Jack Hu, vice president for
research at the University of
Michigan, said last January his
goals for his tenure as head of
one of the nation’s best research
facilities included improvement
in
undergraduate
research
opportunities,
supporting
faculty research initiatives and
broadening
multidisciplinary
collaboration of projects across
the University.
In
a
one-year
follow-up
interview on Feb. 9, Hu reinforced
the role the University’s Office
of Research plays in launching
new
initiatives
and
making
progress in future prospects —
particularly amid a changing
social, technological and political
climate.
Hu highlighted in particular
the goals of the office in terms
of innovation and collaborative
efforts
with
international
industry partners.
Partnerships
completed
throughout the first year of
Hu’s tenure include those with
Frontt
Capital
Management
Ltd., a Chinese investment firm,
for work on new driverless
vehicle technology, and with the
Beijing Institute of Collaborative
Innovation.
The BICI, Peking University
and the University developed
the
concept
of
this
global
collaboratory and drove its agenda
A
resolution
to
fund
lunches to strengthen the
dialogue
between
pro-
Palestine
and
pro-Israel
students
on
campus
was
vetoed by Central Student
Government President David
Schafer this weekend, but
was brought up again at CSG’s
weekly meeting on Tuesday.
The authors of the resolution
argued that the Schafer’s veto
was
unconstitutional
and
moved to bring the resolution
back to a vote, which would
need a two-thirds majority of
support to override the veto.
The override to the veto
failed
to
pass
with
the
required majority, with 14
votes in favor, 12 opposed and
1 abstaining.
CSG
Vice
President
Micah Griggs, an LSA junior,
reiterated her reasoning for
supporting Schafer’s veto of
the resolution.
“About this resolution,
it was very one-sided, and
I’m just being honest,” said
Griggs.
“Everything
that
happens on a national or
international level does affect
students on this campus.
However, if I were to put
forth a resolution that said
I want to talk about police
brutality and I need $200 for
lunches, do you think this
would have the same outcome
as this resolution?”
The
authors
of
the
resolution stated they will
continue their efforts to use
legislative money to fund
lunches
that
further
the
Israel
Palestine
dialogue
highlighting the importance
of a constructive effort to
tackle the delicate subject on
campus.
Student
Government
representative
Gaby
Roth,
an LSA junior, explained
why the resolution should
be enacted despite the veto
because of the nature of how
power to spend allocated
money is dictated in the
Central Student Government
constitution.
“We feel that because this
resolution was asking for
funds from the legislative
discretionary
account,
it
should
be
the
legislative
branch that determines the
use of these funds,” she said.
“And just as we wouldn’t have
a place in determining the
place of the executive funds,
the same goes the other way.
”
Rackham Student rep.
Andy
Snow
supported
Roth’s sentiments about the
legislative
branch’s
power
to use their allocated money
without intervention from
The
day
after
President
Donald Trump won the election,
critically acclaimed poet and
educator
Terrance
Hayes
immediately began writing. The
result? A collection of more than
30 sonnets titled “American
Sonnets for my Past and Future
Assassins.”
More than 70 students and
faculty
members
gathered
Tuesday
night
inside
the
University of Michigan Museum
of Art to listen as Hayes read
excerpts from his anthology
of work, discussing concepts
of race, popular culture and
modern masculinity in a lyrical
manner.
The
poet
received
the
prestigious
MacArthur
Fellowship
in
2014
for
outstanding creative work and
is the author of “Lighthead,”
winner of the 2010 National
Book Award. His most recent
publication, “How to Be Drawn,”
was a 2015 National Book Award
finalist.
Hayes said explicitly that
most of the sonnets were written
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Research VP
highlights
progress on
initiatives
From Syria to AA: A look at the
refugee experience in Michigan
See VP, Page 3A
13,338 since May 2011
Jan 1 - Sept 9, 2016
Syrian refugees entered the US
13.5M
Syrians are in urgent need
of humanitarian assistance
8.7M
expected to be displaced
Syrian refugees entered the US
10,795
by end of 2016
DESIGN BY JULIA LAUER
RESEARCH
In an exclusive interview, Jack Hu outlined
new ‘U’ initiatives throughout past year
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Managing News Editor
A documentation of some of the stories of displaced people coming to the state seeking safety
Rania Daboul remembers having
to call her older brother who was
6,000 miles away from her, anxiety
building about her future.
She was stuck in Jordan, taking
care of her three younger siblings
while her parents were in the
United States. There were a lot of
times when Daboul felt as if she had
no academic future and no possible
way to accomplish her dream of
becoming a doctor like her brother.
She would call him, unable to
actually leave Jordan to join the rest
of her family, thinking she had no
hope, that it was all over.
After living in Jordan without her
parents for two years, Daboul finally
received the call from her family
that they would be coming to United
States, gaining refugee status after
two long years, a process that should
have only lasted six months.
Daboul still remembers jumping
up and down on her bed the whole
day. She was moving farther away
from her native country of Syria,
but she would finally be reunited
with her family in yet another new
country.
She is now an LSA sophomore,
and
her
family
now
calls
Farmington
Hills
home
ever
NISA KHAN
& CAITLIN REEDY
Daily News Editor &
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See POET, Page 3A
Poet reads
collection
inspired by
Trump win
CAMPUS LIFE
Terrance Hays’ works
discuss race, popular
culture and masculinity
KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
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CSG president David Schafer discusses his decision to veto the Israel-Palestine lunches at the Central Student Gov-
ernment meeting in the Union on Tuesday evening.
Central Student Government debates
Israeli-Palestinian lunch, student needs
The body also highlighted CSG’s responsibility to ensure voices are heard on campus
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Daily Staff Reporter
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See REFUGEE, Page 3A
Anushka Sarkar walked out
early from the first Central Student
Government mass meeting she
attended freshman year. None of
the faces in the room, she found,
looked like hers. No representative
present
shared
her
Indian-
American heritage, and barely any
attendees were students of color at
all.
Sarkar, now an LSA junior,
launched
her
campaign
for
University of Michigan student
body president Monday night.
She’s running alongside her vice-
presidential
candidate
Nadine
Jawad, a Public Policy junior.
Together, the two head eMerge, the
first and only party to announce its
candidacy in this year’s race so far.
Jawad, presently a CSG senior
policy adviser, and Sarkar, a former
chief programming officer, share
four years of campaign experience
between them; the ticket’s core
team also features a number of
student
government
veterans,
many from the administration
of current CSG President David
Schafer, an LSA senior. Both boast
extensive experience in crafting
policy recommendations: Jawad
See EMERGE, Page 2A
New party
“eMerge”
launches
bid for CSG
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The groups takes aims
at issues surrounding
identity and inclusion
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