State lawmakers
tout “Yes Means
Yes” campaign
State Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr.
(D–Meridian Twp.) and State
Rep. Tom Cochran (D–Mason)
proposed legislation to require
schools
to
strengthen
their
definition of consent in their
sexual education courses, the
Detroit Free Press reported. The
legislation would clarify that sex
without a verbal “yes” could be
assault.
The bill would also clarify
that individuals can take back
their consent at any point and
that just because two individuals
are in a relationship does not
mean unwanted sex is not sexual
assault.
‘U’ business school
wins national honor
for diversity work
The Ross School of Business
received
the
2015
Higher
Education
Excellence
in
Diversity award for the school’s
efforts to integrate diversity
and inclusion throughout its
programs.
The award from INSIGHT Into
Diversity magazine is a national
honor and the will be featured
in the November 2015 issue of the
magazine, along with the 91 other
winners of the award.
The magazine commended
the Business School for its
efforts in inclusive excellence
displayed on the school’s
website. In addition, the school
has many student-led groups
and conferences that promote
diversity. The Business School
also recently launched a new
Identity and Diversity and
Organizations requirement
for undergraduates this fall,
providing students with the
opportunity to gain experience
working on diverse teams, as
well as encouraging a positive
organizational culture.
School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
reopens Moore
Building
After a three-year, $29.5 mil-
lion renovation, the School of
Music, Theatre & Dance’s Earl V.
Moore Building on North Cam-
pus reopened its doors for stu-
dents to enjoy improved music
study facilities, the University
Record reported.
Originally designed by famed
architect Eero Saarinen in 1964,
the building will now feature a
new entrance and lobby, a large
rehearsal hall, a music technol-
ogy center, a lecture hall, a suite
of percussion practice rooms and
new classrooms.
dent’s first stop was at Macomb
County Community College in
Warren last Wednesday.
In
Warren,
Obama
said
employers
are
increasingly
requiring some form of higher
education for new hires, a sen-
timent he echoed in his week-
ly address Saturday. In both
speeches, the President said
higher education is the best ticket
to the middle class.
“By the end of this decade, two
in three job openings will require
some higher education,” he said
Saturday in his weekly address.
“That’s one reason why a degree
from a two-year college will earn
you $10,000 more each year than
someone who only finished high
school. One study showed that a
degree from a four-year universi-
ty earns you $1 million more over
the course of a lifetime.”
In the weekly address, Obama
argued that because it is becoming
a necessity to earn a degree beyond
a high school diploma to succeed
in the workforce, it is important
that prospective students have
access to the kind of data the Col-
lege Scorecard provides.
“You’ll be able to see how
much each school’s graduates
earn, how much debt they gradu-
ate with, and what percentage of
a school’s students can pay back
their loans — which will help all
of us see which schools do the
best job of preparing America for
success,” he said.
The White House said in a press
release Saturday that this data is
critical because college costs and
student debt are growing.
“Students struggle to find
clear, reliable data on critical
questions of college affordability
and value, such as whether they
are likely to graduate, find mid-
dle-class jobs and pay off their
loans,” the release said.
Susan Dynarski, professor of
education, public policy and eco-
nomics at the University, said the
University does a good job pro-
viding funding for its low-income
students, especially in compari-
son to Ivy League schools.
College
Scorecard
reports
the average annual cost for in-
state students at public univer-
sities who are federal financial
aid recipients. It also provides a
cost breakdown based on family
income and a tool that allows stu-
dents to calculate their personal
net cost of attendance. Accord-
ing to the scorecard, the average
annual cost for in-state students
at the University is $16,287, which
falls just slightly under the report-
ed national average: $16,789.
The median earnings of Uni-
versity graduates who received
federal financial aid, 10 years
after their first year at the school,
totals $57,900 — more than
$20,000 higher than the report-
ed national average. Scorecard
says 78 percent of students who
attended the University are earn-
ing more than the median high
school graduate.
The site reports 37 percent
of students at the University
receive federal financial aid and
the median federal debt for stu-
dents who graduated from the
University is $22,000. Scorecard
notes that 93 percent of Univer-
sity graduates are in the pro-
cess of paying down their debt
— almost 30 percent higher than
the reported national average.
Dynarski said the scorecard is
useful because it provides pro-
spective students with a more
comprehensive picture of the
institutions they may attend.
She also said when the Obama
administration launched the Col-
lege Scorecard, it released the data
it contains in raw form, which
could enable other institution’s to
find innovative ways to dissemi-
nate the information to students.
“This means that all of the
nonprofit organizations out there
that aim to help students navigate
the college application process
can take this data and generate
their own scorecards, their own
apps for smartphones,” she said.
“So I think the point is for it to
leverage the capacity of other
organizations to help students.”
Dynarski
cautioned,
how-
ever, that the comparison the
site makes between each school-
specific metric and the national
average is not always the most
useful tool to look at in determin-
ing the performance of a particu-
lar institution.
To assess whether or not Uni-
versity graduates are success-
ful, she said comparisons should
be drawn only between the
University and its peer institu-
tions, such as the University of
California at Berkeley and the
University of Virginia. Students
at these schools, she said, come
from similar backgrounds and
have similar educational abilities
to University students — which
differ from those of the median
college student.
