Iie l3Iidjian 40aigj Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, April 16, 2014 michigandaily.com Hard drug use on the rise at the University Seaholm High School student Daisha Martin confronts Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of the Undergraduate Admissions Office, during a By Any Means Necessary protest in the Student Activities Building Tuesday. BAMN urges admissionls o ff ice torethink poicies Reports find uptick in the popularity of some narcotics By MAX RADWIN Daily StaffReporter Editor's Note: Names denot- ed with an asterisk have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals. Marijuana may be the only drutg that gets its own festial each year, butt it's certainly not the only drug used on campus. Over the last decade, the Uni- versity has seen an increase in the prevalence of harder drugs, specifically prescription stimuz lants and ecstasy, while drugs like heroin threaten to boom in the near future. University Police Chief Robert Neumann, who has been with the department since 1985, said he believes drug abuse on cam- pus is a problem, and one that has worsened in his time at the Uni- versity. "We have seen an increase in hard drugs here," Neumann said. "I've seen more than a few (instances) in the last three or four years. It's not trending in a good direction when it comes to serious, hard drugs." "Prescription drug abuse has been a problem for a number of years," he added. "But I'm see- ing more and more of the kind of drugs that we haven't seen in a very long time - certainly in my career." Steve,* a juniot who claims to deal "THC-related" drugs - or drugs containing marijuana - to nearly 40 monthly clients, said he doesn't believe marijuana is the most common drug at the Uniyersity. "If you count Adderall, Ritalin and that kind of thing, prescrip- tion drugs are by far number one," he said. "There are lots of people who won't touch weed and don't like the feeling and they have no problem taking some Adderall or Ritalin." Though prescribed stimulants See DRUGS, Page 3A Rejected high school students partner with org. to question acceptance decisions By WILL GREENBERG Daily News Editor Chants of "they say 'Jim' Crowe,' we say, 'hell no,' " echoed across campus for the second time this semester as By Any Means Necessary part- nered with Michigan high school students to protest the University's admissions process. Protesters flooded the Stu- dent Activities Building, con- gregating in both the Office of Undergraduate Admissions on the first floor and then the office of Financial Aid upstairs. The group held signs, shouted chants and gave speeches criticizing the University's admission pro- cess for not doing enough to increase minority enrollment. Four students were high- lighted in the protest, and each of whom were rejected by the University this year despite having what they believed were strong applications. Brooke Kimbrough from University Prep Academy High School in Detroit, Daisha Martin from Seaholm High School in Bir- mingham, and Alfredo Aguirre and Mario Martinez, both from Cass Technical High School in Detroit, spoke through mega- phones in the Office of Admis- sions, sharing stories of their work leading up to applying to college and their subsequent denial to the University. The students said the Uni- versity is not accommodating the difference in opportuni- ties between white and minor- ity students applying to college. Many said the more affluent, See BAMN, Page 3A ADMINISTRATION 'U' officials, BSU progress in discussions NBA BOUND After months of dialogue, new initiatives to take aim at seven demands ByYARDAIN AMRON and CLAIRE BRYAN Daily StaffReporters Since the University's Black Student Union staged a protest on the steps of Hill Auditorium in January, student organizers and administrators have met regularly to discuss the group's seven demands aimed at increas- ing equity and diversity on cam- pus. The University released a preliminary report Wednes- day detailing concrete progress regarding the group's demands for facility improvements and access to historical documents, but left other issues like increas- ing underrepresented minority enrollment and altering Race & Ethnicity requirements largely up to further study. Discontent with the state of campus diversity and inclusion was brought to the forefront after a series of racially-charged incidents sparked the Being Black at University of Michigan Twitter campaign, which the BSU launched in November. Black enrollment at the Uni- versity has dropped from 7.2 percent to 4.65 percent since the passage of Proposal 2, the 2006 Michigan ballot proposal that banned the consideration of race inthe admissions process of public institutions. BSU representatives and administrators have met week- ly since January to discuss the prospects of increasing under- represented minority enroll- ment, as well as exploring the availability of emergency funds, improvements to the Trotter Multicultural Center and cam- pus transportation. In the release, the Univer- sity addressed each of the BSU's demands, as well as the result- ing policy initiatives or changes that have resulted or are in the works. The most prominent and con- See PROGRESS, Page 6A TEtESA MAHEW/Daily Sophomores Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson declared for the NBA Draft at Crisler Arena Tuesday. Lecture examines use of affirmative action policy STUDENT GOVERNMENT New CSG executives hold first meeting Assembly discusses upcoming initiatives, increase in student fee By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily StaffReporter in its first meeting Tuesday night, the fourth Central Student Government assembly officially swore in its new executives and assembly members, all of whom pledged to "preserve and cham- pion the all-campus constitution of the Ann Arbor student body." The new assembly discussed three resolutions - one support- ing a budget increase; another establishing a CSG partnership with the Alumni Association to expand the LEAD Scholars pro- gram, which grants four-year merit scholarships to underprivi- leged students and a third that would allocate funds to make CSG backpack tags to increase aware- ness of representatives within the community. The most discussed resolution was the budget-focused one -which suggests atwo-dollarraisetothestu- See CSG, Page 3A ACLU rep answers questions on race- based admissions By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily StaffReporter A staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan discussed the history of and misconcep- tions surrounding affirma- tive action with University students and faculty Tuesday evening. The University's ACLU Undergraduate Chapter hosted the event in an effort to explain the litigation that follows affir- mative action in higher educa- tion and what kind of benefits it would bring to a college cans- pus. The speaker, Mark Fancher, is the racial justice staff attor- ney at the ACLU of Michigan and works particularly on cases surrounding racial pro- filing in public schools for stu- dents of color and other civil rights cases regarding race. Fancher started the discus- sion by explaining the legal See ACLU, Page 3A WEATHER HI:l61 TOMORROW LO:38 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115ore-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM 'Game ofThrones'RECAP: 'The Lion and the Rose' MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS INDEX NEWS.........................2A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A Vol.CXXIV,No.102 SUDOKU.....................2A SPORTS............... .7A (Q014dTheMichiganDaily OPINION.....................4A STATEMENT................1B michioavdaily.com 0 A t t