ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Ann Arbor, Michigan
michigandaily.com
b-side
Daily Arts writers delve into the subject of how disability is portrayed in the arts, from film to music to TV.
» Page 1B
Disability in the Arts
LECTURER SALARIES
ARTS
$60,000 $56,000
$40,000
$56,000
$31,300 $28,300
$34,500
UM Ann Arbor
$30,300 $27,300
UM Dearborn
UM Flint
Minimum starting salary for a lecturer LEO’s requested minimum starting salary for a lecturer University’s starting salary offers in response to LEO’s demands
LEO to strike next week pending ‘U’ salary proposal Group authorizes picket lines April 9 and 10 if demands are not satisfied LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter
Members of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization will strike on April 9 and 10 if the University of Michigan does not satisfy their demands for significant salary increases
before Sunday. LEO members voted Wednesday evening to authorize the action. Last week, lecturers authorized union leadership to call for a walkout and have showed “overwhelming support” for them to do so, LEO President Ian Robinson said. “There is absolutely no
question of our resolve on this,” Robinson said after a general membership meeting in Ann Arbor. “All three campuses are in unity on this — for going forward with our strike plan if we do not have an adequate offer on the table by Sunday.” After several additional See LEO, Page 3A
Louis the Child headlines SpringFest, shows growth MIKE WATKINS Daily Arts Writer
Donned in maize and blue T-shirts that read “Michigan Grandpa” and “Michigan Mom,” Freddy Kennett and Robby Hauldren took the stage at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium for Music Matters’s annual SpringFest. Five months ago, the duo electrified the crowd at Detroit’s Masonic Temple with a phenomenal rundown through their discography, but last night’s performance was different. After trips to both Europe and South America for a tour with Whethan and performances for Lollapalooza’s regional tour respectively, Kennett and Hauldren seemed to have a stronger grasp of how to transform an EDM show from a disk-spinning display of their content into a dynamic and engaging experience. With new music to work with, like their beat tape Honey, Kennett and Hauldren layered tracks left and right. Their famed release, “It’s Strange,” normally reserved for the show’s encore, was thrown in mid-set with the
heavy beat of “Drip Drip” in the background. They also paid their respects to electronic music pioneers, Justice, with a remix of the group’s hit track “D.A.N.C.E.” Still, they didn’t shy away from unadulterated crowd-pleasing hits, ending the evening with their most recent blow-up track, “Last To Leave.” All in all, the performance was engaging and unpredictable, aspects that can be hard to come by at EDM shows, where
songs are often played in isolation with no regard for live arrangement. The show’s opening acts, Miller Guth and Lost Kings, also put on impressive performances, with the typically pop-driven Lost Kings toying with headbanging bass drops. These acts, plus a more artistically mature Louis The Child, made this year’s SpringFest an absolute success.
DANYEL THARAKAN/Daily Students attend SpringFest’s Louis the Child concert at Hill Auditorium Wednesday Night.
Ford panel talks current-day status Health cafe Street light and market of Affordable Care Act, life of MLK lacking in
BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
relocating, expanding
HuffPost Senior reporter Jonathon Cohn, joined by Public Policy professors
Organic, natural food store BetterHealth is moving centrally after rebrand
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s passing, the Ford School of Public Policy held a policy talk Wednesday evening on the prospects of the healthcare in the United States and the Affordable Care Act. The talk began with an introduction from Law professor Michael Barr. Barr highlighted King’s work during his “Poor People’s” campaign, which was designed to draw attention to U.S. poverty in the late 1960s with special attention to poor health care. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane,” King said at a 1966 Medical Committee for Human Rights convention. The talk was moderated by Public Policy professor Paula Lantz, who explained the context of the ACA during its creation under President Barack Obama’s administration, as well as current disparagement by President Donald Trump’s administration. The ACA introduced new restrictions on health care: With few exceptions, citizens were required to obtain health care coverage, allowing states to expand their Medicaid programs to those who previously didn’t qualify. However, critics of the ACA point out its cost and inequitable distributions among classes. Lantz asked panelists where
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
Natural-foods store Better Health is relocating from its East Stadium Street location to Washtenaw Avenue, where it will rebrand itself as Better Health Market and Café. The new health produce store will open April 12 with its grand opening on April 18, and will feature an expanded selection of produce, in-house food and kombucha on tap. Owner Tedd Handlesman wanted to offer customers other options besides vitamins and supplements, so he chose to expand Better Health to sell more produce and prepared foods. “Our mission is our name, to help improve and better the health of everyone that patrons our establishment,” Handlesman said. “We want to continue to grow and to do that with new markets and locations.” In addition to the Nature’s Kitchen Café, the new location will feature a kombucha bar. Here, customers will have See HEALTH, Page 3A
GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know.
ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Writer
Check out the Daily’s News podcast, The Daily Weekly
the Affordable Care Act stands today, and how it has changed under the Trump administration after an agressive but ultimately doomed campaign to ‘repeal and replace.’ Economist Gail Wilensky, former President George H.W. Bush’s senior health and welfare adviser, opened the debate by noting she believes the Trump administration has passed very little legislation with regard to the act the threat of repeal.
“Despite the efforts of not very effective Republicans in Congress, there has been precious little change on the ACA in terms of participation both by individuals and insurance companies,” Wilensky said. Jonathan Cohn, a senior national correspondent at the Huffington Post, identified two main successes of the ACA. First, he argued, the ACA has increased human welfare and access to care through its national coverage
expansion. “These aren’t just numbers and stats, these are really people getting health care,” Cohn said. Second, Cohn noted the ACA has changed political conversation and expectations of what the government should provide its people. Even though the ACA has been criticized by many, those same critics do not support absolute repeal. John Ayanian, a health See ACA, Page 3A
CHUN SO/Daily
Panelist Gail Wilensky discusses issues surrounding current health care policies at the Annenberg Auditorium Wednesday.
For more stories and coverage, visit
michigandaily.com
INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 105 ©2018 The Michigan Daily
off-campus community
Residents draw correlation between crime statistics and inadequate lighting GRACE KAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Particularly in student neighborhoods surrounding the University of Michigan, poor lighting continues to be a cause for concern, as many students and Ann Arbor residents draw a correlation between frequent campus crime alerts, pedestrian safety and poor street lighting. Online crime statistics highlight a potential correlation between crime in the city and poorly lit areas. According to February 2018 data from the Ann Arbor Observer Crime Map, crime concentrates around areas like Packard or State Street. The most common crimes in these areas are burglaries, followed by slightly lower instances of robbery and sexual assault. Instances of burglary and robbery in 2017 also spiked in October through December — though in 2016, crime was much higher in the spring — especially around areas like North State and Packard Street. Packard was one of a few See OFF-CAMPUS, Page 3A
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 ARTS......................1B
SUDOKU.....................2 CLASSIFIEDS...............6 SPORTS....................7