2019-02-18 by The Michigan Daily

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Monday, February 18, 2019

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Hosting of Winterfest generates contention Panhel changes decision on participation after worries regarding policy violation DESIGN BY CASEY TIN

Nomination process for police oversight board sparks controversy Changes to commission membership elicit discussion among City Councilmembers LEAH GRAHAM & CATHERINE NOUHAN

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City Councilmembers and community activists are divided over two agenda items slated to appear before the City Council Tuesday night regarding

the formation of an independent police oversight commission. One calls for changes to the guidelines for commission membership while the other seeks to prohibit undue influence over the nomination process. Councilmember Elizabeth Nelson, D-Ward 5, is sponsoring the resolution to block what she called

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Ex-Obama official talks science and technology

Thomas Kalil discussed policy, former initiatives at Ford School event EMMA RUBBERG For The Daily

On Friday, the Ford School of Public Policy held the most recent of their Policy Talks @ the Ford School. The event featured Thomas Kalil, former deputy director for policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under former President Barack Obama. Kalil gave a presentation on U.S. science and technology policy and answered questions submitted by the audience. Kalil began by discussing his role in the Obama administration and described two distinct aspects of his job: science and technology for policy and policy for science and technology. When focusing on science and technology for policy, Khalil’s job was advising the president. “When making a decision that had a scientific or technological component,” Khalil said. “Then our job was to make sure he was getting the best possible advice.”

“inappropriate” involvement on behalf of officials who are not among the four liaisons designed to aid in selecting potential nominees to the commission. In December, Nelson attempted to replace Councilmember Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, as one of two City Council liaisons to the police oversight commission.

“I feel like I’m sort of in the middle of it because I am bringing this resolution and this resolution is apparently like completely opposite to the direction that everybody else going and I really tried hard to be among those four people and I sort of went down in flames,” Nelson said.

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Winterfest, a tournament-style annual philanthropic event where different members of fraternities and sororities play broomball for charity, will be hosted on Feb 23 by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (PIKE). Last year, Winterfest was hosted on the property of PIKE and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi, but after Alpha Sigma Phi was banned from campus, PIKE picked up the event. Fraternities who are members of the Interfraternity Council and sororities in the Panhellenic Association can participate by donating money to play in the

tournament. The money raised will be donated to the Autism Alliance of Michigan. As of Sunday evening, the general Winterfest campaign has raised over 29,000 dollars of their 60,000 dollar goal. While Alpha Sigma Phi has hosted the event in the past, the Interfraternity Council recently banned Alpha Sigma Phi from campus for five years after it was discovered several generations of its members had participated in dangerous hazing incidents, according to Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones. One alleged incident involved a ‘40-yard dash’ across new members’ backs.

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Annual Global Health Symposium Stabenow hosts former gubernatorial candidate introduces GOVERNMENT

Student organizations bring awareness to quality of healthcare world-wide, solutions ANGELINA LITTLE For The Daily

On Saturday morning, Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives (M-HEAL) and Timmy Global Health at the University of Michigan hosted their annual Global Health Symposium. Around 85 students and faculty were in attendance. The event featured Abdul El-Sayed, 2018 gubernatorial candidate and former Health Director of Detroit; YuanPo Tu, Center for Disease Control public health analyst; and Business junior Anurag Bolneni, CFO of Blueprints For Pangaea. Each year, M-HEAL and the Michigan chapter of Timmy Global Health

co-host the event with the goal of bringing awareness to global health issues and encouraging students to explore interdisciplinary ways to address these problems. Both groups focus on improving access and quality of healthcare on a global scale. El-Sayed opened the symposium with a speech about privilege, institutions and morality in the field of public health. Throughout the speech he referenced his grandmother as an example of a woman who, despite her lack of access to institutions, inspires him with her moral clarity. El-Sayed cited the gap in life expectancy he witnessed growing up between his

hometown in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Alexandria, Eg ypt, where his grandmother lived, and the similar gap twenty minutes away in Detroit, as his inspiration for getting involved in public health. “I was motivated by the responsibility to leverage the privilege that my grandmother so clearly highlighted that I have to address that gap,” El-Sayed said. He urged the audience to consider their own privileges and stressed the importance of thinking outside of institutions and holding onto one’s ideals. “Increments matter. Ideals matter more,” El-Sayed said. “And the question we ask

ourselves in these moments is whether or not we are moving forward on those ideals… sometimes the greatest moral clarity comes when you act independent of institutions, like my grandmother. So work hard in these institutions, move these institutions, but be guided by ideals that are far greater than these institutions.” Engineering senior Ashley Zhang, the M-HEAL marketing officer, told The Daily in an interview after the event she was enthusiastic about having El-Sayed speak at the event.