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CAMPUS LIFE
During conversation,
participants react
to recent shootings
on college campuses
By ALYSSA BRANDON
Daily Staff Reporter
The issue of mass violence
drove the conversation Tuesday
during an open discussion about
a topic people are grappling
with nationwide: gun control on
college campuses.
Hosted
by
students
from
the Student Engagement Team
within the University’s Program
on Intergroup Relations, the
event aimed to brainstorm the
causes of mass violence in the
United States in light of recent
shootings at college campuses
in Roseburg, Ore. and Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Members of IGR first asked
students to reflect on how they
were
personally
affected
by
others having guns.
During the event, which The
Michigan Daily was asked not to
record to provide a safe space for
dialogue, one student said while
they weren’t comfortable with
guns, they believed there was a
dissidence between people who
rely on guns for protection and
people who have guns for the sole
purpose of killing and causing
harm.
In an interview with the
Daily
after
the
event,
LSA
sophomore
Gloriela
Iguina-
Colon, a co-student engagement
coordinator, said part of the issue
is that guns are often associated
with having power.
“In my group, we talked about
the intersection of showing and
displaying power through guns
and masculinity in our culture,”
she said. “I think that’s a really
important thing to address so we
can redefine what it means to be
masculine and to be strong.”
A portion of the event was
also
dedicated
to
discussing
how dominant ideologies and
beliefs within American culture
See DIALOGUE, Page 2A
MARINA ROSS/Daily
Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet celebrates the University’s involvement with the Peace Corps during one of the 55th Peace Corps Anniversary
events on the steps of the Michigan Union on Wednesday.
Program announces
highest application
rates since 1975
By LARA MOEHLMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
For most University students,
the story is well known. On an
October night in 1960, then-
Senator John F. Kennedy stood
on the Michigan Union’s steps
and challenged students to serve
their country by volunteering
abroad. The idea led to the
creation of the Peace Corps.
University
administrators
joined Peace Corps director
Carrie
Hessler-Radelet
on
those
same
steps
Tuesday
to
commemorate
Kennedy’s
historic speech. At the event,
Hessler-Radelet
announced
the Peace Corps had received
the
highest
number
of
applicants
since
1975.
She
said the Peace Corps received
23,000 applications this year, a
32-percent increase in applicants
from the previous year.
“What
these
application
numbers tell us is that Americans
today
are
as
passionate
about service as they have
ever been, and that they are
clamoring for the opportunity
to make sustainable change in
communities around the world,”
Hessler-Radelet said. “Today’s
Americans, from all walks of
life, are ready to put their skills
to work making a difference and
when given the opportunity to
make their mark on the world,
they will raise their hands to
serve in record numbers.”
Hessler-Radelet, who served
in the Peace Corps in Western
Samoa from 1981 to 1983 before
See PEACE CORPS, Page 3A
POLICY
Professors discuss
poverty, welfare in
the United States
By CHARLOTTE JENKINS
Daily Staff Reporter
Living on $2.00 a day may
sound difficult, but it’s a reality
for many Americans.
Kathryn Edin, a professor of
sociology and public health at
Johns Hopkins University, and
H. Luke Shaefer, a public policy
and social work professor at
the University, discussed their
recently released book, “$2.00 a
Day: Living on Almost Nothing
in America.”
The event was hosted by
the Ford School of Public
Policy and co-sponsored by the
National Poverty Center and
the University’s School of Social
Work.
Public Policy Dean Susan
Collins introduced the authors,
noting that poverty in the
United States is increasing.
She said the current number of
people living below the federal
poverty line, which is set at
$24,250 for a family of four, is
striking and warrants attention.
Edin described how she
became interested in families
who live essentially without
cash when she visited a woman
at home named Ashley during
the course of another research
project. Ashley had recently
given birth, and was visibly
unkempt,
depressed
and
struggling to physically hold
her child.
At the end of the interview,
Edin paid Ashley the required
agreed-upon
$50
for
her
participation in Edin’s research
study, and returned to Ashley’s
home the next day to find her
transformed. Ashley had gotten
her hair styled, was wearing a
new pantsuit and was on the
way to a job interview. Edin
SINDUJA KILARU/Daily
Arun K. Singh, India’s ambassador to the United States, speaks about partnership between the two countries in the
Dana Building on Wednesday.
Arun Singh
examines shared
aspirations between
the two nations
By DESIREE CHEW
For the Daily
About
100
University
students, faculty and invited
guests gathered in the Dana
Building on Wednesday evening
to hear from Arun K. Singh,
ambassador of India to the
United States.
Organized by the Center for
South Asian Studies, Singh’s
address focused on the growth
of Indian and United States
relations and his thoughts on
the two countries’ future.
With 36 years of foreign
service
experience
under
his belt, Singh has served in
consulates worldwide. Before
his current assignment, he held
postings in Israel, Addis Ababa,
Tokyo and Moscow and was also
involved in policy work with the
United Nations.
During his speech, Singh
referred to a statement made
by
Indian
Prime
Minister
Narendra Modi, which hailed
the U.S.-India relationship as
a natural alliance. President
RESEARCH
University study may
help doctors better
treat mental illness
By KATIE PENROD
Daily Staff Reporter
The way individuals perceive
their own mental health can
differ by ethnicity, according to a
new University study.
Conducted by the University’s
School of Public Health and the
Department of Psychiatry, the
study found that when African
American and Afro-Caribbean
communities were evaluated for
anxiety and depression, the two
groups had different ideas of what
constituted a mental health issue.
Shervin Assari, research fellow
in the Department of Psychiatry
and lead author of the study, said
in some groups, certain mental
health
disorders
have
more
significance than in others.
“I found that people have
anxiety or depression or they
See POVERTY, Page 7A
See INDIA, Page 3A
See ETHNICITY, Page 3A
IGR hosts
dialogue on
gun violence
in the U.S.
Peace Corps director recalls
JFK’s historic address to ‘U’
At book talk,
authors cite
research on life
on $2 per day
Indian ambassador touts
ties with the United States
Perceptions
of mental
health can
vary based
on ethnicity
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