2A — Wednesday, January 6, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 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. 3 1 2 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 • Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com 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. 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The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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 From Page 1A See LAWSUIT, Page 3A