starting point for determining the
efficacy of current policies.
“We now how have, for the
first
time,
University-specific
information on unreported as well
as reported behavior of sexual
misconduct,” Rider-Milkovich said.
“We now have a baseline which we
could use going forward whether
our activities taken as a whole
have moved the needle on this
unbelievably heartbreaking issue.”
Rider-Milkovich said SAPAC
aims to increase the number
of
students
reporting
sexual
misconduct
by
strengthening
student confidence in SAPAC and
improving its policies.
One change the University is
considering is how witnesses are
identified in ongoing investigations.
Currently,
witnesses
are
identified as numbers in reports
and
documentation.
The
amendment to name each witness
aims to increase due process and
transparency so the accused can
provide proper counter evidence.
Still, Rider-Milkovich said the
policy could also have negative
consequences.
“We also have contemplated
the potential chilling effect of
including the names of witnesses,”
Rider-Milkovich said. “It could
mean that fewer witnesses are
willing to be witnesses, and that
that could mean that we have less
meaningful investigations.”
An
amendment
was
also
proposed
to
clarify
witness’
obligation to provide truthful
information.
Witnesses
are
subject to disciplinary action if
they
knowingly
provide
false
information under the statement.
“This is an articulation which
is
already
the
case,”
Rider-
Milkovich said.
The draft policy also adds
definitions and conditions.
Rider-Milkovich
said
the
behavioral goals of SAPAC are
different than their definition of
consent, which she said is in line
with the University policy.
“I’m not going to relinquish
that we do have better goals,”
Rider-Milkovich
said.
“The
threshold
(for
consent)
is
clear
and
and
unambiguous
agreement expressed in mutually
understandable words of actions to
engage in an activity.”
Rider-Milkovich said the hope
for all students is that consent is
sober and enthusiastic.
In evaluating whether consent is
confirmed, amendments regarding
incapacitation
aim
to
clarify
whether the respondent knew or
reasonably should have known
the person was incapable of giving
consent.
Rider-Milkovich said there have
been no proposals to change the
definition of consent, but definitions
for incapacitation, coercion and
force would been clarified.
She
said
these
improved
definitions will allow students to
clearly understand what behavior
violates the statement.
In the policy, incapacitation is
defined as deriving from more than
just alcohol intake.
The University intends to enact
a revised policy by winter semester,
and the University plans to seek
input on the draft policy during
several
roundtable
discussions
scheduled in the coming weeks.
BAMN resolution
The group By Any Means
Necessary discussed a resolution
on Tuesday calling on University
President Mark Schlissel to make
the University a sanctuary campus,
which
means
the
University
would not use its resources to help
the federal government enforce
immigration laws.
The resolution was officially
proposed by Rackham student
Lamin
Manneh,
a
Rackham
student representative.
Manneh said the resolution is
relevant given a recent proposal
in state legislature to defund
sanctuary cities like Ann Arbor
and Detroit. The resolution calls on
Schlissel and the Board of Regents
to issue a declaration of support
on behalf of those cities, as well as
asks the University to provide free
legal services to undocumented
students through a sanctuary
student center.
“These are people who usually
have parents that have come here
illegally, but they have grown up
here, and many times their parents
pay taxes,” Manneh said. “Now
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will no longer accept
reimbursement for fetal
tissue it provides to
researchers, NPR reported
Tuesday. Planned Parenthood
President Cecile Richards said
this will debunk the myth that
tissue donations are for profit.
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Benjamin
Netanyahu
called
an
emergency
meeting of top officials
Tuesday after four attacks
by Palestinians killed three
Israeli Jews and wounded at
least a dozen others, The New
York Times reported.
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method
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response
in the case of an active
campus shooter, Princeton
University will give officers
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Safety access to rifles in
emergency
situations,
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Monday.
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the Council of the Princeton
University
Community
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a
body
comprising
undergraduates,
graduate
students,
faculty
and
administrators.
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best
practices
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responding
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is now a law enforcement
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as possible to save lives.”
California governor
bans concealed weapons on
college campuses
California
Gov.
Jerry
Brown
signed
legislation
over the weekend to prohibit
concealed weapons in schools
and on college campuses, the
Daily Bruin reported.
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with
concealed
weapons
permits
were
previously
permitted
to
carry on campuses and were
exempted from the Gun-
Free School Zone Act. The
University
of
California
system sent a letter to the
governor
in
September
advocating for the ban.
