Many
staffers
from
the
Ginsberg Center, the Sexual
Assault
Prevention
and
Awareness Center and the Office
of Student Life joined graduate
students to discuss responses to
the presidential election results
Thursday afternoon.
The
discussion,
labeled
the “Post-Election Dialogue:
Impact, Perspective-taking and
Moving Forward,” took place at
the Michigan League ballroom
as part of the 10th annual
Professional
Development
Conference.
Though
the
general
conference
—
an
in-house
professional
development
opportunity for Student Life
staff — required a fee and
registration in advance, the
election
response
portion,
facilitated
by
the
Ginsberg
Center and Counseling and
Psychological Services, was free
and open to all students, faculty
and staff.
Allie Harte, organizational
development
and
talent
management
specialist
at
Student Life Human Resources,
said
the
election
dialogue
portion was added to the
event prior to Election Day,
but received more attention
following
an
email
from
President Mark Schlissel on
Thursday regarding election
Organizers
had
to
add
extra chairs to the Pond
Room in the Michigan Union
Thursday to accommodate an
audience of about 40 students,
veterans and other Ann Arbor
community members for the
Women in the Military Panel.
The seven panelists were
all
female
veterans
and
students at the University of
Michigan or Eastern Michigan
University, and spoke as part
of the University’s Veterans
Week, which honors military
service leading up to Veteran’s
Day Friday.
The panel was facilitated
by
Melissa
Spaulding,
a
counselor
with
VetSuccess
on campus, a program that
helps
veterans
transition
to college life. She asked
panelists to share the ways
they confronted stereotypes
in their experiences both in
the military and in life after
their service. Many panelists
cited instances in which they
were asked if they’d served
even while attending veterans
events.
Others
described
times during their military
service in which men believed
they couldn’t perform tasks at
the same level as men.
LSA sophomore Cassaundra
Peterson,
a
panelist
who
served in the U.S. Air Force,
outlined
her
experiences
performing
maintenance
tasks, and said men often
offered to carry her tool box
because they assumed she
wasn’t capable.
“There was a brief time
where people assumed I didn’t
know my job or I couldn’t do
my job as well as someone else,
despite having the roles that
I had taken on or the things
I had volunteered for,” she
said. “I remember thinking
‘OK, I have two choices: I’m
everything they want me to be
and say that I am or I put my
nose to the ground and I grind
it out.’ ”
She
said
despite
these
prejudices, she was able to
prove that she was competent
and change the viewpoints of
those around her.
“It was a good lesson for me,
and at the time I didn’t know I
was learning it,” Peterson said.
“But those kind of stereotypes,
and that viewpoint, it is what
you make of it, you can find
positives, spin it, and you can
change people’s minds. It’s not
something that I feel like you
have to give in to.”
Another
panelist,
LSA
senior Riva Szostkowski, who
served in the U.S. Air Force,
said
one
supervisor
told
her to “grow a thicker skin”
regarding the discussion of
University
of
Michigan
President Mark Schlissel is often
the most visible decision-maker
on campus, but many students
are unaware of the extent to
which the school is controlled by
a governing body called the Board
of Regents.
Over the past few years,
the
Board
of
Regents
has
faced criticism for its lack of
transparency. In interviews, some
students
expressed
confusion
about Regents and how they
function institutionally within
the framework of the University,
as well as continued concerns
with the transparency between
students and regents.
“I always knew they were
the bosses of the president,
and thinking about it, yeah, we
probably
should
know,”
said
LSA sophomore Kate Roush.
“But I have never been in an
institution where there has been
transparency about the existing
‘board.’ ”
Similarly,
LSA
sophomore
Joseph Cohen said though he has
been on campus for two years, he
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NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
CL A SSIFIEDS .............. 5A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
T I P O F F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
Discussion
on election
emphasizes
next steps
See GINSBERG, Page 3A
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters at at a campaign fundraiser at the Expo Center in Birch Run August 16, 2015.
GOVERNMENT
Graduate students, faculty and staff
talk impacts of Trump win
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
President-elect
Donald
Trump’s
unexpected
victory
Tuesday left some wondering how
he will address a variety of policy
issues — as Trump’s campaign
was frequently criticized for a lack
of detail on his ideas — including
higher education.
On the University of Michigan’s
campus, many students said they
were concerned in particular
about student debt and dwindling
government funding for public
colleges.
Millennial
beliefs
most
frequently
align
with
the
Democratic Party, and according
to
CNN,
with
Democratic
presidential
nominee
Hillary
Clinton in the 2016 election.
This trend also reflected beliefs
of the student population at
the University — in the most
recent polling conducted by the
Michigan Daily, 76 percent of
respondents said they planned to
vote for Clinton.
During her campaign, Clinton
made a point to emphasize
issues
that
would
help
her
secure the youth vote, including
detailed proposals to address
rising student debt and increase
access to higher education as a
whole. In comparison, Trump
See REGENTS, Page 3A
PAUL AHNN/Daily
Female veterans and students at the University of Michigan or Eastern Michigan University speak about gender
stereotypes for a panel as a part of the University’s Veterans Week in the Michigan Union Thursday.
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See MILITARY, Page 3A
See TRUMP, Page 3A
Namira Islam, a University of
Michigan alum and co-founder
and
executive
director
of
the
Muslim
Anti-Racism
Collaborative, a group devoted
to
ending
racist
incidents
against
minorities,
advised
approximately
30
students
to be allies to one another
and
emphasized
education
Thursday night during a talk
entitled “Racial Roots.”
The event was sponsored by
the University’s Muslim Student
Association to educate students
on the history of systemic
racism in the United States.
In her talk, Islam encouraged
attendees to take action in their
own communities.
“The
importance
of
education and unlearning some
of what we have been taught
and re-learning and then using
that education to act is just
crucial,” she said.
In addition to discussing
racism, Islam said she hoped the
talk would provide a safe space
for students to ask questions
and share their feelings. She
See RACISM, Page 3A
Event looks
at roots of
systematic
oppresion
CAMPUS LIFE
Executive director of
Muslim Anti-Racism
Collaborative gives talk
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
Students worry about higher
education policies under Trump
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
President-elect outlined few specific policies on college debt, access during campaign
Knowledge
of regents
low among
students
ADMIN
Campus unfamiliar with
governing body’s role in
administrative affairs
KATHERINE CURRAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Panel of female veterans highlights
challenges during and after service
Sexism, lack of recognition among topics addressed by students
EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter