Tuesday
night,
at
least
three racist emails were sent
out to University of Michigan
Computer
Science
and
Engineering
undergraduate
students.
The subjects of the first
two
emails
was
“African
American Student Diversity”
and the third read “Jewish
Student Diversity.”
The first two emails read:
“Hi n*****s, I just wanted to
say that I plan to kill all of you.
White power! The KKK has
returned!!! Heil Trump!!!!”
The third reads: “Hi you
fucking filthy jews, I just
wanted to say the SS will rise
again and kill all of your filthy
souls. Die in a pit of eternal
fire!
Sincerely,
Dr.
Alex
Halderman.”
The emails were sent by
three
separate
University
uniqnames — all of which
are
administrators
of
the
listservs,
potentially
indicative the listservs via the
University’s online contact
server,
MCommunity,
may
have been hacked.
University spokesman Rick
Fitzgerald could not provide
further
information,
but
confirmed the University had
been apprised of the situation.
Kathryn Edin and Luke
Shaefer presented their book
“$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost
Nothing in America” — which
won the 2016 Hillman Prize
for Book Journalism and made
The New York Times’ list of
“100 Notable Books of 2015” —
to approximately 600 visitors
Tuesday night at Rackham
Auditorium, followed by a
book signing.
Edin, a professor at the
Bloomberg School of Public
Health, has been conducting
research in American poverty
for
more
than
20
years.
Shaefer is a professor of social
work at the University of
Michigan and director of the
Poverty Solutions initiative,
which seeks strategies to
prevent and alleviate poverty.
The book tells stories of
real people who live on $2
per day, depicting their poor
living
conditions.
Shaefer
described the book revealing
the effects of changing public
policy on families, looking
specifically to low-wage work
and affordable housing.
According to Shaefer, the
most
meaningful
part
of
writing the book was the
opportunity to meet people
and go places he had never
seen before. He pointed out
how stratified and separated
today’s society is.
“In many ways, we are
disconnected,
those
with
means and those without,”
Shaefer said. “It is almost like
we are living parallel lives.
We are in the same places, but
never in the same spaces.”
Currently the authors are
working
with
filmmaker
Jennifer Redfearn to turn
the book into a documentary.
They showed her the places
they had visited themselves
while working in the field.
“This has been such a
remarkable
experience
because
we
have
just
happened in on situation after
situation that just amplify the
themes of ‘$2 a day,’ ” Edin
said.
The authors also spoke
during the event about the
story of a woman they only
Councilmember Julie Grand
(D–Ward 3) expressed her
desire to clarify the city’s
Tobacco 21 ordinance is still
in effect Monday at a City
Council meeting, despite an
opinionissued
by
Michigan
Attorney General Bill Schuette
claiming the ordinance is in
conflict with state law.
The
ordinance,
which
was passed Aug. 4 and went
into effect Jan. 1, raises the
minimum
age
for
tobacco
purchase from 18 to 21.
“It’s been widely reported
that an opinion issued by the
attorney general last week has
invalidated our Tobacco 21
ordinance, and that is simply
false,” Grand said. “While the
attorney
general’s
opinion
does have implications for the
actions of those who work for
state agencies, he does not
have the power or authority
to
invalidate
our
local
ordinances.”
Schuette’s opinion is not the
only opposition the ordinance
has faced –– the ordinance
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Vol. CXXVII, No. 25
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anti-Semitic,
racist emails
distributed
on list servs
Christian apologists draw 3,500,
talk meaning of human worth, value
See EMAILS, Page 3A
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Abdu Murray, author and Michigan alum, speaks about “What Does it Mean to Be Human” at Hill Auditorium on Tuesday.
CRIME
Students in engineering, computer science
list servs received threatening emails
ALEXA ST. JOHN &
ALEXIS RANKIN
Managing News Editor &
Daily Staff Reporter
Spiritual leaders speak about theology, philosophical context of religion at Hill Auditorium
What does it mean to be
human?
More
than
3,500
students
and
Ann
Arbor
residents filled Hill Auditorium
on Tuesday night to grapple with
this very question and listen to
Christian apologist writers Ravi
Zacharias and Abdu Murray
discuss
questions
of
value,
morality and human worth in
the context of a Christian faith.
Christian apologetics is a
branch of Christian theology
that uses historical evidence,
philosophical
reasoning,
as
well of other forms of academic
inquiry to defend the religion
against criticism. One of the
speakers,
Zacharias,
is
the
founder of the Ravi Zacharias
International Ministries based
in Toronto, which promotes
this school of thought. Murray
serves as the North American
director of these ministries.
Sponsored
by
Christian
student organization Michigan
Cru, the event was centered on
the idea that humans are not
collections of random atoms,
but replete with intrinsic worth
provided by God. The presenters
believe in the modern loss of
self-worth, and how humans
derive their value from others,
KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
See CITY, Page 3A
A2 tobacco
purchasing
age kept 21
despite law
ANN ARBOR
Monday Council meeting
highlighted discrepancy
between state, local stance
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of $2.00 a Day with Kathryn J. Edin, discusses their book and poverty solutions in Rack-
ham on Tuesday.
Authors present award-winning book
about poverty in the United States
Over 600 gather to hear about disconnected experience living on $2 a day
HANA DADIC
For the Daily
michigandaily.com
For more stories and coverage, visit
See $2, Page 3A
See CHRISTIAN, Page 3A
Despite the mixed reactions
from
CSG’s
last
meeting,
a
resolution aiming to host an
Israeli-Palestinian
lunch
to
foster dialogue passed with 18
in favor, nine opposed and five
abstentions. However, the student
assembly debated heatedly over
the details of the resolution and
CSG’s handling of the debate, with
LSA Representative Eli Schrayer
voting “no with rights” against
his own resolution to continue the
conversation.
The resolution was in response
to CSG’s previous meeting that
involved Palestinian and Israeli
conversation.
Since
2002,
pro-Palestinian
group Students Allied for Freedom
and
Equality
has
presented
resolutions to the body asking it
to support the group’s request of
asking the University’s Board of
Regents to divest from certain
companies operating in Israel.
The group believes the business
practices in Israel and the products
produced
contribute
to
the
oppression of Palestinians. The last
CSG meeting had the closest vote
See CSG, Page 3A
CSG passes
resolution
for Israel-
Palestine
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student body decides to
host lunch, debates merit
of political involvement
RHEA CHEETI
Daily Staff Reporter