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ATHLETICS
Schlissel addresses athletics comments University president follows up after his Monday remarks ZACH MOORE/Daily
Dwight Adams from Jazzistry performs at the Michigan League on Tuesday.
Sexual assault survivors share their stories in forum Speak Out event encourages attendees to take action in community
Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s 28th Annual Speak Out — one of the largest Speak Outs to date. Speak Out is an annual event aimed to offer survivors of sexual violence a safe place to share their stories. The Speak Out recognized rape, sexual assault, stalking, sexual harassment and intimate partner crimes as “sexual violence.” LSA senior Katelyn Maddock, co-coordinator of SAPAC’s Networking, Publicity, and Activ-
By LINDSEY SCULLEN Daily Staff Reporter
About 300 people filled the Michigan Union’s Rogel Ballroom Tuesday night for the
ism Program, said in her introduction that this definition is not exhaustive. Maddock and her co-coordinator, LSA junior Anna ForringerBeal, also assured attendees that the event was a “strictly confidential space.” Survivors were then given the floor. All was silent at first. In time, a survivor stepped up to the microphone. In the past, University staff and employees attending these
events have been required to report incidents of sexual violence in all situations. However, the University’s Office for Institutional Equity now allows University staff and employees to attend public awareness events and events like Speak Out without having any obligation to report incidents to the University. “Sexual violence isn’t something that’s talked about a lot,” said University alum Lindsay See SAPAC, Page 3A
By GREG GARNO and SAM GRINGLAS Managing Sports Editor and Daily News Editor
After delivering candid comments regarding University athletics at Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, University President Mark Schlissel spoke with The Michigan Daily by phone Tuesday evening to clarify his statements. Schlissel arranged the interview through the University’s Office of Public Affairs after a story Monday resulted in both praise and criticism of the president’s frank assessment of the University’s Athletic Department. In Tuesday’s interview, he addressed three points: admission standards for athletes, the Athletic Department’s compliance with countable practice hours, and its relationship with English Prof. Anne
Curzan, who serves as faculty liaison to the department. Academic Performance At Monday’s SACUA meeting, Schlissel said, “We admit students who aren’t as qualified, and it’s probably the kids that we admit that can’t honestly, even with lots of help, do the amount of work and the quality of work it takes to make progression from year to year. These past two years have gotten better, but before that, the graduation rates were terrible, with football somewhere in the 50s and 60s when our total six-year rate at the University is somewhere near 90 percent.” Schlissel told the Daily on Tuesday that all students are admitted by the Office of Admissions, not by athletic programs or coaches. He said this process includes a holistic review of an applicant’s qualifications, including grades, test scores and special talents, such as athletic ability. “We don’t admit students that we don’t think can be successful,” he said. “It’s really not See SCHLISSEL, Page 3A
CAMPUS LIFE
BUSINESS
Veterans Day talk highlights LGBTQ history
‘U’ startups win big in statewide competition
Former service members address lack of legal protection, cultural stigma
Aerospace startup focusing on drones won first place
LGBTQ individuals from serving openly in the military — and Bostian-Kentes is the program manager for inclusive leadership education at the University’s Spectrum Center. She is also the co-founder of the Military Partners and Families Coalition, a nonprofit organization that serves LGBTQ soldiers and their families. Though the legislation was officially repealed in 2011, Stone said he and many others thought that DADT would be revoked sooner after President Obama took office. Stone added that the policy required LGBTQ soldiers and their partners to lie on federal documents and to their co-workers. Before the repeal, same-sex partners of those in the military did not the same benefits that spouses in heterosexual relationships received. Stone also recalled the difficulties those in the military See ROTC, Page 3A
By JOEL GOLDSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s ROTC program hosted a series of events this week honoring servicemen and women in honor of Veteran’s Day. One such event sought to shed light on what life is like for LGBTQ military members, and Ariana Bostian-Kentes and Brian Stone were invited to the Wolverine Room of the Michigan Union to speak about their experiences. Stone served in the United States Navy when the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was implemented — a law that prohibited discrimination based on sexualorientation but also disallowing
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LSA Dean Andrew Martin talks to LSA students Shavon Edwards, Andrew Loeb and Natasha Dabrowski in the University of Michigan Museum of Art on Tuesday.
LSA Dean Martin hosts discussion with students Cider and donuts set stage for lively conversation By EMMA KERR Daily Staff Reporter
LSA Dean Andrew Martin addressed issues on students’ minds Tuesday night in an
open forum at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Topics ranged from evaluating class requirements to a perceived lack of diversity and gaps in socioeconomic status on campus and within LSA. Martin, who began his term as dean over the summer, posed questions from students and said he hoped to get a sense of the experience students have
had on campus thus far, as well as an understanding of what areas could be better addressed by the college. “I’d like us to be the liberal arts college that has the absolute best and most rigorous programs, that helps students do research often and early and be the college that has the best team in the country to support See DEAN, Page 3A
By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily Staff Reporter
University startups swept the 2014 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition last week. Eight University startup teams, composed of student and alumni, submitted applications to the competition, which aims to encourage innovation. Five of the teams — AlertWatch, Cribspot, HeelSecret, SkySpecs, LLC and Turtle Cell — sailed from one round to the next, eventually receiving prizes ranging from $5,000 to $500,000. Kristen Kerecman, Innovate Blue communications manager, said students are independently taking the first steps in turning their fledgling ideas into realities See STARTUP, Page 3A
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