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University analysis
shows overweight
youth experience
puberty late
By JENNIFER MEER
For the Daily
A recent study led by
a researcher at C.S. Mott
Children’s
Hospital
sheds
light on the impact of obesity
on young boys.
The study — which was
performed by the Pediatric
Research in Office Settings
network of the American
Academy of Pediatrics —
suggessts that obese young
males experience the onset
of
puberty
later,
while
overweight boys experience
puberty early.
Dr. Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H.,
an associate professor at the
medical school and pediatric
endocrinologist at C.S. Mott
Children’s
Hospital,
led
the study. In an interview,
Lee
said
as
a
pediatric
endocrinologist,
she
sees
Students express
mixed sentiments
on accountablilty of
state officials in Flint
By TANYA MADHANI
Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Political Union
held a debate Tuesday on if
Gov. Rick Snyder (R) should
be recalled in light of the Flint
water crisis.
The debate stemmed from
sentiments
among
the
Flint
community
and
nationwide
aiming
to
hold
Snyder
accountable for a perceived lack
of action and involvement in the
crisis. Approximately 10 students
attended.
When the water supply in Flint
was switched from its original
source in the Detroit to the Flint
River in April 2014, the lead in
the corroded water line leaked
into the city’s drinking water
supply, but the contamination
wasn’t addressed for multiple
months, until residents began
complaining of adverse health
effects.
The state, for several months,
maintained that the water was
safe.
Following
independent
testing showing lead in the
water, Snyder reversed course,
declaring a state of emergency on
Students organize
protest in
response to group’s
statements on rape
By RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
Campus and city police are
investigating reports of a public
meetup hosted by Return of
Kings, a self-proclaimed men’s
rights group, in Nickel’s Arcade
on Saturday. The group’s founder,
Roosh Valizadeh, announced an
“International Tribal Meetup”
to unite “other like-minded men”
around the world on his website.
Ann Arbor was added to the
finalized list of meeting points on
Jan. 22. The meetup is planned
for Feb. 6th, according to the
group’s website.
ROK is infamous for advocating
policies
that
would
legalize
rape in some circumstances
and advance “neo-masculine”
thought.
Valizadeh’s
“About”
page on his website argues for the
maintenance of traditional sex
roles, and says that “awoman’s
value significantly depends on
her fertility and beauty.”
Posts in multiple campus
facebook groups, such as the
Ladies of UofM Facebook group,
on Monday and Tuesday warned
females on campus of the group’s
activities.
Diane Brown, spokeswoman
for the Department of Public
Safety and Security, confirmed
Tuesday night that after receiving
tips,
University
police
are
working in conjunction with the
Ann Arbor Police Department,
as Nickel’s Arcade is within city
police’s jurisdiction, to look into
the meetup.
Brown said University police
plan to meet with campus leaders
in the days to come about the
planned event.
“We don’t know what we’ve got
right now,” Brown said. “We’ve
gotten several notifications from
concerned community members
who are seeing several versions
of this meeting around the world,
including one that could possibly
be in Ann Arbor.”
The
online
discussions
motivated
several
students,
to create Facebook event for
College campuses
in the state focus on
vast range of policy
issues
By EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor
IOWA — As you push open the
door to enter Grinnell College’s
south loggia, the covered area
connecting the dormitories on
the
college’s
South
Campus,
posters of candidates crumple.
Iowa college students, like
most everyone else in Iowa
during the caucus, are typically
surrounded with attention —
and this year especially, student
issues
have
been
prominent
for Democrats, with both top
candidates
including
college
affordability pushes in their
policy platforms.
For those students, the weeks
leading up to a caucus are full of
candidate visits. At Grinnell, for
the first time there was a week
long “short course” before classes
began where students traveled
eight
hours
a
day
tracking
candidates and speaking with
lesser-known caucus affiliates.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–VT)
visited Grinnell’s campus last
Monday. Former Maryland Gov.
Martin O’Malley held a town hall
there two days later.
The liberal arts school of 1,600
students, of which University
President Emerita Mary Sue
Coleman is an alum, is known
for its left leaning reputation;
the campus has a big chapter
of
the
College
Democrats
but no university recognized
conservative counterpart.
Austin
Wadle,
Grinnell
sophomore
and
president
of
the Grinnell College Campus
Democrats,
said
the
unique
opportunity
Iowan
students
Officials hope
endorsement
will encourage
proactive measures
By EMILY ROBERTS
Daily Staff Reporter
The
University’s
Comprehensive
Cancer
Center endorsed the human
papillomavirus vaccine in a
statement Jan. 27 calling it
an important way to prevent
cancer.
As a part of a group effort
by National Cancer Institute-
Designated Cancer Centers,
the
University
released
a
statement saying the centers
recognize low levels of HPV
vaccination
are
a
serious
public health concern and
are an opportunity to prevent
many cases of cancer.
The
University
Health
Service’s website emphasizes
HPV’s
potential
to
cause
cervical cancer in women,
which is the second leading
cause of cancer in women
and of genital warts in both
men and women, according to
UHS.
UHS
recommends
the
vaccine for females 11 to 26
years old as well as males ages
11 to 21, and for males through
age 26 who have sex with men
or whose immune systems
are weakened because of HIV
infection, other illness or
medications.
In an e-mail interview,
Cancer Center Director Dr.
Theodore
Lawrence
wrote
that
the
NCI-Designated
Cancer
Centers
hope
the
endorsement will encourage
more people to get vaccinated.
“There
has
been
a
disappointing uptake of the
vaccine,” he wrote. “It was felt
that an endorsement by all of
the cancer centers would move
the needle on vaccination.”
Though the work did not
originate exclusively at the
SCIENCE
GRANT HARDY /Daily
Grinnell College sophomore Austin Wadle, Grinnell College Campus Democrats president, discusses students’ political concerns ahead of the Iowa caucuses in
Grinnell, Iowa, on Monday.
CRIME
RESEARCH
ANDREW COHEN/Daily
Engineering junior Tyler Dubay argues that the people of Michigan ought not recall Gov. RickSnyder (R) over the Flint
water crisis during a Michigan Political Union debate at the Michigan Union on Tuesday.
See VACCINE, Page 3A
See IOWA, Page 3A
See RESEARCH, Page 2A
See DEBATE, Page 3A
See POLICE, Page 3A
University
clinicians
back HPV
vaccination
Before caucuses, students in
Iowa gauge the candidates
Police to look
into A2 men’s
rights meetup
Political association debates
recalling Gov. Rick Snyder
Study links
puberty in
young boys
to obesity