Panelists at the University
of Michigan met Tuesday
afternoon to discuss Poverty
Solutions
—
an
initiative
introduced
by
University
President Mark Schlissel in
October 2016 — and review
nine research projects funded
through a new grant program
operated by the initiative. The
projects, totaling $200,000,
represent
the
initiative’s
first investments in research
and model testing aiming to
use research about poverty
to
better
suit
different
communities.
Poverty
Solutions
Director Luke Shaefer, an
associate professor of social
work
and
public
policy,
opened
the
discussion
—
held
over
Facebook
Live — by introducing the
interdisciplinary
initiative,
which,
according
to
its
mission
statement,
is
designed “to become a leader
in informing, identifying and
testing new strategies for the
prevention
and
alleviation
of poverty in Michigan, the
nation and the world.”
Poverty
Solutions
researches and works with
policymakers and community
organizations
to
better
understand the causes and
During
Tuesday
night’s
meeting,
Central
Student
Government set the dates for
the election of the 2017-2018
academic
year’s
leaders
to
be held on March 22 and 23,
with 31 voting in favor and one
abstaining.
As the current administration
nears the end of its term, CSG
President David Schafer, an LSA
senior, praised the assembly for
its hard work this past semester,
encouraging the body to pursue
its goals until the elections in
March.
“Day in and day out we have
fought for progressive policies
and we will continue to fight for
progressive policies until our
last day,” Schafer said during
last week’s meeting. “This is our
promise to you … Change is best
realized from the bottom up.”
Additionally,
a
resolution
encouraging
the
University
of
Michigan
to
recognize
Indigenous Peoples’ Day was
unanimously
passed.
The
resolution was introduced last
week and aims to celebrate
the holiday on the second
Monday of October, formerly
Columbus Day which is no
longer
recognized
by
the
University. The Ann Arbor City
Council
voted
unanimously
in November 2015 to replace
Columbus Day with Indigenous
Peoples’ Day as well.
The Ann Arbor City Council
resolution
was
proposed
by
Councilmember
Chuck
Warpehoski (D–Ward 5), who
made the movement on the
notion that Columbus did not
actually “discover” America.
“I think we all share a hope
that this is more than just
a changing on the name on
the calendar, but it becomes
an opportunity for a deeper
community
conversation
about what’s happening with
indigenous
communities,”
Warpehoski said in November.
“It is a stereotype that Indians
are only in history books
for many people and one of
my goals is that through the
education effort that groups like
the Native American Student
Associations are doing they will
get a chance to say yes, they’re
still here.”
LSA junior Stephen Smith,
Native
American
Student
Association
co-chair,
said
the University should follow
holiday
recognition
trends
throughout the country. Both
Washtenaw County and the
city of Ann Arbor already
recognize Indigenous Peoples’
Day, and Smith noted that well-
established organizations do as
well.
“There seems to be a growing
trend across the nation of large
With President-elect Donald
Trump’s
inauguration
date
days
away,
City
Council’s
meeting Tuesday night was
dominated by the discussion of
how to protect undocumented
individuals, a topic usually
reserved
for
a
national
scope. Larcom City Hall was
packed with more than 100
residents
supporting
the
council’s resolution to urge
President Barack Obama and
state legislators to take steps
protecting those who applied
to the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals program.
DACA is an immigration
policy
put
in
place
by
Obama in 2012 that allows
undocumented
immigrant
youth
who
meet
certain
criteria to receive a two-year
deferral
from
deportation
and a work permit. Trump,
who ran on a platform against
immigration and refugrees, has
proposed policies which would
threaten it. The President-
elect has previously referred
to
undocumented
Mexican
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UM faculty
discuss new
initiatives to
fight poverty
Snyder touts economic recovery,
talks Flint at State of the State
See POVERTY, Page 3A
CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily
Governor Rick Snyder speaks at the State of the State address at the State Capital on Tuesday.
ADMINISTRATION
Grant program continues progress since
initiated by President Schlissel in Oct.
KEVIN BIGLIN
Daily Staff Reporter
University-related topics such as sexual assualt, autonomous vehicles also outlined
LANSING — The tone of
Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the
State address was uplifting as
he recognized the Michigan’s
economic prosperity and pushed
for accelerated improvements
to infrastructure Tuesday night
in Lansing. Though not all state
legislators were pleased as many
expressed
disappointment
in
the governor for not devoting
enough of the speech to the Flint
water crisis.
“We’ve made Michigan a place
where if you work hard and play
by the rules, you can truly get
ahead,” Snyder said. “Not just
survive, but thrive.”
Job growth was a focus of
the speech, with Snyder stating
since taking office in 2010,
Michigan has created almost
500,000
private-sector
jobs,
while unemployment is down to
a 15-year low of 4.9 percent.
Snyder
recognized
manufacturing and investment
from the automotive industry as
the chief job-creator in Michigan
and said residents no longer have
to leave the state to find quality
jobs.
“We’ve created over 116,000
manufacturing jobs since 2010;
we lead the nation,” Snyder
CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
See CITY, Page 3A
City urges
POTUS to
stand by
DACA laws
ANN ARBOR
The council passes a
resolution in advance of
Trump’s inauguration
ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Ayah Issa, Diversity and Inclusion Chair, celebrates the passing of her proposal at the Central Student Government
meeting in the Union on Tuesday.
CSG confirms Indigenous People’s Day
and upcoming election dates for fall
The holiday is slated for Oct. 10, election dates to be held March 22 and 23
HEATHER COLLEY
Daily Staff Reporter
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See SNYDER, Page 3A
A
panel
of
four
judges
entertained pitches for nearly four
hours in the middle of the TechArb
office as entrepreneurial teams
took part in the initial phase of
the University of Michigan Center
for Entrepreneurship’s premier
contest, the Startup Competition.
Adorned with foosball tables,
bookshelves
lined
with
Wall
Street and Silicon Valley memoirs
and posters encouraging visitors
to never give up, TechArb is
a joint initiative between the
Center
for
Entrepreneurship
and the Zell Lurie Institute for
Entrepreneurial Studies that aims
to provide students startups with
funding, advice and networking
opportunities in the form of
consulting,
workshops
and
competitions.
The teams, which were at varying
stages of product development but
largely male in makeup, presented
their ideas Tuesday for innovative
improvements of products and
services to the Student StartUp
Accelerator panel — located in a
basement office on East Liberty
Street.
See CONTEST, Page 2A
Students
pitch start
ups at CFE
challenge
BUSINESS
Ideas for websites, new
companies pitched to
panel of four judges
TYLER COADY
Daily Staff Reporter
statement