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conversation around race.
The
#BBUM
campaign,
which stands for Being Black
at the University of Michigan,
was launched by the Univer-
sity’s Black Student Union in
2013 to share the experiences
of Black students on campus. In
a follow up to the Twitter cam-
paign, BSU lobbied the Univer-
sity to meet a list of demands,
including implementing a Race
and
Ethnicity
requirement
within all the University’s
schools and colleges.
“I would never advocate
doing the review despite these
tensions but because of them,”
Dillard said. “If we’re smart
we’ll think with these tensions
and concerns and protests and
demands, all of which reflect
similar tensions in our nation-
al and global history and in
contemporary society.”
Dillard said Martin has held
formal and informal conversa-
tions with students about the
subject since January. Dillard
plans to launch a public histo-
ry project on the requirement
with the Bentley Historical
Library. The project would be
open to the community, and
involve undergraduates in the
archival research.
She would also like to work
with the LSA SG on a series of
open forums and discussions
based on their expressed inter-
est in ensuring the inclusion of
student voices and opinions.
Every year, one LSA SG
executive sits on the Curricu-
lum Committee.
LSA
sophomore
Rachel
Liang is this semester’s LSA
SG representative on the com-
mittee. Liang and LSA senior
Rachel Rickles, last semes-
ter’s
representative,
have
been the primary students
involved with committee’s
work on the requirement.
LSA senior Natasha Dab-
rowski, outgoing president of
LSA SG, said the governing
body is an integral part of the
review process.
“LSA SG is currently play-
ing a role in making sure that
we can communicate with
students on what the evalu-
ation process and what the
requirement will look like,”
she said.
Last semester, Dabrowski
and LSA senior Corey Walsh,
LSA SG vice president, includ-
ed a question at the end of the
fall election ballot to gauge
student opinions regarding
the requirement.
The ballot question asked
LSA students if current cours-
es that satisfy the require-
ment should either remain
unchanged, be redefined to
include course options that
discuss multiple social identi-
ties or include course options
that primarily focus on any
individual social identity.
With 478 votes, most vot-
ers wanted the requirement
to be redefined to include
course options that discuss
multiple
social
identities.
Additionally, 275 students
voted the requirement should
remain as it is now, and 168
voters wanted it to include
course options that primar-
ily focus on any individual
social identity.
“A
lot
of
students
were
talking
about
(the
requirement)
and
we
wanted to capture it a little,”
Dabrowski said. “Now, the
evaluation will be able to
really capture student and
faculty sentiment in a more
concrete way.”
ously been assessed four demer-
its for the destruction of Make
Michigan campaign materials.
Two
candidates,
one
from The Team and one
from Make Michigan, have
already been disqualified for
e-mailing listservs that did
not belong to them.
The Team filed a complaint
accusing
Make
Michigan’s
campaign
manager,
LSA
freshman Lauren Siegel, of
harvesting 5,719 e-mails by
gathering uniqnames from
the “Crush the Calendar”
UPetition, which she cre-
ated. Had the UEC found the
party responsible, it could
have been assessed as many as
17,000 demerits.
Make Michigan had alleged
that The Team’s Representative
Manager, LSA senior Andrew
Loeb, had harvested 534 e-mails,
which could have earned The
Team over 1,000 demerits.
If Make Michigan had been
disqualified for the e-mails
violation, but The Team was
found not responsible, The
Team could have secured the
executive seats. If both par-
ties had been found respon-
sible and were disqualified,
the
Defend
Affirmative
Action candidates would have
assumed the presidency and
vice presidency.
In its opinion for these
cases, the UEC defined “har-
vesting” for the purposes of
the code.
“(An e-mail) must have
been removed from its origi-
nal context without any form
of
mutual
understanding
between the harvester and
the owner of the address,” the
UEC wrote in the decision.
According
to
the
UEC,
harvesting has not occurred
when a student voluntarily
provides his or her e-mail
address for a given purpose,
such as to receive messages
from a party concerning the
election. However, if a party or
candidate recompiled e-mail
addresses that were provided
for one given purpose to use
for a different purpose, that
would constitute an election
code violation.
The UEC further defined
what could constitute e-mail
harvesting as according to the
Election Code.
“If
candidate
A
goes
through a listserv in order to
find the e-mail addresses of a
subset of that listserv — such as
his friends — who he/she rea-
sonably could believe would be
more likely than the average
student to support his cam-
paign, he has not ‘harvested’
e-mail addresses within the
meaning of the Code,” the UEC
wrote in the decision.
