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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The Inside Scoop for 
Entrepreneurship

WHAT: This panel, featuring 
experts on grant funding, 
angel investing and venture 
capitalists, will answer 
questions about startup funding.

WHO: Innovate Blue

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Shapiro Library, 
Innovation Space

Ceramic Bowl Sale

WHAT: Come buy a hand-made 
ceramic bowl filled with soup and 
bread, with prices ranging from 
$10 to $15. 

WHO: Ceramics Club

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Art & Architecture 
Street Gallery

Emory Clark

WHAT: Meet Emory Clark, 
Olympic gold medalist, author 
and Michigan native, who 
will talk about his new book, “ 
Olympic Odyssey.”

WHO: Nicola’s Books

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

WHERE: 2513 Jackson Ave.

Addressing Climate 
Change

WHAT: University of Michigan 
professors will discuss the future 
of our climate policy with a new 
presidential administration 
starting next year. 

WHO: Students for Clean 
Energy

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Dana Building, room 
1040

Professional 
Autobiography

WHAT: Currently employed as a 
staff social worker in the psych-
oncology clinic at the University 
Cancer Center, Sara Wiener, 
LMSW, will share her experience 
as a therapist and social worker. 
WHO: Health Sciences Scholars 
Program

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Couzens Hall, 
Multipurpose Room
Ugly Holiday Sweater 
Sale

WHAT: It’s that time of year 
again. Come by and pick up an 
ugly holiday sweater for $15, 
with money benefitting UM 
GlobeMed.

WHO: UM GlobeMed 

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Mason Hall

Succulent Sale

WHAT: Support Giving Tuesday 
and buy a succulent for a family 
member or friend with funds 
going to Camp Kesem’s summer 
camp.

WHO: Camp Kesem
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Mason Hall

“Generation Startup” film 
screening

WHAT: A screening of the film 
“Generation Startup,” which 
examines the experiences of 
six college graduates who built 
startups in Detoit.

WHO: University Library

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

WHERE: Walgreen Drama 
Center, Stamps Auditorium

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In the three weeks since the 

election of President-elect Donald 

Trump over Democratic presidential 

nominee Hillary Clinton, many 

colleges and universities are speaking 

out to urge the president-elect to 

promote unity and peace in light of the 

rhetoric Trump promoted during his 

campaign 

Leading the charge is Bennington 

College, which has collected more 

than 110 signatures from college and 

university presidents on a letter calling 

for President-elect Trump to condemn 

acts of hate seen around college 

campuses and the nation. Many 

students on campus have expressed 

concern about the comments he has 

made on the campaign trail, which 

include increased immigration laws, 

promises to limit women’s health 

access and anti-Islam rhetoric.

Mariko Silver, the president of 

Bennington College, led the effort in 

creating the letter. In an interview 

with Inside Higher Ed, she said 

the letter came from discussions 

from students who felt “anxiety and 

uncertainty” because of the incidents 

on Bennington’s campus.

The letter quotes Trump’s 

promise at his election night rally to 

“seek common ground, not hostility; 

partnership, not conflict” and urges 

him to take advantage of his leadership 

and empower the vulnerable. It also 

outlines the values of the United States 

as “human decency, equal rights, 

freedom of expression, and freedom 

from discrimination,” encouraging 

Trump to reinforce these principles 

during his tenure.

Since the election, two incidents 

classified as a type of hate crimes 

have occurred at the University of 

Michigan. In one of the incidents 

on Nov. 11, a man demanded that a 

female student remove her hijab or 

he would set her on fire. On Nov. 12, 

a female student was yelled at by two 

men for being American, referenced 

her religion and pushed down a hill. 

Additionally, a student came home to 

a swastika drawn in his apartment 

that week.

University President Mark 

Schlissel has sent out University-

wide emails condemning incidents 

such as these and has outlined 

resources for students who have 

experienced attacks or harassment, 

but has not signed the letter started by 

Bennington.

