2A — Thursday, September 13, 2018
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WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K
On Wednesday evening,
Interfraternity Council
President Sam Finn, a Public
Policy senior, released a
statement to The Daily
proclaiming a number
of fraternity chapters —
including Theta Chi, Alpha
Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon
— have decided to disaffiliate
from IFC after a July change
in city zoning codes. However,
Finn noted the council
will continue working to
strengthen the recruitment,
education and harm reduction
programs of its remaining
member organizations over
the course of the year.
The zoning codes, approved
during the July 16 council
session, would require new
fraternities and sororities to
maintain affiliation with the
University of Michigan or
another collegiate institution
to be permitted or allowed
expansion within the city. If
the fraternity or sorority loses
its University affiliation in
the future, it can apply for a
two-year special exception to
prevent loss of its house.
“While a large number of
chapters initially indicated
an intent to disaffiliate, the
IFC Executive Board worked
diligently with student
leaders and inter/national
organization representatives
to re-affirm member
organization’s commitment
to the IFC, the University
of Michigan, and student
wellness,” the statement read.
“Consequently, only a handful
of chapters have elected to
disaffiliate from the IFC.”
Though the disaffiliated
chapters will maintain
their rights to operate
autonomously, they will be
denied traditional programs
offered by IFC and the
University such as anti-hazing
and social responsibility task
forces.
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Harvard University
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Harvard and @UMich have
launched two partnerships
aimed to encourage economic
opportunity in Detroit and to
fight opioid additction
that affect the rank-and-file
Michigander.”
In the short term, students
at URC universities contribute
directly to the state and local
economies by buying goods and
services and boosting business.
In the long-term, their presence
is more important, according
to
Affolter-Caine.
Students
who attend these universities
frequently find career paths in the
state, often working on projects
and jobs that can improve the
lives of Michiganders.
Affolter-Caine also attributes
the success to innovative services
and projects developed by the
universities
which
directly
impact the state. She cites
the Perinatology Research
Branch, part of the Wayne
State School of Medicine,
as an excellent example of
a university project that
helped
the
general
public.
The
PRB
has
discovered a non-invasive
treatment for women at risk
for pre-term labor, which
is now part of standard
practice in hospitals across
Michigan.
Affolter-Caine also cited
Mcity, a mock city in Ann
Arbor used to test driverless
cars, as another excellent
example.
“There are just not that
many really unique facilities
like Mcity,” Affolter-Caine
said. “And it is bringing
businesses from all over the
world to Ann Arbor. It gives
students an opportunity to
conduct research and get
that experience.”
Engineering
professor
Glen
Daigger,
who
has
been acquainted with the
URC for three years and
participated
in
several
cross-university collaborations,
said in addition to the raw
economic
contributions,
the
URC has helped significantly in
facilitating further cooperation
between the universities.
He noted that the three
universities have been working
together
to
improve
the
networking
between
state
researchers and practitioners in
and out of Michigan.
Like Affolter-Caine, Daigger
believes that innovation is central
to the success and impact of the
URC. He also credits researchers
and academics for their work.
“If you aren’t doing new
things and improving and so
forth,
you’re
actually
going
down,” Daigger said. “In terms
of economic contribution, the
dollars flowing in for research
are certainly a contribution,
but it’s the ideas and the people
and the enthusiasm and so forth
that are the biggest contribution
to
continue
the
economic
development here in Michigan.”
Daigger
also
emphasized
the
importance
of
students
to the research and economic
contributions from all three
universities.
“Every engine needs fuel. The
research engine needs money.
One of the other fuels is the
students,” Daigger said. “They’re
the hands and the minds and the
curiosity that really drive much
of this research.”
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