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INDEX Vol. CXXVIII, No. 78 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit GOVERNMENT RACHEL LEUNG Daily Staff Reporter Students reflect on campus climate after Shapiro tickets sell out in minutes Young Americans for Freedom to host conservative speaker March 12 ‘U’ denies improperly investigating SMTD Prof. ADMINISTRATION University alleges student failed to participate in sexual assault investigation LEAH GRAHAM & ELIZABETH LAWRENCE Daily News Editor & Managing News Editor See WHITMER , Page 3 Follow The Daily on Instagram: @michigandaily Whitmer criticizes new Title X changes Federal family planning program no longer offers abortion counseling, referrals On Friday, the Trump administration announced final changes to Title X family planning program, the federal grant program designed to provide com- prehensive family plan- ning services to low-income Americans. The new rule will prohibit health care providers who receive Title X funding from offering patients abortion counseling or referrals. The Trump administra- tion first proposed changes to Title X last year, and the revisions were met with strong support from conser- vatives. The changes will go into effect 60 days after being formally published to the Federal Register. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a statement shortly after the proposed changes to Title X were announced. Whitmer criticized the Trump administration for limiting access to a variety of a family planning servic- es. CALLIE TEITELBAUM Daily Staff Reporter In the packed Hill Auditorium of about 3,500 students, staff and local Ann Arbor residents, Yo-Yo Ma walked out dressed in a black suit matched with a light pink tie. He looked to the crowd, glasses perched on the tip of his nose, standing adjacent to a $2.5 million dollar cello named “Petunia.” At least he didn’t leave it in a taxi this time, he joked. The world renowned cellist was not in Ann Arbor to play a Bach concert suit or to perform with the Silk Road Ensemble — he came to talk about culture, understanding and survival. Starting in August 2018, Ma began his two-year tour of the Bach Project. Ma will travel across the globe to iconic venues like The Red Rock Amphitheatre in Colorado, Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and to Ann Arbor’s very own Hill Auditorium. Ma’s project stresses in a world which is constantly changing and threatened by division, it is the role of culture and the arts to shape a better future. The Bach Project does not just celebrate art in its musical form. It also attempts to analyze and rejoice in the diverse ways that art makes each community, each society and the unified planet stronger. Born in Paris, Ma began playing cello at age four. By age seven, he had played for both presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. After graduating high school at age fifteen, he studied with Leonard Rose at Julliard, and then obtained an anthropology degree at Harvard University. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, February 28, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Yo-Yo Ma talks future of art, music and culture Sustainable Cultural Indicators Program releases year five report CAMPUS LIFE Renowned cellist visits campus as part of global “Bach Project” SAMANTHA SMALL Daily Staff Reporter Study findings indicate increased concern for environmental issues in campus community SAYALI AMIN Daily News Editor The Sustainability Cultural Indi- cators Program recently released its five-year report, which tracks the cul- ture surrounding sustainability at the University of Michigan and how it has changed over the course of the program. The findings from SCIP serve to guide operations on campus and address environmental issues within the com- munity. SCIP began in 2012 and has been conducting surveys every year and a half, with the most recent data gathered from winter 2018. The surveys focus on three target populations, which encom- pass students, faculty and staff. Some of the key findings of the five-year report include participants are more likely to believe in climate change, waste preven- tion practices of undergraduates have improved and automobiles as a mode of transportation to work has increased for staff. Robert Marans, research professor at the Institute for Social Research and a professor emeritus of architecture and urban planning, and John Callewaert, integrated assessment center director of the Graham Institute, are the two co- principal investigators for the program. Marans brought survey expertise to SCIP , while Callewaert was knowledge- able of sustainability goals. “Bob (Marans) and I got involved together,” Callewaert said. “I was bringing the specific knowledge of sustainability goals’ areas along with Bob’s knowledge of survey research, so it was a good partnership.” Marans said the goal of SCIP is to measure how the University’s cul- ture aligns in certain areas related to the environment and sustainability. “SCIP is really an attempt to eval- uate and see how we’re doing in all these areas,” Marans said. “They’re all related to the big goals set up by the University in terms of climate action and waste reduction and healthy environments and commu- nity awareness.” Callewaert added that SCIP has also led pilot programs, such as a composting initiative in Bursley, to test whether a certain project could be applied to the larger campus com- munity as a whole. “The value of what SCIP can do is we are asking people what they know about composting and if they are doing it, just kind of baseline data,” Callewaert said. “Then you can go into a place like Bursley — there’s enough students in Bursley that we can pull out their responses and see if it makes any difference and to kind of evaluate the pilot test before saying we want to do this in every residence hall.” The biggest finding from the recent report, according to Marans, is the increased likelihood that a par- ticipant believes in climate change and the increased concern for the environment. Design by Lizzy Rueppel The University of Michigan denied allegations it mishandled sexual assault claims against School of Music, Theatre & Dance professor David Daniels in court documents filed Friday. An attorney for the University said Andrew Lipian, a Music, Theatre & Dance graduate student who alleges Daniels sexually assaulted him, declined to participate in investigations conducted by the Office for Institutional Equity and the Division of Public Safety and Security. Lipian filed a lawsuit in October accusing Daniels of drugging and sexually assaulting him on March 24, 2017. He also alleged the University failed to investigate Daniels after being made aware of complaints against the professor, claiming “OIE did nothing” and “No file was opened.” See MA, Page 3 Tickets to hear conservative political commentator Ben Sha- piro sold out in under two min- utes, according to Kate Westa, vice president of the University of Michigan’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. Shapiro is the Editor in Chief of the conservative news and opinion website The Daily Wire and hosts his own conservative podcast, The Ben Shapiro Show. YAF, a student organization advocating conservative princi- ples, will be hosting Shapiro on March 12 in Rackham Auditori- um. Previous speakers hosted by YAF this year were conservative commentators Steven Crowder and Michael Knowles. According to Westa, 617 of 1060 tickets sold were registered under University student emails. Tickets reserved for University students sold out in less than two minutes and tickets for the public sold out in less than 60 seconds with more than 4,200 people on the waitlist, Westa said in an email statement. Westa attributed the high demand for student tickets to what she believes is a desire among the student body for more conservative speakers. “Clearly, these conserva- tive voices are in high demand on campus,” Westa said in the email. “I think because so few conservatives are brought to speak on campus, students are taking full advantage of these opportunities and are really craving intellectual diversity.” University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email statement 13 percent of first-year students self-reported as conservative and far right in a voluntary survey over sum- mer orientation. In the 2018 orientation, 4,833 student took the survey, 32 percent reported they identified as “middle of the road,” 43 percent were “liberal” and 13 percent did not select an option. LSA sophomore Taylor Smith said she got tickets to hear Sha- piro in order to expose herself to more alternative political views. “I think he’s a very interesting speaker,” Smith said. “I definite- ly don’t agree with everything he says, but I still think it’s a great opportunity to go and hear different viewpoints than my own.” Smith said she identifies as a moderate and wants to take advantage of an opportunity to hear from a conservative speak- er. “I definitely identify as a moderate,” Smith said. “It can go either way depending on the issue. I grew up being surround- ed by tons of different opinions across the political spectrum. So it’s definitely given me apprecia- tion for all views. And that’s why I want to go to this. I’ve never really heard a conservative speaker come and talk.” See SHAPIRO , Page 3 See SCIP, Page 3 Read more at MichiganDaily.com Design by Christine Montalbano