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LSA plans to review college R&E requirement
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Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett speaks with randomly selected students at an Athletic Department town hall at the Michigan League on Wednesday.
Jim Hackett talks future, fan experience during chat Interim athletic director engages with students in fireside conversation
University President Mark Schlissel, asking him to take over the Athletic Department on an interim basis after Dave Brandon’s resignation on Oct. 31. Hackett did not even know what Schlissel looked like until he arrived on campus for the announcement of his hiring. Suddenly, he was thrust into the role of Athletic Director. He spent the early portion of his tenure evaluating the state of the football program, his department’s most crucial sport. Now, after firing former coach Brady Hoke on Dec. 2 and hiring Jim Harbaugh to replace him on
By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor
As a University alumnus and former Michigan football player, Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett had been watching the events of the 2014 football season transpire from afar in Grand Rapids. But then came a call from
Dec. 30, the status of the program has settled down to a point where Hackett feels comfortable looking toward the future of Michigan athletics as a whole. Wednesday evening, Hackett met with about 20 students in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League for a fireside chat to discuss the most pertinent issues in Michigan athletics. The chat was the result of a combined effort by CSG President Bobby Dishell and the Athletic Department. Hackett engaged in dialogue with the students for an hour, looking relaxed and at ease. In
his introduction, Hackett told the students that he “went from building seats to selling seats,” a reference to his former position as the Chief Executive Officer of Steelcase Furniture. By taking on his new role, Hackett put his retirement on hold. Hackett held the fireside chat to engage the student body of Michigan to ensure that their experience with athletics is as fan-friendly as possible. One such way to accomplish this goal was brought to his attention by the owner of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, Paul See HACKETT, Page 3A
Curriculum group to gather feedback from students, intergroup relations facilitators By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter
The LSA Curriculum Committee is planning to review the college’s Race and Ethnicity requirement during the next academic year. Currently, the Race and Ethnicity committee, a subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, is working on a plan to consider a framework for reviewing the requirement. Angela Dillard, the LSA associate dean for undergraduate education, is spearheading the effort. According to Dillard, LSA Dean Andrew Martin has requested a plan to address the requirement no later than July 1. The final proposal will need to gain the approval of the Curriculum Committee, which approves any changes to the college’s undergraduate curriculum, including concentration proposals, course listings and degree requirements. LSA officials have been work-
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SAFETY
Litigation not likely to change CSG results Make Michigan, The Team both found not guilty in UEC cases By SAMI WINTNER Daily Staff Reporter
After the final Central Student Government election hearings Monday evening, the University Election Commission announced Wednesday morning that it had found both Make Michigan and The Team not guilty of harvesting e-mails. While the hearing results signify that neither party will be disqualified, both parties have 24 hours to file an appeal to the Central Student Judiciary. When the appeal process concludes, the UEC must then vote to certify the final results. If that process concludes without appeal, Make Michigan will retain its hold on the presidency
and vice presidency. Since unofficial election results released last week that announced Make Michigan beat The Team by five votes, there have been a total of nine complaints filed among both parties. The election was the closest CSG race in the last decade. Law student Paige Becker, the University’s elections director, said the UEC found that neither Make Michigan nor The Team committed any of the pending election code violations the UEC had yet to rule on. As a result, the UEC assessed no demerits. The CSG Compiled Code states that an election code violation may warrant a specified number of demerits, depending on the severity of the violation, to either a responsible individual or an entire party. An individual is disqualified if he or she receives five demerits, and an entire party is disqualified if it receives 10 demerits. The Team had previSee CSG, Page 3A
ing on the requirement since last year. In October 2013, Public Policy senior Carly Manes, a former LSA representative in the Central Student Government assembly, met with University administrators and discussed reforms to the requirement. Dillard made it clear that the LSA Executive Committee is not currently considering structural changes to the requirement. “Recommendations to alter the requirement in whole or in part is one possible outcome of the review,” she said. “But speculation of this possibility is a little premature.” Dillard plans to consult with LSA Student Government, Intergroup Relations, learning analytics specialists and others in the college. “One of the things that we hope to do in the review process is to make sense of student feedback and opinion about the requirement,” Dillard said. “It’s really hard because LSA has a lot of students and you all don’t agree.” She also stated she is keeping campus climate and student activism in mind while evaluating the requirement, citing Twitter campaigns like #BBUM and #BlackLivesMatter that have spurred See REQUIREMENT, Page 3A
New Amber Alert system piloted by state police
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Michel Martin, a journalist and correspondent for NPR and ABC News, discusses women and minorities in the media at an event sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women at Kahn Auditorium on Wednesday.
In annual lecture, NPR host discusses future of media Michel Martin explores giving a voice to the voiceless By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter
Michel Martin, the National Public Radio correspondent best
known for her coverage of issues related to race and identity, delivered the 20th Mullin Welch Lecture at the Biomedical Science Research Building on Wednesday. Martin is not the first influential journalist to deliver the lecture, which is hosted by the University’s Center for the Education of Women. Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, gave the speech
in 2013. In previous years, Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” and Attorney Sarah Weddington, who argued to legalize abortion in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, were the selected speakers. At the event, CEW also awarded the Carol Hollenshead Award to Obstetrics and Gynecology See NPR, Page 3A
‘U’ employs its own emergency response protocols, per Clery Act regulations By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter
Early Saturday morning, many students woke up to a 5 a.m. alarm they did not set. The alert was no accident; it was an Amber Alert for a missing 6-year-old girl. The Michigan State Police issued the Amber Alert as part of an ongoing search for Hailey Betts, who was potentially in danger at the time. This was the first time the state police had used a system to deliver the alert through mobile phones. Though Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser told MLive he has heard some complaints about the early morning alert, he said it was crucial to spread See ALERT, Page 3A
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