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Twenty One Pilots played at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit on 
December 17, 2015.

On 
New 
Year’s 
Eve 

about 
1,000 
young 

men 
coordinated 
and 

carried out acts of sexual 

violence on at least 90 women 
in Cologne, Germany, The New 
York Times Reported. Police in 
Hamburg are now reporting 
similar incidents.

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Concerto 
finals

WHAT: A student will 
be awarded the honor of 
performing a full or partial 
concert through the 2016 
Undergraduate Concerto 
Competition Finals.
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 4 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium

HARVARD COLLEGE

“House master” term abolished 

after controversy over usage

Harvard college moves to 

abolish term house master

Rakesh Khurana, 

undergraduate dean of 
Harvard College, is working to 
ban the term “house master” 
from the college. The term 
“house master” at Harvard 
College is used to identify 
faculty members who oversee 
undergraduate residences. 
Khurana has also expressed 
plans to reduce sexual assault 
on campus and admit female 
students into male-dominated 
final clubs.

Pressure to change the term 

stemmed from racial concerns 
of the students, officials told 
the Harvard Crimson. The 
school will announce the new 
term for “house master” in 
January.

Public colleges in Texas 

must allow guns in dorms

A statewide campus carry 

law, due to take effect on 
August 1, 2016, will require 
public universities in Texas 
to allow people age 21 and 
older with concealed handgun 
permits to carry firearms into 

all university facilities.

The law has prompted 

significant controversy in the 
state, especially given recent 
mass shootings nationwide, 
about the danger of guns 
on campus. In response, 
Republican Attorney General 
Ken Paxton and other Texas 
Republicans who support 
the campus carry law have 
argued that it will ultimately 
increase safety on campus and 
reduce the likelihood of mass 
shootings according to the 
Daily Texan.

 
—KATHERINE CURRAN

ROCK ON!

THREE THINGS YOU 
SHOULD KNOW TODAY

The college admissions 
process 
has 
become 

increasingly formulaic, 
but 
 
the 
personal 

statement makes the process 
more human.
>> FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT 
ON 2C 

Tuesday 
afternoon, 

President 
Barack 

Obama 
was 
moved 

to tears during the 

announcement 
of 
his 

executive actions on gun 
control, CNN reported. He 
also reviewed shootings that 
occured during his term.

3

1

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Nursery 
rhymes exhibit

WHAT: Over 100 years of 
illustrated nursery rhymes 
are featured in the “Friends 
of Mother Goose” exhibit. 
WHO: University Library
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
WHERE: Downtown Ann 
Arbor District Library

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THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

FRIDAY:

Photos of the Week

MONDAY:

This Week in History

TUESDAY:

Campus Voices

WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers

Photo exhibit 
on migration

WHAT: Photographs 
taken by Michael Wells 
of Jason De Leon’s 
“Undocumented Migration 
Project” will be on display 
until mid-January.
WHO: Institute for 
the Humanities
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: 202 S. Thayer

“Dining Out” 
exhibit

WHAT: Attendees can 
explore various areas of 
culinary history through 
eatery guidebooks, 
letters and menus.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher 
Graduate Library, floor 2

Instagram 
contest

WHAT: Students can enter 
their student organization 
for a chance to win prizes 
by subbmitting photos via 
e-mail or on Instagram.
WHO: Center for 
Campus Involvement
WHEN: Beginning 
all day today
WHERE: Online

Recitalists 
talk-back

WHAT: World renowned 
recialists will gather for 
a Q&A followed by the 
UMS presentations of 
“What’s in a Song.”
WHO: School of Music, 
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 4:30 p.m. 
to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Stamps 
Auditorium

Soviet Poster 
Exhibit

WHAT: UMMA’s 
exhibition “Soviet 
Constructivist Posters: 
Branding the New Order” 
features posters from films 
from the ealy Soviet Union.
WHO: University of 
Michigan Museum of Art 
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: UMMA

Ballroom 
dance lessons

WHAT: The Michigan 
Ballroom Dance team 
is offering lessons with 
no partner or privious 
experience necessary, 
along with showcases 
from their dancers.
WHO: Michigan 
Ballroom Dance Team
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: The Union

Lawsuit filed against A2 

over deer cull resolution 

Plaintiffs say 

management plan 
is unconsitutional, 
lacks legitimacy 

By MARLEE BREAKSTONE

Daily Staff Reporter

Ann Arbor residents opposing 

an impending deer cull are turn-
ing to the federal courts in an 
effort to halt the planned shoot-
ing of part of Ann Arbor’s deer 
population.

Ann Arbor Residents for Pub-

lic Safety, a group that has led 
several protests against the cull, 
filed a 97-page lawsuit against 
the city earlier this week.

A comprehensive list of city, 

state and federal officials the 
group considers responsible for 
the cull were named as respon-
dents to the suit, including Ann 
Arbor Mayor Chris Taylor and 
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R).

In September, City Council 

voted 8-1 to approve a deer cull 
as a way to manage the city’s 
growing deer population. The 
city has hired U.S. Department 
of Agriculture sharpshooters to 
kill up to 100 deer in response to 
complaints about the size of the 
deer population in the city.

The cull is scheduled to start 

as early as 4 p.m. Wednesday and 
will continue through January 
and February. Nearly two-doz-
en designated parks and nature 
areas will be closed from 4 p.m. 
to 7 a.m. on weekdays during the 
cull. The USDA intends to shoot 
the deer from inside vehicles. No 
University property is included 
in the designated sites for the 
cull.

