Though
the
presidential
election has drawn a lot of the
focus on campus, local elections
are ramping up in the building
to Nov. 8 as well.
The
Washtenaw
County
sheriff’s
race
between
incumbent
Sheriff
Jerry
Clayton (D), who has now
served two four-year terms, and
Ken Magee (R) will culminate
with residents casting their
votes on Election Day.
Clayton previously served
in the sheriff’s office for 20
years prior to retiring in 2006.
He served as the Washtenaw
County Jail administrator, a
corrections officer, a deputy
sheriff and in several other law
enforcement positions in the
county.
Magee was a part of U.S.
Drug Enforcement Agency for
24 years, where he worked on
the Pablo Escobar case — a
high-profile drug trafficking
investigation — and served as a
DEA unit chief in Washington,
D.C. He also served as the
University of Michigan police
chief for three years before
resigning
in
2011
after
a
12-month sick leave.
Addressing mental health
and substance abuse in the
county
Mental health and substance
abuse are priorities for both
aThe
University
of
Michigan’s Central Student
Government
officially
launched its new “It Starts
With Me” initiative Tuesday
to
bring
issues
around
discrimination
on
campus
into the spotlight.
CSG Vice President Micah
Griggs, an LSA senior, is
leading the campaign, which
will last through the academic
year.
The initiative was initially
kicked off this past Tuesday
during CSG Diag Day. Griggs
said the campaign originally
stemmed
from
the
anti-
Black, anti-Muslim and anti-
LGBTQ posters seen around
campus several weeks ago but
has since taken a proactive
approach to raising awareness
about these issues in the
campus community.
CSG
members
are
launching the “It Starts With
Me” campaign by reaching
out to student organizations
on
campus
to
sign
its
banner. According to Griggs,
the
banner,
symbolizing
solidarity for the cause, was
first revealed at the Diag day
but will now be circulating
each week to a different
student organization.
“We really just wanted
to call in students to be an
ally through their actions,
and it can just be something
symbolic like signing a poster
but also to bring awareness
to
these
issues,”
Griggs
said. “Sometimes events on
campus occur and students
just brush them under the rug
or they forget about it, but
communities are hurting.”
CSG
Communications
Director Joe Shea, a Public
Policy
senior,
said
each
student holds an individual
responsibility as a part of the
University community.
“It’s an introspective thing
— it starts with you, it starts
with me, personally,” Shea
said. “In order to change
on-campus apathy, we need
to do it on an individual level,
and once we get there, we are
excited to build on that.”
In
addition
to
signing
the banner, Griggs said the
campaign will pass out blue
wristbands
displaying
“It
Starts With Me.” Both the
banner and wristbands will
allow students to recognize
other allies around campus
and
hold
one
another
responsible to the promise
they’ve made toward creating
a more inclusive community.
“When events happen on
campus, we aren’t always
taking a reactive motion to
these things,” Griggs said.
The University of Michigan
is working to cut the number
of
opioid
addictions
that
result
from
post-surgical
opioid prescriptions, which
make up 40 percent of opioid
painkillers prescribed overall
in Michigan.
Researchers
have
found
that about one in 10 patients
who are prescribed opioid
painkillers
post-surgery
become dependent on them.
To counter this statistic, as
well as an overall high number
of prescriptions being given
out, the University is working
alongside
the
Michigan
Department of Health and
Human Services to create the
Michigan Opioid Prescribing
Engagement Network.
The
Michigan-OPEN
initiative
is
being
funded
with a $1.4 million per year,
five-year grant from the state
and equal funding from the
University with a goal to cut
in half both the number of
opioids prescribed to post-
surgery
patients
and
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S P O RT S M O N DAY. . . . . . . .1 B
See PROSECUTER, Page 3A
ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily
Dr. John Garcia, a research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research, speaks at the “Latinas/os and the 2016 Election” forum at North Quad Thursday.
With the election rapidly
approaching, about 20 people
gathered Thursday in North
Quad to listen to three panelists
explain what Latinos can do to
mobilize in response to Donald
Trump’s campaign.
Panelists also discussed how
the community can engage
with policy debates regarding
immigration,
using
various
studies and statistics.
“Latinas/os and the 2016
Election,”
was
the
second
forum in a series of five,
organized
by
the
Latina/o
Studies Program this year with
the aim of creating a space
where faculty, students and
the Ann Arbor community can
come together with speakers
from
outside
organizations
to discuss a range of issues
most pertinent to the Latino
community.
The
panel’s
participants
included
John
García,
a
research
professor
emeritus
with the Institute for Social
Research,
Political
Science
Prof.
Mara
Ostfeld
and
Rackham
graduate
student
Vanessa Cruz Nichols.
García began by outlining
five key elements of a analysis
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See FORUM, Page 3A
Currently outside of the
Michigan
Union
Starbucks,
a dozen or so photographs
depict University of Michigan
students and messages they
chalked on the Diag.
The Unviersity exhibit is
strategically placed at one of
the most frequented places on
campus to remind students
to take care of themselves
mentally throughout not only
their academic requirements
but also throughout the 2016
presidential election, and it’s
far from the only effort in
place.
This year’s election features
the
two
most
unpopular
candidates in history, as well as
derogatory comments targeted
toward minority groups and
general
hostility
between
candidates. In a recent study
the American Psychological
Association, more than half of
all American adults said they
feel very or somewhat stressed
by this election.
Michael Traugott, research
professor at the University’s
See ELECTION, Page 3A
ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily
LSA senior Michelle Vosters donates blood to the American Red Cross in the Michigan Union Thursday.
BLOOD BAT TLE
Local sheriff
candidates
talk curbing
drug issues
Panelists discuss how Latinos can
mobilize in the upcoming election
CRIME
Washtenaw County race focuses on
mental health, substance abuse
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
Event centers on issues ranging from immigration to Donald Trump’s rhetoric
KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
University,
state aim to
cut opioid
addiction
HEALTH
Partnership focuses on
preventing post-surgery
dependency
RASHEED ABDULLAH
For the Daily
CSG initiative aims to build awareness
about issues of discrimination at ‘U’
“It Starts With Me” campaign highlights solidarity, inclusivity and allyhood
ALEX COTT
Daily Staff Reporter
Election
causes
stress on
campus
2016
CAPS provides services
to address student
voter anxieties
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter