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Board also
addresses concerns
with new transit
center
By CAMY METWALLY
Daily Staff Reporter
During their meeting at the
University of Michigan’s Dearborn
campus Thursday, the University
of Michigan’s Board of Regents
discussed renovations to Bursley
Hall Dining Facility, a new transit
center and the appointment of a
new interim chief officer at the
medical school.
Renovation Approvals
The Regents approved a $4.3
million project to renovate the
Bursley Dining Hall on North
Campus this summer. The project
aims to remodel the dining area
— which covers approximately
4,700 square feet — and create
five separate serving stations with
different types of foods, much
like the East Quadrangle and
South Quadrangle dining halls.
Funding for the project will be
provided from University Housing
resources, and construction is
scheduled for completion in the
fall of 2016.
Over
the
past
few
years,
significant parts of Central Campus
housing and dining have seen
renovations, including West, East,
North and South Quadrangles, but
this is the first major renovation
initiative
planned
for
North
Campus.
The Regents also approved a
$46 million project, funded by
the Hospitals and Health Centers’
resources, to build a new University
health center west of Ann Arbor,
replacing the current West Ann
Arbor Health Center facility. The
new center will be roughly 75,000
square feet, compared to the
existing 6,000-square-foot facility.
It will house a new ambulatory
diagnostic and treatment center
as well as a walk in clinic, primary
and
specialty
care,
infusion,
See REGENTS, Page 3
At end of first
iteration, opposition
to program still
remains
By BRIAN KUANG
Daily Staff Reporter
On the evening of January 4,
sharpshooters contracted by the
city of Ann Arbor from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture were
scheduled to begin a X-month
campaign to remove 100 deer
from the city — a cull — in the face
of concerns over a outgrowth in
deer population.
During the day, the city
streets were largely quiet — the
New Year had been only three
days before and two days still
remained in the University of
Michigan’s Winter Break.
Nonetheless, by the evening a
crowd of about 100 had gathered
outside in front of the Washtenaw
County Administration Building
to protest the cull, one in what
would become a series of ongoing
demonstrations. At 7 p.m., they
all piled into the building as
City Council’s weekly meeting
commenced.
“What do we want? Stop
the
shoot!”
they
chanted,
brandishing signs with similar
slogans, their shouts resonating
through the adjacent hallways of
the building. “When do we want
it? Now!”
Each speaker at the podium
during public commentary was
more emotional than the last,
with many loudly condemning
the city for undertaking the
cull and council members for
supporting it in a 8-1 vote.
“I see you don’t care much
about facts, or public safety,” Ann
Arbor resident Sabra Sanzotta,
head of protest group Save the
Deer, said. “Our council has been
bought and sold — cheaply.”
One
woman
kept
loudly
interrupting the meeting until
Mayor Christopher Taylor called
See CULL, Page 3
MAZIE HYAMS /Daily
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel speaks at the University’s Board of Regents meeting on the UM-Dearborn campus Thursday.
Tenants say they
weren’t involved in
talks about changing
lease duration
By ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
Over
Spring
Break,
the
residents of Munger Graduate
Residences received a surprising
e-mail
from
University
of
Michigan
administration
regarding the terms of their
leases.
The
e-mail
detailed
a
change in their leasing policy,
announcing future leases must
be for a 12-month period. The
former policy allowed students
to choose between nine-month
and 12-month leases, as well as
to break their contracts upon
graduation, should they graduate
during the lease.
Munger, opened in year, is
University housing specifically
designated for graduate students
interested in working with other
graduate students from different
areas of study. It was funded
largely by a $155 million donation
from Charles Munger.
Rackham
student
Marissa
Quigg, a resident of Munger, said
these changes were unexpected
and could make graduation a
more stressful time than usual.
“This is contrary to what we
were previously promised as
recently as February, when we
were assured that we would all
have the opportunity to break our
contracts upon graduation,” she
said.
Given the late timing of the
e-mail, many residents who were
planning to renew their leases for
a nine-month period next year
now find themselves in a difficult
situation, as a 12-month contract
would require significantly more
commitment, and little time
remains for them to search for
alternative housing.
At the University, students
can begin to sign leases for off-
campus housing as early as
Welcome Week. For on-campus
housing, start dates vary. Both
often fill quickly.
