According 
to 
a 
recent 

Michigan 
Daily 
poll 
of 
a 

sample of students, support 
for 
Democratic 
presidential 

nominee Hillary Clinton on 
campus is high, at almost 75 
percent. 
However, 
the 
poll 

also indicated that nearly 20 
percent of respondents plan to 
vote outside of the two major 
parties, preferring third-party 
candidates.

Among 
the 
third 
party 

candidates, 
Liberterian 

nominee 
Gary 
Johnson, 

who polled at 13.2 percent, 
garnered the most support. 
The Libertarian nominee’s poll 
share was also greater than 
that of Republican nominee 
Donald Trump, who received 
approximately half of that at 5.9 
percent. Green Party nominee 
Jill Stein received 3.3 percent 
support in the poll, and 3.3 
percent said other.

Nationally, 
third 
parties 

have been seeing an increase 
in support compared to prior 
elections. 
The 
most 
recent 

RealClearPolitics 
polling 

average shows Johnson with 
8.3 percent of the vote and 
Green 
Party 
candidate 
Jill 

Stein at 2.7 percent. In contrast, 
in 
2012 
Johnson 
received 

approximately 3 percent of the 
vote and Stein 1 percent.

These increases have been 

seen 
several 
times 
before 

in 
presidential 
election 

history, most notably in 1992, 
when 
independent 
Texas 

businessman Ross Perot pulled 
support from both incumbent 
Republican President George H. 
W. Bush and Democratic then-
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. 
Perot ultimately got 18.9 percent 
of the national vote.

This movement toward third 

parties on campus specifically 
also comes at a time of increasing 

importance for both the Trump 
and Clinton campaigns, as both 
millennial voters and the state 
of Michigan will be key factors 
in November.

Based 
on 
the 

RealClearPolitics 
polling 

average, the race in Michigan 
between Trump and Clinton 
is currently the closest it has 
been since July, though Clinton 
currently maintains a lead of 4.7 

points in the battleground state.

However, Political Science 

Prof. Vincent Hutchings noted 
that Clinton will still likely win 
the state, even if third party 
support increased.

“It’s unlikely that Michigan 

would 
not 
vote 
for 
the 

Democratic nominee at this 
point,” he said. “Donald Trump, 
given 
his 
limited 
financial 

resources as a candidate, is not 

Students chalked the Diag 

early Wednesday morning with 
messages in solidarity with black 
students on campus including 
phrases like “Black Lives Matter” 
and “white silence is a violence.” 
The students also posted fliers in 
Mason and Angell Hall, which 
feature positive messages along 
the same theme.

The chalking follows two 

separate 
protests 
drawing 

hundreds of students Monday and 
Tuesday in response to racially 
charged 
fliers 
found 
posted 

throughout 
campus 
Monday 

morning and a debate hosted by 
the Michigan Political Union 
on the merits of the Black Lives 
Matter movement.

LSA senior Sean Smith, the 

organizer of the chalking event, 
said he wanted to remind the 
community about the issues faced 
by the Black community at the 
University and also remind Black 
students of their value.

“Not only are we saying that 

black lives matter but that we are 
valued at this university, that we 
worked just as hard as everybody 
else to get here,” he said. “We 
are writing positive words of 
affirmation to uplift black people 
and Black lives, all Black lives.”

Smith noted that he organized 

the chalking of the Diag to 
continue the efforts of Black 
women on campus who organized 
the initial protests this week. He 
said that this was an opportunity 
for Black men and working allies 
to contribute to this collective 
effort and keep the momentum 
going.

Community 
members 

gathered at the Tilden R. Stumbo 
Civic Center in Ypsilanti to hear 
Sheriff Jerry Clayton and other 
members of the Washtenaw 
County Sheriff’s Office speak 
on law enforcement policies 
and practices that are meant 
to encourage a fair [COPY: 
fair seems like a weird word 
to 
describe 
relationship] 

relationship between police and 
citizens.

