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Alum sentenced on
vandalism charge
after ski trip
By ALLANA AKHTAR
and ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporters
Matthew Vlasic, one of
four former fraternity mem-
bers charged in connec-
tion with damages inflicted
on a Northern Michigan
ski resort, was sentenced
Monday to two years of pro-
bation, 100 hours of com-
munity service and a $5,000
fine, according to Otsego
County Prosecutor Michael
Rola.
Vlasic,
former
member
of the University’s chapter
Senate Assembly
straw poll shows
support for more
Friday lectures
By GENEVIEVE HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
Senate Assembly members
voiced overwhelming support
for a proposal floated last week
to increase the number of
classes scheduled on Fridays.
The straw poll — which isn’t
binding — was conducted at
Monday’s meeting of the Senate
Assembly.
Classical Studies Prof. David
Potter, chair of the body’s
Student
Relations
Advisory
Committee, said the committee
has discussed the possibility of
increasing the number of Friday
morning classes in response to
excessive alcohol consumption
among students.
“The number of lecture classes
for first- and second-year classes
that occur with a Friday section
have declined significantly in
the course of the last couple of
years which has really led to a
much more intensive culture of
student drinking on what is now
known as ‘thirsty Thursday,’ ”
Potter said.
The issue was first raised at a
Senate Advisory Committee on
University Affairs meeting last
week, and was brought to the full
Senate Assembly on Monday.
In an interview last week
with
The
Michigan
Daily,
University
Provost
Martha
Pollack said she supported the
idea of having more classes
on Fridays, and noted that
schools and colleges are already
encouraged to hold 15 percent
of their classes on that day.
Specifically, the committee
suggested
the
central
administration mandate 100-
and 200-level courses with
10 sections or more have a
required lecture on Friday.
Potter said while the decision
to hold more Friday classes will
not alleviate dangerous campus
drinking entirely, it is a step in
Wholesale excise tax
on industry could
generate millions in
state revenue
By SAMANTHA WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann
Arbor)
introduced
legislation
Thursday that aims to legalize
and tax the private use of
marijuana for Michiganders who
are 21 and older.
The Marijuana Legalization
and Regulation Act — House
Bill
4877
—
would
allow
Michigan residents to grow a
limited amount of marijuana
plants in their own homes for
their own consumption. Under
the legislation, only licensed
dispensaries would be able to sell
marijuana to the public. Amounts
of one ounce or less can be
transferred between individuals
if no payment is exchanged.
In an interview, Irwin said
AAU data shows
survivors of sexual
assault unlikely to
report crime
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily Staff Reporter
About
30
percent
of
undergraduate women at the
University reported experiencing
nonconsensual
penetration
or sexual touching by force
or incapacitation during their
time at the University, a new
report released Monday found.
Nationwide, the figure was 23.1
percent.
Of University students who
experienced
nonconsensual
penetration involving physical
force, 76.8 percent of them did not
report the crime.
These findings come from
a set of data released by the
Association
of
American
Universities,
which
surveyed
28 top research universities,
including the University.
Of all students who said they
did not report their experience of
sexual misconduct, 37.4 percent
said it was because they didn’t
think anything would be done
about it. Of all students surveyed,
40.2 percent indicated it was
extremely or very likely that
campus officials would conduct
a fair investigation of a reported
instance of sexual misconduct.
Nationwide,
11.7
percent
of surveyed college students
experienced
nonconsensual
sexual contact as a result of force
or incapacitation, according to
the survey. The figure was 14.6
percent at the University.
Nationally,
50
percent
of
students who experienced sexual
misconduct said they did not
report the incident because they
didn’t consider it serious enough.
Of
University
students
surveyed,
30.3
percent
of
undergraduate women at the
University reported experiencing
nonconsensual
penetration
or sexual touching by force or
incapacitation during their time
at the University. Nationwide, the
figure was 23.1 percent.
Holly
Rider-Milkovich,
director
the
University’s
Sexual Assault Prevention and
Awareness
Center,
said
the
survey data will help inform the
University’s approach to sexual
misconduct.
“With regard to some areas of
nonconsensual sexual behavior,
our numbers are higher than the
aggregate data, while in other
areas we are consistent with it,”
she said. “But in all cases, the
numbers are too high and we
are committed to continuing
to address the issue of sexual
misconduct. The data from these
surveys are critical to our work.
The more we know about our
community, the better we are able
to tailor our programs to be most
effective.”
The
AAU
survey
results
come several months after the
University
released
its
own
sexual assault report in June. The
University’s data showed 22.5
percent of female students were
sexually assaulted during their
time at the school.
The AAU survey did point
to
consistencies
with
the
University’s own survey results
— namely that most instances
of
sexual
assault
occurred
after
verbal
pressure,
under
the influence of drugs or when
too drunk to stop what was
Members also
consider zoning
change, snow
removal policy
By LEA GIOTTO
Daily Staff Reporter
With a unanimous vote,
the Ann Arbor City Council
approved a resolution to enter
into an agreement with the
University’s Board of Regents
that
requires
the
City
to
contribute to the maintenance
of MCity — Ann Arbor’s
automated
vehicle
testing
facility that opened in July.
This
contract
will
make
way for the appropriation of
$79,252 in federal funds to
Mcity. The city of Ann Arbor
will contribute to the project
by helping to sustain the test
environment by maintaining
existing equipment, providing
network support and enhancing
the facility as needed for
additional research efforts.
The
resolution
approves
Ann Arbor’s participation in a
cooperative agreement between
the University’s Transportation
Research Institute (UMTRI)
and
the
Federal
Highway
Association, part of the goal of
seeking “external partners to
upgrade and leverage the test
COURTS
ACADEMICS
GOVERNMENT
DELANEY RYAN/Daily
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor recognized September as Recovery Month at the Ann Arbor City Council
meeting Monday.
See SENTENCE, Page 3
See SURVEY, Page 3
See BILL, Page 2
See COUNCIL, Page 3
See ASSEMBLY, Page 3
Ex-SAM
member to
face fines,
probation
‘U’ sexual assault results
placed in national context
Faculty discuss
Friday classes,
student data
City Council allocates funds
to maintain MCity facilities
Rep. Irwin
proposes bill
to legalize
marijuana
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