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Michigan ZBT charter revoked by nationals BRIAN KOSASIH/Daily
LSA sophomore Izzy Baer discusses plans to implement a mentorship program in a CSG meeting at the Union Tuesday.
CSG talks veto of student funding resolution, INNOVATE challenge Sarkar sides with spirit of the bill, hopes to reach a more comprehensive solution ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
The University Central Student Government convened for the first meeting of the semester on Tuesday evening to discuss the veto of the student
funding resolution from last semester and the upcoming INNOVATE competition. CSG President Anushka Sarkar reiterated her veto of the A.R. 7-026 resolution on Dec. 15 that proposed the University compensate CSG members for their time and their work.
“I support the spirit of the resolution and I believe in financial support in compensation for just labor as we and other student governments do, but I take issue with some of the specifics of how the resolution would actually impact students in
CSG and the organization’s integrity,” she said. Sarkar emphasized approving the resolution would publicize the socioeconomic status of the individual CSG representatives. Additionally, she noted receiving pay from an external See FUNDING, Page 3A
Official statement asserts Eta chapter violated Fraternity policies, hazing RHEA CHEETI
Daly Staff Reporter
Zeta Beta Tau’s International Headquarters voted to remove recognition of the University of Michigan’s Eta chapter on Tuesday. According to an official statement from the organization, ZBT staff, along with the University’s Office of Greek Life and Division for Student Life, conducted an extensive membership review to determine the future of the chapter. “Through the course of this investigation it became clear that members were violating various Fraternity policies,
Ambassador Daniel Fried discusses U-M group invents aid Western strategy in Central Europe
including those which prohibit hazing,” the statement read. ZBT International leadership ended the pledging process in 1989 in an effort to prevent hazing. The actions of the brothers of the Colony at the University of Michigan violated our policies and acted in ways antithetical to our mission and values,” the statement read. “Health and safety is a top priority of Zeta Beta Tau, and we are committed to facilitating a positive fraternity experience.” This decision follows the recent reinstatement of social activities by the Interfraternity Council See WITHDRAWN, Page 3A
RESEARCH
BUSINESS
to diminish ear ringing
Cribspot to shutdown within the next year
Tinnitus, condition of ringing inside the ear affects 15% of the U.S. REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
A University research team has created a device to combat tinnitus, a condition that causes ringing in the ears, which affects 15 percent of Americans and is caused by nerve activity in the brain. According to the Center for Disease Control,tinnitus leaves two million people unable to work and is the most common cause of service-connected disability among veterans. While the condition has no cure, the device helps improve the quality of life for those who suffer from it. Tinnitus is often a result of nerve damage from things such as a loud concert or a gunshot, according to Medical School Prof. Susan Shore, who led the research team. Shore and her team identified a way in which touch and sound can relieve the occurrence of ringing. “Combining the stimulation of the somatosens with the auditory systems … showed that a particular combination of sound and the somatosensory stimulation can actually See TINNITUS, Page 3A
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Fried outlines “Five Points” to guide the future of American diplomacy SHANNON ORS
Daily Staff Reporter
and Public Policy Prof. Melvyn Levitsky. The lecture opened with Fried’s admiration for the sustained success of American foreign policy, while also noting the potential risk of leaving the Russian government unchecked. “Under American leadership, the West enjoyed its longest period of general peace since Roman times, an unprecedented prosperity in democracy,” he said. “Security challenges and
attempted subversion from Russia is not new. What is alarming, and dismaying are the doubts and divisions within the West. A questioning of our own model, of our own values.” Fried’s lecture continued to detail the events of the latter half of the 20th century and the current challenges both Central European countries and the United States face including economic stress, political stagnation, and questions of national identity. Through
a historical lens, which Fried credited to his undergraduate days at Cornell majoring in history, he laced historical strife with its modern consequences. “As Brexit, the Front Nationale, and other right-wing movements demonstrate, the prevailing post-national political culture in Western Europe is not always as popular as people think inside the Brussels beltway and it does not speak for the whole nation,” he See AMBASSADOR, Page 3A
On Tuesday evening in the University’s Weiser Hall, 100 years and one day since President Woodrow Wilson delivered his famous “Fourteen Points” speech, used to negotiate peace talks to end Word War I, Ambassador Daniel Fried delivered his own five points outlining how the United States should address the challenges of promoting Western strategy in Central Europe. Regent Ron Weiser, R, introduced Ambassador Fried to the podium as he recounted their work together when Ambassador Fried was the head of the National Security Council for Europe and Eurasia in 2001. Weiser emphasized the impact Fried has had on international affairs over his forty year career in foreign service. “This man has had enormous influence on the shape of Europe as we see it today,” he said. “A Europe whole and free, mostly whole and mostly free, and that is a product of much of the work he did for many many years.” Today, Fried is a fellow at the Atlantic Council, an organization that works to address global challenges by helping to inform strategy among international leaders. Fried’s lecture was attended by about fifty people ranging from undergraduate students with a developing interest in HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily policy to several of Fried’s former Daniel Fried, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and United States Ambassador to Poland, discusses past colleagues including Weiser and present political challenges in Europe at Weiser Hall Tuesday.
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Ex-employee says the company began to split in differing directions RUCHIRA ANKIREDDYGARI For the Daily
Cribspot, an Ann-Arbor based real-estate start-up that was founded by three University students, is slated to close parts of their Ann Arbor office this year, according to local landlords. As finding housing can be a difficult process for all college students — taking into account several different factors including cost, location and the conditions of the actual apartment itself — this closure has been received with mixed reactions. Over the years, Cribspot has expanded from Ann Arbor to college towns across the country, including Lansing and Chicago. The company has already begun the process of shifting management at their properties. A Cribspot spokesperson was unable to comment at time of publication. A current Cribspot tenant, LSA sophomore Sydney Bagnall, said she has yet to hear from Cribspot with regard to their closing. Bagnall explained she chose to use Cribspot because See CRIBSPOT, Page 3A
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