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Vol. CXXVII, No. 64
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Federal Reserve Chairwoman
Janet Yellen conversed with
economist Susan M. Collins,
dean of the Ford School of Public
Policy, about her experience
as the leader of multiple public
policy initiatives to a packed
Rackham Auditorium Monday
night.
University
of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel
introduced
Yellen,
outlining
the importance of the Federal
Reserve to the University of
Michigan, specifically the Public
Policy School, which hosted the
event. Regents Kathy White,
Andrew Richner and Ron Weiser
were also in attendance.
“The University of Michigan’s
academic strength is further
enhanced by the Ford School’s
connections
to
the
Federal
Reserve,” Schlissel said. “Many
UM students and graduates have
interned or worked at the Fed.”
Yellen then launched into her
discussion, starting with her
experience in carrying out the
dual mandate Congress places
on the reserve: to uphold low
and stable inflation rates and to
maximize employment.
Yellen
said
the
current
economy,
in
comparison
to
the economy during the 2008
recession, is relatively healthy.
“In
terms
of
the
goals
Congress has assigned us, we’re
doing pretty well,” she said. “The
economy is growing at a moderate
pace,
mostly
supported
by
consumer spending. But housing
is a little bit healthier than it’s
been, investment spending that
had been quite weak last year is
showing greater strength and the
global economy, which was quite
weak, now seems to be operating
Janet Yellen talks
the Fed’s role and
relationship to gov.
GOVERNMENT
Chair of U.S. Federal Reserve touches
upon new policies born out of ’08 recession
CARLY RYAN
Daily Staff Reporter
University
of
Michigan
researcher
Ayyalusamy
Ramamoorthy,
a
professor
of chemistry and biophysics,
made
a
breakthrough
in
his research on age-related
diseases, and he and his team
have received a grant from
National Institutes of Health
to conduct further studies.
The team has discovered
a protein that appears to be
significantly linked to the cell
death that causes memory loss
in Alzheimer’s patients. They
are working on discovering
how this protein and the cell’s
membrane interact to cause
this cell death.
“We
are
investigating
The University of Michigan
Graduate Employees’ Organization
members and allies established
a negotiated contract with the
University late Monday afternoon
after the GEO held its third sit-
in of the semester earlier that
morning during the first meeting
of a graduate DEI labor task force
created by Chief Diversity Officer
Robert Sellers, vice provost for
equity and inclusion.
According to GEO President
John Ware, a Rackham student,
bargaining sessions reconvened
Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. and
continued until 6:30 p.m. The new
tentative contract was then taken
to the GEO membership meeting
and the members present at the
See RESEARCHERS, Page 3
See GEO, Page 3
DESIGN BY AVA WEINER
In LSA freshman Ashley
Soto’s hometown of Livonia,
the University of Michigan is
not always a feasible option
for high-school seniors. With
an average in-state tuition
rate of $28,776 per year,
Soto said most lower-income
students don’t even consider
the University when applying
to colleges.
“Coming from the west
side of the state, Michigan
is not a name you hear very
often,” Soto said. “It’s mostly
Grand
Valley
and
Ferris
State University … I think
the biggest thing that scares
people is the price tag … I
actually have friends who
I encouraged to apply to
become freshmen next year
and even teachers told them
not to because they didn’t
think they would make it.”
LSA freshman Daija White
did not consider the University
as her first choice either when
applying to colleges last year.
She could have gone across
the border to Canada as a dual
citizen, and would have likely
paid much less for her degree.
However, when she received
an
advertisement
in
the
mail for the High Achieving
Involved Leaders Scholarship,
she said her thoughts about
the University and her future
changed.
“I had already known I was
going to apply to the college,”
White
said.
“It
definitely
wasn’t my first choice but
I had known I was going to
apply and at least see what the
outcome was … (HAIL) was a
large part of it.”
