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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

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