University Wi-Fi network.

University 
President 

Mark Schlissel concluded 
the ceremony, speaking on 
the role Wi-Fi connection 
plays 
in 
student 
and 

faculty 
productivity 
and 

innovation.

“This project is actually 

long 
overdue,” 
Schlissel 

said. “And I’m very pleased 

that I got to play a role 
in helping bring it to 
fruition. More and more 
each day we depend on 
internet access as our 
tether and our lifeline 
at 
scales 
that 
range 

from around the Diag 
to literally around the 
world.”

Schlisse 
credited 

multiple 
generations 

of 
Central 
Student 

Government 
leaders 

for the completion of 
the project. The project 
was launched by former 
CSG President Anushka 
Sarkar, 
and 
current 

CSG President Daniel 
Greene, a Public Policy 
senior, who was present 
at the ceremony to see it 
through.

Greene acknowledged 

Sarkar’s dedication to 
the project and said the 
Wi-Fi improvement is an 
example of the ways the 
University is listening to 
the needs of its students.

“The completion 

of Wi-Fi on the Diag 

highlights the University’s 
commitment to meeting the 
evolving needs of students 
and 
demonstrates 
the 

productivity of successful 
relationships 
between 

student and administrative 
leaders,” Greene said.

LSA 
sophomore 
Evan 

Starr was working on a class 
assignment under a tree 
on the Diag following the 
ceremony.

“(The Wi-Fi’s) been good 

— better than last year’s,” 
Starr said. “It encourages 
you to be outside.”

Schlissel 
said 
many 

Wi-Fi access points have 
been concealed to preserve 
the 
aesthetics 
of 
the 

campus. Coupled with the 
increased internet speeds, 
the Diag will become even 
more active campus spot, 
Schlissel said.

“With Wi-Fi connectivity 

further 
enhancing 
the 

learning environment, there 
is no limit on lightning-
fast access to the world’s 
information 
no 
matter 

where you are on the U of M 
campus,” Schlissel said.

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At the June Board of 
Regents meeting, the 
board, led by University 
President Mark Schlissel, 
voted to increase student 
tuition rates for the third 
year in a row. In-state 
tuition increased by 2.9 
percent and out-of-state 
rose by 3.9 percent. Since 
2002, tuition revenue has 
increased by more than 
135 percent. Compared 
to last year’s rates, tuition 
for Michigan residents 
went from $14,826 to 
$15,262 and out-of-state 
student tuition went from 
$47,452 to $49,326.

The Michigan One 
Fair Wage initiative 
would raise Michigan’s 
minimum wage to $12 
an hour by 2022 and 
include tipped workers 
by 2024. Currently, a 
“tip credit” allows
employers to pay 
workers who are 
tipped as low as $3.38 
an hour.

Compared to last 
year’s report, OIE 
saw a 27 percent 
increase of reported 
cases, rising from 
218 to 277.

By 2021, the contract 
minimum salary for 
University
lecturers will increase 
by $16,500 in Ann 
Arbor, $13,700 in Flint 
and $12,700 in
Dearborn. Equity
adjustments, or 
one-time additions to 
base pay, would also 
increase by $3,000 to 
$12,500. Equity will
differ for lecturers 
earning more than 
$80,000 annually.

While 2017’s
Hispanic/Latino 
student population sat 
near 6 percent, data 
from the Office of
Budget and Planning 
for 2017 shows the 
percentage of His-
panic/Latino regular 
instructional faculty — 
which includes tenure-
track faculty,
non-tenure-track 
faculty and lecturers — 
was 3.97 percent.

University of Michigan 
Regent Ron Weiser, 
R, and his wife Eileen 
Weiser donated $10 
million Wednesday to es-
tablish the Weiser Diplo-
macy Center at the Ford 
School of Public Policy. 
Weiser, chair of the state 
Republican party, began 
working on the idea of 
the center with Public 
Policy Dean Michael Barr 
last spring with the goal 
of generating interest 
in diplomacy among 
students and providing 
them with career services 
in the field.

Head Football Coach Jim 

Harbaugh named Brenda 
Tracy, 
a 
sexual 
assault 

survivor and activist, as 
the University of Michigan 
football team’s honorary 
captain this Saturday.

Tracy 
was 
sexually 

assaulted by four Oregon 
State University football 
players 
in 
1998. 
She 

publicly 
came 
forward 

with her story in 2014, and 
has worked with athletic 
programs 
around 
the 

country with her campaign 
#SetTheExpectation 
in 

1998.

#SetTheExpectation 
is 

dedicated to educating high 
school and college athletes 
and coaches about sexual 

violence and working to 
make them to be part of the 
solution.

In August, Tracy visited 

the 
Michigan 
football 

team to share her story. 
Shortly 
after, 
Harbaugh 

invited her to serve as the 
team’s 
honorary 
captain 

for 
the 
opening 
game 

against Western Michigan 
University.

“At the time the media 

was overrun with multiple 
news 
stories 
of 
sexual 

abuse 
and 
domestic 

violence coming out of Ohio 
State and as an advocate, 
I was feeling somewhat 
defeated, but after sharing 
my story and my pain, I 
left the team room that day 

feeling 
encouraged 
and 

inspired,” Tracy states on 
her GoFundMe page.

 In a press conference 

following 
the 
game, 

Harbaugh 
expressed 
his 

and his team’s appreciation 
for Tracy’s advocacy.

“We all learned so much 

from Brenda,” Harbaugh 
said in the press conference. 
“I did personally and I 
know all our guys did. 
She’s amazing. Her story 
is 
amazing; 
her 
work 

is 
amazing; 
what 
she’s 

accomplishing is amazing. 
The guys really appreciate 
her. Not just the level of 
adversity, but what she’s 
done with her life and how 
she’s impacting anybody 

that will listen.”

On 
Sept. 
4, 
Tracy 

announced 
via 
Twitter 

she started a GoFundMe 
campaign 
with 
a 
goal 

of 
$25,000 
for 
the 

SafeHouse 
Center. 
The 

SafeHouse Center is a 
non-profit 
organization 

located 
in 
Ann 
Arbor 

that 
provides 
support 

for 
domestic 
violence 

and 
sexual 
assault 

survivors of Washtenaw 
County. 
Their 
services 

include 
emergency 

shelter, 
counseling, 

support groups, and legal 
advocacy.

-JULIA FORD

ON THE DAILY: BRENDA TRACY SERVES AS HONORARY CAPTAIN

