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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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Candidate addresses
Flint, Detroit Public
Schools in final bid for
state’s votes
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
The Charles H. Wright Museum
of African American History in
Detroit was packed with 400
people on Monday for presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton’s last
rally before the March 8 Michigan
primary.
Michigan’s primary allocates
130 delegates, a significant amount
at this stage in the primary cycle.
Challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–
Vt.) held a rally the same evening
in the University of Michigan’s
Crisler Center.
Clinton
is
anticipated
to
win the Michigan primary by
a
20-point
margin
according
toRealClearPolitics.
During Monday’s rally, Clinton
avoided mention of her primary
rival and instead focused a series of
attacks on Republican frontrunner
Donald Trump — whose mention
resulted in a strong negative
reaction from the crowd.
Clinton
encouraged
her
supporters to vote for her Tuesday
so that she could secure the
nomination soon, allowing her to
focus on the eventual Republican
nominee instead of Sanders.
“We will not a let a person like
that become president of the United
States,” she said. “The sooner I
could become your nominee, the
more I can turn attention to the
Republicans.”
Prior to Clinton’s appearance,
the crowd heard from elected
officials
who
have
previously
endorsed her, including Detroit
Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Rep.
Debbie Dingell (D–Dearborn) and
Detroit City Council president
Brenda Jones.
Just before Clinton walked
onstage, overhead speakers also
played a message emphasizing
Hillary’s support for Flint, and
Clinton began her speech by
further acknowledging the crisis
and repeating her promise to stand
Presidential
hopeful draws
crowd of 5,700 day
before primary
By EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor
Supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie
Sanders
(D-Vt.)
filled
Crisler
Center Monday for the candidate’s
first visit to Ann Arbor: a “Get Out
To Vote” rally the day before the
Michigan primary.
The crowd began by chanting,
“Feel the Bern, Bernie will make it
easy to learn; Feel the Bern, Bernie
will make it free to learn.”
Sanders’ first visit to Michigan
was in February, when he held
a rally at Eastern Michigan
University in Ypsilanti.
“Words cannot describe how
excited I am,” said LSA sophomore
Nicholas Kolenda, president of
Students for Sanders, before the
rally. “We’ve been wanting him
to come here for months, and for
him to come here on Monday —
right before Michigan’s primary
tomorrow — we’re ecstatic. We’re
all ecstatic, so excited.”
The
student
organization
helped distribute posters and get
the crowd excited for the rally.
Choosing the University of
Michigan to host the rally in
particular may have been less about
politics as much as it was about
logistics: though the University’s
Spring Break was last week but
most colleges in the state including
Michigan State, Grand Valley State
University and Central Michigan
University, among others, do not
have class this week. The Sanders
campaign has relied on youth
voters throughout the primaries
thus far, and the Michigan primary
falling on many colleges’ Spring
Breaks could hurt the campaign on
Tuesday.
See RALLY, Page 3
See SANDERS, Page 3
ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) speaks in the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Monday.
OPINION
From the Daily:
Vote Clinton,
Kasich in Mich.
Conference will
incorporate open
dialogue on recaps of
panels, workshops
By ISOBEL FUTTER
Daily Staff Reporter
At its Monday meeting,
the
Senate
Advisory
Committee
on
University
Affairs discussed the Faculty
Governance
Conference
occurring next Monday and
Tuesday at the Michigan
League. The conference will
host
faculty
governances
from
universities
around
the country, including Big
Ten schools, the University
of Virginia, the University
of
North
Carolina,
the
University of California, Los
Angeles and the University of
California, Berkeley.
The conference, featuring
speakers,
panels
and
discussions
about
faculty
governance
around
the
country,
includes
keynote
speaker
Laura
Kipnis,
a
communications professor at
Northwestern University.
Last year, Kipnis published
an essay in the Chronicle
of
Higher
Education
about
student-faculty
relationships
that
drew
attention from Northwestern
administrators. The article
critiqued
Northwestern’s
policies regarding student-
faculty
relationships
and
sexual
misconduct,
citing a lawsuit between a
Northwestern
philosophy
professor and two students
who accused him of assault.
