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U-M works to address concerns of black students who decry lack of diversity
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The January-February edition of Michigan History. (Courtesy) MICHIGAN
How milkweed helped win WWII
Contributions to a war effort can be nearly forgotten by history. Such is the case of Michigan and the milkweed. Milkweed floss was used to stuff life preservers in World War II, and the northwestern Lower Peninsula led the effort to grow and harvest it. Michigan History magazine tells the story of growing, harvesting and processing the vital crop. Details, A10.
‘It’s nothing new’ By Kellie Woodhouse
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When University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman speaks of the Ann Arbor school’s minority enrollment, she doesn’t sugarcoat her dissatisfaction. “Our numbers are not where we’d like them to be,” she said in a recent interview. Coleman echoes the frustrations of black students who often say they’re one of few underrepresented minority faces in their classes. Some students have been so upset about low minority enrollment and the climate on campus that members of the Black Student Union staged a protest on the steps of Hill Auditorium on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, issuing seven demands to the university. Undergraduate black enrollment this year is 4.6 percent and, for the freshman class, it’s even lower at 4.1 percent — raising concerns that the number of black students on campus will continue to decline if U-M cannot begin enticing them to enroll. U-M appears to be listening to student concerns about those numbers and is, in the words of Coleman, “rededicating” itself to working toward a more diverse campus and more accepting environment.
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U-M PRESIDENT MARY SUE COLEMAN, DEFENDING EXECUTIVE PAY. DETAILS, A13
MORE INSIDE has an uphill battle ahead Timeline: 150 years of progress, of it. setback for black students at “When you don’t see imagU-M. Details, A12 es of yourself, it’s really easy
But if 50 years of battling ups and downs in black enrollment has taught U-M anything, it’s that the school
to feel isolated,” said U-M’s vice president of student affairs E. Royster Harper. LOW REPRESENTATION
Black enrollment at U-M in recent years has hovered
between 4 and 5 percent. Yet that hasn’t always been the case. In 1995, black enrollment was nearly 9 percent — remarkably close to the 10 percent mark U-M began striving for 44 years ago, ever since black student activists demanded more representation on campus.
But as quickly as it climbed from 3.8 percent in 1970, black enrollment began retreating in the mid1990s, dropping from 8.9 percent in 1995 to 8.2 percent in 2000, then from 7.6 percent in 2005 to below 5 percent in 2010. SEE U-M, A11
Should city try splitting difference on Edwards site? Real estate professional says he has a win-win solution
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Capri’Nara Kendall, 19, a sophomore studying sports management, walks across campus to the Black Student Union on Jan. 22 before a meeting of the Being Black at the University of Michigan movement. (Brianne Bowen/MLive.com)
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A new idea has emerged for the Edwards Brothers property in Ann Arbor, and it’s being described as a win-win for the city and the University of Michigan. “I think it solves everything the city and the university have talked about,” said local real estate professional Peter Allen. The thinking is the city
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“It’s a creative solution for financing.”
MORE INSIDE City Council to consider purchase proposal Monday. Details, A2
PETER ALLEN, A LOCAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL
could buy the 16.7-acre property for $12.8 million, allow a private mixed-use development on the front portion along State Street, and let the university expand its athletic campus on the back portion. Allen, who is championing the idea, said he has given the city the names of three devel-
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opers who are qualified and interested in developing the front five acres and backstopping the city if it goes forward with the purchase. “It’s a creative solution for financing,” he said. “But more importantly, the university has got to quit putting institutional uses up against major
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The Edwards Brothers property could become part of the University of Michigan’s athletic campus. (Brianne Bowen | MLive.com)
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