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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

michigandaily.com
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

Former prof.
will return
to lead social
solution hub

Building on decades of activism,
Latinx students work for support

See SOLUTION, Page 3A

IBRAHIM IJAZ/Daily

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

SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter

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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 86
©2018 The Michigan Daily

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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Daily Staff Reporter

DANIELLE PASEKOFF

Daily Staff Reporter

JAN 17, 2017
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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