A group of about 50 people 

demonstrated outside the City 
Council chambers before the 
meeting Tuesday, in the hopes 
of convincing the council to 
adopt a resolution declaring 
Ann Arbor a sanctuary city 
with chants of “No ICE! No 
raids! Immigrants are here to 
stay!”

The group’s protest was in 

response to an executive order 
recently signed by President 
Donald Trump, whose stated 
intent was “enhancing public 
safety in the interior of the 
United States.”

The 
order, 
signed 
Jan. 

25, ensures that “sanctuary 
jurisdictions” 
— 
cities, 

townships 
or 
universities 

that refuse to assist federal 
immigration 
authorities 
in 

identifying 
and 
detaining 

undocumented 
immigrants 

— are not eligible to receive 
federal grants, “except as 
deemed necessary for law 
enforcement purposes.”

A 
resolution 
eventually 

passed 
unanimously 
to 

enthusiastic applause from 
protesters 
and 
residents 

in 
attendance, 
effectively 

making 
Ann 
Arbor 
one. 

However, this version didn’t 
contain the words “sanctuary 
city” or any references to 
definitive protective policies. 
According to Councilmember 
Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4), the 

term “sanctuary city” does 
not 
have 
legitimate 
legal 

meaning.

The resolution did request 

that the city attorney and city 
administrator to review the 
order.

“(The) City Attorney is 

directed 
to 
research 
and 

provide 
advice 
regarding 

possible options or actions the 

City might take to protect the 
rights of the City and persons 
within its jurisdiction,” the 
resolution reads.

Before 
the 
resolution 

was 
passed, 
the 
council 

discussed how local officials 
should interact with federal 
officers, with fears of losing 
funding. 
Councilmember 

Chuck Warpehoski (D–Ward 

5) proposed an amendment 
declaring 
the 
Council’s 

opposition to House Bill 4105.

House 
Bill 
4105 
was 

introduced to the Michigan 
state legislature on Jan. 26 by 
state Rep. Pamela Hornberger 
(R–Pinckney) and intended to 
prohibit local governments 
from enacting policies that 

The University of Michigan 

Division of Public Safety and 
Security released a notice on their 
website and Twitter outlining 
behaviors that could decrease the 
series of armed robberies around 
campus.

“Pedestrians are encouraged to 

walk in pairs or groups,” the notice 
read. 
“Neighborhood 
residents 

are encouraged to leave on their 
porch lights. All are encouraged to 
contact police immediately at 911 if 
they see any suspicious activity.”

Following the notice, Dean of 

Students Laura Jones asked faculty 
to share the information with 
students to make the entire campus 
more aware. DPSS spokesperson 
Diane Brown said she has been 
in contact with student life about 
helping increase student safety.

“We’ve reached out to student 

life as one of our key partners on 
campus,” she said. “Particularly 
with Beyond the Diag on having 
student 
ambassadors 
in 
that 

neighborhood to help us make 
sure that message was getting 
distributed.”

According to Brown, DPSS has 

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safety tips 
following 
robberies

CRIME

Advice includes walking in 
groups, calling a SafeRide 
while investigation ongoing

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The University of Michigan 

Islamic Society of Ahlulbayt 
received a report on Sunday 
that 
someone 
urinated 
on 

one of the large prayer rugs 
located in the reflection room 
in the basement of the Shapiro 
Undergraduate Library.

Division of Public Safety 

and 
Security 
spokeswoman 

Diane 
Brown 
confirmed 

campus police were notified 
of the incident. The room has 
been taped off to allow it to 
be cleaned. Brown added she 
could not comment on any 
possible suspects. 

“There 
was 
an 
incident 

that was reported ... with 
vandalism in the reflection 
room,” she said. “It will likely 
be categorized with a bias 
motivation.”

