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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

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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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