After defining important 
and frequently misunderstood 
terms 
including 
sexual 
orientation 
and 
gender 
identity 
and 
expression, 
Sugar discussed the growing 
global awareness of inclusive 
fashion. 
“We’re seeing a lot of 
mainstream, 
high-fashion 
designers 
on 
the 
runway, 
designing for gender-equal 
clothing and non-gendered 
styles,” 
Sugar 
said. 
“This 
is important because … if 
we’re seeing the opening up 
of gender expression, and if 
we’re seeing non-gendered 
clothing styles on the runway, 
eventually those are going to 
be passed down because of 
influencers.”
Sugar 
showed 
a 
video 
portraying the 2018 runway 
show 
from 
the 
Brooklyn 
Museum, hosted by dapperQ, 
a queer fashion magazine that 

inspires all people to think 
uniquely about queer fashion 
as beauty and art. In this 
video, models defined what 
queer fashion meant to them 
and set trends that would 
spread awareness about queer 
fashion on a broader scale. 
Sugar also talked about 
prominent existing designer 
lines such as Virgil Abloh’s 
Off-White luxury line. The 
designers were focused on 
not only creating LGBTQ 
inclusiveness, 
but 
also 
inclusiveness for race, gender, 
ability and size.
Finally, 
Sugar 
discussed 
her own company, Play Out 
Apparel, 
a 
company 
that 
provides multiple styles of 
underwear, 
anatomically 
adjusted for both males and 
females. They create prints 
that will be equally available 
for any gender and style of 
underwear or athleisure.
“I started this company 
because I wasn’t able to find 
clothing that affirmed my 
gender identity or gender 
expression,” 
Sugar 
said. 

“Underwear, when I started 
this company years ago, was 
extremely gendered. Every 
color should be in every single 
cut or style available.” 
Stacy 
Miller-Bond, 
a 
marketing manager at Spark 
Foundry, spoke to The Daily 
about her high hopes for 
growing inclusivity in the 
fashion industry after the 
event.
“I think overall, my hope is 
that (the fashion industry) is 
always inclusive, and not just 
inclusive of a specific look or 
of a specific group of people,” 
Miller said. “(In terms of) 
intersectionality, it was not 
always inclusive of people 
of color … but I definitely 
feel like it’s moving there. In 
the presentation itself, just 
in the choices of imagery, 
there weren’t just stick-thin 
models, 
white 
models 
or 
Black models. It was a little 
bit of everyone which made it 
feel more at home, and that’s 
how I feel fashion and queer 
fashion should be.”

Oasis 
Grill 
will 
be 
moving into the previous 
location of China Gate, 
another South U. eatery 
that closed recently. 
“Because the lease is not 
expired yet for the Oasis, 
they gave him the other 
location there and I think 
the Oasis Grill is going to 
move on Jan. 7 over there,” 
Ghussani said. 
Ghussani also explained 
South U Pizza would not be 
relocating after December.
“He’s not going to open 
any more because it says 
South U Pizza, it should be 
on the South U, and there’s 
no more locations on South 
U,” Ghussani said. “There’s 
a lot of customers that are 
really, really sad, they have 
customers from a long time 
ago.”
Many students know the 
restaurant as a quick and 
easy pizza stop. Business 
junior 
Jaylen 
Burch 
explained South U is his 
choice for a pre-class meal.
“Before class, if I just 
want a little bite to eat 

since this looks probably 
cheap and inexpensive, I’ll 
come grab a slice here,” 
Burch said.
LSA 
junior 
Laura 
Sanderson expressed her 
disappointment since her 
usual stop between classes 
would be closing down. 
She bemoaned the loss of 
South U’s many creative 
pizza flavors.
“I’m 
disappointed. 
I don’t know how long 
they’ve been here, but I’ve 
seen plenty of businesses in 
Ann Arbor open and close 
within 
a 
few 
months,” 
Sanderson said. “But it 
does make me sad, because 
now, where am I going to 
go for my mac and cheese 
pizza and what not?”
Sanderson 
also 
elaborated on her concern 
for 
the 
replacement 
of 
local 
restaurants 
with 
apartment complexes and 
its effect on student life. 
“I 
mean, 
there’s 
the 
whole argument that Ann 
Arbor 
does 
need 
more 
housing, 
hopefully 
that 
more supply is supposed 
to 
drive 
the 
price 
of 
housing down, but I don’t 
know that’s really going 

to 
happen,” 
Sanderson 
said. “If South U is just 
apartment 
complexes, 
then it’s not going to be a 
popular place to hang out 
anymore.”
In the past year, many 
of Ann Arbor’s small local 
businesses 
have 
closed 
down, 
and 
the 
large 
number of developments 
like 
those 
already 
and 
soon to be on South U. 
may be linked to this. 
South U Pizza employee 
Felipe Lopez said he has 
experience with working 
at businesses which have 
closed in Ann Arbor. 
“I mean, this is normal, 
you know? I used to work 
in other places, and they 
closed,” Lopez said. 
Ghussani also shared his 
thoughts on the real estate 
developers that will build 
another high rise where a 
cohort of local businesses 
sits right now. 
“They 
have 
money, 
they’re 
going 
to 
do 
whatever they’re going to 
do,” Ghussani said. 

