the grill and serves a lunchtime 
crowd. Whipple said he is not in 
it to get rich, but rather to pay for 
his son’s education and to make 
relationships with his customers.

“I do it for the students,” 

Whipple said. “Students come a 
lot during their time here and then 
graduate. My favorite part about 
being out here is just working with 
the community and being a part of 
it. After being out here this long, 
you become part of Ann Arbor.”

His commitment, he said, stems 

from his desire to be there for the 
students since many expect him to 
be there every day for them. The 
only things that stop Whip’s Dog 
Days are snow, heavy wind and 
rain or sub-zero temperatures.

“It’s the relationships that you 

build out here, there’s a lot of 
good people out on the streets,” 
Whipple said. “As long as you give 
them good service and good food, 
everything works out. I would 
credit it to being persistent and 
being reliable. People know you’re 
here.”

Whipple said he has gotten to 

know several students throughout 
the years, many of whom often 
come back to visit after they 

graduate.

“The nice thing is that I get to 

know them because they become 
regulars,” Whipple said. “Then 
once they graduate, I’ve had a lot 
of them, over the years, come back 
and just visit me. Then we catch 
up. They see how I’m doing, I see 
how they’re doing.”

He credits his success largely 

to the convenience and the prices 
of his products. Despite many 
competitors over the years who 
told Whipple they were going to 
shut him down, Whip’s Dog Days 
has remained, albeit with some 
changes.

“I created the dog of the day 

and I made my own homemade 
mustard,” Whipple said. “And 
I just got more creative to offer 
more things. We’ve had the same 
menu. But sometimes I bring out 
different soups and I added bagels 
and cream cheese.”

Engineering sophomore John 

Cohen said he visits Whipple’s 
stand frequently on Monday’s and 
Wednesday’s since he has classes 
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and can get 
food quickly.

“This is somewhere pretty close 

and cheap and just makes hot 
food,” Cohen said. “It’s convenient 
because I’m going up to north right 
now and it’s right by the bus stop. 
Everything kind of clicks.”

Other characteristics Whipple 

said have helped him outlast 
competitors 
are 
his 
friendly 

service, a central location, low 
prices and a high-quality product.

“The convenience of it, being 

where it’s located is big,” Whipple 
said. “They’re in a hurry. They 
have to get to class. I keep my 
prices low to where it’s affordable. 
It’s a good quality product. There 
are people who come and go, but 
the thing is, is they don’t run it like 
a business. Students come to me 
and tell me they care. I think that’s 
the success over the years: being 
here for people.”

Since he runs his stand on a 

college campus, Whipple said he 
likes to keep his prices low. He still 
only accepts cash, as he prefers that 
over using credits cards, saying he 
would have to push his prices up to 
pay for new technology.

“Students don’t have a lot of 

money,” Whipple said. “I like to 
keep my prices low so I can keep a 
high volume of customers.”

When Whipple packs up at 3 

p.m. and drives his trailer back to 
the garage where he cleans up for 
the day, he said he is satisfied he 
was able to be on campus making 
an impact on the lives of others.

“It’s the people,” Whipple said. 

“It’s about being out with the 
people. It makes for a good day.”

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ways. 

For instance, Moore said, 

part of the plan requested a 
DEI 
coordinator 
specifically 

for the Art & Design School, but 
that request was not granted. 
Instead, the committee itself 
will make up for the lost role and 
all members of the community 
will be responsible for holding 
the school accountable.

Moore 
said 
prospective 

students this year have shown 
an increased interest in learning 
about campus climate issues 
both in the Art & Design School 
and around the University.

“Prospective 
students, 

especially 
this 
year 
with 

everything that has been going 
on across the country, are more 
willing or interested in asking 
about what the climate is, 
having to do with all kinds of 
diversity here at Stamps and at 
large at the University,” Moore 
said.

Nunoo-Quarcoo said at the 

end of this year the committee 
will create a one-year report 
to 
assess 
the 
plan 
before 

creating 
another 
report 
at 

the five-year mark. He noted 
while these reports will be an 
overall 
description 
of 
what 

the committee has done, what 
has been observed, what has 
been learned and what needs 
improvement, the committee 
will always look at how the 
plan is going through regular 
meetings.

He said he hopes at the end 

of five years, DEI becomes less 

of something each unit has to 
do, but something that happens 
naturally.

“DEI should become a main 

issue, it should become the 
default,” Nunoo-Quarcoo said. 
“For me, it really ought to be the 
default and not the exception.”

Aristarkhova 
wrote 
that 

having a wider perspective is 
necessary in the art and design 
world today, whether that be 
for one’s own creative practice, 
career 
opportunities 
or 

problems within communities 
that need solving.

