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ADMINISTRATION
Under proposed
changes, external
party would handle
appeals process
By GENEVIEVE HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
A draft of updates to the
University’s
Student
Sexual
Misconduct
Policy
released
Thursday
proposes
revised
investigation
procedures
that
would allow students to appeal
investigation
findings
to
an
external party.
Currently,
appeals
of
an
investigation
finding
are
reviewed by the same board that
handles appeals of sanction.
The
release
of
the
draft
comes in advance of a series of
roundtables aimed at gathering
student feedback on potential
changes to the policy.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel said in September that
an updated policy would be
released “before the new year.”
“The
External
Reviewer
will be a neutral party outside
of the University, usually an
attorney, with knowledge of
sexual misconduct cases, as well
as the University’s policies and
procedures,” the draft policy
reads. “The External Reviewer
must also be impartial and free
from bias or conflict of interest.”
The University would also
move to identify all witnesses by
name in investigative reports.
Additionally,
a
resolution
officer
—
who
previously
resolved appeals to sanctions or
resolutions handed down by the
resolution coordinator — will no
longer be involved in the process.
An appeals board composed of
one student appointed by Central
Student Government and at least
two faculty members, including
one from the Law School, would
make those determinations.
The
policy
would
also
explicitly state the instances
when the sexual history of
either party would be used in the
investigation.
The
draft
version
also
includes a section dedicated to
detailing the policy’s definition
See POLICY, Page 3A
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Research Assistant Katrina Lewandowski and Research Lab Specialist Scott Beld carefully clean mud off a mammoth skull at the Ruthven Museum of Natural
History on Thursday. The remains arrived at the museum yesterday after they were discovered beneath Jim Bristle’s soybean farm in Lima Township last week.
Scientifically
significant discovery
to reside on campus
permanently
By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT
Daily Staff Reporter
A
mammoth
of
a
fossil
display may be on its way to
the University’s Museum of
Paleontology — as soon as
paleontologists conduct further
research and prepare the newly
discovered bones for exhibition.
A
team
of
University
researchers
excavated
the
remains of a prehistoric woolly
mammoth last week at a dig site
near Chelsea, Mich. The owner
of the site, Chelsea farmer James
Bristle, donated the bones to the
Museum of Paleontology and the
specimens began arriving in Ann
Arbor this week.
Led
by
Daniel
Fisher,
a
professor
of
ecology
and
evolutionary biology and director
of the Museum of Paleontology,
the team uncovered nearly 20
percent of the animal’s skeleton,
including a complete skull with
tusks and teeth, vertebrae, ribs,
pelvis and shoulder blades.
The mammoth is estimated
to be an adult male that lived
between 11,700 and 15,000
years ago.
Bristle came across part of the
pelvis bone when trying to install
a drainage pipe in his field. He
contacted the University team,
who excavated what they could
in a day, though they noted that
there might still be some parts
they may have missed.
Fisher
said
the
find
is
significant because it may alter
the date when paleontologists
and historians believe humans
first lived in North America.
“We know that humans were
Artists convene for
‘basketball-playing
robot music’ at
TomorrowWorld
By ARIANA ASSAF
Daily Arts Writer
Last weekend, Sunshine Sachs
was presented with a nightmare.
The New York-based PR firm was
tasked with saving face for an
already dying company that was
being held responsible for one of the
most talked about music debacles
this year.
Well, in my world it’s one of the
most talked about music debacles
this year, but that might have some-
thing to do with Facebook algo-
rithms. Let’s back up: on the final
day of TomorrowWorld, a three-
day, three-year-old music festival
in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia,
thousands of attendees were told
they would not be allowed entry
due to rainfall limiting “capacity
of the parking lots, entrance roads
and drop off locations.” The night
before, tons of people were essen-
tially stranded in the forest after
shuttles that were supposed to take
them back to their cars, almost 10
or so miles away, were cancelled for
the same weather-related reasons.
Due to the beautifully mystical
workings of the universe, I actu-
ally got to camp and attend the
festival every day, and, let me tell
you, it was wacky in all the best
ways. I’m talking fire-breathing
fish, trippy tapestries that pulsed
under the influence of color chang-
ing light and maybe some other
things (shoutout to BLVisuals —
they’re based in Michigan! Go go
go! ), and a huge rainbow marking
the entrance to the campground
that really made me feel as though
I was walking into the best dream
ever. I didn’t even care about having
to slosh and ooze my way through
mud for 10 minutes every time I
wanted to leave my tent to pee.
I arrived on Friday morning
and was immediately assisted by
some very friendly staff in carry-
ing my stuff to an open spot. The
campground known as Dreamville
was buzzing with energy; people
walked around blowing bubbles
and getting to know each other and
Noted civil rights
organizer dies at
age 100
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
At 100 years old, human
rights
activist,
feminist,
environmentalist and author
Grace Lee Boggs died at her
home in Detroit on Monday.
Her death was announced
by the James & Grace Boggs
Center to Nurture Community
Leadership, an organization
Boggs established in 1993 after
the death of her husband.
Boggs had maintained a
long-standing
relationship
with the University over the
course of her lifetime. In
2003, she was the University’s
keynote speaker at the Martin
Luther King Jr. Symposium. In
2009, she received an honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters
degree from the University.
Additionally, she influenced
the launch of Semester in
Detroit, a University program
that allows students to live and
study in the city.
Stephen
Ward,
assistant
professor in the Residential
College and in the Department
of Afroamerican and African
Studies, features Grace Lee
Boggs
prominently
in
his
See FOSSILS, Page 3A
See TOMORROW, Page 5A
See BOGGS, Page 3A
See CURRICULUM, Page 3A
A passion-filled
EDM weekend
in rural Georgia
DELANEY RYAN/Daily
University alums Darren Criss and Joey Richter performed at “A Very Starkid Reunion” in honor of the 100th
anniversary of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the Power Center on Thursday.
A VE RY STARKID REUNION
IN REMEMBRANCE
ARTS
ACADEMICS
Changes to
emphasize clinical
experiences during
program’s first years
By SANJAY REDDY
Daily Staff Reporter
Two years ago, the American
Medical
Association
awarded
a $1.1 million grant to the
University’s
Medical
School
to
implement
comprehensive
curricular changes. This year, the
changes are going into effect.
Rajesh Mangrulkar, associate
dean
for
medical
student
education at the University, is
leading the way in implementing
the changes.
The new curriculum exposes
students to the clinical setting
as early as their first year and
teaches them to have a greater
understanding of the sociology
and
humanitarian
side
of
medicine.
Mangrulkar said these changes
represent an initiative to improve
the traditional medical school
University
distributes
draft sexual
assault policy
‘Mammoth’ find arrives at
Natural History Museum
Detroit activist Grace Lee
Boggs left legacy at the ‘U’
For medical
students, new
curriculum
takes effect
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