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Trump and Clinton 
secure leads in 
New York and 
Pennsylvania

Donald Trump and Hillary 

Clinton are projected to win 
the New York and Pennsylvania 
primaries, according to The New 
York Times. 

A Fox News survey reveals 

Trump, a native New Yorker, in 
the lead in his home state with 
54-percent support among voters. 
Following Trump, John Kasich 
has 22 percent of voter support. 

Among the pool of Democratic 

candidates, Clinton is in the 
lead at 53 percent compared to 
Bernie Sanders’ 37 percent. Both 
individuals have ties to the state: 
Clinton is a former senator from 
New York, and Sanders hails from 
Brooklyn.The New York primary 
will take place on April 19.

A similar breakdown 

characterizes the Pennsylvania 
primary projections. Trump 
holds 48 percent of Republican 
voter support, while 22 percent 
support Kasich. Democratic 
voters support Clinton with 49 
percent, 11 points more than 
Sanders. The Pennsylvania 
primary is scheduled for April 26. 

Clinton and Trump faced 

recent challenges on the 
campaign road following losses 
in last Tuesday’s Wisconsin 
primary.

DPS Board of 
Education files 
lawsuit against 
state 

The Detroit Public Schools 

Board of Education filed a federal 
lawsuit against the state of 
Michigan last Thursday, reported 
the Detroit Free Press. The claim 
accuses the district’s emergency 
manager of violating DPS 
students’ civil rights.

The lawsuit is pending 

approval by a judge.

In addition to the emergency 

manager, the lawsuit names Gov. 
Rick Snyder, lawmakers, former 
emergency managers and several 
administrators. Currently, 
a dozen former and current 
principals are being charged with 
“running a $1 million kickback 
and bribery scheme.”

Since 2009, state-appointed 

emergency managers have been 
running DPS; however, prior to 
this change, the state ran the 
district from 1999 to 2007.

The lawsuit claims that 

students have had their civil 
rights violated after this 
transition, marked by the lack of 
resources available to students. 
One attorney on the case cited 
the fact that the Michigan 
Legislature has had to allocate 
$48.7 million to the district to 
prevent DPS from running out of 
money.

Contamination in 
Ypsilanti’s Water 
Street property

Ypsilanti has closed a portion 

of the Border to Border Trail 
in the Water Street property 
late Friday night due to 
contaimination, according to 
MLive. 

High levels of Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PBCs) were 
discovered in a preliminary 
environmental test conducted 
by the city. The contamination 
appears to be confined to an 
isolated portion of the trail 
and Water Street Property, and 
officials reassured residents that 
the surrounding area is clear.

While the city expects 

further updates by the end of 
April, officials are working to 
develop a cleanup plan to remove 
contaminated surface soil and 
replacing it with clean soil.

Soil contamination caused 

the city to stop plans for a $12 
million, 80-unit housing complex 
in Water Street Property’s 
southeast corner. The city’s 
environmental consultant was 
tasked with analyzing 20 years 
of records in November, and the 
results led to the trail’s close.

 
 
 
 

 —CAMY METWALLY 

NEWS BRIEFS

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Monday, April 11, 2016 — 3A

In the video that began the 

night, students said they believe 
the Arabic classes politicize the 
language instead of teaching 
basic words. Students mentioned 
jokingly that schools in Arab 
countries probably would be 
taught about the United States 
by stereotypes of Americans 
through watching media like “It’s 
Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 
and “Jersey Shore.” 

Student 
performances 

included 
traditional 
dances 

such as an all-male performance 
of Dahke, a style of dance 
and music that involves foot-
stomping and sticks originating 
in countries like Palestine. The 
dance was originally created to 
pass time when doing chores. 
Another performance included 
an original rap piece, “Hello” 
by Adele with an Arabic style 
twist, poetry discussing the Arab 
identity and skits that parodied 
“Who Wants to Become a 
Millionaire?”

LSA freshmen Zoha Qureshi 

and Hafsa Thias said they 
enjoyed seeing what they called 
the rare and positive display of 
Arab culture.

“I really enjoyed it. It’s really 

fun — I loved all of the dances 
and skits,” Qureshi said. “It’s 
really empowering. I am really 
awed by the rich culture.”

Thias added that the show 

was a break from the negativity 
in campus.

