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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CSG partners with IFC to expand Blue Bus services Routes to run Thurs. through Sat., include off-campus neighborhoods By AMRUTHA SIVAKUMAR Daily Staff Reporter
When January comes rolling around, students can expect to see more Blue Buses rolling through off-campus neighborhoods. The Central Student Government announced Tuesday that it had partnered with the Interfraternity Council to pilot an off-campus bus route that will run at least three days of the week. Starting Winter 2014, the bus route will utilize existing Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority and University bus stops from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. After re-reading all of the crime alerts that he has received since arriving at the University four years ago, CSG President
Michael Proppe said the alerts prove that there is a need for safer off-campus transportation services. He said 84 percent of reported crimes took place after 10:00 p.m., 67 percent took place off-campus and 64 percent occurred in scenarios in which the victim was walking. The idea of a bus route operating off campus was first discussed during an IFC during the Winter 2013 semester. As a result, Proppe and CSG Vice President Bobby Dishell, also the vice president of recruitment for IFC, incorporated an off-campus route as one of their six platform promises in the March CSG elections. In a process that began in April and involved dialogue that lasted the duration of the summer and included meeting with University administrators in Parking and Transportation Services, University of Michigan Police Department and the Office of Student Life. Discussions with the AAATA regarding the agency’s own research solidified that a fixed See BUS, Page 3A
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University President Mary Sue Coleman gives her final State of the University address at the Ross Business School Tuesday. She and her husband, political scientist Ken Coleman, donated $1 million toward global scholarships.
Coleman donates $1 mil. At final address, Coleman and husband donate to global scholarships By JENNIFER CALFAS and SAM GRINGLAS Daily Staff Reporters
Before University President Mary Sue Coleman reached the podium at her annual leadership breakfast Tuesday morning, the atmosphere inside Ross School of Business’s colloquium had already become bitter-
sweet. In her final State of the University address, Coleman’s impending departure was evident in her reflections on development, research and student life with rounds of applause and cheers. The gathering of administrators and University supporters lauded their president not only for the last year’s work, but for more than a decade spent at the University’s helm. “It would be easy to be a bit melancholy, but there’s no time for that,” Coleman said. “There’s simply too much momentum to do anything but look ahead.”
RESEARCH
By KATIE BURKE Daily News Editor
Going to church may be good for the soul, but a University researcher is looking to find out if it lowers blood pressure too. Public Health Prof. Neal Krause and four of his colleagues have received $8 million from the John Templeton Foundation to conduct in-depth research in the next three years on the relationship between religion, spirituality and health. “The field (of religion and health) is very disoriented, very disjointed; a phenomenon like religion is very complex,” Krause See GRANT, Page 3A
provide financial support for talented students we admit to ensure the academic quality of Michigan.” Coleman also addressed the national concern of college affordability, which has been compounded by rising tuition rates at the University. Between the 2004 and 2012 academic years, LSA tuition increased 60 percent for in-state students and 55 percent for out-of-state students. To ensure that students see financial aid rise with tuition, the campaign will work to ensure that higher education is See BREAKFAST, Page 3A
STUDENT LIFE
Study to examine health, religion $8M project to examine links between spirituality and wellness
During her speech, she laid out lofty goals for “the Michigan of tomorrow,” including a $1-billion campaign fundraising goal for financial aid alone — nearly double the $545 million raised for that purpose during the previous campaign, The Michigan Difference. Coleman said student support must be the top priority of The Victors for Michigan Campaign, set to begin Nov. 8. “We want every student, no matter where they hail from, or what their family circumstance, to have access to a Michigan education,” she said. “No goal is more important. We must
Students prepare for youth conference on global climate change Funded by CSG, more students will attend this year By YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporter
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Michael Higson and his service dog, Africa, speak at the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values & Ethics in Rackham Auditorium Tuesday.
Delta Gamma Lecturership teaches disability awareness Speaker survived 9/11 with help of seeing eye dog By CHARLOTTE JENKINS Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s chapter of the Delta Gamma women’s fraternity hosted best-selling author Michael Hingson for its second Lectureship in Ethics
and Leadership event Tuesday to a crowd of about 200 students and guests. Blind since birth, Hingson was at work on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Roselle, then his guide dog, led Hingson and others down the 78 flights of stairs and through the chaotic situation that ensued that day. Lectureship is a national Delta Gamma event that will occur on 19 campuses through-
out the country this year. This is Delta Gamma’s second such event at the University. The first was held in spring 2011 and featured Kerry Kennedy, an American human rights activist and writer. LSA junior Ailie Steir, vice president of communications for Delta Gamma, said the event’s purpose is to bring someone to campus that can talk about ideals, values and See DISABILITY, Page 3A
As University students count down the days to Fall Break, about 50 students have their hearts set on the weekend after, when they will carpool to Pittsburgh to join 10,000 fellow youth leaders from across the nation for the Powershift conference. The biannual youth summit is aimed at training and educating the next generation on climate change and demanding from leaders a shift in policy from fossil fuels to clean energy. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 21, registered youth leaders will hear from keynote speakers and participate in panel and workshop trainings on a range of environmental and social issues. Participants will also enjoy concerts featuring artists such as Big K.R.I.T. and Talib Kweli. Created and organized by the youth-led Energy Action
Coalition, the conference entered the international scene in 2007, when a few hundred youth leaders converging on Washington, D.C. quickly grew to 6,000. That number doubled to almost 12,000 by 2009. This year will mark the University’s first sizeable presence at the conference. Public Policy junior Marissa Solomon was still a high-school senior and aspiring rabbi when she attended Powershift in April 2011. Having already been accepted to the University, Solomon noticed a lack of Wolverines at the summit. There were only two, to be exact, perhaps due to the April conference’s concurrence with finals week. In comparison, she said there were 50 students from Ohio State University, another 50 from Michigan State University and 20 from Kalamazoo College. While this year’s conference does not coincide with finals, Solomon and her team still confronted many hurdles. Funding remained the biggest issue. EAC charges a registration fee that has risen from $50 to $80 — a fee many students are unable to afford. See POWERSHIFT, Page 3A
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