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Vol. CXXIV, No. 114 | © 2015 The Michigan Daily 
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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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