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CITY
Following Monday night’s
City Council meeting, city
staff and community members
are
largely
satisfied
with
the
council’s
commitment
to thorough representation
and the decision to limit
city and police influence on
structuring the new police
review board. However, the
public
remains
concerned
about
how
community
members will be appointed
to the task force and the
possibility that the task force
won’t
grant
investigative
powers to the review board.
Ann Arbor City residents
formed
Transforming
Justice Washtenaw, a local
organization
dedicated
to
ensuring transparency during
the creation of the review
board, after the city first
initiated its review of the
Ann Arbor Police Department
process. TJW member Julie
Quiroz
highlighted
the
group’s main accomplishment
at
Monday’s
meeting
—
creating a primarily citizen-
based review process and
limiting the city staff and
police to serve solely as
advisers to the task force,
which she said was a really
“important victory.”
The task force will have
11 voting members, all of
whom will be Ann Arbor
residents. Though city staff
and police will not have
voting rights on the task
force,
City
Administrator
Howard Lazarus emphasized
the
importance
of
their
guidance to ensure lawful
and
appropriate
practices,
justifying the appointment of
two councilmembers as non-
voting members of the task
force.
HRC
will
propose
the
recommended list of members
for the task force to the City
Council on March 19. The
target date to vote on the task
force’s charter — outlining
the roles, responsibilities, and
A2 residents
optimistic
about police
review board
“Sexpertise” transgender sexual
health panel talks misconceptions
MICHAEL BARSKY/Daily
Members of the 2018 Sexpertise Conference distribute condoms to the audience in the Michigan League Wednesday.
Transforming Justice Washtenaw seeks
increased transparency from AAPD
ALEX COTT
Daily Staff Reporter
Annual three-day conference aimed to educate students and staff on safety, pleasure
As part of the 10th annual
Sexpertise
conference
sponsored by the University
of Michigan Health Service,
Brendon Holloway, Spectrum
Center education and training
graduate coordinator, discussed
the sexual health experiences
of
transgender
people
at
the
Michigan
League
on
Wednesday.
Sexpertise
is
an
annual
three-day conference, which
began on Tuesday and will run
until Thursday night, aiming
to educate students, faculty
and practitioners about sexual
health and experiences. Nine
topics, ranging from sexual
health to safety and pleasure
in
sexual
activities,
were
presented
throughout
the
conference.
Holloway began by presenting
basic
terminology
used
in
the
transgender
community.
He described his idea of a
“trans-umbrella”
regarding
the different identities those
in the transgender community
hold. He also explained how
the transition process varies in
terms of experiences.
“This looks very different
person to person,” Holloway
said.
“Every
transition
is
definitely different.”
Holloway then went on to
present the anatomy changes
associated
with
hormone
replacement therapy. He noted
that when taking testosterone,
some of the physical changes
which occur include a deepened
voice, fat redistribution and
change of odor. Those who take
estrogen tend to experience
breast growth, fat redistribution
and facial feminization.
Holloway
also
discssed
sexual intercourse for those
that identify as transgender,
and emphasized that, like the
transition
process,
sexual
experiences vary from person to
person.
“There is no right way to have
sex regardless of your identity,”
Holloway said. “This is totally
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
The
University
of
Michigan’s
LSA
Student
Government met Wednesday
evening to address the body’s
election of the winter 2018
election director and four
new
resolutions,
such
as
supporting
the
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization
and advocating for gender
inclusive language in bylaws.
The meeting began with
announcements from LSA SG
President Nicholas Fadanelli
addressing
their
initiative
with the University to start
classes before Labor Day and
not hold classes on Election
Day. Fadanelli reported that he
has received positive feedback
from administrators and is
meeting with the registrar
in
March.
Additionally,
Fadanelli will soon be meeting
with the provost to discuss
the University’s consideration
of discontinuing “Michigan
time,” and having classes end
ten minutes early, rather than
start ten minutes late.
Academic Relations Officer
Hanna Simmons announced
that she and several other
LSA SG members recently
met
with
administration
members of the Residential
College to discuss scheduling
conflicts with their language
requirement. Because the RC
is seeking more information
on
the
issue,
LSA
SG
announced their plan to send
a survey to students to gather
more information.
Andrew Mitchel, an LSA
senior, was acknowledged as
a highly informed constituent
and elected as LSA SG’s
winter 2018 election director.
Mitchel voiced his concerns
about the lack of information
many
LSA
students
have
when
going
to
vote
for
their
representatives
and
announced his plans to make
candidate
platforms
more
available either through social
media
or
an
independent
website.
LSA SG members discussed
a
resolution
to
support
the
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization,
focusing
on
LEO’s concerns that many
University
lecturers
are
grossly underpaid and have
a high turnover rate of 40
percent. This turnover rate
was said to be in part because
of the low salaries, and also
in part that the lecturers are
given such short notice on
whether they will be needed
the
following
semester.
Fadanelli
underscored
the
importance
of
this
issue,
highlighting
how
many
This week, the University of
Michigan’s Office of National
Scholarships and Fellowships
announced Public Policy senior
Gabriel Lerner and LSA alum
Megan Cansfield as scholars
of Yenching Academy’s 2018
fellowship
program,
which
sponsors
students
through
a two-year master’s degree
of China Studies at Peking
University in Beijing, China.
The program brings together
150 students from around the
world. Students spend the first
year of the program studying
and participating in fieldwork
focused on Chinese history,
culture
and
development.
Students spend the second
year working outside of the
classroom while they develop
their theses.
Yenching
Academy
offers
six research areas on which
students
can
focus.
Public
Policy senior Gabriel Lerner,
who will enroll in the Academy
in August, will be concentrating
on economics and management.
Lerner said he looks forward
Student,
alum given
Yenching
scholarship
ACADEMICS
Newly named Yenching
scholars, will study in
China for fieldwork
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
RUCHITA IYER/Daily
LSA Public Activites Committee Chair Kristen Ball presents the committee report during the LSA Student
Government meeting in Mason Hall Wednesday evening.
LSA Student Government introduces
resolutions on gender inclusivity, LEO
Fadanelli also reports positive feedback regarding starting class after Labor Day
ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
See LSA SG, Page 3
On
Wednesday,
Gov.
Rick
Snyder
proposed
his
final
2019
and
2020
budget
recommendation
to
Michigan
Senate
and
House
of
Representatives
appropriations
committees. The budget places
a specific emphasis on changes
in funding for schools, roads and
infrastructure.
With a total budget of $56.8
billion, a 0.6 percent increase
from the year before, K-12 schools
would see an increase from $120
to $240 in foundation allowances
per student. This increase is twice
as large as the budget approved by
lawmakers last year.
“What we need to continue
to work on is seeing better
outcomes with students in terms of
achievement levels,” Snyder said in
reference to standardized testing
scores in a press release.
While state Rep. Fred Durhal
III,
D-Detroit,
found
the
increase in K-12 funding to be
“amazing,” House Appropriations
Chairwoman
Laura
Cox,
R-
Livonia, stated some proposals
would “cause angst” within the
State 2019
proposal
prioritizes
education
GOVERNMENT
Snyder’s last budget
proposal has changes for
infrastruture, schools
JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter
See AAPD, Page 3
See SNYDER, Page 3
See SEXPERTISE, Page 3
See PEKING, Page 2