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The
Michigan
state

legislature passed two bills

to appropriate $150 million in

response to the coronavirus

pandemic.

On March 17, the House

unanimously
passed
House

Bill 4729. The bill appropriated

$50 million to the Health and

Human Services Department,

which requires the funds to be

distributed to critical health

care providers in order to

expand the state’s response

to the coronavirus. It also

allocated $75 million to the

Department
of
Technology,

Management and Budget and

those funds are authorized for

public health emergencies and

related economic responses to

various departments.

On March 30, the Michigan

Senate passed Senate Bill 151,

which created and distributed

an additional $15 million into

the
Coronavirus
Response

Fund along with $10 million

to other various departments,

totaling state funding for the

coronavirus pandemic to $150

million.

In a joint statement, Gov.

Gretchen
Whitmer
and

legislative leaders addressed

the signing of the supplemental

bills.
The
statement
noted

the funding will allow for the

purchasing of medical supplies

essential for Michigan to slow

the spread of the virus.

“Today’s
signing
of
two

supplemental budget bills will

provide new state funding of

$150 million to bolster response

efforts,” the statement reads.

“To date, the state has already

expended
more
than
$130

million to secure more than 20

million masks, more than 2,000

ventilators, nearly 9 million

ounces of hand sanitizer, more

than 255,000 boxes of gloves,

2.4 million gowns, more than

2,000 beds, 210,000 testing

supplies, 3,000 thermometers,

185,000 face shields, 22,000

cartons of disinfecting wipes,

as
well
as
other
needed

supplies.”

With businesses temporarily

closing
and
Gov.
Gretchen

Whitmer’s Stay Home, Stay Safe

Executive Order, many students’

on-campus jobs have been left in

limbo.

When the news of moving to

remote learning broke on March

11, LSA freshman Zachary said

he planned to stay on campus and

continue working with MDining

at South Quad Residence Hall.

He has held this position since

November and said he hoped to

pick up extra hours in light of

online classes and reduced social

gatherings.

Burton said he didn’t have too

many concerns about staying on

campus initially.

“It was a little bit stressful, but

I didn’t let it get to me that much,”

Burton said. “After a certain point,

you’re just like, ‘Okay, here we go

again. Here’s another mess to deal

with.’”

However,
as
University
of

Michigan
Housing
encouraged

people who are able to leave

campus, Burton said he found

himself feeling like one of the last

people living in South Quad.

“I know everyone in my friend

group left before I did, because I

was intending to stay on campus,”

Burton said. “I decided to leave

once I realized that it’s going to

shut down soon anyway.”

As for his job, MDining is

allowing student employees to

stop working if they leave campus

while still being able to resume

their job once they return to

campus. According to Burton,

the University Housing refund

covered what he would have been

making had he not taken on any

extra hours.

Even so, Burton said he is still

worried about not having an

income at this time, especially

since both of his parents had to

stop working due to the pandemic.

“I still would have liked to make

more (money) because my family

situation is not really the best at

the moment,” Burton said. “I want

to help out with that but I can’t,

really.”

LSA freshman Katie Carroll

also had an on-campus job she has

held since last semester working

as a student-teacher classroom

aide
at
the
North
Campus

Children’s Center. It was during

one of her shifts at the Children’s

Center that she got news of class

cancellation.

“It was a little nerve-wracking

— the fact that our classes had

been canceled and the University

basically shut was emailed to us

during my shift,” Carroll said. “The

Children’s Center still couldn’t get

permission to close for like five

days beyond that, even though

they’re part of the University … so

a lot of the teachers were nervous

about that.”

michigandaily.com
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, April 3, 2020

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

Students discuss impact of losing on-campus
employment following coronavirus outbreak

DESIGN BY CARA JHANG

JULIA FANZERES

Daily Staff Reporter

See EMPLOYMENT, Page 3

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INDEX
Vol. CXXIX, No. 98
©2020 The Michigan Daily

N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O P I N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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CAMPUS LIFE

For many students at the

University
of
Michigan,

summer is a time to gain

experience in the real world

through jobs and internships.

However,
as
the
number

of COVID-19 cases in the

United States and worldwide

has continued to rise, many

summer internships and jobs

have been canceled, leaving

some students scrambling to

find other plans.

Students’ summer plans
face threat of cancellation

SARA ZHAO
For The Daily

Future of
internships
uncertain

MI virus response on par with other states

Neighboring regions follow similar stay-at-home guidelines, allocate funds for crisis

IULIA DOBRIN
Daily Staff Reporter

DESIGN BY LIZZY RUEPPEL

See MICHIGAN, Page 3

As most University
operations shut down,
employees leave work
with no return date

See SUMMER, Page 3

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