i \ i i1 an iO Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 12, 2014 michigandaily.com IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BRASS ATHLETICS Schlissel addresses athletics comments Dwight Adams from Jazzistry performs at the Michigan League on Tuesday. Sexual assault survivors s harte their stories in forum University president follows up after his Monday remarks By GREG GARNO and SAM GRINGLAS Managing Sports Editor andDailyNewsEditor After delivering candid com- ments regarding University athletics at Monday afternoon's meeting of the Senate Advi- sory Committee on University Affairs, University President Mark Schlissel spoke with The Michigan Daily by phone Tues- day evening to clarify his state- ments. Schlissel arranged the inter- view through the University's Office of Public Affairs after a story Monday resulted in both praise and criticism of the presi- dent's frank assessment of the University's Athletic Depart- ment. In Tuesday's interview, he addressed three points: admission standards for ath- letes, the Athletic Department's compliance with countable practice hours, and its relatIn- ship with English Prof. Anne Curzan, who serves as faculty liaison to the department. Academic Performance At Monday's SACUA meet- ing, Schlissel said, "We admit students who aren't as quali- fied, and it's probably the kids that we admit that can't hon- estly, even with lots of help, do the amount of work and the quality of work it takes to make progression from year to year. These past two years have got- ten better, but before that, the graduation rates were terrible, with football somewhere in the 50s and 60s when our total six-year rate at the University is somewhere near 90 percent." Schlissel told the Daily on Tuesday that all students are admitted by the Office of Admissions, not by athletic programs or coaches. He said this process includes a holistic review of an applicant's quali- fications, including grades, test scores and special talents, such as athletic ability. "We don't admit students that we don't think caan be sue. cessful," he said. "It's really not See SCHLISSEL, Page 3A Speak Out event encourages attendees to take action in community By LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily StaffReporter About 300 people filled the * Michigan Union's Rogel Ball- room Tuesday night for the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center's 28th Annual Speak Out - one of the largest Speak Outs to date. Speak Out is an annual event aimed to offer survivors of sexual violence a safe place to share their stories. The Speak Out recognized rape, sexual assault, stalking, sexual harassment and intimate partner crimes as "sexual vio- lence." LSA senior Katelyn Mad- dock, co-coordinator of SAPAC's Networking, Publicity, and Activ- ism Program, said in her intro- duction that this definition is not exhaustive. Maddock and her co-coordina- tor, LSA junior Anna Forringer- Beal, also assured attendees that the event was a "strictly confiden- tial space." Survivors were then given the floor. All was silent at first. In time, a survivor stepped up to the microphone. In the past, University staff and employees attending these events have been required to report incidents of sexual vio- lence in all situations. However, the University's Office for institu- tional Equity now allows Univer- sity staff and employees to attend public awareness events and events like Speak Out without having any obligation to report incidents to the University. "Sexual violence isn't some- thing that's talked about a lot," said University alum Lindsay See SAPAC, Page 3A CAMPUS LIFE - Veterans Day talk highlghts LGBTQ history Former service members address lack of legal protection, cultural stigma By JOEL GOLDSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter The University's ROTC pro- gram hosted a series of events this week honoring servicemen and women in honor of Veteran's Day. One such event sought to shed light on what life is like for LGBTQ military members, and Ariana Bostian-Kentes and Brian Stone were invited to the Wolver- ine Room of the Michigan Union to speak about their experiences. Stone served in the United States Navy when the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was imple- mented - a law that prohibited discrimination based on sexual- orientation but also disallowing LGBTQ individuals from serv- ing openly in the military - and Bostian-Kentes is the program manager for inclusive leader- ship education at the University's Spectrum Center. She is also the co-founder of the Military Partners and Families Coalition, a nonprofit organization that serves LGBTQ soldiers and their families. Though the legislation was officially repealed in 2011, Stone said he and many others thought that DADT would be revoked sooner after President Obama took office. Stone added that the policy required LGBTQ sol- diers and their partners to lie on federal documents and to their co-workers. Before the repeal, same-sex partners of those in the military did not the same ben- efits that spouses in heterosexual relationships received. Stone also recalled the dif- ficulties those in the military See ROTC, Page 3A ZACH MOORE/Daily LSA Dean Andrew Martin talks to LSA students Shavon Edwards, Andrew Loeb and Natasha Dabrowski in the University of Michigan Museum of Art on Tuesday. LSA Dean Martin hosts discussion with student's BUSINESS 'U' startups win big in statewide competition Aerospace startup focusing on drones won first place By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily Staff Reporter University startups swept the 2014 Accelerate Michigan Inno- vation Competitionlastweek. Eight University startup teams, composed of student and alumni, submitted applications to the competition, which aims to encourage innovation. Five of the teams - AlertWatch, Cribspot, HeelSecret, SkySpecs, LLC and Turtle Cell - sailed from one round to the next, eventually receiving prizes ranging from $5,000 to $500,000. Kristen Kerecman, Innovate Blue communications manager, said students are independently taking the first steps in turning their fledgling ideas into realities See STARTUP, Page 3A Ci set LS addr. mind der and donuts open forum at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Top- t tage for lively ics ranged from evaluating class requirements to a perceived conversation lack of diversity and gaps in socioeconomic status on cam- By EMMA KERR pus and within LSA. Daily StaffReporter Martin, who began his term as dean over the summer, posed A Dean Andrew Martin questions from students and. essed issues on students' said he hoped to get a sense of is Tuesday night in an the experience students have had on campus thus far, as well as an understanding of what areas could be better addressed by the college. "I'd like us to be the liberal arts college that has the abso- lute best and most rigorous programs, that helps students do research often and early and be the college that has the best team in the country to support See DEAN, Page 3A i WEATHER HI:36 GOTANEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail TOMORROW LO:20 news@michigandaily.com and letus know. NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX NEWS .........................2A ARTS................... 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