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ADMINISTRATION
Common thread in
search for ‘culture
shift’ is heightening
students’ role
By ALLANA AKHTAR
and MICHAEL SUGERMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
and Daily News Editor
Days after the release of new
sexual assault data from a survey
conducted by the Association of
American Universities, Univer-
sity administrators stressed in
an exclusive interview with The
Michigan Daily on Thursday
that they remain committed to
preventing sexual misconduct
— while also acknowledging
that some of their efforts are not
reaching students as effectively
as they’d hope.
Twenty-eight schools partici-
pated in the AAU survey, includ-
ing the University. Compared
to other schools, many of the
University’s results showed both
higher instances of sexual assault
and higher disillusion with the
process of adjudicating it.
Nationwide, 11.7 percent of
surveyed college students expe-
rienced nonconsensual sexual
contact as a result of force or inca-
pacitation since entering college,
according to the survey. The fig-
ure was 14.6 percent at the Uni-
versity.
Whereas 63.3 percent of all
students surveyed felt campus
officials would take a report of
sexual misconduct seriously, only
40.2 percent of University stu-
dents surveyed believed this to
be true.
Research
Prof.
William
Axinn, a survey research expert,
explained that though the differ-
ences in these numbers appear
meaningful, they lack statisti-
cal significance. For example, he
said, after several students at the
University voiced concerns about
potentially triggering language
in the AAU survey, that language
See ADMINS, Page 3A
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Concussion lawyer Steven Pachman speaks about the legal process associated with concussion cases to attendees of the University of Michigan Injury Center
Sport Concussion Summit at the Junge Family Campions Center on Thursday.
Researchers focus
on evaluating long-
term impacts for
student-athletes
By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT
Daily Staff Reporter
At a conference hosted by the
University’s Injury Center on
Thursday, speakers discussed
how sports-related concussions,
an issue that has attracted atten-
tion in recent years from high-
profile incidents in the NFL and
college athletics, impacts stu-
dent-athletes.
The Injury Center hosted the
Sport Concussion Summit at the
Junge Family Champions Center,
attached to Crisler Arena. Dur-
ing the day-long event, speakers
from various fields related to
sports injuries touched on topics
such as concussion science, team
policies, the influence of media
and legal implications.
Steven Broglio, the associate
professor of athletic training
who was the event’s director and
moderator, said the summit pro-
vided a chance to explain the lat-
est research on the topic.
“(The summit) is an opportu-
nity to educate the public, and
not only athletes, but research-
ers, scientists, clinicians that
are interested in this,” he said.
“We’re really trying to show
what the science is behind the
injury as opposed to what is
often portrayed in the media.”
Last fall, the topic generated
significant attention when then-
sophomore quarterback Shane
Morris was allowed back on the
field after suffering a “probable,
mild” concussion during a Sept.
27, 2014 game against Minne-
sota.
Lloyd Carr, former head coach
of the Michigan football team,
gave the opening remarks. The
keynote address was given by
Brian Hainline, chief medical
officer for the NCAA.
See BRAIN, Page 3A
STATE GOVERNMENT
Oakland, Eastern
Michigan University
presidents explain
choice to exceed limit
By SAMANTHA WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
Representatives from Eastern
Michigan University and Oak-
land University testified Thurs-
day before a joint meeting of
the Michigan House and Senate
Appropriations
subcommittees
on higher education to explain
their tuition hikes for the current
year, which, unlike the Univer-
sity’s, exceeded state limits.
Though University officials
were not involved in Thursday’s
hearing,
conversation
about
tuition caps and the incentives
that drive them do have an impact
on the University’s process for
setting tuition rates.
EMU raised tuition by 7.8
percent and Oakland University
raised tuition by 8.48 percent,
above the 3.2-percent limit set by
the state as a condition of receiv-
ing part of a 2-percent increase
in state funding. The University
raised tuition this year by 2.7 per-
cent for in-state students, con-
sistent with the cap. It has not
exceeded it in past years either.
Performance-based
funding
for all universities, tied to both
caps on tuition and six other
aspects of performance — includ-
ing six-year graduation rates,
degree completion in critical
areas and administrative costs —
have been in place since 2012.
Because their tuition rates
exceeds state limits, EMU and
Oakland are forfeiting $1 million
and $1.2 million, respectively, in
state incentive funding. However,
the hikes will earn EMU $10 mil-
lion this year in additional tuition
revenue. Oakland will make an
extra $12 million in tuition.
Several members of the com-
See TUITION, Page 3A
DELANEY RYAN/Daily
Suzanne Lee, a London-based biological fashion designer, speaks on creating materials and garments from micro-
organisms at the Michigan Theater Thursday.
Suzanne Lee
discusses work
growing clothes
from microbes
By TOM MCBRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter
Suzanne
Lee’s
fashion
design
studio
is
different
than most. It’s not filled with
sketches and silks, but instead
occupied by vats of microbes
bubbling away while they feast
on sugars to produce her latest
clothing line.
In the first of this year’s
Penny Stamps Speaker Series,
Lee spoke to a packed Michigan
Theater about the intersection
of synthetic biology and design.
She discussed her involvement
in the multidisciplinary field,
from growing clothes in micro-
bial vats to growing cow skin to
produce leather in a way that
doesn’t involve slaughtering.
Lee described her job as cre-
ative director at the biodesign
firm Biocouture, where she has
been making garments derived
from microbial cellulose, say-
ing she was influenced by her
fascination with the future and
concerns about sustainability
in fashion.
“Rather than think about
growing a plant like cotton in
a field to obtain fiber, where
you’re throwing away 99 per-
cent of that plant just to get
these fibers that need to be
spun and woven into a fabric,
you can think about taking a
See FASHION, Page 3A
CAMPUS LIFE
Young Americans
for Freedom host
House Budget
chairman
By BRIAN KUANG
For the Daily
U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R–Ga.), a
University alum, visited campus
Thursday evening to address the
Young Americans for Freedom
on topics including healthcare
reform and Donald Trump.
A recurring theme throughout
Price’s discussion to a crowd of
around 40 in the Michigan Union
was his goal to limit federal regu-
lation and involvement in busi-
ness and other realms.
Price, also the chairman of
the House Budget Committee,
pointed to the issues of balloon-
ing college tuition and what he
says are entitlement costs from
programs such as Medicare and
Social Security. He argued that
the delegation of more authority
to individual states would signifi-
See PRICE, Page 2A
‘U’ admins
reflect on
AAU sexual
assault data
University hosts summit
on concussion research
House, Senate
committees
hear testimony
on tuition caps
Designer takes scientific
approach toward fashion
Rep. Price
talks GOP
primary,
healthcare
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