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Officer delivers first
in-class presentation
on shooter situations
By ANDREW ALMANI
Daily Staff Reporter
Inside Angell Hall last week, a
lecture hall full of students took
a break from earth science to dis-
cuss a very different topic — how
to respond to an active shooter
situation.
Officers from the University’s
Department of Public Safety and
Security delivered a presentation
on active shooter safety guide-
lines during Prof. Brian Arbic’s
Earth 222 lecture last Wednes-
day.
Though the active shooter pre-
sentation is not a component of
the standard DPSS talk students
hear during their first-year orien-
tation, DPSS provides the presen-
tation on a case-by-case basis to
any University unit or person on
campus who requests it.
Wednesday’s session was the
first on the topic delivered to stu-
dents in a University classroom
setting. Sgt. Gary Hicks, DPSS
community outreach supervisor,
led the presentation.
“Like most Americans, I’m
concerned
that
these
things
do happen,” Arbic said. “Fac-
ulty members are encouraged to
attend presentations by the police
on an active shooter scenario. At
one of these presentations I said
to them, ‘I stand in front of 150
students during my class, what
about them?’ ”
Arbic said he plans to ask his
students what they thought about
the presentation when the term
ends.
“I am very curious as to what
the students thought,” Arbic said.
“I know a few students appreci-
ated it because they came up and
asked the police to do presenta-
tions at their sororities or organi-
zations.”
LSA sophomore Ian Hecker,
a student in Arbic’s class, said
the talk was a worthwhile use of
time.
Journalist says
Jewish-Americans
are central to
Israel’s future
By GEN HUMMER
Daily Staff Reporter
Ari Shavit, an Israeli author
and columnist for the newspaper
Haaretz, one of the nation’s most
influential newspapers, spoke
to a group of about 300 people
in the Union on Tuesday about
Israel’s political strife and the
role Jewish-Americans can play
in alleviating the country’s chal-
lenges. The University’s Hillel
sponsored the event.
Throughout the lecture, Sha-
vit focused on three questions
derived from his best-selling
book, “My Promised Land”:
“why Israel?,” “what Israel?,” and
“will Israel?”
Audience
members
were
organized into groups of 10 indi-
viduals. Each group was seated
around a table and provided with
a facilitator to lead discussion
after Shavit’s responses to each
of the three questions.
To address the first question,
Shavit discussed why settlers
founded Israel in the first place.
“They saw that the old reli-
gion-based anti-Semitism was
replaced by a more dangerous
race-based anti-Semitism,” he
said. “So they saw the terrible
hate and they realized they had
to take action.”
Hillel executive director Tilly
Shames said the interactive for-
mat allowed attendees to partici-
pate in the conversation.
“Too often, speakers come to
campus and only three or four
people have the opportunity to
ask questions or have their voice
heard,” she wrote in an e-mail
interview. “We know that stu-
dents have a lot to say about
Israel and we wanted to provide
a space where they could express
themselves, feel heard, and listen
to others.”
While recognizing that the
formation of a new country was
a radical solution to avoid per-
$8,400 project
will add 67 new
charging stations to
library tables
By LEA GIOTTO
Daily Staff Reporter
The Central Student Govern-
ment Assembly focused on two
initiatives Tuesday night: enact-
ing its Winter 2015 budget and
voting on a previously proposed
resolution to increase the avail-
ability of power outlets in the
Shapiro Undergraduate Library.
CSG treasurer Alex Abdun-
Nabi, an LSA senior, presented
the budget. He said the budget
currently totals $356,695, but
may change after the add/drop
deadline, when the number of
students enrolled in courses is
finalized.
In the last week, the finance
committee reviewed a resolution
to add 67 new power outlets to the
UGLi, and returned the proposal
with a few suggested changes
that were ultimately approved.
The project was originally
slated to cost $8,772 and would
have used outlets that included
USB ports.
LSA senior Jacob Ruby, chair
of the finance committee, said
the group decided that it would
be more valuable to invest in
units with four outlets rather
than units with three outlets and
one USB port. This decision sub-
sequently lowered the project’s
cost to $8,400.
The
finance
committee
approved installing the outlets as
table fixtures, which Ruby said
would be more sustainable than
power strips.
“They should last for a long
time,” Ruby said. “We should
be able to get a lot of use out of
them.”
Medical School representative
Michael Yee motioned to post-
pone voting on the resolution
because he did not feel comfort-
able voting without the project’s
full budget breakdown in front of
him.
After some debate, the resolu-
Wolverines
overcome slow
start with second-
half surge
By DANIEL FELDMAN
Daily Sports Editor
After hinting that a lineup
change could occur, given that
his team was “banged up,”
Michigan coach John Beilein
kept on his word Tuesday.
Despite giving it a go in
warm-
ups,
sopho-
more guard Derrick Walton Jr.,
who missed the last two days of
practice due to further strain-
ing his foot in addition to an
already strained toe, was held
out against Nebraska.
In his place came freshman
guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-
Rahkman, making just his sec-
ond career start.
With
Michigan
missing
arguably its two best players
— Walton and junior guard
Caris LeVert — the question
surrounding the team mainly
revolved around who would
step up to replace 25 points per
game of production.
The
problem
was
com-
pounded by the fact that the
Cornhuskers (4-4, Big Ten,
12-8 overall) had allowed fewer
than 50 points in three of their
four conference wins.
As it turned out, though,
Michigan (6-3, 13-8) received
22 points from the duo’s
replacements in a 58-44 vic-
tory.
Freshman
guard
Aubrey
State law, workplace
discrimination the
focus of discussion
By JING JING MA
For the Daily
LGBTQ individuals and allies
at the University gathered Tues-
day to discuss personal and pub-
lic issues facing LGBTQ graduate
students searching for employ-
ment.
The event was sponsored by
Out in Public, a student organiza-
tion at the Ford School of Public
Policy that seeks to facilitate dis-
cussion and provide support for
LGBTQ issues.
Katie Dunn, a career counselor
in the School of Information, dis-
cussed how to find organizations
with inclusive cultures. Dunn
also addressed legal questions
about discrimination in the work-
place — a challenge many LGBTQ
individuals face when looking for
employment.
Dunn said 21 states prohibit
See DPSS, Page 3A
See ISRAEL, Page 3A
See CSG, Page 3A
See HOOPS, Page 3A
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Engineering freshman Kevin Wolf facilitates a group discussion at a Conversation with Ari Shavit hosted by Hillel at the Michigan Union.
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman scored nine second-half points to help Michigan to victory over Nebraska.
PUBLIC SAFETY
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CAMPUS LIFE
See JOB SEARCH, Page 3A
How do student-athletes
succeed on both fronts?
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DPSS talks
classroom
emergency
responses
Israeli writer discusses
nation’s internal politics
CSG approves
installation of
UGLi outlets
Despite injury to Walton,
‘M’ holds back Nebraska
LGBTQ
panelists
examine
job search
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