Abbas family, Dingell proposed 
the Abbas Stop Drunk Driving 
Act, in honor of the family.
The 
Abbas 
Stop 
Drunk 
Driving Act would require the 
Department of Transportation 
to set a federal motor vehicle 
safety 
standard 
that 
would 
require all new vehicles to 
be equipped with an ignition 
interlock device (IID). If the bill 
is passed, automakers would be 
required to meet this standard 
within a year.
On the House floor, Dingell 
spoke 
on 
how 
terrible 
the 
tragedy was and how passing 
the legislation will prevent other 
accidents of its kind.
“This week, I’m introducing 
legislation in memory of the 
Abbas 
family 
that 
would 
mandate 
all 
new 
vehicles 
be 
equipped 
with 
interlock 
breathalyzer devices,” Dingell 
said. “This will stop intoxicated 
drivers from ever starting a 
vehicle and keep them off the 
roads. If we can keep one person 
from dying on the roads and 
make people think twice before 

getting behind the wheel when 
they shouldn’t — even when they 
are buzzed and think they’ll be 
okay — then won’t we have been 
successful?”
Katie Kelly, communications 
director for the University’s 
chapter of College Democrats, 
stated 
she 
is 
confident 
in 
Dingell’s propositions to create 
safer roads.
“Congresswoman 
Dingell 
is one of the hardest-working 
individuals in Congress. If she 
sets her mind to something, 
she will find a way to get it 
done,” Kelly said. “I believe 
Congresswoman Dingell’s bill, 
once implemented, will save 
countless lives and make our 
roads safer.”
Kelly 
continued 
to 
say 
setting this standard will be a 
progressive move for Detroit, 
the automotive capital.
“Michigan has always been 
the center of the automotive 
industry,” 
Kelly 
said. 
“This 
bill would continue the legacy 
of automotive leadership that 
Michigan is known for.”
Lincoln 
Merrill, 
communications 
director 
for 
the 
University’s 
chapter 
of 
College Republicans, agrees that 
the ignition interlock devices 

have been implemented and 
successful in curbing drunk 
driving in various states, but a 
national bill would possibly raise 
some issues.
“It 
is 
difficult 
to 
obtain 
accurate measurements without 
inconveniencing the operator in 
order to satisfy six sigma industry 
standards 
(meaning 
99.9966 
percent of samples would be 
accurate),” Merrill said. “While 
clearly 
beneficial 
in 
theory, 
universal implementation raises 
some new issues with logistics, 
quality management and wide 
consumer acceptance.”
Merrill also brought up how 
privacy laws and how mandating 
a universal IID law would 
unnecessarily affect millions of 
users. 
“I think this is an argument 
of how far we are willing to go 
giving up specific freedoms, in 
this case not having to effectively 
use a breathalyzer every time 
we operate a car, in order to 
in theory support something 
bigger,” Merrill said. “Is drunk 
driving and the accidents that 
come with it an awful thing? Yes, 
of course it is. But I’m not sure 
that this specific bill is the way 
to go when thinking about how it 
unnecessarily affects hundreds 

of millions of people.”
Washtenaw County Sheriff 
Jerry Clayton fully supports the 
bill, and brings up how drugged 
driving has been an increasing 
issue, and how an IID alone 
would not solve this issue.
“Drugged 
driving 
is 
a 
growing problem,” Clayton said. 
“Especially as drivers recognize 
that a really good party is as 
simple as a Xanax and 2 beers, 
then we’re right back to the same 
problem but without the illegal 
breath alcohol concentration. 
We’d still have to do roadside 
sobriety evaluations, processing 
impaired drivers and cleaning 
up the crashes.”
Clayton 
agrees 
the 
bill 
would be a beneficial first step 
to curbing drunk driving but 
expects other related issues will 
need to be addressed in the near 
future.
“I fully support the spirit 
of 
Congresswoman 
Dingell’s 
proposed bill,” Clayton said. “It 
is devastating every time we 
experience loss of life as a result 
of drunk or drugged driving. I 
think the idea has merit and is a 
good start. 

