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

