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The
University
of
Michigan
Central
Student
Government’s
Ninth Assembly held its last meeting
virtually through a BlueJeans video
conference Tuesday night. The
Assembly discussed amendments
to the CSG budget and allocations
to the Dean of Students Emergency
Fund,
a
financial
assistance
program run by the University
that provides students in need
with up to $500.
The Assembly discussed a motion
to amend budget allocations for the
LSAT prep course sponsored by
CSG. Currently, course instructors
are paid $200 for two and a half
teaching hours a week. The motion
proposed to pay $80 to instructors
teaching their own class and $120
to instructors covering another
instructor’s class as opposed to the
previously set weekly rate for their
role in the program.
The
amendment
further
stipulated that instructors would
be paid $40 for attending a weekly
meeting, but it was ruled out of
order by Speaker Whit Froehlich,
a Medical student, on the grounds
that it was unconstitutional.
Rackham student Austin Glass
said
he
supported
Froehlich’s
ruling due to the precedent it set
for future amendments that could
have a negative impact on workers.
“Overturning
this
ruling
would, in my view, be a dangerous
constitutional challenge to the
power of CSG and the power of
the Assembly,” Glass said. “If
an amendment like this were
allowed, an amendment to change
the amount that individuals were
paid to zero dollars would also
be allowed. That is completely
unacceptable and unattainable to
me.”
The
Assembly
voted
to
overturn Froehlich’s ruling and
after engaging in a debate, LSA
sophomore Sam Braden proposed
to strike the $120 being paid to
instructors
covering
another
instructor’s
class
from
the
proposed budget amendment. The
change was made with unanimous
consent and the Assembly voted to
pass the budget amendment.
Rackham
student
Hayden
Jackson supported the amendment
to the budget so that course
instructors get paid adequately,
citing
that
not
passing
the
amendment due to procedural
concerns would be unjust to the
workers.
“What (this amendment) comes
down to is whether you believe
that people should be paid fairly
for their work,” Jackson said.
The Assembly approved the
amendment to the Winter 2020
budget
to
reallocate
$2,000
from
the
Programming
Board
Project Account to the Legislative
Discretionary
Fund.
The
amendment was made in order to
create sufficient funds to make
an allocation of $20,000 from the
fund towards the Dean of Students
Emergency Fund.
After amending the amount to
be allocated to $10,000 in order
to leave sufficient funds in the
budget for the next Assembly, the
Assembly voted for the motion by
unanimous consent.
The Assembly also discussed
the screening process for the Dean
of Students Emergency Fund and
the idea of waiving the $500 limit
of fund allocation to students
displaying need from the fund
to Dean of Students Laura Blake
Jones.
Because Tuesday’s meeting was
the last of the ninth CSG Assembly,
President Ben Gerstein, Public
Policy junior, thanked Assembly
members for their contributions.
Elections for the 10th Assembly
take
place
Wednesday
and
Thursday online at vote.umich.
edu.
“I want to thank each and
every one of you. It’s been a really
challenging,
but
rewarding
and
unbelievable, year. Each and every
one of you have had an impact
on
my
personal
experience
at
CSG,” Gerstein said. “It’s been an
unbelievable two and a half years. I
really hope that you all took as much
as I took from this Assembly this
past year and utilize that passion you
all have to move forward.”
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CSG discusses budget changes
in Ninth Assembly’s last meeting
Body allocates $10,000 to Dean of Students Emergency, proposes
alterations to salary of sponsored LSAT prep course instructors
Doe
claimed
the
sex
was
consensual.
Following the complaint against
Doe, the University suspended his
degree. Doe alleged this put his
academic and professional future at
risk without a full investigation in
the lawsuit.
According to MLive, Tarnow
held it was unconstitutional for the
University to suspend Doe before
his hearing and decided all students
accused of misconduct are entitled
to a live hearing and a cross-
examination with the accuser.
There is no dispute between
the parties that Defendants’ 2018
Policy denied Plaintiff a right to a
hearing,” Tarnow held. “Defendants
adjudication
of
the
allegations
against him ‘without process ...
immediately
collides
with
the
requirements of the Constitution.’”
Doe claimed the University’s
investigative process violated his
due process rights because he was
not made aware of his accuser’s
allegations when the Office of
Institutional Equity interviewed
him.
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