The University of Michigan 

confirmed 
its 
unwavering 

support 
of 
research 
with 

the 
announcement 
of 
a 

record $1.48 billion in total 
research 
expenditures 
for 

the 2017 fiscal year ending 
on June 30. The Office of 
Research published this data 
in their annual report, which 
details the current research 
landscape at the University.

This announcement follows 

the No. 1 ranking in research 
volume 
the 
University 

recently received from the 
National Science Foundation 
for the seventh year in a row.

Though 
research 

expenditures reached a record 
high, the FY 2017 brought 
the challenge of declining 
total 
federal 
support 
for 

research. In response, the 
Office of Research partnered 
with 
various 
on-campus 

organizations to address the 
gaps in federal support and 
identify 
new 
avenues 
for 

funding.

In 
an 
email 
interview, 

Jack 
Hu, 
vice 
president 

for 
research, 
continued 

investment in research sets 
the 
Unversity 
apart 
from 

other public institutions.

“The $1.48 billion research 

expenditures 
continues 
to 

place UM as the top public 

During its weekly meeting, 

Central 
Student 
Government 

proposed 
resolutions 
to 

compensate its assembly members 
financially and to create a student 
Regent that would serve on the 
University of Michigan’s Board of 
Regents. 

The compensation resolution, 

if 
passed, 
would 
pay 
CSG 

members for their work in the 
organization. In its proposed 
form, the president and vice 
president would be compensated 
hourly 
and 
representatives 

would 
receive 
stipends. 

Historically, CSG members have 
not been paid, as they are often 
considered a volunteer positions. 
However, many universities do 
pay their student government 
representatives.

Last 
year’s 
Leadership 

Engagement 
Scholarship 
was 

created to provide funding for 
low 
income 
student 
leaders 

interested 
in 
extracurricular 

activities they may not have time 
for otherwise. The scholarship 
received backlash, however, due 
to the possibility of increasingthe 
student fee paid for CSG’s budget. 

Members of the assembly, 

however, had concerns with 
the resolution based on how 
the 
compensation 
would 
be 

distributed. 
Rackham 
student 

Marzia 
Oceno 
debated 
the 

resolution 
because 
of 
laws 

regarding international students 
and financial aid.

“As an international student, 

I’m pretty concerned about the 
fact that according to how it’s 
shaped, if it’s a grant, it’s a grant,” 
Oceno said. “If it’s paid by hours, 
this can reduce participation for 
international students in CSG 
because they cannot get their 
money.”

CSG will vote on the resolution 

next week.

The resolution to establish 

a student Regent would create 
a student non-voter added by 
CSG who would serve on the 

University’s Board of Regents. 
An amendment would have to 
be added to the CSG constitution 
for this to occur. This has been a 
goal for CSG in the past, however 
there is ambiguity surrounding 
the position. Last year, during 
former CSG President David 
Scahfer’s term, CSG also wished 
to see a student member of 
the Regents. However, Regent 
members are elected statewide. 
The position also would have to 
be proposed in one of the three 
ways: the change can be placed 

on the ballot by a citizen-led 
initiative garnering a minimum 
of signatures, be referred to the 
ballot by the state legislature, or be 
amended through a constitutional 
convention.

Other proposed resolutions 

included purchasing “Munchie 
Money” $5 coupons for students 
to use toward food at University-
affiliated food vendors and $5 
gift cards to Barnes & Noble for 
study supplies during the final 
examination period.
Seeking a quiet place other 

than the library to work, 
two University of Michigan 
alumni began a movement to 
raise awareness and promote 
the benefits of silence and 
noise moderation around the 
city of Ann Arbor. Gina Choe 
and Libby Hunter founded 
Quiet Ann Arbor with the 
hopes of reducing noise and 
piped music in public places 
around 
Ann 
Arbor. 
Quiet 

Ann Arbor is associated with 
the Pipedown campaign in 
the United Kingdom, whose 
general mission is “Freedom 
from unwanted music in public 
places.”

Piped music is light, pre-

recorded music played in public 
spaces such as grocery stores, 
restaurants and coffee shops. 
Piped, 
canned 
or 
elevator 

music, like Muzak, piped music 
can affect one’s attitudes and 
has health concerns.

“Noise is a health concern 

for all of us not only for those 
with hearing issues,” Choe 
said. “Research clearly shows 

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A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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See EXPENSE, Page 3A

RESEARCH

The 
emotional 
support 

required for childbirth care can 
often be an internal instinct, 
some say. 

But 
for 
many 
students 

learning to become a doula — 

an individual trained to assist 
another during childbirth — 
there are important techniques 
and facts to learn to be successful 
and helpful. 

The University Prison Birth 

Project — a volunteer student 
organization that helps provide 
education, doula support and 
respect for incarcerated pregnant 
women before, during and after 

the labor process — holds Doula 
Information Training Sessions, 
like 
the 
one 
held 
Tuesday 

night, to learn more about the 
emotional support surrounding 
childbirth care.

While many consider being 

a doula unconventional, many 
students found it to be an 
empowering role to take on along 
with their studies.

Social Work student Hannah 

Mesa 
became 
a 
doula 
in 

2015, while she was still an 
undergraduate 
student. 
She 

stressed the importance of the 
care that doulas provide before 
and after the labor process — not 
just during physical labor.

“That’s something that I feel 

like gets left out of the picture, 

See SILENCE, Page 3A

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See PROJECT, Page 3A

In an attempt to make public 

service 
more 
accessible 
to 

students from diverse academic 
backgrounds, Central Student 
Government plans to launch 
Innovate, a public service pitch 
competition, this winter.

According to Sujay Shetty, 

Chief of Staff to the President and 
an Information junior, students 
with certain majors, usually 
political science or public policy, 
pursue 
public 
service. 
This 

competition, however, aims to 
expand public service interest 
across all majors.

“We’re operating with the 

framework 
that 
encourages 

collaboration between students 
from a broad range of disciplines,” 
he 
said. 
“There’s 
particular 

emphasis 
on 
unconventional 

disciplines in the realm of public 
service, and we hope that this 
can catalyze real-world, positive 
change.”

CSG 
Innovate 
was 
the 

brainchild 
of 
CSG 
President 

Anushka Sarkar, an LSA senior, 
and 
Vice 
President 
Nadine 

Jawad, a Public Policy senior, who 

See COMPETITION, Page 3A

See CSG, Page 3A

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

A2 group 
champions 
silence in 
open areas

Quiet Ann Arbor seeks to 
limit unwanted music in 
local shops, restaurants 

REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter

CSG proposes payment for members, 
student position on Board of Regents

The student assembly also closes the investigation into executive member

RACHEL CUNNIGHAM

Daily Staff Reporter

New pitch 
competition 
‘Innovation’ 
is launched 

CSG created public policy 
pitching program to aid, 
diversify service interest

ZAYNA SYED

For the Daily

‘U’ spends 
record $1.48
billion on 
its research

Student doulas balance academics 
and childbirth support training

Announcement follows No. 1 ranking in 
research volume, seventh year in a row 

SHANNON ORS
Daily Staff Reporter

Prison Birth Project training session was attended by 30 students Tuesday

ABBY MURO

Daily Staff Reporter

AYUSH THAKUR/Daily

Kate Stroud, a Doula, teaches students about birth in the Undergraduate Science Building Tuesday.

BRIAN KOSASIH/Daily

A member of the By Any Means Necessary party speaks in favor of a resolution to condemn Richard Spencer at the 
CSG meeting in the Chambers Tuesday.

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