University 
of 
Michigan 

alumni Frances and Kenneth 
Eisenberg, as well as the 
Eisenberg 
family 
overall, 

donated $10.75 million last 
Thursday to the University’s 
Depression Center to fund 
research projects for mental 
illnesses such as depression 
and bipolar disorder.

Kenneth Eisenberg said in 

a press release his family’s 
goal was to find solutions 
to 
meaningfully 
treat 

this 
widespread 
disorder, 

emphasizing 
the 
need 
to 

challenge 
existing 
negative 

perceptions held in society.

“It is time to put our energy 

and resources into finding 
solutions 
for 
depression,” 

Eisenberg 
said. 
“Everyone 

has been touched by a loved 
one or friend affected by 
mental illness. Our family’s 
goal is to remove the stigma 
associated with this disease 
and to provide the necessary 

financial support to assure 
that meaningful treatment is 
accessible.”

According to the National 

Center 
of 
Mental 
Health, 

depression can reveal itself 
differently across individuals, 
with 
symptoms 
including 

persistent 
sad, 
anxious 
or 

empty 
moods; 
feelings 
of 

hopelessness and pessimism; 
and loss of interest or pleasure 
in hobbies. Data collected 
from National Health and 
Nutrition Examination Survey 
the Center for Disease Control 
distributed 
from 
2009 
to 

2012, 7.6 percent of people 12 
years of age and older in the 
United States suffered from 
depression at any given two-
week period.

Globally, about 350 million 

people suffer from depression, 
and it is one of the main causes 
of disabilities.

The 
University’s 
center, 

located in the Rachel Upjohn 
Building, 
was 
established 

in 2001 as the first center in 
the nation to tackle bipolar 

Marc Edwards, professor of 

civil engineering at Virginia 
Tech, delivered the Walter 
J. Weber Jr. Distinguished 
Lecture 
in 
Environmental 

and 
Energy 
Sustainability 

to an audience of about 100 
students, faculty and staff 
Tuesday at the Gerald Ford 
Presidential Library.

The annual lecture, which 

is organized by the College of 
Engineering, brings experts 
in environmental engineering 
and science to the University 
of Michigan to share their 
work and ideas for the future 
of their fields.

This year’s lecture, “The 

Flint 
and 
Washington 

D.C. Drinking Water Lead 
Crises: How Scientists and 
Engineers 
Betrayed 
the 

Public Trust,” focused on 
Edward’s role in exposing 
water 
contamination 
in 

Washington 
D.C. 
between 

2001 
and 
2004 
and 
the 

current water crisis in Flint. 

Edwards is the researcher 
responsible for investigating 
and uncovering misconduct 
on the part of scientists at the 
Environmental 
Protection 

Agency 
and 
the 
Centers 

for 
Disease 
Control 
and 

Prevention.

In his remarks, Edwards 

talked about the aftermath 
of exposing the failures of 
scientists 
and 
politicians 

in 
charge 
of 
protecting 

public health during both 
disasters, saying both times 
it caused a lack of trust in the 
government.

On Burnside Street in Detroit, 

just northwest of Hamtramck, 
a 
greenhouse 
collaborative 

project utilizing old abandoned 
houses is only a few short steps 
away from completion.

By the time winter sets 

in, the small neighborhood 
greenhouse, named Afterhouse, 
will be warm enough to grow 
fruits and other plants that 
otherwise wouldn’t otherwise 
be able to flourish in cold 
Michigan weather.

The 
project 
was 
the 

brainchild of Abigail Murray, 
a ceramist and Ann Arbor 
resident who has had experience 
with community gardening and 

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©2016 The Michigan Daily

NEWS......................... 2A

OPINION.....................4A

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A

SUDOKU..................... 2A

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A

S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B

Eisenbergs 
donate to
Depression 
Center at ‘U’

Members of Greek life angered 
by mandatory hazing film viewing

See DONATION, Page 3A

HEALTH

Family gives $10.74 million to fund 
research projects on mental illnesses

IRENE PARK

Daily Staff Reporter

Some students leave film portraying violent behavior by fraternities, sororities

At a mandatory screening of the 

film “HAZE” Tuesday, a pseudo-
documentary 
that 
explores 
a 

negative and violent depiction of 
University of Michigan fraternity 
and sorority life, more than 120 
members of Greek life left after a 
contentious debate during Q&A 
with the film’s director, David 
Burkman.

