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Concert funds
to be donated to
initiatives in the
city
By JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
This
Wednesday,
MUSIC
Matters
will
team
up
with
Consider Magazine to incorporate
the Detroit Village in their fifth
annual SpringFest.
SpringFest
is
a
day-long
festival located on the University
of Michigan Diag and North
University Avenue that aims to
bring together a wide array of
student organizations, musicians
and entrepreneurs. Detroit Village
will be a display at Springfest
featuring Detroit businesses.
MUSIC Matters said their goal
is to improve the University’s
relationship
with
the
city.
Proceeds from the SpringFest hip
hop trio Migos concert, beginning
at 8 p.m. at Hill Auditorium, will go
to MUSIC Matters’ summer camp
for children in Detroit, which is set
to begin in 2017.
“Our goal for the event is
to address the student body’s
weakened
relationship
with
Detroit,” a press release reads. “In
the past, the University has held
close ties with the city through
which the nation’s best and
brightest have been funneled to
jobs in Detroit.”
Connection with Detroit has
been a focus for multiple student
organizations in recent weeks. LSA
sophomore Dylan Bennett, the
co-chair of the CSG Commision
on Detroit Engagement, presented
a
resolution,
which
recently
passed in the Central Student
Government,
to
extend
the
University’s current contract with
the MDetroit Connector — a bus
that travels from Ann Arbor to
Detroit. The resolution was passed
last Tuesday.
Bennett said in an interview,
the University has a weakened
relationship with the city to an
extent.
“I think the fact that the
University actually shut down
See SPRINGFEST, Page 3A
University sees 3
percent increase
in greenhouse gas
emissions
By ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan’s
2015
Sustainability
Progress
Report,
released
last
week,
identified
several
key
areas
that
require
improvement
for the University to meet its
sustainability goals.
One large category was the
amount of waste sent to landfills,
a sign of effective food waste
composting.
The
University’s
stated goal for 2025 is to reduce
it by 40 percent. According to the
report, by the end of 2015, it had
been reduced 1.7 percent.
Energy
conservation
and
greenhouse gas emissions saw
similar trends. For these areas,
the report drew on numbers from
Energy Management — a division
within Plant Operations at the
University — which monitors
the energy use of buildings on
campus, tracking their heating
and air conditioning systems
and
implementing
energy
conservation
measures
in
academic buildings.
For the past six years, the
program
has
recorded
an
8-percent
annual
reduction
in energy consumption in the
buildings
it
was
responsible
for. However, the report said it
remains unclear whether or not
this reduction will continue at
the same rate once the University
of
Michigan
Health
System,
University Housing and athletics
are
incorporated
into
the
program. As well, according to the
report, the University is currently
progressing negatively toward its
goal of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by 25 percent by 2025,
instead increasing emissions by 3
percent as of this year.
A
third
major
category,
See REPORT, Page 3A
Governing body
pushes to continue
Detroit to Ann
Arbor service
By JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
Among
other
agenda
items, before they ended the
year
on
Tuesday
Central
Student Government passed
a resolution to encourage the
Office of the President and the
Office of the Provost to extend
the contract for the MDetroit
Center Connector — the bus
that runs between Ann Arbor
and Detroit — for spring 2016.
The connector has had
problems with maintaining
funding in the past. Initially,
in 2013, the project received
$153,000 from the University
to
run
on
a
four-day
schedule. In June 2015, the
University planned to end the
connector’s
services
when
grant funding had expired
and ridership was found to be
insufficient. However, prior to
the resolution, the connector’s
current contract, which began
in spring 2015, would expire
at the end of the 2016 winter
term.
Public Policy sophomore
Dylan Bennett, co-author of
the resolution and co-chair
of the CSG Detroit Congress,
said
after
successful
but
small
outreach
events
in
previous years, such as a
panel of speakers to discuss
job opportunities in Detroit
that
brought
in
only
50
people, the commission really
wanted to redefine its role
through projects like these.
The CSG Detroit Congress
aims to bring together student
organizations that are working
to discuss and improve Ann
Arbor’s
relationship
with
Detroit.
“This year we said, ‘We’re
a student government body.
Let’s
facilitate
discussion.
Let’s be the leading body on
bettering
the
University’s
relationship with Detroit,’ ”
Organizers cite
positive portrayal
of culture as motive
for event
By NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
A video highlighting issues
students have had with the
University of Michigan’s Arabic
language
classes
kicked
off
Friday’s annual Arab Xpression
show, which celebrates Arabic
culture through dances, skits and
songs.
In explaining the event to the
audience in the Rogel Ballroom,
Arab Student Association hosts
and LSA seniors Lana Abdole
and Devin Jones emphasized the
uniqueness of Arab Xpression —
as the only Arab culture show of
its kind at the University — and
the importance of combating
negative stereotypes in light of
recent events on campus.
In an interview, Abdole echoed
these sentiments.
“We wanted the opportunity to
use the culture show to show you
other side of things as opposed
to the stereotypes in the public,”
she said. “Arabesque, the dance
group that performs, is the only
traditional Arab dance group on
campus. Specifically, this year we
really wanted the show to provide
a platform for people of Arab
heritage to reclaim what it means
to be Arab.”
Disease’s prognosis
in women is
focus of lectures,
discussions
By IRENE PARK
Daily Staff Reporter
Saturday at the North Campus
Research Complex, the University
of
Michigan
Comprehensive
Cancer Center Breast Oncology
and
Community
Outreach
Programs
hosted
the
fourth
annual Breast Cancer Summit. The
summit was aimed at individuals
currently being treated for breast
cancer, those who survived breast
cancer, those at high risk and those
interested in prevention.
For women in the United States,
breast cancer is the second most
deadly type of cancer, according
to nonprofit breastcancer.org. In
2016, it is estimated there will be
more than 40,000 deaths from
breast cancer. It is also the second
most commonly diagnosed cancer,
with approximately 307,000 new
See BUS, Page 2A
See DANCE, Page 3A
See CANCER, Page 3A
EVAN AARON/Daily
Students perform Dabke, a traditional Arabic dance, at Arab Xpressions 2016 hosted by the Arab Student Association
in the Michigan Union Friday.
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Rackham student Alex McConnell walks through the rain down State Street Sunday evening. McConnell, a native Californian, said Californians would “kill to have
this kind of (rainy) weather,” which caused many events this weekend to be postponed.
APRIL SHOWE R S
SpringFest
emphasizes
relationship
with Detroit
CAMPUS LIFE
Annual sustainability report
shows slow-moving progress
Arab Xpressions highlights
traditional song and dance
HOSPITAL
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CSG works to
extend center
connector bus
Summit on
cancer aims
to improve
patient care
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