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project also up
for approval at

Thursday meeting

By GEN HUMMER

and ALLANA AKHTAR

Daily Staff Reporters

The University’s Board of

Regents will consider two North
Campus construction projects at
their monthly meeting on Thurs-
day.

The regents will vote to

approve a $13 million proposal to
renovate the North Campus Rec-
reation Building and schematic
designs for a $6.9 outdoor public
space on North Campus.

Built in 1976, the NCRB will

be updated as a part of the larger
initiative to improve the Univer-
sity’s unions and recreational
sports facilities.

The proposed NCRB renova-

tion will add 18,000 square foot
to the existing space — making
room for a new gymnasium, car-
dio and group exercise spaces
and a new entry to the building.

A 50,000 square foot renova-

tion of the existing building is
planned to update the racquet-
ball courts, restrooms and lock-
er rooms. The project will also
include electrical, heating and
plumbing system upgrades.

The improvements will be

funded by the Student Life Stu-
dent Fee for Facility Renewal.
The $65-per-term student fee
was approved by the regents in
April 2013.

The design phase of the proj-

ect is scheduled to begin imme-
diately, pending authorization
from the Board, and will be
contracted to Integrated Design
Solutions in association with
RDG Planning and Design.

During February’s meeting,

the Board approved a $21.4 mil-
lion construction budget for
renovations to the University’s
Intramural Sports Building, also
funded by student fees.

Thursday, the regents with

likely allow the University to
move forward with seeking bids
and awarding construction con-
tracts.

The IM Building was the first

university recreational sports
facility in the country, built in
1928.

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Panelists celebrate
20th anniversary of
women and gender

institute

By EMMA KINERY

Dauly Staff Reporter

In celebration of the 20th

anniversary of the University’s
Institute for Research on Women

and Gender, a panel of feminist
scholars looked back on the his-
tory of various academic depart-
ments related to feminism and
considered the future of feminist
research.

Panelists explored key focuses

of discussion over the past 20
years, including gender and sex-
uality.

Kathleen Canning, professor

of history, women’s studies and
German, discussed how the focus
of feminist theory has shifted

from an emphasis on the body to
defining gender, and ultimately
toward the study of sexuality.
Canning said while instructing a
recent course on gender and sex-
uality, students were most inter-
ested in components pertaining
to sexuality.

She noted that of the incoming

class of women’s studies gradu-
ate students, about half of the
students’ focus was on sexuality
in some way.

“Now I would say sexuality

is much more in the foreground
than body or gender,” Canning
said.

Both the University’s Center

for the Education of Women and
the women’s studies major were
established prior to the Institute
for Research on Women and Gen-
der’s founding in 1995.

Patricia Gurin, a former pro-

fessor of psychology and women’s
studies, provided panel atten-
dants with a brief history of the

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Valerie Traub, a professor of English and women’s studies, discusses the changing relationship between feminism and the economic and political culture at Lane
Hall on Monday.

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Black Lives Matter protestors hold up posters pertaining to the death of Aura Rosser as they file behind Ann Arbor
Mayor Christopher Taylor at the City Council meeting at City Hall on Monday.

MCards will no

longer link to TCF

bank accounts
starting in April

By ANASTASSIOS
ADAMOPOULOS

Daily Staff Reporter

TCF Bank announced Monday

that it will end its Mcard partner-
ship with the University effective
April 30. According to an e-mail
distributed to students, TCF
account holders will no longer
be able to use an Mcard as a valid
ATM or debit card.

The announcement marks the

end of an almost 14-year partner-
ship between the University and
TCF.

Kim Broekhuizen, a University

public affairs representative, said
TCF informed the University last
fall they would not renew their
partnership.

“While the features associated

with TCF bank accounts held by
students and employees won’t
change after the contract ends,
it will no longer be possible to
use the Mcard as an ATM card,”
she said. “Customers can still use
their TCF Visa Check Card to
access their accounts, including
through ATMs.”

