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In the weeks leading up
to the Ohio State University
football game, University of
Michigan staff and students are
participating in the 38th annual
campus-wide “Blood Battle”
blood drive to out-donate OSU.
Though the University suffered
a defeat against the Buckeyes
on the field last year, Michigan
students secured their seventh
Blood Battle win in 11 years.
With just over two weeks until
the game, University students
aim to repeat that victory.
Nursing senior Alex Zeto,
executive board member of
Blood Drives United, explained
that to her and many others,
the competition is only one
part of the Battle’s purpose.
She said she enjoys how the
Battle’s rivalry-driven success
is supplemented by the fact
each pint of blood is used to
help a person in need.
Zeto
first
attempted
to
donate blood in high school,
but she was turned away
due to Red Cross’s eligibility
requirements.
But
she
got
to campus and saw a drive
at her dorm freshman year
and decided to try again. She
joined Blood Drives United
the following year and has
helped the organization plan
the Blood Battle annually since
then.
“Since high school, I just
thought it seemed like a really
easy way to give back with
people who need my blood
more than I do,” Zeto said.
The
University
of
Michigan
Veteran
and
Military
Services
organized the “Diversity
in the Military” panel on
Monday to discuss equity
and
inclusion
in
the
United States Military.
The
panel
was
moderated
by
Philip
Larson, program director
of Veteran and Military
Services. The audience
consisted
of
about
15
students and veterans.
Larson
began
the
panel’s
conversation
by asking the panelists
about
their
decisions
to
join
the
military.
Rackham student Jacob
Granzow
ref lected
on
how 9/11 impacted him
and encouraged him to
join the military.
“I was 13 when 9/11
happened, and I guess
those images that were
on the news just stuck
with me,” said Granzow.
“I
joined
because
it
just affected me, and I
wanted to help in any
way I could.”
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A panel of LGBTQ military
veterans discussed the political
and social issues faced by past and
present veterans who identify as
LGBTQ in the Michigan League
Tuesday.
Three veterans of various
military ranks and branches
were present, including Captain
Michelle Yi, a Business graduate
student, Staff Sergeant Lacy
Jones,
Dentistry
junior,
and
Specialist Necko Fanning, an LSA
senior who moderated the panel.
Fanning asked the panelists
what can be done to make society
more welcoming to members of
the LGBTQ community.
Jones said she came from the
deep South and was a Southern
Baptist Christian. She explained
the community was not very
accepting of LGBTQ people.
“I would like to see a safe
space for individuals that may
be struggling with any form of
spirituality and accepting their
identity, which can be a really
challenging thing in and of itself,”
Jones said. “Finding a Christian
organization that is accepting
of the LGBTQ+ community and
doesn’t consider gay people to be
an abomination can be a battle.”
Veterans
examine
LGBTQ+
inclusion
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Blood Battle ramps up as football
game against OSU approaches
Students participate in blood drive, work to out-donate rival school
Panelists
reflect on
diversity
in military
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Students decorated the Rock to advertise the annual Blood Drive Battle with Ohio State University.
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Former service members
discuss discrimination,
experiences in military
Veterans highlight
need to increase equity
in the armed services
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The
University
of
Michigan Central Student
Government met Tuesday
to discuss the University
budget, Giving Blueday 2019
and to debate the recall of
two members of the Student
Organization
Funding
Committee for misconduct
during
their
membership
application
process.
One
member has been removed
and
the
second
will
be
debated next week.
Vice Provost for Academic
and Budgetary Affairs Amy
Dittmar presented on the
University budget, including
composition, allocation and
budgetary models. Dittmar’s
presentation
included
several
comparisons
between how the University
collects and disperses funds
versus
other
public
and
private universities.
Topics Dittmar discussed
included
appropriations
and
how
University’s
affordability
compares
to
other
public
universities.
According to Dittmar, recent
tuition increases have helped
achieve
affordability
for
many students on campus.
“We also have increasing
costs because we invest in
it being more affordable,”
Dittmar said. “So, now this
is a little counterintuitive,
because
we’re
increasing
tuition to pay for the cost,
and then we have to make it
more affordable. So, what it
comes down to is that there’s
a difference in what the
sticker price is and what in
any individual student might
pay, and that’s purposeful.
That’s purposeful for us
to be able to help with the
affordability.”
Sharon
Waxman,
president and CEO of the
Fair
Labor
Association,
gave a presentation Tuesday
night on the importance of
transparency and enforcing
human
rights
mandates
in
big
corporations.
The
discussion took place in the
Ross School of Business and
drew in a crowd of about 40
community members.
Ravi Anupindi, chair of
the
President’s
Advisory
Committee
on
Labor
Standards and Human Rights
at the University, began by
explaining the University’s
role in supporting fair labor
practices.
“Anything that you buy
that has a Michigan logo, as
a University we care about
the
labor
standards
and
human rights and the supply
chains that produce these
products,”
Anupindi
said.
“There
is
an
operational
mandate
to
ensure
that
companies that we license
our logo to actually meet the
labor standards of human
rights.”
Waxman
began
her
presentation by discussing a
past trend in large industries
to
prioritize
profit
over
the well-being of workers.
However,
she
said
that
rhetoric has begun to change
in recent years.
“For decades, the premise
that companies exist for the
benefit of shareholders has
driven a lot of CEOs and
boards of directors to make
decisions based primarily on
profitability,” Waxman said.
“Although not entirely new,
the concept that companies
have a role to play in society,
for the good of society, has
emerged as a focal point in
recent years.”
CSG considers removing committee
heads over admissions misconduct
SOFC chairs
face recall for
mishandling
applications
Fair Labor Association president
talks fair wages, workers’ rights
Sharon Waxman explains how companies prioritize profits over employees
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Sharon Waxman, president and CEO of The Fair Labor Association, speaks to students and faculty at Ross Tuesday evening.
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