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. 2A — Wednesday, September 5, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com TUESDAY: By Design FRIDAY: Behind the Story News THURSDAY: Twitter Talk MONDAY: Looking at the Numbers WEDNESDAY: This Week in History LISA KLAUSNER/Daily THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: THE UNION: STUDENT CENTER GETTING A FACELIFT SEPTEMBER 6, 1976 KATHERINA SOURINE Daily Staff Reporter ON THE DAILY: BRAYLON EDWARDS SUSPENDED FROM BTN FOLLOWING AGGRESSIVE TWEETS TOWARD MICHIGAN FOOTBALL Read more at MichiganDaily.com CSG From Page 1A Sudoku Syndication http://sudokusyndication.com/sudoku/generator/print/ 1 of 1 9/16/08 2:18 PM SUDOKU HARD 5 7 1 3 6 3 4 3 7 4 3 2 7 8 5 6 8 1 2 7 3 4 2 5 4 5 2 BAACK! puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com NATHAN GUPTA Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 nathankg@michigandaily.com ALEXA ST. 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