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2A — Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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Rackham student Niklas Tamm prefaces the U-M Choirs and
Symphony Orchestra performance of Brahms, Mahler and
Vaughan Williams with a a description of the story of the piece.
CL A SSIC CHOIR
Twenty-nine
University of Michigan
students received
Fulbright grants this
year — more Fulbright
scholars than any other
public university in the
United States — for the
third consecutive year,
according to a press
release.
Among both public
and private universities,
the University was
ranked only below
Harvard University,
which received 31
Fulbright grants.
The Fulbright
program provides
recipients the
opportunity to conduct
research, study or
teach English in over
140 countries for six to
12 months. Selection
is made based on the
applicant’s’ academic and
professional records as
well as on their academic
project proposals’
potential.
Proposed research
topics and travels for the
UM recipients vary. One
recipient, John Doering-
White, a social work
and anthropology Ph.D.
candidate, is researching
undocumented migrants
in Mexico. Another,
University alum Layne
Vandenberg is in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
researching how
2016 Olympic Games
preparations affect low-
income communities.
The U.S. Department
of State has sponsored
the Fulbright program
since 1946, with the aim
of increasing mutual
understanding and
appreciation between
different cultures. The
University was the
top public producer
of Fulbright scholars
nationwide in 2005, 2007,
2008 and 2010-2012.
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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
This
week,
the
Statement
magazine
celebrates the literary
arts on campus, with a
selection of student poetry
and prose.
>> SEE STATEMENT on 1B
2
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Cooking 101
WHAT: The Center for
Campus Involvement
will host a class on
how to make healthy
smoothies on the go.
Following the demos
prizes will be raffled off.
WHO: Center for
Campus Involvement
WHEN: 7 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Union,
Pendleton Room
A
federal
judge
determined that Hillary
Clinton
aides
will
be
questioned
under
oath, the Washington Post
reported.
They
will
be
questioned about using a
private e-mail server during
Clinton’s tenure as Secretary
of State.
1
CREES
lecture
WHAT: Guest lecturer
Zlatko Jovanovic will give
a lecture titled “Sarajevo,
My Dearest City, We Fixed
You for the Olympics,” on
representations of Sarajevo
from 1979-1987.
WHO: Center for East
European Studies
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building, room 1636
Kurdish
special
forces
announced
that they rescued a
Swedish
teenager
from ISIL, The New
York
Times
reported.
The
16-year-old
girl
from Boras was allegedly
mislead
by
an
ISIL
member to come to Iraq.
3
Love Your
Genes drive
WHAT: As part of Eating
Disorder Awareness
Week, the Body Peace
Corps will collect old
clothes to celebrate “all
bodies” by hanging up
the clothes on a line.
WHO: Body Peace Corps
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: West
Quadrangle, the Connector
Off-campus
housing fair
WHAT: The Off-Campus
Housing Fair will occur
in the Union. Come meet
property managers and
financial aid advisers.
WHO: Beyond the Diag
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: The Union,
Pendleton Room
Film and
lunch
WHAT: The Confucius
Institute will host a
film and lunch event.
They will be showing a
documentary created by
a University professor
titled “Chinese Minzu
Music and Dance.”
WHO: Confucius
Institute
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1
p.m.
WHERE: The League
Architecture
lecture
WHAT: Taubman will
host guest lecturer
Esra Akcan to present
a lecture on “Open
Architecture.”
WHO: Taubman College
of Architecture and
Urban Planning
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Art and
Architecture Building
Brown Bag
recital
WHAT: There will be a
30-minute organ solo.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 12:15 p.m.
WHERE: School of Public
Health Building
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error in the Daily
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Broadcasted
theatre
WHAT: “Les Liaisons
Dangereuses” will
be broadcasted live
from the National
Theatre in London.
WHO: University
Musical Society
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Theater
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Panel of experts on U.S. justice system discuss solutions
to long sentences, high incarceration rates for minorities
GREG GOSS /Dailly
Angie Martell, Washtenaw County public defender, facilitates a group discussion on national race issues and mass
incarceration at Hatcher Library’s Gallery Room.
Event features
presentations from
local activists, Ann
Arbor attorneys
By WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter
“Nobody
cares
about
prisoners, that’s how it is,”
Jalal Haidar, a sophomore in
the School of Nursing, said
Tuesday night to a packed
room in the Hatcher Gallery.
Haidar was one of dozens
of students who participated
in
a
dialogue
titled
#WhoWillBeNext: A Dialogue
on “The New Jim Crow Laws:
Mass Incarceration in the Age
of Colorblindness.” Hosted by
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs,
the dialogue focused on the
treatment
of
incarcerated
individuals and the effect it
has on society.
Participants
sat
around
six tables, which were filled
with University of Michigan
students,
community
organizers, lawyers and clergy
members, who each debated
issues
regarding
race
and
criminal justice.
The Michigan Daily was
asked
not
to
include
any
remarks made during table
discussions
at
the
event,
but did record speakers and
presenters.
During the event, Diane
Smalley, a local community
activist for female inmates,
shared stories of young Black
men and women being handed
half-life sentences for crimes
that she said they had clearly
atoned for before the end of
their sentences.
Smalley asked participants
to think about benefits from
mass incarceration.
“High incarceration means
high economic activity,” she
said.
She noted that contracts
given out by prisons to private
companies
for
prisoner
necessities
like
food
and
clothes can be huge sources
of income and employment for
those who benefit from the
process.
Iglesia Martell, an Ann Arbor
attorney,
echoed
Smalley’s
remarks and said individuals
who are incarcerated tend to
be from lower socioeconomic
backgrounds.
“Judges who have a different
life experience don’t really
understand poverty or what
really drives someone to be in
the wrong place at the wrong
time,” Martell said. “People
who are incarcerated tend
to be people who are more
disenfranchised, especially if
they can’t afford an attorney
and this tends to be people of
color.”
During
table
discussions
at the dialogue, participants
came to the consensus that
economic
incentives
to
perpetuate the system of mass
incarceration,
along
with
judges who do not empathize
with people of color, create a
system in which individuals
of color are assigned longer
prison terms.
Another participant raised
the point that some people
believe the U.S. is currently a
post-racial society, which in
turn contributes to racism in
the judicial system.
Maya Finoh, a professor
at
Brown
University,
said
though that view of the U.S.
was inaccurate, several recent
historical events — namely, the
election of President Barack
Obama as the first Black
president — could explain why
it exists.
“Just because Barack Obama
was elected does not mean we
are living in a post-racialized
society,” she said. “…I think
you could make the argument
that in 2015, we are living in
a more racist America than in
1955.”
After
discussing
the
perceived
issues,
the
conversation
turned
toward
potential
solutions.
Participants cited education
for the young and investment
in poorer areas in particular as
ways to reduce crime.
Smalley
pointed
to
restorative justice as a way to
improve the judicial system,
which is a method by which
prisoners contact the families
who were afflicted by their
crimes and apologize, showing
genuine remorse.
“It
forces
rehabilitating
criminals to reach out to the
family in such a way that the
family recognizes it,” she said.
After the event, Nursing
junior John Shaver said despite
the United States having the
highest
incarceration
rate
in the world, he hopes the
University will take a stronger
stand in helping to create a
judicial system that is not
critical of people of color.
“The incarceration system in
the U.S. has been unnecessarily
racialized and has seeked to
limit the opportunities of Black
and brown people,” he said.
“And I hope that the University
responds by making some sort
of an official stance against the
ways that the judicial system
has been prejudiced against
people of color.”
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