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ST. PADDY’S RECOVERY.
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2 — Friday, March 18, 2016
News
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
Gov.
Rick
Snyder
apologized
for
the
Flint
water
crisis
while
testifying
to
the
U.S. House Committee on
Oversight and Government
Reform, according to Detroit
Free Press.
2
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
“Big Fish”
WHAT: MUSKET will put
on a rendeition of “Big Fish,”
the new Broadway musical.
The musical follows the story
of a father and son. Tickets
can be purchased both
online and at the door; $7 for
students and $13 for adults.
WHO: University Activities
Center
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: Power Center for
the Performing Arts
Connecting
with University
Alumni
WHAT: Have one-on-one
conversation with alumni
business leaders on career
advice. Five sessions will be
hosted throughout the day.
WHO: Alumni Association
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Alumni
Center, Founders room
President Barack Obama
nominated
Merrick
Garland to the Supreme
Court
Wednesday
according to the Wall Street
Journal.
However,
the
GOP-controlled U.S. Senate
reiterated
their
plans
to
postpone any hearings or
votes on Garland until after
the presidential election.
1
St. Patrick’s
Day UMix
WHAT: This week’s UMix
will be centered around a St.
Patrick’s theme. Events will
include treasure hunting,
bubble soccer, mini golf,
crafts and free food at the
midnight buffet.
WHO: Center for Campus
Involvment
WHEN: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Kalamazoo
County
Undersheriff
Paul
Matyas
believes
the lawsuit filed by
shooting suspect Jason
Dalton against Uber is a
phony, the Detroit Free
Press
reported.
Claims
have been made charging
Dalton did not write it.
3
International
tea
WHAT: Residents of
Martha Cook Residence
Hall will host tables and
provide foods from around
the world in their annual
International Tea.
WHO: Martha
Cook Building
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Martha
Cook Residence Hall
Generational
success
WHAT: This seminar will
study the five generations
currently in the workforce
and how their motives differ.
The goal is to discover how
to “leverage your team’s
talents” for success.
WHO: Learning and
Professional Development
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHERE: Administrative
Services Building
LGBTQ health
and wellness
WHAT: Take part in Feel
Good Friday through
destressing sessions
and have a spiritual
conversation with Dr.
Yvette Flunder.
WHO: Multi-Ethnic
Student Affairs
WHEN: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: William Monroe
Trotter Multicultural
Center
Islamic and
Middle Eastern
studies
WHAT: D. Gershon
Lewental will speak of
his various studies on
Middle Eastern religion,
history and conflict.
WHO: Islamic
Studies Program
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building , room 1644
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DELANEY RYAN /Daily
Ann Arbor resident Kevin Spangler pedals through the Diag on what he calls his buber cab.
Spangler wore a green wig for Saint Patrick’s Day on Thursday.
ROBERT DUNNE/Dailly
Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi (D) speaks at a meeting of the University of Michigan’s chapter of Col-
lege Democrats on Michigan’s current and potential water issues, including Ann Arbor’s dioxane plume.
Computer
Showcase demo
WHAT: This workshoop
will demo built-in features,
system settings and
everyday products to
facilate work done for class
and work. The focus will
be on Apple products.
WHO: Information and
Technology Services
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
420 Maynard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327
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EVAN AARON/Daily
Groove performs at VictorThon 2016 in the Indoor Track and Field Building on
Saturday.
Residences challenge students
to
develop
networks
across
disciplines and to pursue new
ideas together, through both
formal programs and
casual
interaction,” its website reads.
In practice, however, this has
not necessarily been the case,
says second-year law student
Marika Rothfeld.
“(My
roommates
and
I)
requested to be on not the first
floor, and then we got assigned
to the first floor. We asked why,
and (the administration) said
that they were putting everyone
with the nine-month lease on
the first floor, and everyone with
the nine-month lease happened
to be law students. And then
they constantly get angry that
we’re not very involved with the
other students, but we’re literally
segregated on the first floor,”
Rothfeld said.
Quigg, who is not a law student,
said in an interview she has had a
different experience.
“Munger is very unique in that
it has allowed me to meet tons of
new students from all different
disciplines,” Quigg said. “Unlike
undergrads, graduate students
primarily, if not exclusively, spend
time and make friends solely
within their own department.
Living in Munger has given me
the chance to meet students
that I probably wouldn’t have
otherwise.”
Spring Break was not the
first time this year Munger
unexpectedly changed its leasing
policy, either. At the beginning
of (winter) semester, the Munger
administration announced in an
e-mail to its residents that only
residents who had a 12-month
lease, or would extend their
current lease to a 12-month lease,
could reapply for the program as
current residents, whereas nine-
month leaseholders would have
to apply through the general
application.
“As
previously
mentioned,
only those with current 12
month contracts are eligible for
reapplication,” the e-mail reads.
