A recent study conducted
by
University
of
Michigan
researchers has found 20 percent
of adolescents and teenagers have
sustained a concussion at least
once.
This
research
project
was directed under the 2016
Monitoring the Future study, a
broader project conducted under
the University, which explores the
behaviors of American students
from
kindergarten
through
university level. This study is
funded by the National Institute
on Drug Abuse and is conducted
by
the
Institute
for
Social
Research at the University.
This specific study, “Prevalence
of
Concussion
Among
US
Adolescents
and
Correlated
Factors,” was conducted using
data from the MTF 2016 survey,
a project that occurs annually and
conducts an in-school survey in
grades 8, 10, and 12. In this 2016
survey, 49.8 percent of students
were male and 46.8 percent were
white. The age range of students
surveyed was 12-18 years old, the
modal age being 16 years old.
University researcher Philip
T. Veliz, one of the authors of the
report, explained this data has had
an important role in solidifying a
base knowledge on this issue.
“Part of this study was finding a
baseline number of what the self-
reported/diagnosed concussion is
within the adolescent population,
and then starting to track it,” Veliz
said.
He
emphasized
the
implications of this research
will only be inferable with time,
as they continue to survey and
record whether there are long-
The
Senate
Advisory
Committee
on
University
Affairs
met
on
Monday
to
discuss
methods
of
encouraging more interaction
in meetings, budget concerns
and award recipients. SACUA
also
mentioned
possible
solutions
to
the
textbook
availability problem campus
faced at the beginning of the
semester.
Members first spoke about
ways to improve the structure
of
meetings.
To
address
comments made in previous
Senate
Assembly
meetings,
members considered moving
meeting locations to rooms
more conducive to interactive
discussion. Rooms in Rackham
Graduate
Building
were
suggested, which led to a
motion
to
re-examine
the
committee’s budget.
The discussion then turned
to the issue students had buying
books at the beginning of the
semester, specifically with the
relocation of Ulrich’s. SACUA
Senate Secretary David Potter,
a classical studies professor,
believes
the
University
of
Michigan needs to handle the
textbook availability problem
better, as it created difficulties
for students.
“We need to discuss the
failure
of
the
University
to react to changes in the
bookstore
market;
Ulrich’s
closed and students were left
to find books whatever way
they could,” Potter said. “Not
having bookstores on campus
where students can buy used
books is putting our students
at a grave disadvantage.”
SACUA
Chair
Robert
Ortega, a professor in the
School of Social Work, agreed
with Potter and noted the
impact the problem had on
faculty as well.
“What
happens
to
the
faculty
is
they’re
moving
forward while students are
still trying to get books,”
Ortega said. “It’s a dilemma for
instructors as well.”
To combat the problem,
members mentioned a central
location for students to pick
up books, focusing more on
electronic books and having
a library representative talk
to the assembly. They also
suggested
a
University-run
bookstore
to
alleviate
the
issues caused by privately
owned bookstores. Students
picketed administratrors for
a
student-run
bookstrore
through
the
`70s
due
to
exorbitant textbook costs, but
those calls died down as the
online market due.
Members
moved
on
to
the
Faculty
Undergraduate
While most University of
Michigan students spend their
gamedays tailgating, Business
sophomore Gabi de Coster
spends her Saturdays going
back home to Grosse Pointe,
Mich., to work on crafting
scents for her aromatherapy
company, MONTA.
MONTA is a health-and-
wellness business that utilizes
all-natural products to create
unique products like scented
rollerballs, bath soaks and
body sprays.
“I’m taking inspiration from
the place the products are
named after and translating
that into scent,” de Coster said.
“It’s the colors, feelings and
emotions that I tie to those
important places in my life that
are relayed in the plants I use
to make the scents.”
Originating in a South Quad
Residence Hall dorm room,
MONTA now has a dedicated
studio in de Coster’s home.
The extra space was needed
to keep up with additional
products and rising demands,
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Study finds
high rates of
concussions
in American
adolescents
City Council urges community to
unite after local, national incidents
See SURVEY, Page 3
AYUSH THAKUR/Daily
Ann Arbor residents listen to speakers at the City Council meeting in City Hall Monday.
RESEARCH
20 percent of teenagers have sustained
head injuries, underscoring role of sports
KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter
Council members demand expedited installation of parking garage protective railing
City Council was held in a
somber mood Monday after a
gunman killed 59 people in Las
Vegas and a 56-year old man
fell from the parking structure
at the corner of South Fourth
Avenue
and
East
William
Street.
Mayor Christopher Taylor
expressed frustration at the
lack of coordinated response
to the Las Vegas incident, the
deadliest mass shooting in U.S.
history.
“The fact that this occurs
in our country, I believe it is a
national disgrace,” Taylor said.
“Other nations are able to deal
with it as a matter of culture, a
matter of legislation. I believe
we should do so as well.”
He also lamented the incident
at
the
parking
structure,
the third in a month after a
22-year-old man also fell from
the same parking lot Sept. 7 and
an 81-year-old man was found
dead in the Huron River Sept.
20.
“It is a tragedy of mental
illness, of community health,”
Taylor said. “It’s something
we need to focus on. We need
to make sure that people who
apply for help receive them.”
Councilmember
Chuck
Warpehoski,
D-Ward
5,
urged residents to engage in
community
activities
that
will distract from the sadness
and forge bonds with other
residents.
“This has been a heavy day
for a lot of us in the community,”
Warpehoski said. “In heavy
times like these, it’s important
to find things that give us life.”
Warpehoski added there are
signs of hope. He explained
the city is going to expedite
the installation of railing on
ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
Student-run
business
enjoys nat’l
successes
BUSINESS
MONTA aromatherapy
started in dorm room, now
sold at Urban Outfitters
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
JOSHUA HAN/DAILY
Faculty government pushes for ‘U’
resources for textbook affordability
Noting poor access and high costs, SACUA proposes University-run bookstore
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
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See COUNCIL, Page 3
LSA sophomore Jane Sheedy
came to school this fall excited to
start composting in her off-campus
apartment. Her hometown doesn’t
offer composting services and after
learning about harmful methane
release that results from putting
organic materials into landfills last
year, she was thrilled to learn Ann
Arbor does.
“We’ve got some mixing bowls
in our freezer and any time we’ve
got something compostable, we
put it in there,” Sheedy said. “So
vegetable scraps or if something
goes moldy… or something like
that. And when that’s full, there’s a
bin behind our apartment complex
that we can just empty the bowl
into.”
From there, the city of Ann
Arbor takes over. A roadside pick-
up service picks up the compost
much like it picks up regular trash
or recycling and takes it to the city’s
compost facility located only about
five miles from campus.
As it turns out, the facility is also
the site of a local controversy.
In 2010, the city of Ann Arbor
decided to award its compost
See WASTE, Page 3
See MONTA, Page 3
See SACUA, Page 3
A2 compost
company
accused of
negligence
CITY
Competing waste firm
accuses WeCare of site
and contract violations
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily Staff Reporter