societal benefit,” Rupp said.
For the plan to be feasible,
Carter said the devices must
become more advanced.
“There’s
potential
if
the
technology advances far enough
that the device is seamless to the
driver experience,” he said. “It
may not be that the first way to
go for this is to mandate, it might
be that maybe it’s a condition for
getting a discount on your car
insurance and it’s a voluntary
action, or parents putting it in their
teenagers’ vehicles.”
Public
acceptability
and
technological advancement appear
to be the two biggest obstacles
to overcome, according to the
researchers.
Rupp said the technology has
the potential to become more
socially acceptable than predicted.
“There have been a lot of surveys
about how socially acceptable
the costs are, and I believe in one
survey 40 percent of people said
they’d want an alcohol interlock
device in their car if it were under
$500,” he said.
professional hockey player Carl
Hagelin, who notched 50 points in
2009-10.
“I don’t think you can overes-
timate how important he’s been,
especially in terms of goal scor-
ing,” said junior forward Andrew
Copp.
Jumping out to a quick lead is
something Berenson has preached
to his team all season, but it con-
sistently failed to do so. So the
Michigan coach put an even bigger
emphasis on starting quickly this
week, knowing that if his squad
reverted back to its bad habits,
there wouldn’t be another chance
at redemption.
And right on cue, Michigan (13-
8-0-0 Big Ten, 21-14-0-0 overall)
took control of the game from the
get-go, creating the majority of
the game’s scoring opportunities,
while also limiting the Badgers
(4-26-5-2, 2-16-3-2) to just five
shots on goal in the first frame.
“They’re an unbelievable team,”
said Wisconsin netminder Joel
Rumpel. “But our guys battled
hard. If a few bounces went our
way and not theirs, it would have
been a closer game, but I give them
a lot of credit. They’re a very tal-
ented team.”
The Wolverines wasted no time
starting where they left off in the
second frame. Senior defenseman
Andrew Sinelli found twine for the
first time this season, throwing
what looked liked a pass toward
Rumpel before the puck deflected
off a Badger defenseman’s stick
and into the net.
The goal was certainly unchar-
acteristic for the Wisconsin senior,
who Michigan coach Red Beren-
son called “one of the best goal-
ies in college hockey” earlier this
week.
And it didn’t take long for the
Wolverines to continue to make
Rumpel look like just an average
goalie. With just over 15 minutes
remaining in the second frame,
freshman
defenseman
Cutler
Martin fired a shot from the slot
that Hyman redirected for his sec-
ond goal of the game.
Berenson opted to start junior
goalie Steve Racine, continuing the
revolving door that is the Michigan
goaltending situation. Sophomore
Zach Nagelvoort started the last
two games for Michigan before
losing the starting job Thursday.
Berenson looked smart after
the game, as Racine — who looked
comfortable playing in Joe Louis
Arena earlier this season dur-
ing the Great Lakes Invitational
— looked like a bona fide starter,
making 28 saves.
“It’s been back and forth all year
between Steve Racine and Zach
Nagelvoort,” Berenson said. “And
I think Nagelvoort won a big game
for us in East Lansing last week
and then we lost the home game.
I can’t tell you he lost it. But I just
felt that Racine had probably the
best part of his season at the GLI.
“And he came in and he gave us
a life against Michigan Tech and
then against Michigan State in the
championship game. So I thought
we would start with him. But we’re
not through the weekend yet. But
it’s a good start for Steve and a
good start for our team.”
Wisconsin got on the board
midway through the third peri-
od when the puck found its way
through a massive net scramble,
breathing life into the Badgers.
Quickly after, Wisconsin had a
5-on-3 opportunity but came up
empty, shifting the momentum
back to Michigan.
Just two minutes after, Larkin
— the Big Ten Freshman of the
Year — found the back of the net
after skating coast-to-coast and
beat Rumpel.
Junior forward Justin Selman
capped the game’s scoring, beating
Rumpel on his stick side and seal-
ing Michigan’s berth into a second-
round matchup against Michigan
State on Friday.
“There have been some games
in the past where we think we
should’ve
beaten
(Michigan
State),” Copp said. “It’s do or die.”
Added Hyman: “Playing State,
and what happened with us last
week, we still have that bitter taste
in our mouth. We’re going to be
ready to play tomorrow. There’s
no bigger game than that. We’re
going to get up for that.”
North Campus construction pro-
posals.
One
included
schematic
designs for the North Cam-
pus Grove project, and granted
the University authorization to
award construction contracts for
the renovation.
The existing North Campus
lawn, which spans four acres
and serves as the main outdoor
gathering space on North Cam-
pus, will be improved to facilitate
more opportunities for outdoor
events, activities and displays.
