Author Malcolm Gladwell’s 

lecture on the risks and 
realities of entrepreneurship 
Tuesday drew an audience 
large enough to fill Hill 
Auditorium.

The talk, which explored 

the careers of scientist Emil 
Freireich who helped invent 
modern chemotherapy; Steve 
Jobs, who founded Apple; and 
Ingvar Kamprad, who founded 
IKEA, was part of The Joseph 
and Sally Handleman Lecture 
Series hosted by the Ross 
School of Business.

Gladwell 
challenged 

the 
audience 
to 

reframe 
the 
traditional 

discourse 
surrounding 

entrepreneurship, 
encouraging them to consider 
the social implications as well.

“I think we spend a lot of time 

talking about the innovation 
part 
of 
entrepreneurship 

and not enough time talking 
about 
the 
social 
part 
of 

entrepreneurship,” 
Gladwell 

said. “That’s what I want to 
talk about this evening.”

He 
added 
that 

entrepreneurs 
are 
defined 

by 
exigency 
rather 
than 

competence 
or 
resources, 

highlighting 
Jobs’ 
attempt 

to produce the Macintosh 
computer 
as 
quickly 
as 

possible.

“That’s what sets (Jobs) 

apart, that sense of urgency,” 

Gladwell said. “That’s what 
gives an entrepreneur their 
sense of direction and their 
sense of purpose.”

He 
also 
outlined 
three 

common 
characteristics 

shared by all entrepreneurs: 
openness 
to 
creativity, 

conscientiousness 
and 

disagreeableness in terms of 

a disregard for the approval 
of others. To illustrate this 
notion of disagreeableness, he 
pointed to Freireich’s struggle 
with the medical community’s 
disapproval and accusations 
of immorality.

Despite 
this 
obstacle, 

Freireich 
continued 
his 

groundbreaking work.

“If 
Freireich 
needed 

approval, leukemia would still 
exist,” he said.

Gladwell said a successful 

entrepreneur believes in the 
nature of a dynamic society, 
a vision which fuels the 
entrepreneur to implement 
change.

Sixty-two 
percent 
of 

Michigan 
students 
graduate 

with debt of about $29,450 — 
making the state the ninth-
highest in the nation for student 
debt — according to a new report 
from the Michigan League for 
Public Policy, a nonpartisan 
economic policy institute.

The report pointed to several 

possible reasons for the debt, 
including rising tuition and 
stagnant levels of federal and 
state aid.

Since 2003, public tuition 

has increased by 100 to 150 
percent on average in Michigan. 
Meanwhile, in 2003, the Pell 
grant covered 40 to 66 percent 
of tuition. Now, the grant covers 
less than 40 percent at nearly 
all Michigan universities. At 
the University of Michigan 
specifically, in 2015, the federal 
Pell grant covered 26 percent of 
tuition.

Michigan’s 
investment 
in 

need-based financial aid grants 
has also fallen since the 1990s, 
even amid raising tuition. The 
state spends less per student on 

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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks to University of Michigan students and the Ann Arbor community on the Diag Tuesday. 

Democratic 
officials 

encouraged Wolverines to follow 
their instincts and “go blue” 
this election Tuesday afternoon 
when Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), 

the Democratic vice presidential 
nominee, visited the University 
of Michigan’s campus to give a 
speech on the Diag.

Kaine’s visit marks the first 

time Hillary Clinton’s campaign 
has visited campus and the vice 
presidential 
nominee’s 
second 

time in the state, which went to 

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in 
the Democratic primary, partially 
due to young voters. Kaine’s last 
stop in Michigan was in early 
August in Grand Rapids.

Before heading to the rally on 

the Diag, the vice presidential 
nominee first went to Espresso 
Royale on State Street, where he 

met with students as well as Ann 
Arbor residents.

Much of Kaine’s speech centered 

on student debt and bolstering 
Clinton’s higher education reform 
plan, along with civil rights and 
the importance of Michigan as 
a swing state. Speaking before 

See DEBT, Page 3A

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Author Malcolm Gladwell speaks as a part of the Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series in Hill Auditorium 
Tuesday.

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Men and women self-rate 

their health differently — and 
this might explain in part why 
women live longer — according 
to a recent University of 
Michigan study.

The study found women 

rate themselves as less healthy 
more often than men, even 
though women tend to live 
longer. The study, therefore, 
could predict mortality better 
in men who viewed themselves 
as extremely healthy, perhaps 
because they were more likely 
not to seek medical help.

Initially designed to 

compare health between 
Black and white people, the 
study followed 1,500 adults 
ages 66 and older for three 
years between 2001 and 2004 
and discovered that gender 
differences play a large role in 
subjectively predicting risk of 
mortality later in life.

“Regardless of the domain, 

women perceive their health 
being poorer — if it is mental 
health, if it quality of life, if 
it is anxiety or depression, 

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The house is jumpin’

Nonprofit sets up White 
House bounce house on North 
University Ave.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, poses for a 
photo with Laura Marsh, LSA junior and vice chair of the University of Michigan’s 
chapter of College Democrats after Kaine’s speech on the Diag Tuesday.

See GLADWELL, Page 3A

VP candidate Tim Kaine discusses 
student debt, gender gap at ‘U’ visit

Students gathered in Diag Tuesday afternoon to attend Democratic political rally

EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor

Study finds 
Mich. loan 
debt peaks 
at $29,450

ADMINISTRATION

University strives to 
balance rising tuition, 
financial aid

KATHERINE CURRAN

Daily Staff Reporter

Author Malcolm Gladwell lectures on 
risks and realities of entrepreneurship

Talk hosted by Ross as part of the Joseph and Sally Handleman discussion series

EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter

Perception 
of health 
differs for 
genders

SCIENCE

Mortality risks may be 
connected to varying self 
assesmements 

ALEXA ST. JOHN
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