Jay
Crisostomo,
assistant
professor of assyriology, studies the
languages
and
history
of
Mesopotamia with a focus on
the information old texts reveal
about communication and social
structure in the ancient Middle
East. Though several University
of Michigan grants and one
external organization sufficiently
fund his research, Crisostomo said
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RESEARCH
According
to
Keith
Soster, director of Student
Engagement at Michigan
Dining,
Starbucks
cups
commonly
used
for
coffee and tea specifically
contaminate University of
Michigan
recycling
bins
most frequently.
Angela Porta, outreach
and zero waste coordinator
at Recycle Ann Arbor, said
the city of Ann Arbor is not
able to recycle these cups
either, citing reasons such as
food contamination and the
wax lining to the cup.
“They are lined with
an extremely thin layer of
plastic that is tightly fused to
the paper to prevent leaking
and it is very difficult to
separate that plastic from
the paper,” she explained.
In
addition
to
the
46,002
students
at
the
University
of
Michigan
campus, there are 27,595
faculty and staff working on
campus as of Nov. 2017 and
20,091 total hospital faculty
and staff — creating the
potential for the use of a lot
of cups at UM.
This
total
number
of
people,
which
can
be likened to an almost
full
Michigan
Stadium,
includes
students,
staff
and faculty who produce
waste of all kinds every
day. University efforts to
control this waste have been
part of an ongoing process
as growing knowledge of
its environmental impact
continues.
The
waste
produced
by students and faculty
reflect the basic materials
used daily, including paper,
cardboard, plastic bottles,
coffee
cups
and
paper
plates. The University has
worked
alongside
local
organizations to mitigate
the
negative
effects
of
waste,
partnering
with
the Western Washtenaw
Recycling
Authority,
which
operates
between
University
of
Michigan
students
and
faculty
are
hopeful new mandated online
sexual misconduct training
for
faculty
will
combat
misconduct on campus, but
are still skeptical of its overall
efficacy.
University President Mark
Schlissel announced the new
requirements Sept. 20 as a
part of the administration’s
ongoing initiative to combat
sexual misconduct.
According
to
University
spokesman Rick Fitzgerald,
the training will likely be
rolled out this fall and will
consist solely of an online
course. Fitzgerald said the
training
remains
under
development and will likely
be changed and refocused
in the future in a manner
similar to current student
training. Schlissel reiterated
this intention and said the
training will be informed by
the
changing
environment
of sexual misconduct at the
University
in
a
previous
interview.
“We’ve been working on
how to continuously improve
the safety and the inclusive
campus
climate,”
Schlissel
Ann Arbor City Council voted
down an ordinance introduced by
three councilmembers Monday
night establishing a citizen-led
police oversight
board,
instead
voting to move forward with a
counter-ordinance offered by
Mayor Christopher Taylor.
More than 100 Ann Arbor
residents attended the meeting
at
City
Hall,
which
lasted
past midnight. When the task
force’s ordinance failed, the
remaining
audience
members
walked
out,
chanting,
“Who do you
protect? Who
do
you
serve?” at
councilmembers. Supporters of
the task force’s proposal argued
Taylor’s proposal was “watered
down” and “toothless.”
Taylor said he proposed his
ordinance to encapsulate the
recommendations of the citizen
task force while still complying
with city and state law, as well
as
the
police
department’s
collective bargaining agreement.
“We need a commission that
provides a place for people to
come to express their concerns
about policing in Ann Arbor
… People have a right to be
confident in policing,” Taylor
said. “I proposed the ordinance
because I want to form a strong,
defensible policing commission
that will affect public trust.”
Councilmembers
Anne
Bannister,
D-Ward
1,
Jack
Eaton, D-Ward 4, and Sumi
Kailasapathy,
D-Ward
1,
introduced
the
ordinance
written by members of a citizen
task force. While Eaton and
Bannister voted in favor of the
mayor’s proposal “to get the
ball rolling,” Kailasapathy was
the only councilmember who
voted against it, saying she was
counting on the new incoming
council members to support
the task force’s version of the
ordinance.
“I’m really upset with how
this whole thing has changed
direction,” Kailasapathy said.
Councilmember Jane Lumm,
I-Ward 2, voted against the task
force’s ordinance and in favor of
Taylor’s proposal.
“Mayor’s
version
of
the
ordinance includes much of what
was in the task force’s proposed
ordinance but eliminates those
provisions that are potentially
problematic
and
in
conflict
with the city charter, collective
bargaining
agreements
and
operational practices,” Lumm
said.
The
task
force
was
originally appointed to offer
recommendations
for
the
formation of a police oversight
board. Taylor said while the body
“did in fact do strong work,” he
could not support the ordinance
because he worried parts of it
were not legally sound.
Both proposals call for an
11-member
body
appointed
by
City
Council
to
review
Coffee cups are no. 1
contaminant of the
‘U’ recycling bins
Researchers find lack of external
funding for Humanities projects
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Students, staff still say waste management
systems at the University are improving
Faculty claim many grants, fellowships prioritize experiments in the natural
sciences because of the typically high costs of medical research programs
Panelists
from
different
departments at the University
of Michigan came together
Monday
afternoon
to
discuss
sexual
harassment
in STEM fields. The panel
discussion was the first of a
three-part
series
discussing
sexual
harassment
in
engineering,
sciences
and
medicine.
Alec Gallimore, the dean of
Engineering at the University,
opened the panel with remarks
about the way members of the
engineering
community
are
affected
by
sexual
assault.
While Gallimore said he knows
the department has made some
progress, he also acknowledged
there is more work to be done.
Panelists
interrogate
harassment
of women
in STEM
New sexual
misconduct
training will
be web class
63 percent of women in
academia have experienced
some form of harassment,
according to one panelist
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expect training
will reduce cases of
harassment and abuse
throughout University
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