Steven Wilson, associate 
director of the institute, 
said 
their 
approach 
towards fostering economic 
innovation is particularly 
unique, as each business’ 
needs 
are 
different 
and 
the 
institute 
responds 
accordingly.
“We don’t have a canned 
approach, we don’t have a 
basket of goods that solve 
your 
problem,” 
Wilson 
said. “We don’t come to 
the table with anything to 
sell. We’re always looking 
for the right thing for that 

company, regardless if that’s 
in our camp or in some other 
university’s camp… we have 
projects going on at the 15 
other 
public 
universities 
because it was a better fit, it 
was the right thing to do.”
Wilson 
also 
reflected 
on what it means for the 
institute 
to 
have 
won 
the award and why the 
University 
stands 
out 
nationally. 
“Why our university over 
all others in the nation won 
the innovation award, was if 
you look at other ecosystems 
around the country, some 
of them have more gaps 
than others and I think in 
our ecosystem we fill those 

critical gaps,” Wilson said. 
Sorrell said the programs’ 
state funding is to be cut 
and that they will be ending 
shortly, but the institute will 
continue to serve Michigan’s 
businesses in different and 
evolving capacities. 
“These two programs, we 
were notified the same week 
that we won the award that 
they were being cancelled 
by the state. It’s unfortunate 
because 
they’ve 
been 
running 
for 
seven 
years 
now,” Sorrell said. “We’re 
always looking to build on 
the skill sets that we have 
and the success that we’ve 
created.”

Allen said the optional 
workshops introduce the idea 
of nuclear waste, help students 
get a better understanding of 
entrepreneurship and foster 
interactions between possible 
teammates. 
Engineering 
senior 
Mackenzie 
Warwick, 
a 
participant 
in 
the 
competition, said about 30 
people are participating in 
the competition and about 10 
people attend each workshop.
Warwick said she pitched 
the idea of a prize competition 
to Allen during the summer, 
which led Allen to collaborate 
with Energy Impact Center’s 
Managing 
Director, 
Bret 
Kugelmass.
Warwick said her team is 
working on a project that uses 
radiation from used nuclear 
fuel to decompose plastics 
for hydrogen, alternative fuel 
production and hydrocarbon 
base chains.
“I’m so excited,” Warwick 
said. “Anything about nuclear 
excites me, and so I think 
it’s a cool way to kind of get 
everybody 
in 
the 
college 
thinking about things.”
Since 
an 
important 
aspect of the competition is 
interdisciplinary 
teamwork, 
Warwick said her team is 
made of a diverse group 
of students. However, she 
mentioned 
she’s 
the 
only 
NERS student in the group, 
which makes it frustrating to 
explain concepts at times. She 
said the competition provides 
a low stress environment that 
allows her to work on these 
skills.
“With a very specific set 
of people with the same 
mindset, being able to convey 
what you want and know 
technically 
to 
someone 
who has no experience is a 
challenge,” 
Warwick 
said. 
“It’s very helpful because 
now I have to see how other 
people are thinking about the 
competition and interpreting 
the information.”
Kugelmass said the most 
important 
aspect 
of 
the 
competition is to create a 
new narrative around nuclear 

waste.
“They 
are 
tasked 
with 
reimagining nuclear waste,” 
Kugelmass said. “The idea is 
to come up with ideas of how 
nuclear waste can productize 
so you change something 
that once was thought of as 
dangerous and a liability, and 
by giving it economic value, 
you change the perception.”
Allen 
agreed 
with 
Kugelmass saying this is an 
important opportunity to get 
people talking about nuclear 
waste and come up with a 
technological solution that 
changes the way people think 
about the issue.
“The 
most 
optimistic 
innovation 
would 
be 
we 
come up with something that 
actually changes the national 
narrative on nuclear waste,” 
Allen said.
Warwick 
said 
she 
got 
interested in nuclear energy 
after the Fukushima accident 
occurred in 2011. She said 
she 
hopes 
disasters 
like 
Fukushima 
and 
Chernobyl 
don’t happen again.
“I hope that these are 
some very good initial steps 
into getting the status quo of 
nuclear to be a more positive 
outlook,” Warwick said. “A 
lot of the people who refute 
nuclear use Chernobyl or 
Fukushima as examples.”
The organizers also formed 
a group of advisers who are 
experts in nuclear energy 
and 
entrepreneurship 
to 
help students develop their 
ideas. Allen said participants 
will 
have 
an 
opportunity 
to enroll in a Center for 
Entrepreneurship course to 
receive academic credit for 
their work.
The 
technological 
innovation portion of the 
competition 
will 
officially 
begin in the winter semester 
when the teams are finalized 
and will conclude with teams 
pitching their ideas to a 
panel of judges on April 9. 
The winning team will win 
$17,000.
Kugelmass said the prize 
money will help incentivize 
students, and could be thought 
of as an investment in a future 
company that may be created 
out of the competition.
“We’re hoping that some of 
these students become very 

