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Funeral held to celebrate life, legacy of John Dingell ALEC COHEN/Daily
Ceremony for longest serving US rep. featured former Vice President Joe Biden
Govenor Gretchen Whitmer delivers her first State of the State address in the Michigan State Capitol Building Tuesday evening.
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released. Several politicians, including former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., were expected to speak at the ser vices. However, though Biden made it in time, the harsh weather conditions prevented planes carr ying Lewis, Upton and Speaker Nancy Pelosi from landing. Ninet y members of Cong ress were expected to attend, however only a third made it to the ser vice.
Whitmer emphasizes education, infrastructure at State of the State climate Last in line: University Daily Staff Reporter
Friends, family and several prominent politicians braved icy conditions to honor the life of former U.S. Rep. John Dingell at f uneral ser vices in Dearborn, Mich. The longest-ser ving member of Cong ress in histor y and spouse of U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., passed away last week at the age of 92. John Dingell had a heart attack in September and had been battling cancer, ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN KUZEE though the exact cause KLUSENDORF of death has not yet PHOTO been BY ANNIESee DINGELL, Page 3A
policy faces re-evaluation
Governor discusses policy priorities for administration at first address ALYSSA MCMURTRY Daily Staff Reporter
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered her State of the State address to Michigan lawmakers Tuesday night at the state capitol in Lansing. Whitmer began her
address with a joke about being asked to “fix the damn weather” — a nod to one of her main campaign refrains to “fix the damn roads.” After thanking members of the state legislature for attending, Whitmer dedicated the majority of her speech
to discussing her plans for repairing Michigan’s infrastructure and education system. “Turning a blind eye or passing phony fixes won’t solve our problems,” Whitmer said. “In fact, they make it harder. Filling potholes instead of
rebuilding roads. Pretending that little increases can fix an education crisis like we have … A government that does not work today can’t get the job done for tomorrow and that ends now.” See WHITMER, Page 3A
Students, professors incorporate President’s Students, CSG veto virtual reality systems in classes ‘U’ alumni
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
results in controversy Conversation continues on SOFC resolution, Greene gives State of Students PARNIA MAZHAR Daily Staff Reporter
Tuesday night, the University of Michigan Central Student Government held a meeting during which Engineering junior Zeke Majeske, chair of the Executive Nominations Committee, expressed his intentions to pursue an ethics investigation against CSG President Daniel Greene, a Public Policy senior. Majeske brought up two main issues with Greene’s past behavior to the Student Assembly. He began by discussing his belief that the president misled the Assembly in an attempt to sway the potential override of his veto of A.R. 8-033, a resolution discussed last week titled “A Resolution to Reschedule SOFC Chair Confirmations.” The resolution proposes to change the process of selecting the Student Organization Funding chair: the representative leading the SOFC, the CSG committee in charge of allocating funds to various student organizations. See CSG, Page 3A
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BUSINESS
Shapiro Design Lab offers access to AVMR technology on campus to aid learning SAMANTHA SMALL Daily Staff Reporter
Inside the Shapiro Design Lab, located on the first f loor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, is a new form of experiential learning: augmented, virtual and mixed reality, or “AVMR”, technology. Virtual reality has been widely adopted within fields like nursing, medicine and dentistry, allowing for modeling and simulation in complex circumstances where using real people might be too painful or expensive. It can be as elaborate as
locating symptoms that link to Alzheimer’s or as simple as simulating an elementary school’s trip to a zoo or museum across the globe. In fact, VR has already found its way onto The University of Michigan’s campus. Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the University’s football team, uses VR to recruit potential team members, allowing them to experience “a day in the life of a Michigan football player.” The Mcity Test Facility uses virtual reality to test the reliability of self-driving cars in a multitude of different
traffic scenarios that would otherwise be both costly and difficult to produce in a real-life environment. In the Duderstadt Center, medical students can examine a human cadaver through the lens of the Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus. Similarly, the Computer and Video Game Archive in the basement of the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library on North Campus includes a Sony PlayStation VR, open for reservations for all students.
Now, virtual reality has made its way into the humanities classroom. About a year and a half ago, faculty approached the Shapiro Design Lab in a search for space where they could utilize this new technology and produce an immersive experience within their own coursework and research. The Shapiro Design Lab’s equipment is available by request and includes Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard and PlayStation VR. It opened for students, staff and faculty last year. See VIRTUAL, Page 3A
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launch safe sex service
BusyBox provides new customized box full of sexual health products OLIVIA TAUBER Daily Staff Reporter
A group of University of Michigan students and alumni launched a business supporting sexual health both on campus and throughout the country: BusyBox, LLC. BusyBox is a personalized box full of sexual and reproductive health supplies that are sent to customers’ doors, eliminating the need to purchase these items in a store. BusyBox, LLC, started by Public Health senior Monica Smolinski and LSA senior Alison Elgass, was created for the School of Public Health’s Innovation in Action project last fall. BusyBox officially became an LLC in December. School of Education senior Sarah Mason, and Kayla Carter, then a graduate of the Public Health School who is now a doctoral student at the University of Washington, also joined the team. The BusyBox team eventually went on to place No. 1 in the Innovation in Action competition, encourages students to develop a solution to a real-world challenge. See BUSYBOX, Page 3A
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