The legislation comes a
week after a shooter at a
community college in Oregon
killed nine people.
Last month, the University
of Michigan filed a court brief
defending its policy not to
follow the state’s open carry
laws, which allow those with
open carry permits to bring
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meaningful to her during the Timmy Global Health 5K Glow
Run outreach in Mason Hall on Tuesday.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Law lecture
WHAT: The Muslim
Law Students
Association will host a
lecture with Law Prof.
Julian Davis Mortenson
on U.S. policy, torture
and Muslim bodies.
WHO: American
Constitution Society:
Michigan Law Chapter
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: South Hall
Minor in
Writing info
WHAT: Students
interested in the
writing minor will
have a chance to talk to
current students in the
program. The minor’s
application deadline
is noon on Oct. 26.
WHO: Sweetland
Center for Writing
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Wolverine Room
Engineering
fireside chat
WHAT: The College of
Engineering will host a talk
on international careers.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Chrysler Center
lobby (North Campus)
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Amazon
Japan meeting
WHAT: Representatives
from Amazon Japan
will hold an information
session to answer
questions and potentially
recruit students.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHERE: Ross School of
Business, Room R1218
Intersectional
identities talk
WHAT: Wendy Smooth
— an associate professor
of women’s, gender and
sexuality studies at Ohio
State University — will
discuss strategies available
to African-American
women state legislators
attempting to access power.
WHO: Department of
Women’s Studies
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Lane Hall,
Room 2239
China and
class struggles
WHAT: Laura
Kusnetzky, a Chinese
Studies lecturer at Wayne
State University, will
discuss the practice
of yiku (“recollecting
bitterness”), Chinese
miners, and their relation
via historical reenactment.
WHO: Confucius
Institute
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
League, Koessler Room
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Holly Rider Milkovich, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, discusses proposed changes
to sexual assault policies at the University at the Central Student Government meeting in the Michigan Union.
University to receive papers
of noted euthanasia advocate
Jack Kevorkian’s
documents will be
available at Bentley
Historical Library
By LARA MOEHLMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Papers belonging to the late
Jack Kevorkian, a University
alum and prominent euthanasia
activist, will be donated to the
Bentley Historical Library on
North Campus, the University
announced Tuesday.
Donated to the University by
Kevorkian’s niece, Ava Janus,
the documents include corre-
spondence,
published
works,
manuscript drafts, photos, court
records, news coverage and
interviews
from
Kevorkian’s
career as a promoter of “medi-
cide,” or assisted suicide.
The digitalized documents
are available to the public, many
of which contain medical his-
tories, photos, video and audio
recordings of consultations with
Kevorkian’s patients.
Kevorkian, who passed away
in June 2011, aided more than
130 voluntary suicides through-
out his career, after which he
spent eight years in prison for
second-degree murder.
Born to Armenian immigrants
in Pontiac, Kevorkian attended
the University’s Medical School.
In addition to his career in
pathology and euthanasia medi-
cine, Kevorkian was a composer,
musician and scientist.
In a statement, Terrence
McDonald, director of the Bent-
ley Historical Library, said these
documents will help the pub-
lic learn about the motivation
behind Kevorkian’s controver-
sial career.
“The release of his papers will
allow scholars and students to
understand the context of and
driving forces in an interesting
and provocative life,” he said.
Olga Virakhovskaya, Bentley’s
lead archivist, recently spoke to
the Society of American Archi-
vists on the ethical consider-
ations surrounding the Bentley
Library’s decision to make these
files public.
“Many
of
the
medicide
patients and their families —
who remain very close to this
day — are still advocates of their
family member’s choice to die,
so anonymity was not an issue,”
Virakhovskaya said. “We felt
very strongly that by not provid-
ing access to this collection and
to the medicide files, we would
be choosing to hide a very impor-
tant story.”
The
Bentley
Historical
Library promotes the study of
the University and the state of
Michigan and has a conservation
lab for books and papers.
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Book signing
and discussion
WHAT: Professors Kathryn
Edin and Luke Shaefer will
discuss their new book, “$2.00
a Day: Living on Almost
Nothing in America.” A book
signing and reception will
follow a discussion about
income inequality.
WHO: National Poverty
Center
WHEN: 4 p.m.
WHERE: Weill Hall -
Annenberg Auditorium
UMFA faculty
reception
WHAT: The University’s
Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Faculty Alliance
will hold their annual
reception.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School - East Conference
Room
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