Sheriff Clayton and other 

members of his staff talked 
about policies regarding subject 
control, or the guidelines that 
officers face when interacting 
with citizens when there is the 
potential of risk involved.

A 
focal 
point 
in 
subject 

control policy discussed was the 
regulations regarding the use of 
force. Clayton and Lieutenant 
Kurt 
Schiappacasse 
walked 

through the idea of subjective 
versus objective decision making 
in situations that may require the 
use of force, where officers are 
trained to judge situations based 
on what is logically reasonable, 

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Vol. CXXV, No. 144
©2016 The Michigan Daily

NEWS......................... 2A

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

CL A S S I FI E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A

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

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A

1B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B -SI D E

UM students 
chalk Diag 
in solidarity 
with #BLM

Intramural Building reopens two 
months after initial estimated date

See CHALK, Page 3A

KEVIN ZHENG/Daily

Business senior Jacob Dinhofer works out at the Intramural Sports Building Wednesday. 

CAMPUS LIFE

Support follows week of protests

JACKIE CHARNIGA

Daily News Editor

Additions include central air conditioning, new equipment and social lounges

After 17 months of intensive 

renovations, 
the 
Intramural 

Sports 
Building 
reopened 

Wednesday, two months later 
than was originally estimated.

At the start of the project, the 

renovations were projected to 
cost the University of Michigan 
$21.4 million, a budget revised 
from the original budget of 
$18.7 million, funded in part 
by a donation from Stephen 
Ross. The total actual cost was 
not 
available 
Wednesday 
— 

additional information about the 
project is slated to be provided 

at the building’s ribbon-cutting 
ceremony on Oct. 6. University 
President Mark Schlissel and E. 
Royster Harper, vice president 
for student life, will speak at the 
ceremony.

The 
reopened 
building, 

originally 
constructed 
in 

1928, 
still 
has 
its 
original 

architectural 
features. 
The 

renovations focused mostly on 
infrastructure 
enhancements, 

including 200 new pieces of 
cardio and strength equipment, 
social lounges and rooms for 
group and personal training. 
Other structural improvements 
include a central air conditioning 
system and new lighting to 

CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter

See POLICE, Page 3A

Police talk 
improving 
community 
relations

CITY

Washtenaw County 
sheriff discusses use of 
force, implicit biases 

KEVIN LINDER
Daily Staff Reporter

CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily

Lt. Kurt Schiappacasse speaking at the Community Education Series held by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s 
Department Wednesday night.

In Daily poll of students, 19 percent of 
respondents say they’ll vote third-party

Anger with Clinton and Trump, disagreement over values aids Johnson and Stein

LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter

The B-Side Fashion 

Issue

The B-Side explores fall 

fashion on campus, as well 
as local apparel options for 

students.
» Page 1B

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See POLL, Page 3A

See IM, Page 3A

The Michigan State House 

of 
Representatives 
passed 

a series of bills in a 100 to 6 
vote last Wednesday aimed 
at removing the protections 
that the state’s Freedom of 
Information 
Act 
currently 

offers to the governor’s office. 
The 10-bill package would also 
establish a new Legislative 
Open Records Act — a bill that 
closely mirrors FOIA — which 
would make records from the 
legislative branch available to 
the public.

Rep. 
Ed 
McBroom 
(R–

Vulcan), the sponsor of two of 
the bills, said the reforms were 
important in part because of an 
erosion of public confidence in 
government.

“I believe that our Freedom 

of Information Act should have 
been far more transparent 
from the very beginning when 
we passed the first act 40 years 
ago,” McBroom said. “It’s not 
like it is any more important 
to pass these bills now rather 
than 40 years ago. However, 

See FOIA, Page 2A

State House 
passes bills 
to reform 
FOIA rules

GOVERNMENT

Proposed laws would 
remove exemptions for 
governor, legislature

TIM COHN

Daily Staff Reporter

POLICE ACCOUNTABILIT Y

