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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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

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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

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LSA junior Sejal Mehta prepares for her Physical Chemistry final in the Hatcher Graduate Library Tuesday.

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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

