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DETROIT, Mich.
City reaches
initial deal with
financial creditors
Detroit has reached a tenta-
tive deal with one of its key credi-
tors that could remove the biggest
stumblingblockinthecity's planto
reduce its debts and emerge from
federal bankruptcy protection.
A court filing Tuesday evening
says that Detroit and the bond
insurer Syncora Guarantee "have
reached an agreement inprinciple"
to settle the company's $400 mil-
lion claim in the nation's largest-
ever municipal bankruptcy case.
The two sides ask Judge Steven
Rhodes for a postponement of the
bankruptcy case trial until Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
GOP bill would
defer gov. shutdown
until December 11
Republicans controlling the
House unveiled a short-term
spendingbill Tuesday that would
keep the government open into
mid-December and provide $88
million to battle the Ebola out-
break.
The spending measure will
also extend the authority of the
Export-Import Bank to continue
helping foreign buyers purchase
U.S. exports until June 30,
The upcoming Nov. 1 expira-
tion of the bank's authority has
caused divisions between main
street Republicans eager to
help American businesses and
conservatives who consider it
government interference in the
marketplace.
SYDNEY
Shark kills man in
Australia despite
rescue attempt
A shark killed a 50-year-old
swimmer Tuesday at eastern Aus-
tralia's popular Byron Bay despite
a beachgoer's brave rescue
attempt, police said.
Beachgoer Mark Hickey swam
15 to 20 meters (50-65 feet) into
the water at Clarkes Beach to
retrieve the severely wounded
victim, Police Inspector Bobbie
Cullen said.
The victim, who was identi-
fied by police on Wednesday as
British-born Paul Wilcox, 50,
received medical treatment on
the beach but did not survive,
Cullen said.
"A gentleman who was on the
beach went out and located the
gentleman and pulled him in,"
Cullen told reporters. "Absolute-
ly it is (an extraordinary act of
bravery) and we can only thank
him for his efforts."
Hickey, a 52-year-old lawyer
on vacation at Byron Bay, told
Ten Network television news
that he saw the shark and its
bloodied victim and swam out
to try to rescue the man as the
shark attacked again.
PARIS
French president
in Iraq to prep for
Sept.15 conference
French President Francois
Hollande is going to Iraq on Fri-
day to help prepare an interna-
tional conference in support of
the country's efforts to fight off
violent extremists advancing in
the country.
The announcement Tuesday
from Hollande's office came
after a meeting with the Iraqi
president and prime minister
about the Sept. 15 conference.
Hollande said last week
that France is ready to join in
a coalition against the Islamic
State group if Iraqi authorities
request it and the United Nations
approves. He wouldn't provide
details on what allies were dis-
cussing.
Tuesday's statement didn't say
who would be invited to the con-
ference.
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RANKINGS
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that determine which school is
best for a particular student.
The U.S. News report is cal-
culated by weighing factors
such as undergraduate academ-
ic reputation, faculty resources,
selectivity, alumni giving and
financial resources.
Though a widely read source
for information regarding uni-
versity performance relative to
peer institutions, critics claim
the rankings focus too heav-
ily on faculty pay or new facili-
ties rather than financial aid or
diversity.
This year, The New York
Times released its own rank-
ing system via The Upshot, the
publication's data-driven analy-
sis platform.
Their version, released the
day before the U.S. News report,
rated the nation's "top economi-
cally diverse colleges" by using
an index based on the number
of freshmen who come from
low-income families and the net
price of attendance for low- and
middle-income families.
The list rated colleges with
four-year graduation rates
higher than 75 percent in 2011-
2012. The University's gradu-
ation rate in 2011-2012 fell just
short of that threshold, mean-
ing it did not receive a rating.
Only three public institu-
tions were ranked on this list
since the majority of large pub-
lic universities do not meet the
75-percent threshold. The trade
publication Inside Higher Ed
said many public universities
actually serve more low-income
students than their private
counterparts rated in the sur-
vey.
Vassar College topped the list
with a College Access Index of
3.1, followed by Grinnell Col-
lege and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Though the University was
not featured on the list, Kalam-
azoo College placed in the
top 15, while schools such as
the University of Notre Dame
and Northwestern Univer-
sity received negative College
Access indices.
Fitzgerald said the number of
University students who quali-
fy for Pell Grants has increased
in recent years, but the Uni-
versity has also been working
under the restrictions of Pro-
posal 2, the 2006 statewide bal-
lot measure that banned the use
of race - among other factors -
in admissions and was recently
upheld by the U.S. Supreme
Court.
The University has ear-
marked $1 billion from the
ongoing Victors for Michigan
fundraising campaign for stu-
dent support, but tuition has
continued to rise in recent
years. In fall 2011, 63 percent
of incoming freshmen report-
ed family incomes exceeding
$100,000, according to the
University's Office of the Reg-
istrar.
University President Mark
Schlissel also made economic
diversity a priority in his inau-
gural speech Friday.
