Regarding what issue she 

wanted to see prioritized in 
the University of Michigan’s 
Central 
Student 
Government 

elections, Public Policy senior 
Gloriela Iguina-Colón expressed 
one of many shared sentiments 
on campus: a need for diversity 
of representation and a rise in 
student leaders who prioritize 
engaging with individuals in 
the University and Ann Arbor 
community.

Iguina-Colón 
worked 
as 

a deputy campaign manager 
for 
the 
MomentUM 
party, 

and 
highlighted 
her 
work 

with Engineering junior A.J. 
Ashman and LSA junior Charlie 

Bingham as an integral part of 
her experience in the campaign 
movement.

“CSG has lacked representation 

of different identities and thus 
has 
excluded 
marginalized 

voices. MomentUM is about 
genuinely 
bringing 
everyone 

into the conversation,” she said. 
“This starts by acknowledging 
that these problems exist. That 
people and their identities are 
not invisible. But rather their 
identities and experiences are 
primordial.”

CSG elections, which took 

place last week Wednesday and 
Thursday, resulted in a landslide 
victory for MVision’s executive 
candidates, 
Public 
Policy 

junior Daniel Greene and LSA 
sophomore Izzy Baer, amassing 
3,439 votes. The second-place 

David, a Social Work student 

at the University of Michigan, 
tried Vicodin for the first time 
when he was 17. 

“I’ve never felt this good in my 

life,” David, who requested his 
last name remain anonymous, 
said.

His doctor prescribed him the 

drug in order to alleviate any pain 
he may feel after undergoing a 
wisdom tooth surgery. The next 
year, after a lacrosse injury at the 
University of Georgia, a doctor 
prescribed him the drug again. 
When Vicodin didn’t suffice, 
his doctors prescribed Percocet. 
After one month of taking the 
prescription pain medication, he 
was addicted.

“I ended up taking it for about 

a month and tried to stop, (but) 
it’s pretty addicting,” David said. 
“Then I started buying (opioids) 
from the streets from friends, 
and eventually started writing 
fake prescriptions so I could get 
more.”

When David started graduate 

school at the University, he 
reached out to the Collegiate 
Recovery Program, a support 
service for students who are 
recovering from alcohol and 
drug addiction that has branches 
at universities throughout the 
country. The University chapter, 
run single-handedly by Program 
Manager Matt Statman, seeks to 
help students in recovery do well 

in school and enjoy their time at 
the University without alcohol 
or drugs. 

Music, 
Theatre 
& 
Dance 

sophomore Julia, who requested 
her name be changed to remain 
anonymous, 
struggled 
with 

alcohol addiction in middle 
school and high school and 
described 
the 
program 
as 

“crucial” in aiding students with 
finding community outside of 
college drinking culture.

“I think it was because it 

was hard for me to find a way 
to connect with people in my 
dorm socially because so much 

of it was bonding over partying, 
or rushing or stuff like that, 
and I had no interest in either 
of those,” Julia said. “CRP was 
really crucial in a social way for 
me to be able to find people who 
I had something in common 
with and were pursuing the 
same things that I was.”

Julia started drinking and 

smoking marijuana when she 
was 13 years old. Proudly calling 
herself a “weekend warrior,” she 
would spend the entire weekend 
drunk or high, but usually did 
not indulge during the week. 
However, after spending days 

in the hospital and threatening 
suicide, she joined a rehab 
program her senior year of high 
school. About seven months into 
the program, she said she “really 
wanted to get sober” after 
realizing the core of many of her 
problems was addiction.

Julia decided to take a gap 

year 
before 
starting 
school 

at the University, and while 
meeting with a voice teacher 
in Ann Arbor over the summer 
for a vocal lesson, she met 
up with Statman. She said 
acknowledging her addiction 

On 
Tuesday 
afternoon, 

Michigan State Treasurer Nick 
Khouri addressed an audience 
of about 75 students, faculty 
and 
community 
members 

as part of the University of 
Michigan Center for Local, 
State, and Urban Policy lecture 
series, titled “Fiscal policy in 
Michigan: Past, present, and 
future”, to discuss the primary 
focuses of the state treasury 
moving forward.

Khouri, a University alum, 

was appointed state treasurer 
by Gov. Rick Snyder in April 
2015 after working in the 
private sector as vice president 
of Corporate Affairs at DTE 
Energy in Detroit. His role 
as 
state 
treasurer 
involves 

collecting 
and 
investing 

state 
money, 
advising 
the 

governor on tax and revenue 
policy, collecting state taxes, 
overseeing state credit and 
ensuring 
local 
government 

financial health.

In his introduction of Khouri, 

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Panelists discuss the importance of women of color in public service at the second annual “A Seat at the Table” panel at the Union Tuesday. 

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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KATHERINA SOURINE 

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Panelists discussed intersectionality, social injustices, and overcoming barriers to access

The second annual “Seat at 

the Table” was hosted Tuesday 
evening 
by 
the 
University 

of 
Michigan’s 
Students 
of 

Color in Public Policy in the 
Michigan Union. The event, 
including 
four 
panelists 
of 

color, created a dialogue on 
issues of intersectionality, social 
injustices and illuminating the 
voices of women of color. 

The theme for the panel was 

“Sister 
Outsider,” 
based 
on 

Audre Lorde’s 1984 collection 
of poems and essays of the 
same title that touches upon 
similar issues. Juliana Pino 
Alcaraz, 
a 
University 
alum 

and 
policymaker 
at 
Little 

Village Environmental Justice 
Organization, 
served 
as 
a 

moderator for the event. 

Kururama Sánchez, a Public 

Policy graduate student, one of 
the organizers of the event and 
a member of SCPP, said she was 
excited to include the often-
excluded voices of women of 
color in the discussion about 
policy.

SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter

Michigan’s
treasurer
talks future 
of economy

GOVERNMENT

In face of challenges, state 
looks to expand economy 
with efficiency & new tech

MAEVE O’BRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter

ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily

Students, addiction specialists call for 
culture shift on alcohol, drug addiction

Collegiate Recovery Program helps those in recovery stay active in school, lifestyle

ZAYNA SYED

Daily Staff Reporter

Inside the CSG Race
Statement contributor Tanya 

Madhani reflects on her 

exclusive access to several 

CSG campaigns in the weeks 

leading up to the election 

» Page 1B

See SERVICE, Page 3A

During the final meeting of 

the seventh council of Central 
Student 
Government 
at 
the 

University of Michigan, many 
representatives spoke about what 
CSG meant to them over the past 
year, the experiences and growth 
they will take away and concerns 
for future engagement.

At the beginning of the 

meeting, 
Business 
junior 

Jack Griffin and LSA junior 
Connor Kippe spoke about food 
insecurity 
among 
students. 

They noted the turnout for 
Maize and Blue Cupboard’s food 
distribution doubled from last 
time, serving 365 students.

The group By Any Means 

Necessary also raised concerns 
about 
U.S. 
Immigration 

and 
Customs 
Enforcement 

deportations, stating they are a 
racist and bigoted attack on U.S. 
democracy. The group said they 
have been going to campuses and 
groups across Michigan to boost 
attendance for a court case on 
April 25. Members emphasized 

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CSG talks 
goodbyes 
in final 7th 
assembly 

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Last meeting hears bills on
graduation equity costs, 
BAMN on immigration 

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