In the case where a party
or candidate copies all, most
or even a random sample of
the e-mails from a listserv
whose purpose provides no
reason to believe that those
on the listserv would be more
likely to support the party
or candidate’s message than
any other person, that party
or candidate has acted in
violation of the code.
In the decision, the UEC
first held that because Loeb
is neither a candidate nor a
party, it does not have juris-
diction to determine his guilt
or innocence. Thus, the UEC
could not assess him or The
Team any demerits for his
actions.
In the case of Siegel’s
actions, the UEC ultimately
concluded in its decision
that it cannot hold Siegel
accountable for a campaign
violation because it is possible
that she may have reasonably
believed that the students to
whom she sent promotional
e-mails would be more likely
than any other student to
support Make Michigan.
the information quickly.
“If it was their 6-year-old girl,
they’d want us to do everything
in our powers to make sure their
girl was safe,” Kaiser said. “Time
is of the essence in something
like this.”
The alert included the model
and license plate number of a
truck the police suspected the girl
might be in. The alert was sent
to all cell phones in a 200-mile
radius of Flint, where the girl was
reported missing. Thousands of
people were notified of the details
of Betts’ case.
Betts was located at about 11
a.m. Saturday and the alert was
subsequently canceled. Betts was
found unharmed at an apartment
complex in Port Huron with her
father, according to MLive.
Sergeant Sarah Krebs, who
works in the state police’s Missing
Persons Coordination Unit, said
the Amber Alert played a key role
in locating the girl. She went on
to specify a few of the many ways
Amber Alerts can be sent out.
“They can be done by regions,
or you can do a radius of so many
miles from the epicenter of where
the child was missing, which
is what they did in this case,”
Krebs said. “You can also alert it
statewide, meaning everywhere
in the state of Michigan will get
the alert.”
Though Amber Alerts intend
to inform people of missing chil-
dren, Krebs said not all miss-
ing children fit the criteria the
state police follows for issuing
an Amber Alert. The police must
determine the child — which
they define as below 17 years of
age — is at risk for serious bodily
harm or death. Police must also
believe an immediate broadcast
through an Amber Alert would
decrease the chances of harm to
the child.
Other factors in determining
the necessity of an Amber Alert
include if the child suffers from
mental or physical disabilities
that impair his or her ability to
care for himself or herself.
It was believed that Betts’
father
had
kidnapped
her.
Though he is her parent, Krebs
said he could still be seen as a
kidnapper in certain circum-
stances.
“The parent has to have put
them in some great bodily harm
and risk of death,” Krebs said.
Amber Alerts are only one of
several ways authorities employ
the Wireless Emergency Alert
system. Other alerts include
extreme
weather
and
other
threatening emergencies. Even
presidential alerts can be sent
out during a national emergency.
The alerts appear like a text mes-
sage, except with a unique tone
and vibration. Amber Alerts and
weather alerts can be turned off
on some phones, but presidential
messages cannot.
The University also has its
own methods to alert students
of possible danger. The Division
of Public Safety and Security
sends out the types of alerts that
inform students of potential dan-
ger.
The first way the University
warns students is through its
Emergency Alert System which
is a mass, urgent notification
system that can notify students,
faculty and staff of any major
campus
emergency.
These
emergencies could include, but
are not limited to, when an active
shooter is at large, when there
is a tornado warning for the
county or when there is a large,
hazardous spill on campus.
The second type of alert is a
Crime Alert. A Crime Alert is
sent out by DPSS when a crime
has been reported to the law
enforcement and DPSS believes
it is important to warn the
University community.
DPSS
spokesperson
Diane
Brown said the Emergency Alert
System is used when students
need to take action, whereas the
Crime Alerts are meant merely
to inform students.
“The Emergency Alerts are
used when there’s something
that people need to do,” Brown
said. “We don’t put Crime Alerts
out on the emergency system,
because
the
whole
campus
doesn’t necessarily have to take
shelter or be aware or anything.
They need to be aware of it, they
need to know that there was still
a threat. It doesn’t mean that
everybody has to suddenly lock
down and evacuate.”
Follow-up
notifications
are
sent out at the discretion of DPSS.
The Emergency Alert System may
be used to update students when
it is safe to continue with their
day or when severe weather has
passed, for example.