One of Schlissel’s biggest 

initiatives during his presidency so 

far has been his Diversity, Equity and 

Inclusion Plan, which aims to create a 

more diverse and welcoming campus 

for students of all identities. However, 

Schlissel has been criticized for not 

doing enough in terms of increasing 

diversity, and students have expressed 

their frustration throughout the 

semester at protests and community 

forums.

University spokesman Rick 

Fitzgerald said Monday in an 

email interview that he had no 

information regarding the letter and 

whether Schlissel would be joining 

the list of signatures.

BRIEF: UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS PEN LETTER TO TRUMP

AARON BAKER/Daily

Writer Alison Swan leads a book club discussion on sustainable food at 
Literati bookstore Monday. 

BOOK CLU B

Robert 
Neumann, 
police 

chief of the University of 
Michigan’s 
Department 
of 

Public Safety and Security, 
spoke with faculty leaders 
about 
prominent 
safety 

issues on campus on Monday, 
including 
the 
department’s 

handling of rape allegations 
and 
the 
extent 
to 
which 

campus police are armed. 
The discussion was part of a 
Senate Advisory Committee 
on University Affairs meeting.

Neumann 
and 
Richard 

Friedman, Senate Advisory 
Committee 
on 
University 

Affairs police oversight chair, 
discussed the importance of 
DPSS being armed in light 
of emergencies like active 
shooters. Earlier Monday, a 

20-year-old student attacked 
at least nine people at Ohio 
State University, leaving one 
victim in critical condition. 
The attacker, a former OSU 
student, was killed by Alan 
Horujko, a police officer at 
the university, after crashing 
his vehicle into pedestrians 
and attacking students with a 
knife.

“What happened at Ohio 

State 
is 
exactly 
why 
the 

University 
or 
any 
police 

department 
to 
operate 

effectively needs to have the 
ability to take down an active 
shooter with a field rifle,” 
Neumann said.

UMPD 
officers 
carry 

pistols, but often do not carry 
stun guns, tasers or other non-
lethal 
weapons, 
Neumann 

later said.

In response to a question 

asked by Pharmacy Prof. David 

Smith 
regarding 
whether 

there is a conflict of interest 
when athletes who bring in 
revenue for the University 
are being investigated in a 
rape 
allegation, 
Neumann 

said DPSS is always objective 
and 
professional 
in 
their 

investigations.

“The 
administration 

understands our role as an 
independent law enforcement 
agency is that Washtenaw 
County 
Prosecutor’s 
Office 

trusts 
us 
to 
be 
objective 

and follow the facts where 
they lead,” Neumann said. 
“Athletics in particular is an 
area with a lot of sensitivity 
and so they probably get less 
slack than anyone else, quite 
honestly.”

Neumann also explained 

the process by which DPSS 
sends out crime alerts, saying 
the alert may not go out until, 
at times, several days after the 
crime was committed. After a 
man threatened to set a student 
on fire if she did not remove 
her hijab on campus earlier 
this month, a crime alert was 
sent out a day after the attack. 
At a City Council meeting on 
Nov. 21, a University lecturer 
spoke about being assaulted on 
campus, called for University 
action including a crime alert.

“Sometimes 
the 
incident 

doesn’t come to our attention 
until a day or two later and 
that’s a factor, an ongoing 
investigation or the case may 
be solved very quickly are also 
factors,” Neumann said. “To 
the extent that we can release 
information that we are highly 
confident is accurate, clear 
and timely and will help keep 
the community safe — these 
are some of the factors that go 
into it.”

SACUA 
members 
also 

discussed how to respond 
to a potential visit by white 
nationalist Richard Spencer, 

See SACUA, Page 3

At SACUA, DPSS chief discusses 
armed ‘U’ officers, campus safety

Faculty ask about procedures to investigate sexual assault allegations

CALEB CHADWELL

Daily Staff Reporter

