…Design by Maggie Huang Thursday, December 5, 2019 University of Michigan students gathered at the University Spectrum Center Wednesday evening for a town hall discussion on creating a plan to implement an informed consent model for gender-affirming care at University Health Services. At the event, ten students worked to identify and address health care disparities for transgender students at U-M. The students explained that at U...…
…“Undergraduate women remain the most at-risk for experiencing nonconsensual touching or penetration since enrolling at U-M at 34.3 percent, down from 38.2 percent in 2015,” according to U-M Public Affairs. The survey also said there is a statistically significant difference in rates of “nonconsensual sexual contact” between heterosexual students and members of the LGBTQ+ community. “Non-heterosexual students (gay or les...…
…Touted as the cannabis capital of the Midwest, Ann Arbor is no stranger to recreational marijuana use. However, the city’s marijuana market may be undergoing a dynamic shift. This past week, Deputy City Attorney Kevin McDonald presented a first draft proposal for a points- based scoring process for businesses seeking to obtain a permit to sell cannabis products. At a City Council meeting Monday, several councilmembers, ...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 16, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM An audience of 150 gathered Friday afternoon in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Ford School of Public Policy for a talk titled “Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era.” The event featured a conversation between former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley; former Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...…
…When Ari Paul, a University of Michigan alum, met his aunt’s husband William “Buzz” Alexander as a teenager, he recognized how special Alexander was right away. “Meeting him for the first time, you could tell he was someone of incredible experience and had an endless love of people,” Ari said. Janie Paul, Alexander’s wife and a School of Art & Design professor, met her husband in 1992 at the Blue Mountain Center, a community o...…
…Housing is an ongoing issue that continues to affect stakeholders in the Ann Arbor community. For students, it means pressure to sign leases in early fall, perhaps without a full understanding of their responsibilities as a tenant. The steady growth of student enrollment, an average 2.21 percent in the past two years, exacerbates the issue. Individuals such as Peter Allen, professor at the Ross School of Business and Taubman...…
…Ann Arbor city officials discussed two ordinances that would expand the number of recreational marijuana facilities in the city in a special City Council work session Monday night. Approximately 25 citizens attended the session. At last week’s meeting, councilmembers gave initial approval to the ordinances that would allow temporary permits for events with onsite marijuana sale and consumption. They are expected to be ...…
…As University of Michigan students began school two weeks ago, approximately 30 international students were unable to matriculate because of delays in their United States visa applications, according to University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen. The three students interviewed in this article all requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation from the United States Department of State. Other identifying information, such as the stu...…
…University of Michigan Rackham student Andrea Belgrade hosted the opening event for the Strength of Refugees and their Community in the Hatcher Graduate Library Wednesday night. A group of about 50 students and Ann Arbor residents attended the event. Belgrade does research with psychology professor Fiona Lee focused on Muslim-Americans, self-identified multicultural people, immigrants and refugees. The gallery at the eve...…
…More than 300 students, faculty, and community members attended a lecture by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power at the Ford School of Public Policy this Wednesday. As a distinguished guest of the Public Policy School’s third annual Vandenberg Lecture, Power discussed her career in diplomacy and began her talk with a reflection on her intentions behind writing her most recent memoir, “The E...…
…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents met for their first meeting of the 2019-2020 school year Thursday. Regents Jordan Acker (D) and Michael Behm (D) were not present, and chair Ron Weiser (R) arrived late. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by thanking E. Royster Harper, vice president for Student Life, for her time at the University. Harper announced her retirement this week. “After an amazing f...…
…Ann Arbor rents are skyrocketing, according to recent reports. The city’s rent is the second fastest growing among college towns. Separate reports from rental and real estate websites Zumper and RENTCafé confirmed Ann Arbor’s increasing rental rates. Zumper examined the year-over- year rental growth rates of 50 college towns around the country, comparing the average rate for one bedroom in 2019 to the rate in 2018. With a year...…
…Vice President of Student Life E. Royster Harper, is retiring from the University of Michigan after 20 years in her current position. In an email to the University community Thursday morning, Harper announced her retirement, which will be effective at the beginning of the Winter 2020 semester. She cited wanting to spend more time with her family and enjoying other life pursuits as the reason for her retirement. “I read a sta...…
…The Michigan Union celebrated its centennial on Wednesday with cupcakes and a birthday card on the Diag. The Union has been a gathering space for students on campus since its creation in 1919, but the building has been under construction and closed to visitors since April 2018. The Center for Campus Involvement hosted the event. LSA senior Sarah Hussain works as a program coordinator team lead with the Center for Campus Inv...…
…The University of Michigan has accepted an invitation to collaborate with the city of Detroit in building the Detroit Center for Innovation, it announced Wednesday morning. The $300 million research and education center will provide new programs and courses of study for both undergraduate and graduate students. University President Mark Schlissel explained in an email statement the location of the Center is key to furthering ...…
