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Security secretary
talks prejudice
in response to
terrorism
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
DEARBORN
—
Department
of Homeland Security Secretary
Jeh
Johnson
stopped
at
the
University’s
Dearborn
campus
Wednesday as part of a nationwide
tour emphasizing the importance
of combating prejudices against
the Muslim community and taking
action in response to terrorism.
The tour was part of the “If You
See Something Say Something”
campaign, which aims to raise
public
awareness
of
possible
indicators of terrorism and, increase
understanding of when and how
to report suspicious activity to the
proper authorities.
Speaking
to
combatting
terrorism, Johnson highlighted the
importance of developing a strong
and positive relationship between
various communities, specifically in
order to avoid isolating the Muslim
community.
“Part of my message is, now more
than ever given the nature of what
we see, it is critical that we build
bridges to Muslim communities
around this country,” he said.
“The answer cannot be to vilify
the Muslim Americans in this
country.”
Over 40 percent of Dearborn’s
population is Muslim, and hundreds
of U-M Dearborn students gathered
to hear Johnson speak Wednesday.
Student leaders also met with
Johnson prior to the event.
He
noted
that
combatting
terrorism remained a core focus of
DHS — the department was initially
formed after the 2001 terrorist
attacks on New York to increase
coordination and national security.
Johnson
also
discussed
undocumented immigrants, saying
the Obama administration believed
a solution to the large influx of
immigrants from Central America
can be found by approaching
immigration as a refugee issue.
“Immigration is probably the
most emotional subject I have dealt
with as a public servant,” he said.
“We in our administration regard
the problem of families fleeing
Central America essentially as
a refugees problem. We want to
Though Michigan
reports no cases of
the virus, profits
down nationwide
By BECCA SOLBERG
Daily Staff Reporter
In 2015, the lack of queso as
a menu option wasn’t the only
reason people were not eating
at Chipotle.
From October to December,
53 people in nine states were
affected by an E. coli outbreak
in
Chipotle’s
food.
While
the source of the outbreak
still hasn’t been determined,
Chipotle has since increased
food
preparation
safety
measures in the hopes of
preventing further outbreaks.
No
Chipotle
outlets
in
Michigan have reported E. coli
outbreaks.
“The
silver
lining
of
not knowing is that it has
prompted us to look at every
ingredient we use with an
eye to improving food safety
and handling practices for all
ingredients on an ingredient-
by-ingredient
basis,”
said
Chris
Arnold,
Chipotle’s
executive
communications
director.
Engineering
senior
Jake
Fratkin,
president
of
the
Food
Industry
Student
Association, said he’s noticed
a decline in people going to
the restaurants. He said he
thinks the outbreak was an
unfortunate
combination
of bad luck and failures in
testing, noting the variability
of the food industry in terms
of how certain crops are raised
each year.
“I have a lot of respect for
what Chipotle does and how
they operate,” he said. “So it is
kind of sad for me to suddenly
see people not going there, but
it is their fault because you
need to be super careful with
Scholar discusses
history of exhibits,
importance of
storytelling
By MARGOT SHERIDAN
For the Daily
Wednesday night, a crowd
gathered at the University
of
Michigan
Musuem
of
Art to hear curator Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
discuss the creation of the
POLIN
Museum
of
the
History of Polish Jews.
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is a
scholar of performance and
Jewish studies as well as a
published author and curator
of the POLIN Museum. Born
in Canada during World War
II to Jewish immigrants from
Poland, she has dedicated her
life to the history of museums
and to the heritage of the
Jewish community in Poland.
A few members of the
audience
had
visited
the
museum in the past; however,
many said they were there to
learn more about it.
The idea for the museum
emerged in 1993, and was
founded by the Association
of
the
Jewish
Historical
Institute
of
Poland,
a
famous
non-governmental
Researchers develop
understanding of X
chromosome
By SANJAY REDDY
Daily Staff Reporter
For
many
years,
scientists
thought
they
understood
the
inactivity of X chromosomes in
females. However, new University
research
challenges
previous
assumptions and could lead to new
avenues for treating diseases tied to
the chromosome.
Females
have
two
X
chromosomes, while men have
one X chromosome and one Y
chromosome. As a result, one of
the X chromosomes in women
is randomly inactivated in order
to
balance
gene
expression.
Chromosomes contain DNA, the
instructions for how the body
functions.
In a paper recently published
in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, University
Alicia Garza comments
on the future of the civil
rights movement in speech
at Hill
By MEGAN DOYLE
Daily Staff Reporter
The bitter cold and snow did not deter
nearly 600 students from gathering in the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theater Wednesday
evening to hear from Alicia Garza, a
prominent social activist and a co-founder
of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The event served to kick off the
University’s 30th annual Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium that
takes place in the days leading up to and on
the holiday commemorating the revered
civil rights activist.
Garza said she wanted to structure
her speech as a conversation, which the
audience responded to by punctuating her
words with appreciative snaps and words
of agreement.
“Being Black is a crime,” Garza said. “I’ll
say that again. In this country today, it’s
safe to say that being Black in the United
States is a crime — meaning shoot first, ask
questions later.”
The Black Lives Matter movement began
with a 2013 social media post expressing
Garza’s anger over George Zimmerman’s
acquittal. Zimmerman, who was on trial
for the shooting death of Black teenager
Trayvon Martin, was acquitted after
pleading not guilty by self-defense.
She ended her post with the phrase
“Our Lives
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, speaks about changing society to celebrate the contributions of all individuals at the Michigan League
Wednesday.
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, chief curator of the Core Exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish
Jews, discusses how the museum honors those who died by remembering how they lived in UMMA Wednesday.
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See DEARBORN, Page 3A
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GOVERNMENT
Black Lives Matter founder
encourages social activism
Genetics
study could
lead to new
treatments
Mixed response
at ‘U’ to Chipotle
E. coli outbreaks
POLIN museum curator
emphasizes Jewish culture
SCIENCE
BUSINESS
DHS Sec.
speaks at
Dearborn
campus
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