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Economic 
forecasters 
at 
the University of Michigan 
released 
their 
economic 
forecast 
report 
on 
Friday 
morning. 
According 
to 
the 
Research 
Seminar 
in 
Quantitative 
Economics, 
the 
Michigan 
economy 
is 
set to break its record of the 
longest period of job growth 
since World War II. Across 
the country, however, RSQE 
forecasters 
expect 
rapid 
economic growth to fade by 
the second quarter of the year.
These 
findings, 
as 
well 
as 
further 
data 
regarding 
population and job growth, 
are included in their annual 
analysis of the national and 
state 
economies, 
headed 
by 
RSQE 
Director 
Gabriel 
Ehrlich. The report detailed 
uninterrupted job growth in 
Michigan spanning from the 
third quarter of 2009 to the 
third quarter of 2018. This 

Governor-elect 
Gretchen 
Whitmer has selected University 
of 
Michigan 
Regent 
Mark 
Bernstein (D) as the leader of her 
gubernatorial transition team.
In this capacity, Bernstein will 
be responsible for overseeing the 
implementation 
of 
Whitmer’s 
governing 
infrastructure. 
This 
will include establishing senior 
leadership 
positions 
and 
key 
operators in the administration 
(including cabinet-level officials), 
building policy teams, conducting 
departmental 
reviews 
and 
generally ensuring that Whitmer 
and her team are ready to quickly 
begin effective work when she 
takes office on Jan. 1.
Bernstein was elected to the 
Board of Regents in 2012 with a 
campaign focused heavily on the 
high cost of college attendance at 
the University. This is a focus shared 
by Whitmer, whose 2018 campaign 
included 
increased 
increasing 
funding for state public institutions. 

CRIME

LSA junior Nayir Masrur 
was 
charged 
with 
first-
degree murder Wednesday in 
connection with the death of 
his aunt, Rubab Huq. Huq was 
55 years old, and a mother of 
two boys. 
Masrur, 
20, 
is 
accused 
of murdering Huq using a 
15-pound dumbbell in the 

basement of a home in Troy 
Monday 
afternoon, 
where 
both Masrur and Huq are 
from.
Police were called to Huq’s 
home in Troy around 2:30 
p.m. on Monday. They were 
responding to a call from 
Masrur’s mother, who was 
reporting Masrur as a missing 
person in an agitated state, 
according to the Troy Police 

‘U’ student
charged with 
killing aunt 
by Troy PD

Wallenberg Medal winners speak at 
panels throughout campus, Ann Arbor

DANYEL THARAKAN/DAILY
Alex Wind, high school senior and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, speaks about gun control and youth activ-
ism at an event hosted by Washtenaw Youth Initiative in The Neutral Zone Thursday evening. 
LSA junior Nayir Masrur reportedly beat 
family member to death with a dumbbell

Ford School and Washtenaw Youth Initiative host young anti-gun violence activists 

Young people who captured 
the nation’s attention this spring 
rallying 
against 
gun 
control 
brought their energy and vision 
to students on and off campus 
Thursday evening, urging local 

organizers to keep the movement 
alive. Members of March for Our 
Lives, a youth anti-gun violence 
group, 
and 
Bold 
Resistance 
Against Violence Everywhere, a 
Chicago-based youth advocacy 

training program, participated 
in 
two 
events 
on 
and 
off 
campus after being awarded the 
Wallenberg Medal Wednesday 

MELANIE TAYLOR & 
RIYAH BASHA
For the Daily & 
Managing News Editor

Central 
Student 
Government, Student Legal 
Services and the University of 
Michigan Credit Union hosted 
an 
interactive 
workshop 
Thursday to educate students 
on how to achieve financial 
health and security while 
at the University and after 
graduation.
CSG 
President 
Daniel 
Greene, a Public Policy senior, 
said the goal of the workshop 
was to give students access 
to 
underutilized 
resources 
on campus and to prepare 
them financially for the post-
graduation world.
“This is part of Central 
Student 
Government’s 
new series of events and 
workshops to help ensure 
students 
are 
optimizing 
their 
Michigan 
experience 
and prepared to enter the 
real 
world,” 
Greene 
said. 
“We’re hoping that we can 
provide events like ‘Achieving 
Financial Wellness’ that will 
provide information and skills 
and on-campus resources that 
students might not be aware 
of, or are unaware of all the 
resources they do provide, 
and we’re hoping to provide 
a mainstream platform for 
students to be able to navigate 

the Michigan experience.”
A survey conducted in 2017 
by The Daily found students 
struggled 
with 
financial 
literacy, with 23 percent of 
students feeling financially 
unprepared for college 
The event started with 
Doug 
Lewis, 
director 
of 
Student 
Legal 
Services, 
warning 
attendees 
about 
scammers 
that 
use 
fake 
companies to hire students 
and commit financial crimes.

Mark 
Munzenberger, 
financial education specialist 
at the University of Michigan 
Credit Union, then began his 
presentation by comparing 
financial health to physical 
health. He discussed how 
if people are sick, there are 
behavioral actions they take to 
improve their well-being. He 
claimed the same philosophy 
applies to financial health 
and 
students 
should 
take 
four actions to improve their 

financial wellness — spend, 
save, borrow and plan.
Munzenberger 
then 
discussed how both long-term 
and short-term savings are 
important. 
Munzenberger 
said he wanted to place an 
emphasis on short-term saving 
in case of an emergency.
“There needs to be some 
sort of emphasis on short-
term saving,” Munzenberger 

Economic 
forum finds 
increase in 
Mich. jobs

BUSINESS

‘U’ economic forecasters 
predict the state to increase 
jobs over next two years

DANIELLE PASEKOFF
Daily Staff Reporter

MADELINE HINKLEY/Daily
Mark Munzenberger speaks at Achieving Financial Wellness, a program sponsored by Central Student Government 
at Palmer Commons Thursday evening. 

CSG workshop educates students on 
financial health, importance of savings

Event on literacy features speakers from Student Legal Services, credit union

EMMA STEIN
For the Daily

See SAVINGS, Page 3A

Bernstein 
will lead
Whitmer
transition

GOVERNMENT

Democrat Regent will 
help to create structure of 
new Michigan government

RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter

See JOBS, Page 3A

See WALLENBERG, Page 3A

MOLLY NORRIS
Daily Staff Reporter

See BERNSTEIN, Page 3A

See MURDER, Page 3A

