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The lecture began with a
short instructional video on the
steps of creating a hat.
Jones
discussed
how
throughout his time in boarding
school, he wasn’t sure exactly
what he wanted to do — all he
knew was that he wanted it to
be something exciting. He also
recalled how his family always
communicated via art, which
is why he decided to apply
to fashion school in London.
Upon arriving at the school,
Jones said he saw two distinct
cliques.
“My first day of college I
walked into this room … on the
left-hand side, there were all
these very chic, elegant girls,
all wearing beige cashmere and
smoking cigarettes,” Jones said.
“And then on the right-hand
side of the room, there were a
few, some miserable fucking
punks … and I thought, ‘I’m
either going to go left or going
to go right. I’m either going to
have to wear beige cashmere,
and or I’m going to wear cheap
vinyl.’ I went to the cheap vinyl
side and never looked back.”

As a student at St. Martin’s
School of Art, Jones got an
internship at a couture shop
working
for
the
tailoring
department. While Jones said
his main responsibility was
going on coffee runs, he advised
students to take advantage
of knowledge gained during
internships.
“Keep your eyes open … when
you are interns,” Jones said. “It
doesn’t matter what you do,
it matters what you observe
which is the most fascinating
thing. And I observed the
politics of the couture house.”
It was during this internship
that
he
became
fascinated
by the millinery department
within the couture shop. Jones
asked his boss to transfer to
the millinery department, even
though he had never created
a hat before. He was given a
weekend to produce a hat and
to present it to the head of the
department. This left Jones
scouring for materials at home
in order to create a pillbox hat.
“So, I got an old box of
cereal and took the cardboard
from that and some glue, and
I begged my sister for some
fabric, and she gave me an old
blouse,” Jones said.
Jones’s
millinery
career

started picking up as he began
spending his nights at the
Blitz nightclub and premiering
his hats on the fashion scene.
By 1980, he had dropped out
of art school and opened his
own millinery. Jones credits
his success to his successful
networking,
especially
befriending Jasper Conran, a
fellow fashion designer. Jones
recalled how, one day, Conran
told him that he had a new
client opportunity for him.
“So, I went to his showroom
and I opened the door and
in the fitting room… to my
complete
amazement
[was]
Princess Diana, Princess of
Whales,” Jones said. “And then
I said, ‘Oh, where’s Jasper?’ and
I heard an ‘I’m here’ and Jasper
suddenly appeared from under
the ballgown.”
Jones said he works with
large scale couture shops such
as Dior and Marc Jacobs, but
he also works with individual
celebrities. The slideshow he
displayed showed all of his
hat creations on the heads of
Madonna, Rihanna, Lady Gaga,
Janelle Monae, Meghan Markle
and Amal Clooney.

In 2016, it was renamed
the
Center
for
Academic
Innovation
and
became
a
presidential
initiative,
allowing it to expand its
offerings and reach out to
more students.
Currently,
the
center
runs
about
160
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
to
make a University education
accessible to students online.
The
MOOCs
are
courses
designed by University faculty
that are meant to be taken
online by anyone interested in
learning more about a specific
subject.
Schlissel also introduced
the Firearm Injury Prevention
Research Initiative, a new
program that aims to harness
the
University’s
research
capabilities to advocate for
safer gun use across the
country. Schlissel stressed the
program is not interested in
debating Second Amendment
rights or introducing gun
control measures, but instead
is focused on collecting data
to prevent gun deaths through
safer and smarter use.
“I
trust
the
initiative
to engage the breadth of
expertise across the University
of Michigan with input from
non-academic
stakeholders
to generate knowledge and
advanced solutions that will
decrease firearm injury in
the United States,” Schlissel
said. “The focus is not on gun
control, but rather on injury
prevention.”
During the Q&A session
that took place after the
speech, an attendee asked
Schlissel to elaborate on how
firearm
injury
prevention
is not a form of gun control.
Schlissel responded by noting
that the new initiative is only
focused on the ways research
can help prevent injury and is
not politically affiliated in any
way.
“The challenges around the
politically contentious debate
over
interpretation
of
the
Second Amendment actually
seem to paralyze our country
from dealing with the health
crisis,” Schlissel said. “So,
the notion is, it’s not that I

