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Friends, family
members offer
remarks on campus
impact, legacy
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
The sixth annual Campus
Memorial Service — hosted by
the Division of Student Life and
the Association of Religious
Counselors — honored three
students
who
passed
away
during the academic year with
more than 100 students filling
the Vandenberg Room in the
Michigan
League
Monday
afternoon.
The
service
honored
Engineering freshman Tyler
Barthel
and
LSA
seniors
Joshua Brigham and Benjamin
Moray. In her remarks during
the event, Dean of Students
Laura Blake Jones said the
memorial was an opportunity
for the entire community to
come together to reflect on how
the students impacted those
around them and to support
one another in a time of loss.
“This is a time to come
together
to
remember
and
to share,” she said. “A time
to
grieve
collectively
as
a community. The loss of
your
sons,
brothers,
loved
ones, advisees, students and
friends
has
impacted
and
forever altered our campus
community.”
Prior
to
the
service,
University
of
Michigan
President Mark Schlissel met
with
family
members
and
friends of the students. He did
not attend the memorial itself.
Following
her
opening
remarks,
Jones
read
descriptions
of
the
accomplishments of each of
the students as a community
member and placed a yellow
rose next to their photograph
in remembrance.
Friends and family members
of each of the three students
offered
words
of
tribute
after a musical interlude and
Over 60 share stories
at speak out hosted
by LSA Student
Government
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
More than 60 University of
Michigan students gathered
in the Vandenberg Room of
the Michigan League Monday
night to tell stories, share
experiences and support one
another during a mental health
speak out sponsored by LSA
Student Government.
The event came at a time
when
student
demand
for
mental health resources is
on the rise — the University’s
Counseling and Psychological
Services reported a 17-percent
increase
in
demand
for
counseling service in 2014-
2015, more than four times its
expected increase. The CAPS
report specifies the top five
student-identified
mental
health concerns as anxiety,
depression,
self-esteem,
academic
problems
and
relationship difficulties.
During
Tuesday’s
event,
speakers shared their history
of dealing with mental illness
throughout college and the
stigmas they encountered.
LSA
sophomore
Anna
Giacomini, former vice chair
of the health committee for
LSA student government who
helped organize the event,
said it was based off a January
speak out against Islamophobia
and aimed to raise awareness
and initiate further discussion
about mental health on campus.
“We wanted to host an event
that provided a safe space and
a safe environment for people
to talk about mental health
See SPEAK OUT, Page 3
See MEMORIAL, Page 3
Faculty body tells
Provost Pollack
current misconduct
policies are vague
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
The
Senate
Advisory
Committee
on
University
Affairs heard remarks from
University
of
Michigan
Provost
Martha
Pollack
and
University
Enrollment
Manager Kedra Ishop during
their meeting Monday.
After
hearing
updates
from Pollack on the progress
of searches for several dean
positions,
SACUA
asked
questions of Pollack about the
Standards Practice Guide. The
SPG is a set of policies and
procedures that apply to all
University staff and faculty.
The Office of Institutional
Equity oversees these policies
and sanctions.
Within the SPG, SACUA has
been discussing over the past
year the current grievance
policy determines by OIE in
the case of sexual harassment
charges
against
faculty.
At
a
February
meeting,
SACUA
Chair
Silke-Maria
Weineck, prof. of comparative
literature, said the grievance
policy is currently unclear and
requires clarification.
During Monday’s meeting,
Weineck emphasized that the
current policy is overly vague
and makes it easy for faculty
to be accused of not following
the policies.
“We’re worried because you
could argue that any behavior
could
violate
the
SPG,”
Weineck said.
In its meeting last month,
SACUA
compared
faculty
policies on sexual misconduct
to the newly released updated
sexual
misconduct
policy
for students, which allows
students to file grievances on
findings of sexual misconduct.
Under
current
policies,
University faculty may file
grievances against sanctions
but not against findings on
cases of misconduct.
Pollack declined to discuss
SACUA’s
requests
at
the
meeting and did not comment
on the vagueness of the guide,
though she noted she was
open to conversation in the
future. Pollack also said the
University wanted to see the
student policy roll out before
considering a change to the
current faculty process. In
September, Pollack saidseveral
changes had been made to
how grievances function for
faculty — including a second
step in the process and a
standardized e-mail template
— in response to a SACUA
request.
“There’s too many moving
parts,” Pollack said. “I want
to see student policy put in
place, and then I am willing
to entertain consideration of
what we might do for faculty.
But I have not had time to
entertain and consider what
See SACUA, Page 3
Students say Ryan
Ball’s teaching
prepares them for life
outside the classroom
By NEIL SCHWARTZ
Daily Staff Reporter
Ryan Ball, assistant professor
of accounting at the Ross School
of Business, is the 2016 recipient
of the Golden Apple Award.
Created in 1991, the Golden
Apple Award seeks to honor
teachers who consistently teach
every lecture as if it were their
last. As a part of the award, each
recipient is invited to speak to
the University of Michigan on a
topic that they would choose as
their “last lecture.”
LSA sophomore John Petrie,
who serves on the Golden
Apple selection committee that
determines the winner each
year, said Ball’s nomination
was a standout among the
approximately 1,000 votes the
committee received this year
from students.
“This year it was an easy one,”
Petrie said. “Because when you
have a record-breaking number
of nominations (for Ball), many
of which are heartfelt and
lengthy, it’s not too difficult of a
selection to make.”
Petrie
emphasized
the
comprehensive selection process
that
goes
beyond
just
the
quantity of votes each nominee
receives from students.
“There’s not a rigid criteria
See AWARD, Page 3
In remarks at
ceremony, Schlissel
notes importance of
research preservation
By CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
After being closed for more
than two years during a $17
million renovation, the William
Clements
Library
officially
re-opened
with
a
ribbon
cutting ceremony Monday.
The new library, located
on
South
University
Ave,
includes
a
structural
addition of a 3,000-square-
foot underground space for
rare document preservation
beneath the library’s front
lawn.
Other
updates
to
the
building
include
a
new
digitization lab, a relocation of
the reading room to the main
floor, a redone basement office
space for library staffers and
a basement space for lectures
and presentations.
Additionally, the library’s
security,
climate
control,
electrical
systems
and
plumbing were updated.
University
of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel
gave remarks at the ribbon
cutting
ceremony,
speaking
on the library’s steps about its
unparalleled opportunity for
education and research.
“The Clements is one of
the
premier
depositories
of American history in the
entire world,” Schlissel said.
“It provides an advantage to
the University of Michigan
that
very
few
can
claim;
having access to the materials
that we have here leads to a
superior learning and research
experience.”
The library was built in
1923 by William Clements, a
University alum who served
as a regent from 1909 to 1933.
CLAIRE ABDO/Daily
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, LSA sophomore Christy Finkenstadet, Kevin Graffagnino, director of
William Clements Library and Chairman Peter Heydon cut the ribbon to reopen the William Clements Library Monday.
See CLEMENTS, Page 2
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
LSA sophomore Anna Giacomini and LSA freshman Nathan Wilson host the Mental Health Speakout in the Michigan League Monday.
ADMINISTRATION
Experiences with mental
health highlighted at event
Memorial
recognizes
deceased
‘U’ students
SACUA raises
questions on
grievance rules
ACADEMICS
Accounting
prof. chosen
for Golden
Apple award
CAMPUS LIFE
Clements Library reopens
after extensive renovations
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