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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS ......................................
CLASSIFIEDS.........................
CROSSWORD........................
SPORTS..................................
NEWS
Graduation Gap
Study shows discrepancy
in college completion rates
>> SEE PAGE 3
NEWS
M Famers Market
Market offers fresh
produce at various
locations on campus
>> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
Wage War
Proposed bill seeks to
lower wages for young
adults
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
True Detective
Season 2 Premiere brings
new characters, storyline
and location.
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Camp Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh, Jedd
Fisch kick off inaugural
quarterback camp
>> SEE PAGE 9
inside
Findings prompt
administration to
review prevention,
awareness policies
By EMMA KERR
Summer Editor in Chief
University President Mark
Schlissel spoke at a conference
today following the release of
survey results from the Uni-
versity’s Campus Climate Sur-
vey on Sexual Misconduct that
Schlissel said sought to conduct
a “thorough, transparent and
honest
self-examination”
of
sexual misconduct on campus.
Accompanying Schlissel at
the conference were William
Axinn, a professor at the Insti-
tute for Social Research, and
Holly Rider-Milkovich, direc-
tor of the Sexual Assault Pre-
vention and Awareness Center.
The survey, which Schlissel
announced on January 12, was
distributed to 3,000 randomly
selected students starting at the
beginning of April.
In response to the survey’s
results, Schlissel said the Uni-
versity is taking immediate
action by increasing the num-
ber of staff members involved
in handling sexual misconduct
on campus in addition to mov-
ing forward with a review of
the current Sexual Misconduct
Policy.
“We are adding staff to help
us develop and deliver the best
possible prevention and educa-
tion programs, to speed up sex-
ual misconduct investigations
and to help counsel and support
survivors,” Schlissel said.
While the timeliness of the
University’s process in han-
dling sexual misconduct cases
has been a criticism in the past,
Schlissel said due to the com-
plex nature of sexual miscon-
duct cases, the University is
seeking to “make sure that our
process is both fair and thor-
ough.”
In
2013,
the
University
received national attention fol-
lowing the University’s decision
to permanently separate from
Brendan Gibbons, the Michigan
football team’s starting kicker,
four years after allegedly violat-
ing the Student Sexual Miscon-
duct Policy.
Highlighting survey results
relating to number of reported
instances of sexual misconduct,
Schlissel said only a “small frac-
tion” of sexual misconduct inci-
dents are reported — an issue
Schlissel said needs to be fur-
ther addressed by the Univer-
sity. Rider-Milkovich cited the
need to adjust current meth-
ods of educating students on
sexual misconduct, saying work
needs to be done to ensure stu-
dents feel safe and comfortable
reporting instances of sexual
misconduct.
“This data is critically impor-
tant to our work on this campus
because it provides institu-
tion specific information for
the first time that we will use
to shape additional preven-
tion efforts going forward as
well as identifying increased
efforts educating our students
on our policies, our resources,
and to strengthen and refine
our already existing signifi-
cant educational efforts, which
BEN SCHECTER/Daily
University President Mark Schlissel speaks at a conference discussing the University’s Campus Climate Survey on Sexual
Misconduct at the Union Wednesday.
See SURVEY, Page 3
City Council
approves closure of
Fourth Avenue after
decision is released
By ALYSSA BRANDON and
LARA MOEHLMAN
Summer Managing News Editors
As the release of the Supreme
Court’s decision on several con-
solidated same-sex marriage cases
draws near, preparations for the
decision that may legalize same-
sex marriage in all 50 states are in
full swing in the Ann Arbor com-
munity.
The
Supreme
Court
began
hearing oral arguments for sev-
eral consolidated cases challenging
same-sex marriage bans in four dif-
ferent states under the case titled
Obergefell v. Hodges in April.
One case the courts are con-
sidering includes DeBoer vs. Sny-
der, challenges Michigan’s ban on
same-sex marriage. In January
2012, Michigan residents April
DeBoer and Jayne Rowse filed a
lawsuit in the U.S. District Court,
challenging Michigan’s ban on
adoption by same-sex couples.
DeBoer and Rowse separately
adopted one son and two daugh-
ters, respectively, but were unable
to jointly adopt their children
because Michigan law does not
recognize same-sex marriages, and
only grants joint parent adoption
rights to married couples.
The Court’s decision in DeBoer
vs Snyder, and the all other con-
solidated cases, in part will deter-
mine if the Court considers the
14th amendment to require states
to recognize marriages between
same-sex couples.
The decision is expected in the
University releases sexual
misconduct survey results
A2 prepares
for ruling
on same-sex
marriage
CITY
See SCOTUS, Page 3
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