CSG absolutely cannot fill its pur- pose. It is not possible for CSG to fill its purpose if it can’t represent its students. There are certain needs that the different communities require and if those people are not on student government, it’s really hard to identify those needs and execute on the appropriate strate- gies to fulfill those needs.” Comparing CSG presidential and vice presidential representation to the student demographic break- down reveals disparities in almost all categories but white students. “The environment is not always created on CSG to be welcoming of very different perspectives,” said LSA junior Meagan Shokar. Shokar served as secretary dur- ing her freshman and sophomore years and as vice president earlier this year before stepping down due medical purposes. The student demographic break- down was obtained through aver- aging racial identities of the student population from 1993 to 2015, using the years 1995, 2000, 2005, 2014. Data was obtained from the Office of the Registrar. Numbers prior to 1993 were not available in accessible formats, constricting the comparison years to after 1993. The comparison was also limited because the University does not recognize certain nuances in ethnicity and gender. It does not report how many students do not conform to the gender binary, nor the ethnicity of international stu- dents (called “non-resident aliens” in the Registrar’s data), nor how many Arab students attend the University — who are classified as white. Asian students are grouped into one category despite the dif- ferences among, say, Pakistani, Malaysian or Korean communities on campus. Also complicating the conclud- ing analysis is an “unknown” cate- gory, totaling 7 percent of the scope between the four years averaged between 1993 and 2014 . The Daily’s analysis found that Asian American and Black students on campus are well represented compared to their respective popu- lations on campus. Black presidents and vice presidents have accounted for 10.7 percent of presidents and 7.1 percent of vice presidents in the last two decades, 66 percent higher than the Black population. As international students are not ultimately sorted into racial catego- ries, it may be that Asian students in general are actually under-repre- sented as CSG executives due to the large proportion of international students from Asia. LSA senior Alex Abdun-Nabi, CSG treasurer, attributed these groups’ proportionally large repre- sentation on CSG to their legacy as activists campus wide, particularly the Black Student Union’s activity in the past year. “It doesn’t surprise me that they’re involved in CSG because it’s a prime way to make change on campus,” Abdun-Nabi said. Other groups have less vigorous representation. No CSG president or vice president for the last 20 years have identified as Hispanic or Native American. These groups have comprised, respectively, 4.18 percent and 0.53 percent of the stu- dent body on average. Three Latina students noted the general lack of Hispanic students as a barrier for greater CSG representation. “I don’t think it’s lack of interest in CSG, it’s the lack of support,” Nurs- ing junior Anna Pokriefka said as to why more Latinos were not leaders of CSG. “They don’t feel a sense of community or feel discriminated by the majority population.” LSA senior Sarah Ballew, co- chair of the Native American Student Association, wrote in an e-mail interview that she does not think CSG is representative of her and others. “I don’t think it is representa- tive, exactly, because it doesn’t have an adequate number of members that are WOC/Native American,” Ballew wrote. “This would inhibit representation because that view- point is missing.” Abdun-Nabi noted that, of the hundreds involved in CSG, there is representation at levels other than president and vice president. “President and vice president are not the only people,” he said. “Sometimes they’re not the people doing the most work.” One-fourth of presidents and less than one-third of vice presi- dents have been females, who com- prise 52 percent of the student body. “I would argue very strongly that we have amazing female lead- ers on this campus with all sorts of racial identities and sexual orienta- tions, so why are none of them run- ning for president or vice president seat this year?” Public Policy senior Carly Manes said. She was a repre- sentative in the 2013-2014 academic year and ran for CSG president. Students of similar identities tended to succeed each other as CSG leaders. For instance, from 2002-2006, every vice president was female. In 2009, 2010 and 2013, every president identified as Asian. Similar trends applied for other identities, indicating that students could set trends for representation on campus or bring their own social networks into CSG. Many former or current CSG members who were interviewed pointed to that trend in particular, framing it positively or negatively. Party politics The process for earning the CSG presidency or vice presidency often starts with being identified by exist- ing CSG members as a candidate. Often, that’s done with a political party, not unlike national politics. Business graduate student Michael Proppe, who was CSG president during the 2013-2014 aca- demic year, said CSG parties gener- ally last about two years in name and are grouped by two ideologies. According to Proppe, one is typical- ly based on tangibility, accomplish- ing goals that are feasible during the candidate’s one-year term. The other, he said, is typically more idealistic. Members of this party may, for instance, focus on making campus climate more comfortable rather than things more easily mea- sured when reviewing the year. Abdun-Nabi, who is not affili- ated with a party, described these parties as a good way to enter and lead CSG. “A lot of the gatekeepers in CSG are not exercised by CSG,” Abdun- Nabi said. “They’re exercised by the party.” Proppe, who ran with Make Michigan, a party that has won the presidency two years in a row, said the groups are generally posi- tive. 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U of M research makes our state a magnet of migration and opportunity”. — @SenGaryPeters “ Ross School of Business tweeted about their upcoming program in Detroit “Our faculty members are partnering with #Detroit Public Schools to reinvent the district’s business operations.” — @MichiganRoss Committee discusses police oversight recommendations Members agree to ask city for funding in upcoming budget By ANDREW ALMANI Daily Staff Reporter The Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission’s Subcommittee on Civilian Police Oversight con- tinued deliberations Wednesday evening about the proposed cre- ation of an oversight board for the city’s police force. Subcommittee Chair Dwight Wilson, a HRC member, led the meeting, focusing on questions about the Ann Arbor commu- nity at large, the operations of the police department and how a civilian police oversight commit- tee would function if established. Over the past few months, the subcommittee conducted research on police oversight organizations across the nation to better understand their logis- tical difficulties and effective- ness. The committee was started in response to broad community concerns about the role of police in the Ann Arbor community. One of the experts who has provided advice to the com- mittee is Barbara Attard, an oversight and police practices consultant recommended to the board by the ACLU. In a written statement from Attard shared with the subcom- mittee Wednesday, she high- lighted the dynamic nature of police oversight committees. “Oversight is not a static pro- cess and should evolve over time to incorporate effective practices learned from others, and to be continually responsive to chang- ing community needs,” Attard wrote. “In order to succeed, the oversight body must be inde- pendent from special interest groups, police … and government officials. The community, as well as the police officers under over- sight scrutiny, must trust that the oversight agency and its leader- ship are fair and unbiased.” The subcommittee has also spoken with Richard Jerome, the deputy police monitor of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program. Wilson said Jerome indicated that all police oversight com- mittees prompt opposition from police unions until the commit- tee proves to be fair and compe- tent. Jerome also said that on the other end of the spectrum, oversight committees are often criticized by police activists who doubt the effectiveness and impact of the committee’s efforts. The best way to counter this is via community outreach, and surveys or publications assessing the committee’s work, he said. The fatal shooting of Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser by police last November sparked discourse in the community about the use of force by law enforcement. In relation spe- cifically to that incident, the subcommittee also discussed suggestions of embedding men- tal health workers within the police department. In the agenda presented to the subcommittee, Wilson highlight- ed Washtenaw County’s Project Outreach Team, a program that aids police in dealing with men- tally ill residents, as an already existing resource. “PORT has a 24-hour crisis intervention line, which comes in handy because the chief of police says the majority of people with whom they come in contact have mental challenges,” he wrote. Subcommittee members who were present included fourth- year Medical student Mohamad Issa, Law student Nick Kabat and Human Rights Commissioner Pamela Dent. Read the rest of this story online at michigandaily.com. CSG From Page 1A See CSG, Page 3A