"It is imperative that we keep
tuition affordable and build the
financial resources that allow
students from across the full
spectrum of society to attend
Michigan, regardless of their
economic circumstances," he
said.
DRUGS
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According to the news release,
11 percent of college students
in 2013 indicated that they had
used Adderall in some way
without medical supervision in
the last 12 months.
The problem is that the Uni-
versity does not know how
many of its students are using
stimulants like Adderall simul-
taneously with alcohol or other
drugs, and there is no question
that specifically addresses it on
the Student Life Survey.
"What we don't know is how
many people that are abusing
this drug are also drinking,"
said Mary Jo Desprez, director
of Wolverine Wellness. "But you
can assume that there's a num-
ber of people that are mixing."
Desprez said some students
might take drugs like Adderall
and Ritalin while consuming
alcohol without the intent of
boosting their high. Students
prescribed the medication by a
doctor might accidentally take
it when they begin drinking,
unaware of how long the medi-
cine can stay in their system.
However, Desprez said stu-
dents also take it to enhance
their drinking experience.
"There's a narrative that
if you mix a stimulant with a
depressant, you can be a wide-
awake drunk," she said. "But
what they don't know is that
many people gauge how much
they drink on the depressant
effect of alcohol."
As a result, students could get
alcohol poisoning without real-
izing they had reached a level
of drinking anywhere close to
toxic.
"For example, passing out
can be a protective mechanism
that stops people from drink-
ing when they are approaching
potentially dangerous blood-
alcohol concentrations," said
Prof. Sean McCabe, who has
done extensive research on drug
trends among college students
for the UMSARC,inastatement.
"However, using prescription
stimulants while drinking can
potentially override this mecha-
nism and this could lead to life-
threatening consequences."
In addition, the synthesis of
mixing uppers and downers can
also cause long-term harm to
the body. Using amphetamines
while drinking has a history of
causing heart problems and high
blood pressure, Desprez added.
When asked about the num-
ber of incidents dealt with by
officers regarding the mixing
of drugs and alcohol, Univer-
sity Police deferred comment to
Desprez.
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HOSPITAL
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officials have been very proac-
tive in addressing the potential
threat and, so far, no Ebola cases
have been identified.
Fitzgerald confirmed that one
University faculty member had
been in Liberia teaching and that
one graduate student is in Nige-
ria conducting research. The fac-
ulty member in Liberia recently
left the country, but Fitzgerald
could not confirm whether that
decision was in response to the
outbreak.
Nationally, only four con-
firmed Ebola cases have been
treated in U.S. lhospitals, with
each patient being diagnosed
abroad before receiving spe-
cialized medical transport back
to a designated U.S. treatment
facility. An unknown number of
potentially exposed individuals
have also been transported from
the affected countries.
Tuesday, the U.S. government
pledged $10 million Tuesday to
train aid workers in West Africa
and support treatment efforts.
This makes the total U.S. contri-
bution more than $100 million.
Epidemiology Prof. Eden
Wells, associate director of the
University's Preventive Medi-
cine Residency Program, said
the involvement of U.S. aid
workers at this stage is primar-
ily motivated by the humanitar-
ian crisis, though government
officials have also noted the
long-term benefits of preventing
the outbreak from spreading to
other countries.
"These are employees of the
CDC and other organizations
that are putting their hands up
and volunteering to go," Wells
said. "That is humanitarian,
that is passion, knowing that
they are needed."
Public health researchers
are particularly concerned
over the exponential growth
of the disease. In an interview
with NPR Monday, Anthony
Fauci, director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infec-
tious Disease, said almost half
of the reported Ebola cases
have been observed in the last
two weeks.
Wells said the best contain-
ment procedure is to prevent
contact between infected and
healthy individuals. However,
the lack of basic public health
services and stigmas about
registering for treatment in
the region has discouraged
persons from seeking medi-
cal care - the hospitals being
viewed as more dangerous
than home in some cases.
"There's a lot of fear," Wells
said. "When the locals are
becoming ill, they are return-
ing to their villages and places
they feel comfortable. Unfortu-
nately, that can leadto spread."
Case fatality for the disease
currently sits at about 50 per-
cent. However, early interven-
tion and supportive care - the
only treatments currently
available, as there is no vaccine
approved for human use - have
shown promising results. While
the death toll in West Africa has
topped 2,000 since the begin-
ning of the outbreak, none of the
four infected individuals who
were flown to the U.S. for treat-
ment have died. Two have recov-
ered and been released.
The disparity in public health
system quality also means that,
should Ebola be identified in a
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U.S. hospital, it would pose a
much lower threat than in West
Africa.
"Yes, we probably will have
someone arrive on a plane (with
Ebola)," Wells said. "But we have
a public health system in place
that we could immediately iso-
late the patient and quarantine
anyone who was exposed, and
that's been quite effective. So we
would not see the spread or the
problems that we've seen in this
area."
The CDC haspublishedguide-
lines for U.S. health workers to
identify potential Ebola patients.
According to the report, an indi-
vidual must have a fever of at
least 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit
and have traveled to an infected
area within the last three weeks.
