Normally it’s liberals who complain about the intersection of science and politics, lamenting that the latter, once again, has trumped the former.
But in his column in today’s Michigan Daily, new editorial page editor Gary Graca turns that logic on its head.
In the column, he calls for the University to follow in the footsteps of San José State University, which recently excluded the American Red Cross from holding blood drives on its campus. The Red Cross excludes donors during screening for a number of reasons, one of which being dependent upon whether the donor, if a male, has ever had sex with another man. The Red Cross was excluded under SJS’s nondiscrimination policy, and Graca says U-M should follow in those footsteps.
He writes that it is “a logical leap to make the argument that universities consequently kill patients by banning blood drives.” This is true. But even if a policy doesn’t directly kill, it at least proverbially ties a doctor’s hand behind his or her back in the work they do to save lives–straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or whatever else.
There are a number of very qualified and smart scientists who, I’m sure, determine the eligibility for giving blood. I’m in no qualified position–and neither is Graca–to speculate as to what would be the best policy for the American Red Cross to adopt. That’s why it would be truly outrageous for the University to play politics with its nondiscrimination clause to do the same.
The American Red Cross is not a partisan organization. It’s just putting forth a good faith effort to help save lives. Let’s step back and let them do that.
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With Gov. Jennifer Granholm obliged to leave her position as governor, mercifully, in 2010, the rumors regarding her potential successor are now flying.
Her lieutenant, the mostly-unknown John Cherry, is expected to run, but seeing as to how lieutenants and vice-presidents tend to be seen as the mini-version of their former boss, I think few will be lining up behind someone who will be running on the coattails of an administration that maintained a 7 percent (or is it 8?) unemployment rate for six years.
But help is on the way for Michigan democrats, who are now hoping that Detroit’s two-term Mayor of the 1990s, Dennis Archer, will run for governor. Archer was a prolific bridge-builder, as he brought suburb-city relations to their best condition since, well, probably ever. He doesn’t have as many economic developments in the City to hang his hat on as the current Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick does, but he also doesn’t have Kilpatrick’s personal issues. Archer was known for his clean-living, stability, and ability to manage budgets. He is seen as well-connected with the business community.
Nothing is official yet, but if he runs, he can count on an extremely united front of Southeast Michigan democrats, indepedants, and some crossover Republicans. The general election could be a polarizing east v. west Michigan battle, but everyone knows what side has more people.
If Archer ran against someone of Dick Devos’ caliber you can be sure that thousands of Republicans, including this one, would cross party lines, especially at a moment when so many people realize that Michigan needs a city-builder more than anything else, or else young people will continue to flee for Chicago and New York.
Other potential democrat candidates include Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, another person that would put the state’s spotlight on Detroit and southeast Michigan, in addition to the Upper Peninsula’s longtime U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, House Speaker Andy Dillon, and the budget-balancing Detroit Medical Center CEO and former Wayne County Executive Mike Duggan. Three of the five candidates would likely make Southeast Michigan their priority, considering their histories.
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I hopped on the Link bus at Forest and Hill today, something that’s not justifiable for going to class from my house (unless it’s a cold rain), but since I was going past State Street, I thought it was worth it. After my stop, the bus picks up people at Oxford and Hill, and then Oxford and South U, home of Oxford Housing. The bus was bursting at the seems after the Oxford-Hill stop, having been filled with class-going denizens of Fiji, Alpha Phi, and Sammy. An equally large crowd awaited at the top of the hill outside Oxford Housing, and less than a quarter of them made it on the 10am bus. The others had to make the 10-15 minute walk to the Diag and be late for class. I almost shed a tear as I remembered my Oxford days and the rare times I got turned away.
More and more people are being turned away from the Link at its peak times (9-11am and around 4pm). The Daily reported on this today, but I believe a few points were missed. First, the ”Greek” stop at Oxford and Hill is new, and it is costing the Oxford Residents for whom the Link was basically created. Now, I’m ambivalent about this. I harbor no ill-will towards the Greeks and their right to efficient mass transit (how often do you hear those words in the same sentence?), but the university pays AATA for this transit path, because the university ended their “Oxford Shuttle” in 2005. While 90 percent of the people on the bus are indeed students, it’s the dorm residents who the university is really paying for. I can see the Oxford-Hill stop being controversial and I’m wondering why it wasn’t brought up in the Daily’s story.
Also, there is a fundamental misunderstanding by one of the story’s sources. David Miller, the executive director of parking and transportation for U-M, said that another bus or more frequent service is not needed. He said that he would wait and see, for “if people were being left behind, that would justify it.” I guess David doesn’t ride the bus too often; in my limited experience, people are being left behind at key times, and this is not a new thing (although much more of a problem now than two years ago). Perhaps he missed the fact that a stop was added. Adding the Hill-Oxford stop automatically created more demand, by making the route directly available to a new neighborhood.
So, for at least a couple hours every day, demand far exceeds supply. Therefore, by Miller’s standards, capacity must be increased. AATA runs these buses from Oxford to Ann-Ashley and Kerrytown for no fee to its riders. The City, as identified in the story today, is lacking funds to buy another Link bus, and they shouldn’t be expected to. The University needs to put one of its many underutilized shuttle buses to work on the Link’s route during the high volume morning and afternoon rushes. This situation can be easily resolved with a little bit of clear thinking, rather than denial, on the part of University officials.