“There are dozens of students
who are no longer willing or able
to renew their lease with Munger
with a 12-month promise, and
we find ourselves essentially
displaced,” Quigg said.
According
to
Robert
Alexander, director and chief
innovation officer of Munger,
the policy change is intended
to foster community within the
program.
“We form a strong community
together, and when it is not at
full strength we are not able to
deliver on our promise of a truly
transformational living-learning
experience,” Alexander wrote in
the e-mail to the residents. “That
is why we believe it is important
for residents to stay for the full
12-month duration.”
Originally conceived of as a
large-scale,
transdisciplinary
learning community, Munger’s
self-proclaimed goal has been
to
facilitate
discourse
and
partnership between students of
different backgrounds and career
paths.
“The
Munger
Graduate
See MUNGER, Page 2
MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
NPR host Diane Rehm discusses her time in radio and her experience with her husband’s death at Rackham Auditorium
Thursday.
Author discusses
husband’s battle
with Parkinson’s
disease in memoir
By LOGAN HANSEN
Daily Staff Reporter
Diane Rehm, a longtime
National Public Radio host
who has hosted “The Diane
Rehm Show” for more than
30 years, visited Ann Arbor
Thursday to promote her new
book, a memoir published
earlier this year titled “On My
Own”.
Along with Cynthia Canty,
host
of
Michigan
Radio’s
“Stateside”
program,
Rehm
addressed the topic of “death
with dignity” in front of a
sold-out crowd at Rackham
Auditorium, an issue she’s
frequently discussed on her
show.
The
term
refers
to
a
set of laws six states have
made motions to adopt that
allow
mentally
competent
terminally ill adult patients
the option to decline further
treatment, essentially ending
their own lives. In a on-stage
conversation
with
Canty,
Rehm largely explored the
issue through the recent death
of her husband of 54 years,
John Rehm, which her memoir
also discusses in extensive
detail.
She
described
how
her
husband, who had lived with
Parkinson’s disease for nine
years, told his doctor “he was
ready to go,” but was told there
was nothing a doctor could do
from a legal, moral or ethical
standpoint.
“John said, ‘I feel betrayed,’
” Rehm said. “(He) decided
on June 14 that he would stop
taking food, water, medicine.
I sat by his side for 10 days,
knowing that his mouth had
to be dried ... and just watched
over him carefully.”
Her book, she said, aims
to be a honest account of her
husband’s passing, exploring
how Rehm has had to adapt
without
him
after
being
married for most of her life.
She said every person should
be given the option of whether
they would like to continue to
be cared for near the end of
their life, or if they’d rather go
out on their own terms, also
stressing that Americans don’t
seem to be comfortable talking
about death.
“The problem here in this
country is that we are death
averse,” she said. “We don’t
like the subject of death and so
we shy away from it.”
See REHM, Page 3
Aerospace prof.
says he wants to
more fully define
impact of college
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
When
Aerospace
Engineering
Prof.
Alec
Gallimore joined the faculty
at the University of Michigan
in 1992, it wasn’t with plans
of one day being appointed
as dean of the College of
Engineering.
However, two years later
Gallimore,
currently
the
associate dean for academic
affairs in the College of
Engineering, was appointed
to the position at February’s
Board of Regents meeting.
The position is effective July
1, 2016, through June 30, 2021.
The
position
has
been
held by current Dean of
Engineering David Munson
since 2006.
In
a
statement
on
Gallimore’s
appointment,
University Provost Martha
Pollack wrote Gallimore is
uniquely qualified to lead the
college.
“I am confident that he
brings the experience, energy,
and demonstrated leadership
to guide the world to greater
visibility as a true exemplar of
innovation, thus placing (the
College of Engineering) in the
highest echelon of institutions
worldwide,” Pollack wrote.
In an interview, Gallimore
See DEAN, Page 3
Regents approve renovations
to Bursley, new health center
CITY
Ann Arbor
divided on
deer cull
controversy
CAMPUS LIFE
Munger leasing
policy changes
anger residents
Diane Rehm explores dying
with dignity in A2 book talk
ACADEMICS
Gallimore
appointed
as dean of
engineering
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