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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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