michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, November 5, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at the Blind Pig’s annual Halloween Band Masquerade » INSIDE the b-side Five additional school districts could offer tuition scholarships By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter Michigan state legislators are pushing to expand a program that currently provides free under- graduate college tuition to certain students in 10 of the state’s school districts. Senate Bill 0539, which passed the state Senate last week, would allow for the establishment of more “promise zones” in the state of Michigan. The zones are modeled after the Kalamazoo Promise, which guarantees schol- arships at in-state public colleges to students in Kalamazoo who have been enrolled in the school district for a set number of years. Established in 2005, the pro- gram was the first of its kind in the United States. Current legis- lation only allows for 10 promise zones in the state of Michigan. The bill proposes increasing the maximum number to 15. There are 10 current promise zone dis- tricts in the state, which include Baldwin Community Schools, Battle Creek Public Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Jack- son Public Schools, the Lansing School District, the School Dis- trict of the City of Pontiac and the Saginaw School District. Promise scholarships cover tuition costs beyond federal financial aid awards. Those scholarships are funded through private contributions and a mech- anism called tax capture — in which the promise zone captures some of the growth in the State Education Tax. The amount of tuition cover- age students receive through the Kalamazoo Promise var- ies based on how long they have been enrolled in school in the dis- trict. For example, students who attended kindergarten through senior year in Kalamazoo Pub- lic Schools receive 100 percent tuition coverage, while students who attended from only sopho- more year on are not eligible for any coverage. On top of the enrollment requirements, stu- dents must maintain a 2.0 average GPA while in college. State allocates funding for off- campus sexual assault prevention By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter Gov. Rick Snyder’s admin- istration awarded $500,000 on Thursday to fund sexual assault prevention initiatives at universities across the state. The University will receive $20,000 to fund “Raise the Bar,” a new program to train staff at Ann Arbor bars to intervene in situations that may result in sexual assault. The University is working alongside Wolverine Wellness and the Ann Arbor Campus Community Coalition, a local group dedicated to reducing alcohol-related harm, to train local business owners to rec- ognize and successfully inter- vene in harmful situations. “We are really excited about this project because we are taking our bystander inter- vention efforts off of cam- pus and into the community where often the trajectory of harm begins,” said Holly Rid- er-Milkovich, director of the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Thursday’s session will also focus on deer cull plan, sustainability By LEA GIOTTO Daily Staff Reporter The Ann Arbor City Council will meet Thursday to consider resolutions on several topics, including a complaint related to the University fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi, a deer cull, the city’s energy and sustainability and the purchase of vehicles for the Ann Arbor Fire Department. Possible investigation of fra- ternity nuisance complaints Council will vote on wheth- er to approve a resolution that would permit City Attorney Ste- phen Postema to investigate nui- sance complaints at Alpha Sigma Phi’s fraternity house on 920 Baldwin Ave. The resolution is sponsored by Councilmember Stephen Kunsel- man (D–Ward 3). On Wednesday, Kunselman told the Daily he wouldn’t comment on the issue until Thursday’s meeting. Resolution to allow the posses- sion and discharge of weapons in public places for deer cull The council will also address the city’s deer management pro- gram Thursday night, as the representatives will vote on a resolution to allow a temporary moratorium on Chapter 115 of the city code. The chapter prohibits the possession and discharge of weapons in public places, and a temporary moratorium would allow a deer cull in Wards 1 and 2 of Ann Arbor this winter. The cull would be carried out “at night with noise-suppressed firearms using trained person- nel with experience in conduct- ing a cull in an urban setting,” according to Thursday’s meeting agenda. On Aug. 17, the City Council adopted a deer management pro- At 20th annual Waggoner lecture, president talks campus misconduct By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT Daily Staff Reporter University President Mark Schlissel delivered the 20th Annual Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship on Ethics and Val- ues in Medicine on Thursday. The topic he chose to discuss: sexual misconduct. An audience of medical pro- fessionals and a handful of stu- dents crowded the University Hospital’s Ford Auditorium for the lecture, named for the late Raymond Waggoner, professor emeritus and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. Schlissel’s lecture, titled “Making U-M Safer for Stu- dents: Confronting the Chal- lenge of Sexual Misconduct,” mainly focused on the obstacles facing the investigation of sexual assault on campus. “Although there are ethics in all aspects of science, I’ve decid- ed to speak about a topic that I’ve been dealing with a lot as a Uni- versity president,” he said. “It Research could pave way for developing immunotherapy treatments By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter When cancer cells and immune T-cells compete for glucose, more commonly known as sugar, cancer cells will win, according to new University research. According to the study, which was released Tuesday, the competition results in unhealthy immune system T-cells that are unable to fight the cancer. Conducted by researchers from the University’s Medical School, the study focused on the human cancer microenvi- ronment, which holds the key to understanding the immune system’s response to cancer- ous tumors and the patient’s response to therapy. See MICHIGAN, Page 7A See GRANTS, Page 3A See COUNCIL, Page 3A See ETHICS, Page 2A See CANCER, Page 2A GOVERNMENT MEETING PREVIEW MEDICINE DAVID SONG/Daily At Ford Auditorium on Wednesday, University President Mark Schlissel discussed University actions and policies on sexual assault and outlined plans to decrease overall incidences. MARINA ROSS/Daily LEFT: Michigan alum Dani Vignos, the owner of University Flower Shop, arranges a bouquet on Wednesday. CENTER: Ali A. Amiri carries on daily tasks at the Persian House of Imports, which he owns. RIGHT: Washtenaw Community College student Miles Larson browses through vinyl at Encore Records. 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