michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, September 16, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 126 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A ARTS.......................... 5A SPORTS ......................7A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A T H E S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . .1 B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM ‘U’ employee dies in Chemistry Building MICHIGANDAILY.COM/NEWS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW HI: 81 LO: 55 the statement 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 RUBY WALLAU/Daily 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