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University
of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel
highlighted the importance of
free speech and open discourse
that
respects
all
viewpoints
in a statement to the campus
community Wednesday.
“The conflict of discordant
ideas and opinions — even when
it makes us uncomfortable — is an
essential feature of an academic
community,” Schlissel said.
He also emphasized that
when challenging ideas, students
should treat each other with
respect and equality, and that
hate speech or threats diminish
learning by inhibiting discussion.
Schlissel’s statement comes
two weeks after a controversial
letter written by Jay Ellison, dean
of students at the University of
Chicago, to incoming students
which articulated a policy not to
support teacher-issued “trigger
warnings.”
Trigger
warnings
are
statements provided before a text,
performance or event that alert
viewers to potentially distressing
material.
Like the University of Chicago
letter,
Schlissel’s
statement
emphasized the importance of
being intellectually challenged
by different opinions as a key
tenant of a college education.
He said disagreement among
diverse perspectives is often
inevitable,
but
allows
for
problem solving and positive
change.
Schlissel
did
not
specifically mention trigger
warnings.
He has taken similar
positions on the issue of
campus free speech in the
past, especially in response
to incidents around the issue.
Last April, Schlissel authored
an essay which was published
on the Huffington Post in
response to the anti-Islamic
messages written on the UM
Diag, which warned against
visceral aversion to conflicting
opinions.
“It is pointless — perhaps
hypocritical — to extoll the
virtues of the marketplace of
ideas if some members of our
community feel excluded from
it,” Schlissel wrote in April. “It
is contradictory to celebrate
the power of words but deny
their capacity to wound and
marginalize.”
Despite arguing that the
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The Michigan Senate introduced
and voted Wednesday on the passage
of a bill that will allow dogs in outdoor
restaurants and patios. However, for cat
lovers, felines are not included in the
new legislation and must be left at home.
State
Senator
Margaret
O’Brien
(R-Portage) is sponsoring the bill.
O’Brien said she decided to draft this
bill following many requests from
restaurant owners hoping to make their
establishments pet-friendly.
Current Michigan law only permits
service or seeing-eye dogs in restaurants.
If passed, Senate Bill 727 would allow
dogs to the outside areas of restaurants,
though wouldn’t permit them inside. The
legislation would require restaurants to
keep a designated outdoor area where
dogs are not allowed — thereby avoiding
the issues of hair and bodily waste.
Ishani Mathur, an LSA sophomore
and dog owner, said she believes the bill
will have a positive impact on restaurant
environments.
“I really think it’s a great idea,” she
said according to the Detroit Free Press.
“I feel like a lot of times dogs are such
a huge part of what we do as society. I
think it really makes the atmosphere so
much better.”
The bill gives businesses the freedom
to prohibit dogs on their patios if they so
chose. It also makes dog owners liable
for any injuries or damages their pets
may make at the restaurant.
The bill will now go to the House
where it will either be rejected or voted
into law.
At downtown Ann Arbor restaurant
The Blue Tractor, manager Brett Oliver
said the restaurant has always been
welcoming to dogs.
“We welcome it. We’ve always
welcomed it. We will even bring out
bowls of water for the dogs,” he said. “I
think (the bill) just makes it an actual
thing, but people have being doing it
since I’ve been here.”
Courtney Oliver, manager of Mani
Osteria on Liberty St., repeated this
sentiment, saying her establishment
already allows dogs to be seated with
customers in patios areas, so this
legislation would not change anything
for the restaurant.
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