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TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

MONDAY:

This Week in History

THREE THINGS YOU 

SHOULD KNOW TODAY

Daily Arts Writer Ben 
Rosenstock reviews 
the mid-season finale 

of AMC’s “The Walking 
Dead” and says the episode 
left much to be desired.

>>SEE ARTS, PAGE 5

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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The 
University 
of 

Chicago 
cancelled 

classes Monday due to 
an online gun threat. 

According to NBC Chicago, 
the school received warning 
from the FBI of a threat to 
campus scheduled for 10 a.m. 
Monday, specifically at the 
campus quad. 

1

Giving Blueday 

WHAT: Students can join 
Giving Blueday to tell the 
University where it needs 
more support. There will 
be free cookies and hot 
cocoa. 
WHO: University and 
Development Events
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m. 
WHERE: Diag

Graham info 
session

WHAT: The Graham Under-
graduate Sustainability 
Scholars Program is for stu-
dents who would like to learn 
more about sustainability 
and want to develop sustain-
ability leadership skills. 
WHO: Graham 
Sustainability Institute
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: 1040 Dana

‘The Cloud’ 
webinar 

WHAT: This webinar is 
open for students to learn 
about time managment 
in “The Cloud” using 
Gmail and Google Tools. 
WHO: Learning and 
Professional Development
WHEN: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Online

Viola master 
class 

WHAT: Geraldine Walther, 
violist of the Takács String 
Quartet, will host a free guest 
master class for students 
interested. 
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 5:40 p.m.
WHERE: Glenn E. Watkins 
Lecture Hall 

Corps info 
session

WHAT: Michigan College 
Advising Corps will be 
holding an information 
session to learn about how 
to get involved with the 
program. 
WHO: Michigan College 
Advising Corps
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union 

Trip planning 
seminar 

WHAT: The Michigan 
Outdoor Leadership 
Semester will be 
hosting a seminar 
about risk management 
and trip planning. 
WHO: Department of 
Recreational Sports. 
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
WHERE: Outdoor 
Adventures Rental Center 

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Negotiators from 195 
countries are in Paris 
this week to discuss 
climate. 
BBC 
News 

reported that they have 
two weeks to reach a deal 
regarding carbon emissions 
and 
limiting 
annual 

temperature increases. 

Trombone 
studio recital

WHAT: Solos by Bozza, 
Casterede, Raum, Ewazen 
and Sulek will be performed 
by the students of Prof. 
David Jackson.
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 8 p.m. 
WHERE: Britton Recital 
Hall
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Ann Arbor resident John Roos shows how he prints his own 
designs for coffee product bags at RoosRoast Coffee on Monday.

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Geoff Emberling, assistant research scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, speaks about the destruction of antiquities and the state of ruin caused by ISIS in the 
Middle East in the South Thayer Building on Monday.
Event explores effects of ISIS on 
historical artifacts in Middle East

Violence promoted by 
terrorist group takes 
toll on preservation 

of the past

By EMILY DAVIES

For the Daily

As nations worldwide grapple 

with the rise of the terrorist 
group ISIS, the Near Eastern 
Studies Department held an 
event Monday to discuss the 
physical and historical impacts 
of the group’s violence on the 
modern Middle East, and its 
direct link to the United States 
and European nations.

Three faculty members and 

about 40 attendees joined Geoff 
Emberling, assistant research 
scientist at the Kelsey Museum 
of Archaeology, to discuss the 
destruction of antiquities and 
the state of ruin in the Middle 
East.

Images of destroyed monu-

ments and historical sites cycled 

behind the speakers as they talked 
about how the city of Apamea in 
western Syria was looted block by 
block, and barrel bombs pressed 
against artwork in the palace of 
Ashurnasirpal II.

Panelists provided attendees 

with their perspectives on ISIS’ 
path of destruction and one 
common theme emerged: help-
lessness.

“This situation is extremely 

dire, and it’s not going to get 
better soon … I have a tremen-
dous sense of impotence. There 
is very little we can do about 
it, and that is the depressing 
part,” said Piotr Michalowski, 
a professor of ancient Near 
Eastern languages and civili-
zation.

