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The streak continues
College conducts
surveys, forums
to gauge student
experiences
By CAMY METWALLY
Daily Staff Reporter
In coordination with diversi-
ty initiatives on campus, LSA is
reviewing the impact of the cur-
rent race and ethnicity require-
ment.
In September 2015, Univer-
sity President Mark Schlissel
announced goals for individual
units to collaborate with facul-
ty, staff and students to design
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
plans, which in turn would be
used to create a comprehensive,
University-wide strategic plan.
LSA is currently in the pro-
cess of gathering and analyzing
data to better guide its DEI plan,
which is due in mid-March.
Angela Dillard, associate dean
for undergraduate education,
said the college is focusing on
reviewing the race and ethnic-
ity requirement and the Com-
prehensive Studies Program,
in particular, to improve access
and equity on campus.
LSA junior Sean Pitt, CSG
chief of staff and member of the
R&E review committee, said
the description of the require-
ment, where it addresses class
focus, is vague.
“It provides a space in which
faculty may be able to devi-
ate from the intention of the
requirement,” Pitt said.
The LSA website describes
the R&E requirement as a
course that “addresses issues
that arise from racial or eth-
nic intolerance.” The classes
must also satisfy two criteria:
required content and required
focus. The required content
encompasses specific guidelines
for the class, and the required
focus calls for R&E courses to
“devote substantial, but not
necessarily exclusive, attention
to the required content.”
The LSA R&E review com-
mittee — charged with inves-
Clinton, Sanders vie
for voter support
in days leading to
nation’s first caucus
By SAM GRINGLAS
Daily Staff Reporter
During the past weekend, Mich-
igan Daily journalists spent three
days in Iowa covering candidates
from both parties as they prepare
for the state’s Democratic and
Republican primaries on Feb. 1, the
first in the nation. Look for con-
tinuing coverage from the Daily in
the lead-up to the Iowa caucuses.
CLINTON, Iowa — There
were two town halls. The first
occupied an elementary school
cafeteria; the other filled the
basement of a Masonic Center
about a mile away. On Saturday,
in a town called Clinton, the two
Democrats leading the race for
their party’s presidential nomina-
tion convened separately to rally
supporters and, with just days
before the Iowa caucuses, draw
contrasts between two platforms
that are in many ways similar.
“As we go through this cam-
paign, and especially now in this
last eight, nine days, we are draw-
ing contrasts, and I think that’s
appropriate,”
Hillary
Clinton,
former secretary of state, told
a crowd of 500 gathered in the
Eagle Heights Elementary cafete-
ria.
But for much of her 30-min-
ute stump speech, which ticked
off policy positions on topics like
clean energy, health care and job
creation, Clinton avoided direct
mention of Vermont Sen. Ber-
nie Sanders, who according to a
recent CNN poll has gained a lead
in the state. An average of polling
conducted in January has Clin-
ton with a six-point lead. Martin
O’Malley, former Maryland gov-
See IOWA, Page 3A
Entrepreneurship
407 hosts
competition based
on “The Voice”
By REBECCA SOLBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
Last
week,
Entrepreneur-
ship 407 was turned into a game
show. T-shirts were flung into
the crowd and “Eye of the Tiger”
blared through Stamps Audito-
rium as students took their seats
in the audience, as part of The
Startup, an entrepreneurship
event on campus.
The Center for Entrepreneur-
ship created The Startup, an
opportunity for undergraduate
and graduate students to com-
pete for $18,000 to launch their
own startup business. The com-
petition consists of four rounds
that each emphasize different
aspects of starting a business,
and is run by the class. Students
from across campus can enter
products into the competition.
Auditions to be in the competi-
tion happened on January 12 and
13, where 50 teams were whit-
tled down to the 21 who partici-
pated in the first round.
“Every round of the competi-
tion stresses something else,”
Engineering junior Robert Levy,
who took the class last year, said.
“One round will stress product
development, one will stress
customer discovery, so I learned
a lot about the steps necessary
to grow a startup, not just from
the back end of building a prod-
uct that is valuable but also going
out and making sure that your
product has value to other peo-
ple other than yourself.”
During the first round on Fri-
day, the judges had their backs to
the participants, but if they were
interested in their idea, they
turned around and then became
the team’s mentor for the rest of
the rounds. If a judge didn’t turn
around, then the team was elim-
See STARTUP, Page 3A
Former students
cite experiences
with broad range of
student orgs
By TANYA MADHANI
Daily Staff Reporter
A hundred students, alumni
and faculty gathered in Keene
Auditorium on Friday for the
#WhatIDidThen panel, com-
posed of student-activist alumni
from various backgrounds and
professional fields who have
experience in community ser-
vice.
From various backgrounds
and professional fields, the
panelists included state Rep.
Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit),
Government relations specialist
Forrest Cox, Director of Opera-
tions (Brooklyn East Colle-
giate) Atiba Edwards, Research
Assistant Diala Khalife, Consul-
tor Donovan McKinney, Field
Director
Priscilla
Martinez
and Clinical Social Work Intern
Alex Ngo.
Edwards, a resident of Brook-
lyn, was a founding member of
Fighting Obstacles Knowing
Ultimate Success, also known
as FOKUS, a student advocacy
group for diversity, creativity
and unity in a variety of art dis-
ciplines.
When he first arrived on
campus, Edwards said, he felt
there was something missing at
the University, but didn’t know
what it was. He said he did not
feel like the University was a
true community and it was dif-
ficult to get involved in creative
arts without pursuing a degree
See REQUIREMENT, Page 3A
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a town hall at Eagle Elementary School in Clinton, Iowa on Saturday, nine days before the Iowa caucuses.
Event touches on
topics including
tuition price,
mental health
By ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily News Editor
University Regents Mark
Bernstein
(D–Ann
Arbor)
and Andrea Newman (R–Ann
Arbor) used social media Fri-
day to engage with students
and discuss campus issues like
college affordability, sexual
misconduct on campus and
increasing minority enroll-
ment.
Central Student Govern-
ment hosted a “Twitter Talk”
with Bernstein and Newman
with LSA senior Cooper Charl-
ton, CSG president, facilitating
questions through the hashtag
#AskARegent.
During the talk, LSA senior
Michael Chrzan asked Bern-
stein and Newman what role
the University plays in help-
ing students at K-12 schools to
build a stronger student body.
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
University alumni speak about their experiences as community leaders during their time as students and their cur-
rent work at the #WhatIdidnext panel at Keene Theater on Friday.
See ACTIVISM, Page 3A
See TWITTER PAGE 3A
LSA looks
to improve
R&E course
curriculum
DIVERSITY
Democratic frontrunners
aim to draw contrasts in Iowa
Class organizes
competition for
$18,000 in seed
startup funding
BUSINESS
Alums discuss how activism
at ‘U’ shaped future careers
Regents
tweet with
students in
Twitter talk
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