Philip J. Deloria, former
University
of
Michigan
professor, became Harvard
University’s
first
tenured
Native-American
studies
professor
last
week
after
having taught in the History
and
American
Culture
Department at the University
for over ten years. Deloria
specialized
in
Native-
American history and also
served as the associate dean
for
Undergraduate
and
Graduate Education in LSA,
director
of
the
Program
in
American
Culture
and
acting director of the Native
American Studies Program.
In his time at the University,
Deloria was an outspoken
advocate for Native American
students and inequalities in
higher education.
Deloriaa
earned
his
doctorate degree in American
Studies from Yale University
and taught at University of
Colorado before coming to
the University. He became
a Carroll Smith-Rosenberg
Collegiate Professor in 2009.
“At Michigan, I was really
fortunate to be involved in
building the Native American
Studies
program,”
Deloria
said. “I feel like my time at
Michigan was full of really
good things and it was really
LSA Student Government
passed
five
resolutions
Wednesday night, including
one in support of the Lecturers’
Employee
Organization’s
negotiations
for
a
new
wage contract and another
calling for an investigation
into potential conflicts of
interest in investment of the
University
of
Michigan’s
endowment.
The
latter
resolution
was
introduced
and approved in time for LSA
SG to join a group of student
organizations also requesting
further transparency before
the Board of Regents’ meeting
Thursday afternoon.
LSA
SG
representative
Amanda
Delekta,
an
LSA
junior,
co-sponsored
the
resolution.
“The
regents,
who
are
supposed
to
overlook
the
investment of the endowment,
passed
the
responsibilities
largely on to a financial
executive
committee,”
she
said. “A number of those
individuals
have
been
investing the endowment into
their own enterprises, which
is obviously a large conflict
of interest and there has not
been a lot of oversight with
the issue.”
The Detroit Free Press
recently
reported
the
University invested portions
— estimates range from $3
to nearly $4 billion — of its
nearly $11 billion endowment
in funds run or owned by
major donors. The resolution
passed with 19 votes in favor
and three against. LSA SG
members
debated
whether
the allegations of conflicts
of interest had merit and if
calling for an investigation
might needlessly incite the
regents.
Representative
Jordan
Schuler, an LSA sophomore,
said he didn’t see how an
investigation
could
hurt,
especially if the claims about
the endowment, as University
President
Mark
Schlissel
wrote in an op-ed in the Free
Press, are false.
“Passing
this
resolution
doesn’t necessarily say that
we believe there is severe
malpractice,
but
passing
it does say that it’s worth
finding out,” Schuler said.
The resolution in support
of LEO’s bargaining efforts
comes two days after the
University responded to the
union’s salary proposals. The
union, which represents non-
tenure track faculty across all
three University of Michigan
campuses, is asking for higher
wages
and
enhanced
job
security. On Monday night,
On
Monday,
several
Michigan
lawmakers
proposed
new
legislation
during
a
Michigan
House
of
Representatives
meeting
to fight sexual assault and
harassment in response to the
Larry Nassar trials, #MeToo
movement
and
#TimesUp
movement. The call for new
policy has a specific focus on
college campuses in hopes
of
increasing
prevention,
education
and
protection
services.
In early February, Nassar
received his third sentence of
40 to 125 years for sexual assault
charges.
The
260
reports
against Nassar included those
of Olympic gymnasts Jordyn
Wieber and Aly Raisman, as
well as countless other women
who were assaulted under
his treatment as a former
Michigan State University and
USA Gymnastics doctor. These
reports of abuse contribute to
the thousands of women who
have recently come into the
spotlight under the banner
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, February 15, 2018
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Deloria to be
1st Native
studies prof. at
Harvard
Haberman’s unionized U.S. rep.
campaign is first to do so in state
See HARVARD, Page 3A
90,000
number of
non-technical
workers that
increased
$12,986
money lost
from working an
unpaid summer
internship
(according to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Stats)
10.7%
U.S.
unionization
at a record
low of
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ACADEMICS
Former ‘U’ dean and professor joins
ranks as first tenured faculty member
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
University alum, Democrat running to replace Republican Dave Trott in 11th district
Dan Haberman, one of the
11 candidates for Michigan’s
11th Congressional District seat
and University of Michigan
alum, has made the decision to
unionize his campaign staff.
Haberman, who received his
bachelor’s degree in political
science from the University,
is a businessman, lawyer and
Democrat from Birmingham
running to replace the seat
vacated by former U.S. Rep.
Dave
Trott,
R-Birmingham.
Democrats
hope
to
claim
another
U.S.
congressional
seat
despite
the
district’s
Republican-leaning history.
Now, Haberman is unionizing
his staff in a move that he says
symbolizes his commitment to
workers’ rights.
“I believe that it is important
to protect all Michigan workers.
It’s not always convenient, but
it’s the right thing to do. Our
representatives
in
Congress
are sent there to represent
and protect the people they
represent and to take action,”
he said.
His Democratic opponents
include
Haley
Stevens,
the
former chief of staff for an
auto task force led by former
CARLY RYAN
Daily News Editor
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In light of
Nassar, MI
assault bill
introduced
GOVERNMENT
Michigan state legislators
present three-pronged
law with focus on campus
JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter
CHUN SO/Daily
LSA Student Government committee representative Emma Rose discusses agenda points at the LSA SG meeting in
Mason Hall Wednesday
LSA CSG passes resolutions in support
of LEO, investigation into endowment
Assembly requests more transparency from Regents on investment policies
LEAH GRAHAM
Daily News Reporter
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A study conducted at the
University of Michigan found
unhealthy body weight may
make it harder to resist food,
an
important
step
in
the
struggle to prevent obesity.
In her study, Carrie Ferrario,
a
research
and
assistant
professor
at
the
Medical
School,
discovered
obesity-
prone rats had a stronger
response to a sound signaling
food, and the rats that showed
the strongest response were
the ones that gained the most
weight.
To test her theory, Ferrario
cued rats, both obesity prone
and
obesity
resistant,
by
associating the promise of food
with a certain sound. She then
trained the rats to push a lever
when they wanted food.
She found the rats that
were more prone to obesity
were more likely to press the
lever when they heard the
sound. She also discovered the
obesity-prone rats developed
more CP-AMPA receptors in
the nucleus accumbens region,
See JUNK FOOD, Page 3A
‘U’ studies
finds links
in resisting
junk food
RESEARCH
Obesity-prone rats had
stronger responses that
lead to more consumption
MOLLY NORRIS
Daily Staff Reporter
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