transportation, not SSD,” Segal said.
“Our only role in Paratransit is that
students sort of register with us.”
Farmer
took
advantage
of
Paratransit, but found it difficult to
use on short notice.
“(Paratransit) was good,” Farmer
said. “It was easy to know that’s my
bus, or that’s my Blue Cab, and it’s
convenient to get to and from Bursley,
where I lived. It was kind of a pain to
call 30 minutes in advance if I wanted
to go to lunch with my friends.”
LSA freshman Shelby Young, who
broke her ankle in the fall of 2016,
disagreed with Farmer about Blue
Cab in an email interview.
“The drivers were always rude
and often were reckless drivers, cars
often had cigarette butts scattered
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The initiative was implemented in
the national, integrated health care
system of the Veterans Association
and provided support to physicians
monitoring patients using opioids.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
patients who take opioids may
develop tolerance over time and
the effectiveness of the drug
may decrease. Overdose related
to opioids is associated with the
dosage given. The higher the dose
of opioids, the increased likelihood
of an overdose.
Michael
Clay,
an
assistant
professor of internal medicine at
University’s Medical School who
worked on the study, emphasized
that
opioids
generally
have
minimal benefit for chronic pain
and are traditionally used for acute
pain. He highlighted the central
responsibilities of a prescriber if
opioids are considered for chronic
pain relief.
“The prescriber needs try all
other options for chronic pain
management — physical therapy,
injections, psychology, ‘alternative’
therapies like acupuncture —
before
considering
prescribing
opioids,” Clay said. “The provider
needs to then weigh all of the
risks
of
opioids
(addiction,
death, depression, constipation,
decreased testosterone in men and
many others) and make sure that
patients understand these risks.”
The Medical School evaluated
the effectiveness of the OSI used
in
Veterans
Affairs
hospitals
nationwide. The Institute for
Healthcare Policy and Innovation,
the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor
Healthcare
System
and
Yale
University also collaborated on the
project.
Lewei Lin, the study’s first
author and an addiction fellow
in the University’s Department
of Psychiatry, emphasized how
this study is one of the first to
look at a health care system’s
role in risky opioid prescriptions
at a national level.
“What I am hoping is that this
would give further support to
other health care systems, for
example, University of Michigan
or other health care systems
around the country in thinking
about, within the health care
system, how to help providers
prescribe more safely,” Lin said.
The OSI was designed to
be used in different settings,
including urban and rural VA
hospitals as well as local clinics.
Because of this, there was
variation in the ways the OSI
was implemented.
Clay highlighted the quality
and quantity of resources may
help explain the distinction
between
rural
and
urban
hospitals.
“For
example,
the
Ann
Arbor VA has many national
experts in the field and they
were able to help out with our
OSI
implementation,”
Clay
said. “We used a variety of
professions to help implement
OSI: physicians, pharmacists,
psychologists,
physical
therapists.
As
a
primary
care physician, I was the
lead for our facility. Other
facilities used psychologists
or pharmacists as the lead and
did not have as many resources
as VA hospitals with strong
university affiliations.”
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to 25 mph during hours of heavy
student traffic.
There still is no general cost
estimate,
but
Councilmember
Julie Grand (D–Ward 3) noted “it
will be expensive.”
“I think that’s part of it, you
know, you can’t budget for what
you don’t know, so getting that
baseline is critical,” she said.
“Because we’re always going
to have to make decisions that
involve
tradeoffs,
and
this
gives us –– you can’t make the
decisions without having that
information.”
Money is tight right now in
city government; in an earlier
City Council planning session,
Tom
Crawford,
the
Chief
Financial Officer for the city, said
he expected budget deficits of
$318,000 in fiscal year 2017-18,
starting in July 2017, and $992,000
in fiscal year 2018-19. According
to Smith, Crawford also made
recommendations
during
the
last two budget cycles that the
city set aside $700,000 annually
to go toward the inspection and
repair of streetlights, but that
the full recommendation was
not completed. Neither Smith
nor City Administrator Howard
Lazarus were sure how much was
actually set aside.
“I
know
that
the
CFO
Tom
Crawford
has
made
recommendations during the
last two budget cycles that we
set aside $700,000 annually
to go into that, but that was
not done in the last two-year
cycle,” he said. “There was some
money set aside, but not the full
recommendation.”