encouraged and really get 
the momentum going that 
they’ll turn their projects into 
real life products, perhaps 
through 
entrepreneurship,” 
Kugelmass said.
Kugelmass said the new 
innovations could lead to 
a more positive outlook on 
nuclear energy, which could 
be useful in reducing carbon 
emissions in the future.
“This is one step towards 
making nuclear more publicly 
favorable,” Kugelmass said. 
“Nuclear energy as a whole as 
it increases in share will have 
dramatic effects on reduction 
of carbon dioxide emissions. 
This is one way to popularize 
nuclear energy.”
Allen echoed this thought, 
saying 
the 
competition 
may provide initial steps to 
move toward zero carbon 
emissions. 
“If our prize comes up with a 
different pathway that makes 
people more comfortable with 
nuclear 
technologies, 
that 
will be important for moving 
towards zero carbon,” Allen 
said. “I also think it helps 
more people understand just 
what nuclear waste means. I 
think that’s helpful, because 
it is informative and allows 
people to better understand 
the conversation.”
Kugelmass said he hopes 
to 
partner 
with 
more 
universities and organizations 
in the future.
“The 
University 
of 
Michigan is a real leader in 
a lot of areas,” Kugelmass 
said. “They’re definitely a 
pioneer with us in the first of 
these nuclear energy grand 
challenges, but there’ll be 
many more to come.”
Warwick said she hopes 
to participate in other prize 
competitions in the future 
and would like to see her 
project come to life one day. 
She hopes people become 
more informed through the 
project.
“I think it’s just a fear of 
the unknown and the fact 
that (nuclear energy) was 
originally 
used 
for 
war, 
and it wasn’t a peaceful 
application,” Warwick said. “I 
think if anybody is interested 
in nuclear, just look at the 
many options it could be used 
for.”

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
News
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 — 3

PIZZA
From Page 1

Read more at 
MichiganDaily.com

ENERGY
From Page 1

In some cases, the webpage 
for certain topics includes a 
section explaining to the user 
why the data are important.
In order to make the data 
more accessible, the website 
includes the option for users 
to build their own customized 
dashboard or view premade 
community 
dashboards, 
focusing on a specific location 
or topic. It also has options for 
colorblind users and a video 
about how to best use the 
website.
Once on a dashboard, users 
are able to see more specific 
information for each topic 
and subtopic of data. A variety 
of icons show how the data 
compares to other locations, 
whether the levels met the 
target goal and how they 
have changed from the prior 
value. Some of the data are 
also categorized into a green, 
yellow or red level based on 
a comparison with 500 U.S. 
cities. 
Washtenaw County Health 
Department 
Performance 
Improvement Manager Lily 
Guzmán 
discussed 
how 
the 
Health 
Department 
hopes the website will make 
information more accessible 
for community members. 
“We recognized that there 
is so much data out there,” 
Guzmán said. “What we really 
liked the idea of was having 
more of a central location 
where folks in our community 
can come to one central place, 
know it’s a trusted source and 
get all their data needs met at 
one time.” 
Based on this measure, 
Ann Arbor is in the red zone 
for adults who binge drink, 
homeownership, 
median 
household gross rent, people 

living 
below 
the 
poverty 
level and households without 
a 
vehicle, 
among 
other 
categories. 
Guzman 
also 
discussed 
how Ann Arbor is in a unique 
situation for data collection, 
as it is one of the 500 largest 
cities in the United States. She 
also explained why the large 
student population does not 
skew the data when compared 
to these other cities. 
“There are some specific 
indicators 
that 
are 
only 
available on the Ann Arbor 
level,” Guzman said. “That 
is because Ann Arbor is one 
of the largest 500 cities in 
the country, and so there are 
some special indicators on 
the website that only Ann 
Arbor has because there is an 
extra data source for them. 
I’m sure some of the other 
largest 500 cities also have 
large universities in them, so 
I would imagine there is some 
comparability 
with 
other 
communities.” 
Aubree McMahon, Public 
Health senior and president 
of 
the 
Public 
Health 
Association, 
commented 
on how University students 
interested in public health 
can use this new information 
to improve problems faced by 
the community. 
“As 
students 
at 
the 
University of Michigan, we 
have heightened access to 
people with resources that 
can 
make 
a 
difference,” 
McMahon 
said. 
“Making 
your voice heard on ways the 
University should give back to 
… the community and talking 
to local and state legislators 
for this area are some ways 
to draw attention to these 
issues. (You can also) use the 
new website to find programs 
where you can volunteer your 
time, resources and talents.”
In addition to data, the 

