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country to do this — (is) we have a care 
manager,” Sevig said. “So we developed 
one person, and now we have two full-
time people, to help with referrals that 
take a little work.”
Emphasis on referring to East Lansing 
professionals also impacts the goal of 
students visiting MSU CAPS. According 
to The State News, MSU CAPS only offers 
students three free appointments, after 
which appointments must be covered by 
insurance or out of the student’s pocket. 
U-M CAPS, in contrast, never charges 
students 
and 
offers 
free 
counseling 
indefinitely for those with extenuating 
circumstances that prevent them from 
finding appropriate, outside long-term care. 
Sevig said U-M CAPS’ efforts to provide 
medium and longer-term service without 
charging students means it cannot base 
its appointment model on walk-ins like 
MSU CAPS. The report showed about 26 
percent of patients saw CAPS for six or 
more sessions last school year.
CAPS can offer longer treatment 
for students who are experiencing 
a complex reaction to a traumatic 
event, are uninsured or do not have 
transportation to off-campus referrals. 
Sevig said the average number of 
sessions is four to five, but it is important 
to continuously make appointments 
available. 
“We’ll see the person,” Sevig said. 

“We’ll do it whenever we can. Our staff 
will do extra to fit students in, but I would 
like to, on a systemic level, increase our 
ongoing work to do more than average.”
While students have complained 
about the inadequacy of CAPS at the 
University, many schools look to U-M 
services as a model to improve their own 
programs. Patishnock said Sevig has 
been helping MSU develop their CAPS 
service, which has been around for less 
than two years.
“We have 29 full-time counselors,” 
Patishnock said. “I understand the 
University of Michigan has even more 
counselors per student. We’re trying to 
get ourselves about even with where you 
guys are.”
Big Ten Conference and Okanagan 
Charter 
The University is not alone in its 
efforts 
to 
improve 
mental 
health. 
Representatives 
from 
CAPS 
attend 
the yearly Big Ten Counseling Centers 
Convention to exchange ideas with 
similar-sized schools. According to Sevig, 
the idea for embedded counselors — a 
branch of professionals from CAPS who 
specialize in the culture and students 
of different colleges throughout the 
University — came from Northwestern 
University and the University of Iowa. 
“It was really radical because in our 
profession, we have this idea that you have 
to come to us,” Sevig said. “So I waited 
for them to implement it for a year, and it 
was still working really well there. Then 
I wrote up this model for seven of our 

staff to be with the four schools on North 
Campus and three of the professional 
schools on Central Campus and it all got 
funded.” 
The University is also a member of 
the Okanagan Charter, an international 
charter for health-promoting universities 
and colleges aimed at promoting overall 
well-being 
on 
campus. 
Wolverine 
Wellness Director Mary Jo Desprez 
said the charter guides many of the 
University’s efforts on mental health.
To 
illustrate 
how 
the 
Charter’s 
framework could improve day-to-day 
practices, Desprez gave the example of 
a professor who can choose between 
setting a paper deadline at midnight or 
at six o’clock in the morning. While the 
six o’clock deadline gives students more 
time, she said many students would stay 
up all night writing.
“There’s no reason the paper can’t be 
due at three o’clock in the afternoon,” 
Desprez said. “That is a way a faculty 
member can contribute to the health and 
well-being of the community just based 
on one small change.”
Orientation 
During 
freshman 
orientation, 
the 
Educational 
Theater 
Company 
performances mention CAPS and include 
a presentation for parents as well. 
However, many students told The Daily 
they are unaware of how they can make an 
appointment with CAPS and how to get to 
their office. LSA sophomore Eva Schwarz 
told The Daily that finding out how to 
make an appointment was more difficult 

than making the actual appointment.
“I went to make an appointment and it 
took a lot of navigating, figure out how to 
watch a video and then the video, people 
acting out like a scene and then it finally 
tells you how to make your appointment, 
which you can’t even do online,” Schwarz 
said. “To me, it seems like such an ordeal 
to go through the process of trying to use 
the University’s resources.” 
Schwarz 
did 
not 
remember 
the 
information from orientation, raising 
concerns if it actually sticks with students.
In contrast, Ben Crino, Western 
Michigan University sophomore, told 
The Daily that WMU tells students about 
their mental health resources and how 
they work during orientation. Unlike 
the University students interviewed, he 
remembered this information.
“I did my orientation a month before 
school started and they take you right to 
the building, then they take you inside 
and they take you to one of the rooms,” 
Crino said. “They take your whole group 
like a tour, but they make sure to really 
cover that place. You know where it is on 
campus, you know what it looks like and 
you know how to (make an appointment).”
When asked if the University was 
aware that students felt they did not 
retain information presented about CAPS 
during orientation, Sevig said he would 
be open to working on ways to make the 
information more prevalent. He said he 
would be interested in making a CAPS 
office stop as part of the campus tour like 
Western Michigan does.