“For those of you who do not
wish to transfer rooms/extend
your contract to 12 months but
wish to live in Munger next year,
the general application will open
in early February and all are
welcome to apply to it.”
However, in a spirited reply-
to-all e-mail, second-year law
student Dana Ziegler pointed out
that the residents had not, in fact,
received any previous warning
about the policy.
“At
no
point
in
the
electronic
lease
document,
or in any advertisements or
communications
related
to
recruiting residents for Munger,
did
Munger
stipulate
that
9-month leaseholders would be
subjected to additional hurdles
in order to be considered current
residents for the purposes of
reapplication,” Ziegler wrote. “In
fact, Munger’s Google Plus posts
encouraging current residents
to reapply did not distinguish
between 9- and 12- month leases.”
Though he said he was not able
to give his own opinion on the
handling of the policy change,
Amir Baghdadchi, spokesperson
and director of communications
for University Housing, made it
clear that the administration is
now taking steps to give residents
a voice in the process.
“Since this was a change, a
number of residents asked the
Munger team to review the new
policy, and feedback from all
over the building was collected
and shared with a task force of
residents and Fellows working
on
flexible
alternatives
for
those residents who took part
in Munger’s inaugural year,”
Baghdadchi said in an e-mail to
the Daily.
The Munger administration
held
a
town
hall
meeting
Wednesday
night
to
discuss
alternative options for students
who had lived there the past year
and were under the impression
they would be able to live there
next year without the restriction
of a 12-month lease.
“After a lot of comments, the
administration conceded to our
requests,” Quigg wrote. “As it
stands, if you lived in Munger
this year, and plan to live there
the following year, 9 and 4 month
leases will be honored.”
The 12-month lease policy
remains in place for future
residents of Munger, but the
administration
is
currently
exploring
ways
to
be
more
inclusive of people who would
leave Ann Arbor for the summer
or graduate during the school
year.
MUNGER
From Page 1
Ann Arbor’s
groundwater is
center of talk with
officials, activists
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan’s
chapter of College Democrats
held
a
discussion
Thursday
on
Michigan’s
water
issues,
focusing on the Flint water crisis,
a pipeline that carries oil across
the Great Lakes and the possible
contamination of Ann Arbor’s
water supply on Thursday.
LSA sophomore Collin Kelly,
chair of the College Democrats,
said the group held the event to
highlight water issues across the
state.
“Flint shed a lot of light on water
issues in general,” he said. “So we
wanted County Commissioner
Yousef Rabhi to come in because
he’s been fighting for six years
about water issues in Ann Arbor.
He was able to shed a light on
things we don’t really see in the
news, but are really important
and affecting the people in Ann
Arbor.”
Flint was a prominent topic
of
discussion
following
the
testimony of Michigan Gov. Rick
Snyder (R) earlier in the day
before the U.S. House Oversight
Committee, drawing calls from
several Democratic members of
the committee for his resignation.
A clip of the hearing was played
at the College Democrats’ meeting,
in which Rep. Matt Cartwright
(D–Pa.) said the governor should
claim responsibility for creating
the crisis.
“Plausible
deniability
only
works when it’s plausible,” Rep.
Matt Cartwright said in the clip.
“You were not in a medically
induced coma for a year. I’ve
had about enough of your false
contrition
and
your
phony
apologies.”
Earlier
in
the
day
the
University’s College Democrats
also released a statement calling
for Snyder’s resignation based on
his perceived negligence of the
Flint water crisis.
“It should not take national
outrage to compel officials to
address the issues faced by
our state’s most underserved
communities,” the statement said.
“Governor Snyder has prioritized
fiscal austerity over the health
and safety of those he is obligated
to protect.”
During Thursday’s meeting,
County
Commissioner
Yousef
Rabhi (D) also discussed the
safety of the Ann Arbor well
water supply, where a plume
of
1,4-dioxane-contaminated
groundwater is being monitored
to prevent human consumption.
Dioxane has been linked to
cancer and concentration to large
amounts of it can cause nervous
system, liver and kidney damage.
Rabhi charged that Michigan’s
Department of Environmental
Quality — who allowed Gelman
Sciences to pump dioxane into the
water in 1966 and are currently
responsible for mandating cleanup
standards for the dioxane— only
exists to support businesses and
allow them to pollute.
“The
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
has
nothing to do with environmental
quality,” he said. “It helps justify
corporate
polluters
and
has
nothing in terms of the public’s
interest or environmental equality
in mind. As an organization, it is a
scam.”
On Monday, the Michigan
Department of Environmental
Quality
updated
its
cleanup
standards for 1,4-dioxane to 7.2
parts per billion. However, the
change
does
not
necessarily
ensure Gelman Sciences will
See DEMS, Page 3
Community leaders express
concern about water safety