The Fred C. Shure Lounge 

and Engineering Learning 
Center in the Bob and Betty 
Beyster Building on North 
Campus is no longer all work 
and no play. 

A 
lone-standing 
arcade 

system 
— 
called 
the 

MichiGames arcade — has 
been installed and is now 
used to showcase student-
made video games.

Despite 
its 
appearance, 

the 
MichiGames 
arcade 

differs 
from 
traditional 

gaming units. The arcade 
system features four Xbox-
esque 
controllers 
instead 

of joysticks, which allow 
for 
more 
complex 
and 

sophisticated 
gaming, 

including 
the 
option 
for 

multiplayer.

Currently, 
the 
system 

hosts five games — three 
made in the fall 2016 EECS 
494 class, Game Design and 
Implementation, 
and 
two 

others created earlier this 
year at Wolverine Software’s 
Game 
Jam, 
an 
annual 

competition 
where 
teams 

have 48 hours to create a 
complete video game.

MichiGames arcade was 

first developed by Austin 
Yarger, 
an 
Engineering 

graduate student and EECS 
494 instructor.

In December of 2007, the 

Pinellas County School Board 
of 
Pinellas 
County, 
Fla., 

discontinued its integration 
policy. Violence and a decline 
in student performance struck 
the school systems, and in 
2015, the Tampa Bay Times 
released “Failure Factories,” a 
five-part investigation of the 
effects on both students and 
the community.

As part of The Livingston 

Lectures 
and 
the 
Martin 

Luther King Jr. Symposium, 
Lisa 
Gartner, 
Michael 

LaForgia 
and 
Nathaniel 

Lash, 
lead 
reporters 
of 

the investigation and 2016 
Livingston Award winners, 
joined Prof. Tabbye Chavous 
as well as moderator Prof. 
Brian 
Jacob 
for 
a 
panel 

Wednesday afternoon at the 
Ford School of Public Policy 
to discuss the investigation 
itself. 
The 
speakers 
also 

spoke about the reforms and 
changes in policy that have 
resulted from the national 
recognition of the issue.

The 
investigation 
began 

with 
Gartner 
and 
Cara 

Fitzpatrick, 
also 
of 
the 

Tampa 
Bay 
Times, 
when 

they noticed differences in 
test scores between students 
among local schools. Cara 
had previous experience with 
four 
other 
large 
districts 

in Florida before reporting 

for the Tampa Bay Times, 
and had noticed that Black 
students in Pinellas had lower 
standardized test scores than 
those in the other school 
districts she had covered.

“Simultaneously, Lisa, who 

had come from Washington, 
was interested in looking 
at the punishment of Black 
children in our schools, in 
particular young Black kids,” 
LaForgia said. “She requested 

some data that showed that 
young Black kids in our school 
district were being punished 
at rates that far outstripped 
the rates that white kids were 
being punished. It seemed 
like they were being punished 
more harshly for minor, hard 
to define offenses.”

When they began their 

research, their data showed 
even more striking results. 
They found in the Pinellas 

school district, 84 percent of 
Black 
elementary 
students 

were 
failing 
state 
exams. 

As the schools continued to 
become more segregated, the 
test scores of their students 
continued to decline.

“Today they score worse 

than 
any 
school 
in 
the 

county,” LaForgia said. “They 
score 
worse 
than 
almost 

any school in the state. Ten 

LSA 
Student 
Government 

voted on a resolution Wednesday 
evening to change the current 
textbook used in Arabic classes at 
the University of Michigan. The 
resolution passed unanimously, 
with 28 votes for and zero against 
or abstaining.

The 
book 
in 
question 
is 

called “al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum 
al-Arabiyya” 
— 
commonly 

referred to as “al-Kitaab” — 
which translates to “The Book 
in the Learning of Arabic.” 
The authors of the resolution 
are representatives LSA senior 
Ibtihal Makki and LSA juniors 
Nicholas Fadanelli and Ryan 
Gillerist, who also published a 
petition earlier this month on the 
issue.

According to the resolution, 

students take issue with the 
textbook because they believe it 
is highly politicized, which they 
think violates LSA’s promise to 
respect other cultures. When 
introducing 
the 
resolution, 

Gillerist outlined what he called 
the “problematic” nature of the 
textbook.

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‘U’ arcade 
now home to 
student made 
 

video games

Ross community shows solidarity 
with international U-M students 

See ARCADE, Page 3A

PAUL AHNN/Daily

The Ross School of Business hosted a demonstration titled #OneRoss in support of international students at the Ross School of Business on Wednesday.

CAMPUS LIFE

New MichiGames system showcases 
creations by Engineering affiliates

SEAN DEW

Daily Staff Reporter

Faculty panel clarifies questions on immigration ban following demonstration

Hundreds 
of 
students, 

faculty and staff filled the 
lobby of the Ross School of 
Business on Wednesday for 

#OneRoss, 
a 
demonstration 

showing 
solidarity 
and 

support 
for 
international 

students affected by President 
Donald Trump’s controversial 
executive ordersigned into law 
last Friday. The order restricts 
entry to the United States for 
citizens 
of 
seven 
majority-

Muslim countries for 90 days, 

even if they are dual-citizens, 
and suspends refugee programs 
for 120 days.

The 
demonstration 
lasted 

about 20 minutes, during which 
participants — many of whom 
were students who had left class 
to attend — packed the stairway 
and lobby of the Business School 
and listened to Ross Dean Scott 

Derue and Business graduate 
student Jerry Won, president of 
the Ross Student Government 
Association, speak. Attendees 
distributed and wore red pins 
representing cultural tolerance 
and racial diversity.

In 
addition 
to 
the 

demonstration, 
Business 

ALON SAMUEL & 

AARON DALAL
Daily Staff Reporters 

The Girl Issue. 

See LSA SG, Page 3A

LSA reps. 
approve 
textbook 
resolution

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Proposal to change 
Arabic dept. materials 
passes unanimously 

MOLLY NORRIS

For the Daily

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily

Michael LaForgia, investigations editor for the Tampa Bay Times, talks as part of the Livingston Lecture Series at the 
Ford School of Public Policy on Wednesday.

Panel highlights “failure factories,” 
institutional racism in school systems

Journalists and University faculty explore segregation in Florida schools

JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter

THE B-SIDE

All girl everything as we 

reclaim the color pink and 

preview amazing women you 

haven’t heard about

» Page 1B

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See POLICY, Page 3A

See ROSS, Page 3A

The University of Michigan 

Environmental 
Justice 

Dialogue 
Series 
hosted 
a 

workshop Wednesday night 
on the intersection between 
feminism and environmental 
justice. About 15 students and 
Ann Arbor residents shared 
their experiences and opinions 
in a roundtable discussion 
at the Trotter Multicultural 
Center.

The 
program 
originated 

last fall in the Sustainable 
Living 
Experience 
learning 

community 
in 
the 
Oxford 

residence hall. According to 
the group’s Facebook page, the 
organization aims to connect 
individuals who are “interested 
in 
learning 
more 
about 

Environmental Justice, or how 
environmental 
degradation 

disproportionately 
burdens 

low-income 
and 
majority 

black/brown communities.”

The dialogue series started 

last September. This month’s 
dialogue, as pointed out by 
attendees, was held the on 
same day the Army Corps 

See FEMINISM, Page 3A

Trotter 
hosts eco-
feminism 
discussion

CAMPUS LIFE

Group evaluates the 
intersection of climate 
change and femininity

MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter