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Despite this, Segal said his
area of knowledge and day-to-
day work revolved more around
accommodating
students
with
learning disabilities. Segal said
Dan Measel, an SSD coordinator
for students with chronic health
conditions and visual and mobility
impairments, oversees students
with temporary disabilities within
the office; however, Measel could
not be reached for comment at the
time of publication.
In some cases, SSD services
were inadequate to meet the needs
of students. Greeley struggled to do
laundry and she and Farmer had
trouble into the dining hall. SSD
does not assist students with these
tasks, according to their website.
“You can’t hold any plates,”
Greeley said. “There were days if
my roommate or my friends didn’t
have a break where they could
come back to the dining hall and
help me out … there were days that
I didn’t eat until seven o’clock at
night.”
Farmer agreed, saying the
University
could
provide
an
alternative dining experience.
“I really wish I would’ve been
able to have unlimited to-go meals
and have someone actually bring
them to my dorm,” Farmer said. “It
would’ve been a 10-minute process
instead of a 45-minute process to
get a bowl of cereal.”
To access the dining hall in
Bursley, Farmer had to take an
unconventional route.
“I had to go to the service
elevator, where people would drop
food deliveries, which took me up
through the kitchen and then I
had to go through the kitchen to
get to the dining hall,” Famer said.
“Which, I mean, when you’re on
crutches, seems a little dangerous
because you don’t know if the floor
is wet.”
Farmer included that she had a
tough time showering and eating
due to a lack of handicap access to
the dining hall.
“I actually ended up sitting
on my longboard and my friends
pushed me across the entire
building to get to the handicap
shower,” Farmer said.
Transportation
A foot injury leading to an ankle
boot confined LSA freshman Gabi
de Coster the first week of the fall
semester while living in Mary
Markley Residence Hall. Once
winter began, de Coster worked
with
housing
and
eventually
moved to South Quad to avoid the
long walk from the hill while she
was still in a boot. At this point,
de Coster took advantage of the
Paratransit services offered by
SSD.
“I never met with anyone
physically, but I did make a phone
call asking about my options
… so I could get in touch with
Paratransit,” de Coster said.
For
many
students
with
temporary
disabilities,
once
they reached out to SSD, many
of their needs were met. Simply
receiving a ride around campus at
students’ convenience made their
experience much better.
LSA
sophomore
Natalie
Jackson, who broke her leg in
November 2015, wrote in an email
interview
Paratransit
services
helped her get around to almost
everywhere she went during the
winter.
“I had to go to physical therapy
and every morning there was a
car that picked me up and took me
there,” Jackson wrote.
Due to the high demand of
Paratransit services, Blue Cab, a
private taxi service which services
Ann Arbor and surrounding areas,
is often used in place of Paratransit
when there aren’t enough cars to
get students to where they need to
be.
Segal said SSD only coordinates
rides
between
students
and
Paratransit.
“Paratransit is run through
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The pair originally had enough
students signed up to take two
buses, though not enough paid in
time to book the second — “and we
can’t front $5,000,” Rivkin said.
Many on the bus knew Rivkin or
Ramaswamy, but others came after
catching wind of the Facebook
event or through friends. Some,
like LSA sophomore Renae Lyons,
even came on their own.
“I signed up for this by myself;
I just heard that the bus was
going and I felt really compelled
to go,” Lyons, who was upset with
Trump’s election, said. “I have
the privilege to go and I felt like it
would be a total waste if I didn’t
take advantage of that.”
Now, riding down State Street
in Ann Arbor on the single bus,
the women asked the riders to say
their reasons for marching, along
with the answer to one of three
questions: Who would you want
to perform at your inauguration?
What is your favorite Barack
Obama moment? Or: If you could
have anyone, from history or
present, march alongside you, who
would it be?
The passengers gave reasons
ranging from health care and
misogynistic rhetoric to climate
change
and
immigration
for
attending. Laura Vicinanza, an
LSA junior who enjoys Obama
and Biden memes, marched for
everyone
whose
rights
could
be under attack under the new
administration.
“I was really devastated with the
election results — it’s been a lot; it’s
taken me so long to process — but I
really want to go out and march and
stand up for women’s rights and all
of these other marginalized groups
that the Trump administration had
not really addressed,” Vicinanza
said to the bus.
Many
women,
like
LSA
sophomore
Megan
Burns,
cited privilege as a reason for
attending — believing if they can
go, they should, to march for both
themselves and others who may
not be able to.
