2018-01-08 by The Michigan Daily

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Monday, January 8, 2018

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Illinois conquered The Michigan basketball team shook off a slow start to beat the Fighting Illini, 79-69, on Saturday afternoon

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Go Blue Guarantee, to take effect this semester, represents a step in the right direction for students, applicants

University says in-state students with household income below $65,000 will receive free tuition starting Winter 2018 MAEVE O’BRIEN Daily Staff Reporter

Starting this winter semester, the Go Blue Guarantee will begin to cover full tuition for in-state University students whose families make $65,000 a year or less. The commitment will automatically

cover current qualifying students, as well as future students who apply and are admitted. The Go Blue Guarantee, announced last summer, aims to encourage students from socioeconomically underrepresented communities to apply to the University, with the comfort that if admitted,

they will be able to afford it. The University’s hope is to give high school students who otherwise wouldn’t have applied the confidence to do so. At his appearance at the Senate Assembly on Dec. 11, Schlissel heralded the program as his greatest achievement as university president.

“I think we should all be extremely proud of that commitment we are making to opportunity across the breadth of our state,” Schlissel said. He also mentioned how the early action applicant numbers for next year’s freshman class have risen from previous years, which he partly attributed to the Go Blue

Guarantee. “This year’s numbers, and I think it’s because of the Go Blue Guarantee in part, are even stronger (than previous years),” Schlissel said. “The December 1st year over year numbers are significantly up in applicant numbers.” While Schlissel suggested a rise

in applications, no information has been officially released about how many students who qualify for the Go Blue Guarantee have been admitted to the 2018 freshman class. The University is pursuing various advertising efforts to ensure Michigan high school See GUARANTEE, Page 1A

After deaths from E. Coli breakouts, Students, ‘U’ to host teens swap dining halls replace romaine lettuce events on

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Canadian and United States agencies report 58 infections and 2 deaths

University researchers release findings from Monitoring the Future

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Public Health Agency of Canada are investigating the source of a recent E. coli outbreak that has infected 58 people and resulted in two deaths in the United States and Canada. This particular strain, called E. coli O157:H7, has been linked to leafy greens and romaine lettuce. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 8, the disease spread to 13 states, including Michigan, and multiple provinces in Canada. Though the disease is reported to have spread a month ago, public health notices are now being published. Consumer Reports states E. coli symptoms typically surface one to three days after infection, but may take as long as 10 days. These symptoms include severe diarrhea and abdominal pain. This particular strain of E. coli can lead to serious illness, kidney failure and death if left untreated. Young children, the elderly and those with a weakened immune system are the most vulnerable to this illness.While the Public Health Agency of Canada has officially identified the source of the outbreak as romaine lettuce, the CDC is still investigating the possible origin. Preliminary results of CDC genome sequencing of the

JULIA FORD

Daily Staff Reporter

In the University 43rd annual Monitoring the Future study, researchers of the University’s Institute for Social Research surveyed about 45,000 secondary school students across the country on their use of marijuana, vapes, tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, heroin and opioids. The researchers released their findings in a summary titled “National Adolescent Drug Trends in 2017,” and a full volume of their work will be released by the end of January. The investigation, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, surveyed students in grades 8, 10 and 12, and concluded marijuana use among all students increased significantly, from 22.7 percent in 2016 to 24 percent in 2017. Principal Investigator Richard Miech believes the substantial rise in marijuana use is related to the decrease in percieved risk.