scholarship aimed to help low-
income, high-achieving students 
attend the University without 
having to worry about paying 
school tuition. Researchers found 
targeted students were twice as 
likely to both apply and enroll 
at the University than those 
students not contacted.
“We find very large effects of 
the HAIL scholarship offer on 
application and enrollment rates 
at the University of Michigan and 
more generally on college choice,” 
the report reads. “The likelihood 
of application to the University 
of Michigan more than doubled, 
from 26 percent among controls 
to 67 percent among students 
offered treatment. The share 
enrolling at any highly selective 
college more than doubled, from 
13 perfect to 28 percent, with 
this effect operating completely 
through enrollment at University 
of Michigan.”
As 
a 
field 
experiment, 
researchers wanted to analyze 
whether or not targeting specific 
students who were low-income 
and 
high-achieving 
would 
increase their application rate, 
as well as the enrollment rate. 
After finding notable increases in 
both rates, the study concluded 
encouragement for these students 
to apply to the University, as well 
as a promise of financial aid, 
could assist in increasing the 
numbers of low-socioeconomic-
status students at the University.
Two groups of students were 
analyzed. The first were the 

“treated” 
students, 
students 
targeted 
by 
the 
University 
through 
elaborate 
mailings 
and letters, encouraging them 
to apply to the University and 
guaranteeing a scholarship to 
cover their entire tuition should 
they 
be 
admitted. 
Packets 
received by families included a 
letter from University President 
Mark Schlissel encouraging the 
student to apply, a flyer describing 
the 
application 
process, 
brochures about the University 
and fee-waiving coupons for the 
Common Application, the FAFSA 
and the CSS profile. 
The second group was the 
control group. Students in this 
cohort receive the mailings and 
were treated the way they would 
have been a few years ago before 
the idea of HAIL was realized. 
According to the study, the goal 
of HAIL was to address common 
problems low-income students 
face when applying to college in 
high school.
“The intervention, the ‘HAIL 
Scholarship,’ was designed to 
address three issues that research 
shows affect the college choices 
of low-income, high-achieving 
students: uncertainty about their 
suitability for an elite school, 
over-estimates of the (net) cost of 
college, and procedural barriers 
such as financial aid forms,” the 
report reads. 
Susan 
Dynarski, 
public 
policy professor and researcher 
of college tuition policy, said 
students who could attend the 
University simply do not apply 
because they believe they cannot 
afford the tuition. The goal of 
HAIL was to change this idea.

“Many 
promising 
students 
across Michigan don’t know 
how 
affordable 
an 
excellent 
school can be, so they don’t 
bother applying for admission or 
aid,” Dynarski said. “The HAIL 
Scholarship sends a powerful 
message that this world-class 
university is open to Michigan’s 
talented students, regardless of 
their income.”
In an interview with The Daily, 
Schlissel 
commented 
on 
the 
success of HAIL in bringing more 
low-income and first-generation 
students to the school. HAIL 
lent a new type of outreach for 
the University to students from 
all over Michigan, and he hopes 
this will increase the University’s 
reputation as an outstanding 
educational opportunity.
“The 
HAIL 
Scholarship 
program 
really 
completely 
revolutionized the way we reach 
out to people in different parts 
of 
the 
Michigan 
economy,” 
Schlissel said. “The early data 
— it’s only been one admissions 
cycle — but this year’s freshman 
class has increased its fraction 
of 
first-generation 
students, 
has 
increased 
its 
representation 
of 
students 
from 
the 
lower 
socioeconomic 
quadrants or quintiles of the 
economy and it’s exceeded our 
expectations and we’re going to 
stick with it. And not only that, 
the study got national attention.”
In its first year, HAIL brought 
in 
262 
low-income, 
in-state 
students, each receiving four 
years of tuition covered — totaling 
about $60,000 in scholarship 
money per student. According to 

