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 michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Wednesday, November 16, 2016 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. INDEX Vol. CXXVI, No. 30 ©2016 The Michigan Daily 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 michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit 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