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KRISTINA PERKINS/Daily
Angela Davis, activist and recipient of UM Flint’s Winegarden
Visiting Professorship, addressed intersectional feminism at
the Riverfront Banquet Center in Flint, Michigan on Tuesday.
ACTIVISM OF DAVIS
A petition authored
by Wolverines for
Preferred Pronouns
urging the University
of Michigan to allow
students to indicate
their preferred pronoun
to professors is gaining
traction. The month-
old online letter,
addressed to University
Provost Martha Pollack
and Kedra Ishop,
associate vice president
for enrollment
management,
gained more than 50
supporters today.
“Currently, students
must reach out to their
professors and GSIs
on their own or risk
being misgendered in
the classroom,” the
petition reads. “This
can be a mentally
and emotionally
draining experience
for individuals who
constantly have to
inform or correct their
professors of their
identity.”
The petition advises
a space for students to
fill out their pronoun —
male, female or gender-
neutral — on Wolverine
Access, and that faculty
and staff be notified of
the student’s preference
on class rosters.
“Knowing the
pronouns of one’s
students is especially
important in small
lectures, discussion
sessions, and
language classes that
focus on classroom
conversation,” the
petition reads.
Authors also invoke
precedent at other
universities around the
country nothing that
institutions including
Harvard University
and the University
of California system
provide ways for
students to indicate
their pronoun of
choice when applying.
The University
garnered similar
attention in 2010 when
student government
passed a resolution
eliminating gender-
specific pronouns
from the Statement
of Student Rights and
Responsibilities.
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THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW TODAY
The Statement takes
a look at the ongoing
racial
divisions
in
Greek life at the Unversity, an
efforts to reform it.
>> SEE STATEMENT ON 1B
2
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Exhibition
released
WHAT: University prof.
Marianetta Porter will
talk about her current
exhibition, Color Code,
Conundrums and
Complexities. Porter will
also be signing copies.
WHO: GalleryDAAS
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Haven
Hall, room 4701
Former Toronto mayor
Rob Ford passed away
at age 46 on Tuesday,
The New York Times
reported. He was diagnosed
with malignant liposarcoma,
a form of cancer, in 2014.
He is most known in the
international community for
his drug and alcohol use.
1
LGBTQ STEM
panel
WHAT: Peers and faculty
members will gather
to discuss the fields in
STEM from a LGBTQ+
prespective.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Palmer
Commons, Great Lakes
Room
During
his
address
in
Cuba,
President
Barack Obama called
for the U.S. embargo
against the country to be
lifted, according to CNN. He
is the first sitting president
since 1959 to visit the country
and focused on change and
democracy in his remarks.
3
Heritage
reception
WHAT: Asian/Pacific
Islander American
Heritage Month
will start off with a
reception and a preview
of upcoming events.
WHO: Multi-Ethnic
Student Affairs
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham
Graduate School
Lecture on
music fest
WHAT: Professor Zhang
Wuyi will hold a lecture on
the uniqueness of the Midi
Music Festival in China, an
outdoor rock festival. The
Midi Music Festival stands
out with its innovative
performances.
WHO: Confucius Institute
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League,
Koessler Room
Armenian
opera lecture
WHAT: Speakers will
discuss the preservation of
Armenian classical operas
and their importance
to the international
community. Speakers
include Gerald Papasian.
WHO: Armenian
Studies Program
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham
Graduate School,
Amphitheater
OUTlist
mixer
WHAT: The Spectrum
Center will host a mixer
for students, faculty and
staff to learn more about
the OUTlist and to foster
professional relationships.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham
Graduate School
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Classical Indian
music concert
WHAT: Performance by
Indian classical musician Ravi
Shankar.
WHO: Michigan Union
Ticket Office
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Ark
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Vocal studio
recital
WHAT: Prof. Stephen
West’s students will
present two recitals
exhibiting the best of
their musical theatre
work from this year.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: 4:40 p.m.
WHERE: Walgreen
Drama Center, Stamps
Auditorum
KRISTINA PERKINS/Daily
University of Michigan alum Jordan Zielke discusses the creation of Golden Design Co.’s “Born in Detroit 1889” mural,
which he and his partner hand-painted on the side of Detroit’s Carhartt building.
