The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, April 21, 2014 - 5A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, April 21, 2014 - 5A ALLISON FARRAND/Daily TOP: The Black Student Union hosts its Tribute Gala in Rackham Assembly Hall Friday. BOTTOM LEFT: Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs and professor of music, speaks to attendees. BOTTOM RIGHT: LSA senior Tyrell Collier, the outgoing Black Student Union speaker, photographed members of the BSU for a display. BSU From Page 1A Tiya Miles, chair of the Department of Afro-American and African Studies, was the faculty speaker at the event. Miles discussed the importance of awareness and preserving history. She said recovering the history of oppressed groups was difficult because manyofthese groups relied onoral histo- ries, were unable to write in English due to limited access to education and were often disregarded by official records. "Although the histories of subjugated groups are difficult to piece together, it is a task that we must take up, calling that we must answer," Miles said. "For knowing history is a necessary aspect of our lives. History shapes our identities as individuals, as communities and as mem- bers of a vast global society." Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs, was the Gala's keynote speaker, recognized the work done by the BSU in the BBUM movement. "You (the BSU) have really moved an institution," Monts said. "Not only here at Michigan, but because you took such advantage of social media, you moved demic achievement and work in improv- institutions far away from here." ing the University. In his speech, Monts emphasized the The first ever Adinkrahene - meaning importance of history - especially the "chief of chiefs" in Akan, a West African history of Black students at the Univer- language - award was given to Collier sity. He showed video clips highlight- for his leadership and dedication while at ing the experiences of Black students the University. on campus starting from the 1960s and The BBUM photojournalism art exhi- onward. bition previously shown at the Spring- He discussed segregation and racism Fest was also featured in the Gala. The at the University, as well as the efforts showing at SpringFest ended early due to improve campus climate, such as the to heavy winds, so the BSU decided to Michigan Mandate, which was launched include it in the Gala to give more people under former University President James the opportunity to view the exhibit. Duderstadt to increase and support The art exhibit was accompanied diversity at the University through avari- by music from BSU's recently released ety of programs. album, Second Aid, featuring music com- Monts ended his speech with a call to posed by students who were inspired by continue to strive towards equality and the BBUM movement. diversity. The Gala also featured musical perfor- "We work very hard to create diver- mances by students, video compilations sity, people of color, bringing them into highlighting the experiences of stu- a predominantly white setting, but that's dents from different classes and farewell not enough," he said. addresses to the outgoing BSU executive Two student awards were distributed board. at the end of the evening. The Elizabeth "This was a great event that encom- James Award from the Department of passed our vision and goal. It was great to Afro-American and African Studies see the Black community come together," was awarded to LSA senior Dominique said LSA junior DaShuane Hawkins, an Crump in recognition of her high aca- attendee of the Gala. Body count rises as recovery efforts for ferry move forward In day before marathon, thousands gather in Boston in preparation Divers unable to immediately idenitfy victims of suken South Korean ferry JINDO, South Korea (AP) - There are no names listed as relatives huddle around signboards to identify bodies from a sunken ferry. Just the slimmest of clues about mostly young lives now lost. Many favored hoodies and track pants. One girl painted her fingernails red and toenailsblack. Another had braces on her teeth. As divers increasingly making their way into the ship, including a new entry- way through the dining hall Monday, there's been a big jump inthe discovery of corpses. And so more grim work for rela- tives gathered on Jindo, an island near the ferry. Until recently, they have been waiting and hoping that round-the-clock rescue operations would find survivors. Meanwhile, a newly released tran- script shows the ship was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing Wednesday. The transcript suggests that the chaos may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300. Many people followed the captain's initial order to stay below deck, where it is feared they remain trapped. Sixty-four bodies have been recovered, and about 240 people are still missing. The ferry sank with 476 people on board, many of them students from a single high school. According to the transcript released by South Korea's coast guard, about 30 minutes after the Sewol began tilting a crew member asked a marine traffic controller whether passengers would be rescued if they abandoned ship off South Korea's -southern coast. The crew mem- ber posed the question three times in succession. That followedseveral statements from the ship that people aboard could not move and another in which someone said that it was "impossible to broadcast" instructions. An unidentified official at Jindo Ves- sel Traffic Services Center told the crew that they should "go out and let the pas- sengers wear life jackets and put on more clothing." "If this ferry evacuates passengers, will you be able to rescue them?" the unidentified crew member asked. "At least make them wear life rings and make them escape!" the traffic-cen- ter official responded. "If this ferry evacuates passengers, will they be rescued right away?" the crew member asked again. "Don't let them go bare - at least make them wear life rings and make them escape," the traffic official repeat- ed. "The rescue of human lives from the Sewol ferry ... the captain should make his own decision and evacuate them. We don't know the situation very well. The captain should make the final deci- sion and decide whether you're going to evacuate passengers or not." "I'm not talking about that," the crew member said. "I asked - if they evacuate now, can they be rescued right away?" The traffic official then said patrol boats would arrive in 10 minutes, though another civilian ship was already nearby and had told controllers that it would res- cue anyone who went overboard. Second-largest field in history of the event to compete in marathon BOSTON (AP) - In many ways, it felt like any other pre-marathon Sunday in Boston. Families celebrated Easter, diners enjoyed the spring weather at sidewalk cafes, and runners - easily identified by their trim builds and colorful jackets - picked up last-minute supplies for what will be the second-largest field in the his- tory of the Boston Marathon. But even as runners focused on the exhilaration ofcrossingthe finishline, the festive atmosphere was inevitably tinged with sorrow, as runners, family members and spectators recalled the twin bomb- ings at last year's race that killed three people and injured 260. Marathon runners were blessed at an emotional church service that celebrated Easter and remembered thevictims, while heightened security measures, including bag checks, were in place at marathon events. "It's different, comingback,"saidGisele Goldstein, 55, of Germantown, Tenn., who planned to run her 12th Boston Marathon this year. "It's not just me-there's a sad- ness." At City Hall, a fast-moving line of sev- eral hundred runners and their families stretched around the building, where race organizers served a pre-race pasta dinner. "So many of us are running this year because of that day," said Justin Jackson, 32, of Chicago. Preparing for Monday's race has been emotional, he said. While it had not ini- tially occurred to him to be nervous about another terrorist attack, a bomb scare on Tuesday night "regenerated the worry that there might be crazy people out there."