The University of Michigan
will receive about $100,000 in
state grant funding to combat
sexual assault, according to a
Tuesday press release.
This is the second year
funding from Gov. Rick Snyder
(R) and first lady Sue Snyder’s
initiative to end sexual assault
on
college
campuses
in
Michigan has been allocated
to the University. The funding
will be split between all
three University campuses,
with $53,505 for the Ann
Arbor campus, $9,840 for
UM-Dearborn and $34,150 for
UM-Flint.
The
Snyders
announced
the continuation of the state
grant in October at the second
annual
“Inform.
Empower.
Prevent. Let’s End Campus
Sexual Assault” summit at
the North Campus Research
Complex.
Last year, the Ann Arbor
campus
received
$20,003,
which it used for the Raise
the
Barprogram
—
an
initiative
in
which
local
bar
employees
participated
in
bystander
intervention
training
to
increase
their
knowledge of sexual assault
and provide them with the
skills to intervene in high-risk
situations. This year’s $53,505
will go toward creating an
About
150
students
gathered in the Pendleton
Room of the Michigan Union
Monday night for a mental
health speak out sponsored
by all four councils of the
University
of
Michigan
Greek life. During the event,
students
shared
personal
stories
regarding
mental
health and discussed how to
manage stress during finals
week.
Students who did not want
to speak out publicly were also
able to submit their stories
through an anonymous portal
for event leaders to read.
The speak out was the first
event centered around mental
health University Greek life
has held — similar to the
Sexual
Assault
Prevention
and Awareness Center and
Panhellenic
Association’s
first speak out last February
regarding
sexual
assault
— with the goal of raising
awareness
about
mental
health
and
allowing
for
open
discussions
among
students and faculty. Students
discussed
a
number
of
concerns such as issues with
depression, anxiety and body
image.
Due to the nature of the
event, The Michigan Daily
was asked not to record or
photograph
speakers
who
shared personal anecdotes.
LSA senior Lexi Wung,
Panhellenic
Association
Executive Board president,
said before the event that on
a personal level, she felt it was
important to host a speak out.
“Specifically
in
our
community, I feel like (mental
health) is so stigmatized,
especially
in
Greek
life,”
Wung said. “Having mental
concerns,
having
mental
health problems, is seen as
debilitating,
is
seen
as
something that you want to
hide … We think that there
hasn’t been enough done on
campus to start (breaking
down the stigma).”
Other
organizations
on
campus have held mental
health speak outs in recent
years
to
emphasize
the
importance
of
self-care
and
destigmatize
mental
health, such as LSA Student
Government
and
the
University’s chapter of Active
Minds. In addition, University
President
Mark
Schlissel
has spoken about increasing
mental
health
resources
on
campus
alongside
the
student-launched Help CAPS
Catch Up campaign.
Many of these events came
in response to the 2014-2015
Counseling and Psychological
Growing up in Pittsburgh
— a city often referred to
as a horror movie capital —
Robin Coleman, professor of
communication
studies
and
Afroamerican
and
African
studies, spent her early years
watching
horror
movies
such as “Frankenstein” and
“Godzilla.”
Coleman’s
relationship
with the media throughout
her childhood, including the
portrayal of Black people on
television
shows,
inspired
her interest in studying the
role of African Americans in
the visual arts. She said over
time, she grew increasingly
uncomfortable
with
how
her
peers
perceived
the
representations
of
African
Americans in television and
film.
“I would hate that we were
represented this way,” Coleman
said. “It was so embarrassing
and I really fretted how others
viewed me based on those
representations.”
In Coleman’s novel, “Horror
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©2016 The Michigan Daily
NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
S T A T E M E N T . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
See FUNDS, Page 3A
JEREMY MITNICK/Daily
A group of students led by Music, Theatre & Dance Prof. Ashley Lucas, leader of the Latino/a Theatre for Social Change program, present a performance about the
Flint water crisis at a Central Student Government meeting in the Michigan Union Tuesday
A group of students from School
of Music, Theatre & Dance Prof.
Ashley Lucas’s Latino/a theater
program for social change came
to Central Student Government’s
Tuesday meeting to perform a
short skit on the Flint water crisis,
urging the student body to create a
resolution to help install long-term
institutional plans to help the city.
Flint water was contaminated
with lead after the city switched
to the Flint River as a water source
in April 2014 without introducing
the necessary chemicals to stop
the water from corroding the pipes
and letting lead leach into the
water, sparking significant health
concerns for residents and gaining
national attention and outcry.
Recently, a judge has mandated
that the state must provide 395,000
bottles of water to the city.
The skit took a spin on “A
Christmas Carol,” following an
average concerned but uninvolved
student who was taken to the city
of Flint during its time of crisis. The
story touched upon the lack of clean
water for children, and charged
that there is a lack of response
from Michigan’s government. The
play also emphasized the lack of
available washing water for high
schools and retirement homes.
THE SEX ISSUE
See FILM, Page 3A
JEREMY MITNICK/Daily
LSA junior Sejal Mehta prepares for her Physical Chemistry final in the Hatcher Graduate Library Tuesday.
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See SPEAKOUT, Page 3A
See CSG, Page 3A
About
25
students,
faculty and staff members
gathered
Tuesday
evening
in Lane Hall for “Queering
Families:
The
Postmodern
Partnerships
of
Cisgender
Women
and
Transgender
Men,” a lecture that focused
on the unique perspectives of
cisgender women who are in
relationships with transgender
men.
Carla
Pfeffer,
assistant
professor of sociology and
women’s
studies
at
the
University of South Carolina,
discussed her recent book,
“Queering
Families,”
that
describes experiences from 50
cisgender women who are in
relationships with transgender
males.
“I
studied
these
partnerships because I wanted
to get the express vantage
points of cisgender women
partners of transgender men
since so little was written
about that group and from
their perspectives at the time I
began studying them,” Pfeffer
See AUTHOR, Page 3A
BR ACE YOUR SE LVES
‘U’ receives
state funds
for assault
prevention
Theatre group performs at CSG to
advocate for long-term aid for Flint
ADMINISTRATION
Three campuses to share $100,000
grant to combat sexual misconduct
CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
Members of the body, guest speakers suggest creating a resolution to support the city
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Professor
examines
race in the
visual arts
SCIENCE
Research highlights
racialization of characters
in horror genre of film
MADELEINE GERSON
Daily Staff Reporter
Students discuss mental health at first
speak out hosted by Greek Life leaders
Around 150 attend event to share stories, address stigma on campus
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Author talks
new book on
gender and
sexuality
CAMPUS LIFE
Lecture shares stories of
cisgender women who date
transgender men
NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
The Statement
In the annual sex issue, the
Statement surveys students
about the sexual climate on
campus.
» Page 1B
THE SEX ISSUE