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Bringing a diverse lens to film
Assistant Prof Colin Gunckel
is a historian of Latin American
cinema in the departments of
American Culture and ScreenArts
Et Cultures. He graduated from
the University of New Mexico
in 2002, completed his master's
in cinema and media studies at
the University of California, Los
Angeles in 2004 and received his
Ph.D.from UCLA in 2009.
Whatproject are you working
on now?
I have a book coming out
in in April; it's called "Mexico
on Main Street." It's a study of
Mexican film culture in Los
Angeles before World War II. It's
essentially looking at the ways in
whichthegrowth of the Mexican
population in Los Angeles, the
birth of Hollywood and the rise
of Mexican cinema are all related
to eachother. What Mexican film
culture in downtown Los Ange-
les, which included everything
from live theatre to newspaper
criticism to the exhibition of
films, how that was a place where
Hollywood and Mexican cinema
interacted.
What influenced you to get
involved in your field of
study?
I grew up in Central Texas and
learned Spanish at a pretty young
age. I just became more and more
interested in culture, literature,
art, Spanish-language music and
film. For my undergrad degree, I
decided to study Latin American
cinema and so I followed that
path and kind of became obsessed
with Mexican cinema, but in the
process of learning about that, I
became interested in the theaters
in the U.S. that showed Mexican
cinema. The people that I talked
to that were watching movies in
the 1940s and '50s sometimes
remembered the movies, but most
frequently remembered the expe-
rience of going to the theaters. I
wanted to write about that expe-
rience and that dimension of it.
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Nick Ellis, professor of psychology and lioguistics,
discusses the changing landscape of research
publishing at Hatcher Graduate Library on Monday.
N ME""WER,"'i Ic
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Keystone
BY DANIEL KARR
Karr considers whether
the Keystone XL pipeline
is representative of centrist
energy development policy.
A bill that would have result-
ed in the construction of the
pipeline failed in the U.S.
Senate last week.
Thanksgiving
BY GENEVIEVE HUMMER
In advance of the
Thanksgiving holiday,
check out these tips to
prepare for leaving town.
Be sure to lock doors and
windows, unplug small
appliances and note sched-
ule changes in dining hall
operation and trash collec-
tion.
T HE P ODIU M
Diplomacy
BY LINDSAY LAIRD
Laird builds on author
Alice Walker's recent lecture
at Hill Auditorium to argue
for embracing her vision of
friendly diplomacy. Part of
that commitment requires
lifelong learning.
A RTS
Video games
BY KIM BATCHELOR
Ubisoft has released the
latest edition of the "Far
Cry" video game series.
Batchelor's review argues
the quality of the new
release is on par with its
predecessors.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Percussion University
ensemble chamber choir
WHAT: The University*
Percussion Ensemble will
perform Lou Harrison's
Suite.for Percussion and
Toru Takemitsu's Rain Tree
for their second fall concert.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Moore Building
WCED lecture
WHAT: Ukrainian Catholic
University Prof.Yaroslav
Hrytsak will discuss Ukrai-
nian regionalism after the
Ukrainian Winter and Rus-
sian Spring.
WHO: Weiser Center for
Emerging Democracies,
Center for Russian, East
European and Eurasion
Studies
WHEN: Today from 4p.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building, Rm. X636
WHAT: Eugene Rogers will
conduct a chamber choir
concert featuring guests
from Ann Arbor's Huron,
Pioneer and Skyline High
Schools.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
"Spirited Away"
WHAT: The movie will be
screened as part of a series
celebrating the animated
films by Japan's celebrated
Studio Ghibli.
WHO: Center for Japanese
Studies
WHEN: Today from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
WHERE: The State Theatre
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Less than two years after
his installation, Secre-
tary of Defense Chuck
Hagel will resign, The New
York: Times reported Mon-
day.. In a formal announce-
ment, Obama said Hagel will
stay in office until a successor
is selected and sworn in.
The Michigan men's
basketball team
defeated Oregon,
70-63, at the Legends Classic
in Brooklyn, advancing
to Tuesday's final against
Villanova.
" FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 8
Former model Jewel Alli-
son is the latest woman
to accuse Bill Cosby of
sexual assault, The New York
Daily News reported Monday.
Allison said Cosby could be the
biggest Amerian serial rapist
to get away with his crimes for
the longest period of time.
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Student-run pantry to
fight food insecurity
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Survey says 40
percent of students
lack access to
nutricious food
By QUAN NGUYEN
For theDaily
As students put down security
deposits on a place to live next
year, many begin to think about
the realities of living off campus.
