General George
Casey Jr. says
increase in veteran
support is necessary
By CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
At a talk at the Ford School
Monday, General George Casey
Jr., former U.S. Army chief of
staff, said some of the most
dangerous threats in the world
today are posed by non-state
actors such as al-Qaeda and
ISIS, focusing on the persistent
existence of world conflict with
these actors and the subsequent
mental health impacts war has
on soldiers and veterans.
Casey
began
his
Army
service in 1970, as the senior
commander of the interantional
collation created to confract
forces in Iraq from 2004 to
2007. He was promoted to chief
of staff by President George W.
Bush in 2007 and served in that
position under President Obama
until 2011.
“What I want to do is
give you a soldier’s view of
the
international
security
environment,” Casey said.
Rather than countries waging
war against one another as
was the case with World War
II or the Vietnam War, Casey
said
some
non-state
actors
such as al-Qaeda and ISIS have
become more dangerous, citing
a number of recent events.
Looking back to 9/11, Casey
pointed to how a non-state
actor, al-Qaeda, was able to
inflict catastrophic damage on
the United States.
“Nineteen terrorists, in an
hour and 17 minutes, murdered
2,977 people, inflicted about
$40 billion of economic damage
on New York, and when the
stock market reopened it lost
$1.4 trillion in value,” he said.
“That’s a challenge that we need
to be prepared to deal with.”
Comparing
the
current
ideological
struggle
against
Islamic
extremism
to
the
struggle against communism
during the Cold War, Casey
talked about how conflict is
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Northwestern prof.
who wrote contested
student-faculty
relations essay speaks
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
Stupid
sex,
according
to
Northwestern Communications
Prof. Laura Kipnis, is becoming
more and more regulated on
college campuses these days.
Kipnis
posed
her
ideas
about sexual assault, student-
faculty
relationships
and
sexual repression to faculty
governances from around the
country on Monday afternoon.
Kipnis
received
national
attention after she published
an essay in the Chronicle of
Higher Education. The essay
questioned the taboo around
student-faculty
relationships
and
sexual
assault.
Two
graduate students filed a Title
IX retaliation complaint against
Kipnis following the article and
argued that, in it, she misstated
facts and created a hostile
environment following protests
against the article.
“One of the charges they
leveled against me was that I
created a hostile environment
on campus, or perhaps it was
a chilling effect,” Kipnis said.
“I wasn’t entirely sure which
because I never actually got
the charges in writing. This
led me to become interested in
questions I never thought much
about previously.”
In
May
2015,
after
an
extensive investigation, Kipnis
was cleared of all charges.
Since the investigation, Kipnis
has become a figurehead for
the
argument
against
the
high ambiguity and lack of
due process often associated
with Title IX investigations.
Title IX is a set of rules that
protects students from having a
comprised education due to any
form of discrimination. In 2011,
Title IX was updated to include
discrimination due to sexual
assault.
Series aims to raise
awareness about
history, culture
within the city
By LUCAS MAIMAN
For the Daily
Detroit
Week,
a
week
dedicated to showcasing the
culture and energy of Detroit,
kicked off Monday afternoon
in the Diag, with students
from The Detroit Partnership
promoting events happening
throughout the week.
According
to
Public
Policy
senior
Blair
Sucher,
the
celebratory
week
aims
to
gravitate
away
from
the
volunteering-based
relationship the University of
Michigan currently has with
Detroit and instead foster a
relationship in which Detroit is
viewed in a more positive light.
“When
the
University
interacts with Detroit, it is
often on the basis of service
learning,”
she
said.
“It
is
important for people to broaden
their views and to recognize
that to create a meaningful,
sustainable partnership with
the city of Detroit you need to
see it in other lights.”
According
to
Detroit
Week’s website, The Detroit
partinership is hosting events
and workshops every day from
March 13 to March 18 in an effort
to promote the rich history and
life of the city. Events include a
“Know Your Rights” discussion
facilitated by the American
Civil Liberties Union and the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
at Weill Hall, a workshop for
student
organizations
who
are interested in becoming
involved in Detroit and a trip
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Alana Hoey-Moore, Semester in Detroit program coordinator, Ford senior Blair Sucher and Ford junior Thomas Hislop discuss Detroit Week on the Diag Monday.
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‘U’ research shows
progress in how
courts communicate
abortion law info
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
A recent recreation of a
University study has showed
that court systems in Michigan
are
now
providing
more
accurate
information
to
minors regarding Michigan’s
reproductive health laws for
young women seeking to have
an abortion without parental
consent, according to a study by
The study, originally done
by Anna Kirkland, associate
director of the Institute for
Research
on
Women
and
Gender and recreated by the
Michigan
Organization
on
Adolescent
Sexual
Health,
revealed that since 2010, nearly
all 83 of Michigan’s counties
improved on the ways in which
information about the Parental
Rights Restoration Act of 1990.
The original study found almost
all of the courts were providing
inacccurate information.
The
law
requires
young
women seeking an abortion
to give their own consent and
the consent of at least one
parent or guardian to receive
the procedure. However, if the
minor opts not to involve their
parent or guardian, she has
the right to a judicial bypass
hearing in which she has to
prove to a judge she is mature
and educated on the topic
enough to have an abortion
without additional consent.
According
to
Kirkland,
in
the
original
study
her
students made phone calls to
each county’s court using a
standardized script, asking how
someone under the age of 18
could get a judge’s permission
to have an abortion without
informing
their
parents.
Kirkland’s students found many
counties were unprepared to
provide the proper information
for
minors
seeking
bypass
hearings,
and,
oftentimes,
factors
such
as
regional
difference, demographics and
county size would affect the
performance of the county.
“It’s a right that every girl has
to be able to seek this judicial
bypass procedure,” Kirkland
said. “We shouldn’t have court
employees lying about the law
or claiming that a law doesn’t
exist when it does.”
According
to
a
paper
summarizing the results of the
study, the students often found
they
were
inappropriately
referred to other unhelpful
employees, and were ridiculed
or verbally abused while asking
for
information.
Kirkland
said
employees
seemed
uncooperative and uninformed,
indicating that not only were
court
employees
unable
to
provide accurate information,
but they were also allowing
their personal political and
religious beliefs to influence
their responses.
“We had large numbers of
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CLAIRE ABDO/Daily
General George W. Casey Jr. speaks at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy about his military experience and his
views on current military issues Monday.
Michigan will
host Wright State
at Crisler Center
on Wednesday
By BRAD WHIPPLE
Daily Sports Editor
Though
the
Michigan
women’s
basketball
team
will miss the Big Dance for
the third year in a row, the
Wolverines won’t end their
season without a chance to
hang their first banner.
Monday night, Michigan
earned a spot in the 64-team
field of the Women’s National
Invitation Tournament for
the third year in a row. The
Wolverines will host Wright
State on Wednesday night at
Crisler Center.
With a win, Michigan
(9-9 Big Ten, 17-13 overall)
would move onto the second
round this weekend to face
the
winner
of
Bucknell
and Akron, which will be
decided Thursday.
The
2016
WNIT
bid
marks
the
Wolverines’
seventh straight berth into
the postseason, a program
record. Michigan ended the
regular season by winning
five of seven games with
its two losses coming at
then-No. 6 Maryland and at
Rutgers.
The
Wolverines’
best
chance at making the NCAA
Tournament
came
down
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ACADEMICS
Week of Detroit-centered
events kicks off on the Diag
Study finds rise
in health advice
given to minors
SCIENCE
Former Army chief of staff
talks military mental health
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Wolverines
earn third
straight bid
to WNIT
Faculty gov.
conference
talks Title
IX policies
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