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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
On
a
predominantly
white
campus,
University
of Michigan’s multicultural
student organizations often
play an critical role in creating
communities
for
minority
students. This year, multiple
student organizations made
strides to create a more
inclusive Welcome Week for
their new peers.
Students groups such as
Black
Student
Union,
the
African Student Association,
the
Caribbean
Student
Association,
Arab
Student
Association
and
Assisting
Latin@s
to
Maximize
Achievement all held events
during this year’s Welcome
Week to welcome students
back to campus. The Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs
assisted in a number of events
as well.
While this year’s enrollment
report has yet to be released,
underrepresented minorities
make up 12.8 percent of the
undergraduate student body,
according to last fall’s figures.
Students
participate
in
events for Black Welcome
Week on the Diag Monday.
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The second annual Umoja
Festival was one of the many
events organized by the Black
Welcome
Week
committee
this year. “Umoja” is a Swahili
word for unity, and the BSU,
African Student Association
and the Caribbean Student
Association all planned the
event. The festival, held on the
Diag at the end of last week,
served as a way to connect the
incoming freshmen with each
While you were away this
summer, you may have missed
some big stories from Ann Arbor.
The Daily will be publishing
recaps of the summer’s breaking
news.
This
past
summer,
the
University of Michigan Board
of Regents weighed decisions
involving student fees, tuition
rates,
investment
approval
protocol and more. In addition,
a federal judge ruled the
University’s
Bias
Response
Team was not in violation of
the First Amendment. Read
more
about
the
decisions
below:
University increases tuition,
room and board rates
At the June Board of Regents
In Review:
‘U’ votes to
hike tuition
in 2019-20
ADMINISTRATION
Regents also may move
investment decisions to
private funds committee
MATT HARMON
Daily News Editor
Multicultural student orgs welcome
new students with community events
Events emphasize belonging, offer support for incoming minority freshmen
CATHERINE NOUHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
See MULTICULTURAL, Page 3A
The
Michigan
legislature
voted today to adopt a measure
that would raise the minimum
wage to $12 an hour, eliminate
the tipped minimum wage and
allow workers one hour of paid
sick leave for every 30 hours
worked.
The Michigan Senate voted to
adopt the proposal Wednesday
and the Michigan House followed
suit Thursday. The decision to
adopt means the issues will no
longer have the chance to appear
on the Nov. ballot, leaving some
Michigan residents worried the
Republican-led legislature only
adopted the proposal to amend it.
Democratic
representatives,
who are generally in favor of the
policies, wanted the proposals
State gov’t
could raise
minimum
wage to $12
GOVERNMENT
Adoption by lawmakers
could allow amendments
without voter input in Nov.
CARLY RYAN
Daily News Editor
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Students participate in events for Black Welcome Week on the Diag Monday.
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HOSPITAL
The University of Michigan
Professional
Nurse
Council
will begin voting on a possible
work stoppage next week. The
union, which represents nurses
at
Michigan
Medicine,
has
been bargaining with hospital
administrators since January.
Their previous contract expired
June 30 and a new agreement
still has not been reached.
UMPNC
is
currently
pursuing unfair labor practice
charges against the University
on the grounds that Michigan
Medicine has broken a written
commitment to maintain current
nurse staffing levels. UMPNC
has said securing fair staffing
levels is one of their biggest
priorities for the new contract.
Thousands of nurses and their
allies attended a rally held by
UMPNC in July to advocate
for safer staffing and a better
contract.
UMPNC representatives were
not available to comment before
the time of publication, but Sara
Wallenfang, associate executive
director
for
professional
and member relations at the
Michigan Nurses Association,
confirmed the union decided
to hold a vote on the potential
stoppage.
At the July meeting of the
University’s Board of Regents,
UMPNC
vice
chair
Donna
Carnahan
emphasized
the
union’s desire to care for and
protect patients above all else.
“We
provide
world-class
nursing care,” Carnahan told
the Regents. “The UMPNC’s
bargaining concern is about
patients and the care they
receive… I no longer feel I can
trust my lifelong employer. I fear
the University is now prioritizing
profits over patient safety.”
Michigan Medicine said in
a statement Thursday many
priority negotiation issues have
already been solved through
bargaining. They feel progress
has been made in contract
negotiations, and they strongly
oppose a work stoppage.
U-M nurses’
union to vote
on potential
work strike
Symposium highlights LGBTQ
inclusion, mentorship in research
CAT MYKOLAJTCHUK/Daily
Students, faculty and staff attend the LGBTQ Inclusion in Research Symposium in Rackham Auditorium Thursday.
As bargaining continues, nurses want
hospital to ensure safe staffing levels
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily News Editor
Audience members felt event lacked ethnic and racial diversity, grad student involvement
A group of about 60 faculty, staff
members and students attended
a day-long symposium Thursday
on LGBTQ inclusion in research
at Rackham Graduate School.
Speakers discussed the range of
LGBTQ scholarship and research
at the University of Michigan,
though some attendants criticized
a lack of diversity in programming.
Rob Stephenson, director of the
Center for Sexuality and Health
Disparities and a department chair
in the School of Nursing, spoke
about how his identity intersected
with his research.
“Do I only have to do LGBT
health or HIV (research) because
I’m a gay man?” Stephenson said.
“Is that all I’m allowed to do? No,
that’s ridiculous. I’m a researcher,
and I learn from my work with
communities
...
your
identity
doesn’t determine what type of
research you’re doing. It should
not preclude you from doing any
research. You know, we have many
cisgender heterosexual faculty at
the center who work on research
on gay couples. People will say,
‘Well, what do they know?’
They have fundamental skills
in research, and they work with
communities.”
Stephenson
said
leading
by example was essential to
mentoring younger researchers.
He emphasized the importance
of being an advocate and using his
research to make a positive impact.
“I think we have an ethical
responsibility
as
scientists
to
mentor the next generation, and
I think it’s doubly impactful
when you’re a sexual minority
scientist to provide leadership and
mentoring to other people,” he
said.
Gesturing around the room,
Stephenson added, “This right here
is a huge mentorship opportunity.”
Daniel
Shumer
and
Ellen
Selkie, who founded the Child
and Adolescent Gender Services
Clinic at Mott Children’s Hospital,
spoke at the symposium about
their
work
with
transgender
youth. The clinic, which started
about three years ago, provides
LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
See NOVEMBER, Page 3A
See NURSES, Page 3A
See LGBTQ, Page 3A
See REVIEW, Page 2A