Beyond the costs of rent, utilities
and Internet access, managing
a food budget can be difficult,
especially when a minimum
two-term off-campus meal plan
costs $1,900.
According to a survey con-
ducted by the University student
organization Student Food Co.,
40 percent of University students
face food insecurity or a lack of
access to nutritious food.
Understanding that many
off-campus students face this
challenge, Business junior For-
est Burczak and Business sopho-
more Wesley Zhu launched the
University's first student-run
food pantry last year.
Both Burczak and Zhu are
members of the University's
chapter of Enactus, an inter-
national nonprofit that aims
to use entrepreneurship to
improve quality of life for those
in need.
After spending one semes-
ter pitching their idea to Food
Gatherers, a nonprofit food bank
in Ann Arbor, the project kicked
off in the Winter 2014 semester
with a pilot event at First Baptist
Church of Ann Arbor on East
Washington Street. Organizers
distributed food collected from
local grocery stores that would
have otherwise been wasted.
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The program attracted mostly
graduate students with chil-
dren.
The most recent food distribu-
tion event on Nov. 5 drew about
10 attendees, again mostly grad-
uate students.
Looking back on the first two
events, both students said they
are now focusing most of their
efforts on promoting their proj-
ect to the student body.
"We are working a lot on
marketing right now. We want
Diag flyers, get a Diag board
and also get them on bus signs,"
Zhu said.
Burczak said a social media
presence is also important.
"We made a page for the event
and we try to get enough people
to like it so that the next time, we
don't have to do flyers each time
we hold an event," he said.
During the first stage of their
project, Burczak and Zhu sought
advice from Nate Smith-Tyge,
founder and director of the
Michigan State University Food
Bank, the first student food pan-
try in the United States.
In an interview with USA
Today, Smith-Tyge said more
than 50 institutions of higher
education have programs that
distribute food to those in need.
Smith-Tyge said he rarely
encountered universities while
working with Burczak and Zhu
that weren't entirely supportive
of the projects.
However, Zhu said the group
experienced several challenges
implementing the project at the
University. He said the Office
of Financial Aid declined to list
the program in its newsletter
and the group had trouble find-
ing faculty members to support
the project.
Enactus maintains a goal of
holding two food distribution
events per month.. Organizers
are collaborating with Student
Food Co. to help them promote
the events, as well as with stu-
dent community service orga-
See PANTRY, Page 3
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Sally Oey, a professor in the department of astronomy, speaks at the SACUA meeting in Fleming Monday.
SACUAtackles smal
pr ojects before break
Governance board
discusses student-
athlete standards
behind closed doors
By STEPHANIE SHENOUDA
Daily News Editor
As students and faculty alike,
count down the hours until
Thanksgiving Break, the Sen-
ate Advisory Committee for
University Affairs convened
for its weekly meeting in the
Regents .Room of the Fleming
Administration Building.
After status reports on a
number of continuing projects
and initiatives - including fit-
ness for duty standards for the
Advisory Board on Intercolle-
giate Athletics confidentiality'
agreement - were delivered,
SACUA delved into discussion
about the LSA Grievance Prot
cedures.
The discussion revolved
around the creation of a memo'
explaining the proposed pol-
icy, and the members deter-
mined that an explanation of
the existing policy will be pro-
vided. SACUA voted to endorse
the memo and invited LSA
faculty members to review the
grievance policy, provide feed-
back and provide a copy of the
memo to LSA Dean Andrew
Martin, per his request.
Following that decision,
SACUA member David Smith,
a John G. Wagner Collegiate
professor in the College of
Pharmacy, brought forth draft
statements related to the
responsibilities of individual
faculty members in the college
and potential corrective proce-
dures in the event of underper-
formance.
Though the agenda was
approved before the meeting
started, SACUA ultimately
decided to move the discussion
about admission standards for
student-athletes to the execu-
tive session, closing it off to
the public and members of
the press. While some mem-
bers thought an open discus-
sion was appropriate because
individual students' names
or information wouldn't be
divulged, SACUA member Sil-
ke-Maria Weineck, a professor
of German studies, motioned
to make the issue private after
receiving feedback from stu-
dent-athletes herself.
"I've had conversations
with a number of athletes
and they feel that the way
this is being discussed{always
includes all of them, and
they feel very hurt by certain
things that are being said,"
Weineck said. "I don't blame
them and I would like to avoid
that. There's been consider-
able harm to about 900 to
1,000 students and I would
like to not repeat that."
Due to internal scheduling
conflicts, SACUA unanimously
voted to cancel the meeting
they had previously scheduled
for Mon., Dec. 1, though the
group will session before the
meeting of the Senate Assem-
bly on Dec. 15.
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