Mark Goldman, TCF director

of corporate communications,
said the bank and the Univer-
sity have worked well together

throughout their partnership.

“Whenever our contracts with

our various University partners
are due to come up for renewal,
we look at a variety of factors,
including the length of agree-
ment, service expectations and
overall financial commitments,”
Goldman said. “We ultimately
make a decision that in the best
interest of both the University
and TCF.”

Goldman said he could not

comment on the process by
which the decision was made or
whether there were negotiations
between TCF and the University
for renewal.

“The same benefits that stu-

dents are receiving through the
specially-designated
student

account with TCF will continue
despite the exit of the relation-
ship with the University,” Gold-
man said.

According to a 2014 University

finance department document,
about 40 percent of new students
open a TCF Bank account.

The announcement also states

that some of the bank’s ATMs
will stay in University buildings.
Goldman said the exact buildings
and ATMs are up for consider-
ation and TCF is working close
with the University to keep as
many as TCF ATMs possible.

“This discussion is ongoing

and we expect some kind of reso-
lution in the very near future,”
Goldman said. “And of course we
are committed to letting our cus-

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Meeting continues

despite silent
protest over

police brutality

By LARA MOEHLMAN

Daily Staff Reporter

The Ann Arbor City Council

extensively debated changes
to an ordinance that addresses
the maintenance of sidewalks,
specifically related to snow and
ice removal policy. A vote on
the amendment was ultimately
postponed.

Monday’s meeting proceeded

amid a silent protest condemn-
ing police brutality surround-
ing the killing of Aura Rosser,
an Ann Arbor resident who

was shot by a police officer in
December. Protesters held signs
and remained silent during the
meeting, and Council continued
with the meeting as scheduled.

The current city policy states

residents must clear their side-
walks of snow within 24 hours
if snow exceeds one inch. New
language
proposed
would

require residents to remove
snow on their sidewalks within
24 hours regardless of the accu-
mulation.

During discussion, council-

members argued that the cur-
rent snow removal policy is
difficult to enforce. Multiple
amendments
were
proposed

and additional changes were
discussed after members of the
public were allowed to express
their concerns. These stricter
amendments
would
directly

affect students living off cam-
pus, who could be subject to
more severe consequences if a
future ordinance were to pass.

The Pedestrian Safety and

Access
Task
Force
recom-

mended several changes to
the ordinance. The changes to
the ordinance clarify property
owners’ responsibility in regard
to snow and ice removal. The
changes also seek to clarify the
consequences for noncompli-
ance.

Councilmember
Chuck

Warpehoski (D–Ward 5) said
he would support amending
the ordinance, though he noted
critics who argue a dusting of
snow does not present a hazard
to pedestrians.

“Let’s have the conversation

after we’ve tried it,” Warpe-

FDA approved the
machine earlier this
week for patients in
need of transplant

By MAYA SHANKAR

Daily Staff Reporter

A team of University research-

ers is successfully keeping lungs
alive outside the body — with the
help of a new machine.

In a clinical trial, the Universi-

ty is working to evaluate a recent-
ly developed machine — called
the XVIVO Perfusion System —
to keep donated organs viable for
transplant while they’re outside
of the body. The machine was
first developed in Sweden in 2011.

The trial is in collaboration

with Gift of Life Michigan, an
Ann Arbor-based organ donation
non-profit, and the Henry Ford
and Spectrum health systems.

When an organ is removed

from a body under normal cir-
cumstances, the cells begin to
deteriorate quickly, making the
transplant process difficult. Not
only do the organs have to be a
match for the patient, doctors
must also transplant the organs
quickly before they are damaged.

The U.S. Food and Drug

Administration
approved
the

machine earlier this week for
patients in need of a transplant.

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‘U’ regents
to consider
renovation
for NCRB

Scholarly feminism shifts
focus to issues of sexuality

TCF Bank to
end affiliation
with University

Following sidewalk debate,
Council postpones decision

Researchers
pilot process
to slow organ
deterioration

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