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The Wolverines earn their third 
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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-

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See LAWSUIT, Page 3A

See OIE, Page 3A
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grievances

ADMINISTRATION

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