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Members of the Climate Action
Movement and the One University
Campaign
released
a
joint
statement Friday after staging a
series of protests and blockading
the
exits
of
the
University
of Michigan Golf Course at
Thursday’s Board of Regents
Meeting. The statement reflects
upon the decisions made at the
meeting and condemns what 1U
and CAM claim is inaction on the
part of the University to divest
from fossil fuels and equally
distribute resources across the
three campuses.
Some of the two organizations’
principal
demands
to
the
University
include
extending
the Go Blue Guarantee to the
Flint and Dearborn campuses,
committing to carbon neutrality
by 2030 and freezing further
fossil fuel investments. All of
these demands were mentioned in
the joint statement to the Board of
Regents.
“The
shameful
response
from
the
Administration
is
symptomatic of a consistent lack
of funding transparency, moral
accountability, and commitment
to productive dialogue with the
student body,” the statement
reads. “Members of the One
University Campaign and the
Climate
Action
Movement
understand our demands require
the Administration to undergo a
deep examination of its priorities,
and this process is not simple.”
On Nov. 25, CAM and 1U
released their first joint statement
announcing their list of demands
and establishing a connection
between the two organizations.
The first statement also called
on the University community to
join 1U and CAM at the protests
before, during and after the Dec.
5, regents meeting. No students
were arrested during any of
Thursday’s protests.
Doctor reflects on 150 years of
history at Michigan Medicine
Author discusses evolution of University’s medical school since 1869
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Dr. Joe Howell, professor of internal medicine, recounts the history of the University of Michigan hospital at Ford Auditorium Friday.
After protests at Board of Regents
meeting, coalition reaffirms demands
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The University of Michigan
Medical
Center
hosted
a
lecture this past Friday on the
history of its development. The
lecture was given by Professor
of Medical History Joel Howell.
About 120 people attended
the event, including doctors
from the medical center and
applicants for the hospital’s
intern program.
Howell said the University
Hospital was the first hospital
in the U.S. to be owned and
operated
by
a
university
when it was built in 1817. He
emphasized the fact that the
introduction of the University
Medical School in 1850, was
a key player in the hospital’s
existence. At the time, it was
not common for medical schools
to teach in an application
structured
curriculum,
let
alone exist as a college. Due
to the absence of any licensing
laws on medical practitioners,
most
people
aiming
for
a
medical career would simply
hold an apprenticeship for two
years and could open their own
practice afterward.
“First of all, there were
no license-laws. This meant
that anyone could go out and
hang up a shingle and start to
practice
medicine,”
Howell
said. “If you were good, people
would come to you, and if you
weren’t so good, people would
stop seeing you.”
Howell
said
the
school
ran a two-year program in
which students would attend
a specific series of lectures
the first year, and then take
the same exact lectures their
second year. Howell explained
the hospital did this in the
hopes students would absorb
more information.
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Analyst examines impact of energy
needs on nuclear nonproliferation
Expert highlights connection between domestic fuel industry, policy
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Ty Otto, analyst for the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, discusses nonproliferation policy and the U.S. Fuel Cycle at White Auditorium on Friday.
Friday afternoon, about 50 of
University of Michigan students,
professors
and
Ann
Arbor
community members gathered to
hear Ty Otto, an analyst at Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory,
speak
about
nonproliferation
policy and how it relates to and
affects the nuclear industry at
the Nuclear Engineering and
Radioactive Sciences colloquium.
Otto began by explaining
nonproliferation in the nuclear
space.
“The
nonproliferation
regime … is an overlapping set
of institutions, laws, treaties,
informal
treaties
between
governments … that are all
working to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons and to help roll
back nuclear arsenals where they
might currently exist,” Otto said.
He
then
illustrated
the
difficulty
of
nonproliferation
from a policy perspective and
the many intricacies involved in
nonproliferation.
“The nuclear nonproliferation
regime has emerged as the art
of the possible and every one
of these agreements requires
a serendipitous alignment of
political will and interest coming
together,” Otto said. “The non-
proliferation
regime
is
not
perfect … but when you have
195 countries in the world and
you want them to all … commit
to giving up their freedoms and
rights in order to take part in
these, sometimes you have to
take what you can get.”
Otto continued his talk by
discussing the Atomic Nuclear
Energy Act of 1954, specifically
Section 123 of the act, which
lays out the requirements for
cooperation between nations.
“The Atomic Energy Act of
1954 … set out a guideline in
Section 123 for the requirements
for peaceful nuclear cooperation
with other countries,” Otto said.
“And prior to that time, it was not
really something that the United
States had meaningfully engaged
in.”
He also described the issues
facing the U.S. today in an
increasingly competitive nuclear
industry.
“Back in the day, the United
States was basically the sole
provider to most of the Western
world of enrichment services,”
Otto explained. “But now China,
South Korea, Russia, France,
there is a whole host of different
countries that we are competing
against the nuclear marketplace,
and some of them have different
perspectives on nonproliferation
than we do.”
In an interview with The
Michigan Daily, Todd Allen,
chair of nuclear engineering
and
radiological
sciences
at
U-M, explained why Otto had
been invited and the NERS
colloquium.
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Smoothie
King
held
its
grand opening of its Ann Arbor
location this past Saturday.
The new store is located in the
Westgate Shopping Center at
the intersection of Jackson
Road and I-94. About 20 people
attended.
The location held a soft
opening
two
weeks
ago,
making it the eighth location in
Michigan.
Bob
Bannatz,
Smoothie
King’s district leader for the
state of Michigan, described the
reasoning behind the brand’s
plan to open 50 locations in
Michigan within the next five
years.
“Smoothie King has a big
footprint
down
South,
and
because of the cold weather and
the smoothies and ice, people
were afraid to move into (the
north), but we found out that
it’s a high-quality product,”
Bannatz said. “People like it,
and it sells all year round, so we
came to Michigan.”
Bannatz said he anticipates a
mutually beneficial relationship
with
the
students
at
the
University of Michigan.
“Smoothies are the kind of
product that fits,” Bannatz said.
“We have the healthy smoothies,
we have ones for wellness
and slim, and then we have a
dessert blend, so that’s kind of
our target, what we’re looking
for. So we hope to grow our
relationship with the students at
the University of Michigan.”
Ann Arbor resident Zhao
Chen, who currently works for
Google, was very eager to attend
the grand opening.
“I tried it once at the airport. I
have had the other place before,
Tropical Smoothie,” Chen said.
“They’re all right. So, when I
tried Smoothie King out, it was
so good. So, when we heard
there was an opening here, we
got so excited.”
Other
locals
who
hadn’t
previously heard about the grand
opening were also intrigued
by the event and enthusiasm
about the opening of a Smoothie
King in Ann Arbor. Washtenaw
Community
College
student
Joel Karschbaum learned about
the event that morning and said
he was compelled to attend.
Chain launches local store with
ribbon cutting ceremony, raffle
MADDIE MADDEN
For The Daily
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Climate Action
Movement, 1U
stand by calls
for divestment
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Smoothie King
celebrates grand
opening of Ann
Arbor location