After a Title IX retaliation
complaint was filed against
Kipnis, alleging her piece
misstated facts and created
a hostile environment, the
university
subsequently
opened a formal investigation
into the incident. In May
2015, Kipnis was cleared in
the investigation, according
to The Washington Post.
SACUA
chair
Silke-
Maria Weineck, a professor
of
comparative
literature,
said she hopes a nationwide
consortium results from the
conference.
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
SACUA Chair Silke-Maria Weineck discusses the need for a Senate Assembly that is representative of the entire
university in the Fleming Building on Monday.
From THE MICHIGAN DAILY
The
Michigan
primary
elections bring four Republican
candidates and two Democratic
candidates to the ballot box.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.)
and Hillary Clinton have had
a strong presence in Michigan
this week. On Sunday night,
both debated in Flint, and
Monday, Bernie rallied students
in the Crisler Center while
Hillary
assembled
faithful
supporters in Detroit. Despite
Sanders’
inspiring
policy
agendas
and
Obama-esque
hope, it is with confidence that
The Michigan Daily Editorial
Board endorses Hillary Clinton
for the Democratic presidential
nominee.
Clinton is an experienced,
qualified and diplomatic leader.
She has served as a U.S. senator
from New York, the secretary
of state and as the first lady. As
secretary of state, she worked
on
global
policy
including
sanctions to Iran and a ceasefire
in Israel and supported Obama
in bringing Osama bin Laden
to justice. She may have proved
her preparedness for the job as
president Sunday evening in
her opening statement. Sanders
stated
that
Michigan
Gov.
Rick Snyder should resign and
Clinton followed, saying Snyder
should resign or be recalled,
but added discussion about
how Flint can get help now.
Clinton has the experience and
the expertise to implement the
changes cities like Flint need.
Furthermore,
having
a
woman as president has the
potential
to
fundamentally
change how our country views
women. This is certainly not
the only reason she should get
the female vote, but like Obama,
her position in the White House
will be condusive to social
progress. Clinton as president
could serve as a symbol for
how far women can go, setting
the stage for more female
leaders in the future. As with
every election, none of these
candidates are perfect. But we
are at an important stage in
our country’s history and it is
crucial to vote accordingly.
Sanders has created a rhetoric
surrounding college tuition that
is undeniably inspiring, calling
for free tuition at all public
universities. However, Clinton
has sturdy policies that address
student debt and hold colleges
and universities accountable
for making changes toward
affordability — policies that
are much more likely to gain
bipartisan support.
Sanders
also
speaks
passionately about big money
in
elections
and
essential
campaign
finance
reform.
Though change in this area is a
noble goal, it’s far from the most
important thing voters should
consider in casting their vote
during primaries. Yes, Clinton’s
top donors are huge companies
that represent big business
interests — interests that do
not align with ours. But the fact
still remains that Clinton has
the social stances and support
from industries to make a real
change.
See CLINTON, Page 4
See SACUA, Page 2
Legislation
proposes lesser
consequences for
first-time offenders
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
A Michigan Senate bill aiming to
reduce the severity of consequences
for minor in possession of alcohol
charges passed the state Senate
Mar. 3, moving to the state House.
The bill, introduced by state
Sen. Rick Jones (R — Grand
Ledge) last May, aims to address
the issue of underage drinking by
changing first-offense MIPs from
a misdemeanor to a civil infraction.
If passed, only after the first offense
will a minor in possession charge
become a misdemeanor, decreasing
consequences for minors found in
possession of alcohol.
Opposition to the bill thus far has
been limited — it was passed with
opposition from just two senators.
In an interview with The
Michigan Daily, Jones said he
initiated the bill because he was
contacted by numerous parents
who were upset about their children
receiving misdemeanor charges.
Jones said the charges typically
resulted from minors being found
in possession of one beer, but in
many cases students also had
been confronted by a University
of Michigan police officer who
asked them to take a breathalyzer.
Regardless of the level of alcohol
present, police would then issue
students a ticket and charge them
See MIP, Page 3
ELECTION
Clinton fills
Detroit rally
in advance
of primary
At Crisler Center, Sanders
touts tuition-free college
SACUA finalizes plans for
faculty governance forum
GOVERNMENT
State Senate
passes bill to
change MIP
regulations
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