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WHAT YOU MISSED OVER SPRING BREAK:
PRETTY BROWN GIRLS EVENT AND SKI TRIP SANCTIONS
Conference seeks
to empower women
of color, discuss
shared experiences
BY SAMIHA MATIN
Daily Staff Reporter
The University’s chapter of
the Pretty Brown Girls Club
hosted
their
first
confer-
ence Saturday with the aim of
empowering women and chil-
dren with darker skin tones.
The program was designed
to provide a platform for club
mentors and guest lecturers to
share stories about the types
of struggles faced by girls of
color.
Inspired by the original
Pretty Girls Movement and its
founder, Sheri Crawley, Azia
Harris Martin, a junior at Col-
lege of Engineering, founded
Pretty Brown Girls Club #52 at
the University in 2013.
“Sheri recognized the need
to address the harmful mes-
sages about skin tone and beau-
ty in media,” Martin said. “She
was very concerned about the
effect on girls who rarely see
images of their own likeliness
depicted in a positive manner.
She created a product line for
young ladies that carried the
message ‘Pretty Brown Girls.’ ”
Nationally, the organiza-
tion holds workshops, various
events and clubs for girls and
young women. In Ann Arbor,
Pretty Brown Girls Club #52
offers mentorship, healthy dia-
logues and social activities to
young girls.
“Through
Pretty
Brown
Girls Club #52 here, we want to
fulfill this mission and encour-
age girls to be happy in their
beautiful brown skin,” Martin
said.
LSA Student Government
and the Center for Engineering
Diversity and Outreach spon-
sored the event, which was
held on North Campus. The
event’s theme, “Dream Big, ”
centered around encouraging
young girls to sustain passion
and determination throughout
their lives and careers.
A discussion panel allowed
college students, high school
seniors and professionals to
share stories about facing and
overcoming difficulties and
insecurities stemming from
the color of their skin.
Izetta Bright, a judge for
Michigan’s
36th
District
Court, told the group about
her life-long dream to become
a lawyer and represent African
American women, such as her-
self.
“The road had many bumps
and bruises,” she said. “I came
from the civil rights era and
during that time, and even
now, law has always been a
white male dominated area
and you couldn’t even imag-
ine a Black woman in such a
position. However, as Martin
Luther King has shown, we
can all be who we want to be if
we dream big.”
Adrian Roberson, a high
school senior who has a pas-
sion for softball, openly talked
about the sometimes hostile
treatment
she
received
at
school.
“In my school where there
were only five Black students,
I faced many challenges,” she
said. “There were teachers
who didn’t know how to talk
to Black students or help me. It
was worse in my softball team
since I was the only Black girl
there and some team members
shunned me and tried to get
against me because of my cul-
ture and skin. But I worked
hard,
overcame
the
prob-
lems and showed my tremen-
dous dedication. I managed
to become the captain of the
team.”
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After vandalism,
University will no
longer recognize
Sigma Alpha Mu
BY ALLANA AKHTAR
Daily Staff Reporter
The University will no longer
recognize the fraternity Sigma
Alpha Mu as a campus student
organization
after
members
caused thousands of dollars in
damages at a Northern Michigan
ski resort, the University said in a
statement Friday.
SAM,
along
with
sorority
Sigma Delta Tau, participated in
a ski trip during the weekend
of Jan. 16, during which attend-
ees inflicted more than $85,000
in damages to resort rooms and
common spaces at the Treetops
Resort in Gaylord, Mich.
According to the University’s
release, the outcome was the most
severe sanction the University
can levy on a student organiza-
tion.
The
University
asked
the
national office of SAM to revoke
the chapter and took further
sanctions, including requiring
the chapter to pay the damage to
Treetops in full and participate
in “restorative measures” in the
Gaylord community. The period
of separation is specified as four
years.
The University has also asked
SAM to implement provisions
to help prevent excessive alco-
hol and drug abuse and sexual
assault. Members of SAM are to
be in frequent communication
with the Dean of Students Office
throughout their sanction.
SAM nationals were not ready
to provide a statement when
reached Friday afternoon.
Sigma Delta Tau has been
placed on disciplinary suspension
for two years.
“Members of the Sigma Delta
Tau sorority stood by at Treetops
Resort and allowed others to van-
dalize the facility,” the Univer-
sity’s statement read. “This lack of
action is unacceptable.”
Upon conclusion of the Greek
Activities Review Panel’s judi-
ciary process, the body initially
recommended
the
University
suspend SAM from IFC until the
Winter 2016 semester.
The
GARP
justices
found
SAM to be in violation of the
Standards of Conduct for Rec-
ognized Student Organizations.
The violations included engaging
in illegal activities such as exces-
sive alcohol and marijuana use,
violating the Student Organiza-
tion Constitution and risking the
health of safety of others through
their destruction, which included
throwing a chair through a win-
dow that landed in a children’s
play area.
The suspension would have
banned participation in Greek
Week and other Greek life activi-
ties, prevented members from
holding positions with the Inter-
fraternity Council, denied voting
rights at IFC meetings and pre-
vented participation in IM sports.
Additionally, the chapter would
not be allowed to recruit during
the period of separation.
However, Dean of Students
Laura Blake Jones, who approved
the final disciplinary actions
based on GARP’s recommenda-
tion, went further to disband
SAM as a campus organization.
“While the sanctions GARP
outlined may have been sufficient
and appropriate in a situation
where the individuals involved
were taking responsibility, or
where
chapter
officers
were
providing
information
about
individual accountability to the
University, this is not true in this
instance,” Jones wrote in a state-
ment of the University’s decision.
