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Admin was aware of Philbert complaints, Free Press reports
More than 20 women have filed allegations of sexual misconduct ARJUN THAKKAR Daily Staff Reporter
University of Michigan administrators and faculty were aware of several complaints about Provost HANNAH YOO/Daily Martin Philbert while he served in various roles within the School of Public Health, according to The Detroit Free Press. Philbert was placed on paid administrative leave on Wednesday, Jan. 22 following several allegations of sexual misconduct. Thomas Komorowski, a rule of law, private property, former research associate individual freedom and for the University who equality based on free trade. worked in Philbert’s lab at As Mills explained, classical the School of Public Health liberalism was the dominant in 2003, claimed in a 2004 political ideology of modern lawsuit he was wrongfully Western countries including terminated because of an the United States prior to the inappropriate relationship 20th century. Classical liberals between Philbert and a claimed to break from oppressive, female researcher. Philbert undemocratic political systems denied that Komorowski such as feudalism, a hierarchical was laid off due to his medieval-era system in which relationship with the peasants worked on the lands of female researcher and nobility, and absolutism, a belief claimed Komorowski’s in the absolute power of a king grant aid had run out. who owned by divine right. In 2005, the University See PHILOSOPHY, Page 3A
NY philosophy professor lectures on racial justice, historical prejudice Dr. Charles Mills discusses racial justice at Rackham Auditorium Wedneday afternoon.
Charles W. Mills highlights issues of oppression inherent in classical liberalism CLAIRE HAO
Daily News Editor
About 100 students, faculty and community members came to Rackham Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon to hear Charles W. Mills, a distinguished philosophy professor at the City University of New York, speak on the concept of racial justice and why it has been historically ignored within the field of philosophy. Mills was featured as the guest speaker of the 20192020 Tanner Lecture on Human Values sponsored by
the University of Michigan Department of Philosophy. The Tanner Lectures are funded by Obert Clark Tanner, a late philosophy professor who hoped the series would contribute to an ongoing dialogue on human morality. The University was the first to host a Tanner Lecture and is one of nine institutions worldwide to participate in the tradition. University President Mark Schlissel lauded the lecture series as an opportunity to consider important issues demanding our intellectual attention.
“With Dr. Mills, we have a pioneering scholar who has added new dimensions of thought to the examination of human values,” Schlissel said. Mills opened by framing his lecture with the question of why racial justice has been so rarely addressed in Western, and particularly American, political philosophy when justice is a main idea of debate within the discipline. To lay the groundwork of his argument, Mills explained the theories of classical liberalism, a set of ideals from the Enlightenment era advocating for free markets,
+Impact Undergraduates express frustration considers with volunteer waitlists at ‘U’ hospital inclusion Confusing process leaves pre-med students unsure of availability, eligibility in finance BUSINESS
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Adrienne Harris speaks on fintech developments, accessbility of newer start-up technology HANNAH MACKAY Daily Staff Reporter
The Ross School of Business’s +Impact Studio and the MBA Finance Club co-hosted Adrienne Harris, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School of Public Policy, at the Business School for a discussion on financial technology, or fintech, and financial inclusion in the U.S. About 90 people attended the event on Monday. Harris is currently a Gates Foundation Research Fellow and advises fintech companies, incumbent financial institutions and venture capital firms. Harris has worked in the government and corporate realms developing strategies to address financial inclusion and fintech availability to underserved populations. Most recently, she worked with a San Francisco-based inter-tech startup. Harris shared her expertise on fintech and engaged in a Q&A dialogue with Business professor Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, faculty director of the +Impact Studio and Business graduate student Gabrielle Alves, the vice president of diversity and inclusion for the MBA Finance Club.
Daily Staff Reporter
Volunteering in a clinical setting is an important part of pre-med students’ medical school applications. Each semester, there is a high demand for positions at the University of Michigan Hospital, the biggest and most accessible hospital on campus, with slots for attending an information session filling up within five minutes. After attending an information session,
students are offered an interview on a lottery basis and then assigned a volunteer position based on their top three choices and time availability. Some students told The Daily they have found this process to be too long and sometimes frustrating. LSA sophomore Sadie Mauger said she has applied twice to volunteer through Michigan Medicine, but did not get an interview despite attending an information session. According to Mauger,
the problem lies not only with capacit y but with the process itself. She said the hospital was unclear when sharing interview times over the past year and was assig ning time slots before people had finalized their schedules. “I think the most frustrating thing is that there is no seniorit y in terms of volunteer preference,” Mauger said. “I a m applying to medical school, a nd I need that experience to apply, a nd I know that there a re a lot of
freshmen that a re already volunteering, so seniorit y is something that would help the process.” Though f irst-semester freshmen a re not elig ible to apply, the hospital does not have a preference a mong the other st udents during the hiring process. Ret urning volunteers have f irst pick at available positions at the beg inning of each semester before new volunteers a re reg istered. See HOSPITAL, Page 3A
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Librarian declares Ward Two candidacy Social Work lecturer, AADL board president announces city council bid ahead of election JULIA RUBIN & EMMA RUBERG
Daily Staff Reporters
Linh Song, boa rd president of A nn A rbor District Libra r y, a nnounced her bid for A nn A rbor Cit y Council on Monday. She will run in Wa rd 2 as a Democrat for the seat that Councilmember Ja ne Lumm, a n Independent, currently holds. Lu m m ha s represented Wa rd 2 si nce November 201 1 a nd ha s been t he on ly non-Democrat on Cit y Cou nci l for severa l yea rs. She a lso ser ved a s Wa rd 2 Cou nci l member f rom 1993 t h roug h 1997 a s a Republ ica n . Lumm has said she does not pla n to run again in 2020, citing her slim cha nces of winning with ma ny people voting straight-ticket when f illing out their ballot, pa rticula rly in a Democratic stronghold like A nn A rbor. Both Lumm a nd Song did not respond to multiple phone calls seeking comment.
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settled the lawsuit for an unknown amount. The Detroit Free Press reported that more than 20 women have filed complaints of sexual misconduct against Philbert, according to anonymous sources. In 2009, when Philbert was leading research at the School of Public Health, an anonymous woman notified her supervisor in the dean’s office that Philbert had sexually harassed her. Philbert was one of several candidates who applied to be dean of the School of Public Health in 2010. When the search committee moved Philbert’s candidacy forward, an anonymous email accusing the committee of manipulating the process was sent to the leader of the committee and copied to the entire school. Then-Provost Phil Hanlon replied with an email to the school. “This kind of vicious, personalized and
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INDEX
Vol. CXXIX, No. 69 ©2020 The Michigan Daily
NEWS.........................2 OPINION.....................4 CLASSIFIEDS..............6
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SUDOKU...............6 SPORTS...................7 ARTS..............1B