Throughout his campaign,
President
Donald
Trump
promised to limit immigration
from Muslim countries, but
nothing could prepare LSA
senior Tina Al-khersan for the
phone call she received at 2:30
a.m. Sunday.
Al-khersan’s sister, a citizen
of the United States, Iraq
and
New
Zealand,
called
because
she
was detained at the
Canadian
border
while
trying
to
come
back
home
after a trip with her
boyfriend.
American
border patrol officials
searched her car and
phone, and told her
they
weren’t
quite
sure what to do with
her,
implementing
Trump’s immigration
restrictions
was
above their paygrade.
After
four
hours,
Al-khersan’s
sister
demanded to be let in,
using her knowledge
as
an
immigration
lawyer to her benefit.
“I don’t even want
to
speculate
what
would’ve
happened
if she didn’t know her rights,”
Al-khersan said. “She’s a U.S.
citizen; they were only treating
her differently because her
passport said she was born in
Iraq.”
Al-khersan’s family is one
of innumerable citizens, green
card
holders,
visa
holders
and refugees who have been
affected by Trump’s executive
order tightening restrictions
on immigration from seven
Muslim
countries,
halting
refugee
immigration
for
120 days and barring Syrian
refugees indefinitely.
President Trump said in a
statement Sunday his goal is to
keep Americans safe, not to ban
Muslims, as some critics assert.
“America is a proud nation
of immigrants and we will
continue to show compassion
to those fleeing oppression, but
we will do so while protecting
our own citizens and border,”
Trump wrote. “To be clear,
this is not a Muslim ban, as the
media is falsely reporting. This
is not about religion — this is
about terror and keeping our
country safe.”
However,
Michigan
representatives
wrote
in
a
statement
by
banning
admissions
and
visas
from
exclusively
Muslim-majority
countries, the order is clearly
religious
discrimination.
Out of all of the national
rankings
the
University
of
Michigan makes each year, a new
project could shake things up: The
University, they say, is “number
one” at number one.
Last
week,
University
researchers
contributed
to
a
project some dub “peecycling,”
installing a toilet and a urinal
in the G.G. Brown Engineering
building on North Campus that
recycles human urine to fertilizer.
The initiative, funded by a $3
million grantfrom the National
Science
Foundation,
created
a split-bowl toilet design that
collects urine from the toilet in a
tank. The urine is then treated and
filtered to be used as a fertilizer
in
the
University’s
botanical
gardens. Solid waste from the
toilet is sent to a treatment plant.
From a user’s perspective,
researchers said, the split-bowl
toilet is not much different than
a traditional toilet. Anthropology
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See TOILET, Page 3A
New toilet
by ‘U’ team
turns urine
to fertilizer
RESEARCH
Researchers involved in
so-called “Peecyclying”
with new split bowl design
ERIN DOHERTY
Daily Staff Reporter
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Students express concern over effects
of Pres. Trump’s immigration ban
Political organizations, refugee advocates disagree over executive order’s efficacy
CARLY RYAN
Daily Staff Reporter
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See IMMIGRATION, Page 3A
In a Capital Consulting Group
meeting Monday evening, LSA
sophomore Shriyance Jain laid a
bold future for his organization, the
University of Michigan’s newest
consulting group.
“We are underdogs right now,
but I feel like that within the next
couple of semesters, we will be up
there as well,” he said. “I believe
the other consulting groups better
watch out.”
Founded in the fall of 2015,
Capital
Consulting
is
student
organization aiming to provide
business consultation to other
organizations on campus. The
group of six executive board
members split between LSA and
the Ross School of Business, as
well as more than 20 consultants,
recently elected LSA freshman
Boyang Yu as the group’s president.
Executive board member Aaron
Small, a Business sophomore,
wanted to apply what he was
See CONSULTING, Page 3A
New group
consults
student to
student org
BUSINESS
Capital Consulting Group
aims to provide business
advice to fellow startups
TYLER COADY
Daily Staff Reporter
Central Student Government
passed a resolution to adopt a
student fee to increase funding
for the Leadership Engagement
Scholarship at its weekly meeting
on Tuesday. The resolution passed
with 29 in favor and two opposed.
The Leadership Engagement
Scholarship reduces the burden
of financial strain for potential
student
leaders
who
aspire
to contribute to any area of
extracurricular campus life.
The
scholarship
also
seeks
specifically
to
reduce
socioeconomic barriers faced by
many students who must forgo
valuable opportunities because of
financial strain. The nature of the
scholarship, and its intention to aid
student leaders with demonstrated
financial need, is in accordance
with the University of Michigan’s
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
strategic plan.
Many
members
of
CSG
expressed
support
for
the
resolution, noting that financial
barriers affect many on campus,
even if these students are not
widely represented within CSG
itself.
CSG Communications Director
Joe Shea, a Public Policy senior, has
been a proponent of the resolution
since its introduction. He said he
supported it for its dedication to
increased student involvement on
the part of those who may struggle
to access opportunities on campus.
“The idea behind this resolution
is one of solidarity,” Shea said.
“As students, we understand how
expensive it is just to go here …
I try to remember that for some
people at this university, it is simply
not possible, and that is where
something like the Leadership
Engagement Scholarship comes
into play.”
The resolution — which was
tabled during last week’s Central
Student
Government
meeting
following debate over whether it
Schlissel talks immigration order,
SES diversity, Poverty Solutions
See CSG, Page 3A
FILE PHOTO/Daily
President Mark Schlissel discusses the immigration ban, diversity, and Poverty Solutions in an interview on Tuesday.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Leadership Engagement Scholarship
funds aim to reduce financial burden
HEATHER COLLEY
Daily Staff Reporter
University president discusses U-M’s responses to various issues, initiatives
On
Tuesday
afternoon,
Mark Schlissel, president of the
University
of
Michigan,
met
with The Michigan Daily to
address issues surrounding the
University’s response to changes
in national immigration policies,
as well as its Poverty Solutions
initiative
and
socioeconomic
diversity on campus.
Changes
in
Immigration
Policies and Statement
On
Saturday,
Schlissel
released a statement proclaiming
the
University’s
refusal
to
disclose students’ immigration
information
in
response
to
President
Donald
Trump’s
executive
order
banning
the
immigration
of
people
from
Muslim-majority countries.
The statement notes that the
University has been a longtime
advocate
of
international
enrollment — the policy around
students’ immigration statuses
has been in place for months
— and that it is “committed
to protecting the rights and
opportunities currently available”
to community members.
Tuesday, Schlissel said he felt
it was necessary to remind the
community of the University’s
stance, given the national political
climate and concerned students
on campus.
“These are very important
basic
long-held
principles
of
the University, and I think it
was an important moment to …
reaffirm our values and reassure
your fellow students of our
longstanding policy,” he said.
He added a primary reason
for the statement was to draw
attention
to
the
importance
of
international
community
members: faculty and staff, he
clarified, will be afforded the
same protections as international
students.
“The reason I really wanted
to speak up with clarity is I don’t
necessarily think many people
appreciate how international —
not just our university — but all
the great universities are,” he
said. “We have students from
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
See SCHLISSEL, Page 3A
statement
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CSG passes
resolution
adopting $5
student fee