2017-04-13 by The Michigan Daily

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

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Jawad wins prestigious government scholarship New CSG vice president is one of 62 Truman recipients for public service EMILY MIILLER Daily Staff Reporter

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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich) speaks at the third annual Last Lecture Series in Weill Hall on Wednesday.

Debbie Dingell, faculty members send seniors off in ‘Last Lecture’

Annual event aimed to encourage graduating students to take hold of opportunity, challenges MCKENZIE HANIGAN For the Daily

Wrapping up the year for Public Policy seniors was U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.) and distinguished professors of the University of Michigan to deliver what is traditionally called the Last Lecture. The event, as part of the third annual Public Policy Last Lecture series, brought University seniors to Weill Hall on Wednesday to leave them with lasting words as they face

graduation at the end of the month. Public Policy senior Keerthana Sundar helped organize the event, and noted its importance in sending off the seniors. “The Last Lecture is a capstone event that ties together a variety of policy topics and perspectives to end the school year,” Sundar said. “It’s a send-off lecture full of insightful advice and anecdotes from our favorite professors.” This year’s talk, called “Bursting the Bubble: Policy in the Age of Polarization,” aimed to discuss politics after the 2016 presidential

election, as well as the importance of breaking down party barriers. Public Policy senior Connor Rubin, another co-organizer of the event, believed this year’s theme was particularly important given the events of the past year. “This election was one of the most polarizing in recent history, and I think anyone interested in making a difference in their community needs to realize that yelling is easy, but doesn’t solve anything,” said Rubin. “The goal of this (lecture) is to show a variety of perspectives, because no singular point of view

has a monopoly on good ideas.” Students listened to Dingell and Public Policy professors give advice on their upcoming endeavors, as well as interpretations of today’s political climate. “You are graduating in very unique and challenging times,” Dingell said. “You are in a rapidly changing political, social and economic landscape, and will need to use what you have learned here at the University of Michigan to address the opportunities and the challenges that lay ahead.” See LECTURE, Page 2

Public Policy junior Nadine Jawad, vice president of Central Student Government, was named a Truman Scholarship, an award that celebrates a commitment to public service. She will be the 27th candidate at the University of Michigan to receive this prestigious award. According to a press release, Jawad was one of 62 undergraduates to be awarded a scholarship this year, out of the 768 students who were nominated. Candidates must be nominated by their university in their junior year, and then recipients are chosen by a selection panel based on a series of personal essays, letters and interviews. Jawad aims to use the scholarship to pursue a degree in medicine and a Master of Public Health, with an interest in women’s health and a potential focus on HPV, gynecologic cancers and diseases that arise

in situations of intimate partner violence. “Ultimately, I’d like to work somewhere in the government sector, the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) or the World Health Organization — that way I can blend my interest in public policy with my interest in medicine and kind of do both,” she said. Marjorie Horton, the assistant dean for undergraduate education, wrote in an email interview she met Jawad through Jawad’s participation in CSG and was unsurprised by her success with the award. “I see that intensity, drive and tireless work ethic in all that Nadine takes on,” Horton wrote. “She focuses on how to have a very real, tangible impact. With her leadership and organizational savvy and personal magnetism, she harnesses the talents and passions of many other students, builds connections in communities and with campus administrators, and achieves See TRUMAN, Page 2

Annual SAPAC Diag day focuses on LSA reps Prominent pass exam traits of healthy relationships, consent leaders talk

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

CAMPUS LIFE

limitation resolution

Members open four stations geared toward raising awareness about sexual assault

Assembly also decides to bring therapy lights to UGLi for student wellness

In an effort to increase awareness of sexual assault on campus, members of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center’s Peer Education program had a number of stations out on the Diag Wednesday afternoon, showcasing different aspects of healthy relationships and consent. Nursing senior Lena Briggs, peer education co-coordinator at SAPAC, helped organize the event — consisting of the education station, the policy and activism table, the swag station and the self-care table — and said she hoped it brought visibility to key issues SAPAC focuses on. “We want to spread messages of positivity around healthy relationships and around consent so that people can engage in these behaviors with their partners and their peers,” Briggs said. “We also want to create a more positive culture around campus and hopefully prevent any violence as well.” To achieve this goal, the education station focused on providing students with facts and statistics on sexual assault through an educational game. LSA senior Andreea Taran, a SAPAC volunteer, helped run the station. “We are going through some statements on healthy relationships, consent and

MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter

University of Michigan LSA Student Government discussed and voted on two resolutions Wednesday night to allocate funding for a light therapy room in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library and to suggest LSA change its current exam policy from allowing students to take a maximum of three exams in one day to two exams in a day. Both the light therapy resolution and the exam policy resolution passed unanimously, with 21 votes in favor and no votes against or abstentions. The meeting also featured resolutions on free speech in LSA SG and the conditions of the Mason Hall bathrooms — both of which passed — and calling for adequate lighting on North Campus, which was tabled until the first summer session.