don’t think people should be
discussing
and
considering
gun control, but it’s not our
research initiative.”
During
his
speech,
Schlissel
also
touched
on
current
Diversity,
Equity
and
Inclusion
plans
that
will
continue
throughout
the semester. The five-year
DEI plan — the University’s
program to increase diversity
in all sectors of the institution
— is currently in its fourth
year. Schlissel said he plans
to
work
with
University
administrators, faculty and
students to continue these
efforts even after the fifth
year finishes.
“Thanks to the dedication
and hard work of people of
people all across our campus
… the values we share are
becoming ingrained deeply in
the content of our mission as
a public university,” Schlissel
said.
LSA sophomore Julianna
Collado,
the
external
director of La Casa, a student
organization
representing
Latinx students and faculty
at the University, attended
the
Leadership
Breakfast
alongside
three
other
members of the organization.
Collado said she and other
representatives from La Casa
wanted to hear Schlissel’s
plans for expanding current
DEI projects.
“I
was
particularly
interested
in
the
DEI
initiatives that are happening
and
how
that
work
will
continue
after
the
five-
year plan,” Collado said. “It
was interesting to see what
was
highlighted,
but
also
acknowledging that there is
still a lot of work that needs to
be done.”
In the Q&A session, Craig
Reynolds,
the
executive
director
of
the
Office
of
Research
and
Sponsored
Projects,
asked
Schlissel
how the University plans to
respond to current policies
that make it difficult for
academics in other countries
to do research in the United
States.
“A challenge that we face is in
the rhetoric in policy changes
coming out of Washington in
respect to foreign influence
on research,” Reynolds said.

“One of the hallmarks of a
strong university is our ability
to attract students and faculty
and post-docs from across the
world, either as collaborators
are
as
members
of
our
community.”
Schlissel emphasized the
University’s commitment to
fostering
an
international
and diverse student body and
faculty, and said the University
would do the most it could to
continue attracting students
from around the world.
“We are a global university,
and that means being open to
collaborations,
educational
efforts, global travel in all
parts of the world,” Schlissel
said. “Twenty percent of all
Michigan faculty were not
born in the United States.
Our
talented,
hardworking
students
in
this
year’s
freshman class come from 68
countries around the globe.
We’re a global university, and
that’s inextricably linked to
our excellence.”
Other topics discussed at
the
Leadership
Breakfast
included
the
Commission
on Carbon Neutrality, the
Ideas Lab at the Biosciences
Initiative and the retirement
of Vice President of Student
LifeE. Royster Harper, among
others.
Schlissel also announced
that an anonymous donor
recently
donated
several
million
dollars
to
the
University to fund projects
that will help the campus
achieve
carbon
neutrality.
Schlissel said he asked the
Graham
Sustainability
Institute to set up a fund with
the money that will be used
by faculty toward developing
carbon-neutral strategies.
Schlissel
mentioned
that
the
University
recently
joined the University Climate
Change Coalition, a group
of North American research
universities that help their
campuses
and
surrounding
communities
reach
their
climate goals.
“The
problem
of
global
climate change is far too big for
any one institution to solve,”
Schlissel said. “Collaboration
and engagement are key to
creating real, lasting solutions
that will benefit our society.”

Eyer previously worked at
MLive and the Ann Arbor News.
After leaving MLive in 2016,
Eyer replaced Conan Smith on
the Washtenaw County Board
of Commissioners. Smith left
to pursue a position in the
county’s Office of Community
and Economic Development, and
Eyer served the remainder of the
term.
Following
an
unsuccessful
write-in campaign to continue
in that position, Eyer became a
partner at Vanguard, a Michigan
public relations firm representing
organizations in the fields of
education, labor and advocacy.

According to Eyer, she is
running
because
she
wants
to reshape how the council
approaches issues in the city.
“When I look at our current
City Council, I’m frustrated …
because I see a lot of ‘no’ when
ideas come to the table, and I
don’t see a lot of solutions being
put forth,” Eyer said. “I don’t
think that’s leadership, and I
think that has to change.”
Ginny Rogers, Ann Arbor
resident
and
a
member
of
the Citizens’ Climate Lobby,
explained she attended the event
hoping to learn more about Eyer’s
campaign, as she is attracted
to Eyer’s stances on affordable
housing and climate action.
“Seeing
what
she’s
said
on
social
media
about
the

importance of those issues, I’m
just really interested in Jen’s
campaign and what she can do to
address those issues in the city,”
Rogers said. “I just want to hear
more details of what she thinks
and what she’s hoping to do.”
Jenna Jarjoura, a Community
High School student, helped sign
in guests at the door. Jarjoura
explained she wanted to help
with the campaign because she
has known Eyer since befriending
Eyer’s daughter in kindergarten.
“Every time I’ve gone over
to her house, she’s always made
sure I’ve had everything I needed
from a very young age all the way
until now,” Jarjoura said.