the study, these students would 
have been eligible for the free 
tuition whether or not HAIL 
existed. Eligible rising seniors 
were notified through elaborate 
maize 
and 
blue 
emblazoned 
mailings in high school, and 
parents and principals received 
letters commending the students’ 
academic achieving and notifying 
of the opportunity for free 
tuition.
The study reports a difference 
between schools that higher- 
versus lower-income students 
choose 
when 
applying 
and 
enrolling 
in 
college. 
Despite 
having 
the 
same 
academic 
success, lower-income students 
are less likely to attend similar 
universities 
to 
their 
higher-
income counterparts.
“Among 
students 
whose 
academic 
achievement 
makes 
them 
plausible 
candidates 
for 
University 
of 
Michigan, 
low-income students are four 
percentage points less likely 
to attend any postsecondary 
institution than their similarly-
qualified, higher-income peers,” 
the report reads. “Gaps in college 
selectivity are yet wider than 
gaps 
in 
college 
attendance: 
low-income 
students 
are 
8 
percentage points less likely to 
attend a highly selective (e.g. the 
University of Michigan) or most 
selective institution.”
According to the study, more 
selective institutions can usually 
give more financial aid to students 
than less selective schools. 

uses 
a 
cooperative 
model 
to to provide food space for 
anyone who doesn’t have their 
own restaurant or storefront 
and 
grants 
small 
businesses 
marketing and branding support. 
Their goal is to introduce these 
products to customers who may 
not otherwise be familiar with 
certain food businesses. 
The 
venue 
sells 
a 
wide 
variety of food, providing local 
restaurants and vendors with 
refrigerator shelf space while 
allowing the vendors to maintain 
complete ownership over their 
products. 
Cofounder 
Nick 
Lemmer says the Nickels Arcade 
offers the perfect opportunity to 
reach a new community with a lot 
of surrounding activity. 
“Nickels Arcade is such a 
unique place in the landscape of 
downtown Ann Arbor,” Lemmer 
says. “It has an eclectic mix of 
retail shops that work so well 
together to create an awesome 
all-in-one shopping destination. 
We are trying to give businesses 

that don’t have a downtown 
presence the ability to get their 
brands and tasty food in front of 
all the different types of people 
that frequent downtown. If our 
members are successful, the 
collective is successful.”
Backed by a team of Ann 
Arbor residents and University 
of Michigan alumni, the staff 
has a wide variety of work 
experience in the food industry. 
Constellation 
Collective 
has 
several co-founders, including 
Max Steir, founder and owner of 
Salads UP; Alex Perlman, former 
music festival food cart operator 
for The Beet Box and Cheese 
Dream; Jared Hoffman, partner 
of Salads UP; as well as Lemmer, 
a cofounder of Ioria’s Gelateria.
Public Health alum Danielle 
Butbul, director of community 
relations 
for 
Constellation 
Collective, said the Collective 
will be holding regular lunchtime 
pop-ups in collaboration with 
other food businesses. The pop-
ups are recurring events and are 
expected to begin as early as next 
week.
“We have several lunchtime 
pop-ups in the works with 
Harvest 
Kitchen 
and 
Pilar’s 

Tamales,” Butbul said. “During 
these pop-ups, customers will 
be able to come by and grab a 
fresh, warm and quick meal 
served by the hosting company. 
We also hope to collaborate with 
our neighbors in the arcade to 
activate the space for 
larger 
community 
events.”
LSA 
sophomore 
Marley Duerst maintains a vegan 
diet and believes she will benefit 
from the market because of their 
variety of gluten-free and vegan-
friendly options. She hopes it 
will be a convenient place to grab 
quick and healthy food.
“I think it’s really exciting 
that there is a place located so 
centrally on campus,” Duerst 
said. “Easily accessible fresh food 
is hard to come by in a downtown 
area, 
so 
I’m 
really 
looking 
forward to trying out this place. I 
try not to eat processed food, and 
I love eating produce, so it will 
be nice to have such a convenient 
place to get it.”
With just a full week since 
their regular hours began, Butbul 
said the business has drawn 
significant local attention.
“Within 
the 
first 
week, 