“I don’t think it would be accu-
rate or helpful to focus on, ‘Look:
University of Michigan graduates
make more money than the typi-
cal college student,’ because the
typical college student is going
to a non-selective institution and
they weren’t at the top of their
high school classes,” she said.
“Michigan can’t get credit for
how smart (its students) are com-
ing into Michigan.”
According to the scorecard, the
University of California at Berke-
ley has a graduation rate similar
to the University’s, and its median
graduate earns about $5,000 more
a year than the University’s. The
University of Virginia also has a
similar graduation rate to both
schools, and its median graduate
earns very close to its counterpart
at the University.
In an e-mail interview Tues-
day, Stephen DesJardins, profes-
sor of education and public policy
at the University, said he likes the
scorecard because it acknowl-
edges that prospective students
are consumers of information,
and provides them with the
information they need, based on
“official” government data.
He said it would be most useful
to what he called “traditional stu-
dents:” those looking to attend a
four-year institution straight out
of high school. DesJardins said
the scorecard would be of limited
use for non-traditional students.
He noted that while the tool
is helpful, it does not necessarily
meet all of the Obama adminis-
tration’s goals regarding the pro-
vision of higher education data.
He said the administration has
stated its goal to hold higher edu-
cation institutions more account-
able, and added that this tool does
little in that regard.
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Dean of Students Laura Jones describes her position to new and returning Central Student Council members and urges
them to use her as a resource during the CSG meeting at the Union on Tuesday.
small and can be implanted in
the patient’s body. It acts as a
“scaffold” by trapping metastat-
ic cancer cells from the patient’s
bloodstream during the early
stages of cancer.
Jeruss said the device could
be extremely useful because it
would serve as an early warn-
ing system for metastasis. Once
the cancer is detected, early
chemotherapy could prevent the
spread of cancer to other organs.
“We may be able to preserve the
integrity of the organs and ensure
longer survival,” Jeruss said.
In addition to detecting meta-
static breast cancer, the device
can prevent its spread. When
tested in mice, 88 percent fewer
cancer cells spread to the lungs
of animals with the scaffold
as compared to those without.
Jeruss said this ability to offset
cancer spread came as a surprise.
“The original intent of the
work was to examine an inter-
vention that could be used for
early detection,” Jeruss said.
“But we then came to find
that we were able to offset the
advancement in metastasis with
the device. That was a striking
finding for us.”
Jeruss said the device will
next need to be tested in human
breast cancer patients through a
clinical trial. She added that the
device may be useful for former
breast cancer patients who need
to watch for a recurrence, or for
high-risk healthy patients.
So far, the device has only
been tested for breast cancer
cells. Jeruss said researchers are
examining the device’s potential
usefulness in treating other can-
cers, including ovarian, prostate
and pancreatic cancer.
Shea said the device is not
only useful for diagnostic and
therapeutic purposes, but also
for uncovering how metasta-
sis occurs.
“This device is useful for try-
ing to understand the system,”
Shea said. “We can design an
implant and investigate the
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“We were able to, in my opin-
ion, prevent some trips to the
hospital because students had
food in their stomachs,” Charl-
ton said.
Between the hours of 7:15 and
10:30 a.m. on Saturday, 1,394 stu-
dents swiped into South Quad,
compared to the 114 that arrived
after the traditional opening
time. Hill and Bursley dining
centers also had an increase of
student diners during game day’s
early hours.
Though CSG made efforts to
increase the frequency of buses
to North Campus on Saturday,
Charlton said a higher concen-
tration of buses will be required
on future game days to meet the
demand of large groups heading
to central campus.
CSG
also
addressed
the
upcoming revision period for the
University’s Statement of Stu-
dent Rights and Responsibilities.
Public
Policy
sophomore
Jacob Pearlman, CSG chief of
student general council, request-
ed the assembly’s participation in
the amendment processes. The
document is amended once every
three years, and he requested
assembly members take advan-
tage of the opportunity and pro-
pose amendments.
Jones addressed the assembly
about how a close relationship
between CSG and the Dean of
Students Office may improve the
various services and programs
they offer.
Jones spoke of initiatives new
to campus since her appointment
such as the Expect Respect cam-
paign, which aims to promote an
inclusive campus environment,
and the Beyond the Diag pro-
gram, which provides an exten-
sion of University resources for
off-campus students.
“Seven years ago when I
arrived on campus, we did not
have anything in place to meet
the needs of off-campus students
in a formal sort of way,” Jones
said. “I worked hand-in-hand
with the Central Student Gov-
ernment at the time and students
on the then-safety commission
who conceived of what Beyond
the Diag should be.”
Jones said she hopes through-
out the next year, her office and
CSG can work together to ensure
these programs continue to grow
and evolve.
Much of the meeting was
spent
allocating
responsibili-
ties and community initiatives
to specific committees. Several
new members of CSG stressed
the importance of keeping their
campaign promises, specifically
their goal to increase the assem-
bly’s transparency.
Initiatives discussed include
plans
to
increase
outreach
through social media, as well as
implement regular coffee cart
conversations where CSG repre-
sentatives are positioned around
campus to interact with students
CSG
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