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…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 14, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Minors would not face legal action for seeking medical assistance By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter Following the successful implementation of medical amnesty for minors who con- sumed alcohol, Michigan rep- resentatives have introduced a bill to extend this amnesty to drug use as well. As stated in t...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 2, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Residents struggle with crisis’ lasting impacts as leaders seek to rebuild trust By SAM GRINGLAS Managing News Editor FLINT, Mich. — On a Saturday evening in October, several hundred trick-or-treaters streamed up and down Calumet Street on the city’s east side. Traffic clogged the neighborhood’s streets, lin...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, December 9, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ethics committee recommendation generates debate during meeting By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily Staff Reporter Calls to remove a Central Student Government representative after members of Students Allied for Freedom and Democracy questioned his conduct at their Diag demonstration continued to generate d...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 7, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Event intended to tie with World AIDS Day advocacy efforts By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter University students have host- ed performances of the popular stage play “The Vagina Mono- logues” for years. But on Friday, the University’s Black Student Union and the National Council of Negro Women teamed up to ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, December 8, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIII, No. 42 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A RT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SPORTS ........................7 SUDOKU....................... 2 CL ASSIFI...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, December 3, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM A look at The Moxies » INSIDE the b-side ‘U’ has contracted outside search firm, appointed selection committee By LEV FACHER Managing Editor Michigan interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett describes his tenure at the University as a love story — one that begins with a phone call. This love story, however, i...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, December 10, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ann Arbor awaits release of new ‘Star Wars’ installment » INSIDE the b-side GOVERNMENT See LAB SAFETY, Page 3A See COMMISSION, Page 2A From deer cull to departure of key city officials, 2015 marked year of change By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter For City Hall and the Ann Arbor City Council, the past yea...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, December 4, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily University President Mark Schlissel addresses students during his monthly fireside chat with students in the Michigan Union on Thursday. During fireside chat, president also expresses opposition to divestment By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter For University President Mark Schlissel’s...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, December 1, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM See ANDRES, Page 6 See SACUA, Page 3 See GENETICS, Page 3 CAMPUS LIFE ARTS PREVIEW SCIENCE Students recount experiences with sexual assault at 29th annual SAPAC event By RIYAH BASHA Daily Staff Reporter At the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s 29th annual Speak Out, more than 150 attendees ...…

…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, December 11, 2015 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM DELANEY RYAN/Daily Art & Design freshman Laura Desimine works on a Rube Goldberg project for her first-year 3D class at the Art & Architecture building on Thursday. RUBE GOLDBE RG’S DEVICE STUDENT GOVERNMENT POLITICS Eleven members step down from their positions after chair’s termination By EMMA KERR Daily News Edi...…

…2A — Monday, December 14, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan hockey team split a home series with Minnesota this weekend, winning 8-3 on Friday before losing 3-2 on Saturday. The Wolverines are now 9-3-3 on the season (2-1-1 Big Ten). >>FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Dogs in the library WHAT: Therapaws of Michigan will bring dogs to the library to he...…

…2A — Wednesday, December 2, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily University research associate Lauretta Ovadje participates in a free weekly kickboxing class at the Trotter Multicultural Center on Tuesday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan welcomed their first child, a girl named Max. They also announced plans to donate millions of their $45 million fortune, The New York...…

…2A — Wednesday, December 9, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com RITA MORRIS/Daily Doug Freeman, chief operating officer of Patagonia, discusses the ideals and expectations of running an environmentally conscious business at the Ross School of Business on Tuesday. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in Fisher v. Texas, which will consider the use of affirmative action in college admissions, The...…

…2A — Monday, December 7, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan hockey team opened Big Ten play over the weekend, beating Wisconsin, 6-4, on Friday and following it up with a 7-6 shootout win on Saturday. Justin Selman scored three goals on the weekend. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Free movie screening WHAT: A screening of the movie, “Autism in Love.” WHO: The Trotter M...…

…2 — Tuesday, December 8, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting ...…

…2A — Thursday, December 3, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY Daily Arts Writers hang with up-and-coming rock band The Moxies, talk to student producer, YOG$, visit Third Man Records and more in a music- centric edition of The B-Side. >>SEE B-SIDE, PAGE 1B 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Flute trio WHAT: Iridescent Flutes, a trio of classic...…

