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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

