2 Thursday, May 17, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS SHMEDIUM, puzzle by sudokusyndication.com New Ford program funds collaboration Research and public policy program helps students engage with organizations By SAYALI AMIN Daily Staff Reporter Made possible by a $1.5 million gift from the Power Foundation, a new program for the University of Michigan will be housed in the Ford School of Public Policy to engage students and faculty with people and organizations in public policy. Elisabeth Gerber, Public Policy associate dean for research and policy engagement, will be leading the new program known as the Program in Practical Policy Engagement (P3E). This program creates learning opportunities for students outside of a classroom setting, while allowing students and faculty to collaborate with different types of organizations whether they be governmental organizations or nonprofits. “The intention of the program is to make it easier and more accessible for students and faculty to engage with real world policy organizations, working on real problems,” Gerber said. “We’re not really organized to engage with organizations outside of our campus.” When finding organizations to work with, Gerber said it is important to ensure that the skills of the students and faculty match the type of problem that needs to be solved. P3E can help with the matching of these organizations. “Finding that match, it’s time consuming, it takes practice, it takes patience, it takes cultural competency depending on the types of organizations that we’re working with,” Gerber said. Methods of engaging with outside organizations currently exist within the University, however they are disjointed. P3E’s goal is to bring together those on campus who are working with these organizations. Matt Naud, environmental coordinator for Ann Arbor, has worked on projects with Public Policy students before. One of the projects involved water equity, or how payments for water are determined, in Ann Arbor. City Council tables discussion of controversial new zoning By RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Summer Daily News Editor The Ann Arbor City Council has tabled a discussion regarding potential zoning code changes to University of Michigan fraternities and sororities until June, hoping to work out details in the legislation before a vote. The zoning code changes, which have caused tension with U-M Greek life members and lawyers, would require future fraternities and sororities to maintain an affiliation with the University or another academic body to acquire a city permit. Under the proposed changes, if a sorority or fraternity loses University recognition in the future, it can apply for a two- year special exception before it would lose its house. Councilmember Zachary Ackerman, D-Ward 3, wrote in an email interview that the zoning code changes entered discussion after numerous complaints from neighbors of fraternity and sorority houses and a recommendation from the Planning Commission. “The City’s Planning Commission (a body of volunteer experts in real estate, architecture, and sustainability) first took this up in response to neighborhood concerns,” Ackerman wrote. “Many neighbors of Fraternities and Sororities (more often Fraternities), have has serious issues, which our current Noise, Litter, and Nuisance regulations cannot effectively control. These existing regulations only punish the student tenants, not the property owners. By using zoning code, the City is better aligning the priorities of the property owner with the needs of the community. For example, a landlord may not care if 25 of their tenants received noise complaint tickets. However, that same landlord probably cares about paying off their mortgage, which higher tenant capacity allows him to do more quickly. Our goal is to get the landlord more engaged in problem properties and tenants because they now have a financial stake in their behavior.” Ackerman also said the ordinance would set a cap on the number of people allowed to live in a fraternity or sorority house. 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