Overall, Wells said the U.S.
public health system has been
responding well to the precau-
tions, educating healthcare
workers and remaining vigilant
to the possible threat.
"We've had a few suspect
cases, but they tested negative,"
Wells said. "And that's just a sign
that our surveillance system is
working."
LSA senior Remy Tabano
spent part of the summer in
Ghana as part of a medical
anthropology program study-
ing the effects of gold mining on
child and maternal health. She
said she and her classmates were
aware of the outbreak before
leaving the U.S. after reading
media reports, but received no
official communications from
the University or CDC regarding
travel.
"I personally took precau-
tions to make sure everything
was okay," Tabano said. "I had
actually studied the virus previ-
ously, and I knew the severity of
the outbreak - and how unique
it was."
Tabano said she could not
accurately assess the situation
in the affected countries, add-
ingthat, despite U.S. tendencyto
refer to West Africa as a homo-
geneous region, the countries
involved in the outbreak all have
different public health systems
and different capabilities in
fighting the disease.
CSG
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tral campus by holding meet-
ings in other University Unions
across campus.
The airBus and AirRide res-
olution expresses the student
government's opposition to the
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne
County Airport Authority's
new agreement with Metro
Cab, which will restrict airBus
and AirRide to three parking
spaces in the motor coach sec-
tion of the airport parking lot.
"As a result of this agree-
ment, affordable bus services
are limited in passenger capac-
ity and passenger pick up and
drop off location; and whereas
it is the opinion of the authors
that this policy jeopardizes the
ability of services like airBus to
operate," the resolution stated.
AirBus is a CSG-operated
transportation service that
takes students to and from the
Detroit Metropolitan airport.
The cost to travel to the airport
is $7 while the cost to leave the
airport is $11.
Ann Arbor Transit Author-
ity's AirRide allows passengers
in Ann Arbor to travel to and
from the airport for $12 one
way and $22 round trip with a
reservation, respectively.
CSG President Bobby
Dishell, a Public Policy senior,
voiced support for the resolu-
tion to maintain airBus and
AirRide's current status.
"This is one of the services
that students across the Uni-
versity know us for providing,"
Dishell said. "We really have
the opportunity to get people
behind calling the Wayne
County Airport Authorities
and saying 'no, you can't do
this.'"
Lustig agreed with Dishell
on the significance of the air-
Bus and its impact on students
who fly to and from campus
regularly.
"This is really an affordable
service that we bring to our
residents and something stu-
dents were adamant about hav-
ing years ago and that's why
CSG sponsors this. It's really
important for the student body
as a whole," Lustig said.
The resolution calls for the
creation of a UPetition against
the Metro Cab agreement and
its distribution to the general
student body. It also proposes
sending a copy of the resolu-
tion to Wayne County Airport
Authority, AATA and the Uni-
versity's Office of the vice pres-
ident of Government Relations.
Lastly, the legislation seeks
to have CSG members attend
Wayne County Airport Author-
ity's public meeting on Sept. 18
as well as their following meet-
ings, if necessary.
The proposal has been
referred to the resolutions
committee. The legislation will
be reviewed by the commit-
tee and then the assembly will
vote on the airBus resolution at
CSG's next meeting Sept. 16.
PRODUCE
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in U-Go's will be simply added
on to other Michigan Dining
orders, making it an economical
choice. Any produce that isn't
purchased in U-Go's stores will
go to dining halls or caterers.
"Eating well is not some-
thing that should require a car,
be seasonal, or be an economic
obstacle," Dishell said in a press
release.
He added that U-Go's conve-
nient location compliments the
affordable prices.
"Students are going to be
able to eat in a healthy way and
it's going to remove a lot of the
stress of trying to eat healthy
and trying to remain healthy
on campus," Dishell said in an
interview. "Students now have
the option to eat healthy at an
affordable rate."
Keith Soster, director of Stu-
dent Engagement, said U-Go's
would rotate the produce to
ensure that the fruits and veg-
etables are fresh throughout the
day. He said many students walk
through the Union on a daily
basis, so having fresh produce
available and accessible pro-
motes healthy eating.
Several other student groups
have also been making strides
towards providing healthy;
locally-sourced options for their
peers, especially underclass-
men who are most likely living
in University housing and don't
have cars on campus.
The Student Food Co., the
Ann Arbor Farmers Market,
MHealthy Farmers Market and
the MFarmers Market are all
hosting events throughout the
semester at various parts of
campus to help bring healthy
eating to the University com-.
munity.
CSG's initiative was designed
to cater to those students who
don't have easy access to access
farmers markets or grocery
stores, or who want to grab.
something healthy to snack on
between classes and other com-
mitments.
LSA senior Colleen Rathz,
vice president of external affairs
for the Ann Arbor Student Food.
Co., said healthy is more impor-
tant than just the nutrients.
"Promoting food and healthy
eating lead to students making
better decisions," Rathz said:
"When you eat healthier, you.
feel better and make better deci-
sions.
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