The full list of performers and
events for the Unviersity of Michigan’s
SpringFest were released Wednesday,
including Canadian rapper SonReal
and a slate of Detroit-focused
programming.
The fifth annual SpringFest,
hosted by MUSIC Matters, will take
place Wednesday, April 13th. The day-
long festival aims to encompass all
things Michigan, with activities on the
Diag and an evening charity concert
featuring hip-hop group Migos.
During the day, activities such
as a fashion show, a Michigan spin
on the hit TV show “Shark Tank,”
Greek life-led philanthropy efforts,
a showcase of student startups and
more will be set up along the Diag
and North University Ave. The event’s
themes include innovation, arts,
sustainability, social identity and
community service on campus, as well
as recognition of student leaders.
SonReal will perform across from
Kraus on North University Ave. during
the day. Students will also have the
opportunity to paint a piano which
will be donated to a school in Flint or
Detroit.
The festival will also include food
trucks along the Diag from places
such as Detroit BBQ Company and
Bearclaw Coffee. In keeping with
the event’s sustainability efforts, the
trucks will be a completely waste-free.
SpringFest’s main event — the
Migos concert — will begin at 8 p.m.
at Hill Auditorium. Proceeds from
it will go towards Music Matters’
proposed summer leadership camp for
underprivileged Detroit youth, which
is slated to launch in 2017. Tickets for
the concert start at $10 for students
and $20 for the public.
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THINGS
YOU
SHOULD
KNOW
The
Detroit
Free
Press
reported that Fiat Chrysler
will have to lay off 1,300
workers at its plant in Sterling
Heights, Mich. The plant currently
produces the Chrysler 2000 sedan,
but recent increases in demand for
crossovers and SUVs in the U.S.
market have caused sales of the
model to plummet.
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Michigan basketball player
Aubrey Dawkins announced
Wednesday he will transfer to
Central Florida to play for his
father, Johnny Dawkins. The elder
Dawkins became the Knights’ head
coach on March 24 after formerly
coaching Stanford.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas)
and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders
(D–Vt.) each won their parties’
respective
primaries
in
Wisconsin on Tuesday night, CNN
reported. These results come at a
crucial time for Sanders and Cruz,
who are both attempting to close
the gap on frontrunners Hillary
Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R).
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Human
trafficking event
WHAT: There will be a
visual demonstration to
raise awareness on the
prevalence of human
trafficking in the United
States and state of
Michigan.
WHO: Student
organization FreeHearts
WHEN: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: The Diag
Women’s
entrepreneuship
WHAT: Workshop
aiming to train women
to better lead by
becoming effective project
managers.
WHO: Center for
Entrepreneurship
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.
WHERE: Laurie Robert
H. Engineering Center,
GM rooom
Examining
Vladimir Putin
WHAT: Miami University
Prof. Karen Dawisha will
discuss what the Russian
president’s actions mean
for the world.
WHO: International
Institute
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30
p.m.
WHERE: School of
Social Work, room 1636
Networking in
the workplace
WHAT: Student
workshop with staff from
the Career Center on
how to master the art of
effectively networking in
the workplace.
WHO: Center for
Campus Involvement
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8
p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
League, room D
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The Michigan
Students account
tweeted about
upcoming
SpringFest events.
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“Look at my DAB!
@Migos is going
to be live at @
MUSICMatters_UM’s
Spring Fest!? HYPE!”
—@UmichStudents
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Child literature
lecture
WHAT: Lecture on child
literature from New
York Times bestselling
children’s author R.J.
Palacio.
WHO: University of
Michigan Museum of Art
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.
WHERE: Museum of
Art, Stern Auditorium
Shakespearean
political theory
WHAT: Washington
University Prof. Joseph
Loewenstein will discuss
how Shakespeare’s
works contain crucial
connections to modern
political theory.
