Zeta
Beta
Tau’s
International
Headquarters
voted to remove recognition of
the University of Michigan’s
Eta chapter on Tuesday.
According to an official
statement
from
the
organization, ZBT staff, along
with the University’s Office
of Greek Life and Division for
Student Life, conducted an
extensive membership review
to determine the future of the
chapter.
“Through the course of this
investigation it became clear
that members were violating
various Fraternity policies,
including those which prohibit
hazing,” the statement read.
ZBT
International
leadership ended the pledging
process in 1989 in an effort to
prevent hazing.
The actions of the brothers
of the Colony at the University
of
Michigan
violated
our
policies and acted in ways
antithetical to our mission
and values,” the statement
read. “Health and safety is
a top priority of Zeta Beta
Tau, and we are committed
to
facilitating
a
positive
fraternity experience.”
This
decision
follows
the
recent
reinstatement
of social activities by the
Interfraternity
Council
On Tuesday evening in the
University’s Weiser Hall, 100
years and one day since President
Woodrow Wilson delivered his
famous “Fourteen Points” speech,
used to negotiate peace talks to
end Word War I, Ambassador
Daniel Fried delivered his own
five points outlining how the
United States should address the
challenges of promoting Western
strategy in Central Europe.
Regent
Ron
Weiser,
R,
introduced Ambassador Fried to
the podium as he recounted their
work together when Ambassador
Fried was the head of the National
Security Council for Europe
and Eurasia in 2001. Weiser
emphasized the impact Fried has
had on international affairs over
his forty year career in foreign
service.
“This man has had enormous
influence on the shape of Europe
as we see it today,” he said. “A
Europe whole and free, mostly
whole and mostly free, and that is
a product of much of the work he
did for many many years.”
Today, Fried is a fellow at the
Atlantic Council, an organization
that works to address global
challenges by helping to inform
strategy
among
international
leaders.
Fried’s lecture was attended
by about fifty people ranging
from
undergraduate
students
with a developing interest in
policy to several of Fried’s former
colleagues
including
Weiser
and Public Policy Prof. Melvyn
Levitsky.
The
lecture
opened
with
Fried’s
admiration
for
the
sustained success of American
foreign policy, while also noting
the potential risk of leaving the
Russian government unchecked.
“Under American leadership,
the West enjoyed its longest
period of general peace since
Roman times, an unprecedented
prosperity in democracy,” he
said. “Security challenges and
attempted subversion from Russia
is not new. What is alarming,
and dismaying are the doubts
and divisions within the West. A
questioning of our own model, of
our own values.”
Fried’s lecture continued to
detail the events of the latter half of
the 20th century and the current
challenges both Central European
countries and the United States
face including economic stress,
political stagnation, and questions
of national identity. Through
a historical lens, which Fried
credited to his undergraduate
days at Cornell majoring in
history, he laced historical strife
with its modern consequences.
“As Brexit, the Front Nationale,
and other right-wing movements
demonstrate,
the
prevailing
post-national political culture in
Western Europe is not always as
popular as people think inside the
Brussels beltway and it does not
speak for the whole nation,” he
A University research team
has created a device to combat
tinnitus,
a
condition
that
causes ringing in the ears,
which affects 15 percent of
Americans and is caused by
nerve activity in the brain.
According to the Center for
Disease Control,tinnitus leaves
two million people unable to
work and is the most common
cause
of
service-connected
disability
among
veterans.
While the condition has no
cure, the device helps improve
the quality of life for those who
suffer from it.
Tinnitus is often a result of
nerve damage from things such
as a loud concert or a gunshot,
according to Medical School
Prof. Susan Shore, who led the
research team. Shore and her
team identified a way in which
touch and sound can relieve
the occurrence of ringing.
“Combining the stimulation
of the somatosens with the
auditory systems … showed that
a particular combination of
sound and the somatosensory
stimulation
can
actually
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Michigan
ZBT charter
revoked by
nationals
CSG talks veto of student funding
resolution, INNOVATE challenge
See WITHDRAWN, Page 3A
BRIAN KOSASIH/Daily
LSA sophomore Izzy Baer discusses plans to implement a mentorship program in a CSG meeting at the Union Tuesday.
CAMPUS LIFE
Official statement asserts Eta chapter
violated Fraternity policies, hazing
RHEA CHEETI
Daly Staff Reporter
Sarkar sides with spirit of the bill, hopes to reach a more comprehensive solution
The
University
Central
Student Government convened
for the first meeting of the
semester on Tuesday evening to
discuss the veto of the student
funding resolution from last
semester and the upcoming
INNOVATE competition.
CSG
President
Anushka
Sarkar reiterated her veto of the
A.R. 7-026 resolution on Dec.
15 that proposed the University
compensate CSG members for
their time and their work.
“I
support
the
spirit
of
the resolution and I believe
in
financial
support
in
compensation for just labor
as
we
and
other
student
governments do, but I take
issue with some of the specifics
of how the resolution would
actually impact students in
CSG and the organization’s
integrity,” she said.
Sarkar emphasized approving
the resolution would publicize
the socioeconomic status of the
individual CSG representatives.
Additionally,
she
noted
receiving pay from an external
ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
See TINNITUS, Page 3A
U-M group
invents aid
to diminish
ear ringing
RESEARCH
Tinnitus, condition of
ringing inside the ear
affects 15% of the U.S.
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Daniel Fried, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and United States Ambassador to Poland, discusses past
and present political challenges in Europe at Weiser Hall Tuesday.
Ambassador Daniel Fried discusses
Western strategy in Central Europe
Fried outlines “Five Points” to guide the future of American diplomacy
SHANNON ORS
Daily Staff Reporter
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See FUNDING, Page 3A
Cribspot,
an
Ann-Arbor
based real-estate start-up that
was founded by three University
students, is slated to close
parts of their Ann Arbor office
this year, according to local
landlords. As finding housing
can be a difficult process for
all college students — taking
into account several different
factors including cost, location
and the conditions of the actual
apartment itself — this closure
has been received with mixed
reactions.
Over
the
years,
Cribspot
has expanded from Ann Arbor
to college towns across the
country, including Lansing and
Chicago.
The company has already
begun the process of shifting
management at their properties.
A Cribspot spokesperson was
unable to comment at time of
publication.
A current Cribspot tenant,
LSA sophomore Sydney Bagnall,
said she has yet to hear from
Cribspot with regard to their
closing. Bagnall explained she
chose to use Cribspot because
See CRIBSPOT, Page 3A
Cribspot to
shutdown
within the
next year
BUSINESS
Ex-employee says the
company began to split
in differing directions
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