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GOVERNMENT
Michigan’s
15
public
universities
requested
the
state legislature on Monday to
postpone voting on a package of
bills aimed at combating sexual
assault and expanding survivors’
legal rights, citing worry about
measures
that
would
allow
more lawsuits to be filed against
government agencies including
the universities by giving victims
more time to file.
The Michigan state Senate
is scheduled to vote later this
week on the legislation, which
was inspired by the recent trial
of Larry Nassar, a former doctor
at Michigan State University
who sexually abused hundreds of
young patients and students.
The Michigan Association of
State Universities — of which
the University is a member —
the coordinating board for the
state’s public universities, wrote
in a letter to lawmakers and Gov.
Rick Snyder the bills would have
a “profound impact.”
An analysis from Dykema, a
law firm commissioned by the
board, indicated the laws would
lead to a “significant number” of
lawsuits against the universities
and
other
organizations,
including
governments
and
churches, posing a financial risk
by potentially increasing the
cost of insurance and negatively
impacting
government
credit
ratings.
MASU’s CEO Daniel Hurley
asked for more time to consider
the effects of the legislation.
“We ask that decisions on
these bills be delayed to allow
for more analysis and discussion
to ascertain their full impact,”
Hurley wrote in the group’s letter
to lawmakers.
Currently,
survivors
of
childhood
sexual
abuse
in
Michigan have until their 19th
birthdays to file lawsuits. Under
the proposed legislation, children
who suffered abuse in 1993 or
later would be able to sue before
they turned 48 and adult victims
of assault would have 30 years to
file a claim after the fact.
‘U’s ask for
delay in vote
on bill about
misconduct
Global Soap Project founder talks
significance of service in business
MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
Derrick Kayongo, founder of the Global Soup Project and CEO of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, speaks about ethics and his experiences in Uganda, the
United States, and other countries at Rackham Monday.
State public universities ask to postpone
Nassar-inspired bills fearing higher risk
LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
Derrick Kayongo ties his experience as a refugee to lessons of believing in others
The Delta Gamma Foundation
and the University of Michigan
Office of Greek Life welcomed
2011 CNN Hero Derreck Kayongo
Monday evening as the keynote
speaker for the University’s fourth
Delta
Gamma
Lectureship
in
Values & Ethics.
Kayongo’s
speech
centered
on how his personal experiences
with his family and as a refugee in
Kenya shaped his desire to establish
the Global Soap Project, which
takes donated, reprocessed soap
from hotels and distributes it to
communities in need. Along with
founding the Global Soap Project,
Kayongo is currently the CEO for
the Center for Civil and Human
Rights in Atlanta.
LSA
sophomore
Kim
Ira,
director of lectureship for the Delta
Gamma Xi chapter, explained the
organization
selected
Kayongo
for his humanitarian efforts and
desire for social change. The
annual lectureship, endowed in
2010 by Ann Arbor Delta Gamma
chapters and alums, is one of 20
such lectureships which take place
across the country.
“Derreck embodies a lot of
humanitarian values and I thought
his story of social entrepreneurship
could be something really relevant
to the Michigan campus because so
many people here are ambitious and
driven but they have a social change
mindset along with this,” Ira said.
“Derreck’s message, his backstory
as a refugee, his message of public
health, social change and a business
mindset is something that appeals
to so many people on the Michigan
campus and it really represents the
values of Delta Gamma.”
Kayongo began by describing
how
his
parents’
professions
in business fields shaped his
childhood in Uganda as well the
various political issues the country
faced, which eventually led to his
family fleeing to Kenya. He recalled
an instance where a firing squad
began killing people in his village
and caused him to distrust adults
because of the damage they could
cause in an area.
“I was 10 years old watching
AMARA SHAIKH
Daily Staff Reporter
In a budget meeting and
special
session
on
Monday
night, Ann Arbor City Council
discussed incorporating a new
customer classification for water
rates, implementing a capital
financing strategy to address
issues such as street lighting and
a compensation increase for the
City Administrator.