University Planner Sue Gott
said the project is essential in
improving the North Campus
atmosphere.
“As you know, this is a really
sacred and iconic space for North
Campus located in the heart of
the core,” Gott said at the meet-
ing.
The renovations will create an
informal amphitheater and add a
new central plaza to the lawn, as
well as walkways, seating, trees
and improved lighting, water and
electrical infrastructure.
In addition, Gott said the plan
calls for a new sand volleyball
court, built for both formal and
informal recreation use, Wi-Fi,
energy efficient lighting and a
stormwater management system,
which will absorb water that later
moves into the Huron River.
The board approved the Grove
project at their meeting last April;
with Thursday’s approval, the
design phase will move forward.
Gifts and College of Engineering
resources will fund the project.
The second item approved was
a $13 million renovation of the
North Campus Recreation Build-
ing, originally built in 1976. The
project will add 18,000 square
feet to the existing space — mak-
ing room for a new gymnasium,
spaces for cardio and group exer-
cise and a new entry to the build-
ing.
In addition, the existing rac-
quetball courts, restrooms and
locker rooms will be updated,
along with electrical, heating and
plumbing system upgrades.
The project’s design, which
has been contracted to Integrated
Design Solutions in association
with RDG Planning and Design,
will begin immediately.
The renovation is part of a larg-
er initiative to improve the Uni-
versity’s unions and recreational
sports facilities.
In April 2013, the regents
approved a $65-per-term student
fee for facility renewal. The stu-
dent fee, which was administered
to fund renovations of the Uni-
versity’s unions and recreational
sports facilities, will fund the
NCRB renovation.
Honorary degree recipient
The regents approved seven
honorary degree recipients for
the Spring 2015 Commencement,
including Paul Saginaw and Ari
Weinzweig. The duo will be this
year’s commencement speakers,
and are the co-founders of Zing-
erman’s Community of Business.
Zingerman’s Community of
Businesses includes eight sepa-
rate businesses, employs over 600
people and receives annual sales
of close to $50 million. Saginaw
and Weinzweig founded Zinger-
man’s Delicatessen in 1982 with a
$20,000 bank loan.
President
Barack
Obama
famously visited the deli last year
and touted the company’s com-
mitment to responsible wages
and benefits for employees.
“Zingerman’s is a business
that treats its workers well, and
rewards honest work with honest
wages,” Obama told University
students in a speech advocating
higher federal minimum wage
last spring. “And that’s worth cel-
ebrating.”
Former
U.S.
House
Rep.
John Dingell will also receive
an honorary degree. Dingell is
the longest-serving member of
the House in history. During his
tenure, he supported civil rights
and progressive policies, voting
for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Affordable Care Act, and
chairing the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce.
In November 2014, Dingell
earned the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, the highest civilian
award a U.S. citizen can win. His
wife, Debbie Dingell, succeeded
him when he retired from his
post in January of this year.
Other honorary degree recipi-
ents include award-winning jour-
nalist Robin Wright, author and
economist Robert Shiller and
Tadataka Yamada, former chair
of the Department of Internal
Medicine.
“The seven individuals sub-
mitted for approval are remark-
able in their achievements and
impacts on our society,” Univer-
sity President Mark Schlissel said
at the meeting.
Central Student
Government report
CSG President Bobby Dishell,
a Public Policy senior, gave his
monthly summary of CSG affairs
to the regents.
He explained that, after talking
with University administrators,
changing the Fall 2015 academic
calendar so classes would end
prior to Dec. 23 is not a possibili-
ty. This issue was highly contest-
ed last month, when a student
group called Crush the Calendar
created a petition that amassed
thousands of votes in support of
rescheduling classes so students
wouldn’t need to travel home on
Christmas Eve.
Dishell also spoke about fur-
ther developing a student honor
code, and discussed securing
discounted football season ticket
prices for students who qualify
for financial aid.
His main point, though, was
to reflect upon the University’s
mental health resources.
“I’d like to apologize for mis-
stating an argument I have made
to this board in the past,” he said.
“Previously, I had stated that
there is nothing else that more
Michigan students participate in
than Michigan football … I now
know, upon reflection and look-
ing at data, that the single thing
that affects most students, that
most students go through on a
day-to-day basis, is their mental
well-being.”
Dishell said 36 percent of
students at the University have
had some form of mental health
counseling in the last year, and
added that 21 percent still do
currently. He said that the sec-
ond leading cause of death for
people aged 15 to 24 is suicide.
“The frightening thing about
this statistic is that over 15,000
of our students have sought help
in the past year,” he said. “That
means they are even more affect-
ed by mental health and depres-
sion day in and day out. I am one
of these students. I battle with
depression every day of my life …
today I am winning that battle. I
was able to get help, and I still do.
