A
diverse
crowd
of
about
100
people
filled
the Michigan Union Rogel
Ballroom Wednesday night
to listen as male and female
survivors of sexual assault
shared their stories at the
Sexual Assault Prevention
and Awareness Center’s 30th
annual Speak Out event.
The event was organized
by
SAPAC’s
Networking,
Publicity
and
Activism
Volunteer Program, led by
LSA senior Alyssa Dunbeck
and
LSA
junior
Srinidhi
Subramanian.
SAPAC,
a
University
entity,
trains
students to act as a peer
network
for
survivors
of
sexual
assault
and
aims
to
advocates
for
social
change through professional
services, such as counseling
and crisis hotlines, for the
campus community.
Dunbeck and Subramanian
opened
the
program
by
noting the survivors’ stories
were confidential, and the
speak out aims to provide
a safe place to empower
survivors to share on their
own terms. They asked that
only
survivors
of
sexual
assault talk in front of the
audience, and defined sexual
assault as an umbrella term
that includes rape, stalking,
sexual
harassment
and
intimate partner violence.
The
Michigan
Daily
was
asked to not quote directly
from any survivor’s story.
Survivors were given the
opportunity to speak at any
For many incoming freshmen,
leaving home for the first time is
a source of excitement and fear,
regardless of how far they’re
going.
But for international students,
like Music, Theatre & Dance
junior Jessica Gomes-Ng, living
thousands of miles from home
for years at a time is adds new
elements to that experience.
Gomes-Ng said studying in
the United States was an easy
transition because of her previous
education
at
international
primary and secondary schools
in
New
Zealand,
Vietnam,
Belgium and Singapore.
“I went to an American school
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NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
CL ASSIFIEDS............... 5A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
B S I D E . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
Nearly
a
thousand
people
gathered on the Diag and marched
through University of Michigan
buildings for a student walk-out
protest against racism on campus
following President-elect Donald
Trump’s upset win Wednesday
afternoon.
The
walkout,
which
was
organized
by
the
student
organization Students4Justice, was
also attended by civil rights activist
Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Prior
to
the
event,
the
Students4Justice released a list of
demands that they hoped to achieve
from the protest.
The
list
included
demands
for University action to protect
underrepresented
minority
students
by
re-channeling
resources, as well as a call for the
University to be an immigrant
sanctuary
site,
to
double
its
commitment to rejecting racial
harassment, to divest from unethical
corporations and to remove all
symbols and fliers associated with
the alt-right movement and those
encouraging white supremacy.
LSA junior Lakyrra Magee, one
of the event organizers, highlighted
the call to make the University a
sanctuary campus — a designation
that would empower Universities
to limit institutional cooperation
with federal immigration officers
seeking
out
undocumented
students— as among the most
significant demands.
“Our main message was this:
Because President Schlissel came
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See SAPAC, Page 2A
See WALKOUT, Page 3A
In a Wednesday press release,
the University of Michigan stressed
that the 2017 commencement
ceremony
—
the
bicentennial
ceremony — will include multiple
in-person speakers.
The release came after a petition
circulated among seniors this week
alleging that there were tentative
plans to ompile a video of past
speakers instead of one or both of
the traditional speakers — typically
a student and a keynote speaker.
Engineering
senior
Clare
Hyde said she created the survey
Sunday
after
confirming
that
this was the committee’s plan
for commencement with several
individual
sources,
including
See BACKLASH, Page 3A
The B-Side
Daily Arts Writers explore
food and cooking, including
a trip to a pie-making class
and a review of Ina Garten’s
new cookbook.
» Page 1B
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a walkout organized by Students4Justice to protest racism
on the Diag Wednesday.
EMMA RICHTER/Daily
A program for the Sexual Assault and Prevention Center’s 30th annual Speak Out rest on the chairs for audience
members before the event in the Michigan Union Wednesday.
Jarred and unsettled, Michigan
in
Color
has
shared
in
the
sentiments
of
many
students,
faculty and staff on campus: fear,
confusion, hopelessness, urgency
and the need for action. Given
that Michigan in Color is a space
by and for people of color, our
work has centered on providing
MiC as a space and a platform
for students to make sense of the
See JACKSON, Page 3A
MICHIGAN IN COLOR
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Hundreds of students and community members march, sometimes blocking streets, during the Students4Justice campus walkout Wednesday.
Nearly one thousand march
through campus in walkout
Civil rights legend shares thoughts on
recent campus incidents following election
NISA KHAN &
TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporters
Rev. Jesse Jackson
puts our struggle in
context with MiC
Rev. Jesse Jackson emphasizes empowerment at student-organized event
International
students find
freedom and
frustrations
CAMPUS LIFE
In transition to ‘U’,
challenges in maintaining
identity, acquiring work
NEIL SCHWARTZ
Daily Staff Reporter
Annual SAPAC Speak Out provides
survivors space to share their stories
Audience places flowers on painting of tree during 30th iteration of event
KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
‘U’ releases
statement
about 2017
graduation
CAMPUS LIFE
Information about
plans follows student
petition on ceremony
EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter
MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Senior Editors