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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Critically acclaimed author

Heather Ann Thompson, a University

of Michigan history professor,

appeared Wednesday night on “The

Daily Show with Trevor Noah,”

where she discussed her research

on mass incarceration in the United

States and her new book, “Blood

in the Water: The Attica Prison

Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.”

Thompson is a finalist for the

National Book Award and was

named to 13 best books of 2016 lists

by various publications. Her book

received high praise from authors,

professors and executives across the

country.

“This is not an easy book to

read — the countless episodes of

inhumanity on these pages are

heartbreaking,” the book’s review in

The New York Times reads. “But it is

an essential one.”

Thompson details the 1971 Attica

prison riot at the Attica Correctional

Facility in Attica, N.Y., to examine

the history of mass incarceration and

racial justice struggles in the United

States dating back to the 1970s.

The landmark prisoners’

rebellion was sparked when inmates

at the New York facility requested

political rights and better living

conditions. Almost half of the jail’s

inmates rose up against the prison

staff, taking 42 hostage.

After four days, prison

authorities agreed to succumb to

the prisoners’ demands. The riot

ultimately left 43 people dead after

state police arrived to retake the

prison. Prisoners succeeded in

shedding light on the conditions of

prisons and correctional facilities but

Thompson argues today, more than

40 years after the riot, conditions

remain poor.

“ ‘Blood in the Water’ tells of

warning signs in 1971 that still exist

more than forty years later,” writes

Soffiyah Elijah, executive director

of the Correctional Association of

New York, in a review. “Heather

Ann Thompson’s prophetic analysis

is a sobering reminder that we must

all care about what is happening to

human beings behind prison walls.”

Thompson, a University alum,

has conducted extensive research on

examining the mass incarceration

system in the United States. Her

other publications include two

articles: “Why Mass Incarceration

Matters” and “How Prisons Change

the Balance of Power in America,”

both of which have been awarded

media and journalism awards.

Thompson previously worked

on the board of the Prison Policy

Initiative and served on a National

Academy of Sciences panel to study

the effect of incarceration in the

United States.

- ERIN DOHERTY

ON THE DAILY: SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH!

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Impact Initiative at the William Davidson Institute, speaks at the Positive
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Night For Us: Colorful
Soul

WHAT: Artists of color from
the Ann Arbor area will preform
half-hour sets with an open
mike beginning at 10 p.m. The
event will also have free soul
food.

WHO: Arts of Color in Ann
Arbor

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WHERE: Canterbury House

Step Afrika!

WHAT: The first professional
step-dance company will preform
a variety of traditional African
dances and styles practiced by
historically Black fraternities and
sororities.

WHO: Office of Greek Life

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Lydia Mendelssohn
Theatre

Houston, We Have a
Problem!

WHAT: A screening of the
2016 mockumentary by Riga
Virc’s on America’s purchase of
Yugoslavia’s space program

WHO: Center for Russian, East
European & Eurasian Studies

WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: UMMA

Werner Grilk Lecture in
German Studies



WHAT:Visiting Prof. Helmut
Lethen will give a talk on
Amsterdam 1964, or Magical
Thinking in Cultural Studies

WHO: Department of Germanic
Languages and Literatures

WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School, East Conference Room

Safety of Autonomous
Vehicles: Technology and
Policy
WHAT: A discussion with UM
professors on the challenges of
putting autonomous vehicles on
the road.

WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning
Institue

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m

WHERE: Rave Theater

Annual Pallas Lecture:
Speaking Greek at the
American University

WHAT: Yiorgos Anagnostou,
professor of Modern Greek
at Ohio State University will
discuss his research on Greek
America.

WHO: Modern Greek Program

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Angell Hall, Classics
Library

Artists Meet & Greet:
Ann Arbor Art Center

WHAT: Alloy Studio founders
Elize Jekabson, Jessica Tenbusch
and Illana Houten discuss
owning and operating an art
studio in Ypsilanti.

WHO: Ann Arbor Art Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE 117 W. Liberty

Hank Willis Thomas: The
Truth is I Love You

WHAT: Thomas is a Brooklyn-
based photographer, whose
work relates primarly to race
and identity. He will delievering
a lecture as part of the Art &
Design speaker series.

WHO: School of Art & Design

WHEN: 5:10 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Theater

Thomas Gaborski

@tgaborski

Our new University President
@RITtigers is an engineer,
former Engr Dean at @
UMich, and freakishly tall like
me. Sounds good!

Andrew D. Martin
@ProfADM

Just dumped a bunch of
hummus all over my suit.
#LeadersAndBest #Fashion

Kristi Johnson @KHagenJohnson
@UMich - The world
does need victors. Time
to organize with other
universities against Trump’s
war on science.

Tizarat Gill

@tizarat

when you know you can’t look
good for 2 days in a row so u
gotta choose what event is
more important to you

“We want to make sure we

have students engaged, we
want to make sure students
are interested, and so we want
to make sure students know
what’s going on,” Oland said.
“We found out that, through
our
interactions,
students

have no idea what’s coming
up and so we really wanted to
make sure we had a channel
of communication and a way
to
get
students
involved,

and
knowledge
of
what’s

happening.”

As an alum and former

member
of
the
University

marching band, Oland said
she feels a special connection
to the University and the
spirit
she
felt
during
her

time as a student. Due to this
connection, she led the group
in participating in a number
of activities, such as making a
video about the bicentennial
for the homecoming pep rally
and passing out bagels and
T-shirts in Mason Hall.

Nursing sophomore Olivia

Darany said she thinks the

amount of diverse perspectives
on the committee aid benefits
students.

“With both graduate and

undergraduate
students

representing
almost
every

school
and
college
across

campus, there’s a lot of great
perspectives
and
always

a lot of brainpower in the
room,”
Darany
said.
“Last

semester we spent a lot of time
brainstorming the best ways
to
disseminate
information

about the bicentennial, since
we really just wanted to focus
on getting the word out about
what would be coming in 2017.
Now that it’s officially the
bicentennial
year,
meetings

are
more
geared
towards

discussing the actual festivals
and events and how to make
sure they draw crowds and are
memorable.”

Engineering
senior
Azia

Harris-Martin
further

explained the importance of
having a diverse committee,
and how it inspired her to get
involved with the planning of
the bicentennial and ensure
her voice was heard.

“I by no means speak for the

Black population at Michigan,
but wanted to ensure that the

voice of people that look like
me were at least represented,”
she said. “Although this isn’t
the bicentennial of the Black
student at Michigan, I am a
proud Wolverine and I am
honored to have an impact on

such a momentous occasion.”

The
committee
worked

closely with faculty to plan
numerous
events
for
the

upcoming year. Darany said
she is most excited for the
finale
of
the
bicentennial

celebration that is set to occur
in the fall, and she highlighted
interesting events, like a time
capsule launch — organized
by the Michigan Bicentennial
Archive — happening before
then.

“Something else really cool

is being carried out by M-BARC


they’re
recording

thousands of interviews of
current students and faculty
and sending them all up to
space in a time capsule,”
Darany said. “But what I
really can’t wait for is the
finale of the bicentennial
next fall. There’s going to
be a huge expo in the Diag
with exhibits that feature
departments,
schools

and student orgs from all
three campuses, and it’s
all capped off by HAIL
storm, which is a light show
projected onto the facade of
Rackham Hall.”

Faculty and students alike

concluded it is important
to acknowledge the role
of students in shaping the
University
into
what
it

stands for today, and make
them feel included in the
bicentennial celebration.

“The bicentennial is really

about students,” Oland said.
“Without students, we don’t
have a university.”

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