The University of Michigan 
introduced 
a 
new 
study 
to 
investigate 
the 
relationship 
between biosensors and health 
results 
earlier 
this 
month, 
following a pilot program in 
September. 
 
The 
Michigan 
Predictive Activity and Clinical 
Trajectories 
(MIPACT) 
study 
is analyzing information from 
Apple Watches to see if it can 
offer accurate data on health and 
wellness.
Dr. 
Sachin 
Kheterpal, 
an 
associate 
professor 
of 
anesthesiology at the University’s 
Medical School, is leading the 
MIPACT team and is interested 
in using biosensors like Apple 

Watches 
because 
they 
have 
become a prevalent part of society.
In 
an 
email 
interview, 
Kheterpal said not much research 
exists on the data devices like 
Apple Watches collect.
“In recent years, wearable 
technology has rapidly spread 
into 
consumer 
markets 
and 
provides unique opportunities to 
engage individuals on tracking 
and 
managing 
their 
health,” 
Kheterpal said. “Utilization of 
mobile applications in health care 
research and administration can 
streamline patient consent, data 
collection and distribution of 
health care interventions.”

Michigan Sahānā hosted an 
energetic night of music and dance 
on Saturday with its annual “That 
Brown 
Show.” 
Approximately 
300 hundred students, faculty 
and residents gathered at Hill 
Auditorium to watch Sahānā’s 
and five other dance groups’ 
student dancers and musicians 
blend classical and modern Indian 
dance and music. 
Michigan Sahānā is a student 
group focused on the appreciation 
and 
performance 
of 
Indian 
classical music and dance. This 
year’s 
production 
of 
“That 
Brown Show” was the first “That 
Brown Show Championship” in 
which Sahānā opened the stage 
to performances from five other 
Indian dance groups including 

Michigan Izzat, Michigan Taal, 
Michigan 
Manzil, 
Michigan 
Bhangra 
Team, 
Wolveraas, 
Sahana Music, in addition to 
performances by Sahānā’s own 
dancers and musicians. 
Sahānā Vice President Pranav 
Vijay, LSA junior, described how 
this event came to fruition. 
“We do TBS every year, but 
this year we really wanted to do 
something special, something we 
had never done before,” Vijay said. 
“Around October/November, we 
had the idea for Championship, 
and, by luck, I guess, got probably 
the best team we could have 
asked for. Every single person 
was so qualified and all of us came 
together and put this show on and 
it was just a blast.”
According to Sahānā dancer 
Keshav 
Akella, 
Engineering 
freshman, 
this 
year’s 
“That 

Brown Show” served as a way for 
the various Indian dance groups 
on campus to express their love 
and passion for the art of Indian 
dance in its various styles.
“Sure, all of our dance clubs are 
different in what we do, because 
there’s classical, there’s Raas, 
there’s the hip-hop, Bollywood 
type dances,” Akella said. “But 
we’re kind of cut from the same 
cloth of Indian dance and the 
unity behind it.”
The 
night 
began 
with 
a 
performance 
by 
Sahānā’s 
musicians, 
using 
traditional 
Indian 
instruments 
and 
techniques. This performance 
was quickly followed by the 
dancers 
of 
the 
all-female 
Michigan Taal group, who fused 
classical and modern Indian 
dance, incorporating numerous 
other styles of modern dance as 

well.
Vijay explained the necessity of 
this fusion of classical and modern 
artforms.
“I think it’s really important 
to preserve our roots and culture 
and I think (That Brown Show) is 
something that combines modern 
elements of dance plus we’re still 
sticking to our roots,” Vijay said. 
“I think it combines that in an 
amazing way.”
Engineering sophomore James 
Pelkey said he came to the event 
after seeing the passion his friend, 
a dancer in the all-male Michigan 
Izzat troupe, had for dance. Pelkey 
echoed the ethos of the event 
when describing the importance 
of events like it.

At 
Bethlehem 
United 
Church of Christ on Sunday 
afternoon, 
Sister 
Simone 
Campbell gave an interactive 
lecture 
addressing 
poverty, 
structural racism and income 
disparity in the United States. 
About 200 people attended the 
lecture and fundraiser, which 
was sponsored by the Ann 
Arbor chapter of RESULTS, an 
advocacy group that seeks to 
end poverty. 
Sister 
Simone 
is 
the 
Executive 
Director 
of 
NETWORK, 
a 
Catholic 
advocacy group that lobbies 
to mend gaps in income and 
wealth. She wrote the “Nun’s 
Letter,” 
a 
letter 
endorsing 
Obamacare which some credit 
as an important contribution in 
convincing Congress to support 
the Affordable Care Act. Sister 
Simone also led five cross-
country “Nuns on the Bus” trips 
to lobby members of Congress 
on issues like economic justice, 
immigration reform and voter 
turnout. 

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More than 150 students, local residents, professors gathered to participate in the event

More than 150 students, local 
Chinese-American 
residents, 
professors from around the country 
and business leaders from around the 
world gathered Saturday morning in 
Robertson Auditorium for the third 
annual Michigan China Forum. 

The forum began with an opening 
ceremony and the Sino-US panel. 
Throughout the weekend, more than 
1,300 people registered to participate 
in these two events, a career fair, 
a business pitch competition and 
panels on sports, business, education 
and the environment.
Michigan China Forum, a not for 
profit student organization registered 

with the Ross School of Business, 
organized the annual one-and-a-half 
day conference with support from the 
Ross Global Initiatives Program and 
in partnership with U-M Chinese 
Scholars and Students Association, 
Shanghai Jiao Tong University 
Student and Alumni Association and 
China Entrepreneurship Network, 
among others.

Opening Ceremony 
In his opening remarks, Peter 
Shang, Michigan China Forum 
co-president and LSA junior, said the 
goal of the forum is to foster dialogue 
about Sino-U.S. related issues and 
develop future leaders for a globally 
interconnected world. 

Panel talks
journalism, 
social media 
& politics

GOVERNMENT

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, 
reporters discuss role of 
media in digital space

‘That Brown Show’ hosts night of Indian 
classic, modern dance at Hill Auditorium

Michigan Sahānā, five other groups perform to express admiration of culture 

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On Friday, the Ann Arbor 
chapter 
of 
the 
Society 
of 
Professional 
Journalists 
hosted four panelists at the 
Ann Arbor District Library for 
their discussion, titled “Social 
Media, Politics and the Fourth 
Estate,” to share their opinions 
on the fluctuating relationship 
between politics, social media 
and reporting.
Panelists 
included 
U.S. 
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., 
Seema 
Mehta, 
political 
writer for the Los Angeles 
Times, Alex Kellogg, award-
winning journalist and regular 
contributor to The Christian 
Science Monitor, and Daniel 
Rivkin, 
communications 
strategist and former Reuters 
bureau chief manager.
Alexa St. John, SPJ President 
and former Editor in Chief of 
The Michigan Daily, began 
the discussion by asking how 
panelists felt about social media 
bridging the gaps were many 
media outlets failed. 

Ann Arbor
chapter of 
RESULTS 
hosts talk

ANN ARBOR

Bethlehem United Church 
hopes to address poverty 
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