President-elect
Donald
Trump
recently
appointed
Betsy DeVos, Michigan native
and education activist, as the
secretary of education, much
to the disappointment many
state stakeholders such as Steve
Norton, executive director of
Michigan Parents for Schools,
an organization of Michigan
parents working for public
school funding.
“We were dismayed. But
unfortunately
not
terribly
surprised,” Norton said. “I
believe
(Trump)
reached
out to probably this most
controversial, the most extreme
option. I think it stunned a lot
of people — I guess you could
say we were stunned as well.”
DeVos and her husband,
billionaire Dick DeVos, have
been involved with numerous
conservative
efforts
in
Michigan,
particularly
the
American
Foundation
for
Children, which pushes for the
expansion of charter schools
and
vouchers.
DeVos
has
argued that this allows for less
government
regulation
and
permits parents to choose their
children’s education, showing
that public schools were not
sufficiently meeting needs.
School vouchers are a system
in which families are provided
government subsidies to aid in
Sean
DeMonner,
the
information systems executive
director
of
teaching
and
learning, highlighted the need
for more faculty training and
discussed the migration from
CTools to Canvas with the the
Senate Advisory Committee on
University Affairs Monday.
The
committee
also
addressed German Prof. Silke-
Maria
Weineck
and
Sport
Management
Prof.
Stefan
Szymanski’s
terms
on
the
committee, which will end
early due to Winter Break. No
final decision could be made,
as it is not under SACUA’s
jurisdiction, according to LSA
Representative
and
Biology
Prof. John Lehman.
“It’s actually not SACUA’s
decision to make,” Lehman
said.
“It’s
the
Senate
Assembly’s decision to make,
but in the case of somebody
who is not going to complete
their term, there is precedent
for going down the hierarchy
of votes. In terms of temporary
replacement, we don’t really
have precedent for that.”
The gender imbalance of
SACUA was a key issue in the
discussion of Weineck’s and
Szymanski’s
replacements.
According to David Wright,
associate
professor
of
accounting, said the committee
fears
it
is
missing
an
opportunity to diversify the
members
because
Weineck,
one of the only two women on
SACUA, is leaving.
“There is already a gender
imbalance in SACUA and we
don’t want to worsen that,”
Wright said. “It may come
close to looking like a quota,
but perhaps we should consider
taking gender into account.”
Ultimately, SACUA agreed on
four possible courses of action
that will be presented to the
Senate Assembly: leave SACUA
as a seven-person committee
until the next formal election,
fill the two vacant seats with
the runners-up of the previous
election, hold a formal election
for the two seats or fill only one
of the seats.
The
discussion
will
be
continued and voted upon
at the next Senate Assembly
meeting on December 12.
In his remarks, DeMonner
shifted the conversation to
the migration from CTools to
Canvas, which is scheduled
to be completely finished by
the end of fall 2017. While
DeMonner
said
he
was
confident in the success of
Canvas and other programs
that the University of Michigan
has
contracted,
such
as
Box, some SACUA members
expressed concern regarding
Jabrill Peppers is heading to
New York.
One day after the Michigan
football
team
learned
it
would be spending the end
of December at the Orange
Bowl, the Wolverines’ do-it-all
standout was announced as one
of five finalists for the Heisman
Trophy.
Other
finalists
included
Louisville’s
Lamar
Jackson,
Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield,
Clemson’s DeShaun Watson and
Oklahoma’s Dede Westbrook.
After a standout redshirt
freshman campaign, Peppers
surged to the forefront of the
college football world as a
redshirt sophomore. Playing as
a linebacker, safety, nickelback,
running back, slot receiver and
wildcat quarterback, Peppers
made an impact all over the
field
for
the
sixth-ranked
Wolverines.
He tallied 15 tackles for loss,
four sacks, an interception, a
punt-return touchdown, three
rushing touchdowns and 751
all-purpose yards.
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©2016 The Michigan Daily
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CL ASSIFIEDS.................6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
See DEVOS, Page 3
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GOVERNMENT
Though crime statistics from
the
University
of
Michigan
home football game days follow
no clear trajectory, police and
students have observed trends
such as game time and weather
that may have influenced arrests,
hospitalizations and ejections.
Michigan’s
Sept.
17
game
against Colorado set the season’s
peak for medical emergencies on
a football Saturday at 83 treated
students, and the Oct. 1 game
against Wisconsin set the season
peak for ejections from the
stadium at 64 people ejected.
According to Joe Piersante,
director of University Security
Services, who manages game
day operations, the season went
smoothly overall but for one
significant incident.
“Aside from the arrests made
of the pickpocketing ring at
the October 1 game, we did not
encounter any significant issues,”
he wrote in an email to the Daily.
DPSS
spokeswoman
Diane
Brown pointed to several general
factors that she said play into
dangerous
activity
on
game
days, such as changing weather
throughout the season.
“Over the years we have
observed that there are several
See PEPPERS, Page 3
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David Wright, associate professor of accounting talks gender equity at the Fleming Administration building Monday.
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See SACUA, Page 3
See CRIME, Page 3
Sabra
Briere
(D–Ward
1)
officially resigned from Ann Arbor
City Council at Monday evening’s
council meeting. The vacancy
was immediately filled by Jason
Frenzel, who will now serve the
remaining year of Briere’s two-year
term.
Frenzel worked for the city
of Ann Arbor from 2001 to
2011 as the Volunteer Outreach
coordinator for the city’s Natural
Area preservation program. He
ran for City Council this year as a
Democrat, but lost in the primary
to
incumbent
Councilmember
Sumi Kailasapathy (D-Ward 1).
At
Monday’s
meeting,
Councilmember
Chip
Smith
(D-Ward 5) cited his experience in
city hall and community outreach
as basis for their selection.
“His knowledge about very
complex issues facing not only the
first ward but the city are superior,”
Smith said.
Following
the
appointment
Frenzel said in an interview
with the Daily he was deeply
appreciative of the council selection
and eager to get to work
“I am deeply honored and
humbled to be placed in City
See COUNCIL, Page 3
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Lecture compares Western
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» Page 2
For many in
state, DeVos
nom. sparks
big concerns
Officials observe trends in gameday
crime based on weather, timing
Teachers, nonprofits point to impact
charter-school advocate had on Detroit
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Number of ejections, hospitalizations peak at 64 and 83, respectively, during season
JENNIFER MEER & ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporters
Peppers a
finalist for
Heisman
on defense
FOOTBALL
Redshirt sophomore
would be Michigan’s
first winner since 1997
MAX BULTMAN
Managing Sports Editor
SACUA members discuss concerns
about transition from CTools to Canvas
Body also plan to fill terms ending early during regular meeting
WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter
A2 Council
selects new
member to
fill vacancy
Councilmembers also
approve condo project
SOPHIE SHERRY
Daily Staff Reporter
ANN ARBOR