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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
NEWS
U-M responds to
sexual assault case
Administration
releases plaintiff’s
transcript, issues
official statement
By ALICE TRACEY
Summer Daily News Editor
The
University
of
Michigan
officially responded Friday to a lawsuit
challenging its sexual misconduct
policy and released the plaintiff’s
transcript, which had previously been
withheld.
Filed June 4 by Deborah Gordon
Law on behalf of a male U-M student,
the lawsuit claims the administration
discriminates against males accused of
sexual assault by conducting incomplete
investigations.
The case states a female student
approached the U-M Office for
Institutional Equity on March 12,
accusing the male student in question
of sexually assaulting her in November
2017. She filed for a no-contact order
against him in April and later claimed
he violated the order in a University
dining hall, though the male’s Mcard
records allegedly prove otherwise.
The male student said they did have
sex in November, but it was sober and
consensual, and he declined when she
suggested having sex again.
As a result of the female student’s
allegations, the case alleges the
University administration put the male
student’s transcript on hold, temporarily
keeping him from committing to a
graduate school. The male student said
he was also interviewed by an employee
from the Office for Institutional
Equity. Due to the University’s sexual
misconduct policy, which doesn’t allow
for cross-examination, the case states
there was no questioning between the
two parties.
Citing a 2017 case, Doe v. Cincinnati,
the lawsuit claims the University
denied the male student of his due
process rights by not providing cross-
examination. The lawsuit also claims
the administration was unfair in
withholding his transcript based on
hearsay. There have been no findings
against the male student thus far.
23andMe allows
at-home genetic
identification
By ROB DALKA
Daily Staff Reporter
On Tuesday night, NextGen
Med
presented
a
discussion
panel on “The Role of Direct-to-
Consumer Genetics in Patient
Health”
at
Taubman
Health
Sciences Library. NextGen Med
is a group of medical students
committed
to
inviting
local
and global leaders to discuss
current challenges in medicine
with the University of Michigan
community. The discussion panel
featured
Robert
Gentleman,
vice president of computational
biology at 23andMe, and David
Ginsburg, professor of internal
medicine and human genetics at
the University.
“Direct-to-consumer genetics”
are services, like 23andMe, that
provide their customers with data
regarding their genetic makeup.
23andMe, which was the service
focused on during the discussion,
provides customers with data
on their ancestral history and
background, as well as insights
on
customers’
health
risks,
carrier status, traits and wellness
by
analyzing,
compiling
and
distilling information extracted
from the customers’ DNA.
They obtain a customers’ DNA
through a saliva sample that is
collected in a test tube and sent
through the mail, as Gentleman
explained.
“You purchase your [kit] online,
and a little while later it comes to
you in a box. You open the box and
there is a pretty big tube for spit.
You go online and register your
kit, seal it up and put it back in
the mail and it is sent to our lab.
These days it is about two to three
weeks turnaround time in which
you will get an email for us and
you can go online and look at your
report,” said Gentleman.
This
report
presents
data
based on what a specific customer
purchased from 23andMe. It will
either contain a report on your
ancestry, or it will be a report
on both ancestry and health
indicators.
In 2015, 23andMe was granted
authorization by the U.S. Food
and
Drug
Administration
to
market
the
first
direct-to-
consumer genetic test. In 2017,
the FDA granted 23andMe the
ability to also provide genetic
risk
information
for
certain
conditions.
Gentleman
explained
the
process of obtaining FDA approval
for their services.
NextGen Med panel
talks genetic testing
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NATSUME ONO / DAILY
Robert Gentleman, VP of Computational Biology at 23andMe, and David Ginsburg,
Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, discuss the role of direct-to-
consumer genetics in patient health at the Taubman Health Sciences Library Tuesday.