website also houses various 
resources 
for 
community 
members, 
including 
funding 
opportunities 
for 
public health projects and 
a 
community 
calendar 
of 
events. It also includes the 
ability to build a customized 
report to download or share 
with others. 
Public 
Health 
junior 
Maxwell Ryner is the liaison 
to the School of Public Health 
for CURIS, a public health 
advocacy 
organization. 
He 
discussed 
why 
the 
accessibility 
of 
data 
and 
resources is important and 
how it could be used for public 
health projects to help the Ann 
Arbor community, specifically 
with homelessness. 
“I 
personally 
believe 
that 
the 
information 
being 
accessible 
to 
the 
public is crucial in getting 
conversations started,” Ryner 
said. 
“(Especially 
when) 
addressing 
the 
problem 
of 
homelessness 
in 
our 
communities. There is far 
too much stigma surrounding 
public 
misconceptions 
regarding homelessness and 
is often a conversation most 
shy away from. Having this 
information available to the 
public would be beneficial to 
public awareness.” 
The creation of Health for 
All Washtenaw comes after 
a steering committee was 
created earlier this year — 
composed of ten community 
members, four organizations 
and two hospitals — to improve 
public health conditions and 
bring attention to related 
issues. 
The 
committee 
is 
part of a national model for 
improving 
public 
health 
through community planning 
known 
as 
Mobilizing 
for 
Action through Planning and 
Partnerships.

HEALTH
From Page 1

APLU
From Page 2

Maggie Rousseau, Dingell’s 
deputy 
chief 
of 
staff 
and 
communications director, gave 
a 
statement 
regarding 
the police presence on 
Tuesday.
“When the event was 
posted 
on 
Facebook, 
the 
Dearborn 
Police 
communicated 
to 
our 
office that protests are 
not 
allowed 
without 
proper permits, and the 
building manager when 
alerted gave us written 
notice that no protests 
are allowed inside the 
building,” the statement 
said. “Dingell and her 
staff strive to be good 
tenants in the space we 
lease to continue serving 
the people of the 12th 
Congressional 
District 
with critical services such 
as help with Veterans and 
Social Security benefits.”
The 
statement 
also 
included 
an 
explanation 
of 
Dingell’s absence. 
“Dingell 
returned 
to 
Washington, 
DC 
Tuesday 
to perform the Pro Forma 
sessions of Congress over the 
Thanksgiving holiday – a part of 
her elected duties as a Member 

of Congress,” the statement 
continued. “She was very clear 
with staff and Dearborn police 
that she respects this group 
working very hard on this 
issue. Dingell strives to build 
coalitions – making friends, not 

enemies – to achieve goals and 
takes that seriously.”
Agrawal-Hardin 
expressed 
her dissatisfaction with what 
she sees as Dingell’s continued 
lack of direct response to those 
promoting the Green New Deal. 
“A lot of my friends and my 

parent’s friends are quick to 
remind me — knowing that 
we’re running this campaign 
trying to get Congresswoman 
Dingell to cosponsor the Green 
New Deal — that she is a really 
fantastic representative and a 
really fantastic advocate 
and to be honest, I think 
that’s true,” Agrawal-
Hardin said. “But that’s 
not been the way that 
she’s treated us young 
constituents who have 
peacefully 
protested 
her inaction on climate 
change … She hasn’t 
made us feel like she 
wants to hear what we 
have to say.”
Lindstrom 
said 
she feels she needs to 
continue demonstrating 
to make change. 
“I don’t think she 
seriously 
started 
considering things until 
we started popping up 
everywhere,” Lindstrom 
said. “I think it takes 
flooding 
the 
office 
with constituent calls, 
and occasionally with people, 
to get her attention. But her 
constituents 
should 
always 
matter, and her constituents 
shouldn’t have to organize like 
this for her to take our lives 
seriously.”

PROTEST
From Page 1

FASHION
From Page 2A

“We have to make 
substantive changes to 
our economy so that 
it fights for our lives, 
and it fights inequality, 
and it addresses the 
ways in which we are 
experiencing climate 
change here 
in Michigan.”

