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fessor of business law at the Ross
School of Business. After receiv-
ing his B.S., B.A. and law degrees
from the University of Arkansas,
he went on to receive his Master
of Law from New York University.
He served as the vice president of
the Financial Industry Regula-
tory Authority and held numerous
posts at the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Tidwell is
also a visiting professor at the IE
Law School in Madrid, Spain.
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ledge payers, to the alumni and to the
. For future alumni of the institution.
nging, Michigan has a well-deserved
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You have an extensive back- School, IE Law School in:
ground in both law and busi- and working at West I
ness - why teaching? where would you say Mic
falls on the spectrum?
I love teaching and the interac-
CRIME NOTES
Engineering freshman Robert Koehn works on a
wire sculpture in the Design Lab at the Duderstadt
Library Monday.
West Quad...
best quad
WHERE: West Quad
WHEN: Sunday at about
10:35 a.m.
WHAT: Potentially illegal
drugs were confiscated
from a suspect, University
Police reported. The indi-
vidual was arrested and
subsequently released after
processing.
Best friends
don't fight
WHERE: The Diag
WHEN: Saturday at about
8:45 p.m.
WHAT: Assistance was
provided when two subjects
were reported arguing,
University Police reported.
Police determined no
assault occured and sub-
jects left the scene.
Witchcraft and
Human Rights
WHAT: Drawing on his
recent research in Malawi,
Adam Ashforth will talk
about the violence against
supposed "witches" in
Africa.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: Today at 12:30
p.m.
WHERE: 202S. Thayer
Have you called Always check
home lately? the blind spot Philharmonia
WHERE: 2600 block Drap- WHERE: 800 block Mon- Orchestra
Monologues
WHAT: Performers will
share stories about accep-
tance in the face of societal
messages.
WHO: UHS
WHEN: Today at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Mendelssohn
CORRECTION:
A previous version of "For-
mer CIA director addresses
veteran support, fitness"
misidentified Tim Nellett
as an LSA junior, SVA's
treasurer and a soldier. Nel-
lett is an LSA senior, SVA's
secretary and a Marine.
CORRECTION:
A previous version of "Stu-
dents and alumni cash in on
global bitcoin 'gold-rush"
misstated that the Bronx
Deli started accepting bit-
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restaurant began accept-
ing it in November 2013.
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Sunday's Superbowl was
the most popular in his-
tory, Bleacher Report
reported. An estimated
111.5 million viewers tuned in
to watch, the Seahawks 43-8
victory. Three of the last four
Superbowls have now broken
the viewership record.
Football players
from Northwestern
University are filing
to create a union for
student-athletes in order to
expand benefits to collegiate
athletes.
FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PG. 4
Gov. Chris Christie,
(R - N.J.) called the
Bridgegate dispute
"just a game of gotcha"
in a radio interview with
WKXW-FM Monday night,
CBS News reported. Christie
flatly denied any involvment
in the incident.
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WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1
WHAT: A vehicle in the
process of removingsnow
reportedly struck a phone
pedestal, causingsome
damage, University Police
reported. No injuries were
rm-ne-mA
roe Street, Lot S-1
WHEN: Saturday at about
1:00 p.m.
WHAT: A service vehicle
reportedly struck a short
wall while attempting to
back up, University Police
reported. There were no
WHAT: Christopher James
Lee will lead a pre-show
lecture before conducting
the University Philhar-
monia Orchestra in a sym-
phony.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
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University tests emergency
alert system after upgrades
Software aims to future benefits to the University its advantages, Brown said there
community. are challenges to the emergency
prevent overload, "We anticipate in the near alert system.
future, we might also be able to add Because of the quick and
allow more devices some additional enhancements to accessible forms of communica-
the system because of the Black- tion, she said students might not
By JACK TURMAN board software," Brownsaid. take to heart the serious nature
Daily StaffReporter While she emphasized that of emergency situations.
