secure jobs and housing. The
organization would steward the
money, rather than give the funds
to the Chavez’s directly.

Funkhouser wrote in a Face-

book post that people claiming
to be Mat Chavez’s relatives had
contacted him, warning that the
couple was on the street because
of drug use, not due to an illness
that resulted in a lost job and ulti-
mately homelessness. He added
that he had reached out directly
to Danielle Chavez’s family, who
corroborated this story and said
the couple should not receive the
money.

“If Mat and Danielle are on

drugs and not responsible with
what they are given or are not
willing to accept the help that is
offered, the charity would use
the money towards helping the
homeless community of Ann
Arbor,” he said.

The Michigan Daily could not

confirm these comments from
family members. Mat Chavez
declined to comment Tuesday
afternoon.

Funkhouser noted that he has

no proof of the allegations and
does not know if they are true,
but felt that he had to inform the
donors because he doesn’t want
them to feel deceived.

“I don’t have any, like, cold

hard evidence either way,” Funk-
houser said in an interview with
the Daily. “I just know what Mat
and Danielle have said. And I
know what the people that know
them and other people have said.
As of right now I don’t know
what’s true and what’s not true.”

Before deciding to leave the

money in care of a non-profit,
Funkhouser laid out new options
for donating the money raised.
These included giving the money
to Danielle’s parents to start a col-
lege fund for the Chavez’ daugh-
ters, giving the money directly
to the couple, or refunding the
donors — though he would have
to check if this is possible and, if
so, to what extent. He asked for
donors’ feedback to determine
which option he would choose.

Funkhouser said he personally

thought giving the money to the
charity would be the best option.
From his Facebook post, he
explained that the money would
still go toward helping the rest of

Ann Arbor’s homeless communi-
ty if the Chavez couple is not eli-
gible to receive funding through
the charity.

He added that most of the peo-

ple who contacted him after he
posted the update on social media
and the fundraising page agreed
that this would be the best course
of action.

“I don’t want anyone who

donated or anyone who helped
out with this to feel bad about
happened because we still have
the chance to make the money go
to a really good cause,” he said.
“We just have to figure out that
cause now. So it’s a little disap-
pointing but it’s not the end.”

Funkhouser said the new

developments were disappoint-
ing because the campaign had
seemed to be so successful and
for a good cause.

“The original goal of this cam-

paign was to help a homeless
family get off of the streets and
this solution will do that, wheth-
er that be Mat and Danielle or
another family,” he wrote on the
fundraising page. “I believe that
by giving the money to a charity
that is experienced in these types
of situations is the most respon-
sible decision at this time.”

the course incorporates many dif-
ferent subjects, including socio-
economic
class,
environment,

policing and colonial history.

“Through it, I feel that every-

one that participates learns about
the historical and methodological
underpinnings to many intersec-
tions of the Black Lives Matter
movement; I know I have,” Razdar
said.

The course began in February

and will end in April, culminating
with a panel discussion involving
University President Mark Schlis-
sel and LSA Dean Andrew Martin.
The panel will allow students and
faculty to discuss the University’s
plans to improve inclusion and
diversity on campus — topics that
have been a focus of campus con-
versation in the last two years. In
November 2013, members of the
University’s Black Student Union
launched
the
#BBUM
Twit-

ter campaign —which garnered

national recognition— to allow
students to share their experienc-
es as Black students on campus.

Each session focuses on a dif-

ferent sub-topic, organized to
encourage discussion among stu-
dents. The four course sessions to
date have each dealt with a differ-
ent aspect of racial inequality in
contemporary society.

The first half of each class in

the course includes a presentation
given by a Residential College fac-
ulty member and a guest speaker.
Lectures so far have included
“Police Violence in Black America:
Past and Present” and “Bad Jobs,
Black Lives and Young Workers.”
After the presentation, students
break into smaller groups to dis-
cuss the material and reconvene
as a class to report back on their
conversations.

Razdar said the course empow-

ers students, community members
and experts in the field to all learn
from each other.

“Most of all I will take with me

powerful knowledge which I can
use both in my studies and activ-

ism,” he said.

In an interview with the col-

lege’s blog, LSA Today, LSA junior
Gina Goldfaden said she enrolled
in the course because she wanted
to discuss issues surrounding
inequality with a wide range of
people.

“I enrolled in the course

because I wanted the opportunity
to have an extended dialogue on
race, discrimination and social
inequities with other students,”
Goldfaden said. “The collabo-
ration between a wide range of
people from, in and around the
University made me feel as though
everyone was welcome to learn,
share and discuss.”

Bright said the class aims to

open the floor for student discus-
sion, rather than provide answers
to problems.

