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WEATHER 
TOMORROW

HI: 56

LO: 32

Three-percent 

increase expected 
due to higher cost of 

living, ‘U’ says

By BRANDON SUMMERS-

MILLER

Daily Staff Reporter

The 
Residential 
Halls 

Association announced Tuesday 
that student housing fees at the 
University 
of 
Michigan 
will 

increase by 3 percent next year.

The 
average 
on 
campus 

residence hall will cost about 
$10,870, 
according 
to 
the 

University. Housing costs for the 
2015-2016 school year averaged 
$10,554. The increase is one 
percent more than the average 
University housing rate increase 
each year, which has been 2 
percent every year since 2003.

RHA hosted a presentation 

Tuesday for students to discuss 
their approval of the increased 
housing 
fees, 
noting 
that 

housing fees pay for a variety 

of essentials but also help fund 
dorm renovations, as part of the 
Residential Life Initiatives.

According 
to 
presenters, 

compared to other Big Ten schools’ 
housing fees the University ranked 
sixth most expensive both this past 
year and for the projected future.

Ohio State University, Rutgers 

University 
and 
Northwestern 

University 
each 
had 
more 

expensive housing fees than the 
University, with Northwestern’s 
projected housing rate topping 
out at $15,412 for the 2016-2017 
academic year.

RHA adviser Beth Radecki, who 

is also South Quad Residence Hall’s 
Director, said she attended the 
discussion because she wanted to 
see the results of the organization’s 
work on behalf of the students they 
represent.

“Housing rates typically don’t 

stay the same from year to year,” 
Radecki said. “I think they did a 
great job explaining where we fall 
within the different institutions 
and 
also 
talking 
about 
the 

reasoning, how we ended up there, 
too.”

During fireside 

chat, students raise 

concerns with 

resources on campus

By LUCAS MAIMAN

Daily Staff Reporter

A new mental health clinic 

at the University of Michigan 
may be in the works, University 

of Michigan President Mark 
Schlissel told students at a 
fireside chat on Tuesday.

“We are working on ways to 

potentially open up a mental 
health clinic for students with 
very 
serious 
psychological 

and 
psychiatric 
disorders 

that would be within walking 
distance of the campus and 
that would be able to provide 
ongoing medical, psychological 
and 
psychiatric 
support,” 

Schlissel said.

Schlissel’s 
remarks 
come 

in light of several speak outs, 
most 
recently 
on 
Monday, 

aimed at addressing issues 
of mental health on campus. 
The University also hosted 
a 
Twitter 
chat 
on 
Friday 

featuring Depression Center 
Director John Greden and 
other University officials to 
discuss 
mental 
health 
and 

sexual misconduct.

Improving 
Counseling 

and 
Psychological 
Services 

and 
overall 
mental 
health 

at the University dominated 
conversation 
during 
the 

fireside chat, which also was 
also attended by E. Royster 
Harper, Vice President for 
Student Life. 

Students present at the chat 

expressed multiple concerns 
about the availability of mental 
health services on campus. LSA 
senior Marlee Beckering said 
there is a lack of accessibility 

See FIRESIDE, Page 3A
See HOUSING, Page 2A

Charlton talks 
tenure while 

Schafer looks to 

body’s future

By TIM COHN

Daily Staff Reporter

Tuesday, newMICH members 

LSA juniors David Schafer and 
Micah Griggs were sworn in as 
president and vice president of 
Central Student Government, 
marking the end of LSA senior 
Cooper Charlton’s and LSA 
junior Steven Halperin’s terms 
in office.

The Make Michigan party 

ticket was elected in late March 
2015 by a margin of only five 
votes, defeating The Team’s 
ticket of then-LSA junior Will 
Royster and LSA sophomore 
Matt Fidel.

The party ran on a campaign 

platform that included a number 
of initiatives to improve campus 
safety, 
such 
as 
introducing 

new 
safety-focused 
mobile 

applications and installing more 

off-campus 
street 
lighting. 

Additionally, Make Michigan 
advocated increasing diversity 
on campus by revamping the 
course certification process for 
Race & Ethnicity requirements, 
improving 
diversity 
and 

inclusion 
training 
and 

connecting admissions offers 
with financial aid packages, as 
well as implementing a school-
wide honor code.

Throughout Charlton’s tenure 

as CSG president, some of these 
goals were challenged by the 
University administration and, 
in the case of the street lighting, 
the city of Ann Arbor.

In 
an 
April 
interview, 

Charlton said the goals often had 
to be redefined to address issues 
of relevance to the student body.

Ultimately, 
many 
of 
the 

CSG resolutions and actions 
implemented 
throughout 
the 

year were in areas not heavily 
emphasized by the Charlton 
and 
Halperin 
ticket 
during 

their campaign. Over the past 
year, CSG pushed for policies 
like renewed student access to 
course evaluation data, early 

See CSG, Page 3A

Students advocate 
for devices to aid in 
suspect descriptions, 

campus safety

By IRENE PARK

Daily Staff Reporter

Five University of Michigan 

students have started a petition 
to install cameras on the existing 
emergency blue light phones 
located throughout campus. As 
of Tuesday, 233 students have 
signed the petition.

The petition was created on 

March 14, but was not heavily 
promoted until April 4, after the 
five students had a meeting with 
the Division of Public Safety 
and Security Associate Director 
Declan 
Lugin 
and 
police 

sergeant Gary Hicks to present 
and discuss their proposal.

In the current blue light phone 

system, DPSS Communications 
Center is alerted if a call is made. 
An officer is sent to the location 
of the telephone when the 

See PETITION, Page 3A

Jack Hu, VP for 

research, highlights 

importance of 

undergrad projects

By LYDIA MURRAY

Daily Staff Reporter

Faculty mentors were given 

awards and several students 
presented 
their 
various 

research projects at the Honors 
Undergraduate 
Research 

Opportunity Program Mentor 
Awards and Top Oral Abstracts 
presentation to an audience of 
nearly 30 students, faculty and 
staff Tuesday. 

In past years the Honors 

UROP presentation has been 
incorporated into the UROP 
symposium, which will take 
place next Tuesday. This year, it 
was separated because of an issue 
with space inside the Michigan 

Union, where the symposium is 
slated to take place.

Vice President of Research 

Jack Hu told attendee that when 
he talks with alumni from across 
the globe, they often cite the 
incredible opportunities they 
had through UROP.

“When 
graduates 
from 

Michigan come and talk with 
me, they don’t usually come 
and talk about football or coach 
Harbaugh,” 
he 
said. 
“One 

ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily

LSA sophomore Victoria Rai presents her research on the transcription of RNA at the Honors UROP Symposium in Palmer 
Commons Tuesday.

See UROP, Page 3A

ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily

University President Mark Schlissel speaks with students at the fireside chat in the Michigan Union Tuesday.

A look at the people and events that 
made the academic year memorable 

» INSIDE

the statement

CAMPUS LIFE

Mental health dominates 
discussion with Schlissel

‘U’ housing 
rate change 
larger than 
prior years

CSG reflects 
on successes, 
failures of year

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Group calls 
for cameras 
on blue light 
telephones

CRIME

Ceremony honors faculty, 
student research projects