About 100 people gathered
in the Ford School of Public
Policy
Monday
to
hear
personal
experiences
and
reactions to the Flint water
crisis from a diverse group of
panelists, including activists
and government workers.
The
Flint
water
crisis
occurred
after
a
state-
appointed
emergency
manager decided to cut costs
by changing the source of
city water to more corrosive
sources, which caused lead
from the pipes to leach into
the water, poisioning Flint’s
residents. It was not publicly
addressed until nearly two
years after the initial notice
of potential lead in the the
water.
Panelist
Chris
Kolb,
president of the Michigan
Environmental
Council,
started the discussion with
comments on his work on
Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) Flint
Water
Task
Force,
which
reviewed the state, federal
and municipal actions leading
to the crisis.
“We
worked
for
five
months to come up with the
report,” Kolb said. “When
we held our press conference
in March of this year, I said
that I thought the Flint water
crisis was a toxic brew of
intolerance,
incompetence
and ignorance.”
The report was a consensus
document
that
contained
36 findings about the crisis
and placed the majority of
the blame on the Michigan
Department of Environmental
Quality, a state government
agency
meant
to
ensure
water and air quality are up
to healthy standards. The
emergency manager, Snyder
and the ill-prepared Flint
water treatment plant were
also to blame for the disaster.
In an interview, Thompson
said her research has largely led
her to conclude that the slow
downfall and ultimate economic
collapse of Detroit can be traced
back to former President Lyndon
B. Johnson’s Law Enforcement
Assistance Act, which, Thompson
argues, started the so-called war
on crime and the incentivization
of incarceration that came with it.
“As
important
as
deindustrialization and ‘white
flight’ are, we have also given
short shrift to the punitive turn
the embrace of mass incarceration
had in destroying cities like
Detroit,” she said.
The Act intended to strengthen
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NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
F A C E O F F . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
This period, the Daily’s
survey was sent to 1,000
University
of
Michigan
students and received 175
responses over a period of two
days. The sample was chosen
randomly
from
University
undergraduates
and
is
reported in the aggregate.
Support
remained
largely the same for most
candidates from the previous
surveys,
with
70
percent
of
respondents
expressing
support
for
Democratic
presidential
nominee
Hillary Clinton, 13 percent
for Republican presidential
nominee Donald Trump and
9 percent for Libertarian
presidential nominee Gary
Johnson. However, support
dropped notably for Green
Party presidential candidate
Jill Stein, to 0.61 percent,
down from 3 percent in
the previous survey. Seven
percent of respondents opted
for “other.”
Following
the
passage
of
the
voter
registration
See POLL, Page 3A
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
University of Michigan Housing residential advisors and other staff members hold signs that read “You Belong Here” as they gather at the final meeting point of the
march on the Diag Monday.
About 400 University of
Michigan Housing residential
advisers,
peer
academic
success specialists, diversity
peer
educators
and
other
staff members participated in
three collaborative marches
across
Central
Campus,
North Campus and the Hill
Neighborhood
Monday
evening.
March participants walked
through the community centers
of every campus dorm in a
stance of solidarity for dorm
residents in light of the anti-
Black, anti-LGBTQ and anti-
Islam posters found in Mason
and Haven Halls and current
discussions surrounding the
release of University President
Mark
Schlissel’s
Diversity,
Equity & Inclusion Plan earlier
this month.
Participants walked from
dorm to dorm, holding signs
and
chanting
“You
belong
here.”
LSA senior Kim Ellsworth,
community
center
manager
for
West
Quad
Residence
Hall, said the march was
organized in a collaborative
effort for dorm residents to
feel more included on campus,
she noted that residential life
had been raised as an issue in
community discussions held by
the University around the DEI
plan.
“We heard during the open
forums of President Schlissel
that students couldn’t express
(their
feelings)
and
they
weren’t feeling safe in the
residence halls, so we wanted
to come together as a res staff
to show that we’re a physical
presence in the halls and on
campus and show that we
stand with our residents and
that they belong here in our
communities,” Ellsworth said.
Stressing
the
importance
of visibility, Ellsworth said
University Housing was not
asking for an administrative
response,
but
rather
was
working in support of their
diversity strategies.
“One of the core values of
Housing and of the University
is to make this be a diverse and
inclusive space for all residents
because this is their home,
and when they’re not in class,
they’re at home,” Ellsworth
See RESEARCH, Page 2A
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Anti-Black and anti-Islam fliers
attributed to the alt-right movement
were found on campus Friday
morning — the third discovery of
similarly offensive posters found
on University of Michigan property
this semester.
Three of the posters found
Friday were displayed outside
South Quad Residence Hall and
included headlines like “Black and
White IQ Distributions,” as well
as text that portrayed differences
in rates of sexually transmitted
diseases, intelligence and welfare
usage between white and Black
men and women. Some posters
included a frog meme that has come
to be associated with the alt-right,
See FLIERS, Page 3A
See FLINT, Page 3A
KEVIN ZHENG/Daily
Kent Key, director of the Office of Community Scholars and Partnerships at Michigan State University’s College of
Human Medicine, discusses the Flint water crisis at the Ford School of Public Policy Monday.
See MARCH, Page 3A
Thank your defense
The Michigan football team
relied on its defense to get
back into the game in its
45-28 win Saturday.
» Page 1B
Daily poll shows
low to no change in
student opinions
on 2016 candidates
Residential staff organizes march
in solidarity with students of color
ELECTION
Sample of campus maintains support
for Clinton, Trump despite incidents
LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Around 400 walk dorm to dorm, holding signs and chanting “you belong here”
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Prof. looks
at jail system
in new book
on Detroit
STATE
Prof. Thompson talks
legal, societal roots of
mass incarceration
WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter
Panelists discuss the ongoing effects
of Flint water crisis on city residents
Activists, government official say still more work to be done by the state
KAELA THEUT
For the Daily
Little action
taken after
new alt-right
fliers found
CAMPUS LIFE
Students express concerns
about third incident of
offensive posters
TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
70%
Hillary Clinton
13%
Donald Trump
Projected Student Candidate Choice
Source: Michigan Daily student survey (rounded to nearest percent
9%
Gary Johnson
.6%
Jill Stein
7%
Other