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LEFT: LSA senior Robin Griffin and
Art & Design graduate students Clara
McClenon and Jon Verney sign a
poster during CAPS Play Day, an event
designed to relieve stress, in Pierpont on
Wednesday. (SINDUJA KILARU/Daily)
RIGHT: Four-year-old Vre-ayj Williams
sips bottled water as Pastor Kenneth
L. Stewart preaches at the House of
Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in
Flint on Sunday. After normal services,
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary
Clinton spoke about the water crisis’s
effects on young children. (ALLISON
FARRAND/Daily)
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needs volunteers for services
to help distribute the water to
those who are unable to go to
pick up sites.
Clinton, who has a 16-month-
old daughter and is currently
pregnant with her second child,
said, as a mother, the plight of
Flint is particularly poignant,
as
she
could
not
imagine
seeing her child poisoned by
something citizens naturally
put their trust in.
“The idea that my child
could
have
been
poisoned
— that I could have lost my
child — I think that should be
inconceivable to any mother,”
she said. “I hope that you
wouldn’t have to be a mother to
feel the moral outrage of what
has happened.”
Over
the
past
months,
multiple
state
and
federal
efforts have been undertaken to
address the crisis, which began
began after the city switched
from Detroit city water to using
the Flint River as their primary
source. Following the switch in
April 2014, residents began to
notice a change in the water’s
quality as well as adverse
health affects like hair loss and
rotted teeth.
Most recently, Gov. Rick
Snyder (R) recently released
his budget proposal, which
allocates $195 million for Flint
aid.
According
to
Clinton,
Weaver said the proposal is a
start to address the crisis, but
more needs to be done. She
emphasized that the opinions
of the leaders in Flint are the
ones that need to be listened to.
“She
thinks
it’s
a
good
beginning but it’s not enough,”
Clinton said. “Mayor Weaver,
Dr. Mona, their opinions are
the ones that matter. The rest
of us should be following what
those on the front lines say they
need.”
Marcus
Eubanks,
a
UA
member, said he appreciates
Clinton’s efforts to help the
citizens of Flint.
“I thinks it’s cool,” he said.
“It’s even better to have people
come
out
and
show
their
support and show that they
can’t scoop this under the rug.
To have someone actually going
back for us, I think that’s cool.”
CLINTON
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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
At the Democratic debate
in
Milwaukee,
former
secretary of state Hillary
Clinton
defended
the
policies of President Obama’s
administration
and
criticized
Senator Bernie Sanders’ (D-Vt.)
disagreement.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Translate-a-
thon
WHAT: The University’s
library will invite all
Spanish and Quechua
speakers to translate the
testimonies of victims of
coerced sterilization of
Peurvian women.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad,
Language Resource
Center
Cultural history
of Japan
WHAT: This
interdisciplinary workshop
will look at the cultural
history of early Japan
and its storiography.
The workshop will look
at kodai in a new way.
WHO: Center for
Japanese Studies
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
League, Henderson Room
The 41-day occupation at
an Oregon federal wildlife
refuge ended on Thursday,
according to CNN. Before
the final four surrendered, federal
agends arrested Cliven Bundy,
the leader of the movement. The
other occupiers are in custody.
1
Language fair
WHAT: The Center for
Asian Language and
Cutlure will host a fair to
help enrich Asian languages
and understanding of
various aspects of Asian
culture. Theywill also
have traditional food
and performances.
WHO: Asian Language
and Cultures
WHEN: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Pond Room ABC
Oil prices dropped again
Thursday,
this
time
lowering prices to $27 a
barrel, The Wall Street
Journal reported. They steadied
at $26.21. The recent price
drops contributed to the profit
struggles of energy companies
and the new worries about
bankruptcies in the oil sector.
3
Digital
humanities
WHAT: This lecture will
look at digital humanities
and what this means for
scholarhsip. It will focus
on how to bridge different
areas in a public space.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Institute for
the Humanities Common
Room, 202 S. Thayer St.
Friday Flicks:
“Creed”
WHAT: This week’s
movie showing is
“Creed,” a movie about
boxer Apollo Creed. They
will be showing a pre-
release DVD copy and
providing popcorn.
WHO: Center for
Campus Involvement
WHEN: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union
Global ocean
circulation
WHAT: This lecture
will focus on global
ocean circulation —
particularly the southern
ocean and its effect in
topography.
WHO: Earth and
Environmental Sciences
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.
WHERE: Clarence Cook
Little Building, room 1528
Astronomy
open house
WHAT: The Student
Astronomical Society will
offer free planetarium
shows, observatory tours
and viewing through the
telescopes on the roof of
Angell Hall.
WHO: Department of
Astronomy
WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: Angell Hall,
room 5190
Real estate
modeling
training
WHAT: The Michigan
Real estate club will host a
financial modeling training
for those interested in real
estate and private equity.
