Martha
Pollack,
provost
and executive vice president
for academic affairs at the
University
of
Michigan,
has been appointed Cornell
University’s 14th president,
according to a Cornell press
release
published
Monday
afternoon.
Pollack has served as the
University’s
provost
since
2013, acting as the chief
budgetary
and
academic
officer overseeing all teaching
and research in each of the
University’s 19 schools and
colleges. Her term at Cornell
is slated to begin on April
17, 2017, though her current
contract, approved by the
Board of Regents in December
2014, extends through the
summer of 2018.
“I am humbled and honored
to
have
been
elected
to
lead this great university,”
Pollack said in the Cornell
press release. “As a private
university
with
a
public
mission,
Cornell
is
the
embodiment of my own deeply
held belief in the ability of
knowledge to improve the
human condition.”
University
of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel
congratulated Pollack in an
email sent to faculty Monday
afternoon, and applauded her
About
300
students
and
faculty gathered Monday night
in the Diag for a group Isha
prayers, or the fifth and final
daily Islamic prayer, held by the
University of Michigan Muslim
Students’ Association following
threats against Muslim women
on campus this week.
On Friday night, a female
student wearing a hijab was
approached by a man who
threatened to light her on fire
if she did not remove her head
covering. Another female student
was approached by two men who
referenced her religion, yelled at
her for being in the United States
and pushed her down a hill on
Saturday night. Both crimes have
been classified as intimidation
crimes, with the latter classified
as ethnic intimidation.
Also on Friday, a student
found a swastika and hateful
message written on the door of
his apartment.
MSA President Farhan Ali, an
LSA junior, said he was surprised
by the large number of people
who attended. He noted that to
show solidarity with the female
Muslim students on campus,
male Muslims have been wearing
the kufi, a traditional hat for
Muslim men.
“People have these myths
about Islam, and that’s how
Islamophobia occurs,” Ali said.
“We’re trying to figure out ways
we can see to make this campus
safer and we’re trying to talk to
DPSS.”
University
President
Mark
Schlissel
and
other
administrators
sent
out
an
email Sunday night condemning
incidents of intimidation and
calling for unity on campus
across political ideologies.
“We hope all members of
our community can agree that
we must not stand silent while
facing expressions of bigotry,
discrimination or hate that have
become part of our national
political
discourse,”
Schlissel
wrote in the email.
The
incidents
follow
the
election of Donald Trump to
the presidency on Nov. 8, who
proposed a ban on all Muslim
immigration
during
the
campaign.
Organizers
said
Monday
night’s
gathering
—
which
was open to Muslims and non-
Muslim allies of the organization
— aimed to give voice to those
in fear following the election, as
well as to initiate unity among all
students on campus.
Public Policy junior Stephen
Wallace said he attended the
event with other Black students
to show solidarity with Muslims.
Wallace said he would like to
see further action from the
University
administration
on
More
than
100
students,
faculty
members
and
Ann
Arbor
residents
discussed
tensions in the campus climate
at the University of Michigan
and elsewhere in the country
following President-elect Donald
Trump’s controversial victory at
an LSA event Monday evening.
Since the election last Tuesday,
students have held a number
of protests and vigils on the
University of Michigan’s campus
to address fear and feelings
of
isolation
from
Trump’s
rhetoric, which protestors have
characterized as racially divisive
and discriminatory. In the last
three days, two hate crimes have
occurred on campus according
to crime alerts sent by the
University of Michigan Division
of Public Safety.
The event was hosted and
moderated by LSA Dean Andrew
Martin and several other LSA
faculty members. Martin, who
noted that the discussion was
organized a month ago, said
he believes much of the recent
outrages can be attributed to
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
See POLLACK, Page 3
KEVIN ZHENG/Daily
LGBTQ activist Tiq Milan speaks at the Transgender Awareness Week kickoff event at the Michigan Union Monday.
At the University’s Transgender
Awareness Week’s kickoff event
Monday, keynote speaker Tiq Milan
shared his story and encouraged
resistance in the face of hate on
campus and nationally.
The gathering, sponsored by the
Spectrum Center, drew 60 students,
faculty and community members
filled the Kuenzel Room in the
Michigan Union.
Milan, an LGBTQ advocate and
writer, described his experiences
as a Black transgender man, how
his family reacted to his transition
and how current events such as
the rules aiming to control use of
bathrooms by transgender people
and the election of Donald Trump
as president impact transgender
people. Milan said his advocacy
work is possible because he is
comfortable with his identity and
through this work he hopes to
educate others about the variety
within the trans experience.
“I’ll stand up here, talk about my
surgeries and hormones and my
mother and all these things so that
other guys don’t have to, so other
guys can just have the space to live
their life,” he said.
Speaking specifically to recent
instances of hate on campus,
including ethnic intimidation and
See AFTERMATH, Page 3
AARON BAKER/Daily
Students hold Isha prayers at the University of Michigan Diag Monday.
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quarterback Wilton Speight
has put the Michigan football
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into the last two games of the
regular season
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See PRAYER, Page 3
See AWARENESS, Page 3
Saturday
night
between
9
p.m. and 10 p.m., a student was
approached near South University
Avenue and Washtenaw Avenue by
two men who yelled at her for being
in America. They then referenced
her religion and pushed her down
a hill, according to the University of
Michigan Division of Public Safety
and Security.
A University crime alert sent out
to students and faculty in an email
Monday classified the incident
as ethnic intimidation and urged
students to look assertive and be
aware of their surroundings.
When
contacted
Monday,
University
Police
Department
spokesperson Diane Brown had
no
additional
information
to
provide and said the incident was
being investigated by Ann Arbor
Police Department. No additional
information
from
AAPD
was
immediately available.
This is the third reported
incident of this nature on campus in
the wake of last week’s presidential
election. Friday, a female student
was forced to remove her hijab and
threatened she would be set on fire
See CRIME, Page 3
LSA SG candidates
talk at forum
Students discuss platforms
for upcoming student
government election
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‘U’ provost
selected to
be president
of Cornell
Transgender Awareness Week
keynote emphasizes resistance
ADMINISTRATION
Schlissel to begin search for
permanent replacement in January
RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter
Tiq Milan discusses recent campus, national climate following presidential election
EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
LSA holds
discussion
on election
reactions
ELECTION
Dean Andrew Martin
moderates event with
focus on inclusivity
ETHAN LEVIN
Daily Staff Reporter
Prayer gathering hosted by Muslim
Students’ Association draws hundreds
Demonstration aims to create coalition on campus following hate crimes
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
University
student is
targeted in
hate crime
POLICE
Woman approached by
two men and pushed
down hill near South U.
KEVIN BIGLIN
Daily Staff Reporter