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Students think there’s more to housing than SES, survey finds
Results indicate students wary of expense, relationship between SES and location KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Daily administered a survey to 1,000 randomly selected respondents at the University of Michigan campus. There were 100 respondents, representative of all offcampus neighborhoods as delineated by Beyond the Diag. The following
article includes data collected in this survey, particularly regarding the relationship between socioeconomic status and housing location. For Kinesiology sophomore Paige Willian, the matter of procuring off-campus housing was a decision shaped by recommendations from her peers rather than monthly rent — yet, after having lived in her
apartment for a couple of months, she said she now strongly believes housing is segregated by students’ financial situations. “Looking for housing last year, I was fortunate enough to not worry too much about the price of my living situation,” she said. “I chose my apartment building through recommendations from
older students I knew that were older than me who do happen to be of similar socioeconomic status to myself. This year I definitely see that this results in segregation of housing by how much students can afford.” According to the housing cost survey administered by The Daily See HOUSING, Page 3A
In monthly interview, ‘U’ president gives insight into his thoughts on issues ALEXA ST. JOHN & ANDREW HIYAMA Managing News Editor & Daily Staff Reporter
Considering the protests on campus that followed the speech from Charles Murray last month and student concerns over a possible visit from Richard Spencer, The Daily sat down with University President Mark Schlissel to address these issues, the progress the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan has made over the past year and the renaming of the C.C. Little building. The Michigan Daily: Since our last meeting with you, the one-year anniversary for the DEI plan has passed. How do you think the progress has been
going and how has its execution really been performed over the past year? President Mark Schlissel: I think the best way of answering that is to highlight next week’s summit. So we have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion summit with multiple events through the week, which will include Rob Sellers and myself releasing our report on the first year, which has both a summary and then a whole bunch of individual reports from all the schools and colleges that lays out each of their objectives and reports on progress over the first year. If I had to say in general, I think the initiative is off to a good start, but there’s a huge amount of work to be done and there are some things that are immediate and short term, and there are See SCHLISSEL, Page 2A
Over 50 students call for divestment Research CSG body takes steps during Central Student Government puts brakes
RESEARCH
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
with Mars, technology
The assembly also passed a resolution on supporting funding for a SAPAC conference
‘U’ team thruster engine designed broke records in its speed and efficiency
It was a tense night in the Central Student Government chambers as attendees discussed the question of divestment and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality petitioned CSG to pass a resolution supporting the divestment from companies operating in Israel on the behalf of Israel. Last year, during the David Schafer administration — the previous CSG president — the resolution failed to pass — however, with its closest margin ever, at 34 to 13. A group of about 50 students from the Latinx Alliance for Community Action, Support and Advocacy arrived at the chambers during community concerns to present their case in support of the Palestinian students on campus — which is not yet a resolution. The group petitioned and spoke about how they believed in and supported divestment. “It is my moral obligation to stand here in solidarity with my Palestinian brothers and sisters,” Public Policy senior Gloriela Iguina-Colon said. “As Latinx people we know what it feels like to be run out of our homes, to know that there are legacies of colonialism persisting today, to feel in our souls the pain of ours and others’ oppression, to know that our liberation is bound together.” Representatives from LACASA
KATHERINA SOURINE Daily Staff Reporter
Black holes, new planet discoveries and now, breaking records. For University researchers, the sky isn’t the limit — and neither is space. A Hall thruster engine designed by a University of Michigan team has broken records in its speed and efficiency, compared to similar devices used in space technology today. The project research and development was headed by Alec Gallimore, University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering and Robert J. Vlasic dean of Engineering. The development of a Hall thruster relies on technology which utilizes the power generation capability of a spacecraft through solar rays, putting power in a small amount of propellants, more than is possible through naturally occurring chemistry. This technology would replace the standard conventional chemical rockets, as it has been See MARS, Page 3A
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Daily Staff Reporter
related to the struggles of Palestinian students and spoke about how they believed these companies were committing human rights violations. Heated arguments formed as the group expressed their sentiments and were quickly silenced by CSG’s uniform processes and regulations. Some CSG members fired back and asked the community members to stop disrespecting them, to which the group responded by saying they were trying to make their voices heard to the people they elected as representatives. This later sparked a conversation among CSG members to pause rules and open caucus during agenda topics like community concerns in order to make CSG more
accessible to the general student body. Another group, who said they were Palestinian students speaking on behalf of other Palestinians, called on CSG to support them in having their concerns acknowledged by the University of Michigan. They called for CSG’s assistance in creating an ad hoc, unbiased committee of professionals to look further into the issue and hear concerns on both sides. “What we’re proposing with this resolution is for the University to create a board to make these decisions about divestment,” LSA senior Reema Kaakarli said. “What we’re asking for, because we know this is such a controversial and difficult topic, is for the University to create an ad hoc
committee to work directly with the divestment office, and put together a group of people who have a lot of knowledge about the University and how divesting would work.” The group called for CSG to acknowledge their voices and the needs of the students at the University, and asked for help in getting administration to do the same. They want a group of impartial individuals to research into the situation and student reactions and propose alternate companies to divest in. CSG also passed resolutions in support of funding a SAPAC conference, protecting resources that support survivors of sexual assault and a calculator loan program, both unanimously.
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Students gather in CSG Chambers in support of divestment Tuesday evening.
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on Meijer bus route
The old transportation service costed $1,600 a week for governing body JORDYN BAKER Daily Staff Reporter
The Meijer grocery shuttle, a Central Student Government initiative that last year provided students with a weekly bus shuttle to Meijer, has been discontinued for future use. The service was launched in fall 2016 under former CSG President David Schafer’s administration, which worked closely on the issue of food insecurity on campus. According to Engineering junior AJ Ashman, CSG chief of staff to the vice president, the program began with a commission within Shafer’s administration in order to assist freshmen who live off campus or who might not be aware of the food options available to them outside of the dining halls. Specifically, a goal of the administration was to help those students of low socioeconomic backgrounds find less expensive food options, as many grocery stores in the heart of campus are more expensive are than See MEIJER, Page 3A
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