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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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Vol. CXXVIII, No.2
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N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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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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Research Funding for the Humanities

KATHERINA SOURINE

Daily Staff Reporter

See CUPS, Page 3

See PROJECTS, Page 3

See STEM, Page 2

Students, faculty
expect training
will reduce cases of
harassment and abuse
throughout University

RILEY LANGEFELD

Daily Staff Reporter

LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter

See TRAINING, Page 3

A2 Council votes down
citizen-led police review board
100 residents rally in support of ordinance, but vote passes in favor of mayor’s bill

Matt Vailliencourt

Daily

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