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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Students hoping to see President
Barack Obama when he visits
campus Monday to campaign for
Democratic presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton will first need to pick
up tickets Sunday between noon and
7 p.m. at the Ray L. Fisher stadium
and on the Diag.
According to the campaign’s
website, the public event will last
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m Monday.
Obama is slated to speak around 11
a.m.
The University’s chapter of
College Democrats, who were on
the Diag distributing the tickets,
also shared the event on their
Facebook page, warning students
than reserving tickets online would
not guarantee them a spot for
tomorrow’s event.
College Democrats chair Collin
Kelly, an LSA junior, said Monday’s
rally aims get voters in the state of
Michigan excited and out to the
polls.
“Getting out to vote is the most
important thing for a Democrat
to do,” he said. “So that is why
President Obama is coming to
Michigan, to get everyone energized.
He is very very popular nationwide
and especially in the state of
Michigan.”
Kelley said Obama’s appearance
in Michigan will bring more voters
to the polls on Tuesday.
“His presence here is great and
is a huge help to pump everyone up
for our GOTV (Get Out The Vote)
efforts on Tuesday,” he said. “It helps
to carry the momentum throughout
the campaign through election day.”
Obama’s visit, his third to the
city during his presidency, comes
one day before the general election,
and is one of a multiple stops to
campus made by high-ranking
Clinton supporters. Both Sen. Tim
Kaine (D-VA), the Democratic vice
presidential nominee, and Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have visited
campus recently to campaign and
stressed the need for student turnout
on Election Day.
It is also one in a series of
visits to the state in the lead up to
the election - Hillary Clinton will
be in Grand Rapids Monday, and
Bill Clinton is in Lansing Sunday.
Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump’s campaign is also
slated to have a heavy presence in
the state in the last few days before
the election - the candidate himself
is in Sterling Heights Sunday and
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the GOP
vice presidential nominee, will be in
Traverse City Monday.
Though Clinton currently holds
a 5 point lead in Michigan and a
Republican hasn’t won Michigan
since 1988, her lead has tightened in
some recent polls and Trump has
consistently said he would like to
flip the state. In a survey distributed
by the Michigan Daily, 70.3 percent
of student respondents on campus
favored Clinton.
LSA freshman Jennifer
Maiorana, who was waiting in line
on the Diag for tickets, said she heard
about the event through a friend’s
Snapchat. Maiorana was her way to
the baseball stadium, but stopped
when she saw the College Democrats
giving them out on the Diag.
“Just to see the President talk is
an amazing opportunity,” she said.
“I am really excited to see what his
perspective is on this election since
it is so polarizing and just kind of a
great opportunity here on campus.”
LSA freshman Kailan Metha
and LSA freshman Nikita Bazaj
both said they heard about the event
through word of mouth.
“I always have been a huge fan
of Obama,” Metha said. “This may
be my last chance to see him and
this election coming up is really
important.”
Bazaj also said she was a
supporter of Obama.
“I didn’t think I’d ever get the
chance to see him, so this is a great
opportunity on this campus,” she
said.
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Hundreds gather at state Capitol
to support Standing Rock protestors
In a display of solidarity, attendees support North Dakota Sioux tribe
The smell of burning sage and
the sound of ceremonial drum
beats filled the air around the
roughly 500 supporters that
gathered in front of the Michigan
State Capitol building in Lansing
Saturday at a protest against the
construction of the Dakota Access
Pipeline.
The protest was a display of
solidarity for the Standing Rock
Sioux tribe, who are protesting
the Dakota Access Pipeline, a
1,200-mile-long shale oil pipeline
project slated to run underneath
the Missouri river. Members of
the tribe have argued that the
pipeline threatens to contaminate
the river, the tribe’s primary
source of drinking water.
Last Monday, many University
of Michigan students “checked
in” to the Standing Rock Indian
Reservation Facebook page to
show their support for those
protesting the development. On
Saturday, some students, such as,
like LSA senior Noor Ahmad, also
attended the rally.
Ahmad said she joined the rally
because supporting the rights of
indigenous people is an important
issue for her, and she chose to
show solidarity.
“I came here to support
indigenous
resistance
and
indigenous autonomy, and to
support the fact that people
travelled here from all over
Michigan to show their support
for Standing Rock,” she said. “We
are here to learn, we are here to
listen and we are here to support
in any way that we can.”
Ahmad said she travelled
out to Standing Rock over Fall
Break with other students who
felt there was a limited quantity
of mainstream media coverage
on the issue, which has become
heated in recent months.
According to a recent article
by The New York Times, violence
reported from both sides reached
a high point last week, with
at least 142 protesters being
arrested on Oct. 28 for allegedly
engaging in a riot and conspiracy
to endanger by fire and explosion.
Several speakers at the Lansing
rally Saturday encouraged peace,
and at one point called for police
standing by on the Capitol
grounds to join a ceremonial circle
dance that included everyone in
attendance of the event.
Kerry Herron, a mother from
Mount Pleasant and member of
the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe, said escalating tensions at
the protest site have made it too
dangerous for families to take
their young children.
“I know when it first started,
people were taking their kids out
there and showing them what
is going on, but with the police
showing the force that they
are, and attacking peaceful
protesters, it’s not safe to take
your kids out there anymore,”
she said.
To draw attention to the
protests in Standing Rock,
Ahmad and a group of other
students
said
they
were
there to conduct interviews
and
gather
information
to produce a zine, a short
magazine-style
work
containing information about
the Standing Rock Sioux tribe
and the DAPL issue. The
group plans to use the zine to
collect donations to support
the protest effort.
Saturday’s
rally
was
organized
through
a
collaborative
effort
of
grassroots
activists
statewide, according to lead
organizer Regis Ferland, a
Mount Pleasant resident and
member of the Canadian
Mohawk nation. Several tents
and tables were set up on the
Capitol building grounds to
provide more information
See PROTEST, Page 3A
KEVIN LINDER
Daily Staff Reporter
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