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The University’s chapters of Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. and Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. held an identity awareness event, “Game of Life: Check Your Privilege,” in East Quad Residence Hall Tuesday evening.
Simulation trains participants to confront effects of social privilege
Sorority, fraternity team up to convery real-world consequences in ‘ The Game of Life’ ATTICUS RAASCH Daily Staff Reporter
On Tuesday, approximately 30 people attended “Check Your Privilege: The Game of Life,” an event hosted by the Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. and Lambda Theta Phi Latin
Fraternity Inc. to discuss the real life ramifications of privilege and inequality. The event featured multiple simulations to convey various forms of economic difficulty and realities. Following the simulations, attendees split into small groups before convening in a large group to
discuss their thoughts. According to LSA junior Salvador Vargas, a Lambda Theta Phi member who helped facilitate the discussions, the simulations were necessary to open up conversations about privilege. “When we had the more collaborative event, the
simulator in the second half, I think the ref lection turned out well,” Vargas said. “It didn’t feel forced, people were very genuine sharing personal experiences, so I definitely think it was quality conversation.” See PRIVILEGE, Page 3A
CSG looks at concerns for 2 safety of A pedestrians Representatives also debate increasing number of bus routes to grocery stores PARNIA MAZHAR Daily Staff Reporter
Central Student Government held its final meeting of the 8th assembly Tuesday night. The assembly voted to pass several resolutions, including a resolution to designate University of Michigan Blue Bus routes from campus locations to grocery stores, as well as a resolution to improve pedestrian safety at the University. At the meeting, several non-CSG students presented a new idea for an app to better integrate first-year
students when they first come to campus. During community concerns, Engineering freshmen Sanil Gosain, Cooper Kennelly and Marcus Toure gave a presentation on their idea for a new app which would help first-year students adjust to the University. The app would provide freshmen with questions in academic, social and lifestyle categories and then use those results to match them with other students, clubs and organizations on campus. See CSG, Page 3A
Gender balanced among EECS IAs ‘U’ hosts Negligence recognition despite disparity among students alleged in
CAMPUS LIFE
ceremony for students
Leaders on campus receive awards for involvement, academic achievement CALLIE TEITELBAUM Daily Staff Reporter
The Office of Student Life hosted the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards on Tuesday to honor the outstanding work of various individuals and groups on campus. Thirty-seven groups and individuals were acknowledged for their work in public service, social justice, research and academic accomplishments. Students are nominated by peers, faculty, and staff through an online form. This year, more than 300 individuals and groups were nominated. The award categories ranged from leadership in club sports, sustainability, fine arts, research and innovation and social change. Many of the awards acknowledged both an individual and group. Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior and graduate student of the year awards were also announced. See AWARDS, Page 3A
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Study finds balanced distribution of men and women working as computer science aides LIAT WEINSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter
As a computer science major, LSA junior Armind Chahal often finds herself one of the only women in her upper-level CS courses. Chahal said though the uneven gender ratio in CS classes is significant, it is so commonplace that she has come to expect it and is usually able to ignore it. “I went to a discussion, and there were 30 people in the class, and about four or five of us were women,” Chahal said. “I think it’s definitely noticeable once
you get into the core classes for CS and even more noticeable once you get to the electives. You kind of just get used to it, I think, and it kind of seems like people get sick of hearing about it so you really just stop bringing it up after a certain point. You just ignore it and move on. That’s how I’ve coped with it.” Currently, Chahal is taking Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 376, an upper level course introducing students to the theory of computation.
Though her professor and most of her peers are male, she noted how having a female instructional aide reminds her of the importance of equal gender representation in fields like computer science. In EECS courses, IAs are the equivalent of undergraduate teaching assistants who aid students in course material and lead lab sections. “I think it’s very important that there is that even balance because even though you don’t have an even balance of women and men, the
people who are in those power positions should be a balance,” Chahal said. “I think that will get more people to either stay in the program or start the program.” Last month, a study published by three University of Michigan professors found the group of instructional aides for computer science classes at the University is nearly equally split between men and women, even though EECS 280, an introductory course for CS majors, is only 25 percent female. See EECS, Page 3A
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Researchers at the University of Michigan found found that women filled 56 percent of IA spots in EECS courses.
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Vol. CXXVII, No. 94 ©2019 The Michigan Daily
deaths of lab animals
Reports find zebrafish, mice died while being experimented on at ‘U’ ANGELINA BREDE Daily Staff Reporter
On March 21, reports from the University of Michigan Research and Animal Care and Use offices found that 11,548 zebrafish were poisoned by bleach, 53 mice died of dehydration, while others were given gastrointestinal cancer and a mutant rabbit went missing from University animal testing laboratories between March 2018 and September 2018. The reports were legally required by the federal Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare and eventually obtained by animal advocacy group Stop Animal Exploitation Now, which has now requested an independent investigation of the matter. In a letter to University President Mark Schlissel and the Board of Regents, SAEN Executive Director Michael Budkie urged University administration to punish the staff involved in these incidents. See ANIMALS, Page 3A
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