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Bryan Baker, DPSS liaison to student life, speaks about DPSS resources at the Central Student Government meeting on Tuesday in the Michigan Union.
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Dentistry graduate student Alexander Ziegler proposes a resolution to allow Munger residents more alcohol privileges at the CSG meeting Tuesday evening in the Michigan Union.
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Detroit activist
Grace Lee Boggs
dies at age 100
Activist and civil rights pioneer
Grace Lee Boggs passed away
Monday morning. She turned 100
this past summer.
The
Detroit
Free
Press
reported
that
Boggs
died
peacefully in her home. Boggs is
to be cremated and a memorial
will be held for her later this
month.
Throughout her life, she was a
prominent figure in activism for
Black power, Black revolution,
educational reform and more.
According to the Detroit Free
Press, hundreds came to celebrate
her birthday at the Detroit
Charles
H.
Wright
African-
American Museum. Boggs was
unable to attend the event.
Michigan Senate
raises fines for selling
cigarettes to minors
Tuesday, the Michigan Senate
unanimously approved a bill that
increases the fines for selling
cigarettes to minors. The offense
is a misdemeanor and was
punishable by a fine of $50 for
more than 27 years.
If the Michigan House of
Representatives also approves
the bill, the fine would be raised
to $100 for the initial violation
and
has
the
possibility
of
becoming a $500 fine for each
subsequent violation.
The bill was sponsored by
Sen. Steve Bieda (D–Warren)
and will now move to the
House of Representatives for
consideration.
Local weed advocate
protests deer cull
At the Monday night Ann
Arbor City Council meeting,
councilmember Chuck Warpe-
hoski (D–Ward 5) shared con-
cerns of an open carry protest in
response to the deer cull.
The deer cull, approved by
City Council in mid-August, is
planned for this winter. The cull
is a controlled kill of 100 deer to
help with population control in
the city.
Charmie Gholson, a longtime
friend of Warpehoski, wrote on
her Facebook page advocating
for an open carry protest in front
of City Council members’ hous-
es. She said she wanted to show
council members what a cull
would look like in the city.
Gholson also told MLive that
she is against the cull because
students often go to natural
areas and city parks to smoke
marijuana at night. She said she
is worried tht the cull sharp-
shooters could harm the high
school and college students.
Warpehoski shared the status
with his fellow council mem-
bers and said he was looking at
this issue as a learning moment.
He said the cull is intended to
help Ann Arbor’s ecosystem
and lower the amount of deer-
induced accidents. He also said
the cull is done inconspicuously,
unlike the open carry protest.
Downtown local
restaurant reopens
after renovation
The
Ann
Arbor
local
restaurant Gratzi will reopen its
doors to customers Thursday.
After a week of renovations,
the restaurant hopes the new
look will keep the space fresh
and exciting to customers.
Gratzi opened in Ann Arbor in
1987 and has been renovated four
times since.
The restaurant is operated
by Mainstreet Ventures, which
also renovated the Chop House
in 2011.
According to MLive, there
is a new color scheme as well
as updated seating, flooring,
lighting and design choices.
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and a new resource guide, titled
Our Community Matters. The
guide, released by DPSS in
August,
provides
information
about a survivor’s rights in an
assault case and details next steps
for after the incident.
Resolution on increased
funding for early game day
dining
A resolution to fund CSG’s
pilot game day dining program
was proposed Tuesday.
The effort is a joint initiative
with Michigan Dining to open
dining halls earlier on game days
to provide students access to food
before tailgating activities.
CSG’s
finance
committee
reported that the program has
resulted in significant financial
loses for Michigan Dining, and
funding
support
from
CSG
would help ensure the program
continues.
CSG
President
Cooper
Charlton,
an
LSA
senior,
requested the assembly allocate
$250
from
the
Executive
Discretionary fund and another
$250
from
the
Legislative
Discretionary fund for each game
day, but members deemed those
provisions inadequate.
Ultimately,
the
resolution
suggests $3,000 in funds from
the
Legislative
Discretionary
and $4,000 from the Executive
Discretionary
fund
will
be
allocated to the program. The
funds will help cover staffing
costs and food supplies. Opening
the dining halls early on game
days
costs
Michigan
Dining
about
$3,300
in
additional
CSG
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expenditures.
CSG treasurer Kevin Ziegler,
a Business senior, said more than
2,600 students have benefitted
from the pilot program since its
inception last month.
“The highlight of this program
is the safety and well-being of
students on this campus, which I
think everyone in this room can
get behind,” he said.
Public Policy sophomore Jacob
Pearlman, CSG student general
counsel, said the program was a
high priority for CSG members
and that they should encourage
more students to show up for
early game day dining, in part
by reaching out to student
organizations.
“The more swipes, the better it
looks,” Pearlman said.
Bursley Residence Hall and
South Quad Residence Hall will
open at 9:30 a.m. for Saturday’s
3:30
p.m.
game
against
Northwestern instead of their
normal 10:30 a.m. opening.
Alcohol consumption in
Munger Graduate Residences
Dentistry student Alexander
Ziegler
proposed
drafting
a
resolution to allow residents of
the Munger Graduate Residences
to consume alcohol in their own
hall.
The newly opened Munger
Graduate Residence exclusively
accommodates
graduate
students, a large number of
whom are older than 21 and can
legally drink and possess alcohol.
Ziegler said Michigan Housing
informed
the
residents
that
alcohol would only be permitted
in the lounges or dorm rooms.
The rule, he said, restricts
the ability of the community
members to drink in any other
meeting room or communal area
within the residence hall.
“Last weekend, there was
supposed to be a Medical School
event and they were told shortly
before the event that they could
not have alcohol, which forced 80
to 100 people into an apartment,”
Ziegler said.
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