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Walmart Buys Metro Detroit 
Outdoors Retailer Moosejaw 
For $51M

Michigan Students
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Also, I’ve lost count over the 
number of bowls of nachos 
I’ve had over the past week. 
#sendhelp #midtermstress

Scott DeRue
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Illitch quietly paid Rosa Parks’ 
rent for years. It’s often the 
unspoken acts of kindness 
that define our character.

Michael Rafo
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1) Why is our spring break 
in FEBRUARY?! 2) Why do I 
have midterms before break 
starts?!

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The VR World of Oculus 
Rift

WHAT: ITS will offer a 
Oculus Rift virtual reality 
demonstration, allowing 
participants to test the 
technology for 10 minutes.

WHO: Information and 
Technology Services

WHEN: 11 a.m. to Noon

WHERE: Michigan Union, 
Room G312

Academic Freedom in 
Times of War

WHAT: A panel will discuss 
academic freedom at the University 
during WWI, including stories of 
professors who were let go after 
allegedly being sympathetic to the 
German cause. 

WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme 
Semester

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Tisch Hall, Room 1014

Out of the Ordinary

WHAT: The exhibit will allow 
students to view some of the cool 
and odd items collected by the 
Clements Library since its opening 
in 1923. 

WHO: William L. Clements 
Library

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: William Clements 
Library, Avenir Foundation Room

Navigating U.S. Job 
Search

WHAT: The Career Center will 
discuss the preparation and 
search process for international 
students looking to work in the 
U.S. after finishing their degrees. 

WHO: University Career Center

WHEN: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union, 
Kuenzel Room

New Sociologies of 
Literature

WHAT: Ignacio Sanchez, a 
professor of Latin American 
Studies at Washington University 
in St. Louis, will lead a workshop 
on neoliberal labor in Mexico.
WHO: Romance Languages and 
Literatures

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Modern Languages 
Building, RLL Commons

Ross Diaries Mini

WHAT: Business students will 
share powerful stories about 
influential experiences and 
events in their lives.

WHO: Sanger Leadership Center 
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Ross School of 
Business, Robertson Auditorium

Mastering the American 
Accent

WHAT: The program will help 
non-native English speakers 
improve their listening and 
speech abilities. Sessions 
include an assessment, group 
conversations, exercises and 
guidance.

WHO: Mary A. Rackham 
Institute
WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Endangered Heritage 
Conference

WHAT: International experts 
from different regions in Asia, 
Africa and the Americas will 
discuss the threats of war, 
globalization and climate change.

WHO: Center for South Asian 
Studies

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Rackham Graduate 
School, Amphitheatre

420 Maynard St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327

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Two University of Michigan 

researchers found that a Black 
male 
youth’s 
perception 
of 

his neighborhood’s safety is 
negatively 
correlated 
with 

his risk of developing major 
depressive disorder.

Psychiatry 
research 

investigator Shervin Assari and 
Cleopatra 
Howard 
Caldwell, 

chair of the Department of 
Health Behavior and Health 
Education, 
conducted 
the 

research on 1,170 Black youths, 
ages 13 to 17. The researchers 
collected data on the subjects’ 
perceptions of safety within 
their neighborhoods in relation 
to their gender, race and risk of 
developing MDD.

According to prior research 

on the subject, MDD is less 

common but more severe in the 
Black population. Because of 
this, Assari said further research 
on the topic of the correlation 
between MDD and other societal 
factors is important. 

“Although 
MDD 
may 
be 

less common among Blacks, 
depression tends to be more 
chronic, severe, and disabling in 
Blacks,” Assari’s study said. “As a 
result, regardless of presence of 
clinical MDD, Blacks have more 
severe 
depressive 
symptoms 

than Whites.” 

Assari said they wanted see 

whether Black women were as 
suceptible.

“We 
wanted 
to 
know 

whether perception of unsafe 
neighborhood would be similarly 
bad for all groups of Blacks based 
on ethnicity and gender,” Assari 
said. “There is a literature which 
says women are more vulnerable 
to their environment. We did not 

find support for this theory.”

Instead, 
these 
researchers 

found the opposite to be true. In 
a previous study, Assari found 
stress to be a stronger risk factor 
for depression in men.

“The idea is that men are 

more vulnerable to the effect of 
environmental stress, possibly 
because they try to look tough,” 
Assari said. “So they do not seek 
help when needed.”

According to the Center for 

Disease Control, this research 
could be troubling because men 
are less likely to seek help for 
issues relating to mental health, 
and because racial minorities 
are less likely to have access to 
mental health care.

“Nearly 9% of men (8.5%) 

had daily feelings of anxiety or 
depression,” according to the 
CDC. “Less than one-half of 
them (41.0%) took medication 
for these feelings or had recently 

talked to a mental health 
professional … Compared with 
white 
Americans, 
persons 

of other races in the United 
States are less likely to have 
access to and receive needed 
mental health care.”

According to Assari, the 

steps 
involved 
in 
solving 

this issue will not solely be 
discovered through research. 
Instead, 
societal 
changes 

must take place in order for 
the mental health of these 
adolescents to be improved.

“The intervention should 

be a multi-level one,” Assari 
said. “While we should help 
the individual to better cope 
with the stress, we should help 
families to support their youth, 
and we should also design and 
implement new public policies 
that operate in a higher level. 
Less investments on majority-
Black neighborhoods means 
more depression and health 
problems among resident of 
those communities.”

‘U’ researchers find link between 
neighborhood safety and depression

For Black males, perception of safety negatively correlated with mental wellness

LYDIA BARRY
Daily Staff Reporter

The residents of Ann Arbor will 

finally have a Jamba Juice location 

to call their own, according to a new 

MLive report — or so a sign recently 

added to a vacant storefront 

on Washtenaw Avenue would 

suggest. Representatives from the 

Washtenaw Commons shopping 

center did not immediately respond 

to requests for comment on whether 

or not the rumors were true.

The California-based juice 

chain has grown rapidly since its 

founding in 1990, opening more 

than 800 locations in 26 states and 

nine countries, including the US. 

Many news outlets even describe 

the chain’s popularity as a “craze.”

The craze does not appear to 

be popular with Michiganders, 

though, according to the comments 

section on the MLive article.

“Jamba Juice was great 17 years 

ago when a cup of carbs the size of 

your head seemed like an excellent 

idea,” wrote the commenter 

“Michigander.” 

MLive user “chuck roast,” who 

took issue with the speculative and 

trivial nature of the article, had a 

few words for the author.

“You need to get a real job!” he 

wrote in a comment, tagging the 

author.

User “TwoBigDogs,” read the 

guidelines before commenting and 

was a bit more respectful.

“Respectfully, WHY is THIS 

a ‘story’?” TwoBigDogs wrote. “I 

KNOW of 31 NEW signs installed 

in the last WEEK alone. Where are 

THEY?”

According to a book by the 

company’s founder, the name came 

from the word “jama,” meaning, 

“to celebrate.” However, MLive 

commenter Merica2016 wrote, 

and a dictionary search confirmed, 

the company’s name has a slightly 

different meaning.

“Jamba means fart in Swahili,” 

Merica2016 wrote.

- ANDREW HIYAMA

ON THE DAILY: POTENTIAL JAMBA JUICE FAILS TO JAZZ A2

KEVIN ZHENG/DAILY

The Landmark Mascot advertises housing at the Off Campus Housing & Sublet Informa-

tion Fair in the Union on Thursday. 

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