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Go West, young men The Michigan men’s basketball team will go up against one of the nation’s best offenses this weekend when it travels to take on UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
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Undercover cops prompt student complaints
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University President Mark Schlissel oversees the Board of Regents meeting in the Michigan Union Thursday.
Regents approve infrastructure projects, schematic for Trotter
Body also approves 6.2 million in renovations for Law Quadrangle RIYAH BASHA & KATHERINE CURRAN Daily Staff Reporters
In their last meeting of the calendar year, the University of Michigan Board of Regents discussed issues including construction, honorary degrees
and campus climate in front of more than 50 attendees in the Michigan Union Thursday afternoon. Renovations and construction projects The Board of Regents unanimously approved multiple infrastructure projects at the meeting, including an $150
SCIENCE
Design expo showcases engineering initiatives Multidisciplinary program hosts biannual event featuring student work JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
Students, faculty, staff and the general public were invited to the University of Michigan College of Engineering Design Expo to hear students discuss their multidisciplinary design projects Thursday. Through these projects, students aim to develop solutions to real-life problems using collaborative, integrative approaches. Organized by the Multidisciplinary Design Program, the biannual event, which spreads throughout several buildings on North Campus, includes a series of hands-on student presentation. The MDP, which operates out of the College of Engineering, offers team-based projects to students University-wide. Several of the projects were part of the senior design project courses, and a handful were nonprofit or industry sponsored. Payal Agarwal, MDP administrative assistant and expo organizer, said the event offers students an opportunity to present in front of an audience See ENGINEERING, Page 3
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million overhaul of the Ruthven Museums Building. As part of the renovations, the University’s central administration officials will move from their current offices in the Fleming Administration Building to the Ruthven Building. The Fleming Building — first opened in the 1960s to popular student rumors
about its “riot-proof” design — will eventually be demolished. Kevin Hegarty, chief financial officer and executive vice president of the University, announced the changes. “The project presents an exciting opportunity to preserve and reuse a landmark campus See REGENTS, Page 3
Individuals who have received MIPs say officers were overly aggressive ALEXA ST. JOHN Daily Staff Reporter
On a Thursday night in September, a LSA freshman named Hannah — who asked that only her first name be used because she is discussing underage drinking — had a few mixed drinks with her friends in her dorm room before going out. It was an 18+ night at BTB Cantina — a bar located on South University Avenue. At the time, Hannah was just old enough to get through the door. She was careful not drink at the bar — the bouncers had drawn X’s on her hands in Sharpie, indicating she was a minor and would not be served. Hannah left BTB Cantina at
SAPAC holds panel about racism and safety on the University’s campus Panelists highlight concerns with DEI plan, current political climate REBECCA LERNER Daily Staff Reporter
The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s Bystander Intervention and Community Engagement program, which hosts workshops to equip bystanders with the necessary skills to intervene, held a panel discussion about racism and safety at the University of Michigan Thursday night. The event aimed to serve as an open space to discuss the experience of students with marginalized identities following the divisive results of the 2016 election on campus. The panel, which was open to all faculty, students and staff, as well as those not affiliated with the University, was attended by roughly 50 students. SAPAC volunteers and LSA seniors Nick Suarez and Jasmine Rubio, who organized the event, said they wanted to address the political issues unfolding on campus and educate students on possible constructive roles they can take moving forward. “I’m hoping we get some solid ideas of how to be a proactive bystander and how to be a good ally,” Rubio said. Suarez agreed, adding, “I hope more than anything that this an educational experience.”
The organizers pointed to a divided climate both on campus and across the nation as a catalyst for the event. “It came because tensions have been so much higher, not necessarily because of a political outcome but because of a recent climate,” Suarez said. “We’ve been demanding a conversation and demanding people listen to our voices, but we haven’t had a place for
students to speak unfiltered.” The panel’s time was divided into a discussion about the experiences of minority students and their feelings toward the current campus climate, a conversation about the changes minority students would like to see and a segment allowing audience members to pose questions to the panel. Six panelists, including
undergraduates, graduate students and a recent graduate from different marginalized identities, spoke at the event. Panelists were first asked whether or not they feel safe on campus because of their respective identities. “There’s different types of safety,” said LSA senior Alyssa Brandon, who is also a Michigan in Color editor See PANEL, Page 3
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University of Michigan alum Jonté Jones speaks about racism and safety at the University following the 2016 election in Angell Hall Thursday.
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about midnight but came back for her friend so she could walk her home. When she arrived back at the bar, her friend was speaking to a man in a T-shirt who appeared to be in his late 20s. Another man wearing a jersey approached her as well. It took several minutes for Hannah to realize they were cops. “(He) was like, ‘Have you been drinking?’ ” Hannah said in an interview last week. “And I had no idea who this guy was — I was extremely caught off guard; he didn’t have a badge or anything. I had no idea he was an undercover cop.” She admitted to the man that she had been drinking, but only a little. See DRINKING, Page 2
ADMINISTRATION
First new ‘U’ school in decades to open in July New environment and sustainability college will replace SNRE RIYAH BASHA & KATHERINE CURRAN Daily Staff Reporters
The University of Michigan Board of Regents unanimously approved a new School of Environment and Sustainability, which will take the place of the current School of Natural Resources and Environment, at their December meeting Thursday afternoon. The new school is set to open on July 1, 2017, and will be the first new school at the University in two decades. In September, a research committee to examine the strengths and weaknesses of sustainability programs at the University recommended creating a new school to address pressing global challenges to the environment in their report. The committee consisted of 14 different University faculty from 10 different units and looked at the possibilities for growth within the SNRE, Graham Sustainability Institute and the Program in the Environment. Feedback was also gathered through meetings, town halls, See SCHOOL, Page 3
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