Vice President of Student
Life E. Royster Harper, is
retiring from the University
of Michigan after 20 years in
her current position.
In
an
email
to
the
University
community
Thursday morning, Harper
announced her retirement,
which will be effective at the
beginning of the Winter 2020
semester. She cited wanting
to spend more time with her
family and enjoying other life
pursuits as the reason for her
retirement.
“I read a statement recently
that said, ‘Life is too precious
to be anything but deeply
alive in it.’ For me that means
moving from my current
role that I have cherished
over these past 20 years, and
spending more time with
my family and life’s other
pursuits,”
Harper
wrote.
“Thus, it is with deep gratitude
that I am announcing my
retirement,
effective
Jan.
17, 2020. While this was an
incredibly difficult decision to
make, I am ready and excited
for this next adventure.”
As
vice
president
of
Student Life, Harper works
closely with several student
organizations such as Sexual
Assault
Prevention
and
Awareness Center, Fraternity
& Sorority Life and the
Trotter Multicultural Center.
In an email statement,
University President Mark
Schlissel thanked Harper for
her service with the broader
Michigan community for the
past two decades.
“During the five years I
have known her, I’ve been
continually
impressed
by
her
thoughtful
and
innovative
leadership
on
important issues,” Schlissel
wrote. “In particular, she
has spent all of her time at
U-M working to improve
the
student
experience,
particularly for those who
are underrepresented, and
she has led groundbreaking
sexual misconduct prevention
efforts
and
empowered
survivors to report, recover,
and seek justice.”
Faculty
and
student
leaders
on
campus
who
have
previously
worked
with Harper describe her
commitment to prioritizing
student voices. Julio Cardona,
director
of
the
Trotter
Multicultural Center, detailed
how Harper’s dedication to
the University’s student body
has spanned over her decades
of service.
“Dr. Harper has committed
her
career
to
making
a
positive difference in the
lives of generations of U-M
students,” Cardona said.
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Friday, September 13, 2019
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Marijuana
use
by
college
students
hit
a
35-year
high,
according to a study released last
Tuesday. The annual Monitoring
the Future panel study, a joint effort
by researchers at the University’s
Institute
for
Social
Research,
found that, in 2018, 43 percent of
full-time college students said they
used marijuana at least once in the
previous year, while one in four said
they had used it in the last 30 days.
The national survey also showed
that binge drinking and other types
of illicit drug use had decreased
among college students.
The study surveyed 1,400 adults
age 19 to 22, including 900 who
were full-time college students and
approximately
500
non-college
youth. Principal investigator John
Schulenberg put it bluntly: He
noted that prevalence levels for
marijuana use have not been this
high for three-and-a-half decades,
when 45 percent of full-time college
students in 1983 said they had used
marijuana in the last 12 months.
Study finds marijuana usage among
college students at historic 35-year high
Researchers note dramatic increase in vaping as mode of consumption
LEAH GRAHAM
Daily News Editor
See STUDY, Page 3
The University of Michigan
Transportation Research Institute
released a report detailing methods
to quantify motion sickness in
automobiles in August. With the
conversation on driverless vehicles
growing, motion sickness has been
a concern, since one out of three
people is highly susceptible to
motion sickness according to the
National Institutes of Health.
UMTRI Director James Sayer,
an adviser to the project, said the
autonomous car industry talks
about how these cars would free
up time for passengers, allowing
them to even watch movies.
But motion sickness needs to be
addressed before this idea can be
made into reality, Sayer said.
“The idea that you could have
a fully autonomous vehicle drive
you to work while you get work
done or watch a movie … that’s
something that the industry has
been pedaling for some time,”
Sayer said.
Research
focuses on
sickness in
automobiles
TRANSPORTATION
White paper examines
method for quantifying
illness in driverless vehicles
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Daily Staff Reporter
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ADMINISTRATION
Symposium discusses psychedelic
therapies, neuroscience impact
RUCHITA IYER/Daily
Neuroscience graduate student Emma Trammel presents research findings at the Psychedelic Neuroscience and Therapy Symposium in the Rackham Thursday.
Keynote speaker Rick Doblin takes a trip to Rackham, discusses ongoing projects
On
Thursday
in
Rackham
Auditorium, about 200 attendees
listened to experts on psychedelic
neuroscience
share
their
research and the vast potential
for psychedelic therapies to treat
patients
with
mental
health
disorders.
The
“Psychedelic
Neuroscience
and
Therapy”
symposium was hosted by the
University of Michigan’s Center
for Consciousness Science.
Psychedelic science and therapy
go far beyond the familiar party
drugs characteristic of the 1960s.
Researchers and advocates aim
to sway public opinion away from
entrenched taboo stereotypes and
toward decriminalization.
Originally
characterized
as
hallucinogens, psychedelic drugs
are known for inducing states of
psychosis or altered perception.
Many
drugs
like
MDMA
(commonly known as ecstasy)
and LSD were discovered in the
early 20th century. These drugs
were used for research purposes
in their infancy, and it wasn’t until
the 1960s that their recreational
use became popularized. This
led to mass criminalization of
psychedelic substances by the
FDA and the development of their
illicit social stigma.
The keynote speaker of the
event was Rick Doblin, founder of
the Multidisciplinary Association
for Psychedelic Studies. Through
MAPS, Doblin has dedicated
himself to popularizing a more
positive and scientific view of
psychedelics.
Doblin
introduced
several
ongoing projects investigating the
healing potential of psychedelic
drugs. One aimed to use MDMA
as a treatment for post-traumatic
stress disorder. The brains of
people suffering from PTSD are
altered to respond dramatically
to fear triggers and to think less
logically.
“MDMA changes the brain too,
but does it in the opposite way,”
Doblin said. “It increases activity
in the frontal cortex so that people
can think logically about these
things and not get triggered so
easily.”
Doblin discussed studies which
show promising healing potential
for MDMA in other disorders.
HANNAH MACKAY
Daily Staff Reporter
VP E. Royster
Harper retires
after 20 years
in leadership
Campus community reflects on her legacy,
commitment to diversity and lengthy career
JULIA FANZERES
Daily Staff Reporter
See PSYCH, Page 3
A group of University of
Michigan
students
recently
launched
Michigan
Political
Consulting, the first political
consulting
organization
on
campus.
The
non-partisan
organization works with various
state and national campaigns
and currently comprises of an
executive board and a small
consulting team.
MPC Vice President Sam
Burnstein, an LSA sophomore,
said the group was founded to
fill a gap in opportunities for
campus involvement.
“There are over a dozen
different business consulting
groups that are well known
and highly coveted by students
pursuing
those
careers,”
Burnstein
said.
“But
there
wasn’t even one for politics or
campaign work.”
LSA senior Rachael Freedman
is interested in campaigning
and was intrigued by MPC’s
mission.
Consulting
group to be
politically
connected
First non-partisan student
organization forms to
work for local campaigns
EMMA RUBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
See CONSULTING, Page 3
See RETIRE, Page 3
Read more at
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