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CAMPUS CONTEXT
Schlissel has ramped
up efforts to initiate
culture change, curb
drinking on campus
By GENEVIEVE HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
University Presi-
dent Mark Schlissel
and his administra-
tion have spent the
last
academic
year
working to roll out new
policy initiatives regarding sev-
eral campus issues — most notably
athletics, diversity, sexual assault,
alcohol abuse and Greek life. This
week, The Michigan Daily reviews
the events that got the ball roll-
ing. Today, we consider Schlis-
sel’s approach to initiating culture
changes in Greek life and alcohol
use on campus.
The overview: Upon arriv-
ing at the University, Schlissel
said addressing risky drinking
on campus would be a top prior-
ity for his first year on campus.
A 2015 study produced by the
Office of Student Conflict reso-
lution reported that alcohol and
drug-related violations of the
Statement of Student Rights and
Responsibilities increased by 29
percent over 2014.
The changes: Before this year’s
Welcome Week, the University
rolled out a package of initiatives
designed to curb alcohol abuse
on campus, including a policy
to notify the parents of students
with repeat alcohol offenses and
a program to ramp up Division
of Public Safety and Security
engagement efforts in student-
heavy neighborhoods. Schlissel
also spoke candidly during an
all-chapter Greek life meeting, in
which he called on the organiza-
tion to address its role in perpetu-
ating campus drinking culture.
The context: The first move to
approach the issue in recent years
began before Welcome Week in
2014. In an attempt to decrease
risky drinking, the University
opted to shorten Welcome Week.
The period between dorm move
in and the first day of classes,
DAVID SONG/Daily
Munger Fellows Catherine Cheung and Marco Hidalgo, unveil the giant, commemorative MCard in honor of Charles Munger that was used to officially open the
Munger Graduate Residencies on Wednesday.
Schlissel, students
celebrate opening
of new graduate
student housing
By LYDIA MURRAY
For the Daily
University officials and stu-
dents highlighted the impor-
tance
of
community
and
diversity as they celebrated the
opening of the Munger Gradu-
ate Residences on Wednesday, a
project largely funded by Univer-
sity alum Charles Munger, a real
estate mogul.
The residence hall, which
houses more than 600 graduate
students from 19 colleges and
schools in shared, apartment-
style units, aims to bring togeth-
er
students
from
diverse
backgrounds.
Business
graduate
student
Marco Hidalgo, who is a Munger
fellow, welcomed attendees by
describing his experience since
he moved into the residence hall.
Fellows
facilitate
community
building and serve as floor lead-
ers.
“I’m outside of my comfort
zone in every conversation, and
I’m really enjoying it,” he said.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel also spoke at the event,
discussing the importance of
creating a holistic learning expe-
rience out of the classroom.
“As I’ve been here now for a
year, I’ve come to realize that
every moment here is a pre-
cious opportunity for students to
learn, and of course that learn-
ing goes on in classrooms, but
the students are only spending
a fraction of their time in class-
rooms,” he said.
Kinesiology graduate student
Catherine Cheung said the resi-
dence hall fosters a unique sense
of community.
“We have absolutely every-
thing we need,” she said. “So
much so that the fellows have
coined the phrase ‘let me Mung-
er that for you,’ meaning let me
search our Munger community
for what you’re looking for.”
GOVERNMENT
See SCHLISSEL, Page 3A
See MUNGER, Page 3A
Federal Perkins
Loan provided
$12 million to ‘U’
students last year
By SAMANTHA WINTNER
Daily Staff Reporter
Legislation
enacting
the
Federal Perkins Loan Program
— which provides 500,000 low-
income students with need-
based financial aid to pay for
college — expired Wednesday.
The Perkins legislation origi-
nally expired in September
2014, but included a one-year
extension period so colleges and
universities could continue to
award loans after its expiration.
Wednesday marked the end of
that extension period.
A bill aiming to reinstate
the program for one more year
passed in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives on Monday, but no
similar bill has made its way
through the Senate thus far.
Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D–
Mich.) and Gary Peters (D–
Mich.) sponsored a resolution on
Sept. 24 expressing support for
the continuation of the Federal
Perkins Loan program, along
with several other senators.
In a press release Tuesday,
Sen. Peters said Perkins loans
give low-income students the
chance to earn a degree.
“The Perkins Loan Program
has helped make higher educa-
tion a possibility for millions of
students by providing afford-
able, low-interest loans,” he said.
“I strongly support continuing
this program to ensure that stu-
dents in Michigan are not priced
out of the opportunity to get an
education, and I will be working
with my colleagues in the Senate
to ensure that the Perkins Loan
Program is extended.”
However, until the Senate
passes a version of the House
See PERKINS, Page 3A
RUBY WALLAU/Daily
Michael Botticelli, director of national drug control policy, overviews drug policy on treatment and recovery during the
Recovery from Addication Conference in Rackham Amphitheatre on Wednesday.
Office of National
Drug Control
Policy director
talks recovery
By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT
Daily Staff Reporter
The drug czar paid a visit to
campus on Wednesday.
Michael Botticelli, director
of the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy,
discussed addiction during a
lecture at Rackham Amphithe-
atre on Wednesday morning.
Botticelli’s position is more
commonly known as President
Barack Obama’s “drug czar,”
and he directs drug control
policies in the United States.
His talk, delivered to about 30
University students and faculty
members, focused on substance
abuse recovery and included
testimonials from doctors and
recovery patients.
Botticelli, himself a recov-
ered alcoholic, discussed the
challenges faced by substance
abusers on their paths to recov-
ery.
“You don’t see hope on the
other side,” Boticelli said. “We
have to provide hope and have
people see what recovery is all
about.”
A main focus of the presen-
See CZAR, Page 3A
GREEK LIFE
Fraternity pledges
to appeal decision
after IFC votes to
expel chapter
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
At the weekly Interfraternity
Council presidents’ meeting, fra-
ternity chapter executives voted to
officially remove the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity from the IFC.
IFC President Alex Krupiak, an
LSA senior, said the fraternity was
removed for attempts to merge
with Sig, a rogue fraternity.
“They were forming a merger
with an off-campus that was for-
merly known as Sig and they had
a lot of different allocations and
problems with them,” Krupiak
said. “The IFC did not approve of
that merger.”
DKE President Evan Field, an
Engineering junior, said in an
e-mail statement that the frater-
nity is tremendously disappointed
with the result of Wednesday’s IFC
See DKE, Page 3A
‘U’ president
takes candid
approach to
Greek life
Munger residents praise
unique living environment
Student loan
program ends
awaiting bill
in U.S. Senate
White House ‘drug czar’
discusses substance abuse
DKE kicked
off campus
after merger
attempt
INDEX
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