“We’ll discuss the problems

raised by police violence and of
the reactions of undergraduates
— their fears and frustrations in
trying to grapple with the implica-
tions they see in these incidents of
police violence,” he said.

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worked in cooperation with uni-
versity officials and regretfully
agreed with their request to close
the chapter.”

At the conclusion of the Uni-

versity’s judicial process in Feb-
ruary, the University announced
it would no longer recognize SAM
as a campus organization. The
University also requested that the
national office revoke the chapter
and take further sanctions.

Sigma Delta Tau, the sorority

that accompanied SAM on the trip
to Treetops Resort in Gaylord, was
placed on a two-year disciplinary
suspension by the University.

Four other Greek life chapters

also faced sanctions for damages

to the Boyne Highlands Resort in
Harbor Springs during the same
weekend, but the University’s dis-
ciplinary proceedings determined
those damages were not inten-
tional.

In the weeks following the

incident, CSG President Bobby
Dishell, a Public Policy senior;
Interfraternity Council President
Alex Krupiak, an LSA senior; and
Panhellenic Association Presi-
dent Maddy Walsh, a Business
junior, released a public apology
on behalf of SAM and the other
organizations involved.

Dishell said in a statement on

behalf of CSG that the decision of
SAM’s international board is an
important step in ensuring justice
for those involved in the incident.

“We commend the Univer-

sity for remaining proactive in

its investigation and for hold-
ing the involved organizations
accountable,” he wrote Tuesday.
“We hope to continue working
with the administration, and we
look forward to achieving greater
reparative progress in the weeks
and months ahead.”

In a statement on behalf of IFC,

Krupiak noted that the ski trip
incidents were unfortunate and
disappointing.

“Sigma Alpha Mu is not a fra-

ternity recognized by IFC any-
more as a result of the university’s
ruling a few weeks ago,” he said.
“We are confident that the Greek
community will move forward
from these events and will con-
tinue to have a positive impact on
this campus.”

Daily Staff Reporter Allana

Akhtar contributed reporting.

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RITA MORRIS/Daily

Guest speaker Ron Scott, spokesperson for the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, discusses his personal
experiences with racial history in Detroit during the fifth meeting of the mini course “Black Lives Matter” in East Quad on
Monday.

“This keynote address was par-

ticularly chosen because it was
a really good way of tying in the
way a person’s queer identity can
affect their Arab identity,” said
event organizer Farah Erzouki, a
Public Health student. “We want-
ed to explore those interactions
between two such marginalized
identities.”

During
his
speech,
Atshan

shared his story about struggling
to come to terms with his sexuality.

“I,
alongside
others,
were

constantly accused of being per-
verts,” Atshan said. “People failed
to see that homosexual love is
between two consenting adults.”

Atshan also addressed how his

sexuality affected his family.

“Coming out as gay created

repercussions for my family,”
Atshan said. “The family honor
was tied to my decisions. This is
because sexuality is a topic that
doesn’t come often in the public
forum, especially in the Middle
East.”

Atshan is involved in several

efforts to create a safer environ-
ment for the LGBTQ community,
such as organizing the first Glob-
al Queer Palestinian Solidarity
Movement.

Atshan also briefly discussed

Palestinian living conditions in
the West Bank territory.

“Their freedom is taken away

from them,” Atshan said. “There
is
segregation
everywhere

between the Palestinians and the
Israelites. Palestinian children
come home to find their houses
demolished, unarmed women and
children are constantly interro-
gated by Israeli soldiers. It’s abso-

lutely heartbreaking.”

Atshan concluded his speech

by congratulating members of
Students Allied for Freedom and
Equality and the University’s
chapter of Students for Justice
in Palestine for launching cam-
paigns to encourage the Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions move-
ment on campus, as well as for the
opening of Edward Said Lounge
in North Quad Residence Hall.

“It’s important to talk about

Palestinians and intersectionali-
ties in an Arab context,” said LSA
junior Hind Omar. “Events like
these definitely create awareness,
and there needs to be more about
it. Palestine is a topic that nobody
can avoid anymore.”

Other Arab Heritage Month

events include the Ann Arbor Pal-
estine film festival, belly dance
lessons and a group discussion on
sexuality.

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thing went and ways to improve
next year.

Bryan Baker, the University’s

Division of Public Safety and
Security’s liaison to the Office of
Student Life, said he was happy
with the way their initiative
turned out.

“I thought the bagels went real-

ly well this morning,” Baker said.
“The students and the audience
that we were trying to reach were
very receptive to the messaging of
us having them think before they
drink and get some food in their
bellies before they go out and have
any type of alcohol.”

