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NEWS
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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MONDAY:
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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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Photos of the Week
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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