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Grinnell College sophomore Austin Wadle, Grinnell College Campus Democrats president, discusses students’ political concerns ahead of the Iowa caucuses in Grinnell, Iowa, on Monday.
Before caucuses, students in Iowa gauge the candidates College campuses in the state focus on vast range of policy issues By EMMA KINERY Daily News Editor
IOWA — As you push open the door to enter Grinnell College’s south loggia, the covered area
connecting the dormitories on the college’s South Campus, posters of candidates crumple. Iowa college students, like most everyone else in Iowa during the caucus, are typically surrounded with attention — and this year especially, student issues have been prominent for Democrats, with both top candidates including college affordability pushes in their policy platforms. For those students, the weeks
leading up to a caucus are full of candidate visits. At Grinnell, for the first time there was a week long “short course” before classes began where students traveled eight hours a day tracking candidates and speaking with lesser-known caucus affiliates. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–VT) visited Grinnell’s campus last Monday. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley held a town hall there two days later. The liberal arts school of 1,600
students, of which University President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman is an alum, is known for its left leaning reputation; the campus has a big chapter of the College Democrats but no university recognized conservative counterpart. Austin Wadle, Grinnell sophomore and president of the Grinnell College Campus Democrats, said the unique opportunity Iowan students See IOWA, Page 3A
Officials hope endorsement will encourage proactive measures By EMILY ROBERTS Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center endorsed the human papillomavirus vaccine in a statement Jan. 27 calling it an important way to prevent cancer. As a part of a group effort by National Cancer InstituteDesignated Cancer Centers, the University released a statement saying the centers recognize low levels of HPV vaccination are a serious public health concern and are an opportunity to prevent many cases of cancer. The University Health Service’s website emphasizes HPV’s potential to cause
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Police to look into A2 men’s rights meetup Students organize protest in response to group’s statements on rape By RIYAH BASHA Daily Staff Reporter
Campus and city police are investigating reports of a public meetup hosted by Return of Kings, a self-proclaimed men’s rights group, in Nickel’s Arcade on Saturday. The group’s founder, Roosh Valizadeh, announced an “International Tribal Meetup” to unite “other like-minded men” around the world on his website. Ann Arbor was added to the finalized list of meeting points on Jan. 22. The meetup is planned for Feb. 6th, according to the group’s website. ROK is infamous for advocating policies that would legalize rape in some circumstances and advance “neo-masculine” thought. Valizadeh’s “About” page on his website argues for the maintenance of traditional sex roles, and says that “awoman’s
value significantly depends on her fertility and beauty.” Posts in multiple campus facebook groups, such as the Ladies of UofM Facebook group, on Monday and Tuesday warned females on campus of the group’s activities. Diane Brown, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety and Security, confirmed Tuesday night that after receiving tips, University police are working in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Police Department, as Nickel’s Arcade is within city police’s jurisdiction, to look into the meetup. Brown said University police plan to meet with campus leaders in the days to come about the planned event. “We don’t know what we’ve got right now,” Brown said. “We’ve gotten several notifications from concerned community members who are seeing several versions of this meeting around the world, including one that could possibly be in Ann Arbor.” The online discussions motivated several students, to create Facebook event for See POLICE, Page 3A
cervical cancer in women, which is the second leading cause of cancer in women and of genital warts in both men and women, according to UHS. UHS recommends the vaccine for females 11 to 26 years old as well as males ages 11 to 21, and for males through age 26 who have sex with men or whose immune systems are weakened because of HIV infection, other illness or medications. In an e-mail interview, Cancer Center Director Dr. Theodore Lawrence wrote that the NCI-Designated Cancer Centers hope the endorsement will encourage more people to get vaccinated. “There has been a disappointing uptake of the vaccine,” he wrote. “It was felt that an endorsement by all of the cancer centers would move the needle on vaccination.” Though the work did not originate exclusively at the See VACCINE, Page 3A
Study links puberty in young boys to obesity University analysis shows overweight youth experience puberty late By JENNIFER MEER For the Daily
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Engineering junior Tyler Dubay argues that the people of Michigan ought not recall Gov. RickSnyder (R) over the Flint water crisis during a Michigan Political Union debate at the Michigan Union on Tuesday.
Political association debates recalling Gov. Rick Snyder Students express mixed sentiments on accountablilty of state officials in Flint By TANYA MADHANI Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Political Union held a debate Tuesday on if Gov. Rick Snyder (R) should
be recalled in light of the Flint water crisis. The debate stemmed from sentiments among the Flint community and nationwide aiming to hold Snyder accountable for a perceived lack of action and involvement in the crisis. Approximately 10 students attended. When the water supply in Flint was switched from its original source in the Detroit to the Flint River in April 2014, the lead in
the corroded water line leaked into the city’s drinking water supply, but the contamination wasn’t addressed for multiple months, until residents began complaining of adverse health effects. The state, for several months, maintained that the water was safe. Following independent testing showing lead in the water, Snyder reversed course, declaring a state of emergency on See DEBATE, Page 3A
A recent study led by a researcher at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital sheds light on the impact of obesity on young boys. The study — which was performed by the Pediatric Research in Office Settings network of the American Academy of Pediatrics — suggessts that obese young males experience the onset of puberty later, while overweight boys experience puberty early. Dr. Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor at the medical school and pediatric endocrinologist at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, led the study. In an interview, Lee said as a pediatric endocrinologist, she sees See RESEARCH, Page 2A
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