was conducted before results from 
New Hampshire, where Kasich 
pulled in 15.8 percent of the vote 
and bested Florida senator Marco 
Rubio and Texas senator Ted Cruz 
for the second place spot behind 
Trump. Kasich is polling at 4.7 
percent nationally, according to an 
average of recent polls compiled 
by RealClearPolitics.

With the Michigan trip, Kasich 

is mirroring a strategy employed 
during the earliest portion of 
the primary season, in which he 
skipped out on Iowa and its more 
conservative, Evangelical elector-
ate to hold hundreds of town halls 
in the Granite State.

“We have to do really, really 

well in this state, I mean — or I 
have to roll up the carpets and go 
back,” he told a crowd Monday in 
Allendale, home of GVSU. 

Aaron Kall, director of the 

University’s debate team and an 
expert in election politics, said 
Kasich will likely count on Michi-
gan, Ohio’s neighbor to the north, 
to carry him through to his home 
state’s primary the following 
week.

“If he can have a surprise sec-

ond place showing here, that 
would really give him momentum 
going into Ohio, the real prize for 
him,” he said.

According to Kall, Kasich will 

likely concentrate his efforts in 
college towns, Metro Detroit and 
Grand Rapids — places with more 
traditional, moderate Republi-
cans less influenced by Tea Party 
leanings. The Ohio governor has 
emphasized his willingness to 
stray from the party line — telling 
the crowd at Michigan State that 
there is no question that humans 
contribute to global warming 
and that people should accept the 
Supreme Court’s ruling on same-
sex marriage — but also thanked 
the student-heavy crowd for com-
ing, though he wasn’t “giving away 
free college” as Sen. Bernie Sand-
ers (D–Vt.) has proposed.

In Livonia, Kasich also broke 

with the party line in emphasiz-
ing the challenges inherent in 
repealing the Affordable Care Act, 
recalling a woman from Maine 
who told him she spent her whole 
life trying to get health insurance 
until ObamaCare was passed. 
Kasich was one of several Repub-
lican governors, a group that also 
included Michigan Gov. Rick 
Snyder (R), to adopt a Medicare 
expansion in his state through the 
Affordable Care Act.

On Tuesday, he also fielded a 

question from the audience relat-
ed to research funding. He said 
increasing research dollars for 
institutions like the National Insti-
tutes of Health would be a priority, 
and can be done even while curb-
ing the country’s spending overall.

During Tuesday’s event, Kasich 

repeated a family history he often 
shares at town hall events — tell-
ing the crowd that his father was 
a mailman and his grandfather a 
coal miner. That’s a narrative that 
could resonate with blue-collar 
workers in Rust Belt states like 
Michigan.

Steven Gould, a real estate 

developer from Plymouth who 
attended Tuesday’s town hall in 
Livonia, said Kasich reminds him 
of another Midwestern governor: 
Michigan’s Snyder.

“What I mean by that is they’re 

common sense Republicans, and 
they’re administrators,” he said. 
“What they’re doing right now in 
both Ohio and in Michigan is they 
look at our budgets somewhat 
like a business person does over a 
politician, and they prioritize their 
spending. I don’t have a problem 
with compromise. I have a prob-
lem with nothing getting done.”

When it comes to the Flint 

water crisis, Kasich has avoided 
criticism of Snyder but has been 
more vocal about the issue com-
pared to most of the GOP field, 
citing his own experience dealing 
with water contamination in Ohio. 
During a rally in East Lansing, 
Kasich called for increased invest-
ment in infrastructure and tough-
er federal regulations regarding 
how the public is notified of drink-
ing water contamination, though 
he defended Snyder’s response to 
the crisis.

“What I will say is I think 

Snyder’s probably working day 
and night, and probably not even 
sleeping, trying to get on top of 
the whole thing and fix it, but it is 
a challenge. Water is important. 
Clean water is important.”

Throughout Tuesday’s event, 

Kasich kept to his pledge to run a 
positive campaign and declined 
to bash any of the other contend-
ers in the race — Republican or 
Democrat — as is custom at most 
campaign stops.

