C / 2A - Thursday, September 4, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.c a Midiian DAMl 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERtSHAHIN DOUGLAS SOLOMON Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com dougsolo@michigandaily.com DEFENSE CLASS The good, the bad and the UgLi Our new rotating item, 'Student Profiles,' will chronicle the experience of students on campus this fall. LSA. freshman Mac Levin's first week at the University was pretty standard. He met new friends and went to some "fun parties." His only regret: "Having to go back to school and hit the books." Levin has liked his sports sociology course so far - he was particularly enthused when he discovered that De'Veon Smith, a running back for the Michigan football team, was in his class." Regardless, after all of the excitement of Welcome Week came to an end, and as much as Levin wasn't excited to "hit the books," it seems that they were pretty excited to hit back. While studying insthe Sha- piro Undergraduate Library Wednesday afternoon, Levin had just introduced himself to two girls and began to lean back in his chair. He leaned too far. "I went right into a metal book case," he reminisced with a laugh. "It kind of hurt, but I'm alright. It made a big noise. Everyone in the library turned toward me. Probably one of the most embarrassing moments of my life." While embarrassing, the incident doesn't seem to have fazed Levin. In fact, he couldn't chair less. -MICHAEL SUGERMAN Newsroom 734-418-4115nopt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaiy.com Arts Section arts@mihigandaily.com, Sports Section sports@emichigandaly.com Display Sales dailydisplay@gmail.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAF Katie Burke Managing Editor JennifertCalfas Managing News Editor News Tips news@michigandaily.com letters to the Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com tditorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classified@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com kgburke@michigandaiy.com jcalfas@eichigandailycom 4 A VICKI LIU/Daily Kristy Cross and Lawrence Smith of the Detroit Police Department demonstrate self-defense tactics to the sisters of the University's chapter'of Delta Sigma Theta at "Defense with the Divas" at the Michigan League Wednesday. DDA From Page 1A work for the DDA. "It was just supposed to be a beer," she said. Pollay said the gathering was organized by DDA member John Mouat. Because the restaurant allows children accompanied by parents, Pollay said the group didn't realize there was a policy restricting minors and that it "wasn't on their radar." No one requested a special arrange- ment to allow the full public into the restaurant. Had the meeting taken place, a significant portion of the University student body would not have been allowed inside. Two Daily reporters arrived at Bill's Beer Garden but were asked to leave because they were younger than 21. Staff members at the restau- rant suggested at one point that they would let the Daily report- RC From Page 1A that those spaces are theirs." "To own the space is to be able to put something on the wall, but the wall itself is shared. It has tobe somehow negotiated through." LSA junior Kerry Fingerle, a student in the RC and one of the leaders of the "Take Back the RC" movement, said the policy is prom- ising, but only time will tell wheth- er or not it is effective. "I think it's great that they're talking about how to get student work onto the walls," Fingerle said. "It's a little premature to even ers in, but said it would be too difficult to allow unaccompa- nied, underage patrons to attend the meeting since it would be too hard to remove them afterward. Pollay said she then contacted other DDA members, and at about 5:30 p.m. the meeting was can- celed to avoid "disenfranchise- ment" of the Daily. It is unclear exactly why the members felt they needed to list the gathering as a public meeting on the city's website when it was only intended as a social event without any DDA work. How- ever, the Michigan Constitution's Open Meetings Act requires all meetings that meet a quorum of members to be open to the public. The DDA is one of the most active and important committees in the city, working to promote economic growth and activity in downtown Ann Arbor. In recent years, the DDA has taken criti- cism for having too much influ- ence over the City Council's priorities, overshadowing the needs of other neighborhoods. speculate on it because there hasn't been amural submitted yet. Just because something was written on paper ... how it plays out could be pretty different." LSA junior Amanda Nelson, also an RC student and "Take Back the RC" leader, stressed that better communication will be essential to increasing student awareness of the new policy and encouraging submissions. "I think this was posted once on a Facebook page," Nelson said. "And I don't believe it's been made easily accessible to students, espe- cially Residential College fresh- men. And I think that's an integral part ... to let students know the opportunities that they have." VOTING From Page 1A In an interview with The Michi- gan Daily, Taylor said much of his time until the general election takes place will be business as usual, and he will continue to campaign and make preparations to become Ann Arbor's next mayor." "I will continue to serve as a mem- ber of City Council," Taylor said. "I will of course look to make plans for the general election - there is a gen- eral election, we do need to honor the process, and if I am so fortunate as to win in November, I look forward to serving as mayor." Kelly said his main concernleading up to the general election has been gaining a better understandingof the key issues the city currently faces and what influence the city has on devel- opment. He also plans to discuss the kind of future Ann Arbor residents hope the city will have. "(I am) trying to basically perform a very transparent investigation into what it's like to run for mayor and how the city is run and what kind of city we're going to become," Kelly said. "I feelike there might be a lot of misinterpretation about what I'm try- ing to do here in one form or another, and I think primarily what I want to be is someone who is worth voting for." Though victorious candidates in Ann Arbor's recent history have been affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic party, many of Ann Arbor's mayors have run against independent candidates, such as Dominick A. DeVarti, an independent candidate in the 1950s and founder of the downtown restaurant