among a list of illicit drugs used on campus, and that 11 percent of students in 2013 indicated they had taken the drug for a non-medical use in the past year. “We’ve seen a lot of our friends plagued by these issues and now that we’re in a position to be heard and we have the foundation to do something we want to do something,” Schafer said. “Personally, I’ve seen my friends misuse in so many different occasions in so many different ways.” Public Policy junior Lucky Lakshman Mulpuri, a CSG representative involved in the planning, said the campaign will focus on opioids, depressants and stimulants. Mulpuri said he hopes the campaign will not demonize the drugs, but will instead focus on emphasizing the fact that they’re prescribed by doctors for a reason. “It feels like a real and tangible step towards addressing prescription drug misuse on campus,” Mulpuri said. The campaign, which will begin the last week of January and run until the first week of February, will contain five events that will alternate every other day. It’s slated to begin with an informational video on adderall abuse featuring the University football team, members of the University’s chapter of Theta Chi, the fraternity Levine belonged to, and other students willing to share their stories. A panel discussion led by representatives of the School of Public Health, University Health Services and the College of Pharmacy is slated to focus on the dangers of prescription drug misuse. Levine’s mother, Julie Buckner, has also agreed to participate in the panel. Third-year Pharmacy student Caroline Quinn, president of the Pharmacy Student Government Council, said the dean of student services for the Pharmacy School, expressed interest in the school supporting the initiative. Along with providing speakers for the panel, the school also plans to screen any factual information on stimulants before it is used in the campaign. Schafer said it is important the campaign speaks to students while remaining inclusive for those affected by the problem. “It shouldn’t come from a pedantic or overly condescending place,” Schafer said. “CSG members also face these unbelievably high academic pressures, and we don’t want to see students using these drugs.” The campaign is expected to conclude with a signature drive asking students to pledge not to abuse prescription medicines. in building a stronger Black community at the University. “Being a freshman here, when I first got here, I felt like I wasn’t a good enough Black student because I wasn’t involved yet. I didn’t know what Black organizations I wanted to join,” she said. “If we as upperclassmen are here and seeing new faces, let’s be inclusive and talk to Black people. Talk to people you haven’t seen before. Let’s have some type of inclusivity within our own culture so there isn’t a hierarchy of Blackness.” Attendees also reflected on a 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Day demonstration held by BSU members on the steps of Hill Auditorium. Holding black signs with tweets written in white chalk, members protested low minority enrollment and demanded the University meet seven goals for improving campus climate and diversity of the student body. A new location for the Trotter Center and an improved race and ethnicity requirement were among the demands made by the BSU. Additionally, the BSU demanded an increase to Black student enrollment equal to 10 percent. The University has since addressed some of the demands outlined by the BSU, including granting the organization $60,000, for funding a variety of student groups on campus, an increase from the $37,000 previously allocated to the organization. The University also approved Intergroup Relations courses to count toward the race and ethnicity distribution requirement, and increased the classes’ credit value from two credits to three. Officials also digitized Bentley Historical Library documents with information on the Black Action Movement of the 1960s. The BSU made the demand with the aim of increasing the University’s transparency on past dealings with Black student activists. During Thursday’s event, one student said he thinks it’s unnecessary to keep making new demands when the demands from previous Black activist movements haven’t been met. Former BSU Treasurer Robert Greenfield, a University alum, said gaining total support from the Black community on campus is necessary to substantiate the demands. “We first need 100-percent buy-in of the Black community, and the problem is that in the past, action movements and social action on campus, there hasn’t been that 100-percent buy-in,” he said. “The football players and basketball players, we need them. I think that in the University setting, that’s the only way we’re gonna really get those demands met.” Discussions between the BSU, University administration and other community members are ongoing. Last week, the University held a weeklong Diversity Summit intended to garner input from the community about improving equality and inclusion on campus. In a statement Thursday, University President Mark Schlissel thanked the BSU for participating in a meeting with him and E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life. “I would further like to thank the members of the Black Student Union who joined Vice President Harper and me last Friday for breakfast, as part of our ongoing dialogue over the past year,” he said. “Though the breakfast had been scheduled for weeks, the timing gave us the opportunity to discuss the nationwide campus issues of racism and inequality.” Schlissel also lauded students for engaging in dialogues about racism and discrimination on college campuses. Along with discussing campus efforts over the past few years, presenters Thursday also dedicated time to celebrating how #BBUM had strengthened ties within the Black community. BSU Political Action Chair Diego Zimmerman, a sophomore in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the College of Engineering, said he remembered the warm greetings he received when he came to his first BSU meeting. “I remember my first BSU meeting: Everybody said ‘What’s up,’ met everyone, had the best time,” he said. “I remember that feeling of community I never got anywhere else. I remembered I need to stay here — my family is here.” LSA senior Arnold Reed, former BSU speaker, said throwing tailgates on game days helped draw Black students closer together and is something younger students should also emulate. “I want you guys to know, especially younger students, when it comes to throwing events or doing things that you feel like you don’t normally have access to, do it,” he said. “Know that this group right here is going to always support you.” During the event, Kinesiology senior Cap Kendall said building relationships with faculty members would also be helpful in unifying the Black community. “I think oftentimes as undergraduates you often forget that there are faculty and professional students who are also our allies (and) are here to help us,” she said. “We need to open up more and let them