“I think that’s a great idea,” Sevig said. 
“We’d be happy to do it.”
Wellness Clubs at Other Universities
Student efforts to improve the well-
being on campus are also not unique to 
Ann Arbor, as examples of like-minded 
organizations can be found across the 
country.
For 
example, 
Northwestern 
University’s Happiness Club “encourages 
and facilitates random acts of kindness 
… creating moments that lead those 
involved to think, ‘That just made my 
day!’” according to the organization’s 
website.
The University of California, Berkeley, 
often ranked as a top public university 
along with the University of Michigan, is 
home to mental health promotion clubs 
like You Mean More, De-Stress with Dogs 
and Art & Mind.
Akash Rathod, a freshman at the 
University of California, Berkeley, said he 
is grateful for the student support at the 
highly competitive school. He recently 
attended a session for the Berkeley 
University Health Services nutrition 
team focusing on the intersection of 
healthy food and well-being. Rathod 
said he believes having wellness clubs is 
important to students prioritizing their 
mental health.
 “I think the organizations have had 
a positive impact,” Rathod said. “A 
lot of students that need the help and 
were previously not getting the help 
are getting more resources and are in a 
better position now.”

together to feed off the energy of 
the people next to you and really 
feed off the music,” Krull said. 
“You’re supposed to disconnect 
from your phone, from metrics … 
really enjoy that 45 minutes of your 
day for yourself.”
LSA freshman Celene Philip has 
participated in SoulCycle classes 
before. Philip said she enjoys the 
non-competitive aspect of the 
workout.
“The instructors stress a lot 
that the only person you’re here 
for is yourself, and they stress a 
lot about the idea that you don’t 
have to follow their guidelines,” 

Philip said. “You just need to push 
yourself enough that you are out of 
your comfort zone.”
Krull said each class is capped at 
47 people and led by an instructor. 
The 
selection 
process 
for 
instructors is competitive, she said.
After regional auditions, Krull 
said 
prospective 
instructors 
spend eight weeks in New York 
City or Los Angeles to train. 
Then, they teach practice classes 
in 
their 
respective 
markets, 
which Krull described as having 
“cut-throat” 
competition 
with 
high expectations for technique 
perfection.
SoulCycle faced controversy in 
August when its owner, prominent 
University donor Stephen M. Ross, 
held a fundraiser for President 
Donald 
Trumps’s 
re-election 

campaign. SoulCycle released a 
statement on Twitter, signed by 
CEO Melanie Whelan, saying 
the company did not endorse the 
fundraiser.
LSA sophomore Nicole Lin 
participates in Michigan Muscle 
Club 
and 
has 
heard 
about 
SoulCycle from her teammates. 
She said she is hoping to try it.
“I’ve heard a lot about cycling 
classes, so I would be willing to 
try it,” Lin said. “It’s really good 
cardio, especially since I’m not a 
fan of running.” 
However, 
Lin 
is 
slightly 
concerned about the prices of the 
classes. New riders receive an offer 
of $20 per class, and $26 per class 
afterwards. In an email to The 
Daily, Kimberly Gibbs, SoulCycle’s 
director of public relations and 

communications, noted that for 
the first time ever at the Ann Arbor 
studio, SoulCycle is offering a 
discounted $22 class for students 
with a valid ID.
Philip 
shared 
a 
similar 
sentiment to Lin’s regarding cost, 
but said she thinks it will be a fun 
workout she can do every once in 
a while. 
“It can be pretty hard for people 
to afford it,” Philip said. “On one 
hand, it can be good for people 
who come from big cities that often 
do SoulCycle when they’re home 
so they can have a piece of home 
to bring with them to Ann Arbor. 
But I also think that hopefully 
SoulCycle will market it in a way 
that’s more accessible to people 
here.”

SOULCYCLE
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“The thing that’s different 
about this particular picture is 
that it’s cognitively balanced 
and the virtues have opposites,” 
Quinn said. “This picture is 
very simple, yet very complex. 
The average manager does not 
have this picture in their head.”
His 
final 
point, 
social 
excellence, was based on the 
story of Gerry Anderson, chief 
executive officer of DTE Energy. 
When the recession of 2008 hit, 
Quinn said Anderson consulted 

with a financial advisor and was 
told he would have to cut his 
labor force. According to Quinn, 
Anderson decided to be honest 
with his employees. 
“Gerry goes to his ‘herd of 
horses’ and he says, ‘Let me share 
with you what’s really going 
on,’” Quinn said. “‘I don’t want 
to downsize. I’ll do anything to 
avoid downsizing. Problem is, I 
don’t know what to do. I believe 
you (the employees) do.’” 
Quinn made the point CEOs 
do not typically admit when 
they do not know something. 
However, 
Quinn 
claimed 
Anderson’s authenticity helped 

