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State budget deficit could impact higher education Gov. Snyder to propose plans to address fiscal shortfall in February By JACK TURMAN Daily Staff Reporter
A few days after Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the State address, the Snyder administration has turned its attention
to the budget. Last week, the House Fiscal Agency projected a $454.4 million deficit in the state’s general budget due to an unexpectedly high number of businesses cashing in previously allocated tax credits. A later estimate released by the state’s Budget Director John Roberts reported the projected deficit was $325 million for the state’s general fund for 2015. Along with a smaller projected shortfall in this fiscal year’s budget, net general fund revenues are
now projected to be $532 million short of what officials expected for the 2016 fiscal year. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Thursday, Rep. Adam Zemke (D–Ann Arbor) said the implications of the deficit aren’t clear yet, but the state has to be cautious in using the general fund due to its flexibility. “It’s something that we can shift money around,” he said. “It’s unclear for sure what is going to happen at this point.” However, Zemke, the vice
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By NABEEL CHOLLAMPAT Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan Health System is expanding urology services to Flint. UMHS announced Monday it will begin providing specialtylevel urology consultations and care to patients at a new clinic in Flint beginning Jan. 28. The clinic will be housed within the Hamilton Community Health Network. According to the press release, the clinic will operate on the fourth Wednesday of every month. John Stoffel, associate professor of urology, and John Wei, professor of urology, will alternate seeing patients. In the statement, Michael Giacalone Jr., chief medical officer at Hamilton Community Health Network, said he was satisfied with the new partnership. “I’m very pleased that the U-M Department of Urology has decided to locate their new clinic in our facility,” he wrote. “Now — in addition to the many other medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy services we already provide — we’ll also be able to connect patients who have complex urologic conditions with Michigan’s world-class experts who specialize in these areas.” The University’s urology clinic is ranked 14th in the country
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by U.S. News and World Report, and the University’s urology residency program was recently ranked 7th in the country by physicians on Doximity, a networking website for physicians. The clinic where UMHS will operate is a Federally Qualified Health Center, a place for individuals who are under-insured or uninsured. It has already hosted University students doing internal medicine rotations, as well as a University OB/GYN. UMHS is partnered with over 20 other health systems and medical practices across the state, offering specialty outreach clinics. The clinic at HCHN is one of a number of recent partnerships for UMHS, the most notable of which is the alliance with Allegiance Health, signed in late 2013. In an interview with The Michigan Daily Thursday, Wei said UMHS expansion is good for the state because it provides more treatment options for residents. “Geography is important for a number of reasons, one of which is that the University has a lot of expertise that elsewhere in the state, they don’t have,” he said. “This isn’t the first time we’re reaching out. A lot of this is also just doing the right thing for people. It kind of is, in some sense, just doing good.” Wei will see more male patients on average, while Stoffel specializes in working with female patients, though the two do switch from time to time. Urologic conditions that will be treated include benign See UROLOGY, Page 3
By AMABEL KAROUB Daily News Editor
The Sigma Alpha Mu national office has suspended the University’s chapter after several of its members reportedly caused thousands of dollars worth of damage at a northern Michigan ski resort over the weekend. The Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity caused $50,000 worth of damage at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Mich., according to the resort’s manager. Members from several other University Greek Life chapters also caused damage at Boyne Highlands, a ski resort in Harbor Springs, Mich. Thursday evening the University released the names of
five additional Greek Life sororities and fraternities allegedly involved in the incidents at the Treetops Resort or Boyne Highlands over the weekend. The chapters at Treetops Resort were the fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu and the sorority Sigma Delta Tau. At Boyne Highlands, fraternities Pi Kappa Alpha and Chi Psi and sororities Delta Gamma and Alpha Phi were present. The University is currently investigating the involvement of these members in the damage at the resorts. In the statement, University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said the suspension of SAM would include meetings, chapter events, philanthropy, recruitment, candidate education, social activities and other Greek life activities on the Ann Arbor campus. “The university’s Office of Greek Life is asking the national offices of the other five Greek See FRATERNITY, Page 3
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UMHS opens urology clinic in Flint, Mich. ‘U’ doctors to offer services at Hamilton Community Health Network
chairman of the House Education committee, said some legislators are pushing to ensure higher education funding will not see a large loss and will be maintained at adequate levels. Dr. Michael Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, expressed similar sentiments in an interview Thursday. Boulus said it’s difficult to know where Snyder will make See BUDGET, Page 3
Sigma Alpha Mu reprimanded by nationals for causing extensive damage
MStem lab studies ALD disorder with gifted embryo University alum’s donation to advance stem cell research, search for a cure By ANASTASSIOS ADAMOPOULOS
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Rackham student Cera Kusisto and LSA freshmen Brooke Bagnall play bingo at the Wolverine Support Network Kick Off event at the Michigan League Ballroom Thursday.
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Rep. Dingell plans several initiatives for start of term Congresswoman hopes to create new jobs, improve education funding By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
With only a few weeks in Congress under her belt, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.) has several initiatives planned. Dingell hopes to help create new jobs in Michigan, boost the middle class and improve higher education during her term, she said in an exclusive interview with The Michigan Daily Thursday. Dingell took over her husband John Dingell’s seat in Michigan’s 12th Congressional
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District, which includes Ann Arbor, two weeks ago when the 114th session of Congress commenced. Dingell is the first woman to succeed her husband in Congress while he is still living. She emphasized that in every position she has held during her career, she has always been a woman leader in a male-dominated atmosphere, forcing her to work hard to overcome the stereotypes associated with that dynamic. This session there are 84 women in the U.S. House out of 435 seats. “I’ve been someone that’s always out there that’s trying to ensure that women are treated equally,” Dingell said. “I’ve worked just as hard — sometimes I feel like I’ve had to work three times as hard — than the person next to me.”
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To aspiring female leaders, Dingell said it was important for women to work together with one another, adding that the younger generation does a better job than women in her generation. As a representative, she identified several legislative priorities for the upcoming term, including creating new jobs and continuing to build the economy in Michigan. A former vice chairman of the General Motors Foundation and executive director of Global Community Relations and Government Relations at GM, she specifically noted a desire to help diversify Michigan’s economy. “While the auto industry has been the backbone of Michigan’s economy, we need to try to attract new industries,” See DINGELL, Page 3
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A few years ago, University alum Brooke Kendrick pursued in vitro fertilization to conceive her first child. Now, her excess embryos are helping researchers study the neurological disorder adrenoleukodystrophy. Kendrick, a carrier of the disorder, was able to prevent her son from being born with ALD through in vitro fertilization. The process allows the physician to detect the embryos that carry the disease and separate them from the healthy embryos, which are then used for conception. Rather than disposing the disease-affected embryos, the Kendricks decided to donate them through the ALD Foundation to the University’s MStem Cell Laboratories. Kendrick said she and her husband wanted to let the public know about ALD and contribute to the search for a cure. “I wanted to do whatever I could to help, to educate people on it,” Kendrick said. “And the best possible outcome came from this, I mean they were able to use the embryo to derive the cell line and could figure out why children get it.” ALD is a genetically transmitted disease that damages nerves See STEM CELL, Page 3
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