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LSA sophomore Kyle Johnson plays table tennis on the Diag using tables organized by the UM Table Tennis Club on Tuesday. 

PING PONG R ALLIES ON

Problems reported 
in several areas of 
Central Campus

By MICHAEL SUGERMAN

Daily News Editor

Just in time for the first day 

of 
class, 
University 
wireless 

networks decided not to make an 
appearance on Central Campus 
Tuesday.

Andy Palms, the executive 

director 
of 
communications 

systems and data centers, said 
the Wi-Fi problems — which 
began at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the 
MWireless, MGuest and eduroam 
networks all struggling to connect 
— should be resolved by early 
Wednesday morning. 

“It 
does 
not 
impact 
the 

Health System,” Palms said in 
an interview Tuesday about the 
intermittent service. “It does 
not impact the South Campus. 

It also does not impact most of 
North Campus. It’s pretty much a 
Central Campus issue.”

Tuesday’s 
problems, 
Palms 

explained, arose from a bug in the 
Wi-Fi vendor’s code as a result of 
heavy wireless use across campus.

“Today, 
by 
changing 

configuration and spreading the 
load out across more equipment, 
we decreased the impact of the 
bug,” Palms wrote.

Earlier, Palms had noted that 

the University upgraded roughly 

3,000 of its wireless access points 
over the summer. Doing so, he 
said, was part of accommodating 
a yearly increase in network use. 
This year’s Wi-Fi use rose by 20 
percent from last year, a change 
that Palms said is “well within our 
specs.”

During 
the 
day 
Tuesday, 

the 
University’s 
information 

technology phone line touted an 
automated message explaining 
that the connectivity issues were 

University to hire 

35 new faculty 
members over 
next four years

By TANYA MADHANI

Daily Staff Reporter

The University will invest 

$100 million in a new Data 
Science Initiative over the 
next five years with the aim 
of enhancing learning and 
research 
opportunities 
for 

students and faculty members.

To support the initiative, 

the University will hire 35 
new faculty members over the 
next four years and launch 
the Michigan Institute for 
Data Science, which will lead 
educational 
and 
research 

opportunities related to big 
data. Massive sets of data can 
help researchers produce new 
insights into a broad spectrum 
of topics, from learning and 
medicine to transportation and 

social media.

“Big 
data 
can 
provide 

dramatic insights into the 
nature 
of 
disease, 
climate 

change, 
social 
behavior, 

business 
and 
economics, 

engineering, and the basic 
biological 
and 
physical 

sciences,” University President 
Mark 
Schlissel 
wrote 
in 

a 
statement. 
“With 
our 

widely recognized strengths 
across all of these areas and 
our 
longstanding 
culture 

of 
collaboration 
across 

disciplines, U-M is in a unique 
position 
to 
leverage 
this 

investment in data science for 
the good of society.”

The initiative also aims 

to expand the University’s 
computing capacity, support 
interdisciplinary 
research 

on 
big 
data 
and 
provide 

opportunities 
for 
students 

interested in careers related to 
data science.

Engineering 
Prof. 
Alfred 

Hero and Brian Athey, a 
professor of psychiatry and 

Representatives to 
propose resolution 
for undocumented 

student aid

By JACKIE CHARNIGA

Daily Staff Reporter

At 
Central 
Student 

Government’s inaugural meeting 
of the school year Tuesday, 
representatives 
discussed 

priorities for the school year 
and confirmed nominations for 
executive positions.

Priorities

CSG President Cooper Charlton, 

an LSA senior, said his first 
priority is to ensure the student 
body understands the University’s 
Statement of Student Rights and 
Responsibilities.

The statement — which details 

expectations for student conduct 
and outlines suggested sanctions 
and disciplinary measures for 
violations — is due for revision 
this year. Students can suggest 
changes to the statement by the 
beginning of November, and for 
that reason, Charlton said it’s 

imperative students understand 
the document.

Charlton 
also 
discussed 

drinking 
culture 
on 
campus, 

particularly the University’s new 
efforts to curb alcohol abuse.

Whether they agree with the 

new plans or not, he said CSG 
representatives are in a good 
position to voice their opinions on 
the subject. The University’s new 
initiatives include plans to notify 
the parents of first-year students 
after they incur a second violation, 
as well as an effort to expand 
the presence of the University of 
Michigan Police Department off 
campus.

“Welcome 
Week, 
I’m 
sure 

everyone had fun, but there’s 
definitely a line and we all know 
what it is,” Charlton said.

CSG Vice President Steven 

Halperin, an LSA junior, also 
discussed CSG’s plans to approach 
sexual assault, citing a new 
program instituted in Greek life for 
incoming freshmen pledges.

Each incoming student vying 

for a position in a sorority or 
fraternity will be subject to a 
mandatory meeting about sexual 
assault prevention, Halperin said.

The 
formulation 
of 
sexual 

Ahead of today’s 
session , 

Schlissel discusses 

new initiatives

By ALLANA AKHTAR

Daily Staff Reporter

After a year of calls for 

increased campus diversity, 
University 
President 
Mark 

Schlissel said he expects to see 
signs of tangible improvement 
as early as this September.

In an interview with The 

Michigan Daily last week, 
Schlissel said he hopes this 
year’s freshman enrollment 
figures — typically released 
in the fall — will reflect the 
impacts of a new University 
effort to package the delivery 
of financial aid awards and 
admissions decisions.

“We should start to see 

President says 
updates likely 
won’t impact 

consent definition

By SAM GRINGLAS

Managing News Editor

University President Mark 

Schlissel told The Michigan 
Daily he hopes to update the 

University’s Student Sexual 
Misconduct Policy “before the 
new year.”

“The goal of making change 

is to have the process be as fair 
as possible to the complainant 
and the respondent to help us 
arrive at a decision which is 
the right one,” he said in an 
interview.

Schlissel 
previously 

discussed 
the 
University’s 

intentions to consider changes 
to the policy at a fireside 

chat in April. The policy was 
last revised in 2013, when 
it was updated based on a 
set 
of 
recommendations 

handed down by the U.S. 
Department 
of 
Education. 

The updated version changed 
the burden of proof applied 
when 
adjudicating 
sexual 

misconduct 
cases. 
Now, 

decisions 
require 
only 
a 

“preponderance of evidence,” 
meaning an incident is more 

IT staff troubleshoot issues 
with ‘U’ wireless networks

‘Big data’ 
initiative 
to receive 
$100M

At first meeting, 
CSG discusses 
fall priorities

See WIRELESS, Page 2A
See DATA, Page 3A

See CSG, Page 2A

See POLICY, Page 3A

ALLISON FARRAND/Daily

University President Mark Schlissel speaks with Michigan Daily reporters at the Fleming Administration Building 
on Septemer 1, 2015.
Sexual misconduct policy 
to receive update by Dec.

Enrollment 
could show 
progress on 

diversity

Schlissel talks diversity, sexual misconduct

See DIVERSITY, Page 3A