Katie Wolberg returned to
campus after winter break filled
with anticipation. As a second-
semester LSA freshman, she
resolved to explore her developing
interest in consulting, excited
by the prospect of what joining
a firm offered her: a network, a
group of friends and a community
at the University of Michigan.
Despite Katie’s interest in data
analytics and consulting, her
anticipation quickly turned into
disappointment when she was
met with rejection at some of the
top consulting clubs on campus,
cutting short her opportunity to
engage in this new atmosphere.
“I’m planning on transferring
to the School of Information,”
Wolberg said. “I’m interested in
maybe consulting in the future,
or doing something in the tech
industry, and I thought [joining
a club] would be a really good
opportunity to meet new people
and expand my network … and
then it fell through and now I’m
like, ‘Do I need to rethink what
I’m doing?’”
Campus
clubs
and
organizations are an integral
part of the college experience.
With more than 1,600 clubs at the
University, students are afforded
the opportunity to engage in a
myriad of activities.
But
many
pre-professional
organizations require intensive
application processes that make
membership extremely exclusive.
Competitive
admissions
are
especially prevalent in business-
oriented,
pre-professional
organizations,
including
consulting groups, investment
firms and business fraternities.
Applications
often
require
written supplements, interviews
and multiple rounds of “cuts,”
yielding an extensive process of
new member selection.
A
growing
sentiment
of
frustration has developed among
portions of the student body due
to the highly selective nature
of these clubs, which reject a
majority of initial applicants
before welcoming new members.
LSA junior Andrew Levey
discussed
how
his
own
experience with rejection from a
campus consulting firm led him
to create Alliance Consulting
Group, an organization dedicated
to providing all students with
an opportunity to learn about
consulting.
Following
temperature
lows of -17 degrees Fahrenheit
Wednesday
and
Thursday,
numerous Ann Arbor tenants
faced
difficulties
resulting
from the inclement weather.
Several apartment buildings
around
campus
contended
with burst pipes and heating
malfunctions Thursday due to
the low temperatures. Varsity
Ann
Arbor,
an
apartment
building on E. Washington
Street
largely
housing
University
of
Michigan
students, dealt with these
problems yesterday afternoon.
On Thursday at about 1 p.m.,
Varsity
Management
sent
out an email to its tenants,
stating that a water pipe had
frozen and burst, leading to
a fire alarm going off on the
3rd floor of the apartments.
Consequently, heating and hot
water throughout the building
was limited for much of the
day.
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CAMPUS LIFE
MDining
to start new
emergency
allergy plan
Coalition of faculty, students
launch One University campaign
Addition of epinephrine auto injectors
serve as aid for sensitive food allergies
Initiative is an effort to spread resources fairly among three ‘U’ campuses
The
One
University
Campaign, a coalition of faculty
and
students,
launched
last
semester across the University of
Michigan’s three campuses as an
effort to equip the University’s
Flint and Dearborn campuses
with more resources. A key player
in the campaign is sociology
lecturer Ian Robinson, president
of
the
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization. Robinson said the
campaign has ideas in the works
for where these resources should
go and has the numbers to back
them up.
“We
are
in
many
ways
one university, and in many
ways
not,”
Robinson
said.
“The 1U campaign is really,
fundamentally
an
effort
to
get more resources for those
campuses, and we have a number
of different areas in which
we think they’re lacking right
now and which we have ideas
on what might address those
inadequacies and some numbers
that prove where things are
now.”
The University of Michigan’s
College of Literature, Science and
the Arts announced the formation
of the Digital Studies Institute
Monday. The Institute will expand
the current minor degree program
and provide students and faculty
with greater resources, in addition
to a new location on campus.
“LSA created the Digital Studies
Institute to bring a humanities-
centered approach to the power
and problems of the digital worlds
billions of people visit and inhabit
each day,” the press release reads.
“The
compelling,
integrated
coursework allows students to
attain a degree with a more holistic
and tech-savvy viewpoint on social
and cultural issues.”
The Department of American
Culture created the Digital Studies
minor program in 2014. With
only 20 students in its first year,
the curriculum focused on the
digital world and its history, as
well as human interaction with
technology. The program grew
to more than 100 students by its
second year and expanded to
include a graduate program in 2016.
LSA creates
institute to
expand the
digital minor
ACADEMICS
New institution will
focus on intersections of
technology and human
identity, provide research
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Ann Arbor
apartment
loses heat
amid cold
MICHIGAN
Emergency alert sent to
consumers to conserve
energy due to weather
and power concerns
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MDining decided to implement
an emergency-use epinepherine
program for fall of 2019 after a
change in Michigan Legislation
in 2015 allowing pharmacists
to
dispense
auto-injectable
epinephrine to an authorized
entity.
The epinephrine auto-injectors
will be available as an emergency
resource in all residential dining
halls, according to a press release
from the University of Michigan.
MDining
will
partner
with
Housing security, a subunit of
U-M Division of Public Safety &
Security, which will have security
officers
patrolling
residential
areas, equipped with epinephrine
auto-injectors.
According to the press release,
a 2017 FDA report said there has
been a 25 percent increase in
allergy sensitive adults from 2007-
2017. The Journal of the American
Medical
Association
found
nearly 26 million adults have
food allergies, and that number is
growing.
MDining
Dietitian
Anne
Smiarowski
explained
the
implications of this research in
the University press release.
“All
research
points
to
this number increasing for
many reasons, including new
additives and food processing
that our bodies are not used
to, as well as the possibility
that we’ve become too clean,”
Smiarowski said “The focus
has been on making sure we use
hand sanitizers, disinfectants,
etc., everywhere in our life.
Some
studies
suggest
this
has
altered
our
immune
system’s response to potential
allergens.”
Kathryn Whiteside, Director
of Systems Management for
MDining, said the epinephrine
program is not necessarily a
response to a rise in allergy
sensitive adults but to the
recent legislation passed under
the Public Act 221 of 2015
that allows for authorized
personnel on campus, including
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