About
150
students
gathered Monday afternoon
in an Angell Hall auditorium
for “Election 2016: Looking
Under the Hood and Down the
Road,” a panel of University of
Michigan’s political science
faculty also discussed the
recent presidential election
as a monumental shift in
American politics.
The panel consisted of six
LSA faculty members with
concentrations in American
politics, political psychology,
public policy and the Middle
East.
Each
presented
an
individual response to the
election
based
on
their
concentration.
Political
Science
Prof.
Lisa Disch moderated the
panel and said the event was
predominantly a data-based
response to the election.
“We in political science
are in a position where we’re
able to look at the events of
the past month in a way that’s
about fact, not perception,
and we can help explain what
might be coming next,” she
said.
Each panelist emphasized
in their remarks the general
uncertainty
of
the
data
already
collected
about
the election and the future
political
climate.
Panelist
Ted Brader, a professor of
political science, discussed
the reliability of pre-election
polls, emphasizing that they
fell ultimately within a fair
margin of error but were
clearly not infallible.
On Monday, Laurence Ball,
professor
of
economics
at
Johns
Hopkins
University,
charged that the United States
Federal Reserve was partially
responsible
for
the
2008
bankruptcy for neglecting to bail
out the Lehman Brothers. The
lecture was in Hutchins Hall to a
group of about 30 students.
Lehman
was
the
fourth-
largest investment bank in the
United States when it declared
bankruptcy.
A
combination
of falling stock prices, rating
downgrades, increases in credit
default swaps premiums on its
debt and negative commentary
in the media would result in the
largest bankruptcy filing in U.S.
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See BALLOTS, Page 3
A attack on the Ohio State
University’s campus Monday
morning left at least nine
victims injured. According to
a statement from OSU police,
a suspect, who was shot by
campus police, ran victims over
with a car and cut individuals
with a butcher knife. Eight of
those injured are stable, but
one is in critical condition,
according to the Associated
Press.
The AP also stated that the
shooter has been identified
as OSU student Abdul Razak
Ali Artan by the university’s
public safety director Monica
Moll. Artan was killed by Alan
Horujko, a police officer at
the university, after crashing
his vehicle into pedestrians
and attacking students with a
knife.
A
shelter
in
place
on
campus
was
lifted
late
Monday morning, after initial
reports of an active shooter
situation.
Law
enforcement
officials are still conducting
an investigation and campus
sweep.
OSU police told media they
did alo receive reports of shots
fired in a campus building,
although no reports of bullet
wounds or injuries have been
released. No deaths have been
reported aside from a shooter,
according to the AP.
OSU emergency management
tweeted
Monday
morning
alerting students about the
situation, urging them to seek
refuge and defend themselves
if necessary. According to the
tweet, a shooter was active in
Watts Hall, OSU’s materials
science
and
engineering
building.
The
“run,
hide,
fight”
recommendation
is
part
of
standard
active
shooter
protocol,
advising
students
to evacuate if possible, get
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See ELECTION, Page 3
See OSU, Page 3
Jason
Furman,
President
Barack Obama’s chief economist,
spoke to a crowd of about 165 on
public policy’s role in reducing
poverty and the effect of certain
Obama administration policies
on income at the University of
Michigan Monday.
During the talk, Furman said
the United States has recently
experienced a surprisingly strong
recovery after the 2008 financial
crisis, a worldwide economic
downturn that resulted in mass
job loss and decreased consumer
spending.
In the years following the
crisis, the unemployment rate
has fallen below expectations,
See ECONOMIST, Page 3
Zak Attack
For better or worse, the
Michigan men’s basketball
team is relying on Zak Irvin
for a large portion of its
production.
» Page 8
MASON SWIRES/By The Lantern
Elizabeth Riter, an advisor in the College of Engineering, is emotionally embraced by her
husband on the corner of College and Woodruff Ave outside the police cordons after an attack
on the OSU campus on Nov. 28 outside of Watts Hall.
KEVIN ZHENG/Daily
Political Science Prof. Nicholas Valentino discusses gender attitudes towards the election at Angell Hall Monday.
Three weeks after Election
Day,
the
2016
presidential
election has officially been
certified in Michigan by the
state Board of Canvassers,
with President-elect Donald
Trump
winning
the
state
popular vote — along with all 16
electoral votes — by a 10,704-
vote margin over Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary
Clinton.
In
total,
Trump
won
2,279,543 votes to Clinton’s
2,268,839, according to the
Michigan Secretary of State.
Candidates now have 48 hours
to file for a recount.
Jill Stein, former Green
Party presidential candidate,
announced Monday that she
has filed petitions to recount
the vote in Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania, charging that
there might have been hacks
or irregularities in the way votes
were counted.
“After a presidential election
tarnished by the use of outdated
and unreliable machines and
accusations
of
irregularities
and hacks, people of all political
persuasions are asking if our
election results are reliable,”
Stein wrote in her statement. “We
MASON SWIRES/By The Lantern
Top: Police vehicles line up alongside College Road after the attack on Ohio State’s campus on Nov. 28.
Bottom: Columbus Police, Fire and other Federal agencies surround the attacker’s car that hit multiple
students outside of Watts Hall on Nov. 28.
Michigan
certified for
Trump in
final count
Attack at Ohio State injures at least nine
ELECTION
Suspect, identified as a student, crashed his vehicle into pedestrians and cut victims with a knife
LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Prof. talks
research
on Lehman
bankruptcy
CAMPUS LIFE
Professor talks role
of Federal Reserve in
2008 recession
HEATHER COLLEY
For the Daily
Faculty panel examines uncertain U.S.
political climate following election
Professors discuss polling issues, inconsistant data at event
EMMA RICHTER
For the Daily
Top Obama
economist
discusses
recovery
GOVERNMENT
Jason Furman talks
economy growth, impact
of president’s policy
RHEA CHEETI
Daily Staff Reporter
State race determined
three weeks after election
by narrow margin
KEVIN BIGLIN
Daily Staff Reporter