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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.
2

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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