Emberling began his lecture by 

providing a brief history of Iraqi 
and Syrian destruction. The panel 
followed a previous lecture he 
gave in early November to a Muse-
um Studies program on a similar 
topic. Emberling said he invited 
to continue the conversation with 
a second event due to the amount 
of interest surrounding this topic.

Emberling summarized related 

historical events, like Saddam 
Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and 
ISIS’ recently acquired caliphate 
label, but his focus moved toward 
understanding how these his-
torical events and the intentional 
destruction of historical artifacts 
are linked to the United States and 
European nations.

Strategically, 
through 
the 

destruction 
of 
Roman 
arti-

facts, ISIS gains attention from 
the West and from potential 
recruits. 
Roman 
monuments 

in the Middle East are more 
closely related to European and 
U.S. culture than any heritage in 
the Near East. Because of this, 
U.S. media reacts strongly when 
such artifacts are targeted.

Panelists said this public-

ity in Western countries is 
exactly what ISIS is seeking. 
This national attention attracts 
young radicals searching for 
a 
voice. 
Economically, 
the 

destruction helps ISIS due to its 
sale of some antiquities. By bull-
dozing large arches or monu-
ments, ISIS makes room to dig 

up the portable, and therefore 
marketable, items. By publicly 
advertising the growing scar-
city of Middle Eastern artifacts, 
ISIS increases the value of these 
smaller objects.

As scholars, Emberling and the 

other panelists said they often feel 
defeated by ISIS’ durability. Given 
the massive humanitarian crisis 
that ISIS has caused, critics may 
question the attention to artifact 
destruction.

As 
Emberling 
articulated, 

understanding 
the 
strategy 

behind 
ISIS’ 
destruction 
of 

national history calls attention 
to the broader story explaining 
the rise of ISIS.

“What are the larger condi-

tions that make it possible for a 
larger movement like this to take 
root?” Emberling asked. “It has 
a large part to do with Ameri-
can policy … (The destruction 
of antiquities) can call atten-
tion to this Middle Eastern issue 
beyond the political debates 
we’ve been hearing that demon-
ize refugees who are just trying 
to survive.”

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Nursing junior Ariel Jordan is 
the vice president of external 
affairs for Alpha Phi Omega, 
the vice president of external 
relations 
for 
Support 
for 

Incoming Black Students, a 
“TIM specialist” or Team 
Income 
and 
Management 

member for Relay for Life at 
the University of Michigan.

Which of the student 
organizations you’re 

involved in has the largest 

impact on campus?

They all have a large impact 
on campus, especially 
because they are all service 
related, for such amazing 
causes. The one that has 
had the strongest impact on 
campus for me is the MRelay. 
That may just be because of 

how I feel towards Relay for 
Life. But my involvement 
since I’ve started school here 
has been just an amazing 
transforming experience 
for me.

What is MRelay and what 

makes it special?

It’s just an environment to be 
surrounded by people who 
have the same goal as you — 
to get rid of cancer. The event 
is only 24 hours on Palmer 
Field, but throughout the 
year teams fundraise for the 
American Cancer Society. 
(MRelay) has found the 
most passionate, dedicated 
people and made them 
into a planning committee. 
Everyone is so different 
from their backgrounds, to 

why they Relay, to what they 
study, to what they do on 
their Friday nights, it’s crazy 
how that one cause just 
brings them all together.

What is the service 
atmosphere like on 

campus?

A lot of the student 
organizations, regardless of 
whether they are service-
based or not, have some 
sort of service component, 
so I think there are a lot of 
opportunities for service 
on campus, and I think for 
the most part we have the 
population of people that 
have the desire to serve.

— EMILY ROBERTS

Trotter cardio
kickboxing

WHAT: Body Allure Fitness’ 
Porshia Thomas will lead a 
free class for faculty, students 
and staff. 
WHO: Trotter Multicultural 
Center
WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Trotter 
Multicultural Center

