The
Ann
Arbor
Police
Department is beginning 2018
with a new addition to its force.
Tuesday, Jason Forsberg began
his tenure as Deputy Chief of
Police of the AAPD.
Forsberg
joins
current
Deputy Chief Robert Pfannes
and
will
be
in
charge
of
the
support
services
division,
which
includes
the administrative services,
professional
standards
and
special services sections. The
department typically has two
deputy chiefs, however, the
second position had been open
since April 2016, following the
promotion of chief Jim Baird
and retirement of former AAPD
deputy chief Greg Bazick —
replaced by Pfannes.
Most
recently,
Forsberg
worked as deputy chief at
the University of Michigan-
Dearborn campus. Prior to
working
in
Dearborn,
he
served with the University
of
Michigan-
Ann
Arbor
Department of Public Safety
and Security for 20 years.
He worked many positions
including
police
officer,
sergeant,
lieutenant
and
captain.
Forsberg
earned
his
bachelor’s
degree
from
Skidmore College in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y. and graduated
from
the
Northwestern
Monday
night
the
University’s
Museum
of
Natural
History
officially
closed its space in the A.G.
Ruthven Museums Building,
after one last night at the
museum.
The museum, which will
reopen
in
the
Biological
Sciences Building in several
phases throughout 2019, has
been housed in Ruthven since
the building’s opening in 1928.
The museum was originally
known
as
the
University
Museum, and encompassed
the Museums of Paleontology,
Zoology and Anthropological
Archaeology, as well as the
University Herbarium. The
Museum of Natural History
was officially created in 1956.
The University decided to
move the museum once the
plans for the new Biological
Sciences
Building
were
announced in 2011. Though
this has been planned for
several years, Amy Harris,
director of the Museum of
Natural
History,
said
the
execution of the move will not
necessarily be easy.
“The logistics of the next
year, year and a half will be
pretty challenging,” Harris
said.
“Within
the
public
museum ... we’ve been hiring
a lot of short-term staff to
help with the project, and
that’s been really terrific to
have new ideas and new, fresh
energy.”
The move has also been
difficult
for
community
members.
Generations
of
people
have
enjoyed
the
current museum over the
years and are sad to say
goodbye. To aid with the
transition,
the
museum
created Museum Memories
in December 2016 as a part of
the University’s Bicentennial
initiative and an online time
capsule of sorts for people to
share their favorite memories
of the museum.
Harris and her co-workers
knew they close out the
museum
in
a
memorable
way. They held a “Last Day
at the Museum” celebration
on Saturday— a free, all-day
event open for the public to
commemorate the end of an
era. According to Harris, over
3,000 people attended to see
the museum one last time
at Ruthven and share their
memories once more.
“I
describe
it
as
a
community hug,” Harris said.
“I just felt the love.”
An additional ticketed New
Year’s Eve event was held on
Sunday evening. Over 3,000
people were in attendance
for a night of dinner, dancing,
specialty lighting and New
The Federal Communications
Commission voted on Dec. 14
to end net neutrality, which
blocked
internet
service
providers
from
charging
different prices for different
users or content. Though the
Trump administration believes
that the regulatory rollback
will help American business,
University
students
and
faculty are concerned about its
potential effects.
Under the new leadership
of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
—
appointed
by
President
Donald Trump last January—
the
commission
has
begun
to
advocate
for
removing
regulations
which
restrict
internet companies as part of
a broader push for regulatory
rollback
across
various
government
bodies.
The
commission voted 3-2 to repeal,
with
Republican
members
voting with Pai and Democrats
against.
The decision has attracted
controversy and criticism from
a wide variety of citizens and
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SPORTS........................1B
AAPD names
Forsberg as
new Deputy
Police Chief
New interactive map shows levels
of poverty across state of Michigan
See CHIEF, Page 3A
ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily
ANN ARBOR
Most recently, Frosberg was deputy
chief at the U-M Dearborn campus
ZOE BAXTER
Daily Staff Reporter
Initiative worked with Michigan Creative to make poverty, health data accessible
Four University researchers
have recently developed an
online data map displaying
poverty statistics throughout
the state of Michigan. The
University’s Poverty Solutions
Initiative in the Ford School of
Public Policy collaborated with
Michigan Creative in efforts
to display poverty and health
data in a more reader-friendly
format.
The
online
interactive
map
displays
statistics
on
median income, percent of the
population below the poverty
line, percent of single-parent
households and other statistics
by county. Data comes from the
U.S. census, United Way, CDC
Community Health Indicators
and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.
Strategic Projects Manager
Kate
Naranjo
felt
public
data was not available in an
easily adjustable format and
was instead more catered to
researchers. This inspired a
collaboration with H. Luke
Shaefer, associate professor of
social work and public policy,
along with three undergraduate
research assistants to develop
an
online
map
displaying
poverty
data.
Michigan
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Dailly Staff Reporter
See NEUTRALITY, Page 3A
Ban on net
neutrality
worries ‘U’
community
GOVERNMENT
Prospect of deregulated
Internet providers could
widen wealth disparities
RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter
DARBY STIPE/Daily
The University’s Museum of Natural History officially closed its space in the A.G. Ruthven Museums Building after a
weekend of celebration.
Natural History Museum officially
closes its doors in Ruthven building
Museum is set to reopen in 2019 in the new Biological Sciences Building
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily News Editor
Trouble in Tampa
Michigan collapsed in the
second half, giving up 23
unanswered points to South
Carolina in a 26-19 loss. »
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See MUSEUM, Page 3A
See POVERTY, Page 3A
On Dec. 30, Ann Arbor police
arrested 63-year-old Michael
Brooks on multiple counts of
home invasion after identical
footprints
were
discovered
at two crime scenes. Brooks’
victims include David Goldwyn
and his wife on Minerva Road
and a group of four University
of Michigan students living on
Linden Street, close to Central
Campus.
However,
police
expect there may be more
victims as students return to
Ann Arbor from winter break.
According to WXYZ Detroit,
Goldwyn and his wife heard a
noise in their home followed
by the sounding of their home
security alarm. The couple
discovered a man walking from
their house and the suspect’s
footprints left in the snow
leading to their living room
window.
Detective
Lt.
Matthew
Lige of the Ann Arbor Police
Department received a call two
hours later reporting a similar
home
invasion
downtown,
close to Central Campus. Four
See INVASION, Page 3A
Suspect of
burglaries
arrested in
bathroom
CRIME
Footprints in snow help
police track suspect to
multiple home invasions
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter