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A 
group 
of 
University 

medical students are drawing 
attention to the dangers of 
tanning. 
In 
a 
viewpoint, 

the students report that at 
least seven of the high-rise 
apartment 
buildings 
near 

campus that primarily cater 
to students offer tanning beds 
free of charge.

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Fresh produce

BY ISOBEL FUTTER

M Farmers Market will run 

weekly this year, by popular 
demand. Held at the Michigan 
Union, the market offers fresh 
vegetables and fruits provided 
by a local farm. Organizers 
say the selection of produce 
is designed to give students 
more healthy eating options on 
campus.

Tanning beds

OPINION

DELANEY RYAN /Daily

Engineering freshman Grayson Rice practices moves in a 
training session hosted by the Bujinkan Budo Club at the CCRB 
on Monday. 

BUJINK AN BUDO

TUESDAY:

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THURSDAY:
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WEDNESDAY:

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TUESDAY:

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MONDAY:

This Week in History

TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

NOTABLE QUOTABLE: FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES

Key quotes from last 

week’s events

Ann 
Arbor 
City 

Councilmember 
Mike 

Anglin in response to a 
proposed construction project 
on Main Street: 

“This building is trying 

to squeeze something into a 
spot that it doesnt work in.”

University 
President 

Mark 
Schlissel 
on 
the 

University’s 
forthcoming 

diversity plan:

“We know the process 

itself will be neither easy nor 
quick. We will disagree at 
times, but the structure we’ve 
built is designed to encourage 
discussion, the sharing of 

successful programs and the 
development of new ideas.”

Maryam 
Arbabzadeh 

— 
a 
Ph.D 
candidate 
in 

Natural 
Resources 
and 

Environment, 
an 
Iranian 

student and a member of the 
Iranian Graduate Students 
Association — on the Iran 
Deal:

“Iranians 
in 
the 
U.S. 

started the movement to 
show that they support the 
deal. there is a hashtag, 
#SupportIranDeal, because 
we want to show it all around 
the world and say that we 
support it.”

 LSA sophomore Shayna 

Mehta, an MHacks volunteer, 
on the importance of developing 

the Women@MHacks confer-
ence: 

“Hackathons in general — 

and it’s sort of extension to 
the tech community in gen-
eral — have a really serious 
gender gap. You know there’s 
a problem when schools and 
complanies are happy with an 
18-percent female representa-
tion in technology industries. 

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THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

Michigan 
football 

coach Jim Harbaugh 
said 
Monday 
that 

a redshirt year for 

backup quarterback Shane 
Morris, who hasn’t seen 
game action this season, is 
still a consideration. 
>> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PG. 7

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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

At 
approximately 
1:30 

p.m. a call was placed to 
emergency 
responders 

after a woman was bitten at the 
Matthaei Botanical Gardens 
on Monday, the Ann Arbor 
News reported. She was bitten 
above the ankle by an Eastern 
Massasauga Rattlesnake.

1

A professor at Delta 
State 
University 
in 

Mississippi was shot and 

killed in his office on Monday, 
the 
Chronicle 
of 
Higher 

Education reported. Another 
faculty member, who is now 
dead, is considered a suspect.
3

Lunchtime 
discussion

WHAT: My Brothers, 
a monthly lunch series, 
will kick off its first event. 
Open to students, faculty 
and staff, the series is 
meant to discuss the 
experience of “men of 
color” at the Univeristy.
WHO: Office of Academic 
Multicultural Initiatives
WHEN: 12 p.m. 
to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan 
Union, Central Student 
Government Chambers

Red Cross
blood drive

WHAT: Students can 
schedule an appointment 
to donate blood by going 
to redcrossblood.org 
and using the sponsor 
code “goblue” Tuesday.
WHO: American 
Red Cross Club
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: East Hall, 
Psych Atrium
Data lecture

WHAT: Danah Boyd, 
an expert on data-driven 
technologies, will talk 
about the potential 
consequences of using 
case-specific data 
algorithms outside of 
their intended application. 
WHO: School of 
Information
WHEN: 1:30 p.m. 
to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham 
Graduate School 
Amphitheatre

Relaxation

WHAT: MHealthy’s 
Beautiful Break allows 
students and faculty 
to “create through 
art” and seek calm 
through “movement 
and meditation.” 
WHO: MHealthy
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Robert H. Lurie 
Engineering Center

Human rights 
lecture

WHAT: Philip Alston, 
the United Nations Special 
Rapporteur on extreme 
poverty and human rights, 
will deliver a lecture on 
human rights in relation to 
the World Bank.
WHO: International 
Institute
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social 
Work Building, Room 1636

Resume

WHAT: The Career 
Center will offer its 
weekly “Resume 101” 
resume-building 
workshop.
WHO: Career Center
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Career Center

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ROBERT DUNNE /Daily

Ann Arbor resident Harvey Pillersdorf talks with Jeff Irwin (D) of the 
53rd District at Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi’s official 
announcement of his candidacy for state representative at Buhr Park 
Children’s Wet Meadow Project on Monday.