“Due 
to 
the 
increasingly 

global nature of art and design, 
the school needs a diverse group 
of faculty and staff to prepare a 
diverse community of students 
to contribute their full potential 
to a much more globalized world 
of art and design,” she wrote.

Moore said the DEI plans 

at the Art & Design School are 
important not only because 
they 
will 
improve 
climate 

issues within the school, but 
also because they will help the 
students grow as artists.

“On a broader level, artists 

and designers are instigators in 
our society — they are raising 
awareness, they are bringing 
up issues that are important 
to everyone in society,” Moore 
said. “So they themselves, they 
need to be aware and have 
spaces where there are guided 
discussions and conversations 
about these issues and where 
they’re not only able to but 
required to investigate what’s 
happening in terms of diversity, 
equity and inclusion not only 
here at U of M but in our country 
through their creative work.”

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disaster? The program helps 
with retention of our members 
and strength in our readiness. 
It’s a benefit to our members 
so they can continue their 
education.”

HB 6013 stems from a 

previous 
National 
Guard 

tuition assistance program, 
which went into effect in 
July 2014 and was the first 
of its kind in the state. The 
program create a National 
Guard tuition assistance fund 
was created within the state 
treasury, 
giving 
the 
state 

treasurer the ability to direct 
the investments for the fund. 
The fund is capped at $10 
million.

Michigan was one of the 

last states in the country to 
adopt a tuition assistance 
program for soldiers in the 
National Guard. The state 
had a program prior to the 
2008 Great Recession, but 
discontinued it due to the 
limited state budget.

The current program has 

faced many challenges in 
terms of the administration 
of the program according to 

Stone. He said the original 
program 
required 
going 

through 
many 
steps 
and 

people in order to approve 
tuition assistance and get 
those funds to the universities 
or colleges.

“That first year was chaotic 

because we couldn’t launch 
our marketing campaign, so 
the first incoming class of 
young soldiers didn’t know 
where to go and didn’t have a 
website,” he said. “They were 
manually processing all of 
these tuition requests. After 
December that year we had 
so much paper stacked up … 
we didn’t get our payments 
out the door to our soldiers 
in time for them to register 
for second semester. It was an 
administrative nightmare.”

To addresss this, the bill 

gives the adjutant general 
the power to expend money 
from the fund to an eligible 
candidate 
at 
an 
eligible 

educational institution. This 
determining power would be 
given to Maj. Gen. Gregory 
Vadnais, 
adjutant 
general 

and director of military and 
veterans affairs for Michigan’s 
National Guard.

The 
tuition 
assistance 

can cover any field of study 

that will lead to vocational 
or 
technical 
training, 
a 

certificate 
or 
the 
eligible 

person’s 
first 
associate’s, 

bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Stone 
said, 
despite 
the 

administrative 
hiccups 

associated 
with 
the 
first 

bill, the National Guard has 
already seen an increase in 
registration and rankings of 
Michigan’s Guard.

“We have seen an increase 

in enrolled soldiers after the 
creation of the program,” he 
said. “Of the 54 states and 
districts that participate, we 
were lagging in the 40s and 
50s in a number of categories. 
This past fiscal year we ended 
in the top 10 for many of these 
categories.”

He added that he believed 

the program will continue to 
help strengthen Michigan’s 
National Guard.

“We are number one in 

the nation in recruitment per 
capita,” he said. “The program 
is having a positive effect on 
our readiness. When a state 
can maintain its unit strength, 
you keep those units. Prior to 
the creation of the program, 
we’ve been losing forces to 
Ohio and Indiana as direct 
competitors for talent.”

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Ed 
Sarath, 
interim 

director 
of 
Center 
for 

World Performance Studies 
and professor of jazz and 
contemporary improvisation, 
spearheaded 
the 
Diversity 

Next! initiative.

“The idea of the series 

is to convene a series of 
conversations 
on 
diversity 

that are inspired by the arts 
and that seek to put attention 
on areas of the diversity 
conversation 
that 
don’t 

necessarily get addressed that 
often, if at all,” Sarath said.

He pointed to Black music 

as an example of the lack of 
interconnectedness between 
race and diversity.

“So for instance, the place 

of Black music in the music 
curriculum and in the culture 
of 
Black 
studies 
is 
very 

marginalized, so that’s an 
example of a topic that will 
come up,” he said.

Sarath, Theatre & Drama 

Prof. Anita Gonzalez and 
Dance Associate Prof. Robin 
Wilson 
were 
the 
three 

panelists at this particular 
discussion.

The conversation, which 

was not attended by any 
students, was largely open-
ended. To begin the event, the 
panelists talked about their 
experiences 
with 
art 
and 

diversity.

