make up 13 percent of the U.S. 
population, they only make up 
1.5 percent of the University’s 
student population.

“We 
are 
a 
very 

underrepresented 
demographic,” 
Strup 
said. 

“What the University might 
want to consider is trying 
to 
recruit 
more 
military 

personnel to pursue a life here 
at Michigan after they get out.”

Robert Kraynak is a first-

year graduate student pursuing 
both an MBA from the School 
of Business and an M.S. in the 
School of Natural Resources. 
Kraynak served in the Navy 
from 2007 to 2015. He was 
deployed to Afghanistan twice.

Kraynak said he had a 

positive 
experience 
with 

Veterans Affairs in the Ann 
Arbor area.

“The VA in Ann Arbor is 

fantastic,” Krayter said. “I’ve 
been very impressed.”

The panelists stressed that 

misconceptions 
regarding 

veterans 
are 
harmful 
and 

inaccurate. Strup said one of 
the most damaging notion 

ascribed to veterans is that 
they are warmongers, and 
having that reputation — which 
he said is skewed from the 
reality — is detrimental to both 
the troops and their cause.

“The majority of the veterans 

I know abhor war,” Strup said. 
“We hate violence. We just 
understand that sometimes it’s 
a unfortunate unnecessary evil 
in the world.”

Strup said more often than 

not 
veterans 
are 
pacifists, 

particularly after returning 
from war.

“I think there are a lot of 

false stereotypes about the 
military,” Strup said.

Greene 
echoed 
Strup’s 

points, 
also 
noting 
that 

veterans tend to be more laid 
back than their traditional 
characterization.

“Civilians think that we’re 

all crazy hard-asses,” Greene 
said. “ I think most of us are 
pretty open and generally laid 
back. You never want to label 
someone an angry person.”

Social Work student Monica 

Flores served in San Diego as 
an air traffic controller from 
2001 to 2010. As a woman, 
Flores 
said 
she 
is 
rarely 

recognized as being a veteran, 

and said she is often asked if 
she was inquiring for services 
for a brother or father.

Kraynak 
said 
the 

oversexualization of war in 
the media acts as a machine 
for 
these 
misconceptions, 

citing the 2008 film “The Hurt 
Locker,” a drama based on the 
Iraq war. He added that the 
unglamorous areas of military 
service, which account for a 
majority of deployed service 
are underrepresented in the 
media.

“ ‘The Hurt Locker’ is 

supposed to be a representation 
of my community,” Kraynak 
said. “They really gloss over all 
the times you’re sitting around 
playing euchre.”

Kraynak 
said 
though 

negative 
stereotypes 

are 
common, 
excessive 

glorification of veterans is 
another form of misconception.

“There are so many different 

ways to serve — not just your 
country but the people around 
you,” Kraynak said. “Don’t put 
us on a pedestal, there’s no 
need to. We volunteered for 
something, we served, did great 
things — maybe sometimes we 
didn’t do great things — we’re 
human.”

DAVID SONG/Daily

LSA junior Joshua Strup talks about his experiences on campus as an Army veteran at the Michigan Union on 
Wednesday.

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Town hall 
with diplomat 

WHAT: A public town 
hall lecture and luncheon 
will be hosted in honor of 
Louise Taylor, a former 
U.S. diplomat of more than 
30 years.
WHEN: Today from 11:30 
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Detroit lecture 
 

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about what city leaders 
and urban planners have 
wished to redevelop in 
Detroit since the 1950s.
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10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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4100 Carpenter Road

The cause of death for 
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Gliniewicz of Fox Lake, 
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WHAT: A discussion and 
reflection on diversity 
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reflections from veterans 
of color. 
WHO: Veteran and 
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to 5 p.m. 
WHERE: Michigan 
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Jackie Biskupski was 
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openly 
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The Salt Lake Tribune 

reported. 
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tallies 
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defeated Salt Lake’s two-
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Jewish name 
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WHAT: A disproportionate 
number of name changes 
approved in New York City 
in the 1940s and 1950s were 
submitted by Jews. This 
talk explores why.
WHO: Frankel Institute for 
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Justin Torres 
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Immigration 
film screening

WHAT: A showing of 
“Essential Arrival,” a film 
about Indian immigrants 
and how they are 
contributing to today’s 
technology and science 
fields. Director Arifa Javed 
will answer questions after.
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m 
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College presidents host panel 
on diversity in higher education

As part of weeklong 
symposium, leaders 
consider issues of 
access, inclusion

By RIYAH BASHA

Daily Staff Reporter

The Office of Diversity, Equity 

and Inclusion hosted a panel on 
the future of diversity in higher 
education Wednesday as a part of 
the University’s week-long cam-
pus Diversity Summit.

More than 150 people attended 

the event in Rackham Ampithe-
atre, which was sponsored by the 
National Center for Institutional 
Diversity. During the event, 10 
officials from a variety of colleges 
and universities around the coun-
try discussed the state of minority 
relations on campuses. John Bur-
khardt, NCID director and School 
of Education professor, intro-
duced the panel by emphasizing 
the importance of the discussion.

“Institutions like Michigan get 

a lot of attention for the stances 
they take on these issues,” Burck-
hardt said. “Our purpose today 
is to give a forceful message that 
higher education is fiercely com-
mitted to these ideals. How can 
we work together … to advance 
diversity?”

Earl Lewis, former dean of 

Rackham Graduate School, mod-
erated the discussion. His open-
ing question, which asked the 
panelists to define diversity at 
their schools, took up the bulk of 
the session. Panel members rep-
resented an array of institutions, 
including tribal, religious, histori-
cally Black and predominantly 
Hispanic colleges.

Panelists opened by explain-

ing the importance of diversity 
in higher education institutions. 
Steven Simpson, the president 
of Baker College, asserted that 
a variety of students facilitates 
intellectual growth, particularly 
when non-minority students are 
not otherwise exposed to other 
experiences.

“We need to help students 

understand how to work with one 
another and how to understand 
each other,” Simpson said. “I 
think we get bogged down think-
ing about career so much. How 
do we bring diversity to an area 
that’s not very diverse? How do 
we instill in our students a global 
perspective?”

Much of the discussion focused 

on how the current state of diver-
sity efforts on college campuses — 
which often focuses on recruiting 
— is problematic.

“I think terms like equity and 

diversity … can often become a 
euphemisms for assimilation,” 
said Nancy Barcelo, president of 
Northern New Mexico College. 
“Enrollment is important, but we 
need to make structural changes 
so that we don’t come back in 
another 40 years to have the same 
conversation.”

The speakers were often critical 

of the University’s diversity policies, 
in particular. As most of the panel-
ists visited from smaller schools, 
several went on the offensive 
against large research institutions. 
James Anderson, the chancellor of 
Fayetteville State University, ques-
tioned the long-term efficacy of 
the University’s diversity for non-
minority students.

“Where is the University of 

Michigan’s white paper that 
shows all the resources invested 
in diversity in the last five to 10 
years?” Anderson asked. “Are you 
producing white students who 
can go out and participate in the 
conversation? People think diver-
sity is to aid diverse students, but 
really, it’s about changing the 
majority culture.”

Christine 
Wiseman, 
presi-

dent of St. Xavier University, also 
spoke to the advantage of smaller 
colleges in implementing diver-
sity reform. 

“The large institutions get all 

the research dollars to tell us how 
to do what we’re already doing,” 
Wiseman said. “Our kinds of 
institutions have the possibility 
to be on the cutting edge.”

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