U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, 
D-Mich., held a community 
meeting Thursday evening 
at 
Washtenaw 
County 
Learning Resource Center 
to discuss potential action 
to stop the spread of the 
Gelman Plume, a plume of 
toxic 
chemical 
pollution 
currently running through 
Ann Arbor’s groundwater. 
Dingell 
spoke 
at 
the 
event 
alongside 
officials 
from 
the 
Environmental 
Protection Agency, Michigan 

Department of Environment, 
Great Lakes & Energy and the 
Michigan Attorney General’s 
Office. Approximately 150 
community 
members 
and 
City 
Council 
members 
attended the event. 
At the meeting, community 
members 
asked 
questions 
and discussed ideas with 
the officials, who expressed 
a commitment to stopping 
the spread of the plume. 
Dingell told The Daily the 
goal of the meeting was to 
bring relevant government 
agencies together to discuss 
how 
best 
to 
solve 
the 
problem. 

“The 
Gelman 
dioxane 
plume has been a problem 
in Washtenaw County for 
far too long,” Dingell said. 
“As 
local 
leaders 
work 
towards 
consensus 
on 
a 
solution, it is essential that 
we 
have 
all 
responsible 
government agencies at the 
table 
to 
publicly 
answer 
questions about the current 
situation 
and 
options 
moving forward. That is 
why I convened this meeting 
with representatives from 
the EPA, EGLE, and the 
Michigan Attorney General’s 
offices. It is important that 
everyone 
comes 
together 

in the same room to have 
a productive conversation 
and be rowing in the same 
direction about how to best 
move forward.”
The 
event 
began 
with 
Jason Morgan, chair of the 
Washtenaw County Board 
of Commissioners. Morgan 
asked pre-planned questions 
from community members 
to the officials on the panel. 
The 
first 
question 
was 
directed towards the EPA 
and EGLE about their efforts 
to address the issue. 

Approximately 15 students 
and 
faculty 
gathered 
in 
North 
Quad 
Thursday 
afternoon 
to 
hear 
Jenny 
Radesky, 
Medical 
School 
assistant 
professor, 
share 
her research on the effects of 
technology and media usage 
on child development.
Radesky, who received her 
M.D. at Harvard Medical 
School, 
specializes 
in 
developmental 
behavioral 
pediatrics. She has trained at 
Seattle Children’s Hospital 
and Boston Medical Center.
Radesky began her talk 
by discussing her research 
interests 
in 
parental 

influence on their children’s 
use of technology.
“I was interested in how 
media fits into this situation: 
parents’ 
technology 
use 
and child technology use,” 
Radesky said. “I was really 
influenced by the research 
on 
background 
TV 
and 
parent-child interaction.”
Radesky said she chose 
to study mobile technology 
as opposed to traditional 
technology because it has 
been studied much less and 
she was curious about its 
effects. She said she wanted 
to know what happens when 
media is in your pocket.
Scott 
Campbell, 
Communication and Media 
professor, 
moderated 
the 
event. He said he chose 

to 
showcase 
her 
work 
because it is unique to her 
department 
and 
impacts 
many community members.
“I chose to host (Radesky) 
because of a mixture of her 
scholarship that fits with 
what we have going on,” 
Campbell said. “But there is 
also an applied aspect of her 
work that we don’t always 
get a chance to benefit from. 
Some of us are parents and 
very curious about the work 
that she does and how she 
does it.”
Through 
observational 
studies, 
Radesky 
found 
that 75 percent of families 
used a device during meal 
times and and tended to 
have less interaction among 
family members. Radesky 

noted 
this 
observational 
study was not about making 
conclusions, 
but 
instead 
to learn more about what 
specifically she wanted to 
study.
After 
much 
trial 
and 
error, Radesky landed on an 
application called Moment 
which tracks a participant’s 
phone 
usage. 
Specifically, 
it tracks when an app is 
opened or closed. Her sample 
consisted of Android and 
Apple users. 
Radesky found children 
used YouTube for at least one 
hour each day, which she said 
she wants to study further.