The two alerts are implement-
ed as part of the Clery Act, which
requires universities and colleges
participating in federal financial
aid programs to disclose informa-
tion about crimes that may affect
students in any way.
“We have a legal obligation
to tell people, which is why it’s
different than the police in your
hometown,” Brown said. “They
don’t have a legal requirement
to tell people about crimes, but
we do. The crime alerts and the
emergency alerts are part of that
requirement.”
Students may elect to receive
Emergency Alert texts if they
register their phone number on
Wolverine Access. All students,
faculty and staff also receive
an e-mail with details of the
emergency. Individuals can also
check the University’s website
and Twitter feed.
Though the alert is spread
through many different mediums,
Brown believes the best option for
students is to sign up to receive
texts and phone calls. She said she
believes the number of students
who do so is not high enough.
“We’ve never gotten over
40-percent penetration of people
signing up for the text messages
and phone calls,” Brown said.
“We would strongly recommend
that people register, because
we rarely use them, but they are
important.”
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Allen, perhaps as a thank-you for
hiring Harbaugh away from his
team’s most hated rival. Though
the conversation started off with a
discussion about Harbaugh, Allen’s
“nemesis” when he was the coach
of the San Francisco 49ers, it soon
soon shifted to ticket policy. Allen
suggested the idea of e-tickets, tell-
ing Hackett that fans enjoy being
able to access their tickets on their
phones.
Though Hackett said he does not
yet have anything to show for the
improvement of fan experience at
Michigan athletic events, he hoped
the fireside chat would help him in
his research-gathering phase.
The first question was asked by
John Lin, a third-year Law stu-
dent and CSG’s general counsel.
He wanted to know Hackett’s feel-
ings on Adidas’ alternate uniforms,
a topic that has seemed to divide
fans in recent years. Hackett treat-
ed the question as a two-part issue,
the first of which addressed the
school’s use of Adidas as a whole.
“In my first months here, the
question of which brand we wear
is a big one,” Hackett said during
the fireside chat. “We’ve organized
— this is a secret — a project team
to look at the question of, there’s
really three players: Adidas, Under
Armour and Nike.”
Hackett said the process of
evaluating which brand of apparel
Michigan’s teams will wear going
forward is still in its early stages.
The Athletic Department has sent
out questionnaires to student-ath-
letes, and Hackett has spent time
calling athletic directors at other
schools to gauge their thoughts,
in addition to speaking with for-
mer Michigan football players now
playing in the NFL. After the com-
pletion of the fireside chat, Hackett
told the Daily that if Michigan aims
to switch from Adidas, it will have
to do so by the end of the year.
In terms of alternate uniforms
for individual games, Hackett
noted that Harbaugh will have a
strong influence on what the foot-
ball team wears.
“All the shoes are going to be
black, he’s making it more conser-
vative, Harbaugh-esque,” Hackett
quipped, accompanied by a laugh
from the crowd at his new adjec-
tive. “We’re letting him go. Hey,
you’re the coach, and he has rea-
sons for this.”
Soon after invoking Harbaugh’s
name, Hackett took the opportuni-
ty to make sure the students were
satisfied with his highest-profile
hire. It proved unnecessary.
“Are you happy with him as a
coach?” Hackett asked.
Hackett burst into laughter, and
so did the rest of the room. Hackett
remembers Harbaugh when he was
a small child, when Hackett played
for Michigan and Harbaugh was
known as “Jimmy.”
Though
Hackett
admitted
excitement about the upcoming
Harbaugh era, he encouraged
the students to keep things in
perspective.
“We’ve got to keep our expecta-
tions (reasonable),” Hackett said,
creating an imaginary ceiling with
his hands. “They just have to get
the team right. From the stuff I’ve
seen, I’m really excited.”
The topic of conversation soon
shifted to the student experi-
ence at Michigan Stadium and
the tendency of many students
to leave games well before they
end. Hackett believes the issue
will most easily be resolved by
the improvement of the on-field
product.
“I don’t want to sound sarcas-
tic,” Hackett said. “What I don’t
want is more entertainment that’s
not football. I think that works
in the pros, but we’re in college.
I believe college shouldn’t be like
the pros. It shouldn’t cost like the
pros.”
Hackett specifically noted that
he didn’t want the games to feel
“corporate,” a complaint that was
commonly voiced by Michigan
fans during Brandon’s tenure.
