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THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

This 
weekend, 
the 

Michigan 
women’s 

basketball 
team 
was 

knocked out of the Big 

Ten Tournament by Michigan 
State for the third consecutive 
season.
>>FOR SPORTS, SEE PG. 8
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Dozens 
of 
marchers 

began 
their 
trek 
to 

retrace the 1965 march 

from Selma to Montgomery, 
the 
Associated 
Press 

reported. The event occurs 
every five years. The march 
is 54 miles long and will 
conclude at the state capitol.

1

About 
two 
weeks 

ago, 
members 
of 

the 
Israel 
Caving 

Club 
discovered 
2,300 

coins and silver items in 
northern Israel, YNet news 
reported Monday. The coins 
originated from the reign of 
Alexander the Great.

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Bjørnar Haveland received 
the Wallenberg Fellowship, 
which includes a $25,000 
prize for his commitment 
to community service and 
the public good. Haveland 
will use the fellowship to 
travel to refugee camps in 
Lebanon and Kenya.

Presentation 
on ICF topics

WHAT: Doctor Els 
Nieuwenhuijsen will present 
three topics related to the 
International Classification 
of Functioning.
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Graduate Library

Food system 
transformation

WHAT: The event will 
feature a discussion with 
international food systems 
leaders Jahi Chappell and 
Danielle Nierenberg.
WHO: UM Sustainable 
Food Systems Initiative
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12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union

String showcase

WHAT: Students will 
perform with string 
instruments.
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Theater & Dance
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Men in Motion

WHAT: Part of the 
My Brothers dialogue 
series, the event will 
include a discussion about 
perspectives on masculinity.
WHO: Office of Academic 
Mulicultural Initiatives, 
Comprehensive Studies 
Program, Counseling 
and Psychological 
Services, Multi-Ethnic 
Student Affairs
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WHERE: Michigan Union

Lecture on 
Europe

WHAT: Jean Boutier will 
give a lecture on the “Noble 
Academies as a European 
Model of Arisocratic 
Education.”
WHO: Center for European 
Studies
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. 
to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social 
Work building

Henry Russel

WHAT: Prof. Homer 
Neal will present the 
Henry Russel lecture, 
titled, “Beyond Sputnik: 
Challenges Facing America’s 
National Science Policies.”
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Development Events
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to 5 p.m.
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ALLI JOHNSON

Fostering fitness at the ‘U’

RITA MORRIS/Daily

Rackham student Seth Moore plays at a Magic: The 
Gathering tournament held in the upstairs area of 
Get Your Game on Monday.

J UST LIKE M AGIC

Engineering 
senior 
Alli 

Johnson is the ambassador for the 
University’s chapter of Changing 
Health, Attitudes, and Actions to 
Recreate Girls, an organization 
that encourages fitness for college 
women by offering workout classes.

What is CHAARG?

It is basically a health and fit-

ness organization for women. 
We have a community and 
belongingness from working out 
together. In addition to regular 
workout classes, you actually 
get to know girls and find people 
that are interested in the same 
things about fitness as you are. 
It keeps you motivated toward 
your goals.

What is your role in 

CHAARG?

I’m the ambassador, which 

is basically the president of our 
Michigan chapter. I lead the orga-
nization at Michigan. I make sure 
everything is running smoothly, 
oversee the planning of events, 
help with any ideas… really get to 
know the members and work out 
outside of main events.

When and why did you join?

I joined in the fall of 2013, when 

it started at Michigan. I was an 
executive member then as well. 
I was the event coordinator — 
planning weekly events. I joined 
because I really have always loved 

fitness and living a healthy life-
style. I kind of missed that from 
my high school teams and defi-
nitely got off track in my fitness 
goals. I really like the community 
aspect of CHAARG, so when I 
heard about it I knew I wanted to 
join and be a leader, too.

What impact has CHAARG 

made in your life?

CHAARG has helped me meet 

many awesome people from 
around the nation. It is at 18 
universities now and I’ve gone 
to a few retreats with the other 
ambassadors and members from 
different chapters. It has been 
really cool to meet other leaders. 

-HANK SHIPMAN

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BY MATTHEW BARNAUSKAS

“True 
Detective” 

recently released preview 
photos of its second season 
on twitter. The second 
season will feature feature 
Vince Vaughn and Rachel 
McAdams as leads. 

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Five men in custody 

after death of 

opposition politician 

MOSCOW (AP) — Supporters of 

slain Russian opposition politician 
Boris Nemtsov dismissed sugges-
tions Monday that his shooting 
could have been motivated by 
Islamic extremism.

Five men are in custody in con-

nection with the Feb. 27 shoot-
ing, and all of them are from the 
predominantly Muslim region of 
Chechnya, or other parts of the 
restive north Caucasus.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kady-

rov has said one of the main sus-
pects, Zaur Dadaev, could have 
been motivated by Nemtsov’s com-
ments after the attack on French 
satirical 
publication 
Charlie 

Hebdo, which published cartoons 
of the Prophet Muhammad.

“Everyone who knows Zaur 

confirms that he is a deeply reli-
gious person who, like all Mus-

lims, was shocked by the actions 
of Charlie and comments (of those) 
who supported the publication of 
the caricatures,” Kadyrov said in a 
statement late Sunday.

In the Charlie Hebdo attack 

on Jan. 7 in Paris, 12 people were 
killed by two gunmen, who were 
later killed by police.