“(The 
rich 
culture) 
is 

something 
I 
haven’t 
seen,” 

he said. “There’s been a lot of 
negative rhetoric around campus 
right now. Being able to see 
the culture is pretty cool and 
empowering.”

The event also celebrated Arab 

heritage with an educational 
video about Arabs across the 
world, 
highlighting 
scientific 

discoveries and notable figures. 
The video ended with the words 
“Arabs Changed The World” on 
the screen. 

LSA junior Tina Alkhersan 

said the show allowed her to 
enjoy her culture in a way not 
typically portrayed in media.

“I’m Arab, I’m from Iraq, 

and so it’s nice to see other 
Arabs come together and gather 
together 
and 
celebrate 
the 

culture,” Al-Khersan said. “So 
often, it’s not celebrated in the 
media.”

Xpression also included a 

fashion show, in which a female 
and male student displayed 
the 
traditional 
clothing 
of 

Arab countries, such as Syria, 
the United Arab Emirates and 
Bahrain.

LSA senior Naoshin Khan said 

she enjoyed the unifying factor of 
the show.

“It’s nice to see everyone as 

a collective community rather 
than 
being 
dispersed,” 
she 

said. “It’s nice to see everyone 
together.”

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cases in 2016. It is estimated that 
about 12 percent of U.S. women 
will develop breast cancer over the 
course of their lifetime.

The theme of the morning 

discussion, titled “How Decisions 
are Made in Breast Cancer 
Treatment,” 
was 
precision 

medicine, in which each individual 
patient’s genetic, environmental 
and 
lifestyle 
variability 
are 

considered in making a decision.

UM CCC Director Theodore 

Lawrence said contrary to popular 
belief, precision medicine can 
focus on the patient to make the 
fight with cancer the best it can be, 
instead of just precision medicine 
focusing mostly on the genetics of 
the tumor.

“I think precision medicine is 

more than just genes,” Lawrence 
said. “It goes all the way from 
understanding 
the 
tumor, 
to 

understanding that tumor within 
the patient, to understanding 
that patient’s social situation, and 
how can we make the individual 
patient’s journey (with breast 
cancer) the best it could possibly 
be.”

During the discussion, panelists 

emphasized 
that 
decisions 

in 
breast 
cancer 
diagnoses 

and treatment are made as a 
multidisciplinary approach, and 
said each step of a decision is 
important for the following step. 
For example, the characteristics of 
a patient’s tumor are important for 
deciding which treatment options 
to pursue.

Lynn Henry, associate professor 

of Internal Medicine, said the 
specific details of the diagnosis, 
such as how big or invasive the 
tumor is, could inform the doctors 
on treatment options.

“For this particular patient 

(for example), because she has a 
large tumor and it’s aggressive, we 
give chemotherapy,” Henry said, 
pointing to a specific case.

Radiation Oncology Professor 

Lori Pierce added that though the 
majority of breast cancer patients 
do not need radiation treatments, 
patients with a risk of recurrence 
— when cancer returns either in 

same or different tissues — are 
recommended to receive it.

“The majority of patients would 

not need radiation because for the 
majority of patients, the tumor 
would be completely removed 
with excellent surgery,” Pierce 
said. “It’s the patients who are 
deemed to be at moderate to high 
risks for having a recurrence … are 
the ones we would recommended 
radiation for.”

Similarly, 
Pathology 
Prof. 

Celina Kleer emphasized that 
everyone’s tumors are biologically 
different, so no single treatment 
works for every patient.

“I showed you a picture of 

one woman’s breast cancer, but 
if I show you a picture of another 
patient’s breast cancer, it looks 
completely different,” Kleer said. 
“Some tumors express different 
proteins 
and 
have 
different 

biological characteristics.” 

UM CCC nurse practitioner 

Kelly Scheu noted the importance 
of individualized patient support 
during and after the treatment, 
citing available supportive care 
available for patients including 
mental health support.

“There’s a lot that goes into 

talking to your patients and trying 
to support them,” Scheu said. 
“Pills can help, but talking is very 
helpful.”

Post-baccalaureate 
student 

Caroline Arellano-Garcia said she 
attended the summit because she 
is familiar with the research, but 
not the treatment aspect of the 
disease.

“I didn’t realize the emotional 

and psychological impact (the 
disease) has on the women,” 
Arellano-Garcia said. Arellano-
Garcia noted that since she is a 
Latina, that information could be 
particularly important to relay to 
her community. Hispanic/Latina 
women are on average diagnosed 
with more advanced breast cancers 
than white women, possibly due to 
lower mammography rates and 
delays 
following-up 
abnormal 

mammograms, according to the 
Susan G. Komen Foundation.

