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

ALEXA ST JOHN
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 &
Daily Staff Reporter 

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

HAYLEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily

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 

HEATHER COLLEY

Daily Staff Reporter

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See CSG, Page 3A

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

RIYAH BASHA
Daily News Editor

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