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Alana Hoey-Moore, Semester in Detroit program coordinator, Ford senior Blair Sucher and Ford junior Thomas Hislop discuss Detroit Week on the Diag Monday.
Week of Detroit-centered events kicks off on the Diag Series aims to raise awareness about history, culture within the city By LUCAS MAIMAN For the Daily
Detroit Week, a week dedicated to showcasing the culture and energy of Detroit,
kicked off Monday afternoon in the Diag, with students from The Detroit Partnership promoting events happening throughout the week. According to Public Policy senior Blair Sucher, the celebratory week aims to gravitate away from the volunteering-based relationship the University of Michigan currently has with Detroit and instead foster a relationship in which Detroit is
viewed in a more positive light. “When the University interacts with Detroit, it is often on the basis of service learning,” she said. “It is important for people to broaden their views and to recognize that to create a meaningful, sustainable partnership with the city of Detroit you need to see it in other lights.” According to Detroit Week’s website, The Detroit partinership is hosting events
and workshops every day from March 13 to March 18 in an effort to promote the rich history and life of the city. Events include a “Know Your Rights” discussion facilitated by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Weill Hall, a workshop for student organizations who are interested in becoming involved in Detroit and a trip See DETROIT, Page 3
Northwestern prof. who wrote contested student-faculty relations essay speaks By ISOBEL FUTTER Daily Staff Reporter
Stupid sex, according to Northwestern Communications Prof. Laura Kipnis, is becoming more and more regulated on college campuses these days. Kipnis posed her ideas about sexual assault, studentfaculty relationships and sexual repression to faculty governances from around the country on Monday afternoon. Kipnis received national attention after she published an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The essay questioned the taboo around student-faculty relationships and sexual assault. Two graduate students filed a Title IX retaliation complaint against Kipnis following the article and
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Study finds rise in health advice given to minors ‘U’ research shows progress in how courts communicate abortion law info By ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
A recent recreation of a University study has showed that court systems in Michigan are now providing more accurate information to minors regarding Michigan’s reproductive health laws for young women seeking to have an abortion without parental consent, according to a study by The study, originally done by Anna Kirkland, associate director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and recreated by the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, revealed that since 2010, nearly all 83 of Michigan’s counties improved on the ways in which information about the Parental Rights Restoration Act of 1990. The original study found almost all of the courts were providing inacccurate information. The law requires young women seeking an abortion to give their own consent and the consent of at least one parent or guardian to receive the procedure. However, if the minor opts not to involve their parent or guardian, she has the right to a judicial bypass hearing in which she has to prove to a judge she is mature
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and educated on the topic enough to have an abortion without additional consent. According to Kirkland, in the original study her students made phone calls to each county’s court using a standardized script, asking how someone under the age of 18 could get a judge’s permission to have an abortion without informing their parents. Kirkland’s students found many counties were unprepared to provide the proper information for minors seeking bypass hearings, and, oftentimes, factors such as regional difference, demographics and county size would affect the performance of the county. “It’s a right that every girl has to be able to seek this judicial bypass procedure,” Kirkland said. “We shouldn’t have court employees lying about the law or claiming that a law doesn’t exist when it does.” According to a paper summarizing the results of the study, the students often found they were inappropriately referred to other unhelpful employees, and were ridiculed or verbally abused while asking for information. Kirkland said employees seemed uncooperative and uninformed, indicating that not only were court employees unable to provide accurate information, but they were also allowing their personal political and religious beliefs to influence their responses. “We had large numbers of See HEALTH, Page 3
argued that, in it, she misstated facts and created a hostile environment following protests against the article. “One of the charges they leveled against me was that I created a hostile environment on campus, or perhaps it was a chilling effect,” Kipnis said. “I wasn’t entirely sure which because I never actually got the charges in writing. This led me to become interested in questions I never thought much about previously.” In May 2015, after an extensive investigation, Kipnis was cleared of all charges. Since the investigation, Kipnis has become a figurehead for the argument against the high ambiguity and lack of due process often associated with Title IX investigations. Title IX is a set of rules that protects students from having a comprised education due to any form of discrimination. In 2011, Title IX was updated to include discrimination due to sexual assault. See KIPNIS, Page 3
Wolverines earn third straight bid to WNIT Michigan will host Wright State at Crisler Center on Wednesday By BRAD WHIPPLE Daily Sports Editor
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General George W. Casey Jr. speaks at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy about his military experience and his views on current military issues Monday.
Former Army chief of staff talks military mental health General George Casey Jr. says increase in veteran support is necessary By CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
At a talk at the Ford School Monday, General George Casey Jr., former U.S. Army chief of staff, said some of the most dangerous threats in the world today are posed by non-state actors such as al-Qaeda and ISIS, focusing on the persistent existence of world conflict with these actors and the subsequent mental health impacts war has
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on soldiers and veterans. Casey began his Army service in 1970, as the senior commander of the interantional collation created to confract forces in Iraq from 2004 to 2007. He was promoted to chief of staff by President George W. Bush in 2007 and served in that position under President Obama until 2011. “What I want to do is give you a soldier’s view of the international security environment,” Casey said. Rather than countries waging war against one another as was the case with World War II or the Vietnam War, Casey said some non-state actors such as al-Qaeda and ISIS have become more dangerous, citing
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a number of recent events. Looking back to 9/11, Casey pointed to how a non-state actor, al-Qaeda, was able to inflict catastrophic damage on the United States. “Nineteen terrorists, in an hour and 17 minutes, murdered 2,977 people, inflicted about $40 billion of economic damage on New York, and when the stock market reopened it lost $1.4 trillion in value,” he said. “That’s a challenge that we need to be prepared to deal with.” Comparing the current ideological struggle against Islamic extremism to the struggle against communism during the Cold War, Casey talked about how conflict is See CASEY, Page 3
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Though the Michigan women’s basketball team will miss the Big Dance for the third year in a row, the Wolverines won’t end their season without a chance to hang their first banner. Monday night, Michigan earned a spot in the 64-team field of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament for the third year in a row. The Wolverines will host Wright State on Wednesday night at Crisler Center. With a win, Michigan (9-9 Big Ten, 17-13 overall) would move onto the second round this weekend to face the winner of Bucknell and Akron, which will be decided Thursday. The 2016 WNIT bid marks the Wolverines’ seventh straight berth into the postseason, a program record. Michigan ended the regular season by winning five of seven games with its two losses coming at then-No. 6 Maryland and at Rutgers. The Wolverines’ best chance at making the NCAA Tournament came down See BASKETBALL, Page 3
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