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“Recent
changes
have
already made parking easier for
patients: in August we created
more than 250 spaces for patient
parking because patients were
missing or late to appointments,
or just arriving quite stressed
out by the parking process.”
Leah Karr, a nurse at Mott’s
Children’s Hospital, said she
understood the need for more
patient parking, as she has a
child who is a frequent patient
at Mott. However, Karr said
the converted parking spots
disproportionately
affected
nurses and other direct bedside
employees and can put them in
dangerous situations if their
shifts end late at night.
“I also have a son that has
a chronic medical condition,
and I spend a bit of time at
the hospital as a parent as
well, so there definitely was a
very strong need for increased
patient and visitor parking at
the hospital hands down, I do
not disagree with that,” Karr
said. “However, the solution
that they came up with was
to maintain that top level of
parking — the gold parking
— and cut the blue parking,
which really affects a lot of
direct bedside employees. And
then, so they’re forced to go to
outline lots, which would be
OK, except there is not reliable
and
safe
transportation
to
get the employees to work on
time. The shuttles do not run
frequently enough and many of
the lots are not well lit, and so
you’re asking them to go back
out to their cars late at night.

It’s a problem.”
A University of Michigan
graduate and current registered
nurse at the University of
Michigan Hospital has asked to
remain anonymous to protect
her job. She will be referred to
as Nurse 1.
Nurse 1 said she can attest
to struggling to find parking
as a hospital employee. She
expressed that she has been
late to work as a result of these
difficulties and feels like the
University doesn’t prioritize the
needs of those working in often
undervalued hospital positions,
such as nurses and clerks.
“Parking is a daily hassle,”
Nurse 1 said. “In the first two
months of work, I was late
twice because of it. It comes
up almost daily on my unit as
it being an issue. That being
said, it’s a problem for everyone,
patients included. The solutions
that they’ve come up with
don’t solve anything though,
and a lot of times it feels like
the critical employees are put
on the back burner when they
make decisions. Without us
though, you have no functional
organization.”
Masson
said
Michigan
Medicine has heard the nursing
union’s concerns, and that a
new parking lot will open in the
fall of 2020.
“We
also
have
listened
to
staff
and
have
made
improvements:
adding
more
buses,
more
direct
express
routes and more low-cost and
free remote parking spaces with
shuttle service for employees,”
Masson wrote. “A new garage
for employees on Wall Street is
under construction and opens
in fall 2020 with more than

1,000 parking spots.”
Masson
noted
the
new
12-story
hospital,
that
is
supposed to open in 2024,
will help alleviate the parking
problems overall.
LSA junior Rayna Shamah
emphasized
the
importance
of
nurses
in
a
hospital
environment. She cited her
own personal experience as a
patient, saying the nurses made
her feel the most cared for.
“When I was in the hospital,
nurses were the figures that
provided hands on support and
helped me get through my time
there,” Shamah said. “They
kind of personalized the whole
experience and allowed me to
feel cared for, and that they
actually wanted to help me.
I wasn’t just another person
coming through the hospital
that they needed to take care
of.”
Shamah said the University
should realize how important
nurses are and prioritize their
safety as well.
“I feel like it makes them
feel undervalued when they’re
not
given
parking
spaces,”
Shamah said “Which makes
them late for work and makes
them miss out on patient care,
which could be very vital for
the patient. The patient always
comes first, and the University
should know that, and care
about their nurses’ safety and
well being.”
Ultimately, Karr said she
loves her job, and she just wants
to be able to do the best she can.
“I love being a nurse, I love
what I do,” Karr said, “and I
just want my colleagues to get
to and from the hospital 24/7
safely.”

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SCHLISSEL
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“To come visit me and try to
get me to go to Michigan was a
fond memory of people taking
interest in you as a person.”
Russell would go on to set
the school’s record for single-
season scoring as a sophomore,
breaking it as a junior and again
as a senior, becoming a three-
time All-American and one of
the greatest players in Michigan
basketball history.
After
his
time
at
the
University, Cazzie went on to
play for five National Basketball
Association
teams
including
the New York Knicks and the
Los Angeles Lakers. He earned
an NBA championship and was
named an NBA All-Star player.
From his time at the University,
he was the National College
Player of the Year of 1966 and
had his jersey number 33 retired
from the team.
“I am a part of history,”
Russell said. “They have blessed
me by retiring my number.”
Martin Vloet, founder of
Michigan Stadium Products,
invited Russell back to campus
in honor of the launch of his
latest product, a pen made from
wood from the arena where he
used to play. Vloet came upon
the original redwood bench
seats at The Big House, which
were installed in 1927, during
the repurposing of the stadium
in 2010. The redwood seats
were going to go waste. As a fan,
Vloet said he couldn’t sit by and
let this happen.
“When I saw what was
bound for the dump, I figured
someone’s gotta save this … I
felt like I had to take some of it
with me,” Vloet said. “I wanted
something to maintain that
connection … I’ve had a passion
for Michigan sports for a long
time.”
He salvaged the bit of wood he
could and turned it into multiple
limited-edition products to sell
to fans who wanted to have a
piece of Michigan history with
them. Once the University had
licensed
and
authenticated
the wood, Vloet turned it into
pens, bottle openers, cufflinks,
pendants and bracelets. He
said what makes his product
special is the limited amount of
material to use, and therefore,
an exclusive amount of product
he can sell.
“It’s a piece of Michigan
Stadium history, which is really
nice because it’s something
even donors who are giving
tens of millions of dollars can’t
find somewhere else,” Vloet
said. “Really just something for
Michigan fans to connect with
and to hold on to. The material
is so limited that we wanted to

