A
project
created
by
Christopher
Ruf,
professor
of atmospheric science and
electrical engineering at the
University of Michigan, will
culminate with the launch of
a $151 million Cyclone Global
Navigation Satellite System Dec.
12.
The launch was announced
Friday
by
the
University.
CYGNSS, whose inaugural flight
will be from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Base, has been a
collaborative
effort
between
Ruf’s team and NASA.
Ruf said the project aims to
measure previously unknown
details on hurricane systems,
such as surface winds and
precipitation fields, to provide
more frequent and accurate
measurements throughout the
life cycle of tropical storms and
hurricanes. According to a NASA
press release, the project will be
a “fundamental improvement in
hurricane forecasting.”
EJ Olson, marketing and
communications specialist for
the Department of Atmospheric,
Oceanic and Space Sciences
in the College of Engineering,
said CYGNSS is revolutionary
because of its ability to penetrate
the heavy rain of a hurricane’s
eyewall.
“This will give scientists, for
first time, the ability to see into
The
chant
“No
Trump,
no KKK, no racist, sexist
U.S.A.,” echoed throughout
the University of Michigan
campus Tuesday night as more
than 100 students, faculty and
community members attended
a rally and march described
as
stopping
“Trump’s
racist vision for America.”
The University chapter of
BAMN — the Coalition to
Defend Affirmative Action,
Integration and Immigrant
Rights and Fight for Equality
By Any Means Necessary —
organized the event.
The march aimed to defend
immigrant rights and advocate
against
the
militarization
of the United States-Mexico
border, citing President-elect
Donald
Trump’s
campaign
pushes to build a wall between
the U.S. and Mexico and
incarcerate or depart two to
three million undocumented
immigrants.
Additionally,
the protest addressed recent
ethnic intimidation attacks
on campus since Trump was
elected president.
In the first incident, a white
male threatened to light a
female Muslim student on
fire if she did not remove her
hijab Friday. Additionally, a
male student woke up to find
a swastika painted on his
apartment door, and another
female student was yelled
at for being in America and
pushed down a hill by two
men
referencing
religion.
Immediately
following
the
election last week, the Rock
was also painted with the
phrases “fuck America” and
“kill ‘em all” over logos of the
Republican and Democratic
parties.
Before the rally, Art &
Design
sophomore
Keysha
Wall, an organizer of the
event and member of BAMN,
said the purpose is to show
solidarity
with
minority
students and make it known
that
ethnic
intimidation
crimes will not be tolerated.
“Specifically
after
the
Muslim woman was attacked
on campus, it was even a fight
to have UM DPSS mark this as
a hate crime … this has been
necessary,” Wall said. “It is
necessary as soon as possible
to make a stand and remind
those bigots that they don’t
get to get away with this. They
don’t get to get away with
threatening and intimidating
anybody on this campus.”
At the start of the event,
attendees gathered in the
Diag and listened to event
organizers as they brought
forth their concerns regarding
Trump’s policies.
Police later followed behind
An opioid addiction epidemic
that has taken lives across the
country has had significant
impacts in Washtenaw County,
prompting
the
community
forum “An Opioid Crisis in
Washtenaw County: What Can
We Do?” Tuesday at the Ann
Arbor District Library.
The event was hosted by
the University of Michigan
Depression Center, part of the
Bright Nights community forum
series.
Nursing
Prof.
Stephen
Strobbe began the forum by
outlining the scope of the opioid
epidemic locally and nationally,
as well as suggesting causes of
the crisis.
Strobbe
said
there
were
48,000 opioid-related overdoses
in 2015 alone, a number that has
been rising exponentially. He
attributed the primary cause of
addiction to opioid prescribing
practices in the United States.
“There
were
enough
prescriptions written in the
past year to supply every single
adult in the United States with
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NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
SPORTS.......................7A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B
See NASA, Page 3A
CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily
Two hundred students gathered in the Modern Languages Building Tuesday night for a debate over a Central Student Government resolution that called on the Uni-
versity of Michigan to divest its investments in several companies that allegedly commit human rights violations against Palestinians. The resolution failed.
At
their
weekly
meeting
Tuesday,
Central
Student
Government voted 34 to 13
to reject a resolution that
would
have
called
on
the
University
of
Michigan
to
divest its investments in several
companies
that
allegedly
commit human rights violations
against Palestinians.
The resolution, which was
brought to the assembly by
student organization Students
Allied for Freedom and Equality,
initially considered a range
of companies, but was limited
during the meeting to only
Boeing, G4S, Hewlett-Packard
and United 130 Technologies.
This is the 10th attempt since
2002 to pass the resolution at
the University, including in the
past two years, following in the
path of similar resolutions at
many other schools around the
country. The vote this year was
less close than it has been in
previous years.
The
resolution
charged
that
University
investments
in
these
companies
are
unethical because they oppress
Palestinians
due
to
their
business practices in Israel
or products they produce. It
See OPIOID, Page 3A
CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily
BAMN organizer Kate Stenvig speaks to protestors before leading a march against President-elect Donald Trump
across campus and downtown Ann Arbor Tuesday.
The Statement
Campus leaders speak out
on issues of Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion.
» Page 1B
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See BAMN, Page 3A
See CSG, Page 3A
Throughout this semester,
there
has
been
ongoing
discussion at Senate Advisory
Committee on University Affairs
meetings over the creation of a
tri-campus task force between
the different faculty governance
structures at the University
of
Michigan’s
Ann
Arbor,
Flint and Dearborn campuses.
Details regarding the task force,
including membership, may be
determined at the next Senate
Assembly meeting on Nov. 21.
SACUA
member
Silke-
Maria Weineck, chair of the
Department
of
Comparative
Literature, said on Nov. 9 in an
interview discussion for the
creation of a tri-campus task
force began this semester due to
concerns from representatives
of Flint and Dearborn regarding
governance
issues
at
their
respective
campuses.
In
particular, she said there is
confusion over how the faculty
governance structures at each
campus should interact with
each other.
At the first meeting of the
See TASKFORCE, Page 3A
University
collaborates
with NASA
on satellite
Central Student Government
resolution to divest fails 34-13
SCIENCE
Campus team works to create new
way to measure hurricane systems
SEAN DEW
Daily Staff Reporter
Over 200 gather to debate removal of financial support from companies
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
At forum,
officials
talk opiod
addiction
HEALTH
Community event
aims to highlight local
impacts of issue
COLIN BERESFORD
Daily Staff Reporter
‘U’ chapter of BAMN rallies downtown
to protest Trump, ethnic intimidation
More than 100 students marched in defense of immigrant rights, recent crimes
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Tri-campus
discussion
to continue
at SACUA
ACADEMICS
Faculty work to improve
governance structures
across University
RACHEL COHEN
Daily Staff Reporter