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Engineering Prof. Steve Skerlos speaks about mentorship strategies to faculty participants at the New Faculty Fellows Program run by the College of Engineering in the Johnson rooms of the Lurie Engineering Center on Tuesday.
Engineering panel stresses faculty-student mentorship Workshop features remarks from current graduate students, professor By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter
A handful of engineering faculty members spent Tuesday morning in the Lurie Engineer-
ing Center the day before Winter Semester classes began participating in a program called “Working with Graduate Students”. The event, held by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, aimed to give newly hired faculty a chance to learn how to interact with the Engineering graduate students they may be doing research with and mentoring. Though the event catered to new faculty, some of the attendees
had been worked at the University for a few years. The program included a series of speakers, panels and activities for the event’s participants. Tershia Pinder-Grover, one of the event’s coordinators and Interim Director at CRLT in Engineering, said the event was a great way for faculty to gain an appreciation for the complexities of being a mentor to students. “Many of the faculty have come from a background where they’ve
been the mentee, they’ve been the student, but they haven’t had as many opportunities to really think carefully and intentionally about how to mentor,” Pinder-Grover said. Pinder-Grover said CRLT runs a series of events during the year to help acclimate faculty to their new roles. “Our goals are to provide them with resources that are very relevant for their first few years in See PANEL, Page 3A
Students express concerns over functionality, name of planned building By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter
A planned relocation of the Trotter Multicultural Center to Central Campus has garnered mixed reactions from the University community ranging from excitement to apprehension. On Dec. 17, The University’s Board of Regents approved a proposal to relocatethe Trotter Multicultural Center, currently located on Washtenaw Avenue, to State Street in an area behind Betsy Barbour and Helen Newberry Residence Halls on Central Campus. In Winter 2014, the Black Student Union called for the relocation of Trotter as part of the #BBUM movement — a
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CSG reflects on first term, prepares for new initiatives
In sit-down with the Daily, assembly members discuss goals for winter term By JACKIE CHARNIGA Daily News Editor
As Central Student Government moves into the winter semester, its work in the fall includes both achievements and several campaign goals left short. CSG President Cooper Charlton, an LSA senior, began the fall semester focusing on the goals outlined on his Make Michigan campaign platform, the same ticketupon which former CSG President Bobby Dishell campaigned last year. Charlton and Vice President Steven Halperin, an LSA junior, campaigned on promises to make the University safe for students on and off campus, diversify the student population and create
more cultural awareness. Make Michigan, as a party, promised to make headway on increasing convenience in campus transportation and increasing student-led participation initiatives. Among the plans put into motion last semester, CSG amended the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, fought for the release of course evaluations, restructured the Student Organization Funding Commission and planned a campaign to bring awareness of prescription drug misuse on campus. Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities In the first meeting of the fall semester, Charlton said increasing awareness of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities was his main priority. “The Statement Amendment process and sexual misconduct policy review are the things that go unnoticed and seek no applause, however are paramount in the protection of our See CSG, Page 3A
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Residents opposing deer cull pack Council meeting A2 residents say resolution ignores safety regulations By BRIAN KUANG Daily Staff Reporter
Emotions ran high at Monday night’s City Council meeting in response to a planned deer cull in Ann Arbor, scheduled to begin this week.
The meeting was housed temporarily in the chamber of the Washtenaw County Administration Building due to renovations in City Hall. Members of the public packed the room and spilled into the outlying hallway, many brandishing signs expressing their opposition to the city’s plan to kill a portion of Ann Arbor’s deer population. In September, City Council approved a cull of up to 100 deer in response to concerns about
the city’s growing deer population. The move has prompted controversy over the past several months, culminating in legal action and several protests. During the period for public comments at the meeting, some speakers accused Councilmembers of irresponsibility, arguing that public opinion and safety regulations have been ignored on this issue. Ann Arbor resident Sabra See CULL, Page 3A
Daily Staff Reporter
A team of University researchers was instrumental in the discovery of 16 new genetic variations for Agerelated Macular Degeneration. The discovery came during one of that largest experiments of its kind, conducted over the course of a three-year experiment of the exome chip, or small portion of the genome that if mutates causes disease, through the International AMD Genomics Consortium. AMD, also known as oldage blindness, is one of the leading causes of vision See BLINDNESS, Page 3A
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Councilmember Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) reads the details of the deer cull ordinance at an Ann Arbor City Council meeting at 220 N. Main St. on Monday.
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student-driven campaign sharing the experiences of Black students on campus. After the years of public discourse on the issue, many students lauded the approval, including Rackham student Austin McCoy. McCoy, a leader of Ann Arbor to Ferguson, a protest group advocating against police brutality, said he welcomed the accessibility and visibility of the new location. He noted that replacing the current multicultural center with a facility on Central Campus illustrates the importance of issues of inclusion and equity. “I think students of color and some various underrepresented backgrounds need to have a space that’s more accessible than on the margins of campus,” McCoy said. “I think Trotter’s current location actually symbolizes how students feel marginalized within the University.” While McCoy added that he See TROTTER, Page 2A
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