Students were the targeted

audience of the campaign, but
Lt. Bush handed the bagels with
attached safety fliers out to anyone
who wanted them.

“It’s an important message no

matter how old you are,” Bush
said. “We don’t want anyone going
to the hospital or getting hurt —
nothing is worth that.”

In addition to this event, last

Saturday, the Sexual Assault
Prevention and Awareness Cen-
ter held a bystander interven-
tion training session, hosted by
Beyond the Diag at the Luther
Buchele Cooperative House. The
aim of these programs was to help
inform students on how to react
to potential dangerous situations
and stay safe during the holiday
and the weekend following.

Baker said the outreach done

this year, such as the free bagels,
will continue next year. He
reported the number of students
drinking in the dorms the Satur-
day prior to St. Patrick’s Day was
down by 50 percent from last year,
but noted that Dance Marathon
being held Saturday through Sun-
day was a contributing factor.

“I think that we will continue

on with these types of educational
efforts and really getting out there
and talking to the community.”
Baker said.

After the discussion was over,

Bush went back to her duties as an
officer and patrolled the streets,
making sure to pass all of the pop-
ular bars and observe the crowd
size in and out of the bars.

By 9 a.m., the lines were gone

and the bars were full. HopCat
and Scorekeepers did not open
until later on in the day, but Bush
said that in previous years she
remembers lines down the block
in front of Scorekeepers, and that
the amount of people out on St.
Patrick’s day is really dependent
on the weather and day the holi-
day falls on.

1:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

During the day, campus was

quiet and most students attended
class. AAPD Officer Jaime Craw-
ford was assigned to traffic patrol
as usual. She left the department
around 1:45 p.m. and began her
patrol.

Not following a specific route,

Crawford spent her traffic patrols
cruising around town. Sometimes,
she parked and used her speed
laser to catch speeding cars.

While most of the time on traf-

fic patrol is spent driving around
and looking for disobedience to
traffic laws, Crawford was con-
stantly on the lookout for abnor-
mal behavior.

On holidays like St. Patrick’s

Day, officers like Crawford look

for students who are displaying
disorderly conduct.

“We’re
looking
for
people

that can’t handle themselves, are
stumbling and putting their own
safety at risk,” Crawford said.

The difference between issuing

an Minor in Possession and deliv-
ering a warning is a gray area for
many officers, Crawford said, not-
ing that student interaction with
the officer plays a big role.

“Compliance and respectful-

ness can go a long way. The way
you respond can determine if you
get a ticket or not,” Crawford said.

Crawford said she specifically

looks for students who are posing
danger to themselves. Though if
the police see a house party, they
will not always choose to inter-
vene.

“We’ll address parties if we get

a complaint,” Crawford said. “We
will also proactively make contact
with a party if it’s spilling out onto
the street, blocking pedestrian or
foot traffic, if people are throw-
ing glass or displaying destructive
behavior, or if there are fights.”

Back at the station, there are

holding cells for civilians that
have been arrested and may be
taken to jail. Bush said though it is
not common, belligerent students
have been brought to these cells in
the past.

“Generally we write tickets,

unless they’re really assaultive, in
which case we bring them back
here,” Bush said.

St. Patrick’s Day has tended

to be a busier holiday when it
comes to tickets given out. The
holiday is infamous for having a
large amount of house parties and
underage drinking. Bush said she
believes this is due to the arrival of
warmer weather.

“Well, it is a holiday, and we do

have people that want to celebrate
that holiday,” Bush said. “Christ-
mas, students are gone, and same
with Thanksgiving. This is a sign
of spring, and people have cabin
fever; they want to get out of their
apartments and dorms and have
fun.”

3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Officer Dennis DeGrand left

the Ann Arbor Police Department
for his midday patrol at approxi-
mately 3 p.m.

Just 25 minutes into his shift,

Officer DeGrand was dispatched
to the scene of an assault near the
entrance of the Main Street Party
Store. Two witnesses described
the altercation: an intoxicated
white male directed racial slurs at
a man before punching him twice.

Both parties involved left the

scene before Officer DeGrand
arrived. The witnesses noted the
assailant may have proceeded to
enter the Heidelberg Restaurant
down the street. The establish-
ment’s bouncers said that he was
denied at the door.

Approximately one hour later,

the officer received a call about a
male lying semi-conscious on the
couch inside Bubble Island. Upon
arrival, paramedics were alrea dy
on the scene, transporting a stu-
dent on a stretcher into the ambu-
lance.

Several of his friends on the

street noticed, and tried to plead
with the officer and paramedics
that he was fine, and asked they be
allowed to take him home. They
were rebuffed by the officer.

