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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CL A SSIFIEDS .............. 5A

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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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facing high expectations, 
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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

