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ADMISSIONS
Number of early action applicants increases Over 27,000 submit early, marking 17.4 percent uptick
By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter
The upward trend continues. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions received more than 27,000 early action applications this year, according to University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald. The figure is up from nearly 23,000 early action applications in 2014 — a 17.4 percent increase. “Overall we expect admission applicants to increase again this year and this increase is the early sign of that overall increase,” Fitzgerald wrote in an e-mail to The Michigan Daily on Tuesday. Between 2012 and 2013, early applications rose 15.8 percent from 19,000 to 22,000; between 2013 and 2014, the number increased an additional 4.5 percent from 22,000 to 23,000. For the 2014-2015 school year, undergraduate enrollment
increased slightly from the year prior, though the University had intended to curb the number of students enrolling for the Class of 2018. During September’s Board of Regents meeting, University Provost Martha Pollack said the Office of Admissions plans to reduce the size of future classes, which could include shifting more early applicants to a waitlist. “We have been over-enrolling every year for the past five years and we have to stop this,” she said. “I’m not happy about it.” Students deferred to regular admission were notified that their application remains under consideration in an e-mail from Erica Sanders, interim director of admissions. “Our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process,” the letter reads. “As a result, we are writing to inform you that your application is currently being deferred for further review.” See EARLY ACTION, Page 3A
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Engineering junior Matthew Maranzano and LSA senior Jessica Golden make Valentine’s Day cards during Fireside Tuesdays at Pierpoint Commons.
CAMPUS LIFE
Inaugural Trotter Lecture features Black activist poet Speaker touches on importance of “troublemaking” in achieving change By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter
Activist Dr. Cheryl Clarke read poetry and facilitated discussion about the nation’s
changing racial climate Tuesday during the inaugural William Monroe Trotter Lecture. Sponsored by the Trotter Multicultural Center along with a dozen other university units and departments, the lecture took place in the Michigan League Ballroom and focused on the issues of racism, feminism and lesbianism. Anjali Anturkar, associate vice president for student life, delivered opening remarks at
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RESEARCH
Detroit mayor says the city is fighting back SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
The Calidore Quartet holds a recital including pieces by Mozart, Shaw and Mendelssohn in Britton Recital Hall on Tuesday.
By ISOBEL FUTTER For the Daily
PUBLIC SAFETY
Students aren’t the only ones receiving report cards. Many hospitals earn grades, too. But according to a study by University researchers, surgical safety remains constant across similar hospitals, whether or not the hospital received report cards. The study’s authors considered the 263 hospitals evaluated by the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program report card. The group found that the hospitals participating in the evaluation program not experience improvement over time compared to hospitals not receiving report cards. See EVALUATION, Page 3A
By EMMA KERR Daily News Editor
The Washtenaw Prosecutor’s Office released several documents Monday related
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to the fatal shooting of Aura Rosser by an Ann Arbor police officer. Following an investigation by the Michigan State Police, Prosecutor David Mackie determined last month that Ann Arbor Police Officer David Ried’s shooting of Rosser, a 40-year-old Black woman from Ann Arbor, constituted lawful self defense. The initial incident report said officers were dispatched
During State of the City address, Duggan talks public safety, recovery By ALLANA AKHTAR
Prosecutor releases files in Rosser shooting case Documents include autopsy report, statement from officer
students at Rutgers University, where she received her master’s and doctorate in English. Prior to her position as dean, she was the founding director of the Office of Diverse Community Affairs and Lesbian/ Gay Concerns at Rutgers. Known for her poetry and activism, Clarke’s published books of poetry include “Narratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women,” “Living as a See TROTTER, Page 3A
STATE OF THE CITY
Surgery grades are unhelpful, study says ‘U’ researchers argue quality of care not impacted by evaluations
the event, noting the importance of a regularly scheduled diversity-oriented presentation. “This inaugural William Trotter Lecture invites us to embrace the reality that each of us have multiple identities,” Anturkar said. “We are called on to create and sustain inclusive space for everyone.” Clarke, who was introduced as a Black lesbian feminist, is the former dean of
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to Rosser’s home following a 911 call made by her ex-boyfriend. When officers arrived, Rosser was holding a kitchen knife and was threatening officers with the knife and moving toward them. The knife appeared to be six to eight inches long, according to the report. In the documents, which included the autopsy report, lab reports and crime scene See FILES, Page 3A
In his second State of the City address, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan praised his administration both for improving the Detroit’s economic prospects and the city’s image regionally and nationwide. Additionally, Duggan highlighted the importance of ensuring Detroit’s longtime residents benefit from the city’s recovery. “Can we build our recovery on the principle of economic inclusion?” he said. “What will the recovery of the city mean if the folks that have been here aren’t a part of it?” Duggan delivered the address from the Redford Theatre,
located in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. Residential blight hit the district particularly hard and large swaths of land remain vacant. Duggan noted the addition of 500 new jobs in Brightmoor with the opening of a new Meijer, and continued to discuss economic and community recovery throughout the rest of the address. “This community is fighting back like so many others,” Duggan said. Duggan said his administration has worked to save houses from demolition through the Building Detroit website, which auctions city-owned homes to buyers who agree to fix and inhabit them within six months. The administration is also helping sell vacant side lots to community members interested in maintaining properties adjacent to their own. The mayor said property values are increasing in 25 Detroit See DETROIT, Page 3A
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