…report, emphasized the importance of community input. “We cannot set aside the fact that police cannot be expected to police themselves. Right?” Wilson asked, to loud applause from the audience. However, Nearly all of the community members who spoke criticized the resolution because of insufficient power delegated to citizens. Public Health student Rebecca Ahmad-Robinson, a member of the advocacy group Ann Arbor to Ferguson...…

…2 — Friday, December 4, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Daily’s editorial staff lays out what the University should look for in selecting a new athletic director — and emphasized that students should be included in the search process. >>SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Economics lecture WHAT: University of Pennsylvania Business Prof. Mike Abito will ...…

…News 2 — Tuesday, December 1, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting...…

…Carson’s time at the University for this story. Mary Masson, a spokesperson for the University of Michigan Health system, also declined multiple interview requests to UMHS and Medical School faculty and administrators on their behalf. Public Policy senior Cody Giddings, vice chair of the University’s chapter of the College Republicans, said the organization has not been in contact with the Carson campaign, and...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Monday, December 14, 2015 — 3A in the past month, and 21 percent reported using mar- ijuana at least once in the past month. Eight percent of undergraduate students reported using drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines and ecstasy in the past month. All of these numbers had increased since a previ- ous NCHA survey taken in 2010. Mary Jo Desprez, direc- tor of Wolverine Wellness, said alcoh...…

…pediatrician’s report the week before had shown a significant jump in the number of Flint children with elevated blood lead levels, and those samples correlated with ZIP codes in which independent water samples pointed to lead contamination. State officials initially discounted the data. Eight days later, they reversed course. The city would again source its water from the Detroit River. For the residents of Flint, it was too ...…

…Michigan and professional football player and the current medical director at a hospital in Reno, Nev. Hackett will remain in office until the University finds a permanent replacement, which Schlissel said will be an asset during the search process. “Interim Director Hackett continues to do a great job with the department,” Schlissel said. “He’s flexible enough to stay on as long as necessary to allow us to conduct a very th...…

…with HIV,” Griggs said. “This event’s purpose and its mission are to destigmatize those nega- tive perceptions.” As a result, Kwapo said, the event was meant to provide a constructive forum where stu- dents could be exposed to others’ nuanced, firsthand experiences with HIV. “We want it to be a learning experience, and we really aim for students to know actual facts about the disease and to not look at someone who’s HIV positive ...…

…Rakestraw said he was impressed with Duggan’s efforts to ensure the city is well lit. “So much of wanting to go to a city is being comfortable and feeling safe in it,” Rakestraw said. “I thought it was really cool how much he emphasized making sure the streets were clean and well lit as a precursor to making real change. It seemed like the kind of response you would get from someone who is looking at the big picture in totality.”...…

…mer Michigan football player and the current medical director at Renown Rehabilitation Center in Reno, Nevada. Schlissel, whose experience as provost at Brown University gave him little prior experience in deal- ing with big-time college athletics, acknowledged the stakes are high. “I have to believe this is the best athletic director position in the county,” Schlissel said. Hackett and Schlissel both stressed the importance of ...…

…become too narrow or collapse. According to Scott Hollister, a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering, tracheobronchomalacia occurs once in every 2,200 births. In the United States, that averages about 1,500 to 1,800 patients a year with the condition, with ranging severity. While some kids with a mild form of the condition will not need medical intervention, those with moderate to very severe forms require tr...…

…his decision to vote in favor of the cull. “It goes without saying that the recall process is a critical part of democracy,” he said. “That being said, in my limited experience of recalls, they usually seem to involve some kind of extreme behavior problem of an elected official, not votes on small-budget items like we have here. I struggle with the concept of using a recall in this instance. I suppose the inference is that 10 out...…

…directly, recipients would be free to spend the money as they choose. “To a large extent I think some of the problems with charities are that they’re very paternalistic,” Morgenstern said. “The problem with the income gap is that people don’t tell me how to spend my money and I would rather not tell the recipient how to spend this money. I would like them to be able to use the money for what they feel is most important.” Morg...…

