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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
CSG seeks input from students on search Proppe e-mails survey, wants leaders for student commitee By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
To maximize student input in the search for the next University president, LSA student government has created a survey to determine what qualities the college’s students seek in President Mary Sue Coleman’s successor. Student government leaders e-mailed a link to the survey Wednesday. The survey poses six questions focused specifically towards the needs of LSA students and improvements the next president should focus on. “This input will be instrumental in helping the regents choose the best candidate to lead the University after President Coleman retires in the spring,” the e-mail said. LSA-SG President Sagar Lathia said leaders hope responses would demonstrate the school’s diversity.
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Public Policy junior Carly Manes speaks to Engineering sophomore Samantha Rahmani during a Diag debate on abortion rights Wednesday.
Abortion debate hits Diag Opposing groups face off to garner student attention
of Students for Life set up 915 pink crosses in front of the flag post, along with large pink signs explaining each cross represents the number of abortions that, according to the Planned Parenthood Project, are performed in America by Planned Parenthood each day. The Planned Parenthood Project is not affiliated with the Planned Parenthood network of healthcare clinics. Rather, the project is a touring group spon-
By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily Staff Reporter
The two sides of the debate on abortion rights were clear on the Diag Wednesday as groups staged dueling demonstrations. The University’s chapter
sored by Students for Life of America that criticizes the organization, which is a major provider of abortions in the United States. The University is one of 41 stops for the project. The 18,041-mile tour encompasses campuses in 20 states over an eight-week period. LSA sophomore Amanda Salvi, Students for Life’s publicity chair, claimed that many people are misinformed about
Planned Parenthood. “In a recent survey, 55 percent of Americans did not know that Planned Parenthood commits abortion,” Salvi said, in reference to a poll performed by the Students for Life organization. “Since it’s such a controversial issue, not many people talk about it, let alone know about it, so we’re here to stir some conversation.” Members of the University’s See ABORTION, Page 3A
TRANSPORTATION
“One of the biggest things I wanted to make sure was that the LSA constituency got heard no matter what,” Lathia, and LSA and business senior, said. “It’s just to assure that LSA students could get their word out.” Less than 24 hours later, a similar stride was taken through the office of the Central Student Government. As promised at that assembly’s Tuesday meeting, CSG President Michael Proppe sent an e-mail to the entire student body today, informing them of the upcoming student involvement in the presidential search process. Last week, the University Council — a governing body consisting of student presidents from all the University schools and colleges — introduced a resolution that would create a studentdriven committee to provide input to the University’s Board of Regents until the next president is selected. Organizers say student committee was created due to a lack of student representation on the regent’s Presidential Search Advisory Committee. See INPUT, Page 3A
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Officials gear up Ann Arbor for bike share
‘U’ program to combat obesity goes statewide
City, University planning tentative spring launch
Building Healthy Communities spins off from UMHS initiative
By YARDAIN AMRON For the Daily
The end of winter term may seem an eternity away, but come springtime, Ann Arbor is aiming to have its own bike share program for public use. With the Ann Arbor City Council’s approval last month to partner with Clean Energy Coalition — a nonprofit that promotes clean energy technologies — funding for Phase 1 of the program fell into place. The question now remains whether the program will have similar success to the fast-growing number of bike share programs popping up across the country.
To use the system — which is tentatively scheduled to open on April 1, 2014 — riders must first buy a membership, with rates ranging from $60 annually, $20 weekly or $5 daily. These fees allow members to swipe their Mcards at any station, where they can ride free of charge for up to 30 minutes. For every subsequent half-hour, a yet to be determined usage fee is charged to the member’s account. Bikes can be returned to any station on campus. Steve Dolen, the University’s executive director of parking and transportation services, said officials have discussed the possibility of linking B-cycle membership to the Mcard system, but that is low on the priority list compared to getting the system up and running. See BIKE, Page 7A
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Daily Staff Reporter
Eileen Quintero, a business systems analyst in the School of Dentistry, and Dentistry student Amir Aryaan compete in an inflatable basketball game during the MHealthy Play Day on Ingalls Mall Tuesday.
MHealthy hosts multi-day fair to promote wellness Activities include games, flu shots, free massages
By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA Daily Staff Reporter
From bouncy houses to flu shots, MHealthy is working to bring wellness to campus
with a series of events focused on encouraging exercise and healthy living. MHealthy Champions — a group of staff and faculty who aim to create a healthy work environment — hosted the second annual Health and Wellness Fair outside the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday, continuing to spread awareness about all aspects of healthy liv-
ing. They also promoted Active U Autumn, a six-week program where students and staff can log their physical activity and compete for prizes. Nearly 300 people received flu shots and other wellness-related services, including complimentary massages from the University of Michigan Health System Massage Therapy Program and fresh, See MHEALTHY, Page 7A
Public art spaces
STEMinism
The B-side looks at new Ann Arbor art installations.
Does the Univesity science culture stacks the deck against women?
Let’s do it for the kids — or at least their eating habits. Working closely with academic and commercial partners, a University program aimed at fighting obesity in local middle schools has expanded into a statewide initiative aimed at fighting obesity, encouraging exercise and promoting healthier lifestyles. Building Healthy Communities — a new offshoot of the University of Michigan Health System’s ‘Project Healthy Schools’ initiative — is in the process of implementing programs in 28 middle and elementary See OBESITY, Page 7A
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