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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“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”