neuroscience,” Booth said in a
university press release.
LSA
senior
Camille
Phaneuf,
co-president
of
the
Neuroscience
Student
Association,
chose
her
major because much about the
brain is yet to be uncovered,
and is excited about the new
program.
“I
decided
to
study
neuroscience because the brain
is a gelatinous blob that semi-
floats between our ears, yet it
somehow manages
to
control our every thought,
action and emotion,” Phaneuf
said. “Despite all of humans’
powerful
metacognitive
abilities,
we
actually
understand so little about
the organ that makes these
capacities possible.”
In order to complete the
University’s new certificate,
students must finish nine
graduate
credit
hours
in
approved
core
and
interdisciplinary
courses,
by 7 to 1 Democratic dominance.
However, the board has had an
almost uninterrupted Democratic
majority since the 1950s.
Despite
this
consistent
ideological presence, the board’s
work is largely nonpartisan and
focuses on various challenges
facing
the
University
rather
than ideologically acrimonious
issues. According to University
Regent Ron Weiser (R), the
board’s working style is mostly
harmonious and united.
“The board is not ideological
in nature; at least that’s what I’ve
found up to now,” Weiser said. “I
believe everyone there is looking
at a focus on the University and
what’s best for it and the students
at the University, for its long-term
future. And I don’t think that
partisan politics are at play; at
least I have not experienced that
in my two years.”
Weiser, who was first elected in
2016, will be the chair of the board
and the board’s only Republican.
He has established productive
individual working relationships
with the current members of the
board and doesn’t see partisan
obstacles in the future.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel,
who
sits
on
the
board as a non-voting member,
echoed
these
comments
in
an interview with The Michigan
Daily earlier this month.
“Rarely do partisan issues
show up in discussions by the
board,” Schlissel said. “They’re
responsible for supervising me
and then general oversight of the
University, and there are way
more similarities than there are
differences between the members
of different parties … With two
new people (Acker and Brown),
that’s a quarter of the group that’s
different, so there’s a whole new
dynamic. And people come in
with their own background and
the issues they care about … but I
wouldn’t parse those things into
Democrat or Republican.”
Though the work on the board
is
supposedly
non-partisan,
Public Policy junior Katie Kelly,
the communications director of
the University’s chapter of College
Democrats, said she still sees value
in the partisan elections. She said
party identification signals that
candidates hold certain views on
governance.
“It shows the real values that
that person has,” Kelly said. “With
the extreme divides that have
come between the Democratic
and Republican parties, it has
become easier to see what a
politician values based on their
party. So for us in College Dems
— we knew that Jordan Acker
and Paul Brown shared the same
values as us.”
The College Democrats spent
time working with Brown and
Acker, who attended several
meetings of the organization
this semester as well as their
“election eve” party. Kelly said the
College Democrats considered
this midterm to be especially
important,
and
members
emphasized the importance
of down-ballot elections,
such as those for the
Board of Regents, in their
advocacy. They focused on
the Board of Regents more
than
other
down-ballot
elections because of how
directly
the
candidates
affect
the
lives
and
educations of University
students.
The University’s chapter of
College Republicans similarly
campaigned for Richner and
Newman.
LSA
sophomore
Dylan Berger, president of the
University’s chapter of College
Republicans, said the College
Republicans
supported
the
candidates
because
of
their
specific policy positions.
“We supported both (Richner
and Newman) because they
supported fiscal responsibility
and free speech on campus, not
because of their party affiliation,”
Berger
wrote
in
an
email
interview. “Going forward, we
are committed to working with
all Regents, regardless of political
affiliation, to advance freedom of
speech on campus.”
Where the regents do differ,
the differences tend to be more
pronounced in what policy issues
they focus on rather than their
place on the partisan spectrum.
Nonetheless, Weiser expressed
firm confidence in the capability
of the board to work effectively in
the future.
“I don’t see anything that’s
going to change based on the
things that we’re working on,
which are really about what’s
best for our customers, which are
the students, and for our faculty,
staff, and for the University’s
future,” Weiser said. “We have a
responsibility of general oversight
— especially financial oversight —
and I think that doesn’t change.”
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TUESDAY:
By Design
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
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WEDNESDAY:
This Week in History
MONDAY:
Looking at the Numbers
On Thursday, the University of Michigan Board of
Regents said goodbye to two regents.
Andrea Newman
and
Andrew Richner
were both unseated on Nov. 6, after
serving 24 and 16 years on the board, respectively.
LSA seniors Amanda Burcroff and Noah McNeal won the
Marshall Scholarship, becoming the University’s
8th and 9th winners
The Marshall Scholarship provides up to 50 students from across the United
States full funding to study at any U.K. institution in any field. This year’s
48 scholars were chosen from a pool of
1,000 applicants.
According to recent tests, groundwater
collected from storm sewers in Ann
Arbor’s West Park was found to have
19 parts per billion
of 1,4-Dioxane,
a synthetic chemical used in paint
strippers and dyes. Since
exposure to large amounts of
the toxin can cause kidney and
liver damage, as well as respiratory
issues, the state lowered the
acceptable amount of the toxin from
85 to 7.2 parts per
billion in 2016.
garnered large amounts of controversy. While the
city has not release the specifics for this cull, in the
third annual cull this past January, hunters
hunters killed 115 deer in
over three weeks
As January approaches, Ann Arbor prepares to enter
its fourth and final deer cull, which has
According to the Lecturers’ Employee Organization
community forum, faculty at U-M Flint and U-M
Dearborn are paid 21-51% less than
U-M Ann Arbor faculty for
U-M Ann
Arbor has a $10.9
billion endowment
U-M Flint has a
$96 million
endowment.
30-50% more hours
The difference stems partly from the
disparity in the campuses’ endowments.
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