we’ve received so much love, 
encouragement and even received 
flowers from our neighbors at 
the 
University 
Flower 
Shop 
and Bivouac,” Butbul said. “We 
managed to sell out of most of 
our members’ food and will be 
ramping up our deliveries to meet 
the demand. We would definitely 
consider it a successful first 
week and we can’t wait to grow 
and carry out the lunch pop-ups 
and other events planned for the 
arcade.”
There 
are 
currently 
six 
members partnered with the 
collective, 
including 
Better 
Health of Novi, Fluffy Bottom 
Farms of Chelsea, and Harvest 
Kitchen, Juicy Kitchen, Salads 
UP and Tasty Kitchen, all of Ann 
Arbor. Butbul says the number of 
partners will continue to grow.
“We’re continuing to grow the 
roster, with special consideration 
to include companies and food 
items requested by customers,” 
Butbul said.

climate? Do you see the high 
amount of reported hate crimes 
as a success on the University’s 
part, or as a sign the University 
needs to work harder to prevent 
bias incidents? Why?

President Mark Schlissel: 
I think it’s very hard to know, 
but I share the frustration, and 
really the anger, that members 
of our community have to be 
subject to hate of any kind 
and particularly the hate of 
the type we’re talking about 
here — a hate crime based on 
identity. We are a very large, 
complicated organization with 
a lot of people coming and 
going, a lot of geography to 
cover, a lot of public buildings, 
and when hate is as simple 
as someone rolling down a 
car 
window 
and 
shouting 
something terrible at one of 
your fellow students or a faculty 
member, it’s a big challenge 
… I think we should continue 
to aggressively investigate all 
episodes that are brought to 
attention, 
recognizing 
that 
sometimes it’s very hard to 
track down a perpetrator given 
the scale and the openness of 
the campus … Probably some 
of it is a reporting incident, 
and remember, the number 
15 is a big number, but there’s 
45,000 students on campus, 
30,000 employees, so there 
shouldn’t be any episodes and 
15 should be 0 and we have 
to work in that direction. But 
I don’t want to dismiss it as 
enhanced reporting, but look 
at it for what it is and mitigate 
it. … One of the things I’d like 
to pay elevated attention to in 
the context of our DEI work 
is acts of religious bigotry and 
bias and some of that comes to 
the floor in discussions around 
Israel-Palestine politics, and 
I think we have to be wary of 
increases 
in 
anti-Semitism, 
increases 
in 
anti-Muslim 
bigotry and I think we are 
going to feature education and 
programs around that more 
prominently in the year ahead.

TMD: 
Along 
with 
information 
from 
the 
FBI 
report on hate crimes on 
university campuses, data from 
the Division of Public Safety 
and Security showed from 2015 
to 2017, the Black community 
reported the highest number 
of hate crimes followed by 
the 
Muslim, 
LGBTQ+ 
and 
Jewish 
communities. 
Given 
that 
different 
marginalized 
communities on campus may 
have varying comfort levels 
with reporting hate crimes, 
how do you plan to work with 
individual communities who 
are often targeted to prevent 
bias incidents?

MS: Me personally, but more 
importantly, Student Affairs, 
is 
continuously 
engaging 
with groups, and new groups 
come forward every day. I 
have every year, and we’ve 
already 
done 
several 
this 
academic year … meetings at 
my home over either breakfast 
or pizza for dinner to discuss 
these issues with leaders and 
members of all different kinds 
of groups, and various arms 
of student affairs have very 
regular 
interactions 
with 
student leaders representing 
each of the identity groups 
you mentioned. But those are 
just a handful and there are 
more. We’re all individuals 
that 
carry 
with 
us 
many 
identities and unfortunately 
at different moments we’re all 
subject to unfair or inequitable 
treatment and I think we have 
to prioritize eliminating this 
prejudicial treatment wherever 
we see it.

