2A - Wednesday, October 29, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 9 T NDAY TUESDAY WTHURSDAY: -FR DAY This week in History Professor Profiles te r oes Alumni Profiles Photos of the W/eek 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-41,-411a eat. 1211 734-418-4115 ext1241 pjshahin@michigandilycom doussote@michigandailycom HORSEPLAY Dalai Lan The 14th Dalai Lama went to Princeton University and lectured about compassion and forgiveness, the Daily Princetonian reported Tues- day. Princeton's Office of Reli- gious Life and The Kalmyk - Three Jewels Foundation in the Jadwin Gymnasium co- sponsored the lecture. During the lecture, the International Shugden Com- munity protested outside the gymnasium where the lecture ZACH MOORE/Daily took place. The group said the LSA freshmen Sophia White and Amanda Trau of Delta Delta Dalai Lama has institutional- Delta Sorority teeter-totter to raise money for Mott's Children's ized discrimination against Hosipital Tuesday on the Diag. small Buddhist sects in Tibet. "If we were where the Dalai Lama has power, we na speaks at Princeton wouldn't have these rights," Nicholas Pitts, a spokesman for the group, said. Indiana University set to host Zombie 5K Indiana University's Union Board Body and Mind Com- mittee is hosting a -Zombie 5K run Saturday, the Indiana Daily Student reported Mon- day. The 5K will promote health on campus and serve as a fundraising event for Middle Way House in Bloomington, an organization dedicated to eliminating violence against women and children. Students are encouraged to run the course dressed up as zombies. DeAnthony Nel- son, Body and Mind Com- mittee director, said the TV show "Walking Dead" and the impending Halloween season inspired the zombie-themed run. University of Chicago student group wants to restart ROTC on campus University of Chicago's student group, UChicago Stu- dents for ROTC Reform, is trying to reinstate an ROTC chapter on campus, The Chi- cago Maroon reported Mon- day. -JACK TURMAN Newsroom 734-418-4115 opt.3 torrectinns correction@eichigandaily.com Arts Section ars@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales dailydisplay@gmail.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com News Tips news@michigandaily.com lettens tonthe Editor tothedaiy@meihigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com SCHLISSEL From Page 1A enough financial aid and being lucky enough to go to Princeton as an undergrad," Schlissel said. "That's where I really learned that smart people, talented people, successful people who rule the world are actu- ally no different fromyou and me." Continuing to detail his college experiences, Schlissel spoke about what it was like to attend school alongside the children of senators, congressmen and famous actors. "It turned out that they were really no different than the people I went to public school with," he said. "The first thing I really learned in college is that people are people no matter where they come from. There's not a huge difference between people who grow up under normal circumstances and people who grow up in the news." Schlissel also discussed his goals for the University during his tenure, which will last at least five years per the terms of his contract. He said his primary goals for the Univer- sity include enhancing its status as a prominent public research university and becoming accessible to a wider, more diverse range of people from around the state and the country. "Access, affordability and diversity are all obligations of a great public university," Schissel said. "It's very expensive to get an education here ..I have to organize the way we run the University, the way we deal with financial aid and fundraise so that the decision to come to Michigan is not a financial one." Schlissel also said he was dissat- isfied with how difficult it's been to make the University look like the public it serves. "I'm completely convinced that talent is uniformly distributed in our population. The difference is that opportunity is not," he said. "I think all of us in this room have been the beneficiaries of not only your own tal- ent, but many opportunities in your life that allowed you to come here. I think there are multiples of people that are every bit as smart as me and you who didn't come here, who could really benefit from this education." Schlissel said it's his job as presi- dent to find these talented people and find a way to make coming to the Uni- versity an attainable goal for them, and that diversity will continue to remain a priority. The second half of the session was reserved for students' questions and concerns, which Schlissel also used as an opportunity to pick students' brains regarding changes they'd like to see on campus and their views on the best solutions. Some students raised questions about the University's action and progress regarding sustainability on campus, making the big campus feel smaller, centralizing global issues for educational purposes, gender dispar- ities among math and science majors, potential tuition caps and freezes and sexual assault awareness and pre- vention. Schlissel provided feedback for each question and often encour- aged students to expand on their own thoughts and potential