CSG discusses
resolution to amend
current election
procedures
By MEHRUNISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Included
in
this
week’s
Central Student Government
positions
is
a
student
representative
seat
on
the
University
of
Michigan’s
Police Department Oversight
Committee, run through the
University’s Human Resources
Department and responsible
for monitoring the University’s
police response to disturbances
on campus.
The
creation
of
the
committee is mandated by state
law, adhering to Act 120 of the
Public Acts of 1990 of the State
of Michigan. The committee
considers
complaints
against
the
University’s
police department, and also
recommends
changes
and
disciplinary measuring to the
Division of Public Safety and
Security.
It is made up of six members:
two students, one of which
will be voted in this week, as
well as two faculty members
and two staff members. The
other student position will be
filled in the next CSG election.
The current student positions
are held by Business senior
Jacob Glinke, who is rotating
off after this election, and LSA
sophomore
Lisa
Pomerantz.
Students
hold
ex-officio
positions, and cannot vote —
they run for one year-long term
on the committee, as opposed
to faculty and staff, which both
run for two terms.
Two candidates are running
for this seat, one from Your
Michigan
and
one
from
newMICH — though this may
be the last year that candidates
have affiliation with parties.
Public Policy sophomore Jacob
Pearlman, CSG Student General
Counsel, put forth a resolution
the the assembly at Tuesday’s
CSG meeting clarifying that for
next year’s election, candidates
will have to run independant
of a party. If passed, this
resolution would ban future
candidates from attaching to a
CSG platform.
LSA
sophomore
Olivia
Furano,
the
newMICH
candidate for the role, said she
thought the seat allows students
to have more communication
with
DPSS
to
clear
any
confusion
about
on-campus
rules regarding issues such
as alcohol, drugs and sexual
misconduct.
“I think that the committee is
important,” she said “Especially
for first-year students, there’s
a lot of confusion about the
difference between University
of Michigan rules and Ann
Arbor police rules. There’s a
Jordan Zielke,
Kelly Golden use
education to start
business
By BRANDON SUMMERS-
MILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
Two University of Michigan
Art & Design graduates are
working to bring a unique
touch to sign-making in the
Motor City.
Jordan Zielke and Kelly
Golden graduated from Stamps
School of Art & Design in
2009 and 2010 respectively,
and shortly after launched
the Golden Sign Company,
which provides hand-painted
signs for business throughout
Detroit.
Golden Sign Co. has painted
several prominent signs for
Detroit businesses including
Bobcat Bonnie’s in Corktown
and Carhartt’s flagship store
in Midtown, which is the
company’s largest project to
date, standing at three stories
tall and more than 200 feet
long.
Zielke said he and Golden
became interested in utilizing
their experiences learning art
at the University toward sign-
making after reading Sign
Painters, as well as watching
the film adaptation, which
explores the re-emerging hand
painted sign-making industry.
The first painter examined
in the book is Doc Guthrie,
whose
work
Zielke
said
influenced him, along with
Golden, to move to Los Angeles
and train directly under him
at the Los Angeles Trade
Technical College.
“We were reading that and
were like, ‘This is where we
gotta go,’ ” Zielke said. “It just
kind of clicked in my head
that if we were going to do it,
the best, fastest way to get
there would be to go to this
program.”
After completing a year
of
the
two-year
program,
Zielke and Golden launched
the Golden Sign Co. in 2014,
centering their operation in
the metro Detroit area.
Golden said they decided to
move to Detroit because the
city had earned a reputation
for its emerging art scene.
“It was discovered as this
place
of
opportunity
for
artists,” Golden said. “A lot of
young people started moving
from the suburbs and pursuing
all sorts of different things —
opening their own businesses
or any number of things, but
trying to contribute and help
Detroit in any way they could.”
Zielke and Golden noted
that
while
the
increased
gentrification
of
Detroit
neighborhoods
has
created
past tensions between current
residents and newcomers, they
said they have only had positive
experiences with their work
in the city and said Detroiters
have been welcoming.
One of Golden Sign Co.’s
projects was commissioned in
the city’s East English Village
neighborhood,
an
area
of
Detroit that hasn’t seen the
same investment and business
growth as other neighborhoods
like Midtown, Corktown and
Downtown.
“The people here have been
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UMPD oversight committee
University alums hand-paint
signs for Detroit storefronts