Nemtsov criticized the Charlie 

Hebdo attackers in an online post, 
saying that Islam was a “young 
religion that is current in its Mid-
dle Ages, and there is a long fight 
ahead to defeat the Islamic inqui-
sition.”

A long-time friend of Nemtsov 

and a fellow opposition activist, 
however, said he wasn’t an enemy 
of Islam.

“The attempt to convince the 

public that Nemtsov was an obvi-
ous target for Islamic radicals 
doesn’t stand up to criticism,” Ilya 
Yashin told the Associated Press 
on Monday.

“This version is extremely con-

venient for (President) Vladimir 
Putin, because it takes both him 

and his inner circle out of the line 
of fire.”

Five men, including Dadaev, 

have been detained in connection 
with Nemtsov’s killing. They all 
appeared in a Moscow court Sun-
day, where Dadaev and another 
suspect were charged in connec-
tion with shooting Nemtsov as he 
walked across a bridge near the 
Kremlin. The other three were 
jailed pending charges being filing.

One of the judges said Dadaev 

had acknowledged involvement, 
but Dadaev didn’t admit guilt in 
the courtroom, according to news 
agencies.

Footage from state channel 

NTV shows Dadaev turning to the 
camera and saying “I will say to 
you: I love the Prophet Muham-
mad.”

Dadaev had been an officer in 

the Chechen police troops, though 
Kadyrov said he had left the forces 
under unclear circumstances. The 
other suspect who was charged, 
Anzor Gubashev, denied being 
guilty.

Supporters of Nemtsov, howev-

er, believe that by casting blame on 
Islamic extremists, investigators 
are attempting to shift blame away 
from the government and onto a 
minority which remains contro-
versial among many Russians.

Chechnya suffered two intense 

wars over the past two decades 
between Russian forces and sepa-
ratist rebels increasingly under 
the sway of fundamentalist Islam. 
That reinforced the stereotype 
among many Russians of Chechens 
as violent extremists.

“The ‘Chechen trail’ appears 

to be more of a cover-up opera-
tion, and a clumsily executed one 
at that,” Vladimir Milov, another 
opposition activist, wrote Monday.

Opposition leaders bristled fur-

ther when Kadyrov was awarded 
the Order of Honor on Monday by 
the Kremlin, which is given in rec-
ognition of achievements in public 
life. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokes-
man, told Russian news agencies 
in comments carried Monday that 
the award had been in the works 
several months, and the timing 
was a coincidence.

President calls for 
punishments during 

campus rally

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The 

president of the University of 
Oklahoma severed the school’s 
ties with a national fraternity on 
Monday and ordered that its on-
campus house be shuttered after 
several members took part in a 
racist chant caught on video.

President David Boren said 

he was sickened and couldn’t 
eat or sleep after learning about 
the video Sunday afternoon. The 
video, which was posted online, 
shows several people on a bus 
participating in a chant that 
included a racial slur, referenced 
lynching and indicated black stu-
dents would never be admitted 
to OU’s chapter of Sigma Alpha 
Epsilon.

The Oklahoma football team 

decided to protest rather than 
practice on Monday. At the team’s 
indoor practice facility, coach 
Bob Stoops led the way as players, 
joined by athletic director Joe 
Castiglione, walked arm-in-arm, 
wearing black. Meanwhile, a top 
high school recruit withdrew his 

commitment the university after 
seeing the video.

Boren attended a pre-dawn 

rally organized by students and 
lambasted the fraternity mem-
bers as “disgraceful” and called 
their behavior “reprehensible.” 
He said the university was look-
ing into a range of punishment, 
including expulsion.

“This is not who we are,” Boren 

said at a midday news conference. 
“I’d be glad if they left. I might 
even pay the bus fare for them.”

National leaders of Sigma 

Alpha Epsilon said late Sunday 
that its investigation confirmed 
members took part in the chant 
and announced it would close the 
local chapter. The national group 
said it was “embarrassed” by the 
“unacceptable and racist” behav-
ior.

White House Press Secretary 

Josh Earnest said the efforts by 
the university and the national 
fraternity to repudiate the racist 
comments were “an appropriate 
step.”

Boren said fraternity members 

have until midnight Tuesday to 
remove their belongings from 
the fraternity house. He said the 
fraternity was “not totally forth-
coming,” and he was still trying 

to find out who was on the bus so 
the school could consider disci-
plinary actions.

He said the university’s legal 

staff was exploring whether 
the students who initiated and 
encouraged the chant may have 
violated Title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act, which prohibits 
racial discrimination.

“We are also going to look at 

any individual perpetrators, par-
ticularly those that we think took 
a lead in this kind of activity,” 
Boren said.

It’s unclear who recorded the 

video, when it was recorded and 
who initially posted it online. 
Boren suggested it was likely 
taken by another student who 
didn’t agree with what was being 
chanted.

OU Unheard, a black student 

group on campus, posted a link to 
the video after someone anony-
mously called it to the group’s 
attention 
Sunday 
afternoon, 

communications director Alexis 
Hall said Monday.

“We immediately needed to 

share that with the OU student 
body,” said Hall, a junior. “For 
students to say they’re going to 
lynch an entire group of people. 
... It’s disgusting.”

Friends say Russian leader was 
not killed by Islamic extremists

U. of Oklahoma president shuts 
down fraternity for racist chant

THE OKLAHOMAN, STEVE SISNEY/AP

University of Oklahoma President David Boren, left, speaks with students as they protest a campus fraternity’s racist 
comments on March 9, 2015 in Norman, Okla.

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