…Dr. Robert Ernst, University Health Services executive director and associate vice president for Health and Wellness, addressed student concerns about the University’s recent policy change to UHS coverage for sexually transmitted infection testing at Tuesday’s Central Student Government meeting. Ernst explained the reasoning behind removing STI testing from the Health and Wellness fee was to allocate funding toward ...…
…Michael Cox, Ann Arbor’s new chief of police, was officially sworn in on Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony took place. in the City Council chambers and the audience consisted of several citizens, police officials, government officials and Cox’s close family and friends. At the start of the ceremony, Mayor Christopher Taylor welcomed the crowd and shared opening remarks. He began his speech by addressing the goals of the Ann Arb...…
…The University of Michigan Solar Car team placed third in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge on Thursday afternoon after a five-day, 1,800-mile race through the Australian Outback. The team’s car, Electrum, reached the finish line in Adelaide, South Australia averaging about 49 miles per hour. The Belgian team, Agoria, placed first, followed by the Japanese team from Tokai University. Engineering junior Andrew Dickinso...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, October 28, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Washout Michigan makes statement in 45-14 beatdown of No. 8 Notre Dame, stomping the Fighting Irish in rain-soaked night. » Page 1B Read more at MichiganDaily.com The University of Michigan held a groundbreaking for its new $920-million-dollar hospital on Friday, featuring remarks from University President Mark S...…
…On Oct. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court heard three cases that could end protections for LGBTQ employees in the United States. In each of the three cases brought up to the Supreme Court — Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda, Bostock v. Clayton County and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC — the employers dismissed their employees on the basis of their sexual orientation. In both Zarda and Bostock, the employees Donald Zarda and Gera...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, October 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXIX, No. 15 ©2019 The Michigan Daily N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CL A SSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 S U D O K U . . . . . ....…
…Officials at the ACT — a college admissions test taken by more than 1.9 million students each year — announced a policy change earlier this month that will allow students to retake single sections of the five-part test rather than having to sit for the entire exam in hopes of improving their score. Typically, the test takes about three hours to complete. In an email to The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan spokesperson Rick ...…
…In order to address the housing crisis in Ann Arbor, stakeholders are proposing innovative solutions to address the issues of affordability and the growing influx of students while maintaining the city’s unique character. Rent control — legislation that sets caps on rents — is one such option the city council is considering. Rent control policy has been implemented statewide in California and in a few communities i...…
…Earlier this month, when California passed its Fair Pay to Play Act, allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness starting in 2023, mum was the word among Michigan’s football players. The would-be beneficiaries generally claimed ignorance. Some, like senior left tackle Jon Runyan Jr., were more forthcoming, saying they understand why some would benefit from the extra money that would come with the b...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 20, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Diag was occupied by more than 30 students Tuesday night participating in the first “One Night Without a Home” sleep-out in Ann Arbor. The event, hosted by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, as well as student activist organizations MReach and CURIS - Public Health Advocacy, comes as one of many...…
…Ahead of the start of contract negotiations between the Graduate Employees’ Organization and the University of Michigan, approximately 200 GEO members and supporters convened on the Diag for a rally Wednesday morning. Demonstrators marched to the Michigan League, where contract negotiations began. GEO president Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, said GEO is taking part in a nationwide campaign to improve the accessibili...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 25, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Tuned and ready Michigan dispatches of Indiana with ease, 39-14, officially sets its sights on bout with Ohio State next weekend. » Page 1B Faculty directors of the Semester in Detroit program, an initiative that allows University of Michigan students to study and intern with community- based organizations in th...…
…Students have a love- hate relationship with their Michigan Marriage Pact matches. The results of the questionnaire, which was developed by University of Michigan students for a class project, were released Tuesday evening. The pact used an algorithm to find students their future spouse, and the match-ups generated a flurry of discussion on campus and online groups. After being open to undergraduate students at...…
…About 50 students protested Wednesday afternoon in the “Human Chain for Survivors” event on the Diag in front of Hatcher Library. The protest contested the University of Michigan’s interim Title IX policy requiring a peer-to- peer cross-examination in all Title IX cases, including cases of sexual misconduct and assault. The policy has been highly contested since it was implemented in December 2018. Roe v. Rape as well as t...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, November 22, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Ypsilanti is following Ann Arbor’s lead in drafting a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2035. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Ypsilanti City Council decided to draft a plan on how the city could become carbon neutral in 15 years. The draft plan will be presented on March 31, approaching the 50th anniversar...…
…In November 2018, Michigan voters amended the Michigan Constitution by passing Proposal 2, which places legislative and congressional redistricting in the hands of a 13 member Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. Monday night, the Ford School of Public Policy hosted a panel discussion with Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, and other experts to discuss this new approach to redistricting and particu...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, November 18, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Statement made Michigan runs away from its in-state rival, 44-10, sending Michigan State into further despair in a disastrous year. » Page 1B More than 100 Ann Arbor residents and students marched Sunday to raise awareness about affordable housing issues in the city. Gathering initially in Liberty Plaza, many m...…