reflect that in a product.”
In early 2019, Vloet decided
to
move
into
basketball-
inspired products to appeal to
a wider Michigan fan base. He
found the final few boards of
the original hardwood floors
of the Crisler Arena that had
been installed in 1967. The
Crisler Center has been dubbed
“The House that Cazzie Built”
after he led the team to victory
at the Big Ten Conference
championship three years in a
row. Though he never played
in the arena, Russell grew the
Michigan fanbase beyond the
limits of the Yost Field House,
where he originally played.
“We wanted to tie it to the
Crisler,” Vloet said. “There
is so little of it (Yost Field
House) that we wanted to try
and attach it to the history of
Crisler Arena, so on a whim
I looked up Cazzie Russell. I
wanted something that went
all the way back in history,
the same as the flooring did
and I sent a couple of letters to
Cazzie (and said) we wanted to
build something on the history
of the program.”
The wood floor of the original
Crisler Center was salvaged and
turned into a dedication wall
inside of the current Crisler
Center. The remaining few feet
of wood saved by Vloet will be
turned into 266 limited edition
pens to commemorate Russell’s
legacy at the University and on
the team.
“I think (the pens are) a nice
tribute to history,” Russell said.
“I am glad and humble about
that. I think I also have gotten
some wood from the two arenas
that have sent to me: the floor
from Yost and a piece from the
renovation of Crisler. When I
walk in (the Crisler arena) and
get on the escalator and went
up there I almost cried because
when you go up there and you
look at that, that really reminds
me of coming to Michigan in
1962.”
Russell
calls
himself
a
Michigan man and is looking
forward to his return to campus.
“I am a Michigan man,”
Russell
said.
“I
went
to
Michigan. I am a part of history.
I want to be there for the
reunion … I am truly grateful
for the opportunity to come
back to see everyone and to be
involved in the homecoming
atmosphere.”
Russell discussed the story
behind the famous picture of
him standing in the construction
site of Crisler Center. He said
when the picture was taken, the
team had just finished two good
years for Michigan basketball
and were hoping to play in
the new arena senior year.
Something went wrong with
the roof so Russell didn’t get to
play in it while at Michigan, but

he did get the chance as a rookie
for the Knicks.
“I took a picture in the first
Crisler Arena hoping to play
there,” Russell said. “ ... I played
in it a year later as a rookie for
the Knicks … and the people
were so wonderful, they gave
me a five minute standing
ovation; sometimes I wish I can
go back and replay that because
it lets you know how blessed
you are to be a part of history.
It really is a great feeling … to
say, ‘Thank you for your years of
playing and your dedication to
making Michigan good.’”
Russell said Ann Arbor has
changed a lot since he played.
He said there used to be nothing
but train tracks where the
Crisler Center is located.
“I came to Michigan in 1962
when a lot of the stuff that is
built now was not built,” Russell
said. “I am excited about it.
Ann Arbor is somewhere very
special because when I look
back over what has happened in
and around Yost, it was nothing
but train tracks over there …
I’ve been blessed to be 75 where
I can enjoy that and look back
over it.”
LSA junior William Rieck, an
avid Michigan basketball fan,
appreciates Michigan Stadium
Product’s mission and devotion
to history.
“I think it’s awesome,” Rieck
said. “Cazzie’s legacy in Ann
Arbor is still felt in the program
today, and repurposing Crisler’s
old hardwood is a great way
to remember the past and
get excited for the future of
Michigan Basketball.”
Vloet said the next step in the
expansion of his business is the
move into hockey with acquired
wood benches from Yost Field
House.
“I want to find some new
avenues, and some people like
sports, and Michigan Stadium is
a temple of college football and I
look forward to expanding a bit
and looking to do more,” Vloet
said. “I picked up the original
seats from Yost, so I have two or
three long bench seats.”
During Russell’s visit, he
will be doing a public signing
session and tailgate, in addition
to reuniting with his teammates
of 1964 and 1965. He said they
are all now between the ages of
75 and 80.
Russel said he is very excited
to meet with new basketball
coach
Juwan
Howard
and
watch the Iowa game from a box
on Saturday.
“I am very, very grateful
God gave me a chance to play
for Michigan and I got to do
something to help people enjoy
winning because I am a tough
loser,” Russell said. “I don’t like
losing. But it was a real pleasure
for me to play for Michigan and
I hope they feel the same way.”

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