“The Deer Management Plan 

is not supported by competent 
data, rationale or argument, and 
an urban cull such as that pro-
posed is unprecedented in Mich-
igan and the United States,” the 
suit argues. “The claim addition-
ally states the defendants have 
not established the existence of 
any legitimate deer overpopula-
tion problem in reality in Ann 
Arbor.”

Ann Arbor currently has 

about 15-20 deer per square mile, 
which the suit claims to be the 
amount recommended by Michi-
gan Natural Features Inventory 
biologists to promote the eco-
logical health and functioning of 
natural communities.

In an interview with the Daily 

in December, protestor Kath-
leen Amaru Titus said she was 
opposed to the cull because she 
felt the city was not working 
with the proper channels on the 

issue, such as the Humane Soci-
ety. She said it was important for 
people in the area to get involved 
in the politics of the situation.

“We felt there ought to be a 

vote. A lot of people don’t know 
about the deer cull,” Titus said. 
“It’s going to horrify a lot of peo-
ple. There might be some serious 
accidents and violence.”

Most of the plaintiffs are Ann 

Arbor residents from the north 
and east sides of the city. Some 
live close to parks and other 
areas scheduled for the cull.

In the lawsuit, they express 

concerns including fear for their, 
their neighbors and their pets 
safety and also “loss of enjoy-
ment and comfort of natural 
resources to which they are 
unquestionably entitled without 
impairment.”

The suit also notes that nei-

ther the United States, the state 
of Michigan or the city of Ann 
Arbor has publically stated that 
it would stand as financially 
responsible in the event of any 
injury, death or damage caused 
by the cull.

The city has expressed repeat-

edly that they feel the cull is safe 
for residents, and followed the 
correct process.

Councilmembers who voted 

for the cull have continued to 

AMANDA ALLEN/Daily

Barry Powers, Attorney at Law and representative of plaintiffs against the deer cull resolution, speaks to city council 
members at an Ann Arbor City Council meeting at 220 N. Main St. on Monday.

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supported the administration’s 
decision, he emphasized that the 
driving force behind the change 
was student activism.

“For the University to follow 

through on that demand is a wel-
comed development, but I also 
think that this is an example of 
how student activism works,” 
McCoy said. “If it weren’t for the 
years of student activists, I don’t 
think this would’ve happened.”

Echoing McCoy’s sentiment, 

Elizabeth James, a Department 
of Afroamerican and African 
Studies program associate and 
adviser to the Black Student 
Union, expressed feelings of 
relief and joy in response to the 
approval. She also highlighted 
the symbolic nature of the relo-
cation, seeing it as representative 
of the University community’s 
commitment to diversity.

“By relocating the new Trot-

ter to the heart of central cam-
pus, we are saying that we 
want everyone to feel this is an 
inclusive campus and that this 
is a University that will provide 
a welcoming environment for 

all of our students, regardless 
of race, creed or color,” James 
wrote in an e-mail to the Daily.

However, while many com-

munity members commend the 
development, others have hesi-
tated in supporting the reloca-
tion.

Rackham student Pete Havi-

land-Eduah, vice president of 
Students of Color of Rackham, 
said though he is in favor of the 
relocation, he has reservations 
about how the project will be 
executed. 

“We’ll also see how the new 

space 
works 
functionally. 
I 

would hate to see it be a space 
that’s not necessarily as func-
tional for what it was meant to 
serve,” Haviland-Eduah said. 
“With any type of move, there’s 
always room for negative impact 
to happen, and I hope that’s min-
imized if it exists at all.”

In recent months, other stu-

dents have voiced concerns over 
the relocation of Trotter as well. 
During a September forum at 
Trotter, Rackham student Asya 
Harrison, secretary of Students 
of Color of Rackham, told E. 
Royster Harper, the University’s 
vice president for student life, 
that moving the center to Cen-

tral Campus would threaten its 
quiet atmosphere and separation 
from the stresses of classes and 
schoolwork.

At the meeting, LSA senior 

Bree Sullivan expressed unease 
regarding the move as well, 
highlighting the history and 
importance of the current build-
ing. She noted that the facility 
has served as a home for under-
represented minorities, and she 
worried that the space may not 
feel as safe on Central Campus.

“This is a lot of history, this 

building,” she said. “I want it, 
and I want future generations to 
have it.”

Former BSU Treasurer Rob-

ert Greenfield said he hopes the 
new center will have designated 
spaces for Black students on 
campus as well as students of 
other identities.

“I really hope they don’t mini-

mize the identities of other cul-
tures,” Greenfield said.

He added that he hopes the 

new multicultural center will be 
named after someone who is rep-
resentative of the ongoing cam-
pus struggle to improve diversity 
and inclusion.

“Already 
on 
campus 
we 

have a lot of buildings that are 
named after a lot of people who, 
although their accomplishments 
with regards to the University 
were great, were very racist 
people,” he said. “I don’t want 
it to be named after a past presi-
dent of the University from the 
late 1800s. I want it to be named 
after someone that’s representa-
tive of this newfound struggle 
that minority students have on 
campus.”

Regardless of the mixed feel-

ings surrounding the move, for 
some, the relocation of Trotter 
signifies the beginning of a new 
chapter at the University that 
will affect future Wolverines. 
Kinesiology senior Cap Kend-
all, BSU speaker, said she was 
pleased with the relocation of 
the Trotter center despite the 
fact that she won’t be able to take 
advantage of the new center her-
self.

“Though I won’t be here to 

experience it, I am comforted 
with the notion that countless 
numbers of my peers and I have 
done something that I hope will 
change the experience of genera-
tions to come,” Kendall said.

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