though he invited the press on
board for a recent flight.
Both have faced criticism
about their treatment of the
press — Clinton, because of
her lack of press conferences,
and Trump because of his
recently
lifted
order
to
blacklist certain news outlets
from events.
In the call Thursday, Clinton
spoke
for
approximately
10 minutes, spending half
of the time answering two
questions from students, both
of whom were unaffiliated
with news outlets. Initially,
the call was scheduled to
last an hour, but due to a
delay in start time, lasted
about 20 minutes. Campaign
staffers spoke for the other
half of the call, highlighting
their involvement with the
campaign and relevant past
experience.
LSA junior Collin Kelly,
chair of the University of
Michigan’s chapter of College
Democrats, said in response
to the call that he thought
Clinton reaches out to voters
by addressing them directly.
“Secretary Clinton has been
focusing on her message to
the American people whether
that is through going across
the country to listen to their
concerns or by talking to
reporters and the media, like
she did in her recent press
conference,” he said.
On the call, Clinton spoke
broadly about the importance
of student participation and
involvement in the campaign.
She encouraged the students
to
volunteer
during
the
election season and to stay
involved after November.
“I’m
counting
on
you
in this campaign to take
the
important
issues
our
country faces … not only in
the campaign but after the
election as well, to help me
fight to make them a reality,”
she said.
Clinton
also
highlighted
voter
registration
drives
across
the
country.
Her
campaign aims to register 3
million new voters by Oct.
8 — the last day to register
for the November election.
At the University, College
Democrats has been working
toward this goal by holding
voter registration drives every
week. The organization plans
to continue doing so until the
deadline to register.
Clinton
also
briefly
touched on her commitment
to students and her plan to
make college debt-free. Her
higher education reform plan
— the New College Compact —
sets the goal of allowing any
student attending an in-state
public institution to graduate
without debt. She also states
in the plan that she intends
to make colleges tuition-free
for families earning less than
$125,000 per year, and help
those with existing student
debt refinance their loans.
Clinton said since Trump
has been able to refinance
loans —citing his business
record — students should be
offered the same opportunity.
“If
Donald
Trump
can
refinance
his
loans
after
bankrupting his companies
six times, you should be able
to refinance yours with lower
interest rates and get this paid
off,” she said.
The University of Michigan’s
Board of Regents has approved
a measure to designate the
International
Institute
as
an
instructional
unit.
This
change,
according
to
LSA
Dean
Andrew
Martin,
will
give the institute the ability
to make joint appointments of
faculty members across a range
of
departments,
eventually
creating the potential for a new
Master’s degree in International
Studies.
“Shifting a portion of faculty
effort
to
the
International
Institute will allow staff the
flexibility to help grow existing
programs and to plan for new
ones,” Martin wrote in a memo
to the board. “It also establishes
greater
faculty
involvement
and creates stable curricula for
students in its undergraduate
and master’s programs.”
Since its creation in 1993 as a
funding-only unit with a budget
for teaching by faculty with
appointments in other schools
and colleges, the International
Institute has seen growth in
enrollment and student interest
in affiliated programs.
Currently,
the
institute
oversees
17
centers
and
programs
that
offer
four
concentrations and eight minors
for
undergraduate
students,
as well as six degree-offering
programs open to graduate
students.
The memo to the board
cited issue of regularity with
course offerings and further
development
of
graduate
programs
as
important
components
to
the
board’s
resolution
authorizing
the
institute’s
rebranding,
especially for new programs.
“In order to serve students
across
the
(International
Institute), it needs dedicated
faculty
with
area
studies
expertise who can develop and
offer consistent courses to meet
students’
curricular
needs,”
the resolution states. “Looking
ahead to creating a new master’s
degree program in International
and Area Studies and offering
an Accelerated Degree Program
in International Studies, the
(International Institute) will
need faculty to teach and mentor
students in these programs.”
Graduate
students
seeking master’s degrees in
international studies can soon
expect to find a curriculum that
more closely reflects the ones
established for undergraduate
students,
which
requires
specialization along thematic or
regional lines, according to the
resolution.
