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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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