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Event outlines
how students can
participate in
festivities
By TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
On Tuesday, the University
of
Michigan
Bicentennial
Office and Center for Campus
Involvement
hosted
an
informational
workshop
at
the Michigan League to help
student organizations plan for
upcoming bicentennial events
in 2017.
In
total,
the
University
Bicentennial Office is planning
to grant a total of $300,000 to
student organizations that host
a bicentennial-themed event in
2017.
Bailey
Oland,
an
administrative assistant senior
at the University Bicentennial
Office, hosted the event along
with Nick Smith from the Center
for Campus Involvement.
Oland
highlighted
the
different
events
that
will
take place during the year-
long bicentennial celebration.
Among other events included a
2017 Spring Festival, which will
take place in early April and will
feature a tree-planting event, a
show hosted by the School of
Music, Theatre & Dance, and a
celebration of the University’s
community of cultures that will
feature the University’s historic
relationship between different
ethnic communities on campus.
Several
other
themed
festivals will include a summer
festival in June to celebrate
staff appreciation and a Detroit
festival in September to honor
the University’s founding in
Detroit and the University’s
relationship with the city. The
bicentennial is slated to end
with a time capsule dedication
and a Third Century Expo in
the style of a World’s Fair that
will focus on the future of the
University.
Oland told the crowd of about
30 people that the University
See BICENTENNIAL, Page 3A
Student rights and
safety on campus
focus of assembly’s
final meeting,
By JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
At Tuesday’s Central Student
Government
meeting,
a
new
resolution to promote the safety
of Muslim and other minority
groups on campus by making
the University of Michigan a
sanctuary campus for immigrants
took center stage.
The resolution, following an
incident of anti-Islam chalking on
the Diag last week, was discussed
at length and ultimately split into
two separate resolutions that were
passed.
The
resolutions
affirms
students’
rights
of
religious
expression, such as the right to
wear a hijab in any setting It also
calls for CSG to recognize the
University’s campus as a safe
space on campus for immigrant
students.
LSA
representative
Samer
Alkhalili, an LSA junior who
presented the resolution on the
behalf of its authors, emphasized
the
University’s
responsibility
to protect its Muslim students,
especially in the aftermath of the
chalk messages on the Diag.
“In this resolution, we want
to reach out to students,” he said.
“A lot of the students I’ve talked
to have been traumatized by this
event. They don’t even want to
leave their homes to go to class. At
an institution like the University
of Michigan, which prides itself
in the core tenets of diversity, it’s
unacceptable that we’re choosing
to abstain from taking part in this
conversation.”
Fourteen students spoke on
behalf of the resolution during the
Community Concerns portion of
the meeting before the resolution
was brought to the floor.
When
representatives
See CSG, Page 2A
Participants
discuss the
difference between
violence, threats
By CAMY METWALLY
Daily Staff Reporter
About a dozen members of
the University of Michigan’s
Michigan Political Union —
a student-run organization
that aims to create a space
for students on campus to
discuss political issues —
gathered Tuesday night at
the Michigan Union for their
final debate of the semester.
Members discussed a wide
array of topics, including
issues of free speech, student
diversity and bipartisanship,
as well as responded to
questions from attendees.
LSA
freshman
Liam
Stewart,
member
of
the
Michigan
Political
Union,
touched
on
issues
of
unregulated free speech in
his comments at the event.
He said his remarks were
motivated
by
a
personal
encounter from earlier that
day, when he passed a group
of four individuals protesting
on campus against what they
characterized as racist hate
speech.
“The gist of their belief is
that people who spout racist
hate speech should not be
protected,
they
shouldn’t
have the right to free speech,
the
University
should
sanction against them and
oppose their right to speech,”
Stewart said. “That people
who wrote things like last
week the ‘Stop Islam’ posts
… should be expelled from
campus.”
Last Wednesday, a number
of religiously- and politically-
driven
statements
were
written in chalk on the Diag,
including phrases such as
“#Stop Islam,” “Trump 2016”
and “Build the Wall.” The
statements sparked at least
one call to University Police
and an effort by students to
wash the phrases away.
Panelists raise
concerns about
marginalized
students
By ISHIHITO MORI
For the Daily
Four representatives from
the University of Michigan
community discussed social
justice issues on campus with
an
emphasis
on
feminism
and multiculturalism a panel
Tuesday night.
Panelists
for
the
event,
hosted by student organization
Lean In University of Michigan
were chosen for their unique
views on diversity, according
to organizers. The group is
tied to a nationwide nonprofit
of the same name, which
aims
to
increase
dialogue
around gender equity. The
panel was attended by about
100 University of Michigan
students, faculty and staff.
Business
junior
Kelsey
Hayes, one of two Lean In
co-directors
of
internal
operations, said Lean In focuses
on various forms of diversity
because these movements are
intertwined with each other.
“Lean
In
is
all
about
bringing diverse perspectives
to tell a story about how we
can all achieve a more equal
world,” she said. “So that’s
why we’re really excited about
Lynette Clemetson
to take seat as Knight
Wallace House
director in July
By JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
Lynette Clemetson, current
senior director of strategy and
content initiatives at National
Public Radio, will take on a new
position at the University of
Michigan in July as the director
of Wallace House.
Located
just
off
Central
Campus, Wallace House serves
as the heart of the Knight-
Wallace Fellowships and the
Livingston Awards, distinctions
for achievement in journalism.
The
organization’s
fellowship
offers mid-career journalists a
year of study at the University
of Michigan to advance their
careers, and the Livingston Award
honors top journalists under the
age of 35 with monetary rewards.
According to the Wallace House’s
See UNION, Page 3A
See DIVERSITY, Page 3A
See WALLACE, Page 2A
ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily
Education Prof. Debi Khasnabis speaks about diversity at the Lean In panel for Multiculturalism and Diversity in
Education in Rackham Auditorium Tuesday.
ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily
LSA senior Cooper Charleton, CSG president, speaks at a Central Student Government meeting in CSG chambers in the Michigan Union Tuesday.
CAMPUS LIFE
University
to offer orgs
funding for
bicentennial
ADMINISTRATION
CSG passes resolution to
affirm religious expression
Lean In hosts discussion on
campus multiculturalism
ACADEMICS
Debate focuses
on definitions
of hate speech
NPR exec.
to direct ‘U’
journalism
programs