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Beginning 
Friday 
morning, 
community members can start 
taking 
classes 
at 
Michigan’s 
first-ever SoulCycle. The studio 
is located on South University 
Avenue near Espresso Royale.
Classes are expected to run at 
least 29 times during the week and 
new bookings are available every 
Monday at noon. Prices, packages 
and schedules can be found on 
their website. 
Briana Krull, studio manager 
of SoulCycle Ann Arbor, said she’s 
excited to introduce the Ann Arbor 
community to this new experience, 
which features choreography as a 
way to obtain a full-body workout. 
Unlike other workouts focusing on 
competition, Krull said SoulCycle 
is focused on the individual’s goals.
“A lot of workouts these days 
are quantified with metrics,” Krull 
said. “SoulCycle doesn’t really 
have a competitive aspect, it’s 
more about tuning into your body. 
You’re supposed to match the beat 
of the music that you’re riding with 
your pedal strokes, and you also 
ride with your pack.” 
Krull said the setup of the room 
is supposed to help members focus 
on doing the best of their ability.
“We’ll have the bikes close 

Professor 
of 
management 
and organizations Robert E. 
Quinn, co-founder of the Center 
for 
Positive 
Organizations, 
spoke to about 100 students and 
educators about bringing out the 
best in employees and students 
on Thursday afternoon at the 
Ross School of Business. The 
talk focused on how authentic 
group discussions are the most 
constructive way to create a 
better work environment. 
The lecture centered on the 
analogy of turning horses into 
unicorns, which Quinn used to 
mean turning good employees 
and students into great ones. 
“This is the central question 
that I want to lay out: how can 
… leaders and others turn horses 
into unicorns?” Quinn said. 
“The real question is, how do 
you turn an ordinary company 
into a great company.” 
Quinn 
then 
introduced 
a 
colorful pie chart based on a 
balance of virtues and their 
vices. This chart was meant to 
show managers that every action 
has a pro and a con. For example, 
Quinn said encouraging creative 
action could also potentially 
introduce chaos.

Business 
professor 
discusses 
positivity

CAMPUS LIFE

ALYSSA MCMURTRY
Daily Staff Reporter 

Medical School faculty member 
talks media use, child development
Jenny Radesky examines effect of technology on parent-child relationship

BUSINESS

Speaker encourages 
positive perspective, 
authentic dialogue to 
improve productivity

Studio opens on South 
University Ave amid 
concerns from students
about class affordibilty

FRANCESCA DUONG 
Daily Staff Reporter

See POSITIVITY, Page 3
See SOULCYCLE, Page 3 

SoulCycle 
launches 
1st Mich 
location

ALEC COHEN/Daily
Jenny Radesky, assistant professor of pediatrics, discusses mobile device measurment approaches during a lecture in North Quad Thursday 
afternoon. 

BRAYDEN HIRSH
Daily Staff Reporter

This is the third installment of 
a three-part series investigating 
student mental health at the 
University 
of 
Michigan. 
The 
Daily interviewed students on 
campus, 
students 
across 
the 
country and prominent leaders 
of mental health to contribute to 
this series. In part one and part 
two, The Daily examined student-
found complains about CAPS 
and alternative mental health 
resources on campus.
The 
Daily 
previously 
reported 
on 
mental 
health 
services 
and 
alternative 
resources that have emerged 
at the University of Michigan. 
However, student frustrations 
with wellness resources are 
not unique to campus, as many 
universities across the country 
are 
struggling 
to 
provide 
adequate service in response to 
increasing demand. 
The 
Daily 
completed 
an 
analysis of the mental health 
resources at schools comparable 
to the University, finding that 
the University and other schools 
are working together to improve 

these programs.
At Michigan State University, 
wait times for Counseling and 
Psychological 
Services 
are 
typically 
under 
two 
hours. 
The University of California, 
Berkeley offers a vast array of 
mental-health promotion clubs. 
While many universities have 
different resources and ideas for 
improving mental health, U-M 
CAPS Director Todd Sevig said 
the University is a role model 
when it comes to mental health 
at college campuses.
“We’ve had a lot of successes 
at CAPS,” Sevig said. “People 
around the country kind of copy 
what we do.”
Michigan State
Michigan State University’s 
Counseling and Psychological 
Services offer slightly different 
services 
than 
University 
of 
Michigan’s. For example, instead 
of booking appointments in 
advance, they primarily offer 
walk-in appointments for initial 
consultation.
MSU CAPS Director Matt 
Patishnock said their counselors 
try to fit in as many students as 
possible every day to match their 
students’ expectations.

Colleges nationwide collaborate on 
mental health service practices 

How the ‘U’ 
compares to
rival schools
in wellness

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Rep. Debbie Dingell listens during the community meeting on the Gelman dioxane plume at the Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center Thursday evening. 

See DINGELL, Page 3

Debbie Dingell hosts community 
meeting on toxic chemical in water

Representative joins panel discussing threat of Gelman dioxane plume to public

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