The
institute’s
director,
Pauline Jones, wrote in an email
that the recent change will not
mean an increase or decrease
in its annual $4 million budget.
However, professors can now
work with institute staff to
develop more internationally
focused
courses
and
study
abroad programs.
Jones said the institute has
already begun the process of
employing tenured UM faculty
to collaborate with the institute
faculty by transferring a number
of faculty directors from the
17 centers and programs to the
institute temporarily.
“This allows us to ‘borrow’
faculty effort to run our centers
and programs as well as to teach
courses for us. This enables us
to ensure that students have
access to a regular set of courses
taught by tenured U-M faculty
each year,” Jones wrote.
Though the institute’s new
designation will allow for the
appointment of tenured UM
faculty, the resolution notes
that their tenure may not be
housed under the International
Institute, but rather through
their respective departments.
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CLINTON
From Page 1A
TIMOTHY COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
UM Regents name International
Institute an instructional unit
New designation allows for joint faculty appointments
carnival)
is
great,”
said
Engineering
freshman
Jaim
Befeler. “Knowing that there is
an event specifically for LGBTQ
people is amazing.”
Chelsea Noble, the graduate
coordinator
for
professional
development at the Spectrum
Center, described the event
as an important opportunity
for members of the campus
community who identify as
LGBTQ to kick off the school
year.
“The
Spectrum
Center
wants to make sure we have a
visible presence and welcome
our students to campus,” Noble
said. “It matters so much in the
new school year to find people
and friends so we hope that
also strengthens the LGBTQ
community on campus.”
The carnival also included
faculty on the University of
Michigan OUTlist — an internal
database that allows members
in
the
University
LGBTQ
community to connect with one
another and find resources and
support.
When
asked
what
he
enjoyed most about being a
part of the LGBTQ community
at Michigan, Befeler simply
answered, “No judgment.”
The event was also a chance
for upperclassmen to return to
a community that has supported
them throughout their college
careers, such as Nursing senior
John
Shaver,
who
became
actively
involved
in
the
Spectrum Center’s Queer and
Christian Club as a sophomore.
“Every
other
week
was
a
hangout
and
then
the
in-between weeks were Bible
studies,” Shaver stated. “It was
intentionally creating a space
for queer Christians because
oftentimes
churches
aren’t
the most welcoming to queer
people.”
Shaver said that the Spectrum
Center provides a welcoming
space that helps normalize the
idea of embracing an active
LGBTQ community on campus
— an especially important goal
given the recent implementation
of
several
diversity,
equity
and inclusion initiatives at the
University.
“I think being queer is
somewhat normalized in our
generation, but I think for a lot
of us, where we come from, it’s
not,” Shaver said. “So for new
students it lets people know it’s
not a really big deal to be out
and about. I think the people are
very welcoming and whatever
your
experience
is,
there’s
someone there that understands
that and is empathetic to that.”
Noble said that the center
will continue to host such
community-oriented
events
throughout the year, such as for
National Coming Out Week and
LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness
Week, in addition to more
educational events, including
trainings on LGBTQ identities
and the Guidance Perspective
Support
peer
mentorship
program.
In providing these programs,
Noble said the center takes a
personal approach to helping
students
join
the
LGBTQ
community at the University.
“It mattered to have a really
tight-knit community, to have a
center where I can go and fully
be myself and know that people
got that, so it’s important for
me to offer the same for our
students here,” she said.
CARNIVAL
From Page 1A
the current system operates,
we won’t understand how we
are losing a workforce every 10
years,” Graham said. “We have
more people entering the county
jail than we have graduating from
Eastern
Michigan
University.
That should register as a problem
for … anyone in this community.”
Mackie could not be reached
for comment Thursday night.
Among
Graham’s
main
objectives is to extend alternative
programming and put a system
in place for care and custody of
nonviolent offenders. Graham
also wants to see true reform of
policing in Ann Arbor.
“It’s
going
to
be
my
responsibility to also ensure that
public defenders, investigators
and advocates are humble and not
just leaning on their specialization
or their expertise,” he said.
