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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
The Daily Arts Section’s
B-Side takes a look at
the Michigan Gospel
Chorale in this week’s issue.
The group started in 1972, and
is still thriving on campus.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Anthropology
lecture
WHAT: Nimmi
Rangaswamy will
discuss her research on
technologies in low-income
Indian communities.
WHO: Information
Alliance for Community
Development
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad
Lecture on
sustainability
WHAT: Learn about if
sustainability is achiev-
able in a capitalist sys-
tem. The lecture will be
given by Paul Robbins.
WHO: Rackham Inter-
disciplinary Workshop
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m.
WHERE: Room 1040, Dana
Natural Resources Building
Kim Davis, the county
clerk
who
refused
to
issue marriage licenses to
same-sex couples, reportedly
met with the Pope last week,
her lawyer reported. The
alleged meeting occurred in
Washington D.C. during the
Pope’s visit, CNN reported.
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Banned books
pop-up library
WHAT: The annual
Banned Books Week event
raises awareness about
the issues of censorship.
Attendees are encouraged
to also bring a banned
book to read at the event.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Today from 12
p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Front steps of
Hatcher Graduate library
Tesla
unveiled
what
is being billed as “the
world’s quickest SUV.”
The Model X sport-
utility vehicle can go from 0
to 60 mph in 3.2. seconds. The
electric car also has a range
of 250 miles per charge and
is designed to compete with
brands like Mercedes, USA
Today reported.
3
Business
through LSA
WHAT: Advisors from
LSA and the Career Center
will join LSA students to
discuss developing skills
for the business field.
WHO: Career Center
WHEN: Today from 2:30
p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Room 100,
Hatcher Graduate Library
Journalism
lecture
WHAT: Richard Besser
from ABC News will talk
about his role as a medical
journalist. The event
will also have a panel
moderated by Jonathan
Cohn from The Huffington
Post.
WHO: U-M Health System
WHEN: Today from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Assembly Hall,
Rackham Graduate School
TUESDAY:
Campus Voices
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
MONDAY:
This Week in History
Cathy Hong
reading
WHAT: Cathy Hong, an
award-winning poet and
writer, will be reading
from her works and also
sign copies of her books.
WHO: Helen Zell
Visiting Writers Series
WHEN: Today at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: University of
Michigan Museum of Art
Consulting info
session
WHAT: Learn about
career opportunities for
individuals with disabilities.
Bender Consulting Services
has placed individuals
with disabilities in major
organizations.
WHO: Career Center
WHEN: Today from 1 p.m.
to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Career Center
Program Room, Student
Activities Building
University professor Goncalo
Abecasis helped complete a survey
of genetic information worldwide
“We have dramatically improved
our knowledge of variation in the
human genome.”
— @UMich
“Joan Larsen will be a valuable
addition to the Michigan Supreme Court
@MISupremeCourt.”
—@onetoughnerd
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed
University professor Joan Larsen to
the Michigan Supreme cOURT.
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University president Mark Schlissel
tweeted his support for University’s
Mott’s Children’s Hospital.
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2A — Thursday, October 1, 2015
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NATIONAL CHINA DAY
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Ann Arbor residents Lin Ding and her daughter Meddy Quan
take a selfie before the celebration of the China’s national
day on October 1st organized by the Chinese Students and
Scholars Assocation on the Diag on Wednesday.
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Architecture
conference
WHAT: The second
presentation of four, The
Architectural Imagination
roundtable discussions
will be on Detroit’s
architectural imagination
and Mexicantown.
WHO: College of
Architecture
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Room 2104, Art
and Architecture Building
Nixon Road development plan
postponed for further debate
Navanethem Pillay
discusses women’s
rights, refugees
BY CAMY METWALLY
For the Daily
In a lecture hall thousands of
miles away from South Africa,
Judge Navanethem Pillay, for-
mer United Nations High Com-
missioner for Human Rights,
addressed the University com-
munity in a public lecture titled
“From South Africa to Rwanda
and Syria.”
Though far from the sugar
plantations
her
grandfather
worked on as an indentured
laborer in South Africa, Pillay
spent the last few days on cam-
pus, engaging with several stu-
dent groups for the University
of Michigan Law School’s 2015
William W. Bishop Jr. Lecture
in International Law.
On Sept. 29, she spoke to
undergraduates in the Human
Rights Initiative as well as a
number of law students in vari-
ous organizations. Wednesday
morning she met with the Law
School’s human trafficking clin-
ic before delivering a speech in
the afternoon.
