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Michigan Senate bills 152

and 153 and House Bill 4190
make up a recent bipartisan
legislative
initiative
that

seeks to offer more support to
sexual assault survirors.

The
senate
bills
were

co-sponsored by Sens. Tonya
Schuitmaker
(R–Lawton)

and Rebekah Warren (D–
Ann Arbor), and the house
bill was sponsored by Rep.
Laura
Cox
(R–Livonia).

Collectively, the legislation
will create consistency in the
way health care providers are
compensated for their support
of sexual assault survivors,

allow
courts
to
consider

a suspect or perpetrators’
history of sexual assault prior
to the case at hand and support
medical providers that aid
sexual assault survivors with
increased reimbursements.

Schuitmaker
said
the

legislation was brought to the
Michigan state government
by the Michigan Domestic and
Sexual Violence Prevention
and Treatment Board, which
forced holes in current sexual
assault support law.

“Because
victims
of

sexual assault may or may
not want to cooperate with
law enforcement, this bill
clarifies the prompt reporting
requirement,”
Schuitmaker

The
National
Academy

of
Engineers
named
two

University of Michigan faculty
to its ranks last Monday.
Mechanical
Engineering

Prof. Ellen Arruda, and Mark
Daskin, professor and chair
of Industrial and Operations
Engineering, were selected
by the NAE in one of the
highest possible professional
distinctions for engineers.

Candidates’
selection

is based on broad factors,
specifically
involvement

in and contributions to the
engineering
community,

according
to
the
NAE

website. The award also seeks
individuals in the engineering
field developing “innovative
approaches” to education.

Arruda and Daskin will join

the approximately 21 other
engineering professors at the
University who are part of
the NAE. Arruda is the only
woman on the list.

The
Academy
applauded

Arruda
for
her
research

on
polymer
and
tissue

mechanics and her ability to
use her findings in real-world
products. Arruda is currently
working
on
developing
a

shock-absorbing helmet that
uses polymer structures to
more evenly distribute the
blow when there is an accident
affecting the brain.

She is also researching the

soft tissues in knees to do
simulations to try to improve
knee repair surgery after an
injury such as an ACL tear.

“The simulations tell us

things about how you might
alter the stresses or strains
that you put on the knee after
ACL replacement or how you
might design a better graft if
you tear your ACL,” she said.

For Arruda, being named

to the NAE is especially

important, as she knows that
her
peers
and
colleagues

nominated and voted for her.

“It’s
an
incredibly

exciting honor, it’s almost
overwhelming,” she said. “It’s
always rewarding when you
get an award that is the result
of several of your peers voting
for you, and in this case it’s a
large group of people voting on
this process so it’s rewarding
and humbling to know that

a lot of my peers thought to
recognize me.”

Daskin, an editor for the

Institute of Industrial and
Systems
Engineers,
was

commended for his creative
work on location optimization
and its relevance in industrial,
service
and
medical

systems. He also studies the
effectiveness of supply chain
design
and
the
problems

The first episode of “The Next

Four Years,” a web series created
by University of Michigan alum
Nick
Blaemire,
was
released

Wednesday on the web series’
website,
thenextfouryearsshow.

com. The series will comprise
eight episodes, which will all be
released online.

The show follows Ana and

Phil, two recent college graduates
attempting to make sense of their
newly discovered reality. The first
episode centers on the struggle of
finding work after graduation—
particularly after majoring in a
field based on passion rather than
practicality.

Blaemire
said
he
was

enthusiastic to do a show about the
job market and these post-college
years when it was pitched to him
because he knew exactly what the
state of limbo felt like.

“Millennials think that there

will be work for them just because
you’re raised to believe that you
can have or do anything you want,
and that altruism that our parents
give us is incredible, but it creates
a very strange disconnect after you

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 31
©2017 The Michigan Daily

N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ARTS..............B SECTION

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bills seek to
aid survivors
of sexual
assault in MI

City begins internal investigation
into potential conflicts of interest

See LEGISLATION, Page 3A

AARON BAKER/Daily

Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor listens at a city council meeting on February 2, 2017.

GOVERNMENT

Bipartisan legislation for increased legal
support introduced in state House, Senate

HEATHER COLLEY

Daily Staff Reporter

Contracts awarded to companies affiliated with appointees to municipal boards

City Administrator Howard

Lazarus requested an internal

investigation
into
potential

conflicts of interest in the
awarding
of
city
contracts,

according to emails obtained
by the Daily and verified by
Lazarus and members of City
Council.

In an email addressed to

City Council and the mayor on
Saturday, Lazarus wrote he had

requested the city’s purchasing
department to inquire whether
ethics
rules
were
violated

in
awarding
approximately

$1.3 million in city contracts
to companies affiliated with
seven political appointees to
city boards and commissions
between 2010 and 2016.

Lazarus
also
wrote
this

was initiated in response to
a concerned email from Ann
Arbor resident Patricia Lesko
and a formal request from City
Councilmember
Jack
Eaton

(D–Ward 4). Eaton confirmed
the authenticity of the email
obtained by the Daily. The Daily
also confirmed these numbers

SOPHIE SHERRY, ISHI MORI

& BRIAN KUANG

Daily News Editor,

Daily Staff Reporter &

Deputy Statement Editor

See SERIES, Page 3A

Web series
highlights
post-grad
experience

CAMPUS LIFE

“Next Four Years” focuses
on millenial experiences
in beginning episodes

MOLLY NORRIS

For the Daily

Engineering professors awarded for
innovative research contributions

Two faculty members join distinct academy of engineers based on peer evaluations

ERIN DOHERTY
Daily Staff Reporter

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See AWARDED, Page 3A

See CITY, Page 3A

When University of Michigan

alum Patton Doyle, co-founder
of Decode Detroit, opened his
first escape room in Ann Arbor
last October, he knew it was
one unlike the rest. Doyle took
his passion and knowledge of
puzzles to create escape rooms
as a tool for urban planning in
Ann Arbor and Detroit.

“I started Decode Detroit

because I was trying to come
up with a way that we could
take our knowledge of puzzles
and
escaping
and
creating

fun games, and putting that
into a way to use as an urban
planning
tool,”
Doyle
said.

“(We’re) binding together areas
of southeast Michigan as a
single sort of urban unit. Retail
is suffering in the age of the
internet. So, we’re trying to use
this trend (of escape rooms) to
promote local tourism.”

The
multi-dimensional,

“urban adventuring” Minerva
Project
is
an
intellectual

challenge
that
first
takes

players through part one of a
one-hour excursion where they

See CHALLENGE, Page 3A

‘U’ alum
opens new
A2 puzzle
challenge

BUSINESS

Latest installment in
escape room franchise
aims to bolster tourism

KEVIN BIGLIN
Daily Staff Reporter

ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily

LSA sophomore Eli Schrayer talks with students at Emerge’s meet and greet in the Annenberg Auditorium
in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Wednesday.

EME RGE CAMPAIGN

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