with whom he exchanged explicit
photos.
In
addition
to
his
online
messaging,
Hoeltzel
was
under investigation for engaging in
sexual acts with a patient, whom he
was allegedly over-medicating for
rheumatoid arthritis. The patient
was also diagnosed with various
mental health illnesses.
Though
only
charged
last
year, Hoeltzel was investigated
by University of Michigan police
in 2006 amid complaints from
a mother of an 11-year-old girl
who found inappropriate Yahoo
messages between the girl and

Hoeltzel.
Hoeltzel
first
began
messaging the girl after they met at
a U-M arthritis camp in 2004, after
which the conversations continued
for two years. Hoeltzel was asked to
take a “boundaries class” in lieu of
further investigation or punishment.
Six of Hoeltzel’s original felony
charges were dismissed under his
plea agreement, including receiving
and possession of child pornography,
production of child pornography,
enticement of a minor, and three
counts of transfer of obscene
materials to a minor.
Hoeltzel’s presentence calls for
him to serve for 14 to 17 years, and
he will have to federally register
as a sex offender. His sentencing is
scheduled for Dec. 13 before U.S.
District Judge Arthur Tarnow.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 — 3A

BE HIND THE SCE NES: FOOTBALL

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HOELTZEL
From Page 1A

A look at the past few football games through the eyes of four Daily photographers

the scooter, it’s important to
keep it from interfering with
the public right of way. Do
not leave the scooters parked
on the roads, sidewalks, bike
paths,
driveways,
access
ramps, stairways, landscaped
areas or near fire hydrants,”
DPSS announced in an online
statement.
“Scooters
must
be parked in bike racks or
moped parking areas. Please

walk the scooter to the bike
rack if you must traverse a
sidewalk.”
Dozens
of
the
scooters
were dropped in Ann Arbor

two weeks ago without prior
notice to the city, requiring
city officials to deal with the
unexpected problems caused
by their presence. The city
has since issued a statement
saying the use of the scooters
could merit a ticket and has
now
begun
removing
the
scooters from public areas.
According to a map in the Bird
mobile app, the number of
active scooters in the area has
been reduced to roughly 50.
The
Ann
Arbor
Transportation
Commission met Sept. 12 to
discuss the Birds and the
problems
posed
by
their
sudden
presence.
The
commissioners
resolved
to

create a charter for a task force
or advisory committee to aid
the city in dealing with the
scooters and voiced support
for regulating the scooters in
a similar manner to electric
skateboards, which can now
be used in city streets.
LSA junior Seth Allen, a
frequent Bird user, has noticed
there are fewer scooters in the
city and on campus since the
crackdown. He expressed his
hope that the Birds stay in the
city in the future.
“I think that they’re a
great way to get somewhere
in a hurry, especially if it’s
an awkward distance where
you don’t necessarily want to

bike there but you don’t want

to walk there either,” Allen
said. “It’s very convenient.”
Allen plans to continue
using the Birds regularly if
they stay in Ann Arbor and is
in the process of becoming a
charger for the scooters.
Though Bird’s relationship
with the city has been rocky
since their deployment, it
appears likely that they will
continue to be allowed —
albeit regulated — in the
future. Wondrash has stated
the city is currently working
on
a
licensing
agreement
with
the
company
that
would
include
stipulations

allowing the scooters to be
parked in sidewalk extensions
out of pedestrian traffic.