Gonzalez said the arts have 

been diverse for a long time 
but now it’s important to 
connect that to the University 
as a whole.

“(I) always found the arts 

to be diverse,” she said to the 
group. “The conversation is 
how diversity can work into 
the University.”

Wilson 
echoed 
that 

sentiment, saying the arts 
inherently have a role to play 

in creating a more diverse 
environment for everyone.

“One of the ways to look at 

this is not only how the arts 
have always been diverse, but 
how at their best they have 

erased boundaries,” she said. 

As 
the 
conversation 

progressed, 
the 
event’s 

attendees asked the panelists 
questions, 
including 
on 

initiatives that panelists have 
been involved in during their 
careers and their motivations 
for doing and creating art. 

Conflict arose between the 

panelists when they began 
discussing differences in their 
art forms and experiences. 
Sarath 
talked 
about 
how 

in his experience as a jazz 
musician, he has occasionally 
felt like the minority when 

he was in environments with 
other types of musicians. 
One audience member said 
they felt attacked by Sarath’s 
statement, as she believed 
he was generalizing other 
types of musicians, but the 
disagreement 
was 
short-

lived, 
as 
they 
realized 

that it was an instance of 
miscommunication.

As the conversation came 

to an end, the members of the 
group said they were pleased 
with how it went and they are 
looking forward to the panels 
continuing next semester.

One 
audience 
member, 

Rackham 
student 
Jennifer 

Pollard, said it spurred some 
unique 
conversations 
and 

thoughts. 
She 
added 
that 

moving forward, it will be 
important to continue talking 
about 
diversity 
and 
how 

different forums and groups 
of people can address a lack 
of it.

“I 
guess 
(the 
aim 
is) 

pretty much now to kind of 
streamline and figure out 
how we bring people together, 
how we find them, because 
sometimes there are people 
that have been missing from 
conversations” Pollard said. 

ensuring that as a governing 
body, we are representative 
of every student on campus,” 
Schafer said at the time. “We 
look 
forward 
to 
analyzing 

the results of the report and 
conceptualizing ways in which 
we can better represent our 
various constituencies.”

CSG has since sought to 

increase 
socioeconomic 

diversity within the body and 
beyond through the Leadership 
Engagement 
Scholarship, 

which 
provides 
monetary 

support to student leaders. 
The scholarship is meant to 
ease the financial burden of 
participating in organizations 
such as member fees and 
hours worked at organization 
events. So far, CSG has raised 
$100,000 through fundraising 
and donations.

CSG Vice President Micah 

Griggs, an LSA senior, said 
the scholarship helps alleviate 
the financial strain of being 
heavily involved in a student 
group.

“There 
is 
socioeconomic 

status within diversity and that 
can be a barrier for students to 
get involved with CSG,” Griggs 
said. “So that is one way we 
are trying to engage with the 

student body. And not only get 
people involved with CSG but 
other student organizations.”

Former 
CSG 
President 

Cooper Charlton, a University 
alum, said his administration 
tried taking steps to provide 
similar 
scholarships 
for 

undocumented students, but 
ran into legal issues. He said 
he appreciated how Schafer 
and Griggs have found ways to 
fund scholarships within legal 
and community boundaries.

Schafer said he has also been 

working with other student 
organizations and encouraging 
students to participate more in 
student government.

“The next semester, we are 

going to encourage students 
to run in the CSG elections … 
encouraging students to get 
more involved,” Schafer said. 
“It’s an organization that will 
be here beyond our time on 
campus and one that has the 
ability to really better the lives 
of students.”

The day after President-

elect Donald Trump’s win, 
Schafer also spoke at a vigil 
in support of marginalized 
students. During the gathering, 
he called for students to call 
out discriminatory actions on 
campus.

“To all that have been 

targeted 
or 
marginalized: 

You have a place on this 
campus,” he said during the 

the 
vigil. 
“The 
University 

of Michigan is yours just as 
much as anybody else’s. Don’t 
stop challenging each other. 
So I am challenging everyone 
here tonight who professes 
to be an ally — whenever 
you hear a microaggression, 
whenever you hear an act of 
discrimination and bigotry or 
injustice perpetrated by one 
of your friends or any one of 
your acquaintances, step up 
and challenge them. Because 
if you don’t, you are part of the 
problem.”

In 
an 
interview, 
he 

emphasized 
working 
with 

other communities, such as the 
Muslim Students’ Association, 
to 
become 
more 
available 

for those who feel unsafe on 
campus. Schafer said CSG 
hopes to be a part of student 
gatherings such as the vigil 
and to become a resource for 
those who need it on campus.

