michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 26, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM University to take part in study on misconduct ADMINISTRATION Twenty-eight institutions plan survey to analyze sexual assault By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Editor In addition to developing a University-centric sexual assault survey, which will be randomly distributed to a pool of 3,000 stu- dents, the University is teaming up with the Association of American Universities to conduct a uniform sexual assault survey across 28 col- lege campuses. The AAU is comprised of 62 top research universities in the United States and Canada. Twenty-seven of the participating schools, includ- ing the University, are members of the AAU; Dartmouth College will also distribute the survey. University President Mark Schlissel said the AAU survey, which is set to launch this April, will be campus-wide, and added that it will supplement the Univer- sity’s data. “I figured that it would be valu- able to have us be able to compare our data to that at a lot of differ- ent schools that are similar, big research universities, but different than us, to see how we’re doing,” he said in a January interview with The Michigan Daily. On each campus, the AAU sur- vey will be identical, apart from five school-specific questions per- taining to resources for reporting and addressing sexual assault. Westat, a global research firm, has been contracted to facilitate and assess the survey results, which the AAU plans to publically report upon completion. Experts from both Westat and participat- ing universities are still putting the survey together based on standards set forth by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. “Our primary purpose in con- ducting this survey is to help our institutions gain a better under- standing of this complex problem EnspiRED fashion show represents global trends ROBERT DUNNE/Daily EMU student Jamisha Kearney (left) and LSA sophomore Miranda Li model at the EnspiRED fashion show at the Biomedical Science and Research building Saturday. “The Red Express” features styles from cities in seven countries By MAYA SHANKAR Daily Staff Reporter Models sporting clothing from around the world hit the runway Saturday night for EnspiRED’s charity fashion show. EnspiRED, a student orga- nization that aims to promote artistic expression at the Univer- sity, brought fashions from seven cities to the Biomedical Science Research Building for their ninth annual showcase. Featuring clothing designed by students and donated from local and Detroit-based bou- tiques, the show displayed styles from the cities Moscow, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, London, Mum- bai and Detroit, as well as Accra, Ghana. EnspiRED President Cyrus Tetteh, an LSA senior, said the event’s schedule was designed to simulate a train on a track, refer- enced by this year’s theme, “The Red Express.” The train symbol is meant to represent travel- ing to the seven different cities throughout the fashion show, he said. Tetteh said EnspiRED is an advocate of the arts on campus and in the community. This year, the organization plans to donate 20 percent of the event’s profits to Arts & Scraps, a nonprofit organi- zation that repurposes recycled material to create arts and crafts projects for elementary school students in Detroit. University alum Chukwudi Nwamba, who graduated in December, volunteered to model in the annual show for her second time. Conductor honored at Hill amid protest ARTS Valery Gergiev draws criticism from Ukrainians for support of Putin By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Arts Writer As the University Musi- cal Society prepared to award Mariinsky Orchestra Conductor Valery Gergiev with the presti- gious University Musical Soci- ety Distinguished Artist Award on Saturday at Hill Auditorium, Ukrainian protesters and anti- Russia advocates collected on the steps outside in a die-in pro- test. Standing in solidarity with those affected by Russian aggressions, the protesters aimed to raise awareness among the concert’s attendees about Gergiev’s support of Russia’s annexation of Crimea earlier this year. Ann Arbor resident Eugene Bondarenko, one of the leading organizers of the demonstration, said the group was also protest- ing UMS for granting Gergiev the award. Returning to Ann Arbor for his 12th and 13th concert con- ducting the Russian Mariinsky Orchestra with UMS, Gergiev is most well known for direct- ing the Mariinsky Theatre for over 30 years. Recently, how- ever, Gergiev has been criticized internationally for his outspoken support of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s anti-LGBTQ policies and antagonism against Ukraine. “We think it’s quite hypo- critical that he would say that at home and then come here and make money. You can’t have both,” Bondarenko said. “We also like to let people know that next time they buy tickets for something like this, UMS does not have the best discretion for who it invites. “UMS has a great responsibil- ity to have an ethical litmus test,” he added. “When you have an odious figure, you should really think about if you’re really inter- ested in inviting them.” While some passersby yelled SAAN conference focuses on social justice, activism CHANMEE CHUNG/Daily Engineering senior David Hiskens performs during the Engineering Games benefit show for the Detroit Area Pre- College Engineering Program at Stamps Auditorium on Saturday. Guest speakers share narratives, discuss South Asian community By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter Fighting stigma through personal narrative was one of the main themes at the South Asian Awareness Network con- ference held over the weekend. Parents, alumni, college and high school students from around the country gathered in both Rackham Auditorium and the Michigan League to partic- ipate in the two-day event. Titled “Threads: Connect- ing Our Voice, Our Truths, Our Selves,” the conference attract- ed over 300 attendees during its run from Friday night to Saturday afternoon. SAAN first launched the conference 13 years ago to foster discussion on social justice issues relevant to the South Asian community, such as Islamaphobia after 9/11. Since then, the event has evolved to address a broader spectrum of issues, such as mental health. LSA senior Shaina Shetty, SAAN director and co-director of the conference, said it was a forum for productive discus- TECHNOLOGY Laboratory begins testing self-driving automobiles ‘U’ researchers work on Next Generation Vehicle project for driverless cars By KRISTEN ANDERSON For the Daily Self-driving cars may no longer be confined to the scenes of science fic- tion movies. The Next Generation Vehicle project at the University’s Perceptual Robotics Laboratory is envisioning a 21st century where car-related inju- ries and deaths are preventable using software tested on the streets of Ann Arbor. The project is working on a vari- ety of vehicle components that could enable autonomous driving. The Perceptual Robotics Laboratory supports projects that develop algo- rithms for research and development in image processing and systems engineering, among other fields. Though the vehicle remained under the control of a manual driver during initial tests in Ann Arbor, the navigational system delivered cor- See SURVEY, Page 3A See FASHION, Page 3A See CARS, Page 3A See CONFERENCE, Page 3A See PROTEST, Page 3A E NGINE E R S GONE M AD - GICAL INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 55 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS...........................5A SUDOKU..................... 2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A SPORTS MONDAY.........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Music to look for in 2015 MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW HI: 25 LO: 9 Conductor honored at Hill amid protest Valery Gergiev draws criticism from Ukranians for support of Putin By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Arts Writer Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut lobortis commodo est. Nulla sol- licitudin luctus mollis. 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