“I am here to march because I
believe it’s our job to speak up for
all of the people who don’t have a
voice,” Burns told the bus.
Burns, who is an Opinion writer
the Daily, said were she to be
elected president, she would like
Obama and former Vice President
Joe Biden to do a “sister act” on
stage.
LSA sophomore Tansy Massey-
Green was inspired by her mom
to attend the march and saw it as
a critical first step following the
election.
“I march today because I
remember
how
devastated
I
was after the election — my first
election — how badly it went,”
Massey-Green said. “Lots of tears
were shed and I called my mom
and talked to her so long — she was
very politically active when she
was here at U of M — she told me
to get out there and do whatever I
can, and I thought this was the first
thing I could have done. I’m here
marching for the people who are
going to get her the hardest by the
incoming administration.”
At its core, many came to the
march in opposition to Trump’s
policies,
though
Ramaswamy
emphasized that the march was
not anti-Trump.
“I think so many of the ones
after the election were about
getting rid of him and hating
him,” Ramaswamy said. “The
fact that this is more for unifying
and including everybody and
fighting
for
people’s
rights,
rather than trying to kick out
the administration it’s trying to
make them listen so I think that
distinction is really important
about this march.”
Additionally important to the
organizers was emphasizing peace
going into the protest. Entering
D.C., Ramaswamy warned riders
there were rumors of people
attending the rally to purposely
ignite others.
“They are not part of the official
march, they are purely there to
riot and to cause something not
peaceful to happen,” Ramaswamy
said. “Don’t be dissuaded by that,
but please be careful.”
A woman on the bus expressed
concerns
with
tear-gas
after
the
D.C.
police
tear-gassed
inauguration protesters.
The
organizers
explained
what to do in the event and urged
marchers to look over the safety
guide that they had emailed out,
as well as remember to remain
peaceful and remember why they
had come.
Ramaswamy and Rivkin left
housing up to the marchers, so
after nearly nine hours on the blue
charter bus with the pink Planned
Parenthood sign in the windshield,
marchers dispersed from the bus
at the Stadium-Armory metro stop
outside of D.C. with the promise of
meeting at Hancock Park with the
rest of the Michigan marchers the
following morning.
*****
When their ride fell through at
the last minute, LSA sophomore
Dana Nathanson and LSA senior
Natalie Burr borrowed a car the
Friday before the rally from a
housemate of their co-op and drove
it down. Then their housing fell
through after George Washington
University, a college in D.C.’s
Foggy
Bottom
neighborhood,
barred visitors for the weekend
because of the festivities. Still, they
were determined to march and
parked their car in an RV camp in
Maryland where they slept for one
night.
“I’m
marching
for
human
rights,” Nathanson said. “I like
that the march is after the Trump
inauguration because I feel like
we’re getting the last word. I’m
marching for not giving up and
for being resilient in the next four
years; for not forgetting how this
happened.”
Lacing her hiking boots before
heading out to meet with the other
Michiganders, Nathanson fell back
on the couch.
“So who’s excited for this post-
march nap?”
Everyone.
The post-march nap was, in
fact, great. And for the most part,
the march lived up to people’s
expectations. Both of Michigan’s
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D)
and Gary Peters (D) along with U.S.
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.)
spoke with about 200 marchers
gathered at the Michigan meeting
point before the rally, though
staying together for the actual rally
and march became impossible and
most broke off into smaller groups.
Though, not before the University
of Michigan crew sang “Hail to the
Victors.”
The march is being called the
largest in human history with
rallies being held on all seven
continents and an estimated 3
million participants. Despite the
large crowds — in D.C. there being
more than 600,000 marchers there
were no instances of violence;
something LSA senior Harry
Freedman said he was thankful for
afterward.
“My favorite part about the
march was actually that no one was
arrested,” Freedman said. “Of all of
D.C. of all of the nearly 1 million
people that were there, not a single
person turned to violence enough
to be arrested. No one protested
in an unpatriotic, uncharacteristic
manner that demeaned the march
itself.”
Yet, issues still remained.
It was scheduled to start
at 1:15 p.m. following a rally
with a barrage of speakers and
performers
beginning
at
10
a.m., but 1:15 p.m. rolled by, the
speakers continued and ralliers
became antsy. By 2:40 p.m.,
many began to march despite
speakers such as Madonna and
Amy Schumer still in queue. LSA
junior Shanthi Veeramachaneni
came to the march to show
solidarity with others who do
not support the president.
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