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ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily
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.
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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.
420 Maynard St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327
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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.
TROTTER
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