They embody the Michigan
difference.”
Dickinson
said
the
team
designed Electrum about one year
ago and began construction in
May. The team made aerodynamic
changes in the nose and canopy
areas of the car and added new
solar cells and battery design. He
said the cost of the entire project
was about $1.2 million.
“(With) any new technology,
there’s always a risk, but I’d say
these were not the type of drastic
changes that we made when we
switched the body style up in
2017,” Dickinson said. “This year,
the game was not necessarily to
make it a drastic change and shake
the waters, it was more ‘how can
we take this proven design and
incrementally improve it and try
to get it closer to number one?’”
Dasgupta
emphasized
the
team’s innovations, and said they
also focused on team dynamics
this year.
“We have focused on our team
dynamics in order to maximize
efficiency during the race and
control stops as well as being
prepared for any challenges that
we face along the way,” Dasgupta
said.
The team received funding
from a number of sponsors,
including the University, to build
the car. Millunchick said the
cars are state of the art and use
expensive technologies, so it’s
important that the University
financially assists the team.
She added the University will
continue to sponsor the team
because of the team’s successes.
University
alum
Charles
Hutchins has been a donor since
1989. Dickinson called Hutchins
the team’s number one fan.
Hutchins said he has traveled to
the race with the team almost
every year.
“We came into town and were
there when they crossed the
finish line, so it’s a wonderful
feeling,” Hutchins said. “The
number of things they overcame
to be third is mind boggling.”
on the topic of menstruation,
the
event
featured
speeches
by student activists, U.S. Rep.
Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., state
Rep. Tenisha Yancey, D-Harper
Woods,
and
2018
Michigan
gubernatorial candidate Abdul
El-Sayed.
Dingell
told
the
audience
she used to hear menstruation
referred to as “the curse” when
she was in high school. As
someone who had endometriosis,
Dingell said she felt like she
couldn’t talk about it because men
would minimize her pain.
“I cannot tell you what it means
to me, as a woman … to be with
women talking about a subject
that’s been way too taboo for
too long, and to be here on the
first day we’re gathering for it. I
want to thank all of the women
that are here ending the stigma
that should’ve ended years ago,”
Dingell said.
Tenisha Yancey spoke about
two bills, House Bill 4165 and
4166, she introduced alongside
state Rep. Brian Elder, D-Bay City,
to eliminate the tampon tax in
Michigan. She urged the audience
to contact their representative in
support of the bills.
“If you happen to be low-
income or homeless, you might
often find yourself having to
make a decision each month that’s
unthinkable for many of us: Do I
eat, or do I pay for tampons and
pads?” Yancey said. “‘Do I feed
my children, or make sure I have
the sanitary products that I need?’
every 28 days. No one should have
to be faced with those choices
ever.”
A 2019 survey of low-income
individuals in the U.S. who
menstruate found almost half of
those in the study had to choose
between buying food or menstrual
hygiene products. In lieu of
products such as tampons and
pads, individuals used alternatives
such as toilet paper, paper towels,
rags, socks and diapers instead.
Acknowledging his privilege
as someone who has never
menstruated
before,
El-Sayed
drew on his experience as a
doctor to discuss the health
implications of period poverty.
When individuals have to ration
menstruation products, El-Sayed
explained they are more at risk for
disease and toxic shock syndrome.
He also said the stress of
inaccessibility can weigh heavily
on an individual’s mental health.
“When we advocate for access
to basic goods that people need
to live their lives, we are talking
about a matter of human rights,”
El-Sayed said.
Wayne State University student
Emily Tujaka, the co-president
of her campus’s PERIOD chapter
and lead organizer of the rally,
said she believes abolishing the
tampon tax would be a good step
toward alleviating period poverty.
“There’s a lot of stuff — Viagra,
corrective shoes, canes — that
are exempted from the sales
tax, because they’re considered
necessary,” Tujaka said. “Period
products are not one of those,
which we think is ridiculous, so
we want that tax gone.”
One table with free donuts also
had a sign providing attendees
with food for thought: why are
donuts exempt from sales tax but
my tampons aren’t? Public Health
junior Sarah Jang, a member of the
University’s chapter of PERIOD,
said she created the sign to draw
attention to the “ridiculousness”
of the tampon tax.
“One of the members of our
club was buying donuts and she
found out that there are no taxes
on these donuts, but then tampons
are taxed,” Jang said. “It’s absurd.
Donuts aren’t essential, you don’t
need them to live. But you need
tampons.”
Rackham student Ashley Rapp
explained she became involved
in efforts surrounding period
poverty after a friend working in
Detroit public schools asked for
product donations because her
students couldn’t afford them.
Rapp noted the University doesn’t
provide free menstrual products,
unlike some other schools across
the country, such as University of
Texas at Austin, Yale University,
Saint Louis University and others.
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