“There are so many different 

ways the things that the Lord has 
given us can be used to heal this 
world,” he said. “And when we 
think that way, and we go that 
way, and we stop screaming at one 
another because you watch Fox 
News and you watch MSNBC, I 
wear red and you wear blue, you 
know what, we’re all Americans.”

in 
“yearlong 
conversation 

about transformation and its 
histories, politics, aesthetics, 
and 
social 
practices,” 

according to organizers at the 
Institute of Humanities. 

In her lecture, Stryker said 

the anti-trans protests of 1973 
symbolized a reversal of the 
direction things had been 
going 
for 
the 
movements, 

noting that American society 
post-World War II seemed 
especially 
hospitable 
to 

emergent forms of personal 
identity. 

Stryker 
then 
chronicled 

the events of 1973 she thought 
were responsible for the gay 
and feminist abandonment of 
the trans community.

Principle among her list of 

events were the Roe v. Wade 
decision, 
the 
Paris 
Peace 

Accords — which ended U.S. 
involvement in Vietnam — 
and the declassification of 
homosexuality in the DSM.

Although she acknowledged 

the Roe v. Wade decision was 
a victory for women’s right 
to choose, Stryker said the 
case was argued on narrow 
grounds of a liberal right 
to privacy, rather than the 
more fundamental right to 
reproductive autonomy and 
freedom.

“Without 
the 
war 
to 

provide 
a 
common 
focus 

for leftist, third-world and 
countercultural 
activism, 

oppositional 
movements 

began to fracture,” Stryker 
added. 

As well, with the end of 

the Vietnam War and thus 
the end of the draft, gay and 
countercultural men who had 
formerly embraced.

“Personal forms of anti-

masculine 
counter-conduct” 

instead adopted “macho styles 
that are more consonant with 
conventional 
masculinity,” 

she said. 

And although the removal of 

homosexuality from the DSM 
was certainly a victory for 
gay liberation, Stryker said, it 
allowed the gay community, 
now incorporated to a greater 
degree into society, to view 
the trans community as other. 

The anti-trans sentiment 

in 
the 
gay 
and 
feminist 

communities 
wasn’t 

universal, Stryker said, but 
where it did exist, it took an 
intolerant 
tone. 
Speaking 

about trans activist Sylvia 
Rivera’s criticism of the gay 
community during the famous 
Gay Pride Rally in 1973 and its 
harsh reception, Stryker said 
a significant faction within 
the conference viewed trans 
women’s 
existence 
as 
the 

exploitation of women. 

She ended the lecture on 

a hopeful note, pushing her 
audience to take action. 

“We 
can’t 
undo 
the 

decades of estrangement that 
characterized the relationship 
between trans, feminist and 
gay politics,” she said. “But 
we have the materials for 
imagining a counter-history 
at a time when transgender 
issues are now experiencing 
unprecedented 
levels 
of 

visibility. We have a chance 
now, if we are willing to 
embrace it, to reactivate the 
best impulses of that earlier 
time, and bring those visions 
to bear our actions today,” she 
said. 

LSA senior Ashley Burnside 

said she enjoyed the event, 
saying it gave her a better 
perspective of historical anti-
trans movements.

“I 
enjoyed 
how 
she 

incorporated 
the 
video 
of 

Sylvia Rivera’s speech and the 
counter-speech,” 
Burnside 

said. 
“I 
had 
seen 
Sylvia 

Rivera’s speech but not the 
one that went after her, and 
I thought that was really 
interesting to see them both 
together like that and to hear 
her (Stryker’s) response to the 
two speeches.

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just the consequence for you, but 
the consequences of spreading the 
virus,” Eisenberg said.

He added that Michigan is less 

at risk for spreading the virus than 
warmer areas of the United States 
because mosquitoes carrying the 
virus tend to frequent areas with 
consistently warmer climates.

LSA sophomore Jacob Meyers, 

who will be traveling to Cabo San 
Lucas, Mexico for Spring Break, 
said after skimming the Universi-
ty’s travel warning, he appreciated 
that the University is warning stu-

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second way can be food-related, 
and symptoms usually occur six to 
10 hours within consumption. The 
third potential cause is from germs 
that are alive inside some kind of 
food — things like E. coli and Sal-
monella.”