BIRD
From Page 1A

been actively excluded from
legal protection; federal laws
only protect companies with 15
or more employees.
Many of the women Yeung
interviewed explained the risks
are too high to report these
incidents. Many victims are
the sole breadwinner for their
children and take on these low-
wage jobs simply to support
them. Yeung explained the risk
of their livelihoods is a lot to
someone who is just trying to

earn a paycheck through an
honest day’s work.
“The only rational thing to
do is to say nothing,” Yeung
quoted.
Not all of these workers
have remained silent. Georgina
Hernandez came to the United
States with her six children
after
fleeing
her
abusive
husband and found a job as a
nighttime janitor in California.
Her boss threatened to fire
her, deport her and hurt her
daughter if she did not concede
to his sexual advances. Silent
for years about the abuse,
Hernandez is now in a leader in
a California janitors’ union. She

is proactive in helping others
after learning how to help
herself and hearing the stories
of many other women in similar
positions as her.
The Fair Food Program has
recently
emerged,
enforcing
a zero tolerance policy for
sexual harassment. If farmers
don’t abide, they can’t sell their
produce
to
grocery
stores.
This program is one of many
started by women working in a
vulnerable environment.
Yeung ended her lecture by
redirecting the attention to
the purpose of the #MeToo
movement. She stated these
women have been overlooked

and undervalued, and deserve
justice, in whatever capacity
that may entail. Some of these
women
want
their
abusers
fired, others want to face their
abusers and some simply want
to be believed. Justice is highly
individualized,
but
Yeung
emphasized her belief that
the next step of the #MeToo
movement is to use the current
spotlight
to
showcase
the
stories of low-income women
and
to
shape
preventative
policies.
“Justice is the absence of the
transgression happening in the
first place,” Yeung said.
Public
Policy
senior
Alli

Berry is involved with the
sexual
violence
prevention
community
on
Michigan’s
campus.
“(The
lecture)
reminded
(me) a lot of the community
that survivor’s on Michigan’s
campus have built . . . there’s
something
really
powerful
about
survivors
coming
together and finding a space
where they can share their
experiences, and working to
prevent violence in the future,”
Berry said.

#METOO
From Page 1A

said. “There’s been effort in the
last few years to really educate
students on what is happening
around and them and how their
vote actually impacts what their
lives are.”
According to Byrnes, the
University had a 14 percent voter
turnout rate in 2014. Traugott
says this follows a national
youth voting pattern.

“In general, there’s a kind of
inverted J distribution between
age and turnout,” Traugott said.
“So turnout is low among young
people, it grows, and then as
people get older and maybe get a
little infirmed their turnout rate
declines.”
Traugott explains these low
student turnout rates could be
because voting is an acquired
behavior;
it
takes
practice,
and young people haven’t gone
through enough iterations to
have the routine down yet.

Students from out of state
may not be aware of the process
for
requesting
an
absentee
ballot and miss deadlines as a
result.
Alternatively,
out-of-
state students may be detached
from their own local politics.
Traugott says another reason
for low student turnout rate
could be lack of progressive state
voting laws. Unlike other places,
Michigan has no early voting
sites nor no-excuse absentee
ballots, and state identification
is required to vote.

This month the University’s
chapter of College Democrats,
along with the Michigan State
University
chapter
and
the
Michigan Federation of College
Democrats,
announced
they
were suing the state over two of
its voter registration laws.
One of the main goals of
the Big Ten Voting Challenge is
to energize the youth vote and
make midterm election turnout
comparable to the presidential
election turnout.
“The
Big
Ten
Voting

Challenge aims to increase (the
14 percent turnout rate in 2014)
by at least 200 percent, which
would place us in the realm of
typical college student turnout
in a presidential election year,
which hovers in the low to high
forties,” Byrnes said.
The Big Ten Voting Challenge
has been able to register 12,000
students to vote since 2016 using
TurboVote, an online resource
that provides voting information
and sends the user election
reminders. The Big Ten Voting

Challenge aims to continue to
help students register to vote in
Michigan as well as their home
states.
As election day approaches,
the Big Ten Voting Challenge
will
be
vamping
up
their
marketing and outreach efforts.
Byrnes said some get-out-the-
vote
strategies
will
include
signage
across
campus
and
an initiative called “Buses to
Ballots”, which will provide
transportation to the polls for
students on election day.

VOTING
From Page 1A

“Justice is the
absence of the
transgression
happening in
the first place”