At least ten members of each 

fraternity 
and 
sorority 
were 

required to attend the Office of 
Greek Life event.

Most of the students who spoke 

during the Q&A voiced opposition 
toward the violent and graphic 
images within the film, and said 
the behavior portrayed in the film 
is not reflective of what happens 
in Michigan Greek life. Students 
also said because the Michigan 
Panhellenic Association is self-
governing, there is a system of 
accountability 
that 
prevents 

intense hazing like that shown in 
the film.

In 2013, Alpha Epsilon Pi was 

accused hazing its pledges and 
their president was removed, and 
in 2011 Sigma Alpha Epsilon was 
expelled by the Interfraternity 
Council.

The 
film 
portrays 
hazing 

with jarring canted angles and 
black-and-white shots dispersed 
throughout. One scene, which was 
brought up by multiple students 
during the Q&A, depicted a pledge 
class 
violently 
attacking 
and 

killing a dog. The film also staged 
the portrayal of a pledge member’s 
alcohol-poisoning-induced 
death and the sexual assault of a 

freshman sorority member.

Information 
senior 
Sarah 

Barnitt asked the director about 
the film’s portrayal of women in 
the Greek life system, and how 
much stereotypes surrounding 
sorority culture played a part in 
the construction of its characters. 

“As a member of Panhellenic 

Executive board, that image that 
you constructed sorority women is 
not accurate and it is not flattering, 
and it’s actually kind of offensive,” 
Barnitt said. “To be honest, it’s 
offensive to women as a whole 

REBECCA LERNER

For the Daily

See GREENHOUSE, Page 3A

Professor 
partners 
on Detroit 
greenhouse

RESEARCH

Project utlitizing 
abandoned homes 
nears completion 

KEVIN LINDER
Daily Staff Reporter

Researcher places onus of Flint, D.C. 
water crises on government officials 

Marc Edwards delivers lecture to 100 at Gerald Ford Presidential Library

NEIL SCHWARTZ
Daily Staff Reporter

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See WATER, Page 2A

See HAZING, Page 3A

In 
response 
to 
a 
new 

discovery last week of the toxic 
chemical 1,4-dioxane in shallow 
groundwater on Ann Arbor’s west 
side, city officials are exploring 
the possibility of new legal actions 
against the original polluter that 
could potentially bypass state 
environmental regulators.

Improper wastewater disposal 

by the Ann Arbor-based company 
Gelman Sciences — which has 
since been purchased by Pall 
Corporation — from 1966 to 1986 
has created a large plume of 
the carcinogenic dioxane toxin 
underground in the city of Ann 
Arbor, as well as Scio and Ann 
Arbor Townships.

See DIOXANE, Page 3A

A2 officials 
talk new 
response 
to dioxane

CITY

New discovery of toxin 
in groundwater prompts 
legal discussion

BRIAN KUANG
Daily Staff Reporter

Personal Statement 

Issue

In these pages, you will 

find seven personal essays 
ranging from the comical 

to the revealing to the 

optimistic
» Page 1B

CSG talks 
Halloween weekend

UMPD officer addresses 
the assembly on campus 
safety concerns at Tuesday 
meeting.
» michigandaily.com

CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily

LSA junior Holden Spencer mans Theta Xi’s camp on the Diag. The fraternity will be stationed there 24 hours a day to protect the block “M” until the football 
game against Michigan State University Saturday. 

ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily

Marc Edwards, professor of engineering at Virginia Tech, speaks out about the corruption surrounding the EPA, CDC, 
and various other government agencies at the Gerald Ford Library Tuesday.

DE FE ND THE ‘M’

