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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Assembly hopes
updates will increase
student activity in
the building
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
Renovation
plans
for
the
Michigan
Union
are
moving
forward.
Loren Rullman, associate vice
president for student life, spoke
with Central Student Government
at their weekly meeting Tuesday to
discuss the plans and gather input
on the design process.
During the meeting, CSG
also heard from Trey Boynton,
the director of Multi-Ethnic
Student Affairs.
Representatives from Workshop
Architects, one of the three firms
currently working on renovations
to the Union, asked CSG members
to provide feedback as to what
they use the Union for and what
changes they would like to see to
the building. The architects plan to
garner input through the Student
Renovations Advisory Committee.
In
addition
to
Workshop
Architects, Rullman said two
other architecture firms having
been hired, including Integrated
Design Solutions from Troy who
specialize in student spaces, and
Washington, D.C.-based Hartman-
Cox
Architects,
preservation
architects hired to maintain the
integrity of the original buildings.
Rullman said two of the firms had
previously worked on renovation
projects for the University. IDS
and Hartman-Cox both worked
on construction of the Munger
Residence Hall and renovations to
the East Quad Residence Hall and
the Law Quadrangle.
Rullman
said
the
project
began with the Building a Better
Michigan initiative in 2011, which
lobbied the University to prioritize
renovations
for
the
student
common spaces like recreation
centers and unions.
Rullman said more than half
the funds for the renovation
Speakers criticize
Gov. Snyder’s choice
to pause efforts to
welcome refugees
By RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
A day after Michigan Gov.
Rick
Snyder
announced
Michigan would attempt to
block
Syrian
refugees
from
entering the state, the Children
Welfare
Student
Association
held a discussion Tuesday night
addressing the needs of Syrian
refugees in Michigan.
Snyder
had
previously
implemented plans to accept an
increased number of refugees
fleeing violence in Syria, but
has now said he wants to put
those plans on hold following
terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday
that killed 129 people. Earlier
this week, French authorities
announced
that
one
of
the
individuals likely involved in
the attacks entered Europe as a
refugee from Syria, though that
theory was likely incorrect.
Organizers
noted
that
planning for the event started at
the beginning of the semester,
preceding recent events, but
that
the
conversation
had
become increasingly relevant
in light of Snyder’s remarks.
Thirty other governors have
made similar remarks.
About 15 attendees, mostly
School of Social Work students,
listened to three panelists speak
about
the
current
situation,
as well as the complex mental
health needs of refugees and ways
practitioners and social workers
can address them.
Panelist Loubna Alkhayet, a
clinical therapist from Waterford,
Mich., said she thought Snyder’s
decision was a poor one for the
See CSG, Page 3A
See REFUGEES, Page 3A
ANN ARBOR
City to celebrate
Indigenous Peoples
Day in its place as
official holiday
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
Columbus Day is no more, at
least in the city of Ann Arbor.
The Ann Arbor City Council
voted unanimously on Monday to
recognize the second Monday of
October as Indigenous Peoples Day
in lieu of Columbus Day.
The resolution was proposed
by
Councilmember
Chuck
Warpehoski (D–Ward 5), who
said the idea for the resolution
began over a year ago when other
communities drew attention for
honoring the area’s indigenous
people instead of the explorer who
was traditionally portrayed as the
person who “discovered” America.
Warpehoski said a resolution
did not go through last year in
part because he wanted to seek the
input and support of indigenous
groups in the community.
“To make this change, it should
be done in partnership with
indigenous people and not just
as an act of charity without their
consultation,” Warpehoski said.
Warpehoski said he reached
out to local schools and worked
in partnership with Ypsilanti
Mayor Amanda Edmonds to draft
the final resolution. Without
local
tribal
governments
to
consult, he instead contacted the
University’s
Native
American
Student Association and, through
his partnership with Edmonds,
the Eastern Michigan Native
American Student Association.
“I grew up in a town in
northern Wisconsin where there
was a Ojibwe reservation on one
side of me and a Potawatomi
reservation on the other side of
me,” Warpehoski said. “They
were local tribal institutions that
were available for contact. That’s
not something we have here
currently in Washtenaw County,
so finding indigenous leaders is a
different process.”
Public Policy senior Isa Gaillard,
co-chair of the Native American
Student
Association
at
the
University, said his organization
proposed adding language to the
See COLUMBUS, Page 3A
EVENT PREVIEW
Pianist Leif
Ove Andsnes
to perform at
Hill Friday
Several local
writers, experts
contribute to new
collection
By BECCA SOLBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
Along with a panel of local
professionals and professors,
Lucas Kirkpatrick, an assistant
sociology professor at Southern
Methodist
University,
discussed the launch of his new
book “Reinventing Detroit:
The Politics of Possibility” on
Tuesday.
Edited
by
Kirkpatrick
and Michael Peter Smith,
a professor of community
studies
at
University
of
California, Davis, the book
comprises chapters written by
various experts in urban policy,
including professors from the
University. The compilation
aims to discuss the challenges
Detroit faces and the methods
currently being employed to
overcome them.
In
July
2013,
Detroit
declared
bankruptcy
and
was placed under the control
of an emergency manager.
In December 2014, the city
announced its exit from
bankruptcy and control of
the city was fully returned to
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
The city has also struggled
to cope with blight, crime,
political corruption and a
job loss.
Kirkpatrick began his talk
See DETROIT, Page 3A
Acclaimed Norwegian
concert pianist brings
unpretentious style to
Ann Arbor
By COSMO PAPPAS
Daily Arts Writer
You walk into one of the hallowed
halls of high culture — the Lincoln
Center,
the
Philharmonie,
the
Sydney
Opera
House.
You’re
ushered to your
seat,
lower
yourself quietly
and prepare to
be transported.
The lights dim,
and
everyone
takes
a
sharp,
quiet
breath.
The vacuum of
space and time
is where it all
happens. Then —
the first notes of
the keyboard hit and then, then! ...
The muses go to work tickling your
fancy.
See ANDSNES, Page 6A
the statement
A lifetime behind the potter’s wheel
» INSIDE
Leif Ove
Andsnes,
piano
Friday, Nov.
20 at 8 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
Students $12
Regular tickets
up to $60
ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily
Sanja Savic Berhamovic speaks about Syrian Refugees during the discussion titled “Syrian Refugees: Trauma & Resilience” in the School of Social Work on Tuesday.
RITA MORRIS/Daily
Lucas Kirkpatrick, co-editor of “Reinventing Detroit: The Politics of Possibility,” describes the factors leading up to
the city of Detroit’s current state and its future political potentials at the Art & Architecture Building on Tuesday.
CSG gives
feedback on
renovations
to Union
Panel discusses needs of
Syrian refugee population
Council votes to
stop recognizing
Columbus Day
Book on Detroit looks
at city’s path forward
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