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CSG talks safety, game day dining Reps also discuss new DPSS unit for sexual assault, abuse victims EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily
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‘U’ partners with Ethiopian doctors to teach transplants Program aims to improve access to healthcare abroad By TOM McBRIEN Daily Staff Reporter
Three patients who would have normally died of kidney failure received the first kidney transplants in Ethiopia thanks to a partnership between the
University and Ethiopian doctors. The partnership between the University Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa aims to train Ethiopian doctors in sub-specialties such as transplantations and obstetrics while also helping the University train its students and faculty. By focusing on building the kidney transplantation services
first, the program intends to train Ethiopian specialists and improve hospital services such as laboratory facilities and the intensive care units — all improvements that can then be spread to hospitals across the country. Senait Fisseha, adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University and a native Ethiopian, has dreamed of participating in a program like this since she
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started her medical training. “When I came here for school, all along from undergrad I had a conception of going back to work on building the healthcare system in Ethiopia,” she said. As a medical fellow, Fisseha traveled to Ethiopia about two times per year, building connections she hoped would someday benefit her country. First, she established ties with the Ethiopian Ministry of See TRANSPLANT, Page 5A
Representatives from the University’s Division of Public Safety and Security briefed Central Student Government on new initiatives aimed at preventing alcohol and drug abuse on campus and aiding survivors of criminal and sexual assault. The assembly also discussed CSG’s ongoing initiative to keep dining halls opening earlier on football game days. Prevention of alcohol abuse by minors Bryan Baker, the DPSS liaison to student life, said the division’s goals for reducing alcohol abuse by minors on campus will be attained through several new initiatives. One such effort is a plain clothes detail. Officers have already been patrolling campus in plain clothes and distributing
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Schlissel says Greek culture must change After speech in Detroit, ‘U’ president cautions fraternities, sororities By MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily News Reporter
Questions about Greek life just seem to follow University President Mark Schlissel wherever he goes. After speaking to the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday afternoon as part of a presentation called “Powering Michigan’s Future with Innovative Ideas and Human Capital,” Schlissel spoke to reporters about what he deemed the potentially self-destructive nature of Greek life. According to reports from both the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, Schlissel said fraternities and sororities may slowly fade out of campus culture if they continue down their current paths.
“Unless … the students themselves moderate some of the risky behavior … they may naturally wither and people may want to stop joining them,” he said. Schlissel and other key administrators met with students from all chapters of University Greek life last month, where Schlissel told those in attendance that the party culture associated with Greek life is a stain on the University’s reputation. “The value of their degrees are going to go down because the reputation of the University of Michigan won’t be the excitement in the Big House or our teams doing well under our fantastic new coach,” Schlissel said in the meeting. “It’s not going to be the kids who receive the Rhodes Scholarships and the Fulbright Scholarships, and the famous professors who do the work that you’re going to get reflected on for, or the National Medal for the Arts that our faculty won this See GREEK LIFE, Page 5A
minor in possession tickets. The detail began this year and is funded through a special grant. DPSS officer Justin Berent said the detail was not conceived as an undercover operation to trick underage students. “We always have some kind of badge,” Berent said. “Not entrapment, it’s just reducing underage drinking.” Special Victims Unit Berent has been with DPSS for five years and is now a member of the UMPD Special Victims Unit, which is dedicated to responding to and investigating cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and child abuse. The unit comprises of five officers trained to handle various emergency situations and who also receive specific training for dealing with trauma. “If you’re involved in a traumatic event, we know how your body and your mind responds to that,” Berent said. Baker asked CSG to spread the word about other new resources provided by DPSS with students in mind, including statistical information about past crimes See CSG, Page 3A
Ski trip participant to complete probation After vandalism charge, sentence includes $5,000 in restitution By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter
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Roland Blackwood, associate professor of pediatrics, discusses how to eliminate healthcare disparities in southeastern Michigan in Danto Auditorium on Tuesday.
Professor discusses medical school, equity in health care Roland Blackwood fields questions from undergraduates By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
Roland Blackwood, associate professor of pediatrics, spoke to undergraduate students about his work fighting health
care inequality in Southeast Michigan, and provided advice on thriving in the pre-med track and medical school on Tuesday night. Blackwood noted several statistics that point to disparities in health. For example, white women have the greatest life expectancy and Black men have the lowest. A person’s location and environment can dramatically
affect health outcomes, too, he noted. “Health can be related to all kinds of factors,” he said. “One of the things that people don‘t realize is that where you live can affect how long you live … In one ZIP code, the life expectancy can be 72 and another it‘s 86.” Turning to his efforts to fight these inequalities, See HEALTH CARE, Page 5A
The criminal case against a former member of the University’s disbanded Sigma Alpha Mu chapter has resulted in a probation sentence. University alum Jesse Krumholz received two years of probation for a misdemeanor charge on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. His sentence also includes paying $5,000 in restitution and $400 in costs, as well as 100 hours of community service, which he has already completed. Otsego County Prosecutor Michael Rola was unavailable for comment on Tuesday afternoon. In September, University alum Matthew Vlasic, See SKI TRIP, Page 5A
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