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GOVERNMENT
Federal resouce
to provide data on
costs, financial aid
by school
By SAMI WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
With college application sea-
son in full swing, the White
House launched a new initiative
Saturday to provide a compre-
hensive college data source for
prospective undergraduates.
The
College
Scorecard
—
which includes data by college
on cost of attendance, graduation
rates and student loan debt — is
intended to help families deter-
mine which schools may be the
best fit. The scorecard also con-
textualizes each school’s set of
data by providing comparisons to
national averages.
The site also links to resources
that provide students with infor-
mation on federal financial aid
packages, as well as a tool that
forecasts the federal aid students
would likely receive.
Along with the rollout, the
U.S. Department of Education
highlighted the University’s for
its high graduation rate and low
costs for low-income students.
The University was one of 30
schools to make the list, which
included several Ivy League
schools like Harvard Univer-
sity and Yale University. Only six
public universities made the list,
including two of the University’s
peer institutions, the University
of Virginia and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Obama has recently intro-
duced several policy initiatives
focused on higher education,
including a plan to move the Free
Application for Federal Student
Aid deadline forward to align
the delivery of aid packages with
college decisions, as well as a
$175-million grant competition
to promote apprenticeships.
Along with First Lady Michelle
Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and Secre-
tary of Education Arne Duncan,
Obama is leading a nationwide tour
focused on education. The presi-
See SCORECARD, Page 3A
School of Music, Dance and Theater freshmen Cailin Ferguson (left) and Alyssa Gorman (right) dance improv under trees outside the Central Campus
Recreation Building for a dance composition class on Tuesday.
DANCES WITH TRE ES
Mechanism
developed at ‘U’
could also improve
early detection
By IRENE PARK
Daily Staff Reporter
University researchers pub-
lished a study last week that
could lead to a lower mortality
rate for breast cancer patients.
Lonnie Shea, professor of bio-
medical engineering and chemi-
cal engineering, and Jacqueline
Jeruss, associate professor of
surgery, developed a device to
attract and capture cancer cells.
The aim: improve early detec-
tion of breast cancer that spread
to other organs — such as lungs,
liver, brain and bones — and form
tumors, which is called metasta-
sic breast cancer. This can subse-
quently cause organ failure.
The study, published in Nature
Communications, reports the
device can not only aid early
diagnosis, but also prevent breast
cancer’s further spread.
Shea said metastasis is often
discovered when the tumor has
already spread to other organs and
the organs’ functions are impaired.
“Unfortunately, the available
therapies are not very effective
at that point,” Shea said.
According to the National
Cancer Institute, breast cancer is
the second most common cancer
for women in the United States,
and the second leading cause of
cancer-related deaths in women.
There are about 230,000 new
cases in women and 2,300 cases
in men each year.
The
porous,
sponge-like
device described in the study is
SCIENCE
See BREAST CANCER, Page 3A
RESEARCH
Study finds daily use
climbed nationally,
though prevalence in
A2 remains unclear
By KATIE PENROD
Daily Staff Reporter
Students in the United States
are using marijuana at the high-
est rate since 1980, according
to recent results from a survey
conducted by the University’s
Institute for Social Research.
Though the numbers attracted
significant attention nationally,
it’s unclear whether the findings
mirror trends at the University.
The study, funded by the
National
Institute
on
Drug
Research and conducted annu-
ally for the past 35 years, found
that one in 17 college students
smokes marijuana on a daily or
near-daily basis.
The number of students who
said they had used marijuana
within the past 30 days also
increased in recent years, from
17 percent in 2006 to 21 percent
in 2014. Additionally, the per-
centage of students who said
they had smoked in the past
year increased from 30 percent
in 2006 to 34 percent in 2014.
Lloyd Johnston, a research
professor and senior research
assistant at the Institute for
Social Research, said the sur-
vey doesn’t provide a defini-
tive answer as to whether these
trends apply at the University.
Because the survey pulled from
students nationwide, there is no
data specific to Ann Arbor.
However, he said because the
University is academically rig-
orous and selective, marijuana
use might not be as prevalent
compared to other schools.
On the other hand, John-
ston said the perception of
marijuana’s risks has decreased
in recent years, leading to
increased use in many parts of
the United States. The survey
found the percentage of high
school graduates, ages 19 to 22,
who thought marijuana was
dangerous decreased from 55
Pollack: Proposal
could decrease
alcohol consumption
on Thursdays
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily News Editor
University Provost Martha
Pollack said Tuesday she was
supportive of a faculty recom-
mendation that more classes
be held on Friday to address
excess student drinking.
The Senate Advisory Com-
mittee on University Affairs
suggested the proposal Mon-
day during their weekly meet-
ing, which Pollack attended.
“I am very concerned — I
think as is (University Presi-
dent Mark Schlissel), and Vice
President (for Student Life E.
Royster) Harper — about the
issue of drinking on campus,”
Pollack said in an interview
with The Michigan Daily. “And
we do know that one of the
issues is that now the weekend
often spans three days and that
there is a problem with Thurs-
day evening drinking and there
is research that shows that Fri-
day classes cut down on Thurs-
day-evening
drinking.
So,
because I actually care quite
deeply about the safety and
well-being of our students, I
See MARIJUANA, Page 6A
See PROVOST, Page 6A
RITA MORRIS/Daily
Engineering sophomore Jacob Lutz plays pool with friends at the Michigan Union Pool Room on Tuesday.
BILLIARDS BONANZ A
ACADEMICS
Early-bird hours
draw hundreds of
students before
Oregon St. matchup
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
Central Student Government
convened for their second meet-
ing of the semester on Tuesday to
outline several initiatives for the
upcoming year. Dean of Students
Laura Blake Jones also addressed
the assembly to promote a close
working
relationship
between
CSG and her office.
CSG President Cooper Charl-
ton, an LSA senior, also lauded the
assembly’s joint initiative with
University Dining to open din-
ing halls on last Saturday’s game
day up to three hours earlier than
normal weekend hours. The effort
aimed to curb unsafe drinking by
providing students, particularly
freshmen, access to food before
tailgating activities.
See CSG, Page 3A
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily
» INSIDE
Toeing the line: Navigating
roommate conflict at the ‘U’
New college
‘scorecard’
aims to aid
applicants
New device could prevent
the spread of breast cancer
Marijuana use
among students
reaches new high
Provost open to idea of
increasing Friday courses
CSG touts
success of
game day
dining plan