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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

The University of 

Michigan recently raised 

more than $1.3 million 

through faculty and staff 

donations and volunteer 

efforts aimed at increasing 

funding for human services 

in Washtenaw County.

The United Way 

campaign is a national 

organization with local 

branches that seeks to 

improve community 

conditions and togetherness 

through empowerment, 

programs for the youth and 

elderly, education support 

and aid for the homeless.

The University 

branch of the United Way 

campaign focuses on a 

variety of opportunities and 

social concerns, including 

increasing financial 

stability and providing 

basic health care and living 

necessities. According to 

the campaign’s website, 

the 2016 campaign raised 

$1.2 million of a $1.5 million 

goal.

According to the 

University Record, more 

than 500 University 

employee volunteers 

turned out in 2016 to give 

their time to the effort. 

Contributions to the 

campaign also came from 

University units such as 

Michigan Athletics, the 

University Musical Society, 

Nichols Arboretum and 

MHealthy.

Cynthia Wilbanks, 

University vice president 

for Government Relations 

and the campaign’s 

co-chair, said to the 

University Record she 

expressed great pride 

in the institution and its 

employees’ dedication to 

aiding people living in the 

communities surrounding 

the University.

“The employees of the 

University of Michigan 

have proven how much they 

care about our neighbors by 

their support of the United 

Way campaign,” Wilbanks 

said. “This is a better 

and stronger community 

because of their generosity. 

Together we show that we 

can make a difference in 

everyday lives.”

The Washtenaw 

County United Way team 

also thanked the University 

for its dedication to their 

cause.

Pam Smith, president 

and CEO of the United Way 

of Washtenaw County, said 

the University has the most 

successful campaign of 

any Big 10 universities and 

noted the vast impact the 

contribution will make.

“I would like to 

personally thank the 

faculty and staff for their 

participation in the United 

Way campaign, once again 

proving they are the leaders 

and best,” Smith said. “The 

University of Michigan 

provides exemplary 

leadership and commitment 

to our community.”

- HEATHER COLLEY

ON THE DAILY: UM RAISES OVER $1.3 MILLION FOR UNITED WAYS

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Sociology post-doctoral candidate Emily Laxer discusses 

E NGLISH RE VIVAL

Senate Democrats aiming to block 
DeVos’s education appointment

Democrats to hold Congress for 24 hours, citing DeVos as unqualified for job

U.S. Senate Democrats are 

intending to hold the Senate 
floor for 24 hours in protest of 
the nomination of Betsy DeVos, 
Michigan native and education 
activist, for secretary of education. 
The final vote is expected to take 
place at noon on Tuesday.

Multiple Democrats indicated 

they would voice their concerns 
in the all-night protest on Monday 
afternoon and spread the word of 
their objections using the hashtag 
“#HoldTheFloor.”

Currently, all Senate Democrats 

and two Senate Republicans plan 
to vote against DeVos. Unless 
Democrats 
are 
successful 
in 

convincing another Republican 
senator to switch his or her vote, 
Vice President Mike Pence will 
likely have to break a 50-50 tie, and 

is expected to support DeVos.

Republicans won the procedural 

vote on whether or not to extend the 
debate time on Friday with a 52-48 
vote along party lines. According to 
the Senate Historical Office, this 
would be the first time the vice 
president would have to break a tie 
for a Cabinet confirmation.

“We’re very confident that 

Betsy DeVos is going to be the next 
secretary of education, and it’ll be 
my high honor to cast the deciding 
vote on the floor of the Senate next 
week,” Pence said Sunday on Fox 
News.

Republicans 
have 
defended 

DeVos as a true conservative who 
will decrease federal involvement 
in 
public 
education, 
while 

Democrats are concerned with her 
lack of education experience and 
her emphasis on directing funding 
toward charter schools.

Sen. Gary Peters (D–Mich.) 

spoke on the Senate floor in 

January in opposition to DeVos, 
and said, in addition to having no 
education experience, the failure 
of Michigan charter schools proves 
DeVos’s plan to be dangerous.

“Unfortunately, in my home 

state of Michigan, the charter 
school experiment has not lived 
up to the promises made,” Peters 
said. “In fact, 65 percent of charter 
schools in Michigan fail — yes, 
fail — to significantly outperform 
traditional public schools in reading 
outcomes. In Detroit, 70 percent of 
charter schools are in the bottom 
quartile of Michigan’s schools.”

Peters, who said his office 

has received over 8,000 calls in 
opposition to DeVos, spoke again 
on the Senate floor during the 
24-hour protest on Monday, and 
urged his colleagues to listen to 
their constituencies.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–

Mich.) also took to the 24-hour 
Senate floor protest to express 

her 
concern, 
emphasizing 

that charter schools make 
education a commodity, which 
many cannot afford.

“A competitive free market 

system with winners and 
losers works in the private 
marketplace,” 
Stabenow 

said. “But, it doesn’t work 
for educating our children, 
because we can’t afford losers 
when it comes to something 
as 
basic 
as 
fundamental 

education.” 

While 
Democrats 
are 

expected to hold the floor 
overnight, Republican senators 
made the majority voice heard 
on Monday as well. Majority 
Leader 
Mitch 
McConnell 

(R–Ky.) advocated for DeVos’s 
plan to decentralize public 
education.

“Importantly, 
she 
also 

understands that our teachers, 
students, 
parents, 
school 

boards and local and state 
governments are best suited 
to make education decisions, 
not Washington bureaucrats,” 
McConnell said.

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REBUILD Seminar | 
Students as Partners 
in Redesigning 
Foundational Courses

WHAT: This talk will focus 
on the potential of student 
involvement in designing 
foundational courses.

WHO: REBUILD Seminars

WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan League, 
Henderson Room

Just Words? Evaluating 
the Impact of 
Constitutional Rights

WHAT: Mila Versteeg, director 
of the Univeristy of Virginia 
School of Law Human Rights 
Program, will discuss our 
constitutional rights.

WHO: Donia Human Rights 
Center

WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: School of Social Work 
Building, Room 1636

Sexpertise 2017

WHAT: This three-day 
conference will explore pleasure, 
relationship wellness, sexuality in 
the media and the importance of 
identity.

WHO: University Health Service

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan League, 
Michigan Room

Wind Chamber Music 
Recital

WHAT: This recital will 
feature wind and brass chamber 
ensembles.

WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Earl V. Moore 
Building, Britton Recital Hall

“The Political Psychology 
of Israeli Prime Ministers

WHAT: Yael Aronoff, chair of 
Isarel Studies at MSU, will focus 
on the decisions and psychology 
of important Israeli Prime 
Ministers from the last 30 years.
WHO: Judaic Studies
WHEN: 4:10 p.m. to 5:40 p.m.

WHERE: 202 S.Thayer, Room 
2022

Gender and Class in a 
Changing China

WHAT: Women’s Studies Prof. 
Wang Zheng will address the 
representation of feminism and 
Chinese women amid socialism.

WHO: Institute for the 
Humanities

WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: 202 S. Thayer St., 
Osterman Common Room

Behavioral Activation 
and Finding Fun 
Activities

WHAT: This presentation and 
support group will address 
depression, anxety and stress in 
the context of college life and 
methods to cope.
WHO: Depression Center

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Chrysler Center, Room 
265

Six Feet Over, Six Feet 
Under

WHAT: Panel members will 
discuss the rights of the dying 
and the mourning.

WHO: Maize Pages Student 
Organizations

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

WHERE: Michigan Union, 
Pendleton Room

