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Thursday, August 13, 2015
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NEWS
“That’s far worse than not hav-
ing a deal. And this deal is beyond
bad.”
An Iran deal negotiated under
a “President Trump”, he added to
cheers, would have included return
of four Americans who have been
identified by the U.S. State Depart-
ment as being held in the country
against their will. The current deal
doesn’t mention the four.
Moving closer to Michigan, he
also discussed the construction of
a $2.5 billion Ford plant in Mexico,
which he criticized as negative for
American businesses.
“Ford is building a $2.5 bil-
lion car factory in Mexico,” he
told reporters before the speech.
“I went to the Wharton School of
Finance. How does that help us?”
Speaking to the crowd, he con-
tinued the criticism, drawing some
of the loudest applause of the eve-
ning.
“We don’t have to be business
geniuses to figure well, they’re
building a plant, it’s a massive
plant, one of the biggest in the
world,” he said. “And I actually
gave them a good idea. Why don’t
we just let the illegals drive the
cars and trucks right through the
border?”
Trump provided few policy
details for most of the issues he
mentioned— a common criticism
of his campaign —but told report-
ers before the speech that he
would roll out “numbers and spe-
cifics” within the next two weeks.
In response to multiple media
questions about providing more
details on policy, he cited several
previous business deals where he
said he’d succeeded by not going in
with a fully defined plan.
“I think you’re going to see lots
of plans…and you have to under-
stand, when you’re coming up with
a plan, in business, you’ve got to
be flexible,” he said. “You’ve got to
have flexibility.”
For attendees who left satisfied
with the speech, though, Trump’s
appeal seemed to lie more in other
aspects.
Christian Lee, a Canton resi-
dent, said he liked Trump not nec-
essarily because of a specific policy
platform, but more because of how
he approached politics and policy
overall.
“I’ve always enjoyed his take on
politics, and saying it straight and
not trying to be politically cor-
rect,” Lee said.
Nancy Hyd-Davis, who volun-
teered at the event, echoed the
appreciation of Trump’s presence.
“I like him more now than I did
coming into it,” she said after the
speech. “I think we’re too politi-
cally correct, and I think we need
somebody with a strong personal-
ity.”
Keith Herzog, a Linden resident,
and Donald Crawford of San Fran-
cisco, described a similar appeal.
“(A) voice of power, instead of
laying down — the passion and
confidence, I wanted to see it in
person,” Crawford said.
“Everybody says he’s overly
arrogant,” Herzog added. “But at
the same time, I think he’s not,
after listening to him in person,
because they only put one side
to him…he’s not as arrogant, he
thinks through his ideas.”
When
asked
whether
they
thought Trump’s message would
resonate in Michigan, which typi-
cally has swung Democratic in
presidential elections but leaned
Republican in the past few mid-
term elections, responses were
mixed.
Citing Trump’s criticism of
Ford’s plant in Mexico, Herzog
said the issue would help him in
the state.
“He wants it be here, he says
— that alone will make Michigan
vote for him 100 percent,” Herzog
said.
“I think he could attract more
people because he’s different,”
Lee said. “I don’t know if he could
make Michigan go Republican, but
I think he has a better shot than
Jeb Bush or someone who’s more
mainstream.”
Outside the venue earlier in
the day, the roughly 70 Demo-
cratic activists gathered to pro-
test Trump had a slightly different
view.
Bobbie Walton, head of the
advocacy group Citizens Against
Government Overreach, said she
didn’t necessarily see a big chance
for Trump in Michigan, but that
his influence on election as a whole
could matter.
“There will be some (votes for
Trump),” she said. “But he’s set-
ting the standard, and he’s starting
the conversation, and we need to
change the conversation.”
Another protester, David Roof, a
Grand Blanc resident, had harsher
words for the candidate and the
crowd.
“It’s the attraction of people
driving down a road and looking at
road-kill,” he said.
TRUMP
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Social Security, one quarter
of elderly Americans would fall
below the poverty line, but with
Social Security this proportion has
been reduced to 10 percent. Simi-
larly, before Medicare was enact-
ed, about half of elderly Americans
had no form of health insurance
but now coverage is nearly univer-
sal for senior citizens who often
have significant health needs.”
The discussion largely focused
on the future direction of Medi-
care and Social Security in light
of the fact that the main popula-
tion it serves — older Americans
— is expected to double within the
next 40 years, making the program
more costly.
“America cannot afford not to
have Social Security,” U.S Rep.
Debbie Dingell said. “Social Secu-
rity is the bedrock of our nation’s
safety net and the first step in
secure retirement that our seniors
have earned and count on.”
University professors at the
roundtable also stressed that qual-
ity, rather than cost, should be the
primary objective in determining
future health care policy.
“It’s the cost of healthcare
that’s being discussed much more
so than the quality” said Internal
Medicine Prof. Mark Fendrick.
“I did not go to medical school to
learn how to save people money.
I really do believe whether it be
in state capitols or boardrooms or
in the hallowed halls of U.S Con-
gress, there’s way too much atten-
tion being spent on how it’s being
spent as opposed to how well we’re
spending it.”
In an interview after the event,
Debbie Dingell said while people
might not think about issues like
long-term care or retirement when
they’re young, it’s relevant to
younger generations too because
of their opportunity to be proac-
tive.
“You don’t think about it when
you’re young, but that’s the time
when you should invest in long
term care because it’s not expen-
sive at that point” Dingell said.
“Young people need to think about
retirement, not only in terms of
starting to save… but they also
need to think about these kinds of
issues because they want to have a
SOCIAL SECURITY
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for medical student education.
The timing of the renovations
coincides with the newly imple-
mented medical school curricu-
lum. Dr. Mangrulkar spoke about
how the new curriculum will
focus on creating students who
are able to think scientifically
and
communicate
effectively,
working as leaders to problem
solve. “The library really ties
into these elements” said Dr.
Mangrulkar.
The building contains many
classrooms and meeting rooms,
lounges,
a
simulated
clinic
and new educational technol-
ogy. There are small group class-
rooms that allow collaboration
and facilitate discussion with
erasable walls and tables that
students can write on. Wellness
and meditation rooms, lounges
and a café allow students to
socialize, and numerous work-
stations provide access to print-
ed and digitized material.
In addition to the classrooms
and lounges, the library has
a clinical skills area. This is a
simulated clinic with 30 real-
istic patient care rooms, where
students are able to learn and
practice their fundamental clini-
cal skills. The rooms are set up to
resemble a real clinic, with medi-
cal technology and facilities for
medical students to learn hands-
on
skills.
Cameras
through-
out the rooms allow faculty to
review and provide feedback to
the students. The library also
contains new technology, such as
the Anatomage table, one of the
most technologically advanced
anatomy visualization systems
for anatomy education. The table
allows students to observe and
interact with human anatomy in
three-dimensions.
The Taubman Health Sci-
ences Library, while open to
the University community, will
primarily serve as a central hub
for University of Michigan’s 780
medical students, acting as the
main space for M-Home, a new
learning community within the
med school. In addition, it pro-
vides space for the University’s
1,000+ graduate and postdoctor-
al fellows in the sciences. Univer-
sity students studying medicine,
public health, dentistry, social
work, nursing, pharmacy and
kinesiology will all be able to uti-
lize the learning spaces within
the library, facilitating interpro-
fessional teamwork.
“The new library supports a
whole new way of interacting
with our students, facilitating
their learning and development”
TAUBMAN
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