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Michigan students Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first American pair to take home a gold medal in ice dancing with their record-breaking performance in Sochi Monday.
Students strike Sochi gold Olympic skaters set world record in first ice dancing top prize for U.S. By CAROLYN KODIS Daily Sports Writer
University of Michigan juniors Meryl Davis and Charlie White have tallied an impressive list of accomplishments in
their years of skating together, but one had always eluded them until now: win a gold medal. On Monday, Davis and White crossed that feat off their list by finishing first in ice dancing with a total score of 195.52 to become the first Americans to win gold in the event. The duo defeated reigning gold medalists, Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who also train with them in Canton, Michigan. Davis and White held first place throughout the
two rounds of competition after they earned a 78.89 in the short program and a 116.63 in the free program — both scores are new world records in the sport. “We wanted to fight for the best performance we could give and we did that,” White said to reporters after the event. “You dream of this for so long, work so hard, and (Virtue and Moir) worked hard too. They always have been with us, pushing us, and we couldn’t have done it without them.”
Just like the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the race for gold ultimately came down between the two pairs. After Sunday’s short dance performance, the Americans had a narrow, two-point lead. While both delivered emotional performances and earned personal bests in the free dance on Monday, Davis and White bested Virtue and Moir by five points. Also representing the Wolverines in ice dancing were See SOCHI, Page 3
By CLAIRE BRYAN and YARDAIN AMRON Daily Staff Reporters
After the University’s Board of Regents appointed University President-elect Mark Schlissel in January, the regents will convene for their second official meeting of the year Thursday. The regents will be asked to approve multiple renovation projects, as well as proposals to create new administrative positions. Board to consider new biological sciences building The most expensive item on the agenda is the proposed construction of a new 300,000 square-foot Biological Science Building,which will come at an estimated cost of $261 million. The proposed structure will
be built in place of the historic North Hall and the Museums Annex, which, if approved, would require the demolition of both buildings. A connection to the Life Science Institute would also be created to take advantage of the building’s dock and vivarium—animal research—services. The new building will supersede the needs served by the nearby Edward Henry Kraus Building — built in 1915 — that houses the departments of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). The action plan states the Kraus Building has “reached its limit in terms of ability to allow contemporary research and the number of researchers it can support.” An estimate given in the plan has both departments relocated into the new BSB by 2019. New research laboratories, offices, classrooms and vivarium services will allow “for much greater collaboration than what can be achieved in the existing buildSee REGENTS, Page 3
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Lecture looks into inequality at universities
New CSG party hosts event, talks campaign
Panel discusses studies examining how income affects student decisions
Make Michigan establishes goals for upcoming election
By JACK TURMAN Daily Staff Reporter
As student organizations rally on campus for diversity and inclusion, a panel discussing the inequality ingrained in organizational structures at universities across the nation took place at Lane Hall Monday evening. The panel was based off the book “Paying for the Party,” coauthored by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, associate professor of sociology and women’s studies, and Laura T. Hamilton, associate professor of University of California, Merced. The discussion included Armstrong, Elizabeth Cole, chair and professor of women’s studies, Phil Deloria, LSA associate dean for undergraduate education and Michael Bastedo, associate professor and director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the School of Education. “Paying for the Party” examined the results from Armstrong and Hamilton’s five-year case study where
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they immersed themselves in the college lifestyle by soliciting feedback from an all female freshman dorm at a Midwestern University. Armstrong and Hamilton went to this dorm at certain times of the week and day to interview freshmen living on that floor. After the first year of the study, Armstrong and Hamilton left that floor with the rest of the freshmen and contacted all 53 females to get interviewed once a year. The university in the book is named “Midwest University” because Armstrong did not want students and parents to perceive this university as the only one with aspects of inequality. The event began with Armstrong describing her book, followed by the remarks from the panel speakers and questions from the audience. Armstrong and Hamilton found that freshmen students at the university who lived in a particular dorm and floor diverged into three different pathways that were caused by the school’s organizational framework. Armstrong’s findings indicated that the most prevalent pathway was the “party” pathway — a university’s organizational support system that allows students to have the social experience of college. Greek Life, residence halls and See INEQUALITY, Page 3
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Michigan State Representative Jeff Irwin spoke to the EnviroDems student club about the Keystone XL Pipeline Monday in the Union.
College Dems rally to stop KXL pipeline construction Kickoff event organizes petition to be sent to the White House By AMABEL KAROUB Daily Staff Reporter
The fate of the Keystone XL pipeline lies largely in the hands of Secretary of State John Kerry, and many University students are encouraging him to halt its construction. On Monday night, the Uni-
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versity’s Environment Committee of College Democrats, known EnviroDems, brought students together in the Union to raise awareness about the proposed pipeline. The proposed pipeline has been generating significant controversy since the 1,664 milelong extension—which would transport crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas--was introduced in May of 2012. On Jan. 31, U.S. Department of State released its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding KXL. Kerry has 90 days from
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the release date — until the end of April — to make a recommendation to President Obama on whether the pipeline should be constructed or not. At the event on campus, students circulated petitions that will eventually be presented to the White House. The petitions will be received sometime during the 30-day KXL public comment period arranged by the Federal Register. This period ends on March 7. State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), who was also present at a KXL protest on Feb. 3, was See PIPELINE, Page 3
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Last week, the University’s newest movement revealed its intentions to eradicate politics from Central Student Government and in doing so, “Make Michigan” great. As CSG elections approach, Make Michigan executives unveiled their platform Monday night, touting hopes to increase campus diversity and reform student ticketing policies, among other goals. The Make Michigan campaign will center on “five pillars” — student-focused, safe, diverse, healthy and innovative. Within these general themes, there are specific goals that the candidates hope to achieve if elected to office. Public Policy junior Bobby Dishell, CSG vice president, and LSA sophomore Meagan Shokar, CSG speaker, will run for president and vice president, respectively, on the Make Michigan ticket. “We’re a group of students who came together,” Dishell said. “It’s not about the resume. We’re people who are dedicated to Making Michigan and to making a difference. Elections are just a way for See CSG, Page 3
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