participate in conversation like this.” In an interview with The Michigan Daily after the event, LSA senior Chris James, a BSU executive board member, said holding Thursday’s event was vital in inspiring younger Black students to continue the efforts of past BSU members. “#BBUM started two years, so with the new incoming freshmen, they don’t always get to see the up close and personal of what happens on campus before they got here,” he said. “It’s so important to have this so they can carry it with themselves and keep holding the University accountable for what they say they’re gonna do. We have to keep this fire going.” Miller, retired executive vice president for health affairs at Johns Hopkins University. Johns was chosen last year to serve as interim chief executive officer of University of Michigan Health System through March. The board’s trip to Los Angeles in 2013 involved meeting with Robert Birgeneau, former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University President John Hennessy, Robert Berdahl, former president of the Association of American Universities and Dan Russell, a top Google research scientist. Fitzgerald also said the strategic planning sessions serve as opportunities for the board to interact with University alumni. The board’s meeting in New York was accompanied by a fundraising dinner at Lincoln Center. At this year’s strategic planning meeting, the regents will interact with alumni in Detroit, an area heavily populated with University alumni. There are almost 60,000 alumni in the greater Detroit area, one of the highest concentrations nationwide. As he enters his second year, University President Mark Schlissel has also focused on strengthening the University’s connection to the city of Detroit. At an Amazon press conference in the city this past September, he emphasized the University’s annual student-led Detroit Partnership Day, in which 1,500 students participate in projects across the city. In August, he hosted an event commending the work of students and interns in the city. The next regular regents meeting will take place Dec 17. could prevent these dangerous infections, how the exact process works remains undiscovered. VanEpps said the key may be the nanoparticles’ shape, which enables them to inhibit certain enzymes important for bacterial growth. Because zinc oxide nanopyramids can inhibit multiple bacterial enzymes while antibiotics normally disrupt just one, it may be much harder for bacteria to evolve resistance against the nanoparticles. “We’ve seen that the zinc oxide nanopyramids hinder biofilm growth, and it’s been shown that they inhibit certain enzymes. Next, we want to figure out how these two facts fit together,” VanEpps said. The researchers plan to learn more about the nanoparticles before they can be adapted for medical use. For example, they will observe whether different concentrations of particles can inhibit other types of bacteria without harming human cells. the hopelessness as I felt that no one cared about the people who died the day before because they simply look different and came from a different part to the world.” First-year Law student Asma Husain, who spoke during the rally, said she often feels like she must bear the burden of her entire culture as a Muslim and answer for things she doesn’t agree with, such as the actions of extremists. “Being a Muslim in America now means you have this kind of tax placed upon you,” she said. “Which means when anything happens that involves anyone whose identity has any tenuous or untrue or contradictory connection to Islam or claims that connection, you feel like it is a weight put upon your shoulders to explain or apologize or distance yourself from those actions.” First-year Law student Zahrah Fadel, who also spoke, echoed Husain’s sentiments. She said groups like the Islamic State are trying to bring back the hatred and fear that existed following the 9/11 attacks. “It took me years after I moved here from Lebanon. I was embarrassed to bring a pita sandwich to school for so long. I was embarrassed to admit that I was a Muslim, but I realized growing up that I’m American. I’m just as American as anyone else,” Fadel said. “We’ve (made) so much progress in this country to move from that divisive mindset, so let’s not go back. I don’t want this generation to grow up hopeless. I want us to grow up together.” Along with speeches from community members, organizers also held a moment of silence for victims of terror worldwide, as well as taking a picture in solidarity with Parisians. Second year Law student Nicolas Kabat, president of the Racial Justice Coalition, said his inspiration for the rally came from how upset he saw members of his community were in response to the week’s events. “I think everyone was very upset with the Paris attacks, and yet we were also equally upset by the response we were seeing from local politicians, from media pundits,” he said. “We wanted to have a rally that would show our solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks and also show our solidarity with all Muslims in the U.S. and anyone experiencing hatred.” The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, November 20, 2015 — 3 CSG From Page 1 PEACE From Page 1 REGENTS From Page 1 STORY SLAM The Daily aims to tell the story of campus, Ann Arbor, the state, and our society at large. But the Daily also wants to hear from you. What do you want to tell? Friday, November 20 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 420 Maynard St. The Michigan Daily invites storytellers of all kinds to join us for a our first community story slam. Send entries to Sam Gringlas at gringlas@umich.edu by Nov. 13. We want to hear your poetry, short stories, essays -- anything you can read or perform aloud. SUNSCREEN From Page 1 #BBUM From Page 1 study linking autism with measles, mumps and rubella vaccines, but in 2010, the study was retracted by the publishing journal because the study used false data to reach its conclusion. In 1975, one out of 5,000 people were diagnosed with autism, but in 2009, one in 110 were. Smith said the increase is due to the change in the diagnosis criteria and raised awareness of the condition, not vaccinations. Smith cited the 1988 movie “Rain Man,” starring Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant, as one of the reasons autism gained recognition in the society, for both the public and physicians. “(Numbers) really took off when the movie ‘Rain Man’ came out,” Smith said. “It changed the prac- tice. Even physicians recognized the changes in the diagnosis crite- ria.” Finally, Smith rebuked anti- vaxxers argument that parents have the right to choose whether they vaccinate their children. Smith said not vaccinating the chil- dren will put other children who cannot get vaccinated at risk. “The society has the duty to pro- tect (children who cannot get vac- cinated) from people who could be vaccinated but choose not to,” she said. VACCINES From Page 1A FOLLOW THE MICHIGAN DAILY ON TWITTER @michigandaily AND ‘LIKE’ US ON FACEBOOK #READTMD