A federal judge has recently 

mandated that the state of Michigan 

deliver weekly supplies of 395,000 

cases of water to Flint until its 

water crisis is resolved, denying a 

request for the state to put an earlier 

requirement to deliver water on hold.

According to the Detroit Free 

Press, U.S. District Judge David 

Lawson declared Flint water to still 

be unsafe and demanded the state 

give out water bottles to households 

without maintained filters Friday, 

a follow up on a initial order to 

do so last month after the state 

challenged it. The cost of the process 

is estimated to be $10.5 million per 

month.

For multiple months, Flint 

water was contaminated with 

lead, sparking significant health 

concerns for residents and gaining 

national attention, after the city’s 

water source was changed to the 

Flint River without the proper anti-

corrosive treatments.

This practice tainted the water 

supply with large amounts of lead 

from the pipes. It has been linked to 

medical issues including severe bone 

pain, tooth damage and cancer in 

Flint residents, especially affecting 

children.

Flint has also had a tumultuous 

relationship with the state this year. 

The state banned Flint from being 

able to sue on the crisis, fearing the 

lawsuit could take a toll on the state 

budget and create more conflict.

In their objection to the 

mandate on providing water, 

Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri 

and the state-appointed Flint 

Receivership Transition Advisory 

Board argued the ruling was not 

realistic and too expensive. They 

added that water bottles are already 

available to families in distribution 

centers.

Anna Heaton, spokeswoman 

for Gov. Rick Snyder, also said the 

process would make it difficult for 

Michigan to focus on improving 

the lead pipes and reducing home 

water use.

Lawson said Flint students still 

needed help despite the state’s plans, 

and Michigan must file a progress 

report by Dec. 16.

“Flint residents continue to 

suffer irreparable harm from 

a lack of reliable access to safe 

drinking water,” Lawson said in 

his ruling. “This is more than a 

mere inconvenience; hunting for 

water has become a dominant 

activity in some residents’ lives, 

causing anxiety, stress and financial 

hardship.”

According to The Wall Street 

Journal, Lawson said the state 

should first verify filters in houses, 

noting the process would take less 

than $1 million.

In research released Friday, 

Virginia Tech Prof. Marc Edwards 

noted several improvements in Flint’s 

water supply. Edwards was one of the 

main researchers during the start of 

the Flint water crisis, after receiving 

a request from residents who 

noticed the poor water quality and 

the increasing prevalence of illness 

among children. 

“Citizen-led testing shows water 

conditions continue to improve,” 

Edwards said during his press 

conference. “Lead and iron levels in 

the water are decreasing, with many 

more homes having non-detectable 

levels at the tap. However, he also 

said residents should continue to use 

bottled water and lead filters until 

otherwise notified by the EPA or 

the state.”

 
— NISA KHAN

The 
Islamic 
Center 
of 

Ann Arbor received an anti-
Muslim letter last Wednesday, 
referring 
to 
Muslims 
as 

“children 
of 
Satan” 
and 

President-elect Donald Trump 
as the “new sheriff in town” 
who will “cleanse America.”

The same letter has been 

sent to mosques in California, 
Indiana, 
Rhode 
Island, 

Georgia, Ohio and Colorado, 
according to the Detroit Free 
Press. 
In 
Michigan, 
East 

Lansing’s mosque has also 
received a letter.

According to the Council on 

American-Islamic 
Relations’ 

Twitter account, the letters are 
under federal investigation, 
and it is currently unknown 
who is sending them. The group 

refers to itself as “Americans 
for a Better Way.”

The letter contained anti-

Islamic 
sentiment, 
calling 

Muslims “a vile and filthy 
people” and suggesting they 
“pack (their) bags and get out of 
Dodge.” The author also drew 
parallels to the Holocaust, 
stating Trump is “going to 
cleanse America and make it 
shine again. He is going to do 
to you what Hitler did to the 
Jews.”

The author also expressed 

his support for Trump, noting 
that “this is a great time for 
patriotic Americans. Long live 
President Trump.”

Trump’s campaign rhetoric 

sparked controversy on several 
topics, including his stance 
on Muslim immigration. His 
website called for “a total and 
complete shutdown of Muslims 
entering the United States until 

our country’s representatives 
can figure out what is going 
on,” attributing the cause to 
“major Islamic attacks” that 
he 
claims 
were 
conducted 

by 
children 
of 
Muslim 

immigrants. This claim has not 
been substantiated. 

Following 
the 
election 

results, 
a 
series 
of 
crime 

alerts for hate crimes near 
the University of Michigan’s 
campus 
has 
occurred, 

including 
one 
targeting 
a 

Muslim student. On the Friday 
following 
Trump’s 
win, 
a 

female Muslim student was 
approached by a man who 
demanded she take off her 
hijab, threatening to light her 
on fire if she refused. A few 
days 
later, 
another 
female 

student 
was 
pushed 
down 

a hill after being ethnically 
intimidated on campus.

Other similar incidents have 
also occurred that were not 
sent out as crime alerts, 
including one in which 
an 
Ann 
Arbor 
resident 

found swastikas drawn on 
his door and another in 
which four men assaulted a 
University lecturer.

Sixty-three percent of 

Muslim students on campus 
have reported experiencing 
discrimination 
based 
on 

their 
race 
or 
religion, 

according 
to 
the 

University’s Islamophobia 
Working Group. LSA junior 
Haleemah Aqel, who is 
involved in the group, said 
she felt both sadness and 
resignation in regards to 
these incidents. 

“It’s sad to say I am not 

surprised that happened 
because of the climate not 
only on campus but in the 
U.S.,” she said. “Xenophobia 
is such a prevalent issue in 
our society. These instances 
are so ‘Wow I can’t believe 
this,’ but at the same time 
I can. It was bound to 
happen.”

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“All Eyes and Ears” film 
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Energy and 
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Social, Behavioral and 
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Reading of newly 
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