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Michigan dominates
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HARVEST FESTIVAL
After SACUA
report, University
updates complaint
adjudication process
By SHOHAM GEVA
Daily News Editor
The University’s Office for Insti-
tutional Equity has modified its
procedures for investigating claims
of faculty harassment and discrim-
ination, following a faculty gover-
nance report that alleged several
flaws in the process.
The report, released in March by
the Senate Advisory Committee on
University Affairs, cited the cases
of three University faculty mem-
bers who were investigated by OIE
over the past several years. Two of
the three are no longer employed
by the University.
According to SACUA, the report
pointed to a lack of due process
during parts of OIE’s investigation
process, such as failing to provide
adequate notice to respondents
after a claim was filed and the
inability to appeal decisions.
In an interview with The Michi-
gan Daily last week, University
Provost Martha Pollack said OIE
implemented several changes in
response to the report.
The biggest change, Pollack said,
is a shift from a one-step to two-
step process for the initial meeting
with a faculty member.
During an initial consultation
with faculty, OIE will now describe
the allegations against them as well
as explain the OIE process. They
will also stress that the respon-
dent cannot levy “adverse actions
or consequences” against the com-
plainant for filing a grievance.
The formal interview of the fac-
ulty member conducted for use in
the OIE investigation will now be
postponed to a second meeting.
This interview was previously con-
ducted at the same time as the ini-
tial meeting in which respondents
had a chance to learn the allega-
tions lodged against them.
“That gives people time to sort of
understand what’s going on, gather
information, be prepared to answer
questions,” Pollack said.
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Redshirt junior wide receiver Amara Darboh makes a one-handed catch during Michigan’s 31-0 victory over BYU on Saturday.
Wolverines pass test, rout
No. 22 Brigham Young, 31-0
Michigan handles
Cougars easily in
shutout victory
By MAX BULTMAN
Daily Sports Editor
If No. 22 Brigham Young was
supposed to be a test for the
Michigan football team, the
Wolverines passed.
The Cougars seemed to be
a gauge for how far Michigan
had come since losing its sea-
son opener at Utah. And on Sat-
urday, the Wolverines looked
like a developed squad, trounc-
ing BYU, 31-0, in a game they
owned the whole way.
Fifth-year senior quarter-
back Jake Rudock was 14-for-25
passing, with one touchdown
through the air and two more on
the ground, and junior running
back De’Veon Smith racked up
125 yards and a score. Overall,
Michigan dominated a ranked
team at home, bucking an ugly
trend from recent seasons.
Coming into the game, Michi-
gan was 1-9 in its last 10 games
against ranked opponents.
“In my mindset it was like,
‘We gotta come out here and
make a statement,’ ” said red-
shirt junior receiver Amara
Darboh. “Do whatever it takes
to win. And we got the job done,
so that was good.”
Michigan coach Jim Har-
baugh opened up the playbook
in the first half, showing new
looks on offense that led to big
gains early on. The new cre-
ative play calling was especially
effective on Michigan’s second
drive, which was arguably its
best of the season.
First, Smith bounced to the
left for a 31-yard gain to the BYU
45-yard line. Then Darboh made
a highlight-reel catch, pulling
in an overthrown ball with one
hand, then falling backward
and securing a 21-yard recep-
tion. Redshirt sophomore tight
end Khalid Hill went uncovered
for 19 yards three plays later,
and Rudock finished it off with
a three-yard touchdown run at
the 6:52 mark of the first quar-
University lawyers
say admins can
determine gun
policy on campus
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily Staff Reporter
The University has defended
its campus weapons ban after
an open-carry advocate filed a
lawsuit against the institution
in June.
In a brief to the Court of
Claims,
University
lawyers
argue that the state constitu-
tion allows the University to
disregard the state’s open carry
law.
Ann Arbor resident Joshua
Wade filed the lawsuit after the
University denied his applica-
tion for a permit to openly carry
his gun on campus.
Weapons cannot be carried
on campus by anyone other
than law enforcement or the
military. Weapons are some-
times permitted for educational
purposes or for “extraordinary
circumstances,” in which the
director of public safety can
issue a waiver. Wade filed for
this waiver and was denied.
“The issue of firearm pos-
session on University property
goes directly to the day-to-day
operations of the institution,”
the brief states. “It implicates
the
University’s
judgments
regarding safety, housing, and
how best to foster an open and
welcoming educational envi-
ronment — all matters central
to the University’s function.”
Michigan state law says
people with concealed carry
permits are allowed to take
guns into public areas, such as
schools and churches, so long as
the weapon is visible.
University lawyers argued
Entrepalooza hosts
seven entrepreneurial
speakers for TED-
style conference
By BRANDON
SUMMERS-MILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
In a series of TED-style talks on
Friday, a lineup of seven seasoned
entrepreneurs talked risk-taking and
innovation as part of an annual con-
ference to promote the University’s
entrepreneurially minded organiza-
tions and departments.
Friday’s event, Entrepalooza, fea-
tured a keynote address by Katty Kay,
the lead anchor for BBC World News
America. Kay’s speech focused on
women in the workforce and devoted
special attention to taking entrepre-
neurial risks.
Aaron Dworkin, dean of the School
of Music, Theatre & Dance, delivered
a TED-style talk about social entre-
preneurship and preparing graduat-
ing students for meaningful careers.
Other speakers included Jill Ford, a
Participants use
their own samples
to inform studies
By JULIA LISS
Daily Staff Reporter
Students in the University’s
introductory biology lab now
have the option to join a sec-
tion in which they perform a
research study — with them-
selves as the subjects.
Biology 173 enrolls several
hundred students each semes-
ter and normally follows a text-
book curriculum of common
lab experiments. The new sec-
tion deviates from the standard
curriculum: students will be
both the researchers and sub-
jects of their own study.
Students will spend the
semester studying the effect
of dietary fibers — the parts of
plant-based food the body can’t
absorb or digest — on micro-
biome — or the full collection
of microbes in a community,
like the gut. They will test the
levels of fiber in their own gut
microbiomes before, during
and after adding a fiber supple-
See BUSINESS, Page 3A
See BIOLOGY, Page 3A
See LAWSUIT, Page 3A
See OIE, Page 3A
See FOOTBALL, Page 3A
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OIE to alter
procedures
for faculty
grievances
ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC SAFETY
‘U’ responds
to open-carry
lawsuit filed
by A2 resident
In intro biology, students
become research subjects
CAMPUS LIFE
Business
leaders talk
risk-taking,
innovation