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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.
3
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BY CARLY NOAH
Architecture
senior
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.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Today from
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher
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
WHEN: Today from
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
String showcase
WHAT: Students will
perform with string
instruments.
WHO: School of Music,
Theater & Dance
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V.
Moore Building
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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
WHEN: Today from
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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.”
WHO: University and
Development Events
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
WHERE:Rackham
Graduate Library
TUESDAY:
Professor Profiles
THURSDAY:
Alumni Profiles
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
MONDAY:
This Week in History
THURSDAY:
Campus Clubs
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
TUESDAY:
Professor Profiles
WEDNESDAY:
Before You Were Here
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
MONDAY:
This Week in History
TUESDAY:
Campus Voices
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
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
THE FILTER
True Detective
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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