The Federalist Society will host its 2008 Annual Student Symposium in Ann Arbor on March 7/8. Here are the details:
“The University of Michigan Law School is proud to host the 2008 Federalist Society National Student Symposium, ??The People and the Courts,?? on March 7th and 8th, 2008. Please join us and Federalists from around the country as we gather in beautiful Ann Arbor, Michigan to engage each other in a conversation about the role ??we the people?? play in interpreting our own constitutional order. The 2008 Symposium will confront questions about the degree to which the law should reflect the will of the people, whether courts should respond to popular sentiment, and when and how the public should react when courts simply ??get it wrong.??”
Confirmed speakers:
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President Coleman has approved the first request of the Commencement Advisory committee, nixing the current plan to hold graduation at Eastern Michigan’s football stadium six miles away in Ypsilanti. There is currently no planned venue.
Considering the pessimism I saw in a response from Provost Theresa Sullivan after I emailed her when they made their initial, unexpected announcement, I am quite pleased to see that this situation is on its way to being remedied. I brought up alternate venues like the Diag, Palmer Field, the Stadium itself, or the stadia in Detroit, and she said that all of those options were infeasible and all possibilities other than EMU were exhausted.
Well, if you complain loud enough and demand innovative thinking, it appears that things can be made feasible. Perhaps in the future this more typically-UM approach of thinking outside the box and making things happen will be the administration’s first course of action. Approach the students and ask them for ideas and to form a committee BEFORE committing to an unsatisifactory solution and claiming that all other options are impossible (and assuming that students wouldn’t care.)
They didn’t get away with anything, and for that we ought to be proud.
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Political satirist and libertarian PJ O’Rourke appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, talking about his book “On the Wealth of Nations,” which reinterprets Adam Smith and the free market. O’Rourke says that his kids are
Check it out here.
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The debate over the location of graduation will continue tomorrow when students march from the Diag to the Fleming Administration Building to ask that graduation take place on campus.
The Maize Out March is being organized by a group of students originally from Bridge the Gap (BTG) that is promoting tomorrow’s march under the UM Unity Nation logo. BTG is a student group formed in 2006 to “promote dialogue between all parties of the Israel-Palestine conflict on campus.”
“Of course this event does not relate to Middle East politics but the overall theme was to include everyone,” said BTG co-founder and spokesperson for the Maize Out March, Mike Eber. Eber, an undergraduate student, said that BTG has held discussion events before and had even hoped to put on a combined Lupe Fiasco and Matisyahu concert last term. Members of the group decided to focus on the graduation issue because of its ability to unite campus.
While a rally was held last week, Eber hopes that outreach for this march will help increase its size. Members started a Facebook event that had about 200 confirmed guests at the time of writing. This action also distinguishes itself by having a platform for action.
“The platform takes into account that the administration is trying. I think deep down they will be able to move graduation to campus,” said Eber. The group’s platform calls for Spring Commencement to be held on campus without singling out Michigan Stadium.
Unlike another web effort, Big House ’08, the platform also directly condemns the creation of luxury boxes. The group asks that renovations comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. “It’s almost too shallow to in one way protest not being able to graduate in the Big House but also not see that people who are handicapped cannot be there,” said Eber.
The march, from the Diag to Fleming, is scheduled to begin at noon on Tuesday, January 29th.
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According to the Ann Arbor News, city residents have again resisted what they see as encroachment by students into previously residential areas. The News reports that City Council voted down, 10-1, a large-scale student apartment project proposed for a site at Maple and Pauline. The project, proposed by Wood Partners, would have built five buildings housing 160 four-bedroom units and 640 parking spaces to the site. City Council had previously voted 8-1 in favor of the project and the city planning committee had also give its approval.
The move comes only weeks after the News reported that City Council may look to rezone some streets south of campus as single-family only, disallowing new apartment or multi-unit home construction in the area near Burns Park.
At yesterday’s meeting, city residents resisted the project.
The News article states:
At one point during the public hearing, one resident turned to the team of developers who were sitting in the corner of the council chambers and pledged to fight the development even it was approved.
“This means war,'’ Ken Parks told the developers.
Yeah, that sounds like Ann Arbor. While resistance from residents has stopped the project for now, I wonder how successful the project would have been. The cross streets of Maple and Pauline, on the southwest side of town is far from campus. Its about 1.5 miles away from Michigan Stadium and almost 2.5 miles away from the Michigan Union. I doubt most students would be willing to live that far away.
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I don’t usually write post’s linking to other writers without a newshook but I am making an exception. David Brooks has a great opinion column over at the NYT today about the way identity politics are pitting Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama against each other.
I wrote a similar argument in a column last year about Gallaudet University (not yet on our new archives), the only university in the US geared toward deaf and hard of hearing students. A fissure over the University’s support for cochlear implants caused students to protest her failure to support deaf culture.
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Today is a big day for The Michigan Review, as we finally launched our podcast. The first clip features a summary of our primary issue and an interview with Senator Joe Lieberman, who discusses why John McCain should be our next president. A big thanks goes out to Adam Pascarella for getting it up and running.
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