The HAIL Scholarship is a
full-tuition scholarship that
reportedly targets low-income
students across Michigan that
have the ability to succeed but
might not be able to afford
the cost of attendance. The
scholarship is listed in the
49-page Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion plan as a method
of improving socioeconomic
Discovery
made with
research in
diseases
University
comes to
negotiation
with GEO
RESEARCH
ADMINISTRATION
University researchers
identify protein that could
be linked to cell death
Contract includes wage
increases, protects against
hiring discriminations
MOLLY NORRIS
Daily Staff Reporter
MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter
HAIL Scholarship at U of M
262
80th
$60,000
$154,000
HAIL Scholars enrolled
in the program’s first
year
four years of free
in-state tuition
approx.
Scholarship value:
Median family income
of a student who
attends U of M:
Average student who
attends U of M comes
from the
percentile for
family income
The HAIL Scholarship
considers academic success,
financial need,
and a competitive
application upon selection.
HAIL Scholarship leaves recipients
feeling tokenized by the ‘U’ program
Other students believe the program is not widely advertised, holds limitations
MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter
See HAIL, Page 3
See YELLEN, Page 3
ORION SANG
Senior Sports Editor
On April 10, nearly one month
after finishing his 33rd season as
head coach of the Michigan hockey
team, Red Berenson announced he
would be retiring.
“I’ve thought about this for a long
time and I think this is the right
time and it’s the right thing to do
for the Michigan hockey program,”
Berenson said in a press release
Monday. “My heart will always
be at Michigan and I look forward
to the team taking the next step
and making me proud as a former
coach.”
Added athletic director Warde
Manuel:
“Red
Berenson
is
a
legendary figure at the University
of Michigan as well as in our ice
hockey history. Throughout his
career, Red has focused on the
academic and athletic success of the
young men who have come through
our program while shaping the
sport as we know it today. He has
developed an astounding 73 NHL
players but, more importantly, he
has positively impacted hundreds
of young men. We are forever
grateful for his contributions to the
University of Michigan and I look
forward to continuing working with
Red for years to come.”
Berenson
has
pondered
retirement in recent years. He
said Monday that he had received
questions on the recruiting trail
about his future and how long he
planned on coaching. It bothered
him, he admitted, that it was an
issue, and it played a part in his
conversation about retirement with
Warde Manuel last year.
The
original
plan
was
for
Berenson to step down following
last season. But Manuel was still
settling down into his new job —
according to Berenson, he hadn’t
even moved to Ann Arbor yet.
The new athletic director coaxed
Berenson into staying, and so began
the last year of his career in Ann
Arbor.
And what a career it was: to trace
its outline with each of its stops is
to follow the history of the sport
— and even history itself. To put
the longevity of Berenson’s term at
Michigan into context, the last time
the Wolverines took the ice without
him behind the bench was during
the Cold War, with Ronald Reagan
serving as president of the United
States.
Many fine players have filed
in and out of Ann Arbor over the
years, doing their part to fill the
trophy cases and bring glory to the
program. Yet it is Berenson’s name
that has become synonymous with
‘Michigan hockey’ — and rightfully
so.
Berenson
himself
was
once
the star on ice, playing for the
Wolverines
for
three
seasons
between 1959 and 1962. He enjoyed
an illustrious career in the NHL,
becoming one of the league’s first
expansion stars as it doubled in
size during the late 1960s. Once his
playing career ended, he became a
coach for the St. Louis Blues — the
team he had become famous playing
for — and won coach of the year in
just his second season. In 1984, he
returned to his alma mater, where
he would remain for the duration of
his career.
It took longer for Berenson to
achieve success in the collegiate
ranks. Michigan, once mighty but
since humbled, was in dire straits.
It had been nearly a decade since
the
team
experienced
its
last
postseason success, and the onus
was on Berenson to rebuild the
program. It was no easy task. To
begin his tenure, he endured three
consecutive losing seasons. He took
another step forward once the team
was full of players he had recruited,
leading the team to three straight
winning seasons — but with zero
NCAA Tournament appearances.
The final breakthrough occurred
in Berenson’s seventh year. The
Wolverines
recorded
over
30
wins for the first time in school
history and finished as an NCAA
See BERENSON, Page 3
RED BERENSON RETIRES
FOLLOWING 33 YEARS AT MICHIGAN, FAMED
HOCKEY COACH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen talks with Susan Collins, Dean of the Ford School, as part of the
Ford Policy Talks series at Rackham Auditorium on Monday.