#WEBACK.
puzzle by sudokusyndication.com
2A — Monday, March 6, 2017
News
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
420 Maynard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327
www.michigandaily.com
ARTS SECTION
arts@michigandaily.com
SPORTS SECTION
sports@michigandaily.com
ADVERTISING
dailydisplay@gmail.com
NEWS TIPS
news@michigandaily.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
tothedaily@michigandaily.com
EDITORIAL PAGE
opinion@michigandaily.com
HUSSEIN HAKIM
Business Manager
734-418-4115 ext. 1241
hjhakim@michigandaily.com
EMMA KINERY
Editor in Chief
734-418-4115 ext. 1251
kineryem@michigandaily.com
PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION
photo@michigandaily.com
NEWSROOM
734-418-4115 opt. 3
CORRECTIONS
corrections@michigandaily.com
The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the
University OF Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office
for $2. Subscriptions for September-April are $225 and year long subscriptions are $250. University affiliates are subject to a
reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a
member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press.
REBECCA LERNER
Managing Editor rebler@michigandaily.com
ALEXA ST.JOHN
Managing News Editor alexastj@michigandaily.com
Senior News Editors: Riyah Basha, Tim Cohn, Lydia Murray,
Nisa Khan, Sophie Sherry
Assistant News Editors: Kevin Biglin, Caleb Chadwell, Heather
Colley, Erin Doherty, Maya Goldman, Matt Harmon, Andrew
Hiyama, Jen Meer, Carly Ryan, Kaela Theut
ANNA POLUMBO-LEVY and REBECCA TARNOPOL
Editorial Page Editors
opinioneditors@michigandaily.com
Senior Opinion Editors: Caitlin Heenan, Jeremy Kaplan, Max
Lubell, Madeline Nowicki, Stephanie Trierweiler
BETELHEM ASHAME and KEVIN SANTO
Managing Sports Editors sportseditors@michigandaily.com
ANAY KATYAL and NATALIE ZAK
Managing Arts Editors
arts@michigandaily.com
Senior Arts Editors: Tess Garcia, Dayton Hare, Nabeel
Chollanpat, Madeline Gaudin, Carly Snider
Arts Beat Editors: Caroline Filips, Danielle Yacobson, Danny
Hensel, Erika Shevchek, Matt Gallatin
Senior Design Editors: Alex Leav, Carly Berger, Christine Lee
AMELIA CACCHIONE and EMMA RICHTER
Managing Photo Editors photo@michigandaily.com
MICHELLE PHILLIPS and AVA WEINER
Managing Design Editors
design@michigandaily.com
LARA MOEHLMAN
Statement Editor statement@michigandaily.com
Deputy Statement Editor: Brian Kuang
Yoshiko Iwai
DANIELLE JACKSON and TAYLOR GRANDINETTI
Managing Copy Editors copydesk@michigandaily.com
Senior Copy Editors: Marisa Frey, Ibrahim Rasheed
DYLAN LAWTON and BOB LESSER
Managing Online Editor lesserrc@michigandaily.com
Senior Web Developers: Erik Forkin, Jordan Wolff
ABE LOFY
Managing Video Editor video@michigandaily.com
Senior Video Editors: Gilly Yerrington, Matt Nolan, Aarthi
Janakiraman, Emily Wolfe
JASON ROWLAND and ASHLEY TJHUNG
Michigan in Color Editors michiganincolor@michigandaily.com
Senior Michigan in Color Editors: Christian Paneda, Tanya
Madhani, Neel Swamy, Adam Brodnax, Areeba Haider, Halimat
Olaniyan, Sivanthy Visanthan
ELLIE HOMANT
Managing Social Media Editor
Editorial Staff
Business Staff
EMILY RICHNER
Sales Manager
ANNA HE
Special Publications and Events Manager
SONIA SHEKAR
Digital Marketing Manager
JESSICA STEWART
National Accounts Manager
JULIA SELSKY
Local Accounts Manager
CLAIRE BUTZ
Production and Layout Manager
Senior Photo Editors: Zoey Holmstrom, Evan Aaron
Assistant Photo Editors: Claire Meingast, Emilie Farrugia, Sinduja
Kilaru, Sam Mousigian, Marina Ross
Senior Sports Editors: Laney Byler, Mike Persak, Orion Sang,
Minh Doan, Chloe Aubuchon, Sylvanna Gross, Chris Crowder
Assistant Sports Editors: Rob Hefter, Max Marcovitch, Avi
Sholkoff, Ethan Wolfe, Matthew Kennedy, Paige Voeffray
Senior Social Media Editors: Carolyn Watson, Molly Force
Mathematical Biology
Lecture
WHAT: Physics Prof. Leonard
Sander will disuss the movement
of cells in body tissues and
potentially irreversible cancerous
repercussions.
WHO: Department of
Mathematics
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: West Hall, Rm 335
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Moral Philosophy
Presentation
WHAT: Eva Kittay, philosophy
professor at Stony Brook
University, will discuss the
philosophical argument
opposing the intrinsic
properties of human beings.
WHO: Department of
Philosophy
WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Angell Hall, Rm 1171
Tuba Recital
WHAT: Chris Combest,
a Middle Tennessee State
lecturer, is an international tuba
performer and chamber music
coach.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre
& Dance
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: Walgreen Drama
Center, Stamps Auditorium
Animal Studies Speaker
Series
WHAT: MIT Prof. Harriet
Ritvo will review her research
on conceptions of the wilderness
and domesticity.
WHO: Department of
Comparative Literature
WHEN: 4p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School, East Conference Room
American South
Literature Lecture
WHAT: Sarah Gardner, history
professor at Mercer University,
will examine the effects of
World War II on the Southern
Renaissance, a historical literary
position in the United States.
