More
than
150
students,
faculty
and
community
members
gathered
Tuesday
in Palmer Commons to hear
five panelists address possible
concerns regarding the future
of environmental sustainability
under President Donald J. Trump.
Panelists began by each giving
a
brief
statement
regarding
the
challenges
environmental
scientists and activists might
anticipate
under
the
new
administration,
including
encouraging citizen education on
issues related to natural sciences.
Trump has received criticism
from
environmental
activists
throughout his campaign because
of his promotion of an increase
in oil drilling and arguments that
funding for the Environmental
Protection Agency should be
reduced or cut altogether.
However,
Laura
Rubin,
executive director of the Huron
River Watershed Council, argued
that the idea of the president
being
the
most
productive
section of government in regards
to
environmental
care
is
a
misconception.
She
explained
the new administration in terms
of the “sustainability spider web”
analogy.
“You sort of have sustainability
in the middle (of the spider web),
and really when we understand
that
the
role
of
the
U.S.
Central Student Government
representatives Gaby Roth, an
LSA junior, and Eli Schrayer,
an
LSA
senior,
introduced
a resolution Tuesday night
to
fund
monthly
lunches
promoting dialogue regarding
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
which was met with mixed
reactions from the rest of the
body.
“There were a lot of calls
for us to take action and
work together to address the
issues that were brought up.”
Roth said. “In trying to find
something that we could really
collaborate
on
we
realized
that until we actually stopped
trying to correct each other’s
narratives and just really try to
work to understand each other
… we need to acknowledge each
other’s truths.”
Roth referred to Students
Allied
for
Freedom
and
Equality’s resolution to divest
its
investments
in
several
companies
that
allegedly
commit human rights violations
against
Palestinians.
The
divestment
appears
in
the
body annually — this year, the
resolution failed with 34-13.
LSA senior Devin Jones, one
of the authors of the resolution,
criticized the assembly after the
resolution was rejected.
“When you argue on the
claim that we did not know what
we were talking about, that you
are somehow better than us …
that is the epitome of privilege,”
Jones said in November after it
failed. “(I am) paying tuition, in
which a portion of my tuition
goes to companies that go to the
oppression of my people … You
have to live with this. You have
to stare me in the the face.”
Roth appealed to the board
for $200 to support the lunches,
hoping to talk to a selected
group of people who would
fill out a questionnaire before
the event. Roth and Schrayer
stressed
the
importance
of
fostering
meaningful
interactions especially in light
of the recent election.
This
proposed
resolution
received mixed results, with
some members pointing out
it would be unethical if the
lunches were being funded by
CSG but weren’t open to all CSG
members.
CSG President David Schafer,
an LSA senior, believed CSG was
not in the right place to address
the situation, stating the body
should not fund divisive issues
of this nature.
“My suggestion would be to
look through different avenues,
such as Hillel, such as other
organizations on campus who
might be more invested in
this,” Schafer said. “I would
A new research initiative at
the University of Michigan will
use germ-zapping robots to
counter infectious, antibiotic-
resistant bacteria in Detroit
hospitals.
According to the Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention,
antibiotic-
resistant bacteria pose a fatal
threat to hospital patients,
as one in seven catheter- and
surgery-related health care-
associated
infections
are
caused by these bacteria in
acute-care hospitals.
The germ-zapping robots
have long been supported to
be effective countermeasures
of the spread of these bacteria.
Each unit uses pulsed xenon
UV light to kill the bacteria.
Keith
Kaye,
director
of
clinical
research
in
the
Michigan Medicine Division of
Infectious Diseases, will lead a
team in monitoring the results
of using the robots. Using
a grant from the National
Institutes of Health’s Agency
for Healthcare Research and
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Panelists talk
environment
policy in new
presidency
Margot Shetterly outlines social
significance of novel-turned film
See ENVIRONMENT, Page 3A
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, discusses the makings of her book, and it’s subsequent Oscar nominated film, at Rackham Auditorium on Tuesday.
CAMPUS LIFE
Professors encourage students to engage
in environmental, sustainability projects
JORDYN BAKER
For the Daily
“Hidden Figures” author discusses civil impact of true story to full Rackham Auditorium
Author Margot Lee Shetterly’s
lecture focusing on her “Hidden
Figures”
book
filled
Rackham
Auditorium and its overflow room.
The event, which was sponsored
by ¬¬the University of Michigan
College of Engineering, highlighted
the importance of Shetterly’s novel
in social and political contexts.
“Hidden Figures” is the story
of
African-American
female
mathematicians at NASA in the
years before and during the space
race. The women, whose stories
were covered up in history, helped
put Apollo 11 on the moon through
their work. The book was adapted
to be a movie and has since been
nominated for three Oscars.
Following an introduction by
University President Mark Schlissel,
Shetterly began by explaining the
plot of the story, highlighting how
the characters in the story pushed
themselves to excel at school and
were agents of much larger social
change.
“Their next step was to convince
their colleagues to look beyond,
to look beyond their race, to look
beyond their gender,” Shetterly
said. “Their goal was, of course,
not to stand out because of their
differences, but fit in because of
their talent.”
COLIN BERESFORD
Daily Staff Reporter
See ROBOTS, Page 3A
‘U’ robotic
technology
kills germs
in hospitals
RESEARCH
Study to be conducted in
Detroit to assess spread
of bacteria with robots
RASHEED ABDULLAH
Daily Staff Reporter
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Kevin Yang speaks to CSG members on behalf of the Student Organization Funding Commission at the CSG meeting
on Tuesday.
Israeli-Palestine lunch resolution met
with mixed response from CSG leaders
Central Student Government also highlights student organization funding
RHEA CHEETI
Daily Staff Reporter
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See MARGO, Page 3A
The recent renaming of the
University of Michigan Health
System to Michigan Medicine,
which took effect Jan. 9, is
receiving criticism from nurses
of the health center who believe
the new title is exclusionary and
unrepresentative of the hospital
system as a whole.
John Armelagos, president of
Michigan Nurses Association
and grievance chair of the
University’s Professional Nurse
Council, spoke on behalf of
the associate and voiced his
displeasure
with
the
name
change after the announcement
was made.
“The University of Michigan
Health system was much more
inclusive to include all employees
at the medical center,” Armelagos
said. “As we looked at the term
‘medicine,’
it
more
implied
physician dominated practice.”
The
University
Medical
School
and
Medical
Affairs
recently came together as one
system under the leadership of
Marschall Runge. The name
change was meant to signify the
See NURSING, Page 3A
UM nurses
criticize
hospital’s
rebranding
HOSPITAL
‘U’ Nursing Association
finds name exclusive, not
representative of services
ERIN DOHERTY
Daily Staff Reporter
statement
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