Medical School hosts admissions chat

‘U’ alum announces 
candidacy for House

Group of current 
students answer 
questions about 

admissions process

By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT

Daily Staff Reporter

The 
University 
Medical 

School’s admissions office took 
to Twitter on Monday night, 
answering questions during an 
hour-long live chat with prospec-
tive students who had questions 
about the admissions process.

Students interested in apply-

ing to the M.D. program tweeted 
questions and concerns to @
UMichMedAdmiss and including 
#GoBlueMed in their 140-char-
acter posts.

Eight current Medical School 

students helped run the Twitter 
account, providing first-person 

stories to help answer questions.

A prevalent concern among 

the prospective students was 
the availability of research and 
extracurricular 
opportunities 

at Michigan. In addition, many 
applicants asked about student 
life in Ann Arbor, as well as study 
abroad and volunteering oppor-
tunities.

“The faculty/staff here are 

incredibly responsive to your 
interests in clinical and basic 
science research,” the Medi-
cal School Admissions Twitter 
replied. “Students are happy, 
mentorship and support are 
amazing, (and there are) many 
strong research programs.”

According to U.S. News, the 

University Medical School cur-
rently ranks 10th nationally in 
research and fifth nationally in 
primary care. For the class of 
2014, 10.1 percent of 5,776 appli-
cants were interviewed, and 177 
were eventually admitted.

The Twitter chat also revealed 

an interest among prospective 
students in patient care in under-
represented or underserved pop-
ulations.

“How does learning to practice 

medicine in Ann Arbor contribute 
to one’s preparedness for serving 
the underserved?” one Twitter 
user, Meghan Schmitt, asked.

“Our Doctoring and Patient 

Centered Care parts of the cur-
riculum prepare us to work with 
the underserved,” the admissions 
profile wrote. “And there are 
opportunities to volunteer with 
homeless/uninsured 
popula-

tions in Detroit and around (Ann 
Arbor).”

Many 
students, 
including 

Nicole Elmblad, Michigan Wom-
en’s Basketball guard, inquired 
about the student culture and 
sense of cooperation among M.D. 
candidates.

“How’s the student culture?” 

Elmblad asked. “Is there more of 

a sense of working together (ver-
sus) competing among students?”

“There’s definitely a sense of 

huge collaboration among class-
mates,” the profile replied. “I’ve 
yet to see real competition among 
my classmates.”

In response to a prospective 

student, a second-year Medi-
cal student answering ques-
tions from the account who 
identified herself by the hashtag 
“#MeghanM2” echoed the senti-
ment of collaboration.

“My classmates are definitely 

the best part,” she wrote. “They 
bring so many different perspec-
tives and ideas.”

Medical School Admissions, 

in addition to pointing out the 
diversity of student culture and 
extracurricular 
opportunities 

available, noted that the Medical 
School offers about $10 million 
in aid to students each year.

The next Twitter chat will be 

hosted on Oct. 7.

Yousef Rabhi to 
run in Michigan’s 

53rd district

By ALLANA AKHTAR

Daily Staff Reporter

Washtenaw County Commis-

sioner Yousef Rabhi announced his 
candidacy for state representative 
to the 53rd Michigan House Dis-
trict in the Buhr Park Children’s 
Wet Meadow Project Monday 
afternoon.

Rabhi said he chose to launch 

his candidacy at the park because 
it was the place that spurred his 
political career — when he was in 
pre-school.

“This is where I realized, not 

only the power of the environment 
and nature to make good change, 
but the power of community to 
come together and make it hap-
pen,” he said.

In his address to his supporters 

and family, he noted some of the 
change he brought to Washtenaw 
County as commissioner, includ-
ing building a community dental 
clinic for low-income residents, 
passing preferred ordinances for 
local and environmentally-friendly 
businesses and extending munici-
pal ID cards to residents without 
other forms of identification, such 
as undocumented immigrants, the 

elderly and those living under the 
poverty line.

While creating programs to spur 

social justice, Rabhi said he also 
produced a balanced municipal 
budget for four years and achieved 
a triple-A bond rating for the first 
time in Washtenaw County histo-
ry. He said his success both socially 
and economically proves him a 
worthy contender for the race.

“This shows you that you can 

have fiscal stability and you can 
have social change all in one,” he 
said. “One does not have to com-
promise the other, we can work on 
both and still achieve a better com-
munity.”

Rabhi has resided in Ann Arbor 

his entire life, attending Huron 
High School and earning a bach-
elor’s degree in environmental sci-
ence from the University in 2010. 
Along with being county commis-
sioner, he works full-time at the 
Matthaei Botanical Gardens and 
Nichols Arboretum. 

City Councilmember Sabra Bri-

ere endorsed Rabhi and attended 
the event in support of his cam-
paign.

She said his ability to work 

within a local community, as well 
as enthusiasm and dedication to 
his job, made him an outstanding 
county commissioner.

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