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New sexual misconduct training will be web class Students, faculty expect training will reduce cases of harassment and abuse throughout University
A Council votes down citizen-led police review board 2
RILEY LANGEFELD Daily Staff Reporter
University of Michigan students and faculty are hopeful new mandated online sexual misconduct training for faculty will combat misconduct on campus, but are still skeptical of its overall efficacy. University President Mark Schlissel announced the new requirements Sept. 20 as a part of the administration’s ongoing initiative to combat sexual misconduct. According to University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald, the training will likely be rolled out this fall and will consist solely of an online course. Fitzgerald said the training remains under development and will likely be changed and refocused in the future in a manner similar to current student training. Schlissel reiterated this intention and said the training will be informed by the changing environment of sexual misconduct at the University in a previous interview. “We’ve been working on how to continuously improve the safety and the inclusive campus climate,” Schlissel
100 residents rally in support of ordinance, but vote passes in favor of mayor’s bill
Ann Arbor City Council voted down an ordinance introduced by three councilmembers Monday night establishing a citizen-led police oversight board, instead
LEAH GRAHAM Daily Staff Reporter
voting to move forward with a counter-ordinance offered by Mayor Christopher Taylor. More than 100 Ann Arbor residents attended the meeting at City Hall, which lasted past midnight. When the task force’s ordinance failed, the remaining audience members walked out, chanting, “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” at
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RESEARCH
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Coffee cups are no. 1 contaminant of the ‘U’ recycling bins
Researchers find lack of external funding for Humanities projects Faculty claim many grants, fellowships prioritize experiments in the natural sciences because of the typically high costs of medical research programs
Students, staff still say waste management systems at the University are improving
ALICE TRACY
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Jay KATHERINA SOURINE Daily Staff Reporter
According to Keith Soster, director of Student Engagement at Michigan Dining, Starbucks cups commonly used for coffee and tea specifically contaminate University of Michigan recycling bins most frequently. Angela Porta, outreach and zero waste coordinator at Recycle Ann Arbor, said the city of Ann Arbor is not able to recycle these cups either, citing reasons such as food contamination and the wax lining to the cup. “They are lined with an extremely thin layer of plastic that is tightly fused to the paper to prevent leaking and it is very difficult to separate that plastic from the paper,” she explained. In addition to the 46,002 students at the University of Michigan campus, there are 27,595
councilmembers. Supporters of the task force’s proposal argued Taylor’s proposal was “watered down” and “toothless.” Taylor said he proposed his ordinance to encapsulate the recommendations of the citizen task force while still complying with city and state law, as well as the police department’s collective bargaining agreement. “We need a commission that provides a place for people to come to express their concerns about policing in Ann Arbor … People have a right to be confident in policing,” Taylor said. “I proposed the ordinance because I want to form a strong, defensible policing commission that will affect public trust.” Councilmembers Anne Bannister, D-Ward 1, Jack Eaton, D-Ward 4, and Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, introduced the ordinance written by members of a citizen task force. While Eaton and Bannister voted in favor of the mayor’s proposal “to get the ball rolling,” Kailasapathy was the only councilmember who voted against it, saying she was counting on the new incoming
faculty and staff working on campus as of Nov. 2017 and 20,091 total hospital faculty and staff — creating the potential for the use of a lot of cups at UM. This total number of people, which can be likened to an almost full Michigan Stadium, includes students, staff and faculty who produce waste of all kinds every day. University efforts to control this waste have been part of an ongoing process as growing knowledge of its environmental impact continues. The waste produced by students and faculty reflect the basic materials used daily, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, coffee cups and paper plates. The University has worked alongside local organizations to mitigate the negative effects of waste, partnering with the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority, which operates between See CUPS, Page 3
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Crisostomo,
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professor of assyriology, studies the languages and history of Mesopotamia with a focus on the information old texts reveal about communication and social
structure in the ancient Middle East. Though several University of Michigan grants and one external organization sufficiently fund his research, Crisostomo said See PROJECTS, Page 3
council members to support the task force’s version of the ordinance. “I’m really upset with how this whole thing has changed direction,” Kailasapathy said. Councilmember Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, voted against the task force’s ordinance and in favor of Taylor’s proposal. “Mayor’s version of the ordinance includes much of what was in the task force’s proposed ordinance but eliminates those provisions that are potentially problematic and in conflict with the city charter, collective bargaining agreements and operational practices,” Lumm said. The task force was originally appointed to offer recommendations for the formation of a police oversight board. Taylor said while the body “did in fact do strong work,” he could not support the ordinance because he worried parts of it were not legally sound. Both proposals call for an 11-member body appointed by City Council to review See POLICE, Page 3
Panelists interrogate harassment of women in STEM 63 percent of women in academia have experienced some form of harassment, according to one panelist MOLLY NORRIS Daily Staff Reporter
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Panelists from different departments at the University of Michigan came together Monday afternoon to discuss sexual harassment in STEM fields. The panel discussion was the first of a three-part series discussing sexual harassment in engineering, sciences and medicine. Alec Gallimore, the dean of Engineering at the University, opened the panel with remarks about the way members of the engineering community are affected by sexual assault. While Gallimore said he knows the department has made some progress, he also acknowledged there is more work to be done.
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INDEX
Vol. CXXVIII, No.2 ©2018 The Michigan Daily
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 ARTS......................6
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SUDOKU.....................2 CLASSIFIEDS...............6 SPORTS....................7