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Canvas to
replace
CTools by
fall 2016
Carson talks social issues,
education during Mich. stop
After 81 years,
‘Mud Bowl’ may
conclude streak
Harper outlines plans for
new multicultural center
After pilot, provost
says new learning
platform received
positive feedback
By GENEVIEVE HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
Say goodbye to CTools.
In
an
e-mail
Wednesday
afternoon,
University
Provost
Martha E. Pollack and Laura M.
Patterson, associate vice presi-
dent and chief information offi-
cer, announced that beginning
with the fall 2016 semester, all
new course sites will be hosted by
Canvas.
Canvas, piloted during the
2014-2015 academic year, is a dig-
ital course management system
with discussion boards, class-
room notifications and a plat-
form for submitting assignments,
among other features.
The pilot included more than
10,000 students, 150 instructors
and 130 courses. Of that group,
92 percent of faculty and 100 per-
cent of student focus group par-
ticipants either preferred Canvas
to CTools or were neutral to the
change.
In a press release, Wallace
Hopp, professor of industrial and
operations engineering and Busi-
ness School associate dean for
learning and design, said his tran-
sition to Canvas went smoothly.
“I love the fact that it’s becom-
ing a standard in our industry. I’m
talking to some of the other top
business schools and they’re on
Canvas, making it very easy for us
to share best practices,” he said.
“I converted over to Canvas this
year and I’m really pleased. I am
facilitating a flipped classroom
delivery and have set-up digital
videos and online assessments
through Canvas. It’s worked flaw-
lessly for me.”
The flipped classroom is a
model in which lectures are
delivered online and are watched
outside of class, allowing profes-
ACADEMICS
GOP presidential
contender, ‘U’
alum emphasizes
conservative values
By EMMA KINERY
Daily Staff Reporter
SPRING ARBOR, Mich. —
Chanting “Go Ben, Go!” and
“USA! USA! USA!” the crowd of
Ben Carson supporters who filled
Spring Arbor University’s gym-
nasium exploded with applause
as the former neurosurgeon and
University alum walked on stage.
Recent polls place Carson,
who is running for the Republi-
can nomination for president, in
second or third place in the GOP
field, behind Donald Trump and
in close competition with former
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fio-
rina.
Known for his Christian prin-
ciples and rags-to-riches story,
it’s not surprising Carson chose
to speak at the small Christian
university in Spring Arbor. Brent
Ellis, Spring Arbor University
president, led the crowd in prayer
during his opening remarks.
Prior to Caron’s arrival, Sen.
Mike Shirkey (R–Clarklake) and
Rep. Earl Poleski (R–Jackson)
eased the anxious crowd await-
ing Carson — who was stuck in
traffic — with a rendition of “God
Bless America.”
Carson opened his speech by
describing his life story, reflect-
ing on how his mother’s faith in
God helped him excel in school.
In elementary school, Carson
said he struggled academically
and envied others in class who
were naturally gifted in school.
Growing up in poverty in
Detroit, his mother forced him
and his brother to get serious
about their education by mak-
ing each of the boys write a book
report every week — it was only
later they discovered she was
illiterate.
“I was not very enthusiastic
about this program — and that’s
putting it very lightly — I didn’t
want to do that, her friends were
always criticizing her. They
IFC prevents Greek
life involvement in
annual event after
SAE loses charter
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
The Mud Bowl, a charity touch
football game hosted annually by
the University’s since-disbanded
chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra-
ternity, will not be played this year.
In the last five years, the event
has raised more than $100,000 for
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
The Interfraternity Council has
said Mud Bowl cannot be held due
to a standing policy that forbids fra-
ternities from co-sponsoring events
with chapters that have been dis-
banded. The University’s SAE chap-
ter, which has hosted the football
game for 82 years, lost recognition
from its national chapter this year.
The policy forbids fraternities
from co-sponsoring events with
illegitimate organizations — such
as an organization that is on social
probation, suspended or expelled
from the IFC — or they run the
risk being disbanded themselves.
Though IFC can’t prevent a private
group from hosting an event, Greek
life members — who have histori-
cally made up a large portion of the
event’s participants — would face
discipline if they were to participate
this year.
IFC President Alex Krupiak said
the policy was not created with the
knowledge that it would result in
the discontinuation of Mud Bowl.
He said, at that time, SAE was in
good standing with the IFC. SAE
was expelled from the IFC in 2011
for hazing.
“It’s not something that was cre-
ated in recent times,” Krupiak said,
“It was definitely more than three
years ago at minimum.”
Former SAE President Brett
Mizzi, a Business senior, said
Greek life is misapplying the policy,
because anyone who forms a seven-
person team is invited to partici-
pate.
“The fact that the University is
trying to intervene on individual
students’ decisions about whether
to play a touch football game or not
is absurd,” Mizzi said.
Public Policy junior Zachary
Dubin, a former member of SAE,
said halting the tradition of Mud
Bowl was unfair to previous genera-
GREEK LIFE
Some students
say they prefer
renovation of
current facility
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily Staff Reporter
During the height of #BBUM
— the student-driven campaign
that aimed to draw attention to
the experiences and challenges
of Black students on campus
— the movement’s leadership
stressed the importance of relo-
cating the Trotter Multicultur-
al Center closer to campus.
But at a forum on Wednes-
day, several students were hesi-
tant about moving the facility,
even as the University consid-
ers options for a new location.
E. Royster Harper, vice presi-
dent for student life, joined
several University officials at
Trotter to solicit input on the
process. During the session,
Harper emphasized the need to
honor the legacy of the original
facility, even if the University
moves forward with plans to
construct a new one.
University officials also dis-
cussed a potential the timeline
for building a new center and
provided their perspective on
the decision-making process.
The speakers included Uni-
versity Planner Susan Gott
and Diana Adzemovic, senior
design project manager for
Architecture, Engineering and
Construction at the University.
There are currently three
locations under consideration
for the construction of a new
multicultural center: the site
of the current Michigan News
Service building on Maynard
Street, between Betsy Barbour
and Helen Newberry Residence
Halls on State Street and near
the Munger Residences on
Peddle-powered,
booze-friendly
tour to stop at city
landmarks, bars
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
Trolley Pub, which offers ped-
al-powered trolley tours in cities
across the country and encourag-
es riders of age to bring their own
alcohol, is opening a branch in
downtown Ann Arbor. The trol-
leys can transport up to 14 riders,
who all help prop the trolley with
foot pedals, similar to a paddle
board.
The BYOB-style pub also offers
hop-on, hop-off service at several
Ann Arbor bars and local land-
marks.
Ann Arbor Trolley Pub will
start offering rides on Friday,
beginning at the Heidelberg res-
taurant on Main Street. For the
first two weeks, the company will
offer free promotional rides. Cus-
tomers are allowed to bring their
own beer and wine for the jour-
BUSINESS
MARINA ROSSDAILY
University Planner Sue Gott discusses potential locations of the Trotter Multicultural Center during a focus group at
the current Trotter Multicultural Center location on Wednesday.
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at the Spring Arbor University Fieldhouse on Wednesday.
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See CTOOLS, Page 3A
See MUD BOWL, Page 3A
See TROTTER, Page 2A
See PUB, Page 3A
Pub trolley
to launch in
downtown
Ann Arbor
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