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

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Daily Staff Reporter

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100 residents rally in support of ordinance, but vote passes in favor of mayor’s bill

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