michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 25, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXV, No. 57 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A SUDOKU..................... 3A CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A SPORTSMONDAY..........1B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Ann Arbor adds to number of smoke-free parks MICHIGANDAILY.COM/SECTION/NEWS GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. WEATHER TOMORROW HI: 30 LO: 19 The Michigan wrestling team stayed hot over the weekend. » INSIDE 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 ADMIN