A 2015 interview with Ann
Scanlon McGinity, Michigan
Medicine
chief
nursing
executive, is record of the
administrator’s
hostility
toward unions, nurses say.
Scanlon McGinity — a lead
player in the University of
Michigan Professional Nurse
Council’s ongoing contract
bargaining with the hospital
system
—
spoke
in
the
interview of her dislike for
unions and her experience
of locking the nurses’ union
out of the hospital when
they held strike during her
time as an administrator in
the University of Maryland
hospital system.
In the interview, Scanlon
McGinity makes seemingly
disparaging remarks about
working with nurses’ unions.
Scanlon McGinity began her
position at Michigan Medicine
this June, shortly before the
expiration of the UMPNC
contract. Now, nurses are
questioning portions of the
2015 interview, which she
participated
in
with
the
Women’s History Project at
the Texas Medical Center.
UMPNC is currently voting
on whether to authorize a work
In a survey of over 1,800 local
governments in Michigan, the
Ford School of Public Policy’s
spring 2018 Michigan Public
Policy survey showed most
prohibit medical marijuana
and nearly half report that
medical
marijuana
created
issues in their community.
This survey gauged where the
state’s municipal governments
stand on the issue of medical
marijuana.
As
of
Aug.
31,
Ann
Arbor,
Ypsilanti
and
Sharon
Township
are
the
only
Washtenaw
County towns represented in
the 8 percent of governments
surveyed that allow medical
marijuana
businesses.
The
survey reports 75 percent of
Michigan’s local governments
are
to
prohibit
medical
marijuana facilities, while 16
percent have not finalized any
legislation.
Of
the
local
officials
polled, 42 percent reported
experiencing problems with
medical marijuana use in
their
community
and
21
percent reported witnessing
benefits related to medical
marijuana
use.
Though
the
majority
of
Michigan
governments
don’t
permit
medical marijuana facilities
in their jurisdictions, many
Washtenaw County residents,
such as Ypsilanti local Michael
Moriarty, see public health
benefits associated with local
dispensaries.
“I think there’s a number
of conditions that medicinal
marijuana is beneficial for in
ways that maybe traditional
pharmaceuticals
are
not,”
Moriarty said. “I know, for
example, a handful of people
with
migraines
that
it’s
beneficial for, cancer patients
who lose their appetites, that
kind of thing.”
According to the Harvard
Medical
School’s
Harvard
Health
Blog,
about
85
percent of Americans support
legalizing medical marijuana.
LSA
senior
Johnny
Cole
said he thinks dispensaries
should open where they can
do the most good for the
communities they are serving.
“I feel like if it’s been
proven that it can help with
certain conditions, then I
think that dispensaries should
be in places where people with
those conditions are most
common,” Cole said.
In addition to pain relief and
other medical purposes, some
residents, such as Moriarty,
see the potential tax revenue
and
job
creation
medical
marijuana businesses could
generate. Michigan legalized
medical marijuana in 2008,
and
according
to
Forbes
magazine,
the
state
has
reported over $600 million
in marijuana sales revenue
to date. Medical marijuana
sales are taxed at 6 percent in
Running on a tight schedule?
A treadmill desk could be the
answer.
Weiyun Chen, a health and
fitness associate professor at
the University of Michigan
School
of
Kinesiology,
investigates
correlations
among
exercise,
sleep,
mental health and academic
performance,
focusing
on
promoting healthy lifestyles
for students in her Physical
Activity & Health Laboratory.
In a recent study, Zhanjia
Zhang, a Kinesiology graduate
student in Chen’s lab, examined
active
work
environments,
such as the treadmill desk, and
tracked participants’ executive
function as they performed
mental tasks during physical
activity. These tasks tested
working memory, inhibition
— the ability to focus on a
relevant task — and cognitive
flexibility — the ability to
transition
between
tasks.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monday, September 17, 2018
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Executive on
record with
anti-union
sentiments
Griswold, outspoken critic of
mayor, looks to first council term
KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Kathy Griswold,incoming City Council member, D-Ward 2, speaks with The Michigan Daily about the election and their endorsements of new officials at the Student
Publications Building Sunday afternoon.
RESEARCH
Interview from 2015 of Chief Nursing
Executive draws concern from nurses
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily News Editor
Known for her passionate remarks at City Council meetings, Griswold will serve first term
The city of Ann Arbor saw
three out of four incumbent City
Council members defeated in
the August primary elections.
Councilmember Kirk Westphal,
D-Ward 2, lost his primary
race to Kathy Griswold bt
53
votes.
The
Michigan
Daily sat down with incoming
Councilmember
Griswold,
to
discuss her platform and future
plans.
Griswold is a former trustee
for
the
Ann
Arbor
Public
Schools district and will run
now uncontested for her ward
seat this November.
Though this will be Griswold’s
first term as a council member,
she has attended meetings for
years and is known for providing
frequent, impassioned remarks
during public commentary in
City Council meetings. Her main
points have been promoting
public safety and accelerating
sewer and road repairs.
Furthermore,
she
spoke
out against a 2014 proposal to
expand transit services and the
2016 proposal to increase City
Council terms to four years.
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
Treadmill
desk study
finds few
benefits
RESEARCH
Researchers look at
connections between
mental health, athletics
KATE JENKINS
Daily Staff Writer
CASEY TIN/Daily
Students, local governments express
conflicting views on medical marijuana
In 2018 Ford School survey, 42 percent of local governments oppose use in community
JULIA FORD
Daily Staff Writer
Offense stays hot
For the second straight
game, Michigan’s offense
exploded, this time in a
45-20 win over SMU to
move to 2-1.
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In past years, the University of
Michigan’s Wallenberg Medal has
been awarded to anti-apartheid
activist
Desmond
Tutu,
civil
rights leader John Lewis and
Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
This year medal will be given to
two national anti-gun violence
groups Bold Resistance Against
Violence Everywhere and March
for Our Lives. These awardees
are distinct in two ways: They are
organizations, not individuals, and
they are the youngest recipients of
the award in its 26-year history.
The award was created to
commemorate the legacy of Raoul
Wallenberg, a U-M alum who saved
more than 80,000 Hungarian
Jews near the end of World War
II. It is awarded to those who
“demonstrate the capacity of the
human spirit to stand up for the
helpless, to defend the integrity
of the powerless, and to speak out
on behalf of the voiceless… (and)
demonstrate that one person,
individually or collectively, can
Wallenberg
awarded to
gun control
advocates
ACADEMICS
B.R.A.V.E, March
For Our Lives to be
youngest recipients
ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Writer
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