“I love the fact that students
from other disciplines, like engi-
neering and economics, also
attend this, not just law stu-
dents. That’s very good because
human rights concerns every-
one,” Pillay said.
As a minority in both race
and gender, Pillay said she faced
many obstacles. However, her
real journey began when her
father, a bus driver, and her
seven siblings struggled to sat-
isfy their hunger — both for food
and education.
With schoolteachers walk-
ing door to door, the poor com-
munity in which Pillay grew up
raised funds to send “the girl
with potential” to a university.
“We were all victims of dis-
crimination and deprivation,”
Pillay said. “So when I became
a lawyer against all odds, it was
not a singular achievement.”
When she began practic-
ing as an attorney, gender, race
and economic class proved to
be growing challenges for Pil-
lay, especially in the climate
of apartheid. According to Pil-
lay, after law school, law firms
refused to hire her because
white secretaries could not work
for a black woman. These adver-
sities led to Pillay starting her
own law firm in 1967, the first
woman to do so in South Africa’s
Natal Province.
She has also served as a judge
on the International Criminal
Court, judge president of the
International Criminal Tribunal
for Rwanda and acting judge of
the High Court in South Africa,
appointed by Nelson Mandela.
“It’s an honor to come hear
her speak,” third-year Law stu-
dent Daniela Tagtachian said.
“It’s always good to hear the
story of a woman who led such
a distinguished life. It’s par-
ticularly inspiring hearing a
woman speak about such great
things.”
In addition to protecting
women’s rights and promoting
the cause as a respected female
role model and co-founder of
Equality Now, an international
women’s rights organization,
Pillay also spoke of growing
unrest in the world.
Read more online at
michigandaily.com.
Former UN human rights
commissioner speaks at ‘U’
Wetland protection,
water runoff, traffic
present concerns for
nearby residents
BY ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
After the Ann Arbor City
Council postponed discussion
last week on a proposed hous-
ing development on Nixon Road,
the conversation is now set to
occur in November.The site plan
for the proposed 282-unit Wood-
bury Club Apartments has been
discussed at the last two coun-
cil meetings, but at the Sept. 21
meeting, the conversation was
postponed to the Nov. 16 meeting.
The Council is requested more
research and planning before the
next hearing on the subject. Con-
cerns with traffic, natural land-
scape, wetlands and stormwater
runoff were among the reasons
for postponement. The plan also
requires a zoning change to move
forward.
The apartment complex would
be located on the corner of Nixon
Road and M-14. They would be
situated across the street from
another proposed development
on the site of the two Nixon Farm
properties.
Councilmember Sumi Kailasa-
pathy (D–Ward 1) said she would
have a resolution drafted by the
next meeting, though it will not
be discussed at that time.
Several community and Coun-
cil members were concerned that
adding new housing in the area
would increase existing traffic
congestion.
The area’s natural environ-
ment was another concern to the
development plan — specifically,
issues of stormwater runoff and
flooding. According to Kailasa-
pathy, the burden of stormwater
runoffs on neighboring commu-
nities is increasing.
“We know that significant rain
events are growing in intensity
and volume, which causes sig-
nificant expenses to the city and
property owners,” she said.
If the apartments are approved,
the water runoff could be pushed
to nearby apartment complexes.
This could cause extensive flood-
ing and water drainage issues,
resulting in additional costs to the
city and neighboring residents.
William
Quinn,
president
of the board of directors for
Barclay Park Condominiums,
located
near
the
proposed
development,said the board is
against the project.
“We are very concerned about
the wetlands which border Bar-
clay Park and which are within
the park,” Quinn said.
Collin Ross, president of the
board of directors for the Arbor
Hills Condominium Association
also attended the meeting. Ross
said the association has filed a
petition of protest against the
approval of the site plan.
“I should point out that the
system in Arbor Hills is a private
system that is paid for and main-
tained by our association,” Ross
said. “Therefore, any additional
stormwater loads on the system
could cause problems and result
in significant expenses to our
association.”
The Woodbury Club Apart-
ments site plan is split into two
parcels, an eastern and a west-
ern side. Though apartments
have been allocated for the
western parcel, plans for the
eastern parcel are still unclear.
It is possible that the city may
buy the approximately 25 acres
for parkland.
Some members of Council
expressed their concern about
this undetermined sector of the
plan at the most recent Council
meeting on Sept. 21. Council-
member Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4)
said he would like to see those
plans resolved before a vote to
rezone the property and pave
way for the development occurs.
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DAVID SONG/Daily
Judge Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008-2014 and co-founder
of Equality Now, recalls her experiences with apartheid and its influence on her development as both a law student
and a human at South Hall on Wednesday.