University Police don't exactly "We want to be careful that
The University ran tests on know what other capabilities it we don't saturate the emergency
Blackboard Connect, its new might use from the software, alert system so frequently and
software for emergency alerts, the hope is that students, faculty people don't pay any attention to
on Jan. 31. The emergency alert and staff could be able to register it," Brown said.
system sends text, voice and more than two devices. Current- Though the software changed,
e-mail messages to students, fac- ly, students, faculty and staff are she explained that there will be
ulty and staff when University limited to register two devices no difference in how recipients
Police believe that the majority because more than two devices can register devices or view mes-
of students need to take immedi- overload the University system. sages.
ate action to ensure safety. The University switched ven- "You can still register for text
The University is also test- dors from Everbridge, a mass message or voice message via
ing the new system's capacity to communication platform, to Wolverine Access," Brown said.
ensure productivity in any situa- Blackboard Conenct for the "Everybody will get an e-mail.
tion. The goal of the new system increased speed, as well as they Information will appear on the
is to provide campus safety effi- ability to send messages through police website and the Univer-
ciently comprehensively. multiple forms of communica- sity Gateway."
Diane Brown, spokeswoman tion. Previously, Everbridge was Brown added that this soft-
for the University department only equipped to send text and ware does not pertain to crime
of public safety, said Blackboard voice messages. alerts, which are sent through
Connect might have additional While the new software has e-mail and posts on the police
website. In addition, emergency
DUW E E E alerts would include events like
a tornado warning, a report of
a shooter on the loose or a large
hazardous or chemical spill
that affects multiple buildings
around the University.
8 6 The last emergency alert that
- - - - - students received was on Aug.
7 28, 2013 when there was a gas
main break at Michigan Stadium
5 2 at 10 a.m. The system notified
students that the intersection
reopened at12:20 p.m.
5 B The University isn't the only
college in Michigan that uses
this software to relay emergency
alerts to its students. Michigan
State University uses Blackboard
Connect to send text, e-mails and
phone calls to its community.
5 ' 2 1 3 Eastern Michigan Univer-
sity's emergency alert system
7 is based off of public addresses,
text messages and e-mails. EMU
also utilizes outdoor and indoor
14 3 speakershthat areaonly activated
when there is on immediate
1 effect.
Mark Wesley, emergency
See EMERGENCY, Page 3
ADAM GLANZMAN/Daily
Karen Staller, associate professor of Social Work, chairs a SACUA meeting Monday at the Fleming Adminstration Building.
Centralized standards of practice
focus of Senate Assembly meetin
Concerns over
Athletic Department
background checks
discussed
By ANDREW ALMANI
Daily Staff Reporter
The Senate Advisory Commit-
tee on University Affairs spent
much of its meeting Monday
afternoon in private executive
session, discussing a range of
policy issues with guests.
The first topic of the execu-
tive session was the Univer-
sity's Standard Practice Guide
on minors. With the consider-
able number of students who
are minors on campus, the Uni-
versity is looking to examine its
policy and identify any necessary
adjustments.
The University consolidated
its policies in January into a
more centralized one. The new
measure makes background
checks mandatory for employees
working with children.
In October 2013, University
President Mary Sue Coleman
addressed the safety of minors
at a SACUA meeting, taking into
consideration the sexual abuse
scandal of children at Pennsylva-
nia State University.
"Every department probably
engages with minors in some
way on campus, so it's obviously
a tough situation," Coleman said.
There was some concern after
a panel found that the Univer-
sity Athletic Department failed
to perform national-level back-
ground checks for employees
of summer camps. Coleman
assured the committee that
background checks are consis-
tently performed.
At a meeting at the Univer-
sity's athletic campus in Sep-
tember 2013, Athletic Campus
Administrator Katie Miranto
was concerned about how the
program handled its background
check policies.
"I can't even describe to you
how many gaps there are and
how nervous I get over the sum-
mer,"Miranto said in September.
"It's very hard to sleep."
Kate Rychlinski, assistant
director of risk management;
Paul Moggach, director of risk
management; Kelly Cunning-
ham, director of public affairs
and Assistant General Counsel
Donica Varner joined SACUA to
discuss these policies.
Other matters in executive
session included SACUA Nomi-
nations, the Honorary Degree
Selection Committee and the
University Secretary.
The Committee also dis-
cussed the approval of a nomi-
nation form for new SACUA
members. SACUA Chair Karen
Staller urged members to nomi-
nate friends and colleagues they
believe would perform well in
the needed roles.
Instead of going to its sched-
uled meeting in Dearborn next
week, SACUA members decided
to have their usual meeting at the
University.
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