“(The vigil) was for the need 

for students of all different 
backgrounds, of all different 
identities, 
of 
all 
different 

political beliefs really to come 
together to lift this campus up,” 
he said. “To continue to elevate 
Michigan so it reflects our very 
best selves and our high ideals. 
And anytime we get a chance 
to ensure the safety and the 
welfare of students, anytime 
we get a chance to interact 
with them, it’s an opportunity 

we are naturally going to seize. 
So I am looking forward to 
continuously 
watching 
this 

campus improve.”

CSG 
Communications 

Director Joe Shea, a Public 
Policy senior, said one of his 
goals for the next semester 
is creating partnerships with 
other student organizations to 
plan future similar events.

“I try my best to keep myself 

up to date with events that 
are 
happening 
on 
campus 

and I would hope student 
organizations that are looking 
to approach CSG would feel 
comfortable reaching out to 
us and letting us know what is 
going on,” Shea said.

Griggs said another way 

CSG is taking steps to improve 
campus climate is through 
the 
new 
“It 
Starts 
with 

Me” 
campaign 
that 
hopes 

to establish CSG members 
as allies for those who feel 
marginalized on campus.

The “It Starts with Me” 

campaign is led by Griggs and 
hopes to raise awareness of 
discrimination 
on 
campus. 

The campaign also responded 
to the anti-Black, anti-Muslim 
and anti-LGBTQ posters seen 
around campus this fall.

Griggs 
explained 
CSG 

is handing out wristbands 
and 
banners 
for 
student 

organizations 
who 
support 

the 
campaign 
and 
hopes 

to work with The Program 
on Intergroup Relations to 
facilitate ally workshops.

“We 
really 
just 
wanted 

to call in students to be an 
ally through their actions, 
and it can just be something 
symbolic like signing a poster 
but also to bring awareness to 
these issues,” Griggs said in 
an earlier interview with The 
Michigan Daily. “Sometimes 
events on campus occur and 
students 
just 
brush 
them 

under the rug or they forget 
about it, but communities are 
hurting.”

Charlton 
praised 
Griggs 

for her proactive approach in 
responding to campus climate 
issues.

“Something that I recently 

learned was self-exploration 
leads to self-love which leads 
to people love,” Charlton said. 
“I think that’s one of the things 
the campus tries to work 
toward, but a large part of that 
starts with one’s relationship 
with themselves.”

Griggs also noted that CSG 

has 
been 
connecting 
with 

students through town hall 
events. 
For 
instance, 
CSG 

held its first town hall in early 
October on affordable housing, 
organized by Nadine Jawad, 
a Public Policy junior. Jawad 
said the town hall was a way to 
gather student interest on the 
topic and was a starting point 

for future town halls.

The 
event 
was 
mostly 

attended 
by 
student 

government 
members 
and 

Ann 
Arbor 
employees 
and 

residents.

During the CSG debates 

last year, Charlton said there 
was a disconnect between the 
student government and the 
student body.

“I definitely think CSG has a 

lack of trust from the student 
body right now,” Charlton said 
last year. “It’s something we’ve 
tried to fight this year, and 
unfortunately I don’t think we 
completed our goal.”

In an interview, he said he 

believes the role of CSG should 
empower student voices and 
actions on campus, especially 
against 
disenfranchisement 

and should take steps with 
the administration to protect 
students. 
Chartlon 
added 

he 
feels 
like 
the 
Schafer 

administration 
has 
taken 

positive steps toward student 
communication.

“One thing I have noticed 

is that CSG this past semester 
has 
been 
much 
more 

communicative 
with 
the 

student body than I believe 
we were last semester,” he 
said. “They’ve done a good 
job of being more connected 
to students. So, I would like to 
see them continue that into the 
second semester.”

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major sources of support. This 
has been another cultural 
shift for her, as back in 
China, swimming was more 
individually focused.

“When you’re tired, you 

have your teammates around 
you when you need them,” Bi 
said. “Even if you don’t say, ‘I 
had a bad day,’ they ask you 
and talk to you and make you 
feel much better. ... You just 
challenge yourself because 
you do it for your teammates 

and for the team.”

Despite 
the 
difficulties 

she has faced, Bi is proud of 
what she has accomplished so 
far and is hungry to achieve 
more. The friends she has 
made and the opportunities 
she has enjoyed have made 
her journey away from China 

more than worthwhile.

“This was one of the best 

decisions I’ve made,” Bi said. 
“And it’s totally worth it.”

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From Page 2A

“One of the ways to 

look at this is not only 

how the arts have been 

diverse, but how at 

their best they have 

erased boundaries.”

“I guess (the aim 
is) pretty much 
now to kind of 

streamline”

