In 
partnership 
with 
the 
Detroit 
Community-Academic 
Urban 
Research 
Center, 
University of Michigan student 
organization Poverty Solutions 
took on nine, year-long projects 
in 2019 in an effort to combat 

the rising rates of poverty and 
evictions in Michigan using a 
cross-community 
collaborative 
approach.
Numerous cities within the 
state of Michigan, including 
Muskegon, 
Saginaw, 
Battle 
Creek and Dearborn Heights, are 
among the top 20 mid-size cities 
in the United States with the 

highest rates of eviction.
Robert Goodspeed, assistant 
professor of urban planning, 
Margaret 
Dewar, 
emerita 
professor of urban planning and 
Elizabeth Benton, an attorney 
working with the Michigan 
Advocacy 
Program, 
will 
be 
conducting Michigan Evictions: 
Assessing Data Sources and 

Exploring Determinants, one of 
the nine projects. 
Goodspeed said the project 
aims to analyze the factors 
leading to eviction. He suggests 
some of the causes might include 
varying housing costs in different 
geographic locations and a lack of 
access to legal services.

Upbound at Work is an 
outgrowth of Autism Alliance 
of 
Michigan, 
a 
Michigan-
based nonprofit organization, 
which leads efforts to expand 
opportunities for people affected 
by autism. President and CEO 
Colleen Allen developed the 
program five years ago along 
with Chief Programming Officer 
Tammy Morris. Upbound at 
Work aims to connect those with 
disabilities seeking employment 
to companies so they are able 
to lead a successful career. 
Upbound at Work collaborates 
directly with disability services 
and career services on the 
University of Michigan campus.
The program started because 
companies who had hired an 
individual with autism often 
consulted 
Autism 
Alliance 
as 
mediators 
for 
instances 
where the employee’s job was 
in jeopardy and about to be 
terminated. Morris stated often, 
it was because of something as 
simple as miscommunication or 
misunderstanding. Additionally, 
Autism 
Alliance’s 
navigator 
calling program, that offered 

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ACADEMICS
Law School 
offers Title 
IX course by 
investigator

Government officials, experts 
examine inequities in health

Attorney leads class on gender-based 
discrimination in higher education

Sustainable Ann Arbor forum covers intersection of policy, social injustice

A group of about 50 Ann 
Arbor residents gathered at the 
Ann Arbor District Library to 
participate in the first forum 
of the Sustainable Ann Arbor 

2019 series. The evening was 
engineered to address issues of 
health inequity among the U.S. 
population, particularly how 
minorities and undocumented 
immigrants suffer from lack 
of health care attention. The 
moderator of the event, Ann 
Arbor 
Sustainability 
and 

Innovations 
Manager 
Missy 
Stults,began the night with 
an interactive quiz regarding 
inequality statistics in America.
Ellen Rabinowitz, a health 
officer of Washtenaw County 
Health 
Department, 
began 
the first of three panelist 
presentations by focusing on 

the 
social 
determinants 
of 
health. She covered three main 
concepts: assurance, assessment 
and policy development. Part 
of her initiative was to change 
the way these topics are talked 
about. Rabinowitz repeatedly 
emphasized how public health 

ALYSSA MCMURTRY
Daily News Reporter

Grillcheezerie 
Sandwich 
Shoppe closed its doors after four 
years in Ann Arbor.
The restaurant originated in 
the city of Southgate. The original 
location closed in 2014, less than 
a year after its opening. Facebook 
users said the limited seating and 
high prices made the Southgate 
location undesirable.
Nick Costos, the owner of 
Grillcheezerie, previously operated 
Mr. Greek’s Coney Island on South 
State Street from 1995 to 2006. In 
2014, he had the idea to re-open 
Grillcheezerie in a new location on 
Packard Street. 
Costos told MLive in 2014 that 
the shop would offer more than 10 
varieties of sandwiches, costing 
between $4 and $7 each, in addition 
to traditional macaroni and cheese, 
soups and salads.
Grillcheezerie was a counter-
service 
restaurant 
with 
a 
delivery option and could seat 
approximately 
12-15 
people 
at a time, Costos said in the 
interview. He was inspired to open 
Grillcheezerie by his time living in 

A2 bids 
farewell 
to grilled 
cheese shop

BUSINESS

Grillcheezerie, student 
late-night favorite, closes 
its doors permanently

ALEX HARRING
Daily Staff Reporter

Design by Roseanne Chao

Poverty Solutions spearheads projects 
to help reduce rising eviction rates

Student group launches 9 initiatives to collect data on socioeconomic problems

SAMANTHA SMALL
Daily Staff Reporter

Nonprofit 
helps to 
expand 
job access

BUSINESS

Program supports people 
impacted by autism to find 
employment opportunities

NIKKI KIM
Daily Staff Reporter

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Rebecca 
Veidlinger, 
Law 
School lecturer and current 
Title IX investigator, has begun 
teaching a course focused on 
Title IX and its role in institutions 
of higher education. The course 
centers 
upon 
policy 
issues 
relating to the investigation 
of sexual misconduct and the 
importance of other federal laws 
in response to these allegations. 
Veidlinger, 
who 
investigates 
allegations 
of 
gender-based 
discrimination 
and 
sexual 
violence as an attorney in private 
practice, structured the class as 
a 16-person seminar in order to 
facilitate open discussion and 
debate.
The University revised its 
sexual misconduct policy after 
the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of 
Appeals ruled in September 
2018 that public universities 
“must give the accused student 
or his agent an opportunity to 
cross-examine 
the 
accuser.” 
Echoing this decision, Secretary 

of 
Education 
Betsy 
DeVos 
strengthened 
the 
rights 
of 
defendants in Title IX cases by 
allowing for a period of cross-
examination 
between 
the 
accuser and accused in November 
2018. These developments in 
Title IX policy have created a 
ripple across campus, with letter 
writing campaigns and student 
group petitions.
Veidlinger said her work as an 
attorney and investigator offers 
students a real-world perspective 
on these issues to enhance their 
understanding of legal theory.
“I cannot only teach the 
theory, the legal bases like case 
law and the legal texts, but I can 
also share with them what I’m 
seeing on ground,” Veidlinger 
said. “We’ll learn about the 
regulations and then I’m going to 
tell them: here’s what this looks 
like in real life.”
This class has been taught 
previously, but it is the first time 
Veidlinger is teaching it. Law 
School student Rebecca Strauss, 
who is enrolled in the class, said 

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Washtenaw County Health Officer Ellen Rabinowitz, Washtenaw County Commissioner Dr. Felicia Brabec, and Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and 
Education Dr. Paul Fleming discuss health equity at the Ann Arbor District Library Thursday evening. 

