The University of Michigan’s 

chapter of College Republicans 

released an endorsement of GOP 

presidential nominee Donald Trump 

and his vice-presidential candidate, 

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, on Sunday.

In a statement, the chapter’s 

president, LSA junior Enrique 

Zalamea, wrote though not all 

Republicans agree with everything 

Trump has said, the chapter chose to 

endorse him because Trump’s beliefs 

best align with the conservative 

ideals the chapter upholds.

“I know that some you may 

not agree with all of Mr. Trump’s 

statements and policies, but the 

campaign is not about one person,” 

Zalamea wrote. “Mr. Trump in the 

White House comes with an entire 

administration of conservatives 

that, as Republicans, share many 

of the same ideals that we would 

not see represented under Clinton’s 

presidency. And any vote not for 

Trump is a vote for Clinton.”

Mirroring a nationwide trend 

among some GOP officials, several 

campus College Republicans groups 

have declined to endorse Trump, 

though it is customary for them 

to endorse the nominee. Harvard 

Republican Club refused to endorse 

Trump in August, the first time the 

group refused to endorse a republican 

nominee since 1888.

The UM College Republicans’ 

endorsement comes several months 

after Trump was officially selected 

as the nominee at the Republican 

National Convention in July. It is 

also later than other endorsements 

on campus from political groups — 

the University’s chapter of College 

Democrats endorsed Trump’s 

opponent, Hillary Clinton, on July 

12 in a Facebook post after Clinton’s 

Democratic opponent Sen. Bernie 

Sanders (I–Vt.) dropped out of the 

race and endorsed her.

“College Democrats at the 

University of Michigan is proud to 

officially endorse Hillary Clinton 

as the Democratic nominee for 

President,” the post read. “Secretary 

Clinton is a historic candidate, 

steadfast progressive, and — to 

echo President Obama: ‘There has 

never been any man or woman more 

qualified for this office than Hillary, 

ever, and that’s the truth.’”

Along with endorsing Trump, 

Zalamea also urged students to vote 

straight-ticket for other conservative 

candidates to make a difference on all 

levels of government.

“Regardless of your views on Mr. 

Trump, I encourage you all to make 

the effort to go to the polls and vote 

down-ballot Republican for your state 

and congressional candidates,” he 

wrote.

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BRIEF
BRIEF

WHAT THE SOUND

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily

Munch performs at The Bling Pig during What The Sound on Friday. 

think about abortion as more 
than a one-dimensional sort of 
issue,” she said. “So they can 
relate to the characters and see 
them in a light that is not one 
of shame and stigma, which is 
kind of the dominant narrative 
that this country has about 
reproductive justice.”

In addition to the eight 

vignettes that were part of the 
original script, Daniel Bizer-
Cox, who graduated in 2013 
LSA, wrote an epilogue to the 
performance. He said writing 
this piece was an attempt to 
articulate his emotions on this 
topic.

“It was very cathartic to 

put pen to paper about such a 
really important issue that’s so 
divisive,” he said. “I wanted to 
try and find a way that I could 
express all the feelings that I 
had, especially in the political 
climate that we live in, and 
it can be so oppressive and 
frustrating so it was nice to 
feel like I could actually have 
a voice.”

The epilogue came in the 

form of a slam poem and 
included some of the political 
discourse the rest of the 
performance avoided. Bizer-
Cox called it a call to action, 
especially 
in 
light 
of 
the 

presidential election.

“The 2016 election was very 

prevalent in my mind when 
I was writing it, and I think 
it will come across in that as 
well, and it talks about a lot of 
the things that politicians are 
currently trying to do to limit 
access to abortion,” he said.

Overall, Hamann said the 

show intended to emphasize 
both the personal and the 
physical 
factors 
behind 

abortion.

“It’s 
really 
just 
getting 

beyond this abstract idea of 
abortion and really putting 
faces to the stories,” she said.

LSA 
sophomore 
Madison 

Atkins, 
who 
attended 
the 

event, said she appreciated this 
personal and varied approach 
to the issue.

“I definitely liked the gray 

aspects of it, that it wasn’t just 
‘Oh, they were raped and then 
they had an abortion because 
they were raped,’ ” she said. 

“There were these different 
aspects that played into it that 
were really interesting, and I’m 
glad that they showed.”

Nursing 
sophomore 
Kara 

Hoffman said the performance 
resonated with her due to her 
planned profession.

“I’m 
also 
a 
nursing 

student, so I wanted to get 
the perspective from future 
patients, because I’m going to 
have patients who go through 
this eventually,” she said.

A talkback panel followed 

the 
performance, 
which 

included representatives from 
a variety of health nonprofits 
and health professionals.

Hamann noted the panel was 

an important part of helping 
the audience digest the themes 
presented in the vignettes.

“I think it would be not doing 

the show justice if we didn’t 
have some sort of talk-back just 
to engage the audience a little 
bit more,” she said.

The 
panel 
discussed 

stigma in relation to abortion, 
advocacy, general reproductive 
justice 
and 
personal 

experience. They also accepted 
questions 
from 
audience 

members.

Panelist 
Timothy 

Johnson, 
chair 
of 

Obstetrics and Gynecology 
at 
the 
University, 

applauded the provocative 
nature of the play and 
said many of the stories 
resonated with him as a 
physician.

“I take care of patients 

every day, and each one of 
those stories is a patient,” 
he said. “I’ve taken care 
of probably 10,000, 15,000 
people who’ve terminated 
their 
pregnancy. 
And 

that’s not a big part of 
what I do, but I’ve heard 
all those stories.”

Engineering sophomore 

Natalia 
Martinez 
also 

voiced appreciation for the 
variety of stories, as well 
as the way they challenged 
the stigmas surrounding 
abortions.

“People tend to treat 

abortion as one evil act 
and they tend not to look 
at the bigger picture,” she 
said.

ABORTION
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