During the budget meeting,
City
of
Ann
Arbor
Public
Services proposed plans to create
a new addition to the customer
classification system used to
address affordability in Ann
Arbor water rates. Water rates
were previously classified among
three
categories:
Residential,
non-residential and water only.
With the new public services
model, the rates would reflect
a fourth category; multifamily,
which,
according
to
Public
Services Administrator Craig
Hupy, is a class of customers that
is easier to serve.
“We identified it as a class that
is easier to serve,” Hupy said in
response to a question fielded
by City Council regarding each
individual’s ability to pay these
rates. “We can only look at that,
we can’t look at what they can
pay.”
If the new classification goes
through, about 2,500 accounts
will be reclassified. During the
public comment, several Ann
Arbor residents including Leon
Bryson expressed their concern
regarding this new water rate
plan.
“The resolution is to increase
the rate so that the residents are
actually paying what it costs,”
Bryson said. “If we use this
model for water rates we are
setting a model. I’m concerned
that if we do this, we have to do
it for all areas of government.
We can’t just apply it to water. I
think there needs to be a bit more
discussion for structuring the
tiers based on how we use the
services.”
Explaining their reasoning
behind this new classification
and the rate increase, Andrew
Burnham, vice president and
practice leader at Stantec, argued
their proposal was common and
meets the needs of the data from
water use.
“We now have a way to serve
to customer classes and we
are reflecting that in our rate
system,” Burnham said. “Now
we have identified how much we
use for each customer. Then what
rate structure fits each customer.
These are directly proportional
rates based on the demand per
cubic feet that these place on the
system peak demands.”
In addition to discussing water
rates, Hupy told the council they
are currently interviewing four
vendors for the Solid Waste
In January, the University
of
Michigan
opened
the
Center for the Study of Drugs,
Alcohol, Smoking, and Health,
affiliated with the School of
Nursing. Carol Boyd, a Deborah
J. Oakley Collegiate professor
in the Nursing School, and
Sean Esteban McCabe, former
director
of
the
Substance
Abuse
Research
Center,
co-direct
the
new
center,
which increased its public
persona when its website went
live last week.
The University already has
multiple
research
centers
that explore addiction and
substance
use
and
abuse,
including
the
Addiction
Center, housed in the Michigan
Medicine
Department
of
Psychiatry, and the University
of
Michigan
Tobacco
Research Network. The DASH
center, however, will hone
in on substance use and the
wider reaching social issues
associated with it. Specifically,
the
center’s
researchers
share an interest in at-risk
New center
will study
substance
use, health
RESEARCH
School of Nursing’s DASH
Center to focus on how
use affects at-risk groups
KATE JENKINS
Daily Staff Reporter
DARBY STIPE/Daily
Mayor Christopher Taylor and city council members debate changes to the employment agreement for city adminis-
trators at the city council meeting in City Hall Monday.
City Council discusses affordability of
water rates, pay of City Administrator
Citizens criticize higher water fees, while members debate increase in overhead costs
GRACE KAY
Daily Staff Reporter
See COUNCIL, Page 1
During the 2016-2017 school
year, the average salary of teachers
in Michigan increased for the first
time in five years. The Michigan
Department
of
Education
reported the average salary of a
Michigan public school teacher
was $62,280 this past school
year, up $405 from the 2015-
2016 school year. Salaries peaked
during the 2009-2010 school year
at $63,024, $744 higher than the
current salary.
As reported by MLive, the
average teacher’s pay does not
include benefits, but includes
extra pay beyond base salary
including
longevity
bonuses,
compensation for coaching or
large class size. MLive stated
lower average salaries in recent
years were the result of fewer
raises, wage rollbacks, an increase
of
younger,
less-experienced
teachers and decrease of older,
more-experienced teachers (as
teachers are paid by experience)
and an increase in charter schools.
Educators
in state see
increase in
average pay
ACADEMICS
Rising $405 from last
year, 2016-17 is the first
pay increase in five years
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
See KAYONGO, Page 1
See NASSAR, Page 3
See DASH, Page 3
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