WHO: Michigan
Real Estate Club
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Ross
School of Business
Savitch charged
for damages
caused at ski
resort last year
By CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
A fourth member of the
now-disbanded
fraternity
Sigma Alpha Mu has been
sentenced
due
to
actions
taken in the destruction of the
Treetops Resort in Gaylord
in 2015, according to a report
from
the
Gaylord
Herald
Times.
Benjamin
Savitch,
the
sentenced brother, admitted
to kicking out ceiling tiles
while the fraternity was at
the resort. The vandalism
at the resort, involving both
SAM and the Sigma Delta Tau
sorority from the University
of
Michigan,
caused
an
estimated over $400,000 in
damage during their January
ski trip. Savitch marks the
sixth SAM member to be
charged
by
prosecutors
for causing the damage at
Treetops, and the fourth to be
sentenced.
Savitch was sentenced for
a
misdemeanor
charge
of
malicious destruction of a
building of less than $200 on
Jan. 22. Savitch was given a
one-year probation, 100 hours
of community service, court
fines and a restitution costing
him up to $5,000. This number
has the potential to change
should
more
defendants
come forward and become
sentenced for their roles in the
destruction of the resort.
Prior
to
Savitch’s
sentencing,
University
alums
Daniel
Orleans,
Matthew Vlasic and Jesse
Krumholz
were
the
other
former members to receive
charges. All received similar
sentencing
of
community
service hours, court fines and
restitution charges.
Otsego County Prosecutor
Michael
Rola
plans
to
charge another member of
the fraternity according to
the Herald, but information
regarding their identity has
yet to be released. Treetops
has also filed a civil lawsuit
against SAM and SDT, seeking
wdefendants. The suit is still
pending.
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown,
understanding that if they
were in Mike Brown’s shoes,
media might use a certain kind
of portrait of them that fit into
this criminalized narrative,”
Neal said.
Amber Williams, primary
event organizer and Social
Work graduate student, said
#UMBlackout was conceived
as a space where community
organizers and scholars could
have an intellectual space cen-
tered around digital media
and its importance to current
Black activism. Williams said
the event was meant to address
both local and national issues
of inclusion, access, climate,
police brutality and violence
against the blackk LGBTQ
community.
“(#UMBlackout) is relevant
because of what you see hap-
pening on our own campus,”
Williams said. “It’s really a
response to what we see hap-
pening.”
Following Ned’s presenta-
tion, audience members broke
into
groups
for
workshop
sessions, one of which prac-
ticed creating a social justice
hashtag in response to a fic-
tional event.
Community organizer and
educator Zellie Imani, who
led the hashtag workshop,
discussed the importance of
the Black community’s online
presence and how collective
action online can’t be met
with police brutality as it can
in person.
“It doesn’t matter if you left
the hood per se,” Imani said.
“Black bodies are never safe
from state violence.”
In a talk later that day,
social activist Kim Katrin
Milan spoke about how the
Black community uses social
media as an outlet, and how
they find solace in an online
community. Milan mentioned
a tweet she saw on her feed
discussing the reality of Black
History Month as celebration
of Black firsts as merely being
an example of Black Ameri-
cans assimilating into white
spaces.
“We’ve been doctors for, I
don’t know, several thousand
years?” Milan said. “We’re not
new to this, you know? And
it’s really important that those
things are framed in that kind
of context.”
Milan said she felt relief
when she saw that tweet
because
it
expressed
how
she felt while being unable to
articulate the idea herself.
“It was only when I saw
this and read this when I was
like, ‘Right, you totally put
into words something that I’ve
been trying to express,’ ” she
said.
After the talk, participants
broke into groups for a second
round of workshops, including
a discussion focused on the
#BBUM movement and social
media’s role in Black activism
at the University.
History graduate student
Austin
McCoy
said
social
media was important for Black
students at the University to
engage with one another and
find support. This push online
eventually culminated in the
#BBUM movement.
“You can frame your issue
or build your narrative or tell
a story using social media,”
McCoy said. “Using social
media gives everyone a role to
play in your movement.”
LSA senior Rolly Abiola
said she wanted to attend
#UMBlackout
because
she
knew it would affirm her
intersectionality of identities.
“Going
to
school
here,
things can get very difficult,”
Abiola said. “I very rarely get
to attend events that affirm
vital aspects of my identity.”
Abiola said she would walk
away from the event feeling
she has the opportunity to live
a life true to herself, and she
hoped her peers would under-
stand that they are important
individuals.
“Their way of seeing them-
selves, their way of acting,
their way of behaving, their
way of moving is just as impor-
tant regardless of what any-
body says,” Abiola said.
Abiola added that she hopes
the University fosters an envi-
ronment where events like
#UMBlackout are more com-
mon and prominent.
“If you don’t give us space
to flourish, if the University
doesn’t take it upon them-
selves to create room for us,
they are stifling us,” she said.
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Fourth member of Sigma Alpha Mu
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