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WHEN: Wednesday at
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WHAT: A student who
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backpack missing when he
woke up, University Police
reported. The backpack
and its contents were worth
about $500.
Suspicious sales
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Church St.
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 8:45 a.m.
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that the vendor was within
his rights.
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WHEN: Thursday at about
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parked car while clearing
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rounded upacross the U.S.
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der students will also have the
option of sharing a suite with
consenting students of their
identified gender, Harper said.
While these students will still
have their own rooms, they'll be
able to share the suite - which
would have a communal bath-
room - with suitemates of their
preferred gender.
At the meeting, Harper said
the University decided to move
forward with the policy because
it wants to provide the best envi-
ronment possible for all students,
including those who identify
themselves as transgender.
"The intent is that if you are
(transgender), we want to make
sure you have a safe, healthy ...
experience," Harper said.
In an interview after the meet-
ing, Armstrong said though the
University's decision wasn't what
he hoped for, it was a step in the
right direction.
"It's definitely progress, but
obviously it's not necessarily
what the Open Housing Initia-
tive initially envisioned," he said.
"But I'm certainly happy ... with
the change that has happened."
Echoing Armstrong, MSA Rep.
Allison Horky, a co-leader of the
Spectrum Center Student Advi-
sory Board and co-founder of the
Open Housing Initiative, said she
was pleased with the opportuni-
ties the policy will open up for
transgender students.
"The change tonight is very
important because it directly
affects transgender students,"
Horky said.
Armstrong said he plans to
continue advocating for the Open
Housing Initiative throughout
the remainder of his term.
"We're still going to be work-
ing on this issue," Armstrong
said.
In response to Armstrong's
sentiments, Harper and Jackie
Simpson, director of the Spec-
trum Center, said the University
has a long way to go before it
can comfortably enact a gender-
neutral housing policy. Simpson
brought up worries about female
safety as one possible hindrance
to enacting a gender-neutral
housing policy.
"For some, it's the fear of safe-
ty for womenthat raises concerns
about people of the opposite gen-
der living in the same space,"
Simpson said.
Harper added that more dis-
cussion must take place between
different groups at the University
before it can move forward with a
gender-neutral housing plan.
"I think it is going to take a lot
of education," Harper said. "I just
think we have alot of work to do."
Simpson said in an interview
after the meeting that the office
is working to draft the new policy
within the next two weeks. She
said she's excited to play a part in
allowing transgender students to
live in suites with people of their
identified gender.
"We want to make sure we
have a campus climate that is
conducive to making those stu-
dents feel comfortable," Simpson
said.
According to Simpson, the
policy will likely take effect for
incoming freshmen starting in
the fall.
Interviewed after the meeting,
Housing spokesman Peter Logan
said he thinks that from a Uni-
versity housing standpoint, the
policywill be easy to implement.
"They'll work out something
that's very doable," Logan said.
"I think this is a step in the right
direction."
In a press release issued after
the meeting, members of the Uni-
versity's chapter of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union wrote
that the organization is standing
behind the Open Housing Ini-
tiative and its commitment to a
more extensive gender-neutral
housing policy.
"We are enthusiastic about
the progressive policy change
announced at the meeting
tonight, but we believe there
must be a continued push for
an Open Housing option that
is available to all University of
Michigan students," LSA junior
Ellen Steele, a University ACLU
member, wrote in the press
release.
Agents arrested
more than 100
people in 150
locations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fed-
eral, state and local authori-
ties conducted a massive sweep
yesterday of suspected Mexi-
can drug cartel members in the
United States in a widespread
domestic response to the kill-
ing of a U.S. agent in Mexico last
week.
"We are taking astand and we
are sending a message back to
the cartels that we will not tol-
erate the murder of a U.S. agent,
or any U.S. official," said Carl
Pike, assistant special agent in
charge of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's special opera-
tions division.
Pike said the nationwide
roundup, which began Wednes-
day and was expected to con-
tinue into today, is targeting
suspected criminals with ties
to any Mexican drug cartel to
try to disrupt drug trafficking
operations in the United States.
By yesterday morning, agents
in areas including Atlanta, St.
Louis, Denver, Detroit, San
Antonio, San Diego, Chicago
and New Jersey had seized more
than $4.5 million in cash and
nearly 20 guns, arrested more
than 100 people and confiscated
about 23 pounds of metham-
phetamine, 107 kilos of cocaine,
5 pounds of heroin and 300
pounds of marijuana at more
than 150 different locations.
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agent Jaime Zapa-
ta was killed, and fellow ICE
agent Victor Avila was wound-
ed in Mexico on Feb. 15 when
the Chevy Suburban they were
in was run off the road by at
least two vehicles loaded with
armed men. Authorities have
said the agents, who were driv-
ing in a fortified sport utility
vehicle with diplomatic license
plates, identified themselves as
U.S. diplomats in the moments
before the shooting.
Mexican authorities have
arrested one person in connec-
tion with the brazen attack,
which is believed to be the work
of members of Mexico's Zetas
gang. Former Mexican special
forces soldiers are among its
members.
"We are basically going out
to disrupt narcotics distribu-
tion here in the United States
no matter what cartel their
allegiance is to," Pike said. "It
would be futile to send a mes-
sage back 1o one cartel when
they all are just as guilty."
Pike said that while the
sweeps are a direct response
to Zapata's killing, the major-
ity of suspects were already
targets of other investiga-
tions.
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