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ACADEMICS
$12,986
90,000
money lost
number of non-technical workers that increased (according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stats)
Deloria to be 1st Native studies prof. at Harvard
QUEER B-SIDE U.S. unionization at a record low of
from working an unpaid summer internship
10.7%
Former ‘U’ dean and professor joins ranks as first tenured faculty member
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Haberman’s unionized U.S. rep. campaign is first to do so in state
University alum, Democrat running to replace Republican Dave Trott in 11th district CARLY RYAN
Daily News Editor
Dan Haberman, one of the 11 candidates for Michigan’s 11th Congressional District seat and University of Michigan alum, has made the decision to unionize his campaign staff.
Haberman, who received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University, is a businessman, lawyer and Democrat from Birmingham running to replace the seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Dave Trott, R-Birmingham. Democrats hope to claim another U.S. congressional
seat despite the district’s Republican-leaning history. Now, Haberman is unionizing his staff in a move that he says symbolizes his commitment to workers’ rights. “I believe that it is important to protect all Michigan workers. It’s not always convenient, but it’s the right thing to do. Our
representatives in Congress are sent there to represent and protect the people they represent and to take action,” he said. His Democratic opponents include Haley Stevens, the former chief of staff for an auto task force led by former See HABERMAN, Page 3A
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
Philip J. Deloria, former University of Michigan professor, became Harvard University’s first tenured Native-American studies professor last week after having taught in the History and American Culture Department at the University for over ten years. Deloria specialized in NativeAmerican history and also served as the associate dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education in LSA, director of the Program in American Culture and acting director of the Native
American Studies Program. In his time at the University, Deloria was an outspoken advocate for Native American students and inequalities in higher education. Deloriaa earned his doctorate degree in American Studies from Yale University and taught at University of Colorado before coming to the University. He became a Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor in 2009. “At Michigan, I was really fortunate to be involved in building the Native American Studies program,” Deloria said. “I feel like my time at Michigan was full of really good things and it was really See HARVARD, Page 3A
LSA CSG passes resolutions in support In light of ‘U’ studies Nassar, MI of LEO, investigation into endowment finds links
GOVERNMENT
RESEARCH
assault bill introduced
Assembly requests more transparency from Regents on investment policies
Michigan state legislators present three-pronged law with focus on campus
LSA Student Government passed five resolutions Wednesday night, including one in support of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization’s negotiations for a new wage contract and another calling for an investigation into potential conf licts of interest in investment of the University of Michigan’s endowment. The latter resolution was introduced and approved in time for LSA SG to join a group of student organizations also requesting further transparency before the Board of Regents’ meeting Thursday afternoon. LSA SG representative Amanda Delekta, an LSA junior, co-sponsored the resolution. “The regents, who are supposed to overlook the investment of the endowment, passed the responsibilities largely on to a financial executive committee,” she said. “A number of those individuals have been investing the endowment into their own enterprises, which is obviously a large conf lict of interest and there has not been a lot of oversight with the issue.” The Detroit Free Press recently reported the University invested portions — estimates range from $3
JORDYN BAKER Daily Staff Reporter
On Monday, several Michigan lawmakers proposed new legislation during a Michigan House of Representatives meeting to fight sexual assault and harassment in response to the Larry Nassar trials, #MeToo movement and #TimesUp movement. The call for new policy has a specific focus on college campuses in hopes of increasing prevention, education and protection services. In early February, Nassar received his third sentence of 40 to 125 years for sexual assault charges. The 260 reports against Nassar included those of Olympic gymnasts Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman, as well as countless other women who were assaulted under his treatment as a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor. These reports of abuse contribute to the thousands of women who have recently come into the spotlight under the banner See NASSAR, Page 3A
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to nearly $4 billion — of its nearly $11 billion endowment in funds run or owned by major donors. The resolution passed with 19 votes in favor and three against. LSA SG members debated whether the allegations of conf licts of interest had merit and if calling for an investigation might needlessly incite the regents. Representative Jordan
Schuler, an LSA sophomore, said he didn’t see how an investigation could hurt, especially if the claims about the endowment, as University President Mark Schlissel wrote in an op-ed in the Free Press, are false. “Passing this resolution doesn’t necessarily say that we believe there is severe malpractice, but passing it does say that it’s worth
finding out,” Schuler said. The resolution in support of LEO’s bargaining efforts comes two days after the University responded to the union’s salary proposals. The union, which represents nontenure track faculty across all three University of Michigan campuses, is asking for higher wages and enhanced job security. On Monday night, See LSA SG, Page 3A
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LSA Student Government committee representative Emma Rose discusses agenda points at the LSA SG meeting in Mason Hall Wednesday
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in resisting junk food
Obesity-prone rats had stronger responses that lead to more consumption MOLLY NORRIS Daily Staff Reporter
A study conducted at the University of Michigan found unhealthy body weight may make it harder to resist food, an important step in the struggle to prevent obesity. In her study, Carrie Ferrario, a research and assistant professor at the Medical School, discovered obesityprone rats had a stronger response to a sound signaling food, and the rats that showed the strongest response were the ones that gained the most weight. To test her theory, Ferrario cued rats, both obesity prone and obesity resistant, by associating the promise of food with a certain sound. She then trained the rats to push a lever when they wanted food. She found the rats that were more prone to obesity were more likely to press the lever when they heard the sound. She also discovered the obesity-prone rats developed more CP-AMPA receptors in the nucleus accumbens region, See JUNK FOOD, Page 3A
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