immersion in the humanities and
liberal arts,” he said.
The
three
habits
Costolo
outlined were creative synthesis,
disciplined
thinking
and
awareness beyond oneself — all of
which can be attained through a
liberal arts education.
To exemplify the importance
of creative synthesis, Costolo used
an example from his career in
which he gave a speech that was
streamed to the 4,000 Twitter
employees around the world.
It in, he showed the famous
Michelangelo
sculpture
that
depicted the biblical story of David
and Goliath and emphasized the
sculpture’s intense gaze to inspire
employees and inspire mental
toughness and focus in the face of
external distractions.
He said this speech helped his
team by providing “tremendously
vivid
context”
for
what
is
otherwise
an
abstraction
for people, and it creatively
synthesized simple but powerful
imagery from one domain into a
frame of reference to another one
that was easily understandable.
In
discussing
disciplined
thinking, Costolo said the poetry
he analyzed in his LSA curriculum
taught him to synthesize what
was happening in environments
that he didn’t initially understand.
“It helps me solve puzzles,”
he said. “It helps me look for
clues that I might not recognize
initially from previous patterns.
And I think poetry is an example
of learning to understand the
context of some peculiar or unique
situations.”
In his experiences, he said
he’s found that as a leader one is
constantly navigating grey areas,
and making hundreds of decisions
every day that have ethical
challenges and winners and losers
on both sides.
“Nothing prepares you for the
decisions of this world better
than the ability to contextualize
everything about an environment
that you’re in and the people and
cultures and psychology and
history of everyone involved,”
Costolo said.
Costolo also talked about the
importance of the awareness
beyond the self, and how studying
the humanities allows people to
be conscious of the biases and
preconditions of any situation.
“You will jump to fewer
conclusions
without
first
understanding the entirety of
the landscape, and you will be
better equipped to communicate
decisions that you’ve made in a way
that transcends the boundaries of
culture and of politics and even of
language,” he said.
There were a wide variety of
University faculty, alumni and
students at the event.
Engineering freshman Robbie
Greenberg said he was curious
to see how Costolo could inspire
him, regardless of the fact that
he is not pursuing a liberal arts
degree.
“It is incredible to see what
Michigan alumni have done with
themselves,” he said. “He became
the CEO of a major technology
company that I use in my daily
life. So I want to see if he can give
me any ideas of what I want to do
with my life.”
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Hillary Clinton plans
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visit
Flint
this
Sunday to aid with
efforts
surrounding
the water crisis in the
city, according to MSNBC.
The presidential hopeful
brought attention to the
Flint water crisis in the
past
two
Democratic
debates.
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Science as
Art Contest
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WHAT: Students will
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submitted to the Science as
Art Contest, and winners
will be announced.
WHO: Arts at Michigan
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WHERE: Hatcher
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Lecture on
public history
job market
WHAT: Cathy Stanton,
senior lecturer of
anthropology at Tufts
University, will discuss
public history as a career
path and workplace.
WHO: Eisenberg Institute
for Historical Studies
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Rep.
Jason
Chaffetz
(R-Ut.), House oversight
committee
chairman,
announced
he
will
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federal
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conflict
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Syrian
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From Page 1
City sustainability panel talks
new waste reduction practices
Businesses, University
discuss environmental
reforms
By MADELEINE GERSON
For the Daily
The Ann Arbor District Library
and the city of Ann Arbor held
their fifth annual sustainability
forum
Thursday
night.
Fifty
members
of
the
community
gathered to listen to an array
of speakers, including Rodger
Bowser, the managing partner of
Zingerman’s Delicatessen, Eileen
Spring, president and CEO of Food
Gatherers, a food rescue and food
bank program serving Washtenaw
County, Noelle Bowman, solid
waste
program
specialist
of
Washtenaw County and Tracy
Artley, Sustainability Programs
coordinator
of
the
University
of Michigan Plant Building and
Ground Services.
Matt Naud, the environmental
coordinator of the city of Ann Arbor
who facilitated the discussion, said
he believes Ann Arbor has exhibited
progress in initiating programs
promoting sustainability. He also
noted issues the city is working to
address including the frequency
of recycling, compost and the
promotion of waste reduction.
Bowman explained the role of
waste reduction in managing the
city’s resources, an issue he said
is specifically exemplified by the
excess use of plastic bags.
“Plastic bags rank number four
as the most common item found in
litter surveys around the country,”
Bowman said. “To manufacture
these materials, about 11 barrels
of oil are required per ton of bags
manufactured.”
Bowman added that plastic
bag disposal not only negatively
impacts the appearance a city but
also presents a threat to wildlife.
“The harm to wildlife has been
devastating,” Bowman said. “That
begs the question: Do we want to
be a community that contributes to
this negative environment?”
Artley brought the discussion
back
to
campus,
citing
the
University’s goal to reduce their
waste by 40 percent from the
numbers in 2006 by 2025.
Current
University
projects,
Artley said, include a waste bin and
labeling standardization effort,
expansion of composting and zero-
waste events.
Bowser
described
a
few
sustainable
practices
used
at
Zingerman’s Deli, including its
continuous push for composting
practices as well as purchasing
store
supplies
in
bulk
when
possible.
“Every single disposable that we
buy is either recyclable, reusable or
compostable,” Bowser said.
Spring
also
discussed
the
efforts of her organization, Food
Gatherers.
“When we started we had a
dual mission of food rescue and
hunger relief. We rescue food
from retailers, primarily grocery
stores,” said Spring.
The sustainability forum is one
of several events in the annual
Sustainable Ann Arbor series.
The goal of the program was to
join
representatives
from
the
community with the public in order
to provide information to residents
about how to live more sustainably.
The
panel
concluded
with
a question and answer session
during which members of the Ann
Arbor community presented their
thoughts and concerns.
Clark McCall, a resident of Ann
Arbor, suggested the city provide
compost services throughout the
entire year, rather than between
December and April.
“We haven’t had compost pick-
up in the city for that long, maybe
a couple years,” McCall said. “Ann
Arbor is an affluent community
with forward-thinking people. We
have a responsibility to set the pace
for other communities.”
Wayne Appleyard, chair of
the city’s Energy Commission,
attended
the
sustainability
forum and shared his thoughts
on the importance of addressing
sustainability in Ann Arbor.
“We all need to do our part
to reduce the impact on the
planet,” Appleyard said. “We have
overreached the carrying capacity
of the planet so we need to make
changes so our daughters and
granddaughters can have as nice of
a life as we do.”
MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
Noelle Bowman, solid waste specialist for Washtenaw County, joined community business leaders who gave presenta-
tions and answered questions from the public on the topic of sustainability at the Ann Arbor District Library on Thursday.