solutions. For example, Schlissel said the University sponsors several techno- logical projects that no other college campus or research university is par- ticipating in, but due to the energy they require, we often don't meet criteria for third party sustainability initiatives or challenges. With regard to sexual assault, one student said she'd like to see a shift in campus culture from awareness to prevention, ultimately allowing all students to feel safer on and off cam- pus. "This is probably one of the top' two or three issues Michigan faces, as does every institution," Schlissel said. Schlissel added that sexual assault is such a difficult conversation to have on college campuses because of its sensitive nature, but the Univer- sity, students and the justice system can all do things to make the situa- tion better. "Even talking about this topic is extremely difficult because people tense up and it's personal and emo- tional for all of us," he said. "The University will continue to work on its own internal procedures to try to develop procedures for victims of assault, and people who are accused of assault also deserve fair treat- ment." In his interview with The Daily, Schlissel said he felt the meeting was very productive and he was glad he got to hear the voices of some of the University's undergraduates. "It's most of my job. I'm first and foremost a teacher; I've spent over 20 years teaching all different kinds of courses, undergrads, medical stu- dents," he said. "One of the reasons I wanted to take this job was to influ- ence education, and to do that job well I have to hear the kinds of things we heard today, from the students who are living the experience here'." 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W1WW.MICHIGANDAILY COM 0 0: J STEELE From Page 1A memory here," Steele said. "I have watched the campus change." Currently, the regents are accessible through e-mail and phone to commenters, as well as give the public the opportunity to speak during the public com- ments portion of their monthly meetings. Steele said his primary initia- tive - to increase transparency at the University - involves hosting public office hours to engage with the community both on campus and rotating office hours in dif- ferent districts of the state. "The students, let alone the faculty and some administrators, are hungry for this," Steele said. "They want (to give their) input." Steele noted that this initiative was part of his platform in 2012. Lack of administrative trans- parency has been an ongoing topic of conversation over the last few years. In July, The Detroit Free Press sued the University over violations of the Open Meet- ings Act in regards to the Regents monthly meetings. "We are elected statewide and yet have no interaction with the public," Steele said. "It is just astounding to me." Steele said he intends for these hours to not only be for the fac- ulty, staff and administrators, but also the people who live in the city and run the city. Additionally, if elected, Steele said he would initiate posting the checkbook and budget publicly online. According to Steele, the Regents need to represent the state and the taxpayers' view of their state-chartered University. In 2011, state appropriations were cut 15 percent. The past three years, however, funding for higher education has been on the rise, including a 6.1-percent increase for the 2015 fiscal year. "This state appropriation in essence is the venture capital that allowed the University to flour- ish," Steele said. "The Univer- sity has used that venture capital extremely well. They have par- layed into this $9-billion endow- ment and this incredible physical plant that you see here." With this investment comes responsibility, Steele said. "The University must abso- lutely do more to propel and assist in the future of the state," Steele said. "I think we need to work on making sure our best and bright- est come here and are encouraged to stay, as a way to pay back the state, a return on investment." Steele proposes that the Uni- versity grants tuition refunds to students who graduate with STEM degrees and stay in the state for five years. He said this program should be funded by the University'sendowmenttoensure state taxpayers receive their best possible return on investment. "We don't want them to come here and then leave - we need them to stay in the state, we need to encourage them," Steele said. See STEELE, Page 3A UHS From Page 1A Howeve results fro dent surv ed that 91 were eithe be there for hours and that is a satisfied" big issue that they've experi- received. enced," Brown said. Students Not unlike her classmates, with the cc LSA junior Madeleine Rose the lowest Kimble said she had less-than- which Er positive experiences with Uni- around 801 versity Health Service. Kimble "We th noted experiences when she was because it too sick to get out of bed and had feeling lou to wait long periods to receive not muchu aid at UHS. said. H,-G r, Ernst provided m around 3,000 stu- eys, which indicat- percent of patients r "satisfied" or "very with the care they s who went to UHS ommon cold reported -rated overall scores, nst said were still percent. ink that might be turns out people are sy and there's really we can do