The Interfraternity Council
at the University of Michigan
will begin to restore social
event privileges to fraternities
this
semester,
according
to a statement released on
the
organization’s
website
Wednesday
morning.
The
announcement comes after a
two-month self-imposed ban.
Recruitment this semester for
the IFC fraternities will continue
as scheduled.
“IFC will begin a phased
process
of
restoring
social
event privileges on January 3,
2018,” the statement read. “This
process will not constitute an
immediate lift of the social
suspension for all IFC chapters.
The phased process will involve
chapters
being
notified
of
specific action plans they will
need to complete.”
As early as Tuesday evening,
The
Daily
obtained
copies
of invitations to IFC chapter
mixers
sent
to
Panhellenic
sorority members who requested
to remain anonymous.
At the IFC’s meeting on Nov. 9,
presidents of several University
fraternities voted to suspend all
social activities and pledge terms
following allegations of sexual
assault and hazing during the
previous months.
The
Inglis
House,
which
was once used by University
administration to accommodate
overnight guests such as the
Dalai Lama and President Gerald
Ford, has been sold to buyers who
intend to use the property as a
family residence.
In
1950,
Elizabeth
Inglis
donated the property to the
University after the death of
her husband James Inglis, who
stipulated that the property
would be given to the University
as a residence for the University’s
president. However, Elizabeth
delivered a quitclaim deed to the
Board of Regents in 1951 as former
University presidents have opted
for the more centrally situated
property of 815 S. University
Ave., the traditional home for
presidents of the University since
its inaugural president, Henry
Tappan.
James
Kosteva,
University
director of community relations,
explained the house has not
been used since 2012 and would
continue to incur significant
maintenance costs in addition to
the cost of necessary renovations.
“It
determined
that
the
University would need to spend
a minimum of $4.7 million
of capital to make the home
usable and would need to fund
approximately
$550,000
on
(an) annual basis to operate the
property,” Kosteva wrote in an
email interview. “The University
administration determined that
the long-term costs of property
exceed the benefit to be derived
and that operation of the property
was not mission critical.”
The University administration
recommended
selling
the
property, and the Board of
Regents approved the sale at a
meeting in March. The board
decided to use proceeds from
the sale to establish a new
scholarship for students in the
Inglis family name.
At an April regents meeting,
community
members
and
members of the Inglis family
expressed grave concern over the
sale of the property. Esther Kyke,
a member of the Inglis family,
worried
new
owners
could
demonlish the home now that it
was no longer under University
protection. Kyke and a dozen
other members of the Inglis
family presented the regents
with a letter condemning the sale
of the home.
“It has also come to the
collective attention of the Inglis
family that it has been publicly
circulated that we are very
pleased with this decision and
that the living relatives approve
of the sale,” Kyke read in April.
Students on campus are used to
hailing a ride with Uber, but now
they can order a snack or meal
with the company as well. Uber is
expanding its presence in Ann Arbor
with the launch of UberEATS, a new
food delivery system featuring Uber
drivers as the deliverers.
The phone application launched
on Dec. 7 and will connect Ann
Arbor residents to 27 different local
restaurants. While in Michigan the
food delivery system is currently
only
operating
in
downtown
Ann Arbor, Kerrytown and the
University of Michigan campus,
UberEATS has the potential to
expand even farther.
Liz
Meyerdirk,
UberEATS
Head of Development, said more
restaurants are learning about
UberEATS and seeking to get
involved themselves.
“After launching, we work to
understand what customers want
by surveying and understanding
what their behavior is like through
the app,” Meyerdirk said.
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A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SPORTS.........................6
IFC lifts ban
on Greek life
social events,
with checks
GEO and CRLT work to promote
safety and inclusion for employees
19
800
schools at
UMich
taught inclusive
inclusive teaching
orientations taught
teaching
by CRLT
CASEY TIN/Daily
CAMPUS LIFE
Chapters required to complete action
plans, social programming underway
KAELA THEUT
Daily News Editor
Graduate employee union requests leave during Spencer visit, release inclusion guidelines
After
contentious
contract
bargaining
last
winter,
the
University of Michigan Graduate
Employees’ Union has focused
much of its efforts on equity across
its membership of more than 1,800
graduate
student
instructors,
research
assistants
and
staff
members. Last year’s contract
hinged upon the hiring of graduate
student assistants working solely
on execution of the Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion plan. In the
new year, GEO looks towards
issues of race and class, both inside
and outside of the classroom.
The Michigan Daily spoke with
GEO president Rachel Miller,
a Rackham student, to discuss
initiatives
including
inclusive
teaching, and whether or not
GEO members will be on campus
during a potential visit from white
supremacist Richard Spencer.
Inclusive Teaching Network
Releases Guide for Instructors
GEO released a statement on
its Facebook page Tuesday night
encouraging their members to
look into new resources from
the Inclusive Teaching Network
and implement them into their
classrooms.
MAYA GOLDMAN &
CARLY RYAN
Daily News Editors
UberEATS
delivery in
Ann Arbor
welcomed
BUSINESS
New services will cater
restaurants, fast food to
downtown & Kerrytown
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
CEREN B DAG/Daily
The Inglis House has been sold by the University to buyers who intend to use the property as a family residence.
University sells historic overnight
house for $2.1 million as residence
50 years later, Inglis House now owned by hotel owner, former Regent’s daughter
RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter
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In 1980, LSA held its first
Theme Semester at the University
of Michigan in hopes of providing
students with the opportunity
to immerse themselves in a
specific topic through classes
and extracurricular events such
as museum exhibits and theater
performances.
Past topics have covered a
broad range of subjects from
“Water” in Winter 2011 to “The
Possible Futures of U-M” in Fall
2017, themes selected through
the Office of the Associate Dean
for Undergraduate Education.
However, following a busy
year
with
the
University’s
Bicentennial, there is no theme
this semester.
“We do not have a theme
semester every semester, or
even every year; the frequency
depends on the number of
proposals we received at any
given time,” Angela Dillard,
LSA
Associate
Dean
for
Undergraduate Education, wrote
in an email interview.
In Winter
2018, no
LSA theme
semester
ACADEMICS
Following Bicentennial,
LSA to forgo academic
theme for first time in years
ZOE BAXTER
Daily Staff Reporter
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