I would not be here before you
today if I hadn’t.”
Dishell
asked
the
board
to
examine
the
University’s
resources, including Counseling
and Psychological Services and
the Depression Center, to further
examine ways to fight mental
health stigma.
Speakers discuss
divestment from fossil
fuels, sexual misconduct
During the meeting’s public
comments section, LSA senior
Katelyn Maddock, a student
representative from the Sexual
Assault Prevention and Aware-
ness Center, asked the board to
encourage faculty to include the
University’s Student Sexual Mis-
conduct Policy in course syllabi.
Maddock said including the
policy in syllabi would educate
students about the sexual mis-
conduct resources available on
campus and engage faculty in the
discussion about sexual assault.
“We have an incredible need
for language like this on cam-
pus,” Maddock said, citing the
high number of sexual assaults
reported on campus last year.
In 2014, the University had the
second highest total number of
reported sexual assaults on col-
lege campuses.
Citing the University’s respon-
sibility to combat climate change,
Scott Bloomberg, a third-year
law student and member of the
Divest and Invest Campaign, was
one of three to speak on behalf of
the organization.
Bloomberg touted a resolution
that Divest and Invest members
co-authored with CSG represen-
tatives, which calls for a commit-
tee to investigate the University’s
potential for divesting from oil
and coal companies.
He said the resolution indi-
cated campus-wide support for
the mission of Divest and Invest,
and said the campaign’s success
was at the very least grounds for
a one-on-one private meeting
with either the Board of Regents
or Schlissel.
“I think we’ve earned enough
to be able to meet with you all as
a group and I think that’s what
we’d like as a next step,” Bloom-
berg said. “From what I under-
stand you meet behind closed
doors at least once a month
before the meeting and I think
we’d really like to be invited to
that or be invited to give a pro-
longed speech here.”
Members of BAMN, a group
that advocates for affirmative
action, integration and immi-
grant rights, also spoke at the
meeting
BAMN’s
demands
include
calls for on-site admission pro-
grams
and
the
“10-percent
plan,” which has been adopted
in Texas. Under this plan, the top
10 percent of every in-state high
school graduating class is guar-
anteed admission to any of the
state’s public institutions.
LSA freshman Sandhya Meda-
puram — who is running to
serve as a CSG representative
for BAMN’s political branch,
Defend Affirmative Action Party
— said the organization would
shut down another regents meet-
ing if the group’s demands for
were not met.
“BAMN and our representa-
tives with CSG under the Defend
Affirmative Action party, shut
down the Regents meeting last
semester over a discussion about
on-site admissions in Detroit and
we will do it again if our demands
aren’t met,” Medapuram said.
She added that BAMN hopes
to adjust the University’s admis-
sions
processes
to
increase
minority enrollment.
“The
way
the
University
approaches admissions is indubi-
tably racist and that’s what we’re
targeting,”
Medapuram
said.
“A campus that admits a larger
(number of ) minority students
will lead to a better representa-
tion of the state of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Detroit and the American
society itself.”
Daily News Editor Michael
Sugerman contributed reporting.
young musicians and supports
numerous programs to help pro-
mote performing arts.
He earned Bachelors of Music
and Masters of Music in Violin
Performance degrees from the
University.
In a written statement, Regent
Andrea Fischer Newman (R)
called Dworkin an “exciting out-
of-the-box appointment,” noting
his insistence on “breaking new
ground” would serve the school
well.
University Provost Martha
Pollack wrote in a statement that
Dworkin would lead the school
with integrity, energy and enthu-
siasm.
“His lifelong commitment to
excellence in arts education is
widely recognized in the U.S. and
abroad,” Pollack wrote. “Aaron
brings exceptional experience
with organizational governance
and a style that is collaborative,
inclusive and pragmatic.”
Dworkin was Gov. Rick Sny-
der’s appointment to the Michi-
gan Council for Arts and Cultural
Affairs.
“Aaron has an impressive his-
tory of leadership experience and
is respected by many in the arts
community of not only Michigan
but also the nation. His commit-
ment to culture, diversity and
learning will be a great benefit
to the University of Michigan
and I am confident students will
accomplish great things under
his direction,” Snyder wrote in a
statement.
Dworkin will succeed Chris-
topher Kendall, who has held the
deanship since 2005. The Uni-
versity limits deans to 10 years of
service.
During his tenure, Kendall
secured funding and helped
design the expansion of the Earl
V. Moore Building, re-instituted
major ensemble and interna-
tional touring and campaigned
for extensive scholarship fund-
ing for SMTD students. He will
continue as a professor at the
University in the Department of
Conducting.
“Seeing that we’ve fostered a
relationship for a years now, it
would be helpful if the relation-
ship was more communicative
on both sides,” Chamak said.
Business junior Alex Adler,
the chair of Hillel’s governing
board, said he would like CSG
to work on facilitating connec-
tions amongst student leaders
from different organizations.
He proposed creating a lead-
ership program, or combining
pre-existing leadership devel-
opment workshops.
“Empowering and develop-
ing leadership is a big one for
us,” Adler said.
He also identified the student
assembly’s efforts to combat
sexual assault on campus as a
potential area for growth.
CSG joined the national cam-
pus sexual assault prevention
campaign, It’s On Us, in Sep-
tember. The student assembly
also partnered with I Will, a
student-run
campaign
dedi-
cated to sexual assault preven-
tion, to create a specific pledge
for University students where
signers promised to empower
sexual assault survivors and
become allies.
CSG also collaborated on the
I Will campaign to facilitate a
workshop on sexual assault in
November.
“We’d really like to see CSG
continue to make the strides
that they started to make this
year but really push the conver-
sation and make sure it reaches
across all of campus,” Adler
said.
Business
junior
Maddy
Walsh, Panhellenic Association
president, wrote in an e-mail to
the Daily that she spoke to the
executive candidates from both
parties and they made it clear to
her they would like to work to
unite the campus through vari-
ous initiatives.
She wrote she believed this
was particularly important to
her group because one of the
association’s goals for the year
is to increase collaboration with
other student organizations.
“It will be great to have CSG
as a facilitator, partner, and
advocate for a connected cam-
pus,” Walsh stated.
a stay of the decision requested
by Michigan Attorney General
Bill Schuette (R). The legality of
these marriages was reaffirmed
in a court ruling Feb. 4.
In a press release Thurs-
day, the first of these couples
to marry, Glenna DeJong and
Marsha
Caspar,
said
they
believed the legislation would
help their community.
“We’re members of a small,
exclusive club of same-sex
couples who were able to marry
during a brief window on March
22, 2014, but we don’t want to
be,” DeJong said. “We want to
be members of an inclusive club
that welcomes any same-sex
couple who wishes to marry.”
Though the Supreme Court
will be ruling on same-sex leg-
islation, Irwin, a co-sponsor of
one of the bills, said he believes
that Michigan should get a head
start in changing legislation
toward being same-sex mar-
riage friendly.
“We’re calling for marriage
equality, it’s something that
is long overdue in the state of
Michigan,” Irwin said. “We’re
hopeful that the Supreme Court
will rule in favor of marriage
equality which would certain-
ly help in Michigan — it can’t
come quick enough.”
The proposed package of leg-
islation consists of the legaliza-
tion of same-sex marriage and
several other bills to address a
variety of policy issues, includ-
ing whether adoption agencies
can bar same-sex couples.
If successful, the bill will
ban adoption agencies from dis-
crimination based on religious
beliefs and will open the doors
to many same-sex couples who
are interested in adopting.
“I think that if there is a vet-
ted, qualified adult that is will-
ing to raise a child, then we
shouldn’t have any obstacles
for them to be able to raise the
child here,” Wittenberg said.
“We have a lot of kids in the
foster care system here, and we
want to make sure that they’re
adopted and that they are taken
by a loving family.”
The package of bills also
addresses issues such as allow-
ing same-sex couples to file
state taxes jointly. Another
bill, sponsored by Wittenberg,
allows any couple, including
same-sex couples, to keep their
marriage licenses private.
Wittenberg said he, along
with the other representatives
and senators who proposed
bills, hope to work legislatively
with Republicans to push these
bills forward.
“We’re all working together,
and we’re hoping to work with
some of the Republicans across
the aisle,” Wittenberg said. “We
would love to take care of it leg-
islatively. We’re hoping that we
wouldn’t have to go the ballot
but if that’s what we need to do,
then that’s what we need to do.
We’re going to try to drum up
the support of our Republican
colleagues and get as many peo-
ple on board as possible, and try
to talk to them about this being
a fairness thing and equality.”
Republicans — who led the
charge for passing the original
ban in 2004 — have traditional-
ly been less inclined to support
the legalization of same-sex
marriage. Republican majori-
ties currently control both
houses of the legislature, which
could present a challenge for
the bill’s backers.
In response to the package of
bills, Gideon D’Assandro, spokes-
man for Speaker of the House
Kevin Cotter, said the House
hasn’t received the bills yet, but
plans to address the package
with the normal process.
“Once we actually receive
the bills, we’re going to refer
them
to
the
committee,”
D’Assandro said. “Then our
plan is to let them go through
the normal committee process,
which is that they go to com-
mittee and then the committee
chair determines when they get
taken up for a hearing and what
the timeline is.”
He added that he couldn’t
comment further until the
House formally receives the
bills.
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