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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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