Ann Arbor’s deer cull is
coming
back,
and
it
could
bring widespread park closures
around the city.
The deer cull has been a
hotly
debated
topic
among
residents since City Council
approved
the
procedure
in
August 2015. The proposal that
passed outlined a four-year plan
for deer management and the
exploration of a deer fertility
control program.
“The
directive
from
Council arose as a result of
numerous resident reports of
deer
damaging
landscaping
and natural areas as well as
concerns
regarding
vehicle/
deer collisions and deer-borne
diseases,” a statement on the
city website reads.
In October of this year,
it was announced that the
city
would
contract
with
White Buffalo, Inc. for deer
sterilization and sharpshooting
management services for 2018.
The management program is
reported to start on Jan. 2, and
locations where the shooting
takes place — which are largely
city parks — will be closed
between 3 p.m. and midnight
each day.
Last year, 10 city parks were
closed for the cull. Locations
on this year’s list include
Bird Hills Nature Area,
Leslie Woods, the Leslie
Park Golf Course, Olson
Park and others, including
some parks that weren’t
used
during
previous
culls,
such
as
Baxter,
Folkstone, Foxfire West,
Glazier
Hill,
Narrow
Gauge
Way,
Oakridge,
Oakwoods,
Sugarbush
and Traver Creek Nature
Area.
Some
parks
on
the list last year did not
reappear on the 2018 list.
The
Ann
Arbor
community
is
divided
on the issue of the cull,
with over 1,500 residents
signing a petition as of
this month that urges the
city to stop the practice.
At the University of Michigan,
critics are also speaking out. The
Friends of Ann Arbor Wildlife
in Nature, an animal rights
group formed to oppose the
cull, staged a protest last year.
People marched to the Nichols
Arboretum while holding signs
with phrases such as “Stop the
Shoot” and “U of M: University
of Murder.”
LSA senior Aaron Brodkey,
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Tulane University professor
Jesmyn Ward, a MacArthur
Fellow,
will
deliver
the
University
of
Michigan’s
winter 2017 commencement
address.
Ward earned a master’s of
fine arts from the University in
2005. She is an award-winning
author of lyrical prose and
graphic portrayals of Black
Americans in rural Mississippi.
She is known for discussing
topics
of
racism,
poverty,
family and community in her
work.
Ward earned five Hopwood
Awards for her fiction while
attending
University
and
became the first woman to
win
two
National
Book
Awards
in
fiction. In her response to
the invitation, she stated in a
press release that she hopes to
motivate students to change
the world for the better.
“We are proud that a U-M
graduate of Jesmyn Ward’s
talent, intellectual caliber and
societal influence has agreed
to address our graduates at
Winter
Commencement,”
stated
University
President
Mark Schlissel in the release.
The
press
release
also
announced the 10 Bicentennial
Alumni
Award
recipients
who will be honored at the
commencement ceremony. The
award bestowed to alumni
in honor of the University’s
Bicentennial
represents
the
impacts of recent graduates.
Previously, 10 alumni were
honored
at
the
spring
commencement ceremony.
In
addition
to
Ward,
recipients
include
Darren
Criss, who graduated in 2009
with a bachelor’s degree in
fine arts and notably starred
in
“Glee”
and
“American
Horror Story: Hotel,” as well
as
Carla
Dirlikov
Canales,
who graduated in 2002 with
a bachelor’s degree in music
and is the first opera singer
to earn the Sphinx Medal of
Excellence.
Recipients who graduated
from LSA include Rebecca
Alexander,
who
won
the
National
Multiple
Sclerosis
Society Books for a Better
Life Award for her memoir
about a genetic disorder that
is causing her to lose her sight
and hearing, and Tonya Allen,
who was named one of the
most influential women in 2016
by Crain’s Detroit Business
for her pursuit to make
Detroit healthier and more
equitable for children.
Honorees
from
the
Medical
School
include
Cathy L. Drennan for her
work in determining the
structure of an enzyme
involved in DNA synthesis,
and
Senait
Fisseha,
Department of Obstetrics
&
Gynecology,
who
is
known as a global leader
in expanding reproductive
health
services
in
developing countries.
Others include Heather
Hill, the Jerome T. Murphy
Professor in Education at
Harvard Graduate School of
Education who researches
professional development,
teacher
evaluations
and
mathematical teaching, as
well as Matthew Kotchen,
professor of economics and
associate dean of academic
affairs at Yale School of
Forestry & Environmental
Renowned author Jesmyn Ward
to speak at winter commencement
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Ruffled Feathers:
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WHAT: Johan Ugander of
Stanford University will present
and discuss his research on the
phenomenon of similar people
tending to form frienships.
WHO: The Center for the Study
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WHERE: Weiser Hall, Room 747
DAAS African Diasporic
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Bioethics Discussion:
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2017 Michigan IT
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innovation occurring across the
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