about it," he Ernst attributed possible negative student perception to a bump in same-day visits to the clinic. The month of Sep- tember, the number of patients in the same-day appointment clinic increased from 1,400 in 2012 to more than 2,000 in 2014. The number of students seen by appointment has remained the same since 2013. The longest waits are associ- ated with same-day visits, which leads to disgruntled students. Ernst said one commonly trotted-out opinion from stu- dents and parents is that the quality of care at UHS is lower than what would be expected from a University of Michigan Health System hospital or clin- ic, or a local family medicine center. "I feel really conflicted about that because I think that's a gen- eral misunderstanding, because I've not heard that so much from actual users," Ernst said. Kimble said though she wishes service was improved, the staff is nevertheless com- 5 petent. "I do think the doctors them- selves are very caring and very thorough," Kimble said. Ernst said health provid- ers come to college campuses especially to focus on young adult well-being, and that this commitment shows through at UHS. "It's really more important for parents to know that people don't go to practice in a college health service program unless " they are really committed to taking care of students," Ernst said. CSG From Page 1A with policy solutions outlined in a change.org petition by activ- ist Shaun King and the Dream Defenders - a social justice organization from Florida. LSA senior Michael Chrzan said this resolution differed greatly from earlier resolutions because it was more University- centered. "The resolution focused more on this campus as far as what students at Michigan can actu- ally do to address the issue of police brutality," Chrzan said. In addition, the resolution said the authors of the resolution will partner with the Commis- sion on Student Safety and Secu- rity to host an event focused on dialogue about police brutality. "The event will feature dis- cussion about what police bru- tality is to bring awareness to this campus," Chrzan said. "We also want to talk about how we can proactively work to make sure issues of police brutality don't happen here at the Univer- sity and how we can maintain a safe campus." Further details about the event will be announced Nov. 15. Introduction of resolution to amend Constitution of the Student Body of Ann Arbor CSG representatives intro- duced a resolution to amend the nomination process for justices in the Central Student Judiciary. The resolution will grant CSG members the power to recom- mend potential candidates for seats within CSJ, as well as grant the CSG President the authority to approve those nominations. The current nomination pro- cess, which has existed since 1979, allows only returning jus- tices to nominate new candi- dates for seats, and the assembly members are only allowed to participate in the votes to con- firm those nominations. Law student Justin Kingsolv- er, CSG Student General Coun- sel, worked alongside other CSG representatives in drafting the resolution, and said the amend- ments to the constitution will help make CSG assembly mem- bers more active in the judiciary appointment process. "We want the assembly mem- bers involved in the nomination process from stage one," King- solver said. "We want assembly members to also be able to rec- ommend candidates, rather than only returining justices choosing the remainder of the judiciary." Kingsolver and the rest of the authors of the resolution acknowledge that the existing process for Justice selection has been successful in selecting the highest quality justices, but the new resolution will ensure that CSG will truly embody a demo- cratic student government. The CSG assembly plans to vote on the resolution next Tuesday. Introduction of resolution to increase accountability for CSG legislative discretionary funds With substantial funds available for allocation to partnered student organizations this year, the assembly also discussed a new resolution to amend how they allocate funds to partnered organizations. The resolution seeks to standardize and formalize the existing process by requiring student organizations to sign a grant agreement before they are allocated requested funds toward their organizations. CSG Treasurer Alex Abdun- Nabi, an LSA senior and one of the authors of the resolution, said the grant agreement will require student organizations to adhere to certain stipulations set by CSG. "The grant agreement will give CSG the authority to impose certain conditions on student organizations," Abdun- Nabi said. "We want to make sure we're funding things we've agreed to fund, and not things we didn't." The grant agreement will require student organizations to provide receipts demonstrating how funds from CSG have been spent. Itwill also statethatifthis condition is not met, repayment will be required. Overall, Abdun-Nabi said the resolution will hold organizations that request funding from CSG more accountable for how they spend those funds. "The student body contributes to the budget that is for allocation to student organizations," Abdun-Nabi said. "We want to ensure that all money allocated is spent effectively and appropriately." 4 I