Many 
reflection 
rooms 

exist on campus for the sake 
of prayer and meditation, but 
if students need to use the 
reflection room in Shapiro, the 
ISA advised students to use 
their own prayer rugs and pray 
in the back corner. The ISA 

See RUG, Page 3

Prayer rug 
in Shapiro 
library was 
vandalized

CRIME

Reflection room carpet 
urinated on will be called a 
bias incident, says DPSS

CARLY RYAN

Daily Staff Reporter

The 
Senate 
Advisory 

Committee 
on 
University 

Affairs discussed strategies 
on 
how 
to 
gauge 
social 

climate within the faculty 
and staff through surveys 
soon to be released. The 
committee also debated how 
to promote diversity without 
undermining 
Proposal 
2, 

Michigan’s 2006 legislation 
that 
prevents 
universities 

from 
using 
affirmative 

action — including special 
preferences based on factors 
such as ethnicity, race and 
gender — in admissions and 
hiring.

Jennifer 
Linderman, 

director of the ADVANCE 
program, first introduced the 
variety of programs housed 
under 
ADVANCE, 
which 

originated as a program to 
promote 
representation 
of 

female faculty in science, 
technology, 
engineering 

and 
mathematics 
fields 

and expanded to promote 
diversity across the University 
of Michigan as a whole.

“Basically 
we’re 
after 

supporting 
a 
diverse 
and 

excellent faculty here at the 
University,” Linderman said.

She 
also 
answered 

various 
questions 
about 

ADVANCE’s 
involvement 

with the University’s hiring 
process and its process for 
department-specific 
social 

climate surveys. In regards to 
hiring new faculty members, 
Linderman said ADVANCE 
primarily offers advice on 
how to be mindful of diversity 
during the review of potential 
faculty and staff members.

“I see it mostly as advice as 

how to be thoughtful about 
your process in terms of when 
you evaluate candidates,” she 
said.

SACUA 
member 
Robert 

Ortega, associate professor of 
social work, raised concerns 
about faculty climate surveys, 
as well as the importance 
of transparency in how the 

SACUA aims
to gauge ‘U’ 
climate with 
staff surveys 

Title IX’s role at University unclear
under new Trump administration

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ACADEMICS

Committee debates whether social 
diversity appraisal will prove effective

EMILY MIILLER
Daily Staff Reporter

Possible Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos has given ambigious responses in past

Under 
President 
Donald 

Trump’s administration, the 
fate of Title IX and actions 
associated 
with 
it, 
both 

nationally and at the University 
of Michigan, are uncertain.

In 2011, the U.S. Department 

of 
Education’s 
Office 
for 

Civil Rights, in conjunction 
with then-President Obama’s 
administration, 
released 
a 

“Dear 
Colleague” 
letter 
to 

universities, 
emphasizing 

Title 
IX’s 
prohibition 
of 

discrimination “on the basis of 
sex in education programs or 
activities operated by recipients 
of Federal financial assistance.”

This 
guidance 
stipulated 

universities’ 
obligations 
to 

promptly respond to sexual 
misconduct claims on their 
campuses.

Given 
the 
report, 
the 

University of Michigan is one 
of over 240 schools undergoing 
a formal investigation by the 
Department of Education of its 

handling of sexual misconduct 
cases. The investigation began 
nearly three years ago, in 
February 2014.

The University has since 

come under fire for failing 
to release documents related 
to 
the 
investigation 
in 
a 

timely manner. A Freedom of 
Information Act request was 
filed against the University 
in 2015 for the release of 
documents such as written 
complaints, emails and other 
statements 
to 
further 
the 

investigation. The request was 

paid for in part by The Michigan 
Daily.

As of now, the investigation 

is still underway, according to 
University officials. However, 
its continuation is questionable 
given the overhaul set to occur 
within 
the 
Department 
of 

Education in the coming weeks. 
 

The vote to confirm Betsy 

DeVos, Michigan native and 
education activist, as secretary 
of education is expected to 
occur Tuesday, according to 
CNN. DeVos is expected to 

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