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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.

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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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