the company have its best year 
in 2010. 
Chinelo Onuigbo, CJ Greer 
and Ty Moreno are master’s 
students in the School of Social 
Work. Onuigbo said the three 
came to the talk for a class. 
Moreno also said they wanted 
to learn new leadership styles.
“We came here because we’re 
learning about new leadership 
styles and new philosophies,” 
Moreno said. “Not just, ‘You do 
what I say,’ but, ‘What does the 
group want?’ The idea of group 
wisdom versus manager wisdom.” 
Onuigbo said she enjoyed 
the talk and liked the multiple 

options provided.
“There were a lot of different 
models to consider and maybe 
adapt to different scenarios and 
work styles,” Onuigbo said. 
Greer said he particularly liked 
the example with Anderson. 
“I thought that the talk was 
very innovative, and it was 
very practical in the examples 
that it used, especially hitting 
close to home using DTE as an 
example,” Greer said. 
However, 
though 
Moreno 
enjoyed the talk, she admitted 
she had heard much of it before. 
She speculated the talk might be 
differently received by different age 
groups in the audience. 
“Individuals 
from 
the 
community who are out 
of school and are much 
older and maybe learning 
this as something brand 
new,” Moreno said. “And 
there’s 
students 
who, 
I 
think from our generation, 
are already hip to this. It’s 
very intuitive because we 
are not a generation who 
wants to be told what to do. 
We aren’t a generation that 
doesn’t 
have 
confidence 
in our own answers. To 
see this laid out in an 
educational framework is 
nice, but I didn’t think it 
was revolutionary.”

POSITIVITY
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DESIGN BY MICHELLE FAN

DINGELL
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EPA 
Deputy 
Director 
Joan Tanaka expressed 
the importance of the 
EPA working with state 
officials 
to 
contain 
the 
toxic 
chemicals 
spreading 
throughout 
the groundwater in Ann 
Arbor. 
“We understand that 
lots of stuff is going on 
right now, there’s going 
to be a lot of talking,” 
Tanaka said. “I don’t 
think 
anybody 
wants 
the 
problems 
to 
get 
worse and so we would 
be working together to 
figure out how it could 
not (get worse).”
Tanaka also said the 
site 
is 
not 
currently 
considered a Superfund 
site, a site requiring long-
term care which receives 
government 
support, 
because the groundwater 
contamination is not at 
a point of causing harm 
to people. Without this 
classification, it does not 
require emergency funds 
for cleanup from the EPA 
or from the responsible 
party, Gelman Sciences, 
Tanaka said. 
Currently, EGLE is in 
charge of making sure 
the level of the toxic 
dioxane chemical stays 
below a certain level and 
does not harm Ann Arbor 
residents. 
The 
meeting 
then 
moved to city and county 
officials asking the panel 
specific questions. Most 
of the questions were 
geared 
towards 
the 
EGLE, Attorney General 
official and the EPA to 
better 
understand 
the 
timeline of diminishing 
the plume. 
Tanaka 
explained 
that at most it would 
take 
approximately 
25 

years for the plume to 
be entirely cleaned up 
by the EPA, but in the 
meantime, 
EGLE 
will 
continue to monitor the 
plume. 
The 
discussion 
then 
opened up to questions 
from 
all 
community 
members in attendance. 
Community 
members 
asked 
questions 
about 
the timeline of cleanup 
efforts and who would be 
in charge of the cleanups. 
Rita Loch-Caruso, an 
environmental 
health 
sciences professor who 
attended 
the 
panel, 
spoke to The Daily after 
the meeting about her 
concerns.
“I’m 
very 
concerned 
about the plume,” Loch-
Caruso said. “I live on 
the west side of Ann 
Arbor 
and 
I’ve 
been 
going to these meetings 
for over ten years, and I 
have watched the plume 
advance 
toward 
my 
property. I’ve lived in our 
home for over 35 years 
year. The plume is now 
under my house.” 
Loch-Caruso 
also 
discussed her thoughts 
on 
the 
community 
meeting after hearing the 
different representatives 
from 
the 
different 
agencies speak. She left 
the meeting feeling like 
there is more work to be 
done on this issue.
“What 
I 
take 
away 
is that we still have an 
uphill battle to climb,” 
Loch-Caruso said. “It’s 
not clear to me though 
that 
the 
regulatory 
groups from the different 
government agencies and 
the different government 
entities and jurisdictions 
are really going to be 
able to come together in 
agreement, but I really 
hope so because I think 
we need a solution.”

