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Faculty blast new Victors Care as elite, too exclusive New program takes on membership model to provide individualized care, for a fee ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor in Chief
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Walter Johnson, Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, discusses the evolution of monuments and their role in current society in North Quad Wednesday evening.
‘U’ scholars discuss replacement of monuments to the Confederacy
Some professors resurface University’s own conflicts with C.C. Little on panel ETHAN LEVIN
Daily Staff Reporter
On Wednesday evening, the University of Michigan History Department held a teach-in surrounding “Disrupting White Supremacy: Global Histories and Local Struggles.” The talk included 12 speakers in an effort to reclaim and retell the history of race in the U.S. and globally. The speeches were followed by a student “talk back” panel, focusing on the historical
injustices and their inaccurate recordings that have shaped our current political climate. Views could follow the talk on twitter and pose questions to the speakers using the #UMDisrupt. Teach-ins have a long and storied history at the University. The nation’s first “teach-in” took place on campus in March of 1965 with 3,000 students gathering across rooms in Angell Hall to discuss and protest the war in Vietnam. Rackham student Tara Weinberg explained the urgency
to come to events like this, especially with the controversy surrounding white supremacist Richard Spencer’s potential visit to campus next semester. “I think it’s really important to counter him because if there is no counter, then it’s almost taken as a given that he’s been received with silence and with complicity,” Weinberg said. Several professors and one graduate student spoke on how the current political climate has been shaped from an international, historical
perspective. Katherine French, a J. Frederick Hoffman professor of history, accompanied by Rackham student Taylor Sims identified medieval fantastical symbols used by white supremacists in the Charlottesville protests, and how their modern use incorrectly represents the Crusades at large. This misrepresentation has given white supremacists an empty sense of security and support, and has misconstrued their presence to the public. See TEACH-IN, Page 3A
Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan is currently launching Victors Care, a concierge medical care model aiming to deliver tailored health care access to a limited number of patients. These patients will receive specialized, convenient and optimized care for with purchase of an annual membership fee to cover primary care services without copays or deductibles. Though concierge medicine has been practiced at a number of health facilities nationwide — including Michigan Medicine competitors like Stanford Health Care, Virginia Mason and the UNC Physicians Network Carolina Continuity of Care Program — the University will institute the care approach for the first time in April. Mary Masson, institutional positioning director at
Michigan Medicine, said Victors Care is one example of ways Michigan Medicine aims to improve medical care. “Victors Care is a pilot program, developed after requests from patients for a service similar to what exists at institutions across the country,” Masson wrote in a statement to The Daily. “This is just one of a number of ways we’re seeking to improve access to and efficiency of care we provide. Others include use of e-visits when appropriate, opening a new facility in west Ann Arbor and the planned opening of another, in Brighton this fall, which will significantly expand our capacity and access.” However, this concierge medicine program — often referred to as boutique or retainer medicine — has drawn criticism from University physicians. In a January letter obtained by The Daily addressed to Marschall Runge, executive See MEDICINE, Page 3A
Law students reflect on discretion, LSA SG ‘U’ signs off pushes for duties of AAPD with class ride-alongs surgical
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Mich. Time ballot box
Program aims for transparency amid questions of department accountability
Assembly approves bill to seek student input on class schedule changes
On the corner of two major streets just outside downtown Ann Arbor, Police Officer Christopher Hoffman parks behind a tree that conceals his squad car to passersby, about 10 feet away from the intersection. He focuses intently on the cars passing through, never once taking his gaze off the road. It’s a Saturday night and this is his usual haunt when it’s “slow” during his 12-hour shift. He’s looking for cars that go through one of the four stop signs that mark each road at the intersection. Several cars commit a “roll-stop,” only braking slightly before passing through, but he decides not to stop any of them. “I’m looking for the ones that speed through, without stopping at all,” he said. Ten minutes pass, and a car speeds through the stop sign. Gas to the pedal, Hoffman turns on his sirens and chases after the car. The car pulls over in a vacant lot, and after asking the driver a few questions, reviewing the video footage from the camera on the front of his police car and checking the driver’s record — clean for the past seven years —Hoffman decides to let her off with a warning. “She’s visiting her sister and isn’t under the influence, plus she has a squeaky-clean
RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Daily Staff Reporter
LSA Student Government met Wednesday night in Mason Hall to discuss ballot questions for its upcoming elections. The body also passed a resolution with a vote of 15-10, with two abstentions, to add a binding ballot question to the Winter 2018 election ballot on whether government should support the Universitye’s decision to end Michigan time. Michigan time is a practice used across the University of Michigan campus of starting classes ten minutes later than their scheduled times. This was intended to allow students enough travel time between backto-back classes. However, not all of the University’s colleges, such as the School of Nursing, use Michigan time. On Feb. 19, the University and the Provost’s Office announced Michigan time will end on May 1 in order to make collaboration among the different colleges easier and instead, classes will end 10 minutes early. Common student critique was a lack of transparency in making the decision. See LSA SG, Page 3A
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record,” he said. “And I’m feeling generous since it’s my first day back (after two weeks of unpaid paternity leave).” The Daily was allowed to participate in a ride-along, a program in which police departments invite citizens to shadow a police officer for a shift, or part of a shift. Participants must sign a waiver and are assigned to ride with an officer based on a rotational schedule. The program allows
citizens to “see firsthand the daily workings of law enforcement and gain a better understanding of the challenges and rewards of being a police officer.” “A lot of people look at police work as kind of a secretive-type thing and it’s not, we’re just average people. We’re trying out there to do a good job,” Hoffman said. “And I think the ride-along program lets people see that, lets people see why we
do what we do, our motivations. So, I think it’s good to bridge a community gap that there is.” One University of Michigan Law School elective, Policing and Public Safety, taught by U.S. District Judge Judith Levy and former U.S. Attorney Saul Green, requires students to engage with the police during the semester either by completing a ride-along with an area police department or See AAPD, Page 3A
A lot of people look at police work as kind of a secretive type thing and it’s not, we’re just average people, we’re trying out there to do a good job. – OFFICER HOFFMAN, ANN ARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT CASEY TIN/Daily
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technology to care firm
Fortune 500 company purchases student-made device for microsurgery SAM SMALL
Daily Staff Reporter
Baxter International, a Fortune 500 American health care company, recently signed a licensing agreement with the University of Michigan to acquire rights for a new surgical device that was developed by a small five-person classroom of Engineering 490/Design and Manufacturing 450 students. In a statement, Michael Campbell, vice president of Baxter’s microsurgery business, said Baxter International is looking forward to utilizing the new device. “We are excited to work with the experts at the University of Michigan and license this promising new technology that could lead to a meaningful impact for microsurgeons,” he said. This surgical device, mirroring that of a small silicone pen with an easily adjustable steel spine, would make the complicated and tedious process of connecting arteries more efficient by reducing a 25-minute procedure to only six minutes. See SURGERY, Page 3A
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