…For the last time before her retirement in January, The Michigan Daily sat down for an interview with E. Royster Harper, the University’s vice president for Student Life. In the interview on Friday afternoon, Harper discussed IFC-affiliated fraternities recruiting freshmen against University policy, controversy surrounding the senior honor society Order of Angell, protests against the University’s sexual misconduct...…
…Before “The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories that Spurred a Movement” event hosted by the Wallace House, The Michigan Daily sat down with journalists Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta to discuss their roles in reporting on Harvey Weinstein and where they see the next cultural reckoning coming from. The Michigan Daily: When you first started investigating Harvey Weinstein, did you ever envision the magnitude of the cultural rec...…
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…Central Student Government held its final meeting of the 8th assembly Tuesday night. The assembly voted to pass several resolutions, including a resolution to designate University of Michigan Blue Bus routes from campus locations to grocery stores, as well as a resolution to improve pedestrian safety at the University. At the meeting, several non-CSG students presented a new idea for an app to better integrate first-year ...…
…The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents convened Thursday afternoon for the last meeting of the winter 2019 term. Regents Michael Behm (D) and Mark Bernstein (D) were not present but called into the meeting, while Chair Ron Weiser was unable to attend or call in. University President Mark Schlissel began the meeting by addressing the March 16 active shooter scare. He acknowledged that though there was no actual shooter, the...…
…In late February, Kaplan Test Prep released their annual law school admissions officers survey, an analysis that attempts to measure student interest in attending law school. After years of decline, Kaplan reported an increase of over 4,000 applicants. The cause, they reported, was the chaotic state of the political climate. In a survey of 121 different law schools, encompassing some of the top 50 in the nation as ranke...…
…The University of Michigan introduced a new study to investigate the relationship between biosensors and health results earlier this month, following a pilot program in September. The Michigan Predictive Activity and Clinical Trajectories (MIPACT) study is analyzing information from Apple Watches to see if it can offer accurate data on health and wellness. Dr. Sachin Kheterpal, an associate professor of anesth...…
…LSA senior Bradley Ebenhoeh was in a residence hall when unfounded reports of an active shooter in Mason Hall surfaced March 16. “I was in East Quad, and they (the Resident Advisors) ... told us there was an active shooter and recommended to us to get downstairs,” Ebenhoeh said. “That made me feel frightened because there was no response from the University.” Ebenhoeh, who uses a wheelchair, said he felt especially frightened...…
…Max Tsao, Music, Theatre & Dance junior, was working in Mason Hall with other students Saturday afternoon when the first reports of an active shooter on the University of Michigan’s Central Campus were publicized. In one of the student’s group chats, at approximately 4:44 p.m., one student alerted the group “There’s an active shooter near Mason.” Many students responded to the text in confusion, one asking “How am I suppo...…
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…Amid objections from community activists, Ann Arbor City Council moved forward Tuesday with a proposed amendment to allow for a waiver of restrictions on the eligibility of city employees to sit on the police oversight commission. The amendment will be addressed at a second reading during the next council meeting. The 2014 shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor Police officer provoked months of debate and protest, eve...…
…Friends, family and several prominent politicians braved icy conditions to honor the life of former U.S. Rep. John Dingell at funeral services in Dearborn, Mich. The longest-serving member of Congress in history and spouse of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., passed away last week at the age of 92. John Dingell had a heart attack in September and had been battling cancer, though the exact cause of death has not yet ...…
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…Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered Friday Night in the tea room of Crazy Wisdom Bookstore to discuss ways to protest conservative author and commentator Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus, which is scheduled to occur on March 12. Those gathered at the meeting went over a powerpoint on strategies for the protest and who Ben Shapiro is, followed by a brainstorm session. Ann Arbor activist Adam Nash, who h...…
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…See DRIVING, Page 3A In 2007, a loose-knit group of skateboarders and skateboard enthusiasts in Ann Arbor decided it was time to create a skatepark in a city that has many other exceptional public amenities. In 2014, after a large community effort, Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark — a nonprofit public skatepark in Ann Arbor — was created. Twelve years after this initial push, the skatepark is a thriving nonprofit. And now,...…
…Winterfest, a tournament-style annual philanthropic event where different members of fraternities and sororities play broomball for charity, will be hosted on Feb 23 by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (PIKE). Last year, Winterfest was hosted on the property of PIKE and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi, but after Alpha Sigma Phi was banned from campus, PIKE picked up the event. Fraternities who are members of the Interfraternity Council...…
…About 60 people gathered at the Ann Arbor Federal Building on Monday and marched in protest of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. Organized by local organization Stop Trump Ann Arbor, the protest was one of 262 noontime Presidents Day protests around the nation coordinated by MoveOn, a national organization focusing on education and advocacy through petitions, supporting campaigns and mobilizing events....…
