ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Thursday, January 21, 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan
michigandaily.com
CRIME
‘U’: Reports of sexual misconduct jump to 172 Total Number of Sexual Misconduct Reports
129 AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Sexual Assault
68
President Barack Obama speaks about the Detroit auto show and the Flint water crisis during a speech at the UAW-GM center in Detroit on Wednesday.
In Michigan visit, Obama commends auto industry President highlights 2008 bailout for car companies By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT — In an effort to highlight the success of the auto industry bailout and its subsequent recovery, President Barack Obama visited the North American Auto Show in Detroit and spoke at the United Auto Workers and General Motors Center on Wednesday.
In 2008, the auto industry was nearing collapse as two of the three major auto producers — General Motors and Chrysler — faced bankruptcy. Both companies are headquartered in Detroit with many manufacturing plants in and around the city, providing many jobs and supporting additional industries involved in auto manufacturing and supply. At the time of the bailout, unemployment in Detroit had peaked at more than 25 percent, and a projected 1 million additional jobs would have been lost had the auto industry been allowed to collapse. In response to the crisis, Obama spearheaded a package
that provided $85 billion in loans to the corporations to prevent them from failing. The deal was widely unpopular at the time, with a March 2009 poll indicating 60 percent of Americans were opposed to the government bailout. On Wednesday, Obama acknowledged this lack of support, saying Obama he pushed the bailout through regardless because he believed it was the best decision. “It wasn’t popular,” Obama said. “It wasn’t even popular in Detroit. But I said at the time I’m not president to be popular. I’m president to do what needs to be done.” Since the bailout, the auto
industry has paid back almost the entirety of the loans and auto sales have reached an all-time high at 17.4 million units in 2015, Obama said. The spirit of liveliness that once existed in Detroit is slowly coming back, Obama said, as a result of the auto industry’s recovery. “Today you’ve got buses that are running again, streets that are well lit again,” he said. “You can feel the difference. You can feel something special happening in Detroit.” The bailout agreement was tied to several additional efficiency and technology standards, which have led to American auto producers spearheading efforts into lowSee OBAMA, Page 3A
97
Stalking
17 Sexual Harrassment
35 43 Retaliation 37
Number of Sexual Misconduct Reports made to the Office of Institutional Equity
Other
2014
11 15
Same number of cases investigated despite 33-percent increase By CAMY METWALLY Daily Staff Reporter
The Office for Institutional Equity’s second annual sexual misconduct report found the
By LEV FACHER Daily Sports Writer
As the shot clock reached six seconds, the students standing courtside at Crisler Center began to count down — from nine. When the buzzer sounded to signify a shot-clock violation six seconds later, Minnesota’s Joey King, having fallen embarrassingly for the oldest trick in the book, flinched in surprise. The impact of Michigan’s courtside student section, the Maize Rage, was readily apparent Wednesday, and if Michigan interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett has his way, more students will be seated courtside in years to come, at least for select high-profile games. Hackett discussed the
number of reports of sexual misconduct at the University has increased 33 percent since 2014, jumping from 129 incidents to 172 in 2015. The report, released Thursday morning, showed that though the number of cases reported rose, the number of investigations remained unchanged. While 21 percent of cases received full investigation in 2014, 17 percent of cases were investigated this See REPORT, Page 3A
BUSINESS
Hackett talks expanding Maize Rage student seating arrangement, the University’s ongoing search for a long-term athletic director and more in an interview with the Daily before the Michigan men’s basketball team played Minnesota. Making himself comfortable in the courtside seats that belong to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Hackett surveyed a packed student section and outlined the basics for a plan that would selectively open additional lower-bowl sections to students in future years. “I think it’s the kind of thing where some of the best fans would be willing to trade for their University and their students,” Hackett said. “That’s the idea — would you be willing to make something special for them, get recognition for it, and get it back? But you give it to them for a game, for an Ohio State or Duke.” The idea, essentially, is for season-ticket holders to offer their seats in a coordinated fashion for select high-profile See HACKETT, Page 5A
2015
Source: University of Michigan Office of Institutional Equity Design by Anjali Alangaden
SPORTS
Interim Athletic Director also gives update on search for his successor
172
Student run start-up for delivering food thrives EnvoyNow brings meals straight to dorm rooms, library By BECCA SOLBERG Daily Staff Reporter
GRANT HARDY/Daily
LSA and business Senior Haider Malik speaks out regarding the recent violence in Pakistan at the Diag Wednesday.
Students hold vigil to honor Pakistan shooting victims Attendees discuss ongoing violence, cultural heritage at Diag gathering By RIYAH BASHA Daily Staff Reporter
Students huddled around candles on the Diag Wednesday night as a part of a vigil in honor of 19 people
murdered by militants at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan Wednesday. Organized by MPak, a student organization for Pakistani students, the event served as a space for more than 40 attendees to reflect on the tragedy and share their personal connections to it. The attack on the university, located in the northern city of Charsadda, occurred a little over a year after a similar shooting in Peshawar in
which about 150 people, mostly schoolchildren, were murdered by the Taliban in an act of terrorism. Though one Taliban commander has claimed responsibility for the Bacha Khan attack, according to the BBC, Pakistani security forces have yet to determine definitively which militant group carried it out. MPak President Eman Hijab, an LSA senior, compared the two assaults and See VIGIL, Page 3A
Though Forbes Magazine reports that 90 percent of startups fail overall, a startup new to the University, EnvoyNow, is defying the odds and flourishing in the college market. EnvoyNow is a student-run food delivery service that came to Ann Arbor this fall. The startup aims to deliver local restaurant food directly to the customer’s locations. The delivery service says it is the only service that can directly deliver food to dorm rooms and library study areas, and employs students who have MCards to deliver the food so they have access to University buildings. “We’ve had great reception so far,” said LSA freshman Robin Elihu, head of marketing for the University’s See START-UP, Page 3A
Was the function lit? Sam Rosenberg delves into the world of new millennial lingo to find out.
» INSIDE
WEATHER TOMORROW
HI: 29 LO: 15
GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know.
NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Read more coverage of Obama’s visit online MICHIGANDAILY.COM/SECTION/NEWS
INDEX
Vol. CXXV No. 56 ©2016 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com
NEWS......................... 2A OPINION.....................4A SPORTS......................5A
SUDOKU.....................2A CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A B-SIDE ....................1B