In a letter, Jones thanked
GARP for thoughtful and well-
written sanctions, but said that
the behavior was “reprehensible”
and caused “extensive harm” to
the Gaylord, the University and
Greek life communities.
“Equally
reprehensible,
is
the failure of Sigma Alpha Mu
bystanders to officially report or
stop the vandalism,” she wrote.
The chapter, which will be
deemed permanently separated
from the University, cannot apply
to return to campus for four years.
To do so, they must have followed
the conditions outlined by GARP’s
recommended
reprimands,
including completing restitution
and carrying out chapter and
individual disciplinary efforts.
Along with educational programs
on bystander intervention and
excessive alcohol use, SAM is to
complete a service project to help
mend the relationship between
the chapter and the resort.
For SDT, GARP recommended
sanctions including educational
sessions,
community
service,
an internal membership review
completed by their national orga-
nization, the issuance of a for-
mal apology, an indefinite ban
on overnight trips with fraterni-
ties and social probation through
April 21, which includes off cam-
pus events and formals.
However, the University again
went beyond those recommenda-
tions to issue a two-year disciplin-
ary suspension, citing the same
explanation for the expanded
sanctions against SAM.
The suspension limits the SDT’s
recruitment and social activities
and removes the chapter from
active membership in the Panhel-
lenic Association for two years.
Debbie
Snyder,
executive
director of Sigma Delta Tau’s
national headquarters, said she
did not believe the punishment
for the SDT members was just.
“While the Sigma Delta Tau
National Organization supports
the majority of GARP’s recom-
mendations, we strongly believe
that the university’s additional
sanctions are unreasonable due
to the lack of specific evidence
linking our chapter members to
the allegations,” Snyder said in a
statement. “It is Sigma Delta Tau’s
opinion that our women did not
play a part in the destruction and
vandalism on site.”
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The Michigan men’s
basketball
team’s
freshman
guard
Aubrey Dawkins hit eight
3-pointers
in
Saturday’s
game against Rutgers, tying
Glen Rice for second in
program history.
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Saturday marked the 50th
anniversary of the Selma
to Montgomery march.
President
Obama
walked
with protestors who marched
50 years before, according to
USA Today. Sunday, the Selma
police chief cancelled another
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THE WIRE
Damage
caused
by
two University Greek life
chapters at a Northern
Michigan
ski
resort
is
now estimated to total
$430,000,
the
resort’s
general manager said.
Protestors at
City Council
BY EMMA KERR
THE WIRE
Monkey bio-
social methods
WHAT: Stephen Suomi will
speak on the behavioral,
biological and epigenetic
early effects of social
experiences in monkeys.
WHO: RCGD Seminar
WHEN: Today from 3:30
p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Institute For
Social Research, Room 1430
Boost medical
school apps
WHAT: The Career Center
is hosting a workshop for
hopeful medical students
discussing post-bac and gap
year options.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 2 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
WHERE: The Career
Center
Flute and piano
concert
WHAT: Flutist Caen
Thomason-Redus and
pianist Cole Burger will
perform pieces by Corelli,
Bach and Leclair
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V. Moore
Building, Britton Recital
TUESDAY:
Campus Voices
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
MONDAY:
This Week in History
63 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (MARCH 13, 1952)
Students barred from voting
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
A member of the Northwestern student section cheers as
Tuesday’s men’s basketball game goes into double overtime.
The Wolverines went on to lose 82-78.
DIE- HARD
The city of Ann Arbor
denied allegations that it
had prevented students from
voting in an election. Three
students were denied from
registering
because
they
were no longer considered
residents of Ann Arbor after
a court decision that changed
Michigan’s interpretation of
residency. Though each of
the three students were mar-
ried, they did not have jobs in
Ann Arbor and were deemed
to be students attending
school in the city, not actual
residents.
The
Michigan
Daily
reported that Ann Arbor
experienced an “exception-
al” number of citizens regis-
tering to vote in 1952.
32 years ago today
(March 9, 1983)
Second-year law student
James Picozzi suffered sec-
ond-degree burns and a bro-
ken back when he jumped
out of the window of his
dorm on the third floor of the
Law Quad to escape a fire.
At the time, the Ann Arbor
police said the fire might
have been lit intentionally.
Ann Arbor Fire Mar-
shall Wesley Prater said he
believed gasoline was used
to ignite the fire. Picozzi
was unable to escape the
flames because they blocked
the entrance to his dorm.
Instead, he sat on the ledge
of a window until it became
too hot and he was forced to
jump.
While fellow law students
were surprised by what hap-
pened and did not think
that anyone would want to
murder Picozzi, it was well
known that his classmates
disliked him.
Motives presented at the
time were that he did not
get along well with his class-
mates, and they resented that
he was given extra time on
tests because he was missing
the ends of two fingers.
—EMMA KINERY
Politics of
bio technology
WHAT: Marcy Darnovsky
of the Center for Genetics
and Society will hold a
lecture on the ethics of bio
technological advances.
WHO: Science, Technology,
and Public Policy Program
WHEN: Today from
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Tisch Hall
Talk on
informatics
WHAT: Regenstrief
Scientist Dr. J.T. Finnell will
discuss the use and future
of informatics in clinical
decisions and education.
WHO: Department of
Learning Health Sciences
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: Palmer
Commons, Forum Hall
Econ seminar
WHAT: Prof. Steve
Burks of the University
of Minnesota will be
holding a seminar on
social, behaviorial and
experimental economics.
WHEN: Today from 3:30
p.m to 5 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad,
Ehrlicher Room
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Ski trip
damages
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