The 
Centers 
for 
Disease 

Control and Prevention, the U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration 
and the Public Health Agency 
of Canada are investigating the 
source of a recent E. coli outbreak 
that has infected 58 people and 
resulted in two deaths in the 
United States and Canada. This 
particular strain, called E. coli 
O157:H7, has been linked to leafy 
greens and romaine lettuce.

Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 

8, the disease spread to 13 
states, including Michigan, and 
multiple provinces in Canada. 
Though the disease is reported 
to have spread a month ago, 
public health notices are now 
being published.

Consumer 
Reports 
states 

E. 
coli 
symptoms 
typically 

surface one to three days after 
infection, but may take as long 
as 10 days. These symptoms 
include severe diarrhea and 
abdominal pain. This particular 
strain of E. coli can lead to 
serious illness, kidney failure 
and death if left untreated. 
Young children, the elderly 
and those with a weakened 
immune system are the most 
vulnerable to this illness.While 
the Public Health Agency of 
Canada has officially identified 
the source of the outbreak as 
romaine lettuce, the CDC is 
still investigating the possible 
origin. Preliminary results of 
CDC genome sequencing of the 

bacteria suggest the Canadian E. 
coli strain and the American E. 
coli strain are genetically closely 
related, indicating a common 
source of infection.

The Public Health Agency 

of Canada advised those in 
its eastern provinces to avoid 
romaine lettuce and eat other 
salad greens until further notice. 
The CDC has yet to recommend 
a particular food Americans 
should avoid.

Consumer 
Reports, 
a 

consumer-oriented 
research 

magazine based in the United 
States, advised people to avoid 
eating romaine lettuce until the 
cause of the E. coli outbreak is 
identified and removed from 
stores.

Consumer 
Reports 
added 

it could take time before any 
recall is secured and executed, a 
period during which consumers 
can potentially become infected. 

Jean Halloran, director of Food 
Policy Initiatives at Consumers 
Union, which is the policy 
division of Consumer Reports, 
says the FDA must act fast to 
identify and recall the source of 
the outbreak.

The outbreak has affected the 

University community as well. 

In the University 43rd annual 

Monitoring the Future study, 
researchers of the University’s 
Institute for Social Research 
surveyed 
about 
45,000 

secondary 
school 
students 

across the country on their use 
of marijuana, vapes, tobacco, 
alcohol, 
inhalants, 
heroin 

and opioids. The researchers 
released their findings in a 
summary 
titled 
“National 

Adolescent 
Drug 
Trends 
in 

2017,” and a full volume of their 
work will be released by the end 
of January.

The 
investigation, 
funded 

by the National Institute on 
Drug Abuse, surveyed students 
in grades 8, 10 and 12, and 
concluded 
marijuana 
use 

among all students increased 
significantly, from 22.7 percent 
in 2016 to 24 percent in 2017. 
Principal Investigator Richard 
Miech believes the substantial 
rise in marijuana use is related 
to the decrease in percieved risk. 

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

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Go Blue Guarantee, to take effect this semester, represents 
a step in the right direction for students, applicants

JULIA LAUER/DAILY

University says in-state students with household income below $65,000 will receive free tuition starting Winter 2018 

Starting this winter semester, 

the Go Blue Guarantee will begin 
to cover full tuition for in-state 
University students whose families 
make $65,000 a year or less. The 
commitment will automatically 

cover current qualifying students, 
as well as future students who 
apply and are admitted.

The 
Go 
Blue 
Guarantee, 

announced 
last 
summer, 

aims 
to 
encourage 
students 

from 
socioeconomically 

underrepresented 
communities 

to apply to the University, with 
the comfort that if admitted, 

they will be able to afford it. The 
University’s hope is to give high 
school students who otherwise 
wouldn’t 
have 
applied 
the 

confidence to do so.

At his appearance at the Senate 

Assembly on Dec. 11, Schlissel 
heralded the program as his 
greatest achievement as university 
president.

“I 
think 
we 
should 
all 

be 
extremely 
proud 
of 
that 

commitment we are making to 
opportunity across the breadth of 
our state,” Schlissel said.

He also mentioned how the 

early action applicant numbers for 
next year’s freshman class have 
risen from previous years, which 
he partly attributed to the Go Blue 

Guarantee.

“This 
year’s 
numbers, 
and 

I think it’s because of the Go 
Blue Guarantee in part, are even 
stronger (than previous years),” 
Schlissel said. “The December 
1st year over year numbers are 
significantly 
up 
in 
applicant 

numbers.”

While Schlissel suggested a rise 

in applications, no information has 
been officially released about how 
many students who qualify for 
the Go Blue Guarantee have been 
admitted to the 2018 freshman 
class.

The University is pursuing 

various advertising efforts to 
ensure Michigan high school 

MAEVE O’BRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter

Students, 
teens swap 
cigarettes 
for vapes

RESEARCH

University researchers 
release findings from 
Monitoring the Future

JULIA FORD

Daily Staff Reporter

MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily

Dining halls received an official mandatory orer from the Dining management to replace romaine lettuce Friday 
morning. 

After deaths from E. Coli breakouts, 
dining halls replace romaine lettuce

Canadian and United States agencies report 58 infections and 2 deaths

REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter

Illinois conquered

The Michigan basketball 

team shook off a slow start 

to beat the Fighting Illini, 

79-69, on Saturday afternoon 

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Following 
campus 
outrage 

over the impending visit of white 
supremacist 
Richard 
Spencer, 

the University has released a list 
of events to discuss free speech 
throughout 
winter 
semester 

titled 
“Speech 
and 
Inclusion: 

Recognizing Conflict and Building 
Tools for Engagement.”

At an emergency Board of 

Regents meeting in November, 
University 
President 
Mark 

Schlissel 
announced 
that 
the 

University would allow Spencer 
to speak on campus provided they 
find a safe time and environment in 
which to do so, much to the dismay 
of many opposing students, faculty 
and community members. #Stop 
Spencer, a group committed to 
preventing the Spencer event, plan 
to protest Spencer’s event, though a 
specific Error! Hyperlink reference 
not valid. for the event has yet to be 
determined.

Spencer’s lawyer, Kyle Bristow, 

threatened the University with a 
lawsuit if a date isn’t decided upon 
by January 15.

‘U’ to host
events on 
Spencer, 
free speech

CAMPUS LIFE

Series includes lectures, 
teach-ins, teach-outs on 
“tools for engagement”

RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter

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