The Office of Public Affairs, 

University Housing and the Uni-
versity Health Service state that 
there is no determination on the 
cause of the vomiting and diar-
rhea outbreak that has occurred 
on campus.

The dining halls also reported 

no absences of their student staff.

Some students affected by the 

illness have turned to social media 
outlets like Twitter and Yik Yak to 
voice their concerns and frustra-
tions, in several cases drawing a 
response from University Dining’s 
Twitter. 

Though the source of the out-

break is still unknown, students 
 

said they believe it has been caused 
by food in South Quad dining.

LSA freshman Sean Lang, said 

he believed he was experiencing 
food poisoning. 

“Yesterday all I had to eat was 

a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats 
before my 9 a.m.,” Lang said. 
“Later, I ate at SQuad again, and I 
got a stomach ache around six and 
things went downhill from there. 
I got a pretty bad headache and 
began having diarrhea, and then 
around 11 at night I puked, but only 
once — other people I’ve spoken 
to have complained about puking 
through the night.” 

Amir Baghdadchi, the Univer-

sity 
Housing 
Communications 

director, siad they do not currently 
have any information on the mat-
ter other than the reports of illness 
in both students and faculty.

“At the moment there are 

reports across campus of both 
students and staff falling ill,” 
Baghdadchi said. “We’re work-
ing with University Health Ser-
vice to both treat the students 
and ascertain what the cause is. 
We have no information that sug-
gests that food poisoning is the 
case at this moment. We in Uni-
versity Housing don’t have infor-
mation about it.”

Resident of South Quad Johnny 

Goldenberg, LSA freshman, said 
in an interview he was surprised 
by the Unviersity’s decison not to 
notify residents immediately, not-
ing that several resident advisors 
said they were notified. 

“It’s wrong to try to cover it up 

and not warn students whatso-
ever,” he said.

Goldenberg added he feels the 

University did not acknowledge 
the situation, possibly contribut-
ing to the spread of a potential 
virus. 

“It’s just weird because if 

people went the hospital last 
night, people have been eating 
the entire day (at South Quad) 
and even if it’s gone, they could 
at least be like ‘some of these 
foods might have stuff in them be 
careful’ but there was nothing,” 
Goldenberg. “And a lot of people 
are really mad about this. In my 
opinion it’s really a mishandling 
of the situation. Because people 
have finals too, like people can-
not get sick right now and people 
are barfing their brains out.” 

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Councilmember Kirk Westphal (D-Ward 2) listens to community members at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting at 
Larcom City Hall on Tuesday.

information regarding legal and 
financial resources on and off 
campus.

According to the resolution, 

the responsibility for the mainte-
nance of the guide would either 
fall under the duties of Campus 
Inclusion Commission chair or 
to someone else to be appointed 
to the body at a later date.

Another 
resolution 
passed 

Tuesday night to partner with 
the Office of Greek Life for a 
diversity, equity and inclusion 
symposium to take place on 
March 28. The resolution states 
that CSG will co-sponsor the 
symposium and host Jasmine 
Rand — the attorney who rep-
resented the Trayvon Martin’s 
family — to speak on the topic of 
diversity, equity and inclusion on 
college campuses.

Confirmations
Four 
LSA 
representatives 

were confirmed to the assembly’s 
legislative branch at Tuesday’s 
meeting. Freshman Michael Sac-
chetti, freshman Allison Tuohy, 
sophomore Dylan Bennett and 
sophomore Craig Motola were all 
officially added to the assembly.

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since Aug. 1, 2015, after the 
retirement of previous Police 
Chief John Seto. Seto had been 
with the AAPD for 25 years and 
transferred to a position in the 
University Housing Security 
and Safety Services in May 
2015.

Baird’s 
appointment 

was 
well 
received 
among 

the 
councilmembers. 
Jack 

Eaton (D–Ward 4), who had 
expressed support for White, 
embraced Baird’s appointment 
and 
stressed 
that 
Baird 

deserved unanimous support 
from Council.