“I feel that in my community, 

there might be a lot of ignorance,” 
Arellano-Garcia said. “I can relay 
the message on the importance of 
knowing about the disease.”

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Greden noted that 25 percent of 
University students suffer from 
a mental health condition such 
as depression or anxiety, for 
which only 40 percent receive 
treatment.

Another 
question 
asked 

whether or not panelists believed 
there is a stigma attached to 
being a survivor of sexual assault. 
Milkovich 
responded 
saying 

according 
tocampus 
climate 

data, only 45 percent of students 
tell another person about their 
experience — a statistic she said 
points to “too much silence” on 
campus.

Data was also a topic in 

discussion later in the chat, in 
response to a question on the 
prevalence of sexual misconduct 
on campus. Milkovich responded 
that according to the campus 
climate report, 10 percent of 
students 
experienced 
sexual 

misconduct 
within 
the 
last 

year and 22 percent of female 
undergraduate students report 
sexual violence.

Another 
question 
from 

a 
recent 
graduate 
of 
the 

University, asked: “What are 
your 
recommendations 
for 

recent grads who feel like they 
didn’t live up to their personal 
expectations?”

In response, Greden said 

he 
recommends 
talking 
to 

therapists, friends or seeking 
additional help if symptoms are 
more severe.

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the 
connector 
last 
summer 

shows that they, to some extent, 
haven’t made a big enough effort 
to see the potential of what a 
physical connection between the 
University and the city can have.”

Last year, Consider hosted an 

event regarding education reform 
in Detroit. They had a panel of 
teacher union representatives, 
policy researchers and nonprofits, 
such as Teach for America, 
discuss their work in Detroit. 
After the event, the student 
organization said they wanted to 
extend their work with the city. 

This year, Consider approached 

MUSIC 
Matters 
to 
help 

incorporate a “Detroit Village” 
within SpringFest by bringing 
nonprofits and startups from the 
city of Detroit into a tent in the 
Diag. They said the purpose of 
the setup is to encourage students 
to be more involved with the city 
during college and later seek job 
opportunities there.

Business junior Connor Yee, 

the president of Consider, said the 
purpose of the Detroit Village is 
to make students aware of what 
is really happening in Detroit 
through business and outreach.

“We’re setting up an area 

where 
these 
companies 
can 

interact with students, so that 
students can get a better idea and 
feel for what’s really happening 
in Detroit and how much people 
are really standing behind it,” he 
said. “There’s a lot going on down 
there that people really neglect to 
look at.”

The nonprofits each focus on 

different service areas such as 
transportation, 
neighborhood 

cleanup, youth mentoring and 
food distribution. Among them 
are organizations such as Rebel 
Nell, which promotes women 
in Detroit who create Graffiti 
Jewelry, M-1 Rail, which heads 
the effort to create a 3.3-mile 
streetcar 
along 
Woodward 

Avenue 
and 
Greening 
of 

Detroit, which promotes a more 
environmentally friendly city by 
way of gardening and trees, but 
also encourages food distribution 

and education reform.

Detroit vs. Everybody will also 

be making an appearance to sell 
their apparel and promote the 
city.

Bennett 
said 
since 
most 

students never step foot in the 
city, the University needs to 
encourage them to get involved.

“The majority of students 

who come to this campus go 
most of their time without ever 
going to Detroit,” he said. “We 
don’t market ourselves as the 
University that is 45 minutes 
away from one of the greatest 
culturally diverse and academic 
renowned cities in the country. 
We need to give our students the 
opportunity to engage in Detroit’s 
revitalization.”

SpringFest 
Chair 
Sabrina 

Khan, an Art & Design junior, 
said one of the goals of the event 
this year is to change people’s 
perceptions of the city.

“If you don’t know about 

Detroit, you think of all of the 
negative media. You tend to have 
this stigma and this negative 
perception of Detroit,” she said. 
“We wanted to destigmatize that 
and get people involved with 
going to Detroit because we feel 
that Detroit is our neighbor and 
a lot of people don’t necessarily 
know what it has to offer.”

Another aspect of the event is 

the Art Experience, which is an 
interactive visual and musical 
art exhibit where people can 
participate in art activities.