WHO: Residential College
WHEN: 3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: East Quad, Keene
Theater
Film Screening
WHAT: The Human Rights
Center will screen “The Island
President,” a film about Maldive
Islands President Mohamed
Nasheed in the fight against
climage change.
WHO: Donia Human Rights
Center
WHEN: 2 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work,
Rm 1636
Expect Resistance
Reception
WHAT: Artist Shanna Merola
will accompany her pop-up
exhibition with a discussion on
art and activism, from the Detroit
riots to Ferguson, Mo.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: 202 S. Thayer, Osterman
Common Room
Japanese Film Night
WHAT: The Center for
Japanese Studies presents
“Dragnet Girl,” a silent
film accompanied with live
narration and electronic music.
WHO: Center for Japanese
Studies
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Theater,
603 E. Liberty St.
Math homework has taken to a
new beat recently with the work of
SKULE.org not only in Ann Arbor
and Detroit, but nationwide.
SKULE.org — a new education-
based nonprofit — released an
educational rap video titled “99
Math Problems” mid-February, an
homage to Jay-Z’s “99 Problems”.
The video received 400,000 views
in its first week and was praised by
schoolteachers around the country.
Educational rapper Rohen Shah, the
founder of SKULE.org and the face of
MC SKULE, said as soon as the song
was released, he and his team sent it
to local school principals in the Ann
Arbor and Detroit areas. From there,
it reached the national level.
Adhering to the tune of rapper
Jay-Z’s original the video features
middle schoolers singing and
dancing at their school. At the center
of the video is MC SKULE, a rapper
who encourages students to treat
math as an enjoyable challenge,
and to not be afraid of attempting
problems.
The video discusses fractions,
multiplication and other basic math
principles.
He said schoolteachers around
the country have been messaging the
organization to say how much their
students have enjoyed the videos.
“Mostly the feedback was that
they used it in their classrooms and
the students loved it,” he said. “Some
even said that it helped some of the
students who usually wouldn’t speak
out in class make comments.”
Shah added that with enhanced
technology today, it’s hard to keep
kids engaged in class, when they are
more likely to be become addicted
to a Netflix show or listen to a song
several times.
“Rather than forcing them to pay
attention to the math, why not make
the math compelling?” he said.
SKULE stands for Spread
Knowledge Using Lyrics &
Entertainment, as is the company’s
mission. According to its website,
it aims to build a community of
educators and artists to make
learning fun for students.
In October, DiagKNOWstics
Learning, an Ann Arbor company
co-founded by Shah, posted the first
MC SKULE video to explain the
Electoral College to young voters.
Shah said then the goal of the
educational rap tool is to reach
students who may be struggling to
learn concepts that are not actually
difficult but are often presented in a
complex way.
“We decided to do something
more innovative, something that will
grab their attention a little bit more
and something to get them excited,”
he said.
- JEN MEER
ON THE DAILY: MC ‘SCHOOLS’ STUDENTS ON MATH, LEARNING
EMMA RICHTER/Daily
An anonymous individual wears a horse mask in the Diag before spring break.
HOR SING AROUND
UMichASB
@UMichASB
As we start to welcome our
trips back home, we are so ex-
cited to hear their stories from
the week and all that...
meg
@mejoneil
If Ann Arbor was in a warm
climate I’d have no problem
living there for the rest of my
life
Coach Harbaugh
@CoachJim4UM
A great fall term for our
team with 65 student-
athletes earning a 3.0+ GPA.
Congratulations to players,
parents & academic support
staff...
Brij M Singh
@BrijMSinghSB
The Michigan Difference:
Taking a car to JFK, turns out
the driver’s son and daughter
went to @UMich. Small
worlds
On Feb. 28, President Donald
J. Trump signed an executive
order demanding a review of
the
controversial
Waters
of
the United States rule. The
act, signed in during Barack
Obama’s presidency, allows for
the regulation and protection
of smaller bodies of water in the
country. Reports were also leaked
regarding a 97 percent funding cut
for the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative.
University
of
Michigan
experts have spoken out against
the executive order, as well as
another order expected out of the
Oval Office that would withdraw
Obama’s Clean Power Plan that
aims to curb emissions from
coal-fired power plants. The 10
University experts are making
themselves available to discuss the
effects of the orders, according to
a press release from the Michigan
News.
Controversy surrounded the
Waters of the United States rule
when it was first established in
2015, with supporters touting
it as a public health necessity
and opponents saying it was
an act of overregulation. In
his statement upon signing
his executive order, Trump
criticized the act, calling it a
“power grab” from the EPA.
“The EPA’s so-called Waters
of the United States rule is one
of the worst examples of federal
regulation … a few years ago,
the EPA decided that navigable
waters can mean nearly every
puddle or every ditch on a
farmer’s land or anyplace else
that they decide,” Trump said.
“Right? It was a massive power
grab.”
However, University Law
Prof. David Uhlmann, who
is an expert on the Waters of
the United States rule, said
Trump’s decision to roll back
the rule is a critical error.
“The
president
ignores
elementary school science:
The health of America’s
rivers and streams — and the
drinking water for countless
cities and towns — depends
upon the protection of the
headwaters
streams
and
tributaries that flow into
our rivers and streams,”
Uhlmann said. “With each
passing
day,
it
becomes
apparent
that
‘making
America great again’ means
turning back the clock to
a pre-1970s era of racial
discrimination, sexism and
rivers on fire.”
‘U’ policy experts speak out against
Trump plan to cut water protection
Executive order reduces funding for Great Lakes watershed by 97 percent
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Read more online at
michigandaily.com
Read more online at
michigandaily.