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E. Royster Harper, vice president of student life, LSA seniors Jake Davidson, Diversity Peer Educator, and Amanda Champagne, a West Quad residential adviser, University President Mark Schlissel, and Dr. Marilyn De LaRoche, Senior Director for University Housing and Auxiliary Services, cut the commemorative opening ceremony ribbon at West Quad on Wednesday.
West Quad ribbon cutting celebrates dorm’s opening
Renovation concludes multi-year initiative to update housing on campus By EMMA KINERY Daily Staff Reporter
Shuttered for renovations over the last year, the West Quadrangle Residence Hall held an official reopening ceremony Wednes-
day afternoon — with University President Mark Schlissel and E. Royster Harper, vice president of student life, helping cut the blue ribbon. When Schlissel addressed the crowd, he marveled at the hall’s renovated features. “Man, I’m jealous,” he said. West Quad’s opening marks the latest in a series of projects launched a decade ago to improve housing on campus. West Quad is now the eighth residence hall to receive renovations through the
multi-million dollar Residential Life Initiative launched by former University President Mary Sue Coleman in 2004. The initiative also initiated the construction of North Quad as well as dining centers on Central Campus and in the Hill campus neighborhood. At Wednesday’s opening ceremony, University officials praised the designers, architects, housing staff, contractors and engineers for their work on the renovation, which focused on upgrading the building technologically
and improving spaces dedicated to diversity and inclusion, while keeping the historic feel of the hall. West Quad was originally constructed in 1937 and was funded by the Works Progress Administration of President Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Harper said it was important to University administration to maintain the building’s original look. “When we started these renovations almost a decade ago See DORM, Page 3A
New model aims to tailor resources to individual schools, reach more students By GENEVIEVE HUMMER Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s Counseling and Psychological Services is increasingly embedding counselors in individual schools and colleges — and the office reports the initiative is working. CAPS Director Dr. Todd Sevig said the “embedded model,” originally piloted through similar services at Northwestern University and the University of Iowa, was launched last year in response to a growing number of students seeking mental health services. The CAPS 2014-2015 annual report said the office experienced a 17 percent increase in demand for services during the 2014-2015 academic year.
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Hand tansplant program could help amputees grasp, write Doctors say initiative will likely expand to other transplant types By TOM MCBRIEN Daily Staff Reporter
Amputees who have lost their hands may now have the chance to write, use a telephone and grasp objects again, thanks to a new transplant program at the University of Michigan Health System. The procedure, referred to as a “vascular composite allograft transplantation,” involves reattaching multiple types of tissue such as fat, skin, muscle and nerve cells. Patients accepted into the program will receive hands from recently deceased donors. The surgery is intense. It requires a team of 10 to 30 doctors depending on the complexity of each individual case, and
it lasts eight to 12 hours — compared to an average of four hours for a heart transplant. John Magee, transplant surgeon and director of the Transplant Center, said UMHS is well-positioned to offer the surgery. “The University of Michigan re-attaches more limbs per week than most people would think,” Magee said. “The hand effort builds upon a great deal of strength we already have, and the other efforts will build upon the successes we see with hand transplants.” The University already received approval to expand the program in the future, meaning it could soon be performing other VCA surgeries such as face transplants. According to Magee, however, those won’t come until after the program is comfortable with hand transplants. “A central issue, of course, is making sure we are successful and that we go about this in a See TRANSPLANT, Page 3A
“Our goal is to increase support, but not just to increase by doing the same old thing,” Sevig said. “We really wanted to grow in this new way, and that new way is a direct, local service delivery, local meeting within that particular place. And it also meets the needs of the schools and colleges.” Sevig said the ability to tailor resources to a specific school or college’s culture is part of what makes the embedded model so successful. “It’s the combination of these two things: it’s the ability to tailor, but then those decisions are from a staff member who knows intimately the culture of that place and has worked with students from that particular place, has worked with faculty from that particular place,” he said. The first phase of the model, launched in July 2014, assigned three counselors to the four North Campus schools and colleges — Art & Design, Architecture and Urban Planning, Music, See CAPS, Page 3A
Education largely left out of GOP debate talk
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Expert says Michigan may play larger role in primary season
Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founding Partner and CEO of Zingerman’s, speaks about combining anarchism and creative business at Hatcher Graduate Library on Wednesday.
Zingerman’s co-founder talks business philosophy Deli CEO’s model draws lessons from anarchist pamphlets, activists By JULIA LISS Daily Staff Reporter
With 33 years under his belt as the CEO of Zingerman’s Delicatessen and the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, Ari Weinzweig, the deli’s co-founder, shared his unique approach
to business with about 45 Ann Arbor community members on Wednesday night. The event, held in the Hatcher Graduate Library, was part of the Zingerman’s ZingTrain series, in which Weinzweig teaches his business philosophy to companies and organizations. Wednesday’s talk focused on the connections between anarchism and creative business models. The concept promotes several tenets, including a focus on reducing hierarchy, bringing out the best in every member of the organization and teach-
ing everyone to lead. He also emphasized encouraging an environment characterized by openness and positivity. “You can’t have a healthy business in an unhealthy ecosystem,” he said. Weinzweig outlined the several core beliefs he uses to run his business. He noted the importance of giving people the freedom to innovate and do good, rather than telling them what to do. The deli co-founder drew inspiration from a collection of See ZINGERMAN’S, Page 3A
By SAM GRINGLAS and EMILIE PLESSET Managing News Editor and Daily News Editor
The second Republican presidential debate aired Wednesday, and the discussion largely steered clear of education and manufacturing — topics that have been the focus of political conversation in Michigan in recent months. Aaron Kall, director of the University’s debate program, said though a question on manufacturing made a brief appearance in the earlier JV debate, the prime time show was dictated by current events like the Iran Deal and the Syrian refugee crisis. However, Kall said the discussion could circle back to topics like higher education and See GOP, Page 3A
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