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The University of Michigan
Senate Assembly met Monday
afternoon at the Michigan
League to discuss the structure
of faculty governance, changes
to policy regarding faculty pay
during University misconduct
trials, the status of U-M Flint
and the purpose of University
Ombuds. The Ombuds is an
independent
body
working
to resolve conflicts between
faculty members.
MaryJo Banasik, director
of the University’s Faculty
Senate Office, began with a
presentation explaining the
structure of the University’s
faculty governance.
“There’s
an
opportunity
for the faculty to reach all
these
different
levels
of
administration, but it really
needs to be done through
central faculty government,”
Banasik said. “So when people
do
get
involved
—
when
they participate in faculty
governments — that’s when
faculty voices can be heard the
most.”
Ann Sales, a professor of
Learning Health Sciences in
the Medical School, raised
concerns with the lack of
representation of University
staff on faculty governance.
“When we went through
the list of who was involved
in faculty governance as it’s
currently set up, there are
clearly some important groups
missing,”
Sales
said.
“So
critical faculty are missing,
as are lecturers and other
adjunct roles, and I’m sure this
gets addressed frequently, but
are there mechanisms for this
ongoing discussion?”
Information
professor
Kentaro Toyama, chair of the
Academic
Affairs
Advisory
Committee, presented updates
on resolved and ongoing policy
debates between the AAAC
and the Office of the Provost.
Toyoma
discussed
how
issues of expediting tenure
trials and cutting pay for
egregious faculty misconduct
have
split
the
committee.
He said he errs on the side
of protecting faculty rights
while recognizing the need to
sanction harmful faculty.
“(Faculty
members)
are
paid through the time of
the hearing until the final
decision is made by the
University
whether
to
terminate
them
or
not,”
Toyama said.
Approximately 100 students
and faculty attended the first
session of the LSA 2020 Great
Lakes Theme Semester speaker
series
on
Monday
evening.
The event was hosted by the
School for Environment and
Sustainability at the University
of Michigan Museum of Art
auditorium.
The session addressed key
issues dealing with the rising
water levels in the Great Lakes
and their consequences. The
panel consisted of four speaker
presentations
followed
by a question and answer
panel moderated by Richard
Norton, professor of Urban
and Regional Planning and
Program in the Environment.
Addressing
the
critical
nature of studying the Great
Lakes’ water levels, Leland
Township Supervisor Susan
Och shared an experience
from her work when she was
at a beach on Lake Michigan
discussing rip currents.
“A gentleman came out of
his house, swaying with his
cocktail, and gave me the best
piece of advice I could ever
use:
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Vol. CXXIX, No. 49
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CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Ann Arbor City Council met
Monday night for a work session
in conjunction with Jennifer Hall,
executive director of the Housing
Commission.
The
discussion
surrounded the creation of more
affordable housing in Ann Arbor.
Approximately 60 Ann Arbor
residents attended the meeting.
Hall said those with an annual
income ranging between $20,000-
60,000, around 60 percent of Ann
Arbor’s population, would be
eligible for these housing units.
Residents
had
concerns
about these units, ranging from
preserving historical chimneys
to ensuring old trees remain
in original locations. Positive
features of the housing plan would
be its walkability score, Low
Income Housing Tax Credits and
the possibility for the creation of
mixed-use buildings.
Hall said the building plan
notes properties owned by the city
that are not being used to their
full extent, making them good
candidates for a remodel.
Hall, along with her colleagues,
said the plan would require an
experienced private developer, but
the Housing Commission would
still have autonomy over the plans.
A2 council
discusses
affordable
housing
ANN ARBOR
Executive Director
of Housing Committee
joins councilmembers,
explores new living units
Senate Assembly talks pay through
misconduct trials, governance
Group convened on Monday to share updates about faculty issues
Panel on
MI water
level talks
climate
RESEARCH
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SACUA Chair Joy Beatty discusses potential policies on sexual and gender-based misconduct at a SACUA meeting in the Fleming Administration Building Monday.
See COUNCIL, Page 3
JOJO RUBIN
Daily Staff Reporter
Experts weigh in on
rising precipitation
in Great Lakes during
first talk of semester
See ASSEMBLY , Page 3
Michigan Union opens after
20 months of renovation
NATALIE STEPHENS/Daily
Students and staff gather around the Michigan Union to celebrate the reopening after 20 months of renovations Monday afternoon.
Twenty months and two
new graduating classes later,
the Michigan Union opened its
doors Monday morning to more
than 500 waiting students and
alumni.
The Michigan Union first
opened in 1919 and has since
served as a meeting space for
various student organizations,
study spaces and University
programs.
Renovation
plans
for the building began nine
years ago through the student
advisory
group
Building
a Better Michigan and its
coalition with Central Student
Government, the University’s
colleges and various student
organizations.
The Union’s closed its doors
in April 2018 for renovations
and the building has been
under construction and closed
to visitors since. The Union
celebrated its 100th birthday
on the Diag in October and The
Daily was offered a sneak peek
of the renovations in December.
After the doors opened, about
one hundred people gathered
in the courtyard of the Union
to hear formal remarks from a
variety of speakers, including
E. Royster Harper, outgoing
vice
president
of
Student
Life,
Amy
White,
director
of the Michigan Union, and
University
President
Mark
Schlissel. Other visitors during
this time previewed the student
spaces and businesses housed
in the Union.
In an interview with the
Daily before opening remarks,
Regent
Paul
Brown
(D)
commented on the value of the
Union for students on campus.
“I
definitely
appreciated
the building as a student here,
and I’m glad it’s reopened to
the kids and hopefully more
useful than ever,” Brown said.
REBECCA HIRSH &
HANNAH MACKAY
Daily Staff Reporters
Community members lined up around block in anticipation
See UNION, Page 3
Students react to restaraunts
remaining closed on first day
Only a small handful of stores begin serving customers
Following the announcement
of
the
Michigan
Union
restaurant
lineup
in
mid-
October,
only
Sweetwaters
Coffee & Tea, Blue Market
and Barnes & Noble opened
in the newly renovated Union
Monday
afternoon.
Other
restaurants opening later in
the semester in the Union
include
favorites
such
as
Subway, Panda Express and
the new addition of Panera
Bread and Taco Bell.
One of the biggest draws
of the Union may be its
restaurants. Susan Pile, senior
director for University Unions
and Auxiliary Services, said
the other franchises will be
available to students in the
coming weeks.
“Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea,
Blue Market and Barnes and
Noble will be open,” Pile said.
“The others will be open over
the next couple of weeks.”
Pile spoke about the process
of
selecting
restaurants.
Through student surveys and
committees, Union directors
selected
which
restaurants
would be in the Union.
“Some of the restaurants
are
returning,
depending
on where they were in their
lease agreement,” Pile said.
“And some of them we went
out for what’s called a request
for proposal process where
we
work
with
University
procurement. Any interested
vendors bid on the spaces and
we worked through a selection
process identifying a diverse
array of menu options and
price points and menu types.”
Many students said they
feared most restaurants may
not open until after spring
break. LSA senior Alexandra
Niforos
admitted
she
was
fearful she would not be able
to enjoy the Union to its fullest
in her last semester.
ALYSSA MCMURTRY
Daily Staff Reporter
See RESTAURANTS, Page 3
See LAKES, Page 3
JENNA SITEMAN
Daily Staff Reporter