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CAMPUS LIFE
Yo-Yo Ma talks future of art, music and culture Design by Lizzy Rueppel
Sustainable Cultural Indicators Program releases year five report Study findings indicate increased concern for environmental issues in campus community SAYALI AMIN
Daily News Editor
The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program recently released its five-year report, which tracks the culture surrounding sustainability at the University of Michigan and how it has changed over the course of the program. The findings from SCIP serve to guide operations on campus and address environmental issues within the community. SCIP began in 2012 and has been conducting surveys every year and a half, with the most recent data gathered from winter 2018. The surveys focus on three target populations, which encompass students, faculty and staff. Some of the key findings of the five-year report
include participants are more likely to believe in climate change, waste prevention practices of undergraduates have improved and automobiles as a mode of transportation to work has increased for staff. Robert Marans, research professor at the Institute for Social Research and a professor emeritus of architecture and urban planning, and John Callewaert, integrated assessment center director of the Graham Institute, are the two coprincipal investigators for the program. Marans brought survey expertise to SCIP, while Callewaert was knowledgeable of sustainability goals. “Bob (Marans) and I got involved together,” Callewaert said. “I was bringing the specific knowledge of sustainability goals’ areas along with
Bob’s knowledge of survey research, so it was a good partnership.” Marans said the goal of SCIP is to measure how the University’s culture aligns in certain areas related to the environment and sustainability. “SCIP is really an attempt to evaluate and see how we’re doing in all these areas,” Marans said. “They’re all related to the big goals set up by the University in terms of climate action and waste reduction and healthy environments and community awareness.” Callewaert added that SCIP has also led pilot programs, such as a composting initiative in Bursley, to test whether a certain project could be applied to the larger campus community as a whole.
“The value of what SCIP can do is we are asking people what they know about composting and if they are doing it, just kind of baseline data,” Callewaert said. “Then you can go into a place like Bursley — there’s enough students in Bursley that we can pull out their responses and see if it makes any difference and to kind of evaluate the pilot test before saying we want to do this in every residence hall.” The biggest finding from the recent report, according to Marans, is the increased likelihood that a participant believes in climate change and the increased concern for the environment. See SCIP, Page 3
Renowned cellist visits campus as part of global “Bach Project” SAMANTHA SMALL Daily Staff Reporter
In the packed Hill Auditorium of about 3,500 students, staff and local Ann Arbor residents, Yo-Yo Ma walked out dressed in a black suit matched with a light pink tie. He looked to the crowd, glasses perched on the tip of his nose, standing adjacent to a $2.5 million dollar cello named “Petunia.” At least he didn’t leave it in a taxi this time, he joked. The world renowned cellist was not in Ann Arbor to play a Bach concert suit or to perform with the Silk Road Ensemble — he came to talk about culture, understanding and survival. Starting in August 2018, Ma began his two-year tour of the Bach Project. Ma will travel across the globe to iconic venues like The Red Rock Amphitheatre in Colorado, Washington
National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and to Ann Arbor’s very own Hill Auditorium. Ma’s project stresses in a world which is constantly changing and threatened by division, it is the role of culture and the arts to shape a better future. The Bach Project does not just celebrate art in its musical form. It also attempts to analyze and rejoice in the diverse ways that art makes each community, each society and the unified planet stronger. Born in Paris, Ma began playing cello at age four. By age seven, he had played for both presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. After graduating high school at age fifteen, he studied with Leonard Rose at Julliard, and then obtained an anthropolog y degree at Harvard University. See MA, Page 3
Students reflect on campus climate Whitmer ‘U’ denies criticizes after Shapiro tickets sell out in minutes improperly GOVERNMENT
new Title X changes Federal family planning program no longer offers abortion counseling, referrals RACHEL LEUNG Daily Staff Reporter
On Friday, t he Tr ump administ ration a nnounced f ina l cha nges to Title X fa mily pla nning prog ra m, t he federa l g ra nt prog ra m desig ned to prov ide comprehensive fa mily pla nning ser v ices to low-income A merica ns. The new r ule w ill prohibit hea lt h ca re prov iders who receive Title X f unding f rom of fering patients abor tion counseling or referra ls. The Tr ump administ ration f irst proposed cha nges to Title X la st yea r, a nd t he rev isions were met w it h st rong suppor t f rom conservatives. The cha nges w ill go into ef fect 60 days af ter being forma lly published to t he Federa l Reg ister. Gov. Gretchen Whit mer issued a statement shor tly af ter t he proposed cha nges to Title X were a nnounced. Whit mer criticized t he Tr ump administ ration for limiting access to a va riet y of a fa mily pla nning ser v ices. See WHITMER , Page 3
ADMINISTRATION
Young Americans for Freedom to host conservative speaker March 12 CALLIE TEITELBAUM Daily Staff Reporter
Tickets to hear conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro sold out in under two minutes, according to Kate Westa, vice president of the University of Michigan’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. Shapiro is the Editor in Chief of the conservative news and opinion website The Daily Wire and hosts his own conservative podcast, The Ben Shapiro Show. YAF, a student organization advocating conservative principles, will be hosting Shapiro on March 12 in Rackham Auditorium. Previous speakers hosted by YAF this year were conservative commentators Steven Crowder
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and Michael Knowles. According to Westa, 617 of 1060 tickets sold were registered under University student emails. Tickets reserved for University students sold out in less than two minutes and tickets for the public sold out in less than 60 seconds with more than 4,200 people on the waitlist, Westa said in an email statement. Westa attributed the high demand for student tickets to what she believes is a desire among the student body for more conservative speakers. “Clearly, these conservative voices are in high demand on campus,” Westa said in the email. “I think because so few conservatives are brought to speak on campus, students are
taking full advantage of these opportunities and are really craving intellectual diversity.” University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen wrote in an email statement 13 percent of first-year students self-reported as conservative and far right in a voluntary survey over summer orientation. In the 2018 orientation, 4,833 student took the survey, 32 percent reported they identified as “middle of the road,” 43 percent were “liberal” and 13 percent did not select an option. LSA sophomore Taylor Smith said she got tickets to hear Shapiro in order to expose herself to more alternative political views. “I think he’s a very interesting speaker,” Smith said. “I definite-
ly don’t agree with everything he says, but I still think it’s a great opportunity to go and hear different viewpoints than my own.” Smith said she identifies as a moderate and wants to take advantage of an opportunity to hear from a conservative speaker. “I definitely identify as a moderate,” Smith said. “It can go either way depending on the issue. I grew up being surrounded by tons of different opinions across the political spectrum. So it’s definitely given me appreciation for all views. And that’s why I want to go to this. I’ve never really heard a conservative speaker come and talk.” See SHAPIRO , Page 3
investigating SMTD Prof.
University alleges student failed to participate in sexual assault investigation LEAH GRAHAM & ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Daily News Editor & Managing News Editor
The University of Michigan denied allegations it mishandled sexual assault claims against School of Music, Theatre & Dance professor David Daniels in court documents filed Friday. An attorney for the University said Andrew Lipian, a Music, Theatre & Dance graduate student who alleges Daniels sexually assaulted him, declined to participate in investigations conducted by the Office for Institutional Equity and the Division of Public Safety and Security. Lipian filed a lawsuit in October accusing Daniels of drugging and sexually assaulting him on March 24, 2017. He also alleged the University failed to investigate Daniels after being made aware of complaints against the professor, claiming “OIE did nothing” and “No file was opened.”
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Vol. CXXVIII, No. 78 ©2019 The Michigan Daily
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 ARTS......................6
Read more at MichiganDaily.com SUDOKU.....................2 CLASSIFIEDS...............5 SPORTS...................7