David Hershey, an Engineer-
ing senior, stated his displeasure
with the piped-in music at Michi-
gan Stadium, greatly preferring
the band. Once again, Hackett
deferred to Harbaugh.
On Harbaugh’s first day in
Michigan, right before his intro-
ductory press conference, Hackett
went with Harbaugh to the suites
in Michigan Stadium for a confer-
ence call. The pair looked out to the
field, and Hackett asked the new
coach what he thought of piped-in
music during warmups. Harbaugh
was firm in his answer.
“I don’t care. We don’t need it,”
Harbaugh said.
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Prof. Edward Goldman as well
as to Sandra Gregerman, the
director of the Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Program.
The award acknowledges indi-
viduals at the University who pro-
mote equity and social change.
Martin began her address by
recounting historical advance-
ments, including lowering the
voting age, the election of the
first Black mayor in Detroit and
the invention of in vitro fertil-
ization. She used these exam-
ples to demonstrate the impact
individuals have had and still
do have on the environments
they inhabit.
“The world was changing
even then as it is now,” she said.
Martin also spoke about
her experiences reporting for
the Washington Post, the Wall
Street Journal and Nightline,
as well as hosting the NPR
show, “Tell Me More,” which
was one of the few public radio
programs designed to primar-
ily appeal to audiences of color.
When the show was canceled as
a result of budget cuts in 2014,
many media critics saw the
decision as a loss for coverage of
diversity. Martin remains with
NPR as a special correspondent
focused on race, identity and
gender, among other issues.
In her lecture, wielded her
journalistic
experience
to
discuss the current state of
news media.
“We as a country and we
very much in the media are still
figuring out who has a voice
and who does not,” Martin said.
She also spent time promot-
ing the importance of listening
to all voices and not silencing
minority opinions. To under-
stand the full truth in a story,
Martin said all different per-
spectives and narratives must
be heard.
“Listen to voices that make us
uncomfortable because they are
not going away,” Martin said.
She also discussed the ways
she thinks news media should
change to better reflect the
nation’s
population.
Martin
said heterosexual white men
are more represented in media
even though they are not the
majority of the population and
urged attendees to work toward
changing media.
“I hold all of us responsible
for failing to demand a dis-
course … with the kind of real-
ism about the world that we
know exists,” she said.
Martin concluded her lec-
ture with tips on how to start
conversations on difficult sub-
jects. She emphasized listen-
ing to others as well as asking
thoughtful questions. Martin
encouraged attendees to recog-
nize that they are engaging in
difficult work.
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Liztenberg’s mother, Lisa,
added that the music therapists
completely changed her daugh-
ter’s attitude about her illness.
“When Meredith appeared
with her guitar and keyboard,
Mia forgot all of her problems,”
she said. “She was a different
person … it really got her mind
off of the difficult times and
treatments at the hospital.”
At the end of their first set,
Acoustic Eidolon stepped aside
and welcomed Mia to the stage
to perform a cover of Sara
Bareilles’ “Brave” with guitar
accompaniment from Schlabig.
Acoustic Eidolon is com-
posed of a double neck guitar
player and cellist husband-
wife combo. A cancer survi-
vor herself, Acoustic Eidolon
cellist Hannah Alkire said she
can relate to stories like Mia’s,
and is a strong advocate for
the power of music to heal and
inspire.
“I remember saying, ‘If I get
picked to survive cancer, I’m
going back and I’m going to take
our music into hospitals and
help other people through their
journeys,’” Alkire said. “Any-
thing that we can do to make a
journey easier is worth it.”
LSA
senior
Amanda
Schoonover, who volunteers
with the music therapists, said
the mission behind the benefit
concert means a lot to her.
“It’s near and dear to my
heart,” Schoonover said. “I
volunteer at the hospital with
the music therapists. It’s really
cool and the artists are amaz-
ing.”
The Canvasser family and
Mott hope to further expand
the program every year by
hiring more musical thera-
pists and providing further
treatment for those who need
it most.our mission to work
with people in the commu-
nity, to keep the patients in
their community who can
be cared for in their commu-
nity.”
Lawrence said, overall, he’s
preparing to head a center
that’s already on solid footing.
“It’s a very strong center
with a lot of resources to start
with, but I think there are
things that we can build on
that can make it a great cen-
ter, and that’s my goal,” he
said.
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