The University of Michigan’s
Central Student Government
met
Tuesday
evening
to
address
topics
including
revisions
to
the
Campus
Affordability Guide, additional
installations of water refill
stations on campus, as well
as the upcoming election for
CSG representatives for the
2018-2019 academic year. The
assembly also discussed the
continued inclusion of free
menstrual products in various
locations across campus.
The meeting opened with
various
guest
speakers,
including Erik Wessel, director
of the Office of Student Conflict
Resolution, and Gina Cervetti,
an associate professor in the
School of Education. Wessel
and Cervetti spoke to the
assembly about the process
of amending the Statement
of
Student
Rights
and
Responsibilities, which will
occur next school year. Every
three years, the Statement
is
open
to
revisions
and
amendments by the University
community,
including
all
students. Cervetti stressed to
the assembly the importance
of raising awareness of this
student right, which may be
unknown to many.
“I know that this has been
a challenging time on campus
for many members of our
community and that some of
these challenges have related
to issues of campus climate,”
Cervetti said. “This is an
opportunity to have an active
role in shaping that.”
Additionally, Law School
student Tom Allen presented
to the assembly on a ballot
proposal for the November 2018
election. Entitled “Promote the
Vote,” the initiative will amend
the
Michigan
Constitution
in order to make it easier for
Michigan residents to vote.
The proposed initiative will
guard the right to vote a secret
ballot, as well as affording all
registered voters an absentee
ballot for any reason, among
other changes.
“Voter
participation
for
people our age (is) low,” Allen
said. “This will make it easier
for all of us to vote.”
According
to
Allen,
the
support
from
leading
university
student
governments in the state will
increase the likelihood of the
proposal being approved. Due
to CSG’s past endorsement of
student voting initiatives such
Later
this
month,
the
University
of
Michigan
will
launch the Center for Social
Solutions, an interdisciplinary
organization dedicated to tackling
contemporary social issues. Earl
Lewis, a former University faculty
member and administrator, who
currently serves as president of the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
put forth the idea for the Center
and will be moving to Ann Arbor
in June to direct the initiative.
Lewis has a long history in
academia. He taught at Berkeley
from 1984 to 1989, then accepted
a position at the University of
Michigan, where he taught for 15
years. Lewis relocated to Emory
University in 2004 to serve as
provost and teach as a faculty
member.
Lewis was named President
of
the
Andrew
W.
Mellon
Foundation in 2013 and has
since been working in New
York City. As president of the
Mellon Foundation, Lewis has
spearheaded a number of projects,
such as a book series called “Our
Compelling Interests: The Value
of Diversity for Democracy and
a Prosperous Society,” which
explores the political and societal
importance of diversity.
After his presidency ends
in March, Lewis will officially
become the head of the U-M
Center for Social Solutions. Lewis
As
part
of
The
National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People Week, the
University of Michigan chapter
of NAACP hosted an event on
Tuesday evening discussing the
historical roots of the movement
and how it applies to campus today.
Student members of the NAACP
on campus met in the Afro-
American Lounge of South Quad
for this event. NAACP week began
Monday night with a discussion
event held in conjuction with the
Ann Arbor Police Department.
William V. Hampton, president
of the Ann Arbor branch of the
NAACP, was originally invited
to the event as a guest speaker.
However, due to a medical issue
in his family, he was unable to
attend.
LSA
senior
Isaiah
Land,
president
of
the
University
NAACP
chapter,
began
the
discussion by outlining major
events the NAACP has been a
part of since it was founded.
Some of the ideas discussed were
historical court cases including
Guinn v. United States and Brown
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Former prof.
will return
to lead social
solution hub
Building on decades of activism,
Latinx students work for support
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Gina Cervetti, an associate professor in the School of Education, presents about the amending process for the State-
ment of Student Rights and Responsibilites in the Central Student Government chambers at the Union Tuesday.
RESEARCH
Interdisciplinary Center for Social Solutions
will launch at end of March under Earl Lewis
Facing new uncertainty under President Trump, community returns to an old mission
Latinx students have become
the fastest-growing population
at the University of Michigan,
swelling from 4.75 percent of the
student body in 2012 to 6 percent
in 2016. For decades preceding
this recent growth, however, they
have been organizing for greater
institutional support for their
community. This long history
can easily go unacknowledged,
as it has in recent negotiations
between
the
University
and
student organizations, said Public
Policy junior Yvonne Navarrete,
former director of the Latinx
Alliance for Community Action,
Support and Advocacy.
Part of La Casa’s approach in
working with the administration
involved
providing
evidence
of the decades of struggle the
Latinx community has had at
the University. They created a
folder detailing data on the lack
of Latinx representation and
past documents of members of
the Latinx community asking for
University
support.
Navarrete
said La Casa created this folder to
show the University their history.
“A main issue we have with
administrators is they try to tell us
our issues are new, our situation is
ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Daily Staff Reporter
See GOALS, Page 3A
‘U’ NAACP
group talks
roots, goals
for future
CAMPUS LIFE
Organization’s leaders
discuss need for increased
outreach to freshman
CASEY TIN/Daily
CSG talks voting initiative, impending
release of internal demographic report
Guest speakers talk new revisions to Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities
My Grandfather’s
Escape from the East
This week, a Statement
Magazine contributor
reflects on his family’s
escape from Communism
» Page 1B
See REPORT, Page 3A
See LATINX, Page 3A
Tim Bruns, assistant professor
of biomedical engineering at the
University of Michigan, along
with Rackham student Lauren
Zimmerman, published a paper
this month on their research for
a therapy to help women who
struggle
with
sexual
arousal.
This is the first therapy of its
kind to address a solution for the
physiological problems of women
suffering
from
female
sexual
dysfunction.
According
to
the
National
Institutes of Health, female sexual
dysfunction is a condition found
worldwide.
“Female
sexual
dysfunction
(FSD) is a prevalent problem,
afflicting approximately 40% of
women and there are few treatment
options,” the NIH reported in 2010.
These women might have either
physiological problems or lack
of overall desire. Physiological
problems include lack of orgasm,
pain or inability to lubricate. Low
desire means having a low libido,
which can be the result of multiple
factors. Professor Bruns calls these
distinctions
“neck-up”
versus
See DRUG, Page 3A
Lab studies
female sex
stimulant,
new drug
RESEARCH
‘U’ professor uses rats to
study effects of possible sex
drive therapy for women
SOPHIA KATZ
Daily Staff Reporter
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Border Patrol
pulls up to
University career fair
JAN 10, 2017
CSG passes resolution
to call on Obama to
protect DACA and
undocumented students
JAN 19, 2017
Over 2,500 students
and faculty sign a
petition for a
sanctuary campus
NOV 21, 2016
University releases
statement urging
government to
continue DACA
OCT 5, 2017
Undocumented
students rally to ask
for University support
SEPT 8, 2017
Students and
community members
march in opposition of
proposition to end DACA
MAR 2, 2018
University reiterates
support of DACA
and undocumented
students
JAN 28, 2017
University releases
statement urging
government to
continue DACA
University and student response
to DACA uncertainty
statement
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