Stratagies and
long-term solutions
discussed at Active
Minds event
By NISA KHAN
For the Daily
About 20 people gathered in
the Michigan Union Wednesday
evening to participate in a dialogue
on eating disorders, hosted by
campus mental health organization
Active Mind. The panel is one of six
events the organization is holding
in conjunction with Project Heal,
a nonprofit established to provide
treatment scholarships for those
with eating disorders, for National
Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
During the event, Kate Fawcett,
a program social worker and
therapist at the University of
Michigan Comprehensive Eating
Disorders Program, stressed the
importance of interventions. Most
people who suffer from eating
disorders will not readily recognize
or admit the problem, so friends
who are aware should be ready to
help, she said.
“The eating disorder comes in
and eclipses your life,” she said,
noting that she had battled an
eating disorder herself for years.
“Food, eating, exercise, weight,
body management — the eating
disorder speaks on your behalf.”
She
asked
students
to
acknowledge
and
respond
to
warning signs, such as someone
becoming more withdrawn, less
social at events that involve food,
skipping meals, or engaging in
unhealthy habits.
“If someone is really in danger,
you owe it to them to help them get
some help,” she said.
Student
organizers
also
presented findings from a recent
U-SHAPE survey, which garnered
statistics specific to eating disorders
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Over past eight
years, University
researchers make
progress in field
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
With
the
aim
of
treating
conditions
such
as
diabetes,
Alzheimer’s
and
some
types
of cancers, the University of
Michigan’s stem cell research
program
has
advanced
exponentially over the past eight
years, making it a state leader in the
area.
The
growth
follows
the
passage of a controversial 2008
state proposal, Proposal 2, which
allowed the use of human embryos
for stem cell research under
certain conditions. The proposal
has prompted a huge spike at the
University in research projects and
funding for stem cells — an area
of study that today, researchers
say, remains with opportunities
to grow, but also still faces some
controversy
on
campus
and
beyond.
What a stem cell does:
To understand what stem cell
research means for the University,
it’s first important to understand
what it is. Stem cells are cells
that have the capacity to produce
different kinds of cells in a given
tissue as well as make copies
of themselves — making them
uniquely useful in research.
Ivan
Maillard,
associate
professor of cell and developmental
biology, is one of several at the
University who utilizes stem cells
in research. Maillard’s research
focuses on blood-forming stem
cells — cells that create other cells
in the blood system and allow for
normal production of blood cells.
Blood-forming stem cells are adult
stem cells typically retrieved out of
individual tissues.
“(Stem cells) have the potential to
be used themselves as a treatment
for
patients,”
Maillard
said.
“The only ones that are actually
routinely used as a treatment for
patients are the blood-forming
stem cells. The other types of stem
Teachers, ‘U’
students discuss
continuing issues
in district
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
LSA junior Maura Drabik
was walking through Festifall
during her sophomore year
when she came across a
table advertising the Detroit
Partnership Program. Drabik
stopped — she had taught a
religious education class in
high school and knew she
wanted to work with children
in some way.
The Detroit Partnership is a
student-run organization that
aims to foster partnerships
between the University of
Michigan and Detroit. Many
of the program’s volunteers
are placed in Detroit Public
Schools’ elementary schools
to help teachers by grading
papers, working with students
and supervising the class.
Drabik quickly joined the
organization and was placed
in
Bennett
Elementary
school, located in southwest
Detroit. Since then, she has
been working in a third grade
classroom.
“A lot of the time I’m just
there to take the load off (the
teacher),” she said. “I’ll grade
papers, I’ll work with them
on art projects, sometimes
I’ll help them with their
individual work.”
Drabik has been paired
with the same teacher for two
years and has watched the
classroom change as the city,
and the public school system,
have struggled to cope with
debt. Detroit Public Schools
is nearing $3.5 billion in debt,
according to a report released
by
the
Citizens
Research
Council of Michigan early
January, and many building
and
teaching
conditions
are falling far below the
state average. Of the $7,400
allocated
per
student
per
year in Detroit, over $1,100
per student is being spent to
service debt in the city school
system rather than heading
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CSG aims to launch
series of events on
topic for students
By DESIREE CHEW
Daily Staff Reporter
Student financial literacy was
the focus of a talk sponsored
by the University of Michigan
Central
Student
Government
and the Office of Financial Aid
Wednesday.
LSA sophomore Grant Strobl,
chair
for
CSG
government
relations, said the body hoped the
event would help UM students be
more financially independent.
“It is our first attempt to have
a large-scale event,” Strobl said.
“(It) is part of the CSG initiative to
bring in the focus on what college
students hold near and dear,
and that is the price of college.
(Financial literacy) is something
that we might be carrying with us
some time after we graduate.”
He also noted that the financial
aid office found many students
struggled
with
debt,
which
suggested that financial literacy
might be something that would
aid the student body.
“One of the reasons why
students might have a hard time
paying back their loans is that they
don’t know how to manage their
personal finances,” he said.
Kristen Bhaumik, president
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Government
partners, University
give first updates on
project since 2013
By CAMY METWALLY
Daily Staff Reporter
Multiple Ann Arbor institutions
are banding together to bring a
monorail to the city.
Officials from the city of Ann
Arbor, the University of Michigan,
the Ann Arbor Area Transportation
Authority and the Downtown
Development Authority gathered
at the Michigan Union Wednesday
for a press conference on the
Ann Arbor Connector, a project
that has not announced any new
developments since 2013.
The project is envisioned as a
light rail transit system that will
connect students and residents to
busy city centers. Phase one of the
Connector is slated to run through
downtown, Central Campus, North
Campus and the Medical Center,
while phase two would focus on
connecting the southern areas of
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Kate Fawcett, licensed clinical social worker at the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Mott Children’s Hospital, speaks at Let’s Talk About Eating Dis-
orders Panel in the Michigan Union on Wednesday.
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Kristin Bhaumik, assistant director for Special Programs at the University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid,
discusses how students can better manage their money in the Michigan Union on Wednesday.
SCIENCE
Panel on eating disorders
emphasizes taking action
DETROIT
Sickouts, debt
and underfunding
prevalent at DPS
Financial literacy forum advises
students on debt management
CITY
New plans
for light rail
transit in A2
announced
After change
in law, stem
cell research
sees growth