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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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