WHO: English Language
and Literature
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher
Library, room 100
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Under the revised policy,
the
University’s
Office
of
Institutional
Equity
is
tasked with investigating not
only
instances
of
reported
sexual
misconduct
cases
—
whichnumbered 172 in 2015 —
but also incidents of reported
stalking,
intimate
partner
violence
and
gender-based
harassment.
The policy’s definition of
gender-based
harassment
outlines
actionable
cases
as ones relating to “actual
or perceived gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or
gender expression.” OIE will
investigate any conduct that
creates a “hostile environment”
for the claimant, even if the act
is not sexual in nature. Stalking
and intimate policy violence
were previously included in the
policy as prohibited activities,
but
will
now
be
separate
categories.
Holly
Rider-Milkovich,
director of the Sexual Assault
Prevention
and
Awareness
Center,
said
in
a
March
interview with the Daily that
the expansion was necessary
to
ensure
the
University’s
compliance
with
federal
regulations including the Clery
Act and Title IX.
“Our (goal) … is to be as
inclusive as possible of the kind
of misconduct that we see as
being related to these issues, as
well as respond to federal and
other emerging guidance,” she
said.
Because of the expansion
of
the
policy
to
include
gender-based
harassment
and
interpersonal
violence
in addition to sexual assault
and
harassment,
University
administrators have said they
expect to see an increase in
the number of Title IX cases
reported and investigated.
In January, OIE’s annual
sexual
misconduct
report
showed a 33-percent increase
in the number of misconduct
reports from 2014 to 2015, while
the number of cases investigated
by OIE remained the same. Of
the 172 cases received by OIE
in 2015, 29 were investigated,
66 were referred to the Review
Panel and 78 did not fall within
the scope of the policy.
Detailed
definitions
of
consent, incapacitation and
coercion
The updated policy outlines
a
more
comprehensive
definition
of
consent
and
provides students with a clearer
expectation
surrounding
its
meaning. While much of the
language remains the same in
both versions, the new policy
clarifies
certain
ambiguities
in the current guidelines that
only explain consent as a “clear
and unambiguous agreement.”
The new revisions elaborate
on the definition of non-verbal
consent, stressing that it is “not
to be inferred from silence,
passivity, or lack of resistance,”
and noting that non-verbal cues
“may not be sufficient” to gain
consent.
It also encourages students
to gain affirmative consent,
stating that not only must
consent be given, but that it
also must be actively sought,
noting that the individual who
initiates a specific sexual act
“is responsible for obtaining
Consent for that activity,” and
emphasizing
expectations
regarding accountability.
A 2015 Michigan Daily
report
on
one
student’s
experience
with
the
University’s
sexual
misconduct
policy
found
several discrepancies between
SAPAC’s definition of consent
— which encourages verbal,
affirmative consent — and
the
University’s
enforced
definition of consent under
the current policy. The new
policy’s definition of consent
addresses
many
of
those
discrepancies.
In addition to consent, the
new policy further explains the
definition of incapacitation,
providing
students
with
clearer-cut
questions
to
determine whether someone
meets the criteria. At an
October
roundtable
hosted
by
the
SAPAC,
students
voiced concern about policy
definitions surrounding both
consent and incapacitation,
emphasizing the ambiguity of
such words.
The revised policy states
that the University evaluates
incapacitation cases by asking
if the person initiating sexual
activity was aware that the other
individual was incapacitated and
if “a sober, reasonable person, in
the same situation” would been
able to determine if the other
individual was incapacitated. If
yes is the answer to either one of
the above questions, the policy
says there was no consent and
there was most likely a policy
violation.
While the current policy
already says consent cannot
be obtained through force, the
new definition also specifically
bars individuals from initiating
sexual
activity
through
coercion, or triggering fear in
another person.
Increased
disclosure
of
witness identities and sexual
history
Another new addition in the
updated policy includes a clause
allowing the consideration of
“Prior or Subsequent Conduct
of the Respondent” and “Prior
Sexual
Contact
Between
Claimant
and
Respondent”
during investigations.
