On
a
Thursday
night
in
September,
a
LSA
freshman
named Hannah — who asked
that only her first name be
used because she is discussing
underage drinking — had a few
mixed drinks with her friends in
her dorm room before going out. It
was an 18+ night at BTB Cantina —
a bar located on South University
Avenue. At the time, Hannah was
just old enough to get through the
door. She was careful not drink at
the bar — the bouncers had drawn
X’s on her hands in Sharpie,
indicating she was a minor and
would not be served.
Hannah left BTB Cantina at
about midnight but came back for
her friend so she could walk her
home. When she arrived back at
the bar, her friend was speaking to
a man in a T-shirt who appeared
to be in his late 20s. Another man
wearing a jersey approached her
as well.
It took several minutes for
Hannah to realize they were cops.
“(He) was like, ‘Have you been
drinking?’ ” Hannah said in an
interview last week. “And I had
no idea who this guy was — I was
extremely caught off guard; he
didn’t have a badge or anything. I
had no idea he was an undercover
cop.”
She admitted to the man that
she had been drinking, but only a
little.
The
Sexual
Assault
Prevention
and
Awareness
Center’s
Bystander
Intervention and Community
Engagement program, which
hosts workshops to equip
bystanders with the necessary
skills to intervene, held a
panel discussion about racism
and safety at the University
of Michigan Thursday night.
The event aimed to serve
as an open space to discuss
the experience of students
with marginalized identities
following the divisive results
of
the
2016
election
on
campus.
The panel, which was open
to all faculty, students and
staff, as well as those not
affiliated with the University,
was attended by roughly 50
students.
SAPAC
volunteers
and
LSA
seniors
Nick
Suarez
and
Jasmine
Rubio,
who
organized the event, said
they wanted to address the
political issues unfolding on
campus and educate students
on possible constructive roles
they can take moving forward.
“I’m hoping we get some
solid ideas of how to be a
proactive bystander and how
to be a good ally,” Rubio said.
Suarez agreed, adding,
“I hope more than anything
that
this
an
educational
experience.”
The organizers pointed
to a divided climate both on
campus and across the nation
as a catalyst for the event.
“It came because tensions
have been so much higher,
not necessarily because of a
political outcome but because
of a recent climate,” Suarez
said. “We’ve been demanding
a conversation and demanding
people listen to our voices,
but we haven’t had a place for
students to speak unfiltered.”
The
panel’s
time
was
divided into a discussion about
the experiences of minority
students and their feelings
toward the current campus
climate,
a
conversation
about the changes minority
students would like to see and
a segment allowing audience
members to pose questions to
the panel.
Six
panelists,
including
undergraduates,
graduate
students and a recent graduate
from different marginalized
identities, spoke at the event.
Panelists were first asked
whether or not they feel safe
on campus because of their
respective identities.
“There’s
different
types
of safety,” said LSA senior
Alyssa Brandon, who is also
a Michigan in Color editor
Students, faculty, staff and the
general public were invited to the
University of Michigan College
of Engineering Design Expo
to hear students discuss their
multidisciplinary design projects
Thursday.
Through
these
projects, students aim to develop
solutions to real-life problems
using collaborative, integrative
approaches.
Organized
by
the
Multidisciplinary
Design
Program, the biannual event,
which
spreads
throughout
several
buildings
on
North
Campus, includes a series of
hands-on student presentation.
The MDP, which operates out
of the College of Engineering,
offers
team-based
projects
to
students
University-wide.
Several of the projects were
part of the senior design project
courses, and a handful were
nonprofit or industry sponsored.
Payal
Agarwal,
MDP
administrative
assistant
and
expo organizer, said the event
offers students an opportunity
to present in front of an audience
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ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily
University President Mark Schlissel oversees the Board of Regents meeting in the Michigan Union Thursday.
In their last meeting of the
calendar year, the University
of Michigan Board of Regents
discussed
issues
including
construction, honorary degrees
and campus climate in front
of more than 50 attendees in
the Michigan Union Thursday
afternoon.
Renovations
and
construction projects
The
Board
of
Regents
unanimously approved multiple
infrastructure projects at the
meeting,
including
an
$150
million overhaul of the Ruthven
Museums Building. As part of
the renovations, the University’s
central
administration
officials will move from their
current offices in the Fleming
Administration Building to the
Ruthven Building. The Fleming
Building — first opened in the
1960s to popular student rumors
about its “riot-proof” design —
will eventually be demolished.
Kevin Hegarty, chief financial
officer
and
executive
vice
president
of
the
University,
announced the changes.
“The project presents an
exciting opportunity to preserve
and reuse a landmark campus
See ENGINEERING, Page 3
ELIZABETH XIONG/Daily
University of Michigan alum Jonté Jones speaks about racism and safety at the University following the 2016
election in Angell Hall Thursday.
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See REGENTS, Page 3
The University of Michigan
Board of Regents unanimously
approved
a
new
School
of
Environment and Sustainability,
which will take the place of
the current School of Natural
Resources
and
Environment,
at
their
December
meeting
Thursday afternoon. The new
school is set to open on July 1,
2017, and will be the first new
school at the University in two
decades.
In September, a research
committee
to
examine
the
strengths and weaknesses of
sustainability
programs
at
the
University
recommended
creating a new school to address
pressing global challenges to
the environment in their report.
The committee consisted of 14
different University faculty from
10 different units and looked
at the possibilities for growth
within
the
SNRE,
Graham
Sustainability Institute and the
Program in the Environment.
Feedback was also gathered
through meetings, town halls,
See SCHOOL, Page 3
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©2016 The Michigan Daily
Undercover
cops prompt
student
complaints
Regents approve infrastructure
projects, schematic for Trotter
CRIME
Individuals who have received MIPs
say officers were overly aggressive
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Body also approves 6.2 million in renovations for Law Quadrangle
RIYAH BASHA &
KATHERINE CURRAN
Daily Staff Reporters
Design expo
showcases
engineering
initiatives
SCIENCE
Multidisciplinary program
hosts biannual event
featuring student work
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
SAPAC holds panel about racism
and safety on the University’s campus
Panelists highlight concerns with DEI plan, current political climate
REBECCA LERNER
Daily Staff Reporter
First new
‘U’ school
in decades to
open in July
ADMINISTRATION
New environment and
sustainability college
will replace SNRE
RIYAH BASHA &
KATHERINE CURRAN
Daily Staff Reporters
Go West, young men
The Michigan men’s
basketball team will go up
against one of the nation’s
best offenses this weekend
when it travels to take on
UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
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