9 5 7 3 1 9 7 2 3 1 5 8 9 2 3 4 1 8 2 5 7 9 4 3 4 SHARING CLOSE QUARTERS. puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 24, 2016 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEF ANDREW COHEN/Daily 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. 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One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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 l Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. 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.” FOLLOW US @MICHIGANDAILY University students recieve Fulbright awards DO YOU LIKE NEWS? WE DO TOO. JOIN US TODAY. CONTACT OUR STAFF AT NEWS@MICHIGANDAILY.COM