Khan said she was excited 

that the Art Experience would 
be another way aside from work 
the Detroit-based nonprofits to 
connect with the city.

“The Art Experience is one 

of our philanthropic endeavors 
to engage with students and 
also give back to the Detroit 
community,” she said.

Students will be able to paint 

pianos and backpacks that will 
then be donated to a school in the 
city. They will also be able to paint 
ceiling tiles for a mural that will 
be sent back to the city schools. 
There will also be a chalkboard 
on which students can write why 
they stand by Detroit. The board 
will be put on display around the 
city.

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sustainability 
behavior 
and 

engagement 
efforts, 
showed 

slightly more positive results. 
Citing a study by the Sustainability 
Cultural 
Indicators 
Program, 

which measures sustainability 
awareness, 
knowledge 
and 

behavior on campus to inform 
future 
sustainability 
efforts, 

the report said sustainability 
knowledge 
had 
increased 
in 

the past year, but eco-friendly 
engagement had decreased.

The report emphasized the 

success of several engagement 
programs, including the Planet 
Blue 
Ambassador 
Program, 

which facilitates sustainability 
awareness by providing a platform 
for 
“ambassadors” 
to 
make 

pledges relating to their personal 
sustainability and monitor their 
environmental impact. According 
to 
the 
report, 
the 
program 

has created more than 2,400 
ambassadors — meaning they’ve 
completed five training modules 
related to “energy, food, waste, 
water and community — who 
have completed more than 20,000 
“environmental actions” that help 
move toward the University’s 
goals.

Despite the low numbers in 

energy conservation and waste 
reduction, 
Andrew 
Horning, 

deputy director of the Graham 
Sustainability 
Institute 
at 

the University, noted that the 
University was now devoting more 
resources to sustainability after 
a 2015 announcement of a $100 
million dollar investment.

The 
investment, 
aimed 
at 

creating a greener campus, is 
spread out over a number of 
different 
initiatives 
and 
will 

be implemented incrementally 
in 
the 
coming 
years. 
The 

primary focuses of the funds, 
recommended by committees of 
faculty, staff and students, are 
expansion of the University’s 
food waste composting program; 
extension of the University’s 
energy conservation program to 
the University of Michigan Health 
System, the athletic program 
and University Housing; and 
enhancement 
of 
sustainability 

behavior change and engagement 
programs. Most of the programs 
recommended were not fully or at 
all implemented in 2015, the year 

measured by the report.

“These programs and many 

others 
are 
being 
enhanced 

through a new commitment of 
dedicated resources that will allow 
for more effective outreach to and 
engagement with the campus 
community,” Horning said.

Also 
highlighted 
in 
the 

Sustainability Progress Report 
was the University’s recent “gold” 
rating under the Sustainability 
Tracking, Assessment & Rating 
System.

STARS, 
designed 
by 
the 

Association for the Advancement 
of 
Sustainability 
in 
Higher 

Education, was envisioned as a 
way to increase transparency 
in 
measuring 
progress 
in 

sustainability, 
and 
relies 

on 
self-reported 
data 
from 

participating universities. Gold 
is an improvement from the 
University’s previous rating of 
silver, which was given in 2012. 
Platinum is the only higher 
ranking possible under STARS 
after gold, and is currently held 
only by Colorado State University.

Nonetheless, for some students, 

the 
University’s 
sustainability 

initiatives draw a mixed response.

Public 
Policy 
junior 
Ellen 

Loubert, a member of the steering 
committee for the Divest and 
Invest Campaign, said the issue 
isn’t that campus isn’t invested in 
sustainability, but rather that the 
University isn’t listening. Divest 
and Invest advocates for the 
University to divest its endowment 
investments from coal.

“Some of the support really 

shows that there is in fact campus 
consensus on the underlying issue 
in the case of divestment, which 
is climate change,” she said. “So, I 
think the first step in, you know, 
actually 
realizing 
divestment 

would be for the regents of the 
University to form an ad hoc 
committee that could look into 
that.”

Loubert added that she hasn’t 

seen any initiative on the part of 
the University to address these 
complaints.

“We 
could 
understand 
if 

the University had formed this 
committee, but what we’re seeing 
right now is a lack of motivation to 
even start the process of looking 
into that,” she said. “So you see 
how this report is doing a lot of 
good things, but at the same time, 
is sort of hypocritical.”

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