During
a
community
conversation on race and campus
climate
Sunday,
University
of Michigan President Mark
Schlissel listened to student
concerns and emphasized the
impact he hopes the upcoming
release of a University-wide
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
plan will have on campus.
The conversation, announced
on Wednesday, was planned
in response to racially charged
fliers that were hung in Mason
and Haven Halls last week.
The fliers, along with a planned
debate over the merits of the
Black Lives Matter movement,
prompted large student protests
throughout the week.
Both
events
occurred
a
week before the release of the
University’s
Diversity,
Equity
and Inclusion strategic plan, a
year-long
initiative
launched
by Schlissel last September and
slated to be announced Thursday.
Schlissel told the crowd that
he believes the success of his
presidency rests on the execution
of the plan, and his ability to
improve climate on campus.
He also stressed the need to
get students involved in resolving
campus climate issues, noting
low attendance at events.
Four forums held by LSA
over the past few weeks about
their portion of the strategic
Cecilia Muñoz, director of the
White House Domestic Policy
Council, and a panel of experts
from Rust Belt cities in the U.S.
drew more than 100 attendees to
explore the crucial relationships
between municipal, state and
national governments for the
implementation of the Obama
administration’s
“place-based”
approach to domestic policy.
Muñoz,
a
University
of
Michigan alum, was also the
Towsley Foundation Policymaker
in Residence at the Public Policy
School in 2007.
The panel was comprised of five
public servants from the Rust Belt
cities of Youngstown, Ohio; Gary,
Ind.; and Detroit, each highlighting
the
role
of
cooperation
on
municipal, state and national levels
in the “place-based”approach the
Obama administration has taken
to domestic policy. Rust Belt cities
refer to Midwestern and northern
American
cities
characterized
by declining industry and falling
populations.
Colonel
Kevin
Riley,
the
commander’s
special
assistant
for community partnerships in
Youngstown and former United
States Air Force Commander,
and
Abigail
Beniston,
code
enforcement
and
blight
remediation superintendent for
the city of Youngstown, described
the
city’s
unique
cooperative
relationship
in
tackling
the
problem of abandoned or vacant
housing. Looking for ways to cut
down on training costs for the
Youngstown Air Reserve Station,
Riley made use of the Realistic
Military Training Program to kill
two birds with one stone.
“I have civil engineers who need
training on heavy machinery; they
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presidential
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Daily
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polling
students about campaign issues
every two weeks. This is the
second iteration of the survey.
This week, the survey was
sent to 1,000 University of
Michigan students and received
231 responses over a period of
five days. The sample was chosen
randomly
from
University
undergraduates and reported in
the aggregate.
The respondents of the
survey
overwhelmingly
identified as Democrats at 51
percent. 17 percent identified
with the Republican Party.
The rest of the respondents
identified
as
Independent,
Libertarian or did not identify
with a party.
The
responses
follow
national trends of millennials
tending to vote Democratic.
Pew Research center found
that, nationally, 51 percent of
millennials identify as or lean
Democratic, compared to 35
percent who identify with
the Republican Party. This
trend also spans the past few
decades, with more and more
college graduates identifying as
Democrats.
Responses
to
the
Daily
polling reached 89 percent
when asked if they would vote
in the upcoming election with
the majority responding with
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NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
S P O RT S M O N DAY. . . . . . . .1 B
See SCHLISSEL, Page 3A
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
Gov. Rick Snyder (R) speaks at the Let’s End Campus Sexual Assault Summit at the North Campus Research Complex Friday.
Michigan
first
lady
Sue
Snyder hosted the second annual
“Inform. Empower. Prevent. Let’s
End Campus Sexual Assault”
summit Friday at the University of
Michigan where representatives
from Greek life, athletics and
state
government
discussed
rising sexual assault numbers and
strategies for eliminating sexual
assault on college campuses.
The summit featured a variety
of speakers and panels, including
an athletic panel as well as panels
on bystander intervention and
rape culture.
Gov. Rick Snyder, first lady Sue
Snyder and their daughter, LSA
junior Kelsey Snyder, kicked off
the event with remarks on the
importance of creating a dialogue
on sexual assault and working
to end sexual assault on college
campuses.
In his remarks, Gov. Snyder said
sexual assault has historically been
one of the most underrepresented
issues in society, and legislatures
and colleges need to be doing more
to combat it. He said summits
like this one are a powerful step
forward, but also encouraged
people to go out and take action to
individually facilitate change.
See SURVEY, Page 3A
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Cecilia Muñoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, leads a panel of federal and local officials in a
discussion on work being done in rustbelt cities in Annenburg Auditorium Friday.
The Speight escape
Wilton Speight’s late
touchdown to Amara Darboh
helped No. 4 Michigan
survive a physical battle
against No. 8 Wisconsin.
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See SUMMIT, Page 2A
The first top-10 matchup in Ann
Arbor since 2003 was expected
to be a defensive showdown, and
with the sun setting over Michigan
Stadium in the fourth quarter, it
looked like a showdown in which
the
fourth-ranked
Wolverines
might come up short.
Despite
outgaining
No.
8
Wisconsin by nearly 200 yards,
Michigan had struggled to get
anything going after scoring a
touchdown on the first play of the
second quarter. The Badgers had
stopped every drive, sacked and
picked off redshirt sophomore
quarterback Wilton Speight and
capitalized on three missed field
goals to put the Wolverines’ backs
against the wall.
But Speight reached back for one
big play — a 46-yard touchdown
pass to fifth-year senior wide
receiver Amara Darboh with 7:56
to play — and it put Michigan back
on top, 14-7. And as it has all season,
the Wolverines’ defense took care
of the rest.
Michigan stopped Wisconsin
three times in the final quarter
—
capped
by
a
one-handed
See FOOTBALL, Page 3A
70.13%
Hillary Clinton
12.12%
Donald Trump
Projected Student Candidate Choice
Source: Michigan Daily student survey
11.69%
Gary Johnson
3.03%
Jill Stein
3.03%
Other
‘U’ president
holds forum
on racially
charged fliers
Sue Snyder hosts annual summit
on fighting campus sexual assault
ADMINISTRATION
Schlissel focuses on DEI plan in
responding to student concerns
KATHERINE CURRAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Greek life members, athletic deparment participate in panels
LYDIA MURRAY & CALEB
CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporters
Support for Trump
grows in Daily poll
70 percent of students say they would vote
for Hillary Clinton
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
White House official discusses
place-based policy initiatives
City representatives discuss collaborative efforts in the Rust Belt
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
Wolverines
score late,
overcome
Wisconsin
FOOTBALL
Behind last-minute
touchdown, Michigan
wins 14-7
JACOB GASE
Managing Sports Editor
GOVERNMENT