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WEATHER 
TOMORROW

HI: 40

LO: 24

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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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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