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CSG exec. candidate was on ski trip in Jan. “The Team” VP nominee attended trip that caused $85,000 in damages By ALYSSA BRANDON Daily Staff Reporter
LSA sophomore Matt Fidel, The Team’s candidate for Central Student Government vice president, participated in a ski trip during which members of his fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, as well as sorority Sigma Delta Tau, reportedly caused at least $85,000 in damages, campaign manager Jacob Abudaram, an LSA junior, confirmed to The Michigan Daily last week. Last month, over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, several ski trips hosted by six University Greek life chapters caused over $100,000 in damage to two Michigan ski resorts and were suspended by their national chapters. The participants are also facing an investigation by the Michigan State Police, and the possibility of University sanctions. Last month, CSG collaborated with both the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association to release a public apology
on behalf of the Greek organizations involved in the incident. Abudaram, Fidel and running mate Will Royster, an LSA junior and CSG presidential candidate, agreed to an interview with the Daily on Wednesday night with the knowledge that it would include discussion of the incident. Prior to the interview, Abudaram and Fidel both told the Daily that there would be questions Fidel could not answer specifically about the involvement of his fraternity for legal reasons, but that he would discuss his own sentiments about the incident. Upon being told the Daily would still like to ask questions about Fidel’s involvement in the incident, with the understanding that Fidel and Royster could decline to comment whenever they deemed necessary, Abudaram told a reporter they would leave the interview if those questions were asked. Until the reporter agreed not to ask questions about Fidel’s individual involvement, Abudaram and Fidel would not continue the interview. Fidel, who also serves on the Social Responsibility Committee for SAM, did comment on the fallout of the trip overall. However, he said the ski trip incident was shameful, and not characteristic of See SKI TRIP, Page 3
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LSA freshman Elizabeth Azevedo creates a print during the Mochas and Masterpieces Pop Art event at the Michigan Union Thursday.
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Black History Month event features variety of speakers “Take Back the X” draws students and alumni to Rackham By KATIE PENROD Daily Staff Reporter
When he started to speak Thursday inside Rackham Amphitheatre, Lester Spence
choked up and wiped tears from his eyes. As one of the speakers in “Taking Back the X, Bringing Back the Love,” Spence, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, helped wrap up the University’s series of Black History Month events. Spence said this experience was an emotional one, because he felt so personally connected to the University. The event took place on the third anniversary of Trayvon
Martin’s death, and the group acknowledged a moment of silence in his honor. Fifteen University groups collaborated to organize the event, which included storytelling and singing, and featured five alumni keynote speakers. In addition to Spence, speakers included Melba Joyce Boyd, distinguished professor of Africana Studies at Wayne State University; Gerloni Cotton, a law student at University of
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Medicare, Medicaid to cover CT scans for high-risk patients
Students impacted by expanded options to defer deportation
White House immigration reforms stalled
Prof. leads charge for lung cancer screenings
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After a push led by a University professor, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized coverage guidelines this February for individuals at high risk for developing lung cancer, allowing them the ability to receive lung-screening CT scans with no co-pay. CMS is the federal agency that administers Medicaid and Medicare. Annual lung screenings will be available to patients ages of 55-77 and have an extensive smoking history. However, doctors will have the final say in deciding who are appropriate candidates to undergo the testing. If testing is considered appropriate, then patients must also undergo smoking cessation counseling. Radiology Prof. Ella Kazerooni, the director of Cardiothoracic Radiology, has been on the forefront of the race to get these screening approved by the CMS. “Lung cancer is the leadSee LUNGS, Page 3
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California, Los Angeles; Dominique Mathews, a Detroit-based poet; L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, associate professor at City College of New York; and Rackham student Austin McCoy. McCoy said the “Taking Back the X” event means something different to each individual, but for him, his focus was on the human rights leader Malcolm X and considering ways to rethink his legacy in the context of See BLACK HISTORY, Page 3
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LSA sophomore Tahany Alsabahi holds a sign that hung last year on the Central Student Government chamber’s door during the UM Divest protest at the opening of the new Edward Said multicultural lounge in North Quad Thursday.
New multicultural lounge celebrates Arab heritage North Quad residents vote to honor theorist Edward Said By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter
Nearly one year ago, students from the UM Divest movement hung a sign on the door of Central Student Government chambers as part of a weeklong protest to occupy the room. The sign read “Edward
Said Lounge” — homage to the prominent PalestinianAmerican literary theorist and academic, Edward Said. As the protests ended, the sign was removed. Thursday night, at a dedication ceremony for the new Edward Said Lounge on the third floor of the North Quad Residence Hall, LSA junior Tala Dahbour, co-chair of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, held back tears as she unrolled the sign once again. “This sign was painted almost a year ago by Arab and Muslim students during a time
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when they felt very unsafe on this campus,” Dahbour said. “It’s a very proud moment to be here at a time when we don’t have to paint it on a piece of paper.” While many racial and ethnic groups on campus have multicultural and minoritycultural lounges — including Alice Lloyd’s Vicky Barner Lounge honoring Native American communities and Bursley’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Lounge honoring the iconic civil rights leader — the Edward Said Lounge is the first See LOUNGE, Page 3
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Earlier this month, a federal court stalled an expansion of an executive order that would have expanded the provisions for some undocumented immigrants to remain in the country — including some students. President Barack Obama announced his intention to issue an expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy in November. DACA, first introduced by the Obama administration in 2012, allowed undocumented immigrants brought to the United States before the age of 16, legally or illegally, to delay deportation. It also provided the opportunity to acquire work authorization. The expansion was set to take place on Feb. 18, but following a challenge filed by 26 states, including Michigan, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued a preliminary injunction against the executive order Feb. 16. The lawsuit charged that
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the proposed changes extended beyond constitutional executive power. In his injunction, Hanen pointed to procedural, rather than strictly constitutional issues. “(The Court) hereby finds that at least Texas has satisfied the necessary standing requirements that the defendants have clearly legislated a substantive rule without complying with the procedural requirements under the Administration Procedure Act,” he wrote. The proposed DACA expansion would have widened the age range eligible for DACA, which currently only applies to individuals who arrived in the United States before 2007, to individuals in the country since 2010. Additionally, it would have removed an eligibility cap of 30 years, and extended the deferred action period from two to three years. The executive order also allowed parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to request deferred action, as well as employment authorization. Law Prof. Margo Schlanger, who used to lead the civil rights office for the Department of Homeland Security and had minor involvement in the origiSee IMMIGRATION, Page 3
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