…increased, but especially given a budget deficit of $460 million, you’re talking about a lot of items that we have to watch.” Irwin said in an interview Thursday that he deemed expanding financial aid a priority, but he was disappointed that this priority wasn’t largely reflected in the final budget. “Michigan is currently 41st in the nation by most estimates in terms of providing financial aid,” Irwin said. “Efforts to ...…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, December 14, 2015 — 5A STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! RANDOS! CONTACT TMD.ADDESIGN@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERSTED! ACROSS 1 Main idea 5 Seniors, to juniors 9 Pizza party drinks 14 A whole bunch 15 Skip past 16 __ Jeane Mortenson: Marilyn Monroe’s birth name 17 Six-sided state 18 Cares 20 Superfan to the max 2...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, December 2, 2015 — 5A TV NOTEBOOK By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer Over Thanksgiving break I did what most college students home for the holidays do: avoid family squabbles, drink and eat a tad too much and binge watch the televi- sion I missed out on in college. My long-weekend bender included making my family start “Grace & Frankie,” rewatching old “Scandal” episodes...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Wednesday, December 9, 2015 — 5A Although the setting of the play has not been tampered with, the cast and crew have taken some liberties with the production. Lindsay, the director, decided to keep the play in its original 15th century time period. “I’ve managed to work a number of women into the show,” she said. “One of the big things we did was change the Duke of Worcester to the...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, December 7, 2015 — 5A STAYING IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER? APPLY TO WORK FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY BUSINESS TEAM! DESIGNERS! LAYOUT! RANDOS! CONTACT TMD.ADDESIGN@GMAIL.COM IF YOU ARE INTERSTED! ACROSS 1 Supplier of fake tunnels to Wile E. Coyote 5 Dictionary entry 9 Attempt to scam using email 14 Small songbird 15 “Am __ early?” 16 Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of __ March” 17 *One held ...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 8, 2015 — 5 EVENT PREVIEW Love and ‘Piazza’ SMTD production explores beauty and challenges in Italy By BAILEY KADIAN Daily Arts Writer If I had to choose an ideal loca- tion to explore all things beautiful and passionate, no doubt it’d be Italy. This week- end, at the Arthur Miller Theatre, stu- dents from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance pres- ent “Th...…

…ACROSS 1 Game piece associated with 71-Across 8 “C’mon, Let’s Play” store 15 Estate planner’s suggestion 16 Chess grandmaster Karpov 17 Cancún’s peninsula 18 Copied 19 “Nurse Jackie” network, briefly 20 Attempt 22 Org. concerned with the AQI 23 VW hatchback 24 Way out 26 Selective socializer, perhaps 29 Geologic periods 31 Soulful Franklin 33 Catch 34 Swallow up 36 Asks for more 38 Fish used as bait in bass fishing 40 Dagger of yore 41 Apple m...…

…ACROSS 1 Mennonite sect 6 Nasty bit of trickery 10 Chopped side 14 Trunk full of organs? 15 “Casablanca” heroine 16 Speck 17 Airline seating for Mensa members? 19 Milne’s Hundred __ Wood 20 Fire dept. employee 21 Many ages 22 Out of the country 24 Subordinate’s yes 26 Jewish folklore creature 28 He’s a horse, of course 30 Watched for the evening, say 34 Bar in a shower 37 Mark of approval 39 Justice Kagan appointer 40 WWII threat 42 Andy Capp’...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Friday, December 4, 2015 — 5 ‘Empire’ falters in second season Mediocre storylines hurt Fox drama at mid-season finale By CHRISTIAN KENNEDY Daily Arts Writer At the sophomore season mid- point of “Empire,” a week of quick changes come to a close. First, Cookie (Tar- aji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benja- min Button”) was taking over Empire, then she creates her own com-...…

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Tuesday, December 1, 2015 — 5 TV REVIEW ‘Dead’ disappoints Mid-season finale of AMC series is its worst yet By BEN ROSENSTOCK Daily Arts Writer The concept of a “mid-season finale” has traditionally been helpful for “The Walking Dead,” a show primar- ily made up of eight-episode arcs. Each mid-season finale since the third season has featured a game-changing moment; while the...…

…VS Fashion show: The good and bad STYLE RECAP Glitz, gold and tans for this year’s Angels By Daily Style Writers At the Victoria’s Secret Fash- ion Show, there was music, bras, Kris Jenner being a “cool” mom and the sensual sounds of the Weeknd, what more could you ask for? BEST: Kendall Jenner Kendall Jenner seems to absorb a crowd’s attention whenever she’s on the runway. Maybe it’s her stunning beauty, the mass amount of ...…