“James 
Baird 
is 
a 
very 

capable professional of the 
highest integrity,” Eaton said.

Julie Grand (D–Ward 3) 

praised Baird’s patience and 
dedication throughout the long 
process, noting she appreciated 
his constant thoughtfulness 
and responsiveness.

“After everything, he still 

remains committed to Ann 
Arbor,” Grand said.

Councilmember 
Chuck 

Warpehoski 
(D–Ward 
5) 

expressed 
confidence 
in 

Baird’s capability as police 
chief, pointing to an interview 
between the appointee and 
councilmembers during which 
Baird 
discussed 
addressing 

biases in police training.

Baird became deputy police 

chief in 2013 and has held 

other 
positions 
throughout 

his 23-year career with the 
AAPD, including professional 
standards lieutenant and crisis 
response unit sergeant.

Also discussed at Tuesday’s 

meeting was the topic of Ann 
Arbor’s deer cull, which has 
been an ongoing controversy 
in the city in recent months. 
Several speakers at the meeting 
charged that the decision to 
carry out the cull was based 
on 
little 
statistically 
valid 

evidence.

Lorraine Shapiro, Ann Arbor 

resident, cited a Feb. 1 post on 
the city website that said a deer 
management assessment report 
will be conducted in May, 
which will include results from 
an Ann Arbor City Hall survey. 
Shapiro 
expressed 
concern, 

pointing to a prior 2014-2015 
survey which showed support 
for the cull that she said was 
flawed and biased.

Shapiro alleged that the 

survey was taken by less than 
0.4 percent of the Ann Arbor 
population, citing a sample 
bias. She also claimed three 
questions began with a pro-cull 
statements.

Challenging 

councilmembers to be more 
transparent about the purposes 
and 
motivations 
behind 

surveys, she said she expects 
them to include all stakeholders 
in a statistically valid, unbiased 
survey during the next round of 
data collection.

“Let’s do a statistically valid 

survey this time,” Shapiro said. 
“Let’s have no more garbage in, 
garbage out.”

Audience members carrying 

signs reading “Stop the shoot” 
and “Save the deer” applauded 
and cheered, “Stop the shoot.” 
during remarks.

Grant Shafer, Ann Arbor 

resident, 
was 
also 
among 

the residents who expressed 
disapproval toward the deer 
cull. He suggested that the 
USDA 
Wildlife 
Services 

violated the terms of their 
permit, citing a story of a 
resident who reported a deer 
shot outside the permit period. 
He also called for another 
investigation into poaching in a 
unspecified densely populated 
neighborhood, 
saying 
that 

either Wildlife Services or 
poachers fail to clean up the 
deer remains.

Other sanitation concerns 

about the cull were brought 
up at Tuesday’s meeting. One 
resident said he was worried 
that the bullets used to kill 
the deer would contaminate 
potential meat sources used in 
food pantries.

The 
city’s 
agreement 

with 
Food 
Gatherers 
is 
a 

requirement for the city’s deer 
cull 
permit, 
and 
Michigan 

Radio reported the president of 
Food Gatherers, Eileen Spring, 
is certain the deer meat will 
uphold food safety regulations. 

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dents about the virus.

“I kind of just hope it won’t 

really affect me, but obviously 
I’m aware of it now, which I think 
is good,” Meyers said. “So if any-
thing weird goes on, or people 
get sick or something, obviously 
I’ll be more careful, but I’m not 
too concerned about it.” 

Despite the warnings from 

the University, some students 
planning travel to the area have 
expressed their skepticism.

Meyers noted that as most 

Zika virus warnings focus on 
women who are currently or 

are planning to become preg-
nant, he felt it did not necessar-
ily apply to him.

LSA sophomore Zac Vogt, 

who will be going on a Carib-
bean cruise for Spring Break, 
echoed 
Meyers’ 
sentiment 

about the travel warnings. He 
said he did not read the Uni-
versity’s e-mail containing the 
travel warnings, though he has 
heard about Zika virus on the 
news.

“I’m not very concerned,” 

Vogt said. “It doesn’t affect me.”