TMD: In a working paper 
published 
by 
the 
National 
Bureau of Economic Research 
in December 2018, researchers 
discussed the impact of the 
HAIL 
scholarship 
on 
the 
applications and attendance 
of students from low SES 
backgrounds. 
The 
study 
indicated 
personalized 
intervention, 
especially 
through 
attractive 
letter 
packaging and contact through 
HAIL, 
positively 
impacted 
students’ 
choice 
of 
more 
selective, elite schools. Given 
the study has only drawn 
conclusions from the first two 

years of the program, is it too 
soon to deem the scholarship 
a 
success 
in 
regards 
to 
substantially decreasing the 
income gap? Why?

MS: In the case of this 
HAIL 
Scholarship, 
which 
is a study led by Professor 
Dynarski 
from 
the 
school 
of Public Policy, the results 
were so incredibly striking 
that although the professor 
continues her study and this 
NBER publication was the 
first public report of the data, 
we’ve begun implementing it 
already … It’s such a major goal 
of our University, to make sure 
a Michigan education remains 
accessible and affordable, and 
we attract talented people 
from all different parts of the 
economy, and we’ve already 
implemented it and it’s already 
showing success … and one of 
the main take-homes from the 
HAIL Scholars program is in 
the setting of this high-touch 
interaction 
with 
potential 
students, instead of saying 
to them, if you say, ‘We give 
generous need-based financial 
aid and we’ll meet your full 
calculated need,’ if you say to 
them, ‘If you come from a family 
at or below a family income of 
65,000 dollars, you don’t pay 
any tuition — it’s free,’ it turns 
out that’s really powerful and 
the HAIL study, it increased 
the frequency of applicants 
two-and-a-half fold compared 
to a control group. … The HAIL 
Scholarship 
program 
really 
completely revolutionized the 
way we reach out to people in 
different parts of the Michigan 
economy. The early data — it’s 
only been one admissions cycle 
— but this year’s freshman class 
has increased its fraction of 
first-generation students, has 
increased its representation 
of students from the lower 
socioeconomic quadrants or 
quintiles of the economy, and 
it’s exceeded our expectations 
and we’re going to stick with 
it. And not only that, the study 
got national attention. So, it’s 
the buzz of the community 
of people around the country 
that are struggling with the 
problem of enticing talented 
kids from lower socioeconomic 
backgrounds 
to 
be 
brave 
enough 
to 
apply 
to 
great 
universities. So I’m really, I’m 
as proud of this as anything 
we’ve done.

TMD: Are there any plans to 
implement the paper’s findings 
about increased personalized, 
early intervention for all types 
of scholarships the University 
offers?

MS: We continuously learn 
what 
resonates 
as 
we 
do 
outreach around the state, so 
the goal is to have people from 
all around the state and all 
around the country think of us 
as an outstanding opportunity 
for their college education. 
And financial aid is part of it. 
We’ve tended to focus a lot of 
our resources on need-based 
aid … We try to use the lessons 
we 
learn 
from 
something 
like HAIL to improve the 
effectiveness of our outreach 
to students, and you know, it 
must be working. The number 
of applications we get is going 
up by leaps and bounds every 
year. This last year we got over 
65,000 applications, the year 
before we were in the high 50s. 
Two years earlier we were in 
the 40s … We’re quite good 
at attracting the attention of 
talented people to apply here.

TMD: At the final University 
of Michigan Senate Assembly 
of 2018, you discussed the 
University’s revisions to the 
policies 
regarding 
student 
sexual misconduct as well 
as a ban on faculty-student 
relationships. 
Some 
of 
the 
revisions involve establishing 
two different ways to settle 
cases 
— 
either 
through 
adaptable 
resolution 
or 
investigative resolution —the 
involvement of a case member 
from the Office of Student 
Conflict Resolution during each 
investigation, and the option 
for students to cross-question 
one another. What about the 
new policies will allow the 
University to deal with sexual 
misconduct more effectively?

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