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LSA freshman Noah Wolfson 
hadn’t heard of the University of 
Michigan’s annual fall EarthFest 
event, 
so 
he 
was 
pleasantly 
surprised when he saw, dotted 
across the Diag, stands offering 
sustainability information, donuts, 
apples and more.
“To be honest, I actually didn’t 
know this was happening until I 
walked onto the Diag,” Wolfson 
said. “But after walking past, 
I thought I’d take a nice stroll 
around. I think they’re really 
promoting sustainable energy in a 
really positive manner.”

The 
Office 
of 
Campus 
Sustainability, otherwise known 
as Planet Blue, hosted the 23rd 
EarthFest Thursday, a celebration 
aiming to engage and educate 
students on how to become involved 
in environmental sustainability.
Dozens of student, community 
and 
University 
organizations 
participated this year, including 
Habitat for Humanity, the Program 
in 
the 
Environment 
and 
the 
Campus Farm. To draw in students 
like 
Wolfson, 
booths 
offered 
items including succulents, a hot 
commodity according to EarthFest 
coordinator Ashlee Rothfuss.
“The 
(Matthaei) 
Botanical 
Gardens always comes and does 
a succulent giveaway that the 

Nurses and allies of their fight 
for a new contract, including 
higher wages and increased staff-
to-patient ratios, heavily populated 
the meeting, both inside and 

outside the golf course. University 
of 
Michigan 
Professional 
Nurse 
Council 
organized 
the 
demonstration 
and 
included 
several nurses speaking publicly 
during the meeting.
The UMPNC voted Monday 
to authorize a three-day strike 
amid protracted labor bargaining 

disagreements with the University. 
UMPNC 
members 
previously 
filed 
unfair 
labor 
practice 
chargesagainst the University for 
failing to bargain in good faith, 
making shift changes without 
notification and taking action 
against free speech.
Mary Beth Carlson was the first 

nurse to speak at the meeting, and 
lauded the proposed labor changes 
and the UMPNC’s bargaining. She 
directly addressed the Regents at 
the end of her speech.
“I 
am 
living 
up 
to 
my 
responsibility as a nurse every 

The University of Michigan 
Board of Regents announced 
a 
3.5 
percent 
increase 
in 
University 
President 
Mark 

Schlissel’s 
annual 
salary 
as part of the president’s 
yearly 
evaluation. 
This 
is 
the 
president’s 
fourth 
pay 
raise, and brings his pay from 
$820,000 to over $850,000.
The Regents are also set to 
renew Schlissel’s contract for 

another five years, as he enters 
the fifth year of his current 
contract, though the measure 
was not voted on Tuesday. His 
starting salary upon hiring in 
2014 was $750,000.
The 
last 
four 
years 
of 
Schlissel’s term have been 

marked by campus unrest on 
issues of racial disparities, 
sexual 
misconduct 
and 
political 
turmoil 
following 
the 2016 presidential election. 
On the administrative side, 

Five 
out 
of 
10 
public 
comment speakers focused on 
the University falling short in 
their efforts to combat climate 

change. Students and faculty 
emphasized 
environmental 
issues as ones that should 
be top priority, specifically 
carbon 
neutrality 
— 
the 
common environmental goal of 
a net zero carbon footprint.
LSA sophomore Catherine 

Garton 
and 
LSA 
senior 
Julian Hansen, two of the 
students present, co-founded 
the University of Michigan 
Climate Action Movement, an 
organization 
that 
promotes 
climate 
change 
awareness 
and has a goal of 100 percent 

carbon neutrality. Garton said 
current 
University 
efforts 
need to go further to act as an 
environmentally-conscious 
example 
among 
academic 
institutions.

At the University of Michigan 
Board of Regents meeting on 
Thursday, University president 
Mark Schlissel presented new 
initiatives to combat sexual 

misconduct on campus. The 
programs include mandatory 
sexual misconduct training for 
all faculty and staff and a new 
website with information on 
reporting sexual misconduct 
and educational resources.
The 
initiatives 
were 
the 

result of the Working Group 
on Faculty and Staff Sexual 
Misconduct investigations into 
current 
University 
policies 
on 
misconduct. 
The 
group 
published their findings online 
today; suggestions include the 
website, increased education 

and wording changes to show 
a more formal commitment to 
combating sexual misconduct 
on campus.
The 
committee 
was 
co-chaired by Laurita Thomas, 

The board passed a motion 
to replace and demolish the 
Central Campus Recreation 
Building, 
originally 
built 
as a collection of buildings 
between 1956 and 1978.
The budget for the project 
is $150 million and would 
encompass 
a 
space 
that 
is 
200,000 
square 
feet. 
The funds will come from 

investment proceeds, 
gifts and the Student 
Life 
Student 
Fee 
for 
Facility Renewal. However, 
Regent 
Andrea 
Fischer 
Newman (R) clarified the 
fee wouldn’t increase for 
students.
LSA and Business senior 
Jazz 
Teste 
spoke 
during 
public comment in support 
of replacing the CCRB. She 
emphasized the importance 
of recreational facilities on 
campus for mental health and 
productivity.

Regents approve new 
CCRB project budget
23rd EarthFest centers 
sustainability on the Diag

ADMINISTRATION

Current recreation building 
will be demolished to make 
way for new $150 million 
athletic complex

Campus orgs set up booths to showcase environmental 
engagement opportunities to students in annual event

Faculty and staff must participate in mandatory misconduct trainings after investigation by internal board

Public comments call out University operations for not doing enough to shrink carbon footprint 

Schlissel’s salary bumped 3.5 percent to $850,000 in 4th consecutive raise, contract extension to follow

Dozens of UMPNC members protest outside meeting with calls for moral accountability from executives

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Daily Staff Reporter

SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter

RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter

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Amid 
a 
cultural 
controversy 
regarding 
free speech and the role 
of the press in criticizing 
the 
government, 
about 
30 
students 
and 
Ann 
Arbor residents attended 
a panel hosted by the 
University 
of 
Michigan 
Law 
School 
Thursday 
afternoon commemorating 
Constitution 
Day 
and 
discussing the role of free 
speech in U.S. history. 
Law professor Leonard 
Niehoff hosted the panel 

and opened the discussion, 
emphasizing 
the 

importance of dialogue that 
outlines 
the 
distinction 
between 
protected 
free 
speech 
and 
sedition 
— 
conduct or speech designed 
to incite rebellion against 
the government.
“We 
find 
ourselves 
living during a time when 
the question is whether 
the 
criticism 
of 
the 
government by the press 
has become repressive or 
unfair,” Niehoff said.
Niehoff 
went 
on 
to 
reference President Donald 
Trump’s definition of the 
press as “the enemy of 

‘U’ Law School hosts 
panel on free speech

CAMPUS LIFE

Law professor and NPR in-house counsel 
talk importance of free press and speech laws 

GRACE KAY
Daily Staff Reporter

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