Police have identified the man who
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California’s Merced campus as 18-year-
old freshman Faisal Mohamma, CNN
reported. Mohamma used an 8 to 10 inch knife
in the attack.
2A — Friday, November 6, 2015
News
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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
The Michigan football team will play
host to Rutgers on Saturday. The
Wolverines enter the game as heavy
favorites coming off of a last-second
victory at Minnesota.
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CAMPUS
EVENTS
& NOTES
A U.S. warplane allegedly shot and killed
people trying to escape a hospital in
Afghanistan that was bombed in an air
raid, NBC reported. A spokesperson for the
hospital said at least 30 people were killed in
the strike.
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3
Biology
lecture
WHAT: Michigan
State University
researcher Cheryl
Kerfled letures on
the structure of
bacterial micro-
compartments
WHO: Center for
Structural Biology
WHEN: 10:30
a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
WHERE: Life
Sciences Institute,
3rd floor library
TUESDAY:
Campus Voices
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
MONDAY:
This Week in History
LEFT:
A
dancer
in
the
Ballet
Folklorico de los Renacidos, a Mexican
folkloric dance group based in Detroit,
performs at the 4th annual Dia de los
Muertos Ball sponsored by Lambda
Theta Alpha Latin sorority at the
Alumni Center on Friday. (EMILIE
FARRUGIA/Daily)
RIGHT: Nursing senior Tobey Ratoff
plays for Navy in the 10th annual Army
vs Navy wheelchair basketball game
in Crisler Arena on Sunday. (GRANT
HARDY/Daily)
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League of Women Voters talks
redistricting and polarization
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Susan Smith of the League of Women Voters discusses legislation regarding district lines and the future of
redistricting in Michigan at Weill Hall on Thursday.
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Forum aims to
draw attention to
gerrymandering,
call for reform
BY RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
Increasing political polariza-
tion and strategic redistricting
were the central topics of dis-
cussion Thursday night as the
League of Women Voters of the
Ann Arbor Area hosted their
second discussion in the last two
weeks on the issue. The event
attracting roughly 30 attendees
to the Ford School of Public Pol-
icy.
The forum, co-sponsored by
the University’s Center for Local,
State, and Urban Policy, is part
of an educational campaign the
League of Women Voters is host-
ing across the state to increase
voter awareness about the way
electoral districts are drawn in
Michigan.
Susan Smith, vice president of
program planning for the organi-
zation’s Michigan chapter, gave
a short summary of the history
of state redistricting, its pitfalls
today and a possible plan of action
for voters. Smith said the current
system, in which the state legisla-
ture has the authority to draw up
its own district maps and vote on
them, presents a conflict of inter-
est for politicians.
“Politicians are drawing their
own voting maps to manipulate
elections and keep their party in
power,” she said. “A vast majority
of districts, because of this, aren’t
competitive … it’s putting the fox
in charge of the henhouse.”
Michigan’s electoral districts
were originally drawn as equal
squares under the principles of
being “compact and contiguous.”
The state legislature’s maneuver-
ing over the years, however, has
resulted in districts of varying
shapes and sizes, as lawmakers
may adjust borders to include or
exclude certain types of voters.
Smith pointed to the state’s 14th
congressional
district,
which
stretches from Detroit to Farm-
ington Hills, encompassing a
large block of Democratic party
members.
“(The district) isn’t exactly the
shape of a salamander,” Smith
said. “But it’s also definitely not
compact. This is great if you’re a
Democrat, but it also means that
there are fewer Democrats in
other districts.”
A decision last summer by
the Supreme Court that upheld
independent redistricting com-
missions motivated the Michigan
chapter to initiate redistricting
sessions across the state. Smith
said multiple voters expressed
interest to the organization about
initiating reform in Michigan.
States have the option to per-
mit state lawmakers to mark
their own lines or authorize inde-
pendent citizen groups to draw
maps without needing approval
from the state legislature. Six
states currently employ indepen-
dent commissions, and just this
week, the League’s Ohio chapter
helped pass a bill for statewide
redistricting reform. Multiple
audience members voiced sup-
port for Michigan to implement
such a change in its redistricting
system.
Joe Schwarz, a former Repub-
lican member of the Michigan
Senate and U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives, was one of those
in attendance to advocate for
reform based on personal law-
making experience.
“(The League) is on the right
track,” Schwarz said. “We’re ger-
rymandered … and it’s totally
discombobulated our legisla-
ture.”
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Career
panel on
disability
WHAT: Panel will
feature remarks
from students
and professionals
with disabilities
about their career
experiences
WHO: The
Career Center
WHEN: 4 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
WHERE:
Hatcher Graduate
Library, Gallery