LSA junior, explained recent
updates intended to improve
accommodations for students
with dietary restrictions in the
University dining halls.
From
listing
ingredients
listed for each food item to
EpiPen training administered
to
all
dining
staff,
these
changes
aim
to
make
all
students
comfortable
eating
in the dining halls regardless
of diet. It was also announced
that hydration stations will be
available again this football
season,
providing
students
with water, snacks and portable
phone chargers throughout the
day to better ensure student
safety during these high-risk
events.
A
resolution
introduced
during the assembly addressed
the need for a basic centralized
room reservation information
site for general student use
on campus. Using an online
database, this service would
provide
students
with
a list of available study
spaces on campus they
could reserve for work or
meetings.
Rackham
student
Austin Glass said first-
year
and
transfer
students
are
especially
disadvantaged in terms
of
having
established
connections to resources
that provide spaces to
study and congregate.
“This is more of a call
to action rather than a
specific action that I’m
asking
CSG
to
take,”
Glass said. “In this case
I’m
asking
(student
organizations) to all look
into a very simple resource
that would present to
students rooms that are
available for reservation.”
Upon
consideration,
these
rooms
would
be
available
in
three
areas on campus where
student
residences
are
concentrated,
including
North Campus, the Hill
neighborhood, and South
Quad.
A resolution funding the
Buses
to
Ballots
initiative,
which aims to increase voter
participation and accessibility
among students on election
day, by providing shuttle buses
to off-campus polling stations
incited
much
conversation.
Many students have class on
election day and cannot afford
to spend time waiting in long
lines to vote.
“We already have the routes
laid out, as well as the number
of impacted students, which
would be a huge number,” said
Rackham
student
Nicholas
Fadanelli.
Other initiatives have been
enacted to alleviate this issue,
including
ride-sharing
app
Lyft’s offer to provide voters
with free rides to polling
places this November. Some
representatives
said
one
problem many students face,
in addition to a lack of time, is
the inability to pay to get from
campus to a local polling place.
Engineering senior AJ Ashman
spoke to the assembly about his
past experience traveling far
distances to vote, citing large
fees to get from one location to
the other.
“In my mind … the fact that
there is a cost to go to vote,
seems to be kind of like a poll
tax to me,” Ashman said. “I
think this (initiative) is going
to turn out to be a very good
opportunity for us.”
Braylon Edwards, a former
Michigan
Football
wide
receiver and Big Ten Network
analyst, was suspended from
his role by the network after
he tweeted negative remarks
about the U-M football team
following Saturday’s loss to
Notre Dame.
Edwards’,
now-deleted
tweet, was posted Saturday
night after the game and
read: “(Cesar) Ruiz is weak,
line is weak, shea (Patterson)
is scared, (expletive) Michigan
offense is so predictable.....
Michigan football is sadly one
thing......Trash.”
The
BTN
suspended
Edwards
indefinitely,
announcing on Twitter that
the words were a violation
of social media guidelines.
Since then, he has tweeted a
comment and later apology
regarding the initial attack on
individual players, while still
affirming his criticism of the
team as a whole.
During his career at the
University, Edwards won the
Fred Biletnikoff Award, given
to the best wide receiver in
the country, and earned All-
American honors. He continues
to hold the school records for
career receptions (252), yards
(3,541) and touchdowns (39).
While talking to reporters,
Harbaugh
commented
on
his
disappointment
in
the
comment.
“Number one, first of all,
(what he said) is not true. It’s
not factual. There’s nobody
in our program who thinks
those things about any player
on our team. Let alone the
two players he described,”
Harbaugh said. “On another
level, it’s disappointing that
a member of the Big Ten
Network
would
choose
to attack the character of
two of our players. That’s
disappointing.”
Harbaugh followed up his
defense of his players during
a press conference on Monday.
“If somebody wants to attack
An organization for all
students, a place for them
to meet, the unification of
various factions of student
interest — that was the dream
of University student Edward
Parker in 1904. By 1907 the
Michigan Union, the “student
union” — was first opened in
an old home on State Street.
But over the years the
Union, housed in the current
building since 1917, became
“more of an alumni center
and hotel service… less of a
student center,” according to
Henry Johnson, University
vice-president for student
services. In the year of the
Union’s diamond anniversary
Parker’s dream is being
rejuvenated — the Michigan
Union is undergoing a facelift
in structure and philosophy.
The renovations now in
progress are the result of a
year’s worth of efforts by
students and administrators to
change the building’s emphasis
back to student activities.
Currently, Barbers, billiards,
books, bowling, and bus tickets
are all available at the Union.
There is also a box office, an art
gallery, movies, and theatrical
productions. Administrative
officers for a wide range of
student organizations and
services are also housed in the
Union.
This fall, for the first time,
students will be living in the
Union. Renovations are being
completed on 91 hotel rooms
and 127 graduate students and
students over 21 have signed
leases.
All University students
this fall will automatically be
members of University Club,
a restaurant on the first floor.
Formerly only dues-paying
students, faculty, alumni, and
staff were members of the club,
and relatively few students
chose to join.
Plans are also being made
to move and expand a section
of the University Cellar into a
snack bar. The new food service
will be similar to the “MUG”
(the Michigan Union Grill)
which was a popular place for
students to meet until it was
closed in the early 1970’s.
A 24-member task force of
students, faculty, alumni, and
administrators was appointed
in February to assess the
operations of the campus
landmark. Sub-committees
of the task force submitted
recommendations for
programming, food service, and
physical changes.
A report detailing the
recommendations of the task
force was delayed during the
summer and is expected to be
released next week.
Despite the “slow progress”
made on the report, feasibility
studies were conducted this
summer and renovations and
clean-up have already started,
according to Jeff Lebow, a
member of the task force who
is serving as an intern in the
Office of Student Services
(OSS) working on Union
planning.
“I’ve been working all
summer long to make sure
they don’t forget it’s a student
union,” Lebow said.
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