possible action would take place in the fall at the earliest. See REGENTS, Page 3A (DIAG) DOG DAYS HOSPITAL International prof. talks early history of physicians in Africa VIRGINIA LOZAODaiiy LSA freshman Gabi Kirsch pets a furry friend at the Dogs on the Diag event sponsored by student groap Pets Are Wonderful Support Wednesday. BUSINESS Blue Leprechaun reopens with new additions, menu Historically, doctors were given political power due to their profession By TOM McBRIEN Daily StaffReporter Politicians usually come from a few typical professions: law, busi- ness and community service, to name a few. But a large, educated class of people in our society - doc- tors - rarely become politicians. In his lecture "The Doctor Who Would Be King: Medical Utopias in the Colonial World," Dr. Guil- laume Lachenal discussed cases in which doctors were given control of certain regions of colonial Africa in the 20th century. Lachenal, a medical historian visiting from the Universit4 Paris Diderot, discussed the origins and impacts of these colonies. For the 20th-century colonial project, one of the most costly dan- gers was African trypanosomiasis - a fatal disease caused by a para- site transmitted by the tsetse fly, also known as sleeping sickness. This, Lachenal said, along with accusations by other European nations of unsanitary conditions, led the French to begin a massive health campaign in Cameroon in 1925. Despite early successes of this campaign, doctors still had one major complaint: they could not completely eradicate the disease due to the reticence of politicians, who were unwilling to enforce radical measures such as stopping forced labor and slowing trade. Due to continued outcries, Dr. Jean David was appointed Doctor-Cap- tain ofthe Medical Region of Haut- Nyongin French Cameroon in1939. Lachenal said David's original changes had beneficial effects on the local population's health. Intro- ducing cocoa, cattle, soybeans and novel treatment and screening techniques reduced mortality due to disease sharply. Statistical analy- ses of these benefits were published worldwide and the experiment was painted as a success. ButLachenal'sresearchsuggests that, despite the health benefits, the Medical Region may not have been quite the utopia the French claimed. "Therestrictionoftheir freedom to be inefficient and wasteful of natural resources has given to the people of Anchau, freedom from much of their former ill health - which is surely to their benefit," See AFRICA, Page 3A Bar completes renovation after winter pipe burst By CHRISTY SONG Daily StaffReporter The Blue Leprechaun has returned. After suffering extensive damage from a pipe burst in December, the sports bar reopened to patrons Monday. The burst occurred in a fire suppression line during early hours of the morning, after the restaurant closed for the day. Mike Gradillas, general man- ager of the Blue Leprechaun, said when he went to open up the restaurant later that day, he found an unfortunate surprise. "We came in in the morning and water was cascading down every wall and coming through the roof," Gradillas said. "So, everything was completely inundated with water." Gradillas said he tried to make sure the bar was open in time for University seniors to get their last drink in before graduation. He added that the staff was eager return to work. The Blue Leprechaun was finally cleared by the city See BLUE LEP, Page 3A WEATHER HI: 58. TOMORROW Lo 32 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-411s or e-mail MDCC bus route adds a new stop news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICH IGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS INDEX NEW S .........................2A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A Vol. CXXIV, No.102 SUDOKU.. . . 3A SPORTS.............. ..7A ©2014TheMichigan Daily OPINION.....................4A B-SIDE ....................1 B michigandaily.com