“He’s incapacitated, passed out

in a business, unable to take care
of himself. So we need to take him

into protective custody,” DeGrand
said.

MIPs are very common among

students, while DUIs and other
forms of alcohol arrests are less
common among students.

“It’s not usually college students

drinking and driving because they
either walk or catch a cab to the
bars,” DeGrand said. “It’s usually
out-of-towners, who come into
town to drink at the bars and then
drive afterwards. If you’re in the
drunk tank, it’s usually because
you’ve been fighting or disorderly
conduct. If you’re just drunk and
haven’t done anything wrong
you’ll go to the hospital.”

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

By the evening, things seemed

to be settled down.

Tony Ricco of the University

Police saw no St. Patrick’s Day-
related mischief during his shift.

A member of UMPD for 12.5

years, Ricco described patrolling
the streets as 90 percent quiet and
10 percent excitement.

Ricco noted that there is

increased enforcement for drunk
driving on St. Patrick’s Day in Ann
Arbor, though he issued no arrests
during this time frame.

Though he did spot a notice-

ably drunk man stumbling by the
Power Center, he did not con-
front him because the man was
not causing harm to others and
appeared over the legal drinking
age.

As a UMPD officer, Ricco spent

much of his night in University
buildings; he helped turn off a
fire alarm in Schembechler Hall,
patrolled the mostly empty hall-
ways of Angel and Mason Halls
for non-students, faculty or staff
members and also circled Michi-
gan Stadium and Crisler Arena.

His unique role as a University

officer means that only University
buildings and the streets adjacent
to those buildings are within his
jurisdiction, excluding Ann Arbor
city bars, shops and even frater-
nity houses from his daily respon-
sibilities.

At the same time, Officer

Anthony Petterle was on duty
starting at 7:00 p.m. for the AAPD.
Petterle, with the force for about
three years now, said AAPD and
UMPD work well together, help-
ing each other when necessary
and thus better serving the com-
munity.

Petterle worked the second-lat-

est shift of the day, the last being
the “party patrol,” which is usu-
ally reserved for weekends and
game day evenings.

Much like for Ricco, Petterle

didn’t have to attend to St. Paddy’s
shenanigans between 7:00 p.m. and
10:00 p.m. Petterle responded to a
call about a domestic issue, issued
a ticket for an expired license plate
and helped get a car towed that was
blocking a driveway.

Along Main Street and Hill

Street, green-clad students moved
peacefully to the bars or back
home. Petterle said he was basi-
cally looking to “keep the peace.”

“A lot of people think we’re

out here just trying to slam every
single person we come into for an
MIP or whatever, but most of the
time we’re actually out here just
making sure everyone’s having
fun but being safe,” he said.

Daily News Editor Will Green-

berg and Daily Staff Reporters
Andrew Almani, Isobel Futter,
Emma Kinery and Lara Moehlman
contributed reporting.

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initiative would show Schlissel
that students are united in their
support for campus sustainability,
and
would
subsequently

encourage
him
to
sign
the

commitment.

The proposal was referred to

the resolutions committee.

MUSIC Matters asks CSG

for sponsorship

Business senior Darren Appel,

MUSIC Matters president, also
presented a resolution asking
CSG to provide funding for the
MUSIC Matters 2015 concert and
SpringFest.

Since 2011, MUSIC Matters,

one
of
the
largest
student

organizations at the University,

has planned a day of festivities
in the spring to raise money for
philanthropic initiatives. In the
organization’s first three years,
it raised $10,000 for C.S. Mott
Children’s
hospital,
$50,000

for a need-based scholarship at
the University and planned a
leadership camp at the University
for Detroit children.

Appel said the festival would

unite
the
entire
University

campus.

“The idea behind SpringFest is

that we have this decentralized
campus — it allows everybody to
come together for one day and
sort of bring the campus and
celebrate the University,” he said.

Several other campus student

organizations will be involved in
the event, which will include a
“Shark Tank” pitch competition,

a sustainability zone, live music, a
fashion show and food trucks.

“This
festival
brings

between 40 and 50 student
organizations
together
and

celebrates everything that they’ve
accomplished in an interactive
way to engage with the students,”
Appel said.

In
the
resolution,
MUSIC

Matters requested a total of
$8,000 from CSG — $4,000 from
its
Legislative
Discretionary

Account and $4,000 from its
Sponsored Activities fund.

Appel said this amount would

render CSG an official sponsor
of the event; CSG gave MUSIC
Matters $10,000 for its 2014 event.

The proposal was referred to

the finance committee.

Read the rest of this story online

at michigandaily.com.

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