Domi- nick's. The Ann Arbor Chronicle's polling prior to the Democratic primary, as obtained from Public Policy Polling, found that among likely Democratic primary voters, 52 percent approved of current Mayor John Hieftje's per- formance. Kelly said he hopes to reach out to those identifying not with the Democratic Party, but rather with his stances on individual issues. Taylor won the primary on a platform emphasizing a continuation of the current political climate and direc- tion of the city as led by Hieftje. "I think Mayor Hieftje and the council have done a wonderful job of cultivating a vibrant downtown, but sooner or later an effort needs to be made to let that energy spill out of the downtown footprint," Kelly wrote in an e-mail. "A person who votes for me shares my vision of a future Ann Arbor where neighborhoods have more proximate culture, where the total emphasis of job creation is taken off downtown and spread across the range of neighborhoods." The general election will be held on Nov. 4. 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The health system includes the University hospitals, practices, specialty centers and the Medical School, and comes with a $3.4 billion annual operating budget. When asked what he's look- ing for in a potential EVPMA in a July press release, Schlissel reiterated several of the bench- marks in the position descrip- tion, including experience in academia and medicine, and with management and business. He also said he would look for someone who has a "real sensitivity to what faculty and students need to be success- ful." The committee hopes to have someone in the position by early 2015. However, Lee said the tar- get time period wasn't neces- sarily exact. "The goal is to find the best possible person, and so we don't want to rush through things," he said. The CFO search commit- tee is at a much earlier stage in the search process, and nei- ther benchmarks nor a position description have been released yet. In the same July interview, Schlissel said he thought the position could go to someone with or without university experience. "Business and management acumen will be critical, along with an ability to explain chal- lenges and opportunities to constituencies," he said. "It's essential that we find someone who can work collaboratively and has a passion for higher education." The CFO's responsibilities include overseeingfacilities and operations, finance,information and technology services, invest- ments and human resources. For both positions, Schlissel will make the final decision on whom to put forward for the approval of the University's Board of Regents. He will do so in consultation with the search committees after they make their recommendations of final- ists. A liaison to the President's Office, project manager Lisa Connolly, who is a senior man- ager for executive searchers. Lee characterized Schlis- sel's involvement in the EVPMA search process thus far as "respectful." "President Schlissel met with the committee to give us our charge as a committee, and we were very appreciative of that," Lee said. "And then he's been very respectful of the commit- tee in terms of doing the work to help identify the most appropri- ate, best fit for us." University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the president's liaison onthe committee serves primarilyina support role dur- ing this part of the process in order to facilitate communi- cation between the commit- tee, the executive search firms hired to aid the search, and the president's office, as well as assist with campus outreach efforts. "Obviously, (Schlissel) makes the final decision (on the nomi- nation)," Fitzgerald said. "Dur- ing the search process, it's not something he's deeply involved in, and that's why Lisa Con- nolly, as the representative of the president's office, is more in touch on an ongoing basis with the search consultants and the search committee." More information about the CFO search, including the position description, should be released soon, Fitzgerald said. He also the CFO search com- mittee plans to begin campus outreach events shortly, though the form those will take is yet to be determined. FERGUSON From Page 1A need to be talking about this incident. I hope that we think deeply about the experience of Black people, of Black men and that Black lives do matter." , Social Work student Loren Cahill, a resident of St. Louis, also shared her experience as one of the first protesters in Fer- guson after the incident. "We began with a group of only 20 people," Cahill said. "This effort that began as a small but dedicated crowd has become a larger mobilization effort that has touched the hearts of thousands." After the speakers finished, the audience broke into small groups. They were asked to dis- cuss their initial reactions, as well as consider changes that could be made to improve race relations in the future. - Many students discussed how the race-fueled turmoil in Ferguson resonates nationwide. "This is an event that could happen anywhere," said Social Work student Sarah Emeritz. "It goes along with the idea that a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. While it may be something going on in a different part of the U.S., or in another country, it's something that affects peo- ple and the way we interact with each other." Some students thought that police reform and demilitar- ization would help minimize extreme reactions in the future. "I don't want violence to be the first response," said Social Work student Bobby Raham. "We have to have a real conver- sation about how police should behave with their constituents. They need to understand the community and culture they work with." "There was an unaccept- able and excessive force by the police, and they should be held accountable for this," Cahill said. Students also discussed their feelings that police violence against Black men has become the norm. "I was upset because I wasn't surprised," said Social Work student Chloe Jean. "They've really taken the shock out of it. We're fighting for human rights all over the world when we can't even give human rights to our citizens in America." Overall, the audience shared a dedication to fixing the per- sistent issue of racial injustice but lamented that they feel 4 little has been accomplished despite the hard work that has been done. One student could be over- heard reflecting on a similar forum she attended for the Trayvon Martin case last year. Another student replied, "No one would be surprised if we're here again next year." Like us on Facebook! We live for social approval. A A