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CITY COUNCIL
Jane Lumm, Sally
Hart Peterson
address pedestrian
safety, deer cull
By ANNA HARITOS
For the Daily
With
Election
Day
less
than
a
month
away,
City
Councilmember Jane Lumm (I–
Ward 2) and former Democratic
councilmember
Sally
Hart
Petersen took to the podium
Sunday to pitch their candidacies
for City Council.
The Ward 2 race is the only
City Council seat that will be
decided in November’s general
election. Races for the other open
seats were largely determined
during the August Democratic
primary, though those nominees
will still appear on the ballot next
month.
Sunday’s event was held at
the Traverwood Branch Library.
After a brief opening statement
from each candidate, both fielded
questions from the audience.
One topic of discussion was
potential
expansion
of
the
rails that pass along the Huron
River and through Ann Arbor’s
forests. Petersen pointed out
how the expansion would bring
in revenue, as well as provide
convenient service for students
and other travelers. Lumm said
there might be an issue with
locals and students if public
parkland was repurposed.
“The $64 million question
would be if the trade-off of the
public parkland and the train-
track expansion would pay off
economically,” Lumm said.
From there, the candidates
moved onto the topic of the deer
cull — the killing of deer in Ann
Arbor by hired sharpshooters to
curb the deer population — that is
set to take place in January.
Lumm said she approves of
the council’s vote to hold the
cull. Petersen disagreed, saying
when the council voted for the
cull, public concerns were not
fully taken into account. She also
pointed out how the cull would
not be very effective due to the
park’s proximity to the Nichols
Arboretum.
“The University of Michigan
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Mary Stewart, former event services coordinator for the Michigan Union, presents the first scholarship of her namesake fund to Kinesiology freshman Jordan
Atkins at the Michigan Union on Friday. Stewart was dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for students from minority backgrounds. The merit scholarship will
be presented to Black students through the Alumni Assocation’s LEAD Scholars program, which seeks to diversify the University’s student body.
Money raised to
benefit Alumni
Association’s
LEAD Scholars
By SAMIHA MATIN
Daily Staff Reporter
Over a 42-year career at
the University, Mary Stewart,
the
former
event
services
coordinator for the Michigan
Union, mentored hundreds of
students before her retirement
in April. Now, a scholarship
named in her honor will help
University students for years to
come.
On Friday, students and
alumni
gathered
in
the
Michigan Union to officially
launch the scholarship, which
aims to help Black students
attend the University. During
more than four decades at the
University, Stewart became an
unofficial mentor to students
across
campus,
particularly
students
from
minority
backgrounds.
The scholarship fund is part
of the Alumni Association’s
LEAD
Scholars
Program,
which was designed to increase
the diversity of the student
body. LEAD offers four-year
merit scholarships to admitted
students who embody four
values: leadership, excellence,
achievement
and
diversity.
Over the past eight years, LEAD
has
successfully
recruited
more than 130 Black students
to the University.
Steve Grafton, president
and CEO of the University’s
Alumni
Association,
said
the association wants to
impact
campus
climate
by making the University
more
accessible
to
underrepresented students.
“We’ve been trying to open
doors for all kinds of students,”
Grafton said at the event Friday.
“We really need to increase the
FOOTBALL
Michigan earns
third straight
shutout against
Northwestern
The Wolverines
improve to 5-1 with
the victory
By MAX COHEN
Managing Sports Editor
The chant began in the final
minute of No. 18 Michigan’s win
against No. 13 Northwestern
on Saturday. The two syllables
boomed
throughout
the
Big
House,
echoing
around
the
stadium long after Jehu Chesson’s
game-opening touchdown, long
after the outcome had been
decided.
Wolverine fans had watched
their team dominate the Wildcats
for the better part of three hours
and seven minutes, and they
decided
to
leave
Michigan’s
defense with a parting gift.
“DE-FENSE!”
they
yelled.
The team, in turn, showed its
appreciation by motioning for the
fans to be louder.
The defense was unrelenting
in Michigan’s 38-0 undressing
of Northwestern, just as it has
been for much of this season. The
Wolverines posted their third
consecutive shutout, marking the
first time a Michigan defense had
accomplished that feat since 1980.
The Wolverines sacked Wildcat
quarterbacks four times in the
victory and allowed just 168 total
yards. Junior cornerback Jourdan
Lewis returned an interception
for a touchdown in the second
quarter, ripping the ball from the
clutches of Northwestern wide
receiver Mike McHugh, and the
Wildcats never sniffed the red
zone.
The
string
of
nearly
unprecedented
success
does
not faze or surprise Michigan’s
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University Alum Katie Banks interviews actors Pamela and Nicholas Guest on the red carpet for Big Bash Weekend
at the Walgreen Drama Center on Friday.
Reception features
red carpet, reunion
performances
By BRANDON
SUMMERS-MILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
The
School
of
Music,
Theatre & Dance’s 100-year
anniversary
celebration
proved
to
be
quite
the
production.
The weekend-long event,
called
“The
Big
Bash,”
included alumni receptions
and
reunion
productions,
providing
an
opportunity
for current School of Music,
Theatre & Dance students
to connect with established
alumni.
Nearly 150 graduates were
scheduled to participate, with
notable alumni in attendance,
including “Glee” star Darren
Criss and Jack O’Brien, a
noted director and producer.
Event organizer Jennifer
Knapp,
department
administrator
for
the
Department of Theatre &
Drama, said The Big Bash
took nearly two years for a
nationwide alumni committee
to plan.
COMMENCEMENT
Speaker, honorary
degree recipients
require regents’
approval Thursday
By MICHAEL SUGERMAN
Daily News Editor
University
alum
Martha
Minow, dean of the Harvard
Law School, will deliver the 2015
Winter Commencement address,
pending approval this week from
the University’s Board of Regents.
Minow
is
one
of
four
individuals who may receive
honorary degrees, pending the
regents’ approval. Others include
Graham Beal, director emeritus
of the Detroit Institute of Arts;
Pedro Cuatrecasas, professor of
pharmacology at the University of
California, San Diego; and George
Shirley, a professor emeritus at
See COUNCIL, Page 3A
See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 3A
See NORTHWESTERN, Page 3A
See ANNIVERSARY, Page 3A
See COMMENCEMENT, Page 3A
A big matchup against No. 7
Michigan State looms ahead
» INSIDE
SportsMonday
Candidates
debate for
contested
Ward 2 seat
Mary Stewart Scholarship
fund to increase diversity
Students past and present
celebrate SMTD’s 100th
Harvard Law
dean to give
Winter 2015
graduation
address
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