At the focus of his candidacy
is the Aura Rosser case, which
brought the national controversy
surrounding police accountability
and racial justice close to home in
Ann Arbor.
Aura Rosser was a 40-year-
old Black woman who was fatally
shot by a police officer in 2014
after a domestic violence call
by her boyfriend. Though the
police officer responsible for the
shooting was cleared of charges
due to Rosser’s history of mental
illness and drug abuse, protestors
have consistently challenged the
outcome.
In light of the Aura Rosser
aftermath, Ann Arbor’s Human
Rights Commision released a
report requesting reforms to
police oversight.
“I don’t know if 60 days is
enough time to decide if a law
enforcement
agent
exhibited
undesirable
behavior
while
on duty,” Graham said. “If I
understand what happened to
Aura Rosser, she was lynched. She
didn’t go through the correctional
system or the judicial system and
there was not proper justice.”
Graham also said that first
responders to emercency calls like
Rosser’s don’t need to be police
officers. He stressed that he would
have advised the city of Ann Arbor
to handle the case differently had
he been prosecutor at the time.
“Not
only
would
I
have
advocated that the city of Ann
Arbor invest money to mobilize
an alternative crisis intervention
unit, but also to hire individuals
who have expertise and skill to
receive individuals who may not
be a threat to society but may at
that time need a source to heal
and to recover and the ability to
govern their faculties,” Graham
said.
His candidacy was welcomed
by racial justice activists on
campus.
Austin
McCoy,
a
postdoctoral fellow at Taubman
College of Architecture and Urban
Planning who used to lead the
on-campus United Coalition for
Racial Justice, wrote he believes
Graham can bring the necessary
institutional reform necessary for
greater equity in policing locally.
“I
think
it’s
great
that
D’Real is running because he
is a grassroots leader who is in
touch with the needs of the most
vulnerable in our community,”
McCoy
wrote
in
an
email
interview. “D’Real’s desires for
local leadership to re-examine
the various institutions that
comprise Washtenaw County’s
criminal
justice
system
is
consistent with his organizing
work
around
policing
in
Ypsilanti. He’s committed to
ensuring justice for everyone in
Washtenaw County.”
Graham faces several obstacles,
as
he
faces
an
incumbent
candidate who has been in office
since 1992. He lacks the JD degree
and legal experience traditionally
associated with the position,
though a JD is not a requisite for
county prosecutors. However,
he said he challenges the public
to reevaluate the expectations
of county prosecutor currently
established
in
mainstream
politics.
“The county prosecutor is not
a practicing attorney,” Graham
said. “This is a government-
level manager, so do we need a
practicing lawyer in his capacity
to ensure public safety? Do
we even need to use the term
‘county prosecutor’ to address
this official? Isn’t he or she or
they simply the superintendent
of public safety? Shouldn’t I be
concerned about your public
safety and the safety and security
of public county residents?”
The election for prosecuter will
take place Nov. 8.
PROSECUTOR
From Page 1A
As
workers
continue
another year of unexpected
repairs to the roof of North
Quad
Residence
Hall’s
residential
and
academic
wing,
the
University
of
Michigan is preparing to
pursue
an
investigation
into the roofing system’s
failure just six years after its
construction.
The $175 million North
Quad
complex
opened
in
2010, featuring widely hailed
state of the art technology
and internationally focused
residences and dining halls.
The
University
of
Michigan’s Board of Regents
has approved two separate
repair projects for the North
Quad roof — one in April 2015
and another this past April —
totaling $11 million over the
last two summers, citing the
failure of 55,000 square feet
of roofing. The most recently
approved
action
request
stated that construction will
be completed this fall.
University
spokeswoman
Kim Broekhuizen wrote in
an email interview that the
roof,
contracted
through
Walbridge, had an expected
life of over 50 years. According
to Broekhuizen, funding for
the repairs will come from
investment proceeds and an
in-depth search for the cause
of the failure is ongoing.
“The University is pursuing
all
potentially
responsible
parties,” Broekhuizen wrote.
RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
University launches investigation into North
Quad roof failure six years after construction
Two approved repair projects will cost $11 million
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