Though the first presidential 

debate drew wide interest on 
campus 
Monday 
night, 
that 

interest may not necessarily 
have equated to any changes in 

voter preference, according to a 
Michigan Daily poll conducted 
directly after the debate.

As part of an ongoing initiative 

to better gauge the campus 
political climate, The Michigan 
Daily sent out a poll to 1,500 
students 
and 
received 
302 

responses. Eighty-one percent of 

respondents said they watched 
the first presidential debate — the 
same percent of respondents also 
reported they will “definitely” 
vote in the upcoming election.

The 
majority 
of 
students 

surveyed indicated that overall, 
Democratic presidential nominee 

On 
his 
path 
to 
the 

Republican 
presidential 

nomination, Donald Trump 
has both built a dedicated base 
in some parts of the population 
and noticeably isolated others.

On 
the 
University 
of 

Michigan’s campus, a new club 
— Students Against Trump 
— has formed in response to 
Trump’s often controversial 
persona and words.

During the election, Trump 

has created a persona built 
in large part on a tendency 
to stray from his scripted 
speeches, tweet on-the-spot 
and say whatever may be on his 
mind. Many of his supporters 
cite this as a positive, but 
others have also pointed to 
statements he’s made — such 
as proposing to build a wall 
between the U.S. and Mexico 
and 
to 
shutdown 
Muslim 

immigration into the country 
— as alarmingly offensive.

Given that division, the new 

student group’s main goal, the 
group says, is to stop Trump 
from 
reaching 
the 
White 

House.

Bradley McPherson, LSA 

sophomore and president of 
Students Against Trump, said 
he felt the need to create an 
organization in response to 
the candidate last May, after it 
became clear Trump would be 
the likely Republican nominee.

“Looking at Trump’s policies 

and his character, we thought 
we had to make a larger point 
against him,” McPherson said. 
“We thought we should speak 
out against all these factors 
and that culminated in the 
creation of the club.”

Specifically, the club hopes 

to block people’s perception of 
Trump as a viable candidate 
for office. Both Trump and 
Democratic nominee Hillary 
Clinton have historically high 
unpopularity ratings among 
the national voting population 
— 
a 
recent 
ABC 
News/ 

Washington Post polling found 
that 56 percent of adults view 

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OPINION.....................4A

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A

SUDOKU..................... 2A

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A

S TAT E M E N T . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B

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School of Public Health student Rebecca Ahmad-Robinson and LSA sophomore Maya Green listen to other audience members speak during a debate on the Black Lives Matter movement held by the Michigan 
Political Union in the Michgian League on Tuesday.

A 
debate 
Tuesday 
night 

sponsored by The Michigan Political 
Union came to an abrupt halt after 
hundreds of community members 
and University of Michigan students 
gathered outside the Michigan 
League’s Vandenberg Room to call 
for the inclusion of Black voices.

The 
debate, 
which 
featured 

members of MPU, was slated to 
discuss the merits of the Black Lives 
Matter Movement and whether it 
was “harmful to racial relations in 
the United States.”

Social Work student Lawrielle 

West, one of the protest organizers, 
called 
the 
debate 
unacceptable 

because of its patronizing and 
diminutive focus.

“You 
cannot 
trivialize 
my 

experience as a Black person by 
debating it,” she said. “How can you 

debate my experience? I’m not saying 
I’m better than you or that only Black 
lives matter or that my life matters 
more than yours, but I’m saying that 
Black lives do matter.”

The protest began at the Diag 

and marched toward the Michigan 
League, chanting phrases such 
as “Black lives matter” and “No 
justice, no peace.” As the crowd 
entered during the start of the 
debate, several protesters asked 

See TRUMP, Page 8A

DYLAN LAWTON/Daily

Based on polling conducted by The Michigan Daily, a majority of students felt the debate did not have an influence 
on their vote.

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See SURVEY, Page 3A

See DEBATE, Page 3A

Anne 
Holton, 
former 

Virginia Secretary of Education 
and wife of Democratic vice 
presidential 
nominee 
Tim 

Kaine, campaigned for Hillary 
Clinton Tuesday night in Ann 
Arbor after events in Detroit 
and Livonia.

Holton visited the Ann Arbor 

campaign office, where she 
spoke to a primarily female 
audience — many of whom were 
local campaign volunteers or 
active 
community 
members 

— about the importance of 
mobilizing people to vote for 
Clinton in November.

She planned to also make 

other stops in Michigan on 

See HOLTON, Page 3A

From military time 

to Michigan time

The Statement explores the 
lives of veterans who enroll 

at the University and the 
challenges that they face.

» Page 4B

The University of Michigan’s 

College of Literature, Science and 
the Arts hosted a gathering of 
more than 100 students, professors 
and advisers promoting solidarity 
against racism Tuesday night 
in response to racially charged 
posters found on campus Monday.

Along with an announcement 

of the event, LSA Dean Andrew 
Martin 
released 
a 
statement 

supporting 
those 
students 

impacted by the incident Monday.

“We 
stand 
with 
President 

Schlissel and University leaders in 
condemning the racist posters and 
flyers spread on campus today,” 
the statement said. “These posters 
advocating 
white 
supremacy 

strike at the very heart and soul 
of the College. Their presence 
marred our physical spaces—in 
Haven and Mason halls—where 
we hold our classes and where our 
faculty and staff work, and are an 
assault on everything we believe 
in as a liberal arts college and as a 
diverse community.”

Tuesday 
evening, 
Martin 

said he wanted the event to be 
welcoming in nature, and hoped 
to foster reflection on the events 
from the last few days and, more 
broadly, the climate on campus for 
the last few years.

See COMMUNITY, Page 3A

CAMPUS LIFE

AMANDA ALLEN/Daily

Social work student Lawrielle West leads Black Lives Matter Protesters 
in a march from the Diag to the Michigan Leauge where a debate on the 
movement was being held on Tuesday.

Hundreds of students
protest debate over merits 
of Black Lives Matter

Nearly 400 protesters call for open dialogue at event 

NEIL SCHWARTZ
Daily Staff Reporter

New UM anti-Trump 
club forms on campus

GOVERNMENT

In response to controversial statements, new 
group takes action 

CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter

Daily election poll indicates 
continued support for Clinton

Survey suggests debate performance had low impact

EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor

Anne Holton
campaigns 
for Dems in 
Ann Arbor

ELECTION

Former VA secretary 
of education makes 
campaign stops in Mich.

LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter

LSA hosts 
gathering 
to promote 
dialogue

Following discovery of 
racially charged fliers, 
students show solidarity

WILL FEUER

Daily Staff Reporter