The policy document clarifies
that this information would
never be used as evidence or to
evaluate character, but would
instead
serve
to
determine
pattern and intent of an incident.
According to the policy, the
knowledge would be used in a
limited number of cases if the
information would “help the
Investigator
understand
the
manner and nature of sexual
communication
between
the
two persons.”
LSA senior Laura Meyer,
volunteer
co-coordinator
for
the Networking, Publicity and
Activism Program at SAPAC,
expressed concern about this
practice in a recent interview.
She said such policies stem from
a larger, underlying issue of how
consent is defined.
“What I would really like
to see is a verbal standard,”
Meyer said on consent. “Not
one that relies on trying to
understand body language but
something that relies on verbal,
enthusiastic, affirmative, sober,
coercion-free consent.”
The new policy also requires
witness names to be disclosed
to
both
parties
during
an
investigation,
which
Meyer
also cited as a concern, saying it
could potentially be a negative
for some groups on campus.
“We know from the campus
climate
survey
of
sexual
misconduct that people in close-
knit communities on campus are
more likely to experience sexual
misconduct, and so I think that
the identification of witnesses is
potentially a negative for those
communities,” Meyer said.
She noted that other schools
have
implemented
similar
policies with the aim of making
the process fairer, and said she
hopes the University evaluate
the success of the effect of the
new clause.
The updated policy states
that the University will review
the policy as a whole each
year,
making
appropriate
modifications as needed.
Restructuring of sanctions
and appeals process
The new policy completely
restructures
the
process
of
sanctioning respondents found
to be in violation of the policy.
Currently, a sole representative
from the Office of Student
Conflict Resolution determines
sanctions, with the aim of
preventing
instances
of
the
prohibited conduct in the future
and correcting negative effects.
Under the new policy, OSCR
will still facilitate the new
process but its role will change to
overseeing a separate sanctioning
board composed of two faculty
or staff representatives selected
by the vice president of student
life and the University president,
as well as a student chosen by
Central Student Government.
The
addition
of
a
CSG
appointee
was
debated
at
multiple SAPAC roundtable talks
in discussing policy revisions,
with some students expressing
concerns that a representative
appointed by CSG would not
be representative of the entire
student body.
In an interview Wednesday,
CSG
president-elect
David
Schafer, a LSA junior, said he
appreciated including a student
presence in the process and
believes it is a step toward
greater transparency.
“Going
forward,
there
must be a continued focus
on
transparency
and
accountability throughout this
process,” Schafer said. “Micah
(Griggs) and I look forward to
working with all of the involved
stakeholders.”
The new policy does not
delineate whether the student
representative will be a member
of CSG or the student body at
large, which Schafer said was a
concern.
“While I believe that students
must definitely be represented
on the Sanctioning Board, I
believe the clause referencing
CSG
involvement
must,
in
greater
detail,
specify
the
process by which the student
representative will be chosen,”
he said.
A
third
change
to
the
sanctioning
process
impacts
the procedure for appeals once
sanctions
are
given.
Under
the new policy, if either the
respondent or claimant takes
issue with the sanctions or
findings,
they
may
appeal
decisions to an external, third-
party reviewer. The current
process directs appeals to an
Appeals Board, which consists
of one student appointed by the
Central Student Government,
one faculty member appointed
by the Faculty Senate, and one
administrator appointed by the
University President.
The impartial reviewer in
the new policy will be chosen
by the office of the general
counsel in consultation with
the vice president for student
life. The general counsel and
vice president for student life
are currently Tim Lynch and E.
Royster Harper, respectively.
“The
External
Reviewer
will be a neutral party, most
often an attorney outside of the
University with significant legal
experience,
knowledge,
and
judgment,” the policy reads.
In
a
March
interview,
Schlissel
acknowledged
that
implementing
the
policy
will
require
education
and
awareness efforts on campus,
but said he hopes to engage the
entire University community to
create reform on the issue.
“Our
overarching
goal
is
to make campus as safe as
possible,” he said.
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