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.

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
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Friday, September 9, 2016 — 3A

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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