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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Chamber Choir and 
Percussion Ensemble

WHAT: With Jerry Blackstone 
conducting, the chamber choir 
and percussion ensemble 
perform Tarik O’Regan’s Mass 
Observation.

WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance

WHEN: 8 p.m.

WHERE: Hill Auditorium

Busty and the Bass

WHAT: With their most recent LP, 
“Lift,” Busty and the Bass perform 
a set embracing their hip-hop and 
jazz influences. 

WHO: The Blind Pig

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 

WHERE: 208 S. 1st St. 

Underground Yoga

WHAT: A yoga class featuring 
a mixed-level vinyasa and 
immersion in light and sound. 
Open to all skill levels.

WHO: Southpaw Events and 
Underground Yoga

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

WHERE: 516 E. liberty St.

Open Stage Night

 

WHAT: Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 
for the Ark’s open stage night 
featuring anyone with a two-
song, or eight-minute, set. 

WHO: The Ark

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 

WHERE: 316 S. Main St. 

“13th” Screening and 
Q&A
WHAT: A screening of the Oscar-
nominated film “13th,” which 
investigates the U.S. prison-
industrial complex. There will be a 
panel and discussion following the 
showing.
WHO: Muslim Students’ 
Association

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

WHERE: Palmer Commons

Vinegar 101 

WHAT: A class teaching the 
many uses and complexity of 
vinegar other than for cleaning 
or salad. Must sign up in advance. 

WHO: Zingerman’s Delicatessen

WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: 422 Detroit St. 

Are You LinkedIn?

WHAT: Learn how to build your 
professional network and learn 
how to find opportunities on 
LinkedIn with members from 
ResStaff and the Career Center

WHO: University Career Center
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Couzen’s Hall, MPR

“The Student Body” 
Screening

WHAT: As part of Eating 
Disorders Awareness Week, come 
watch a film about a high-school 
student challenging state-
mandated body mass index tests 
with a discussion afterward.

WHO: Body Peace Corps 

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WHERE: Trotter

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When the temperatures were 

higher than normal in January, 

many believed the weather 

would get back to normal soon. 

Winter months at the 

University of Michigan normally 

consist of below-freezing 

temperatures and a lot of snow. 

But here, in the middle of 

February, some might say Spring 

Break has arrived early.

Many students have 

expressed their appreciation of 

the sunny days. The Michigan 

Students account wrote on 

Twitter, “Ann Arbor’s sunshine 

and clear, blue skies is making 

me feel all kinds of happy 

today!”

Despite a positive reaction to 

the warmth, a new study led by 

Ian Winkelstern, a postdoctoral 

researcher in the Department 

of Earth and Environmental 

Sciences at the University, 

found this latest warming to be 

harmful to rising sea levels.

The last time it was this 

warm, cold water that had 

melted from Greenland’s ice 

sheets was flowing as far 

down the Atlantic Ocean 

as Bermuda, altering the 

ecosystem and changing the 

ocean’s climate. Winkelstern 

told the Michigan News this 

could destroy the coral reefs 

of Bermuda, flood North 

America and cause Europe’s 

temperature to drop.

“If a big enough chunk of 

Greenland falls off, which has 

clearly happened in the past 

and has clearly caused these 

dramatic changes in the past, 

there’s no reason to think 

it couldn’t happen again,” 

Winkelstern told the Michigan 

News. “We’re doing a pretty 

good job of melting it right now.”

Regardless of whether this 

warm-up is from the effects of 

climate change, get ready for the 

warm days and sunny skies to 

continue this weekend and next 

week. 

- KEVIN BIGLIN

ON THE DAILY: CAMPUS WEATHER HEATS UP FOR VALENTINES

HAYLEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily

LSA English professor Walter Cohen presents on issues of the Jewish identity and modern-
ist fiction in the Thayer building on Tuesday. 

FACT AND FICTION

championed affordable housing 
reform this year, while Sarkar 
advocated for increased mental 
health resources as a part of the 
Mental Health Leaders Network 
last 
year. 
eMerge’s 
executive 

candidates, though, are shaping 
their campaign around more than 
policy credentials.

Together, if voted into office, 

the pair would be the first women 
elected on one ticket as president 
and vice president since at least 
1993. 

Much of the excitement about 

eMerge’s launch, and indeed 
the party’s platform as a whole, 
centers around these questions 
of identity and inclusion. Driving 
the platform is Sarkar and Jawad’s 
aim to broaden the base of voices 
in student government, to include 
groups on campus not familiar 
with, or even faithful in, CSG.

“It’s about representation and 

empowerment,” Sarkar said. “We 
want students to speak without 
us necessarily speaking for them. 
Some students don’t feel like 
CSG does anything for them … 

CSG should listen and not be 
autonomous because 10 people in 
a room don’t know what’s best for 
43,000.”

Jawad, clad in hijab, is quick 

to 
clarify 
neither 
candidate 

represents all women of color. 
She 
agreed, 
though, 
that 

as 
a 
low-income 
Lebanese-

American Muslim, the politics of 
representation greatly affected her 
time on CSG. The average member 
of CSG, a recent demographics 
self-survey reported, is white, 
hetereosexual and male — and 
37.2 percent of the governing body 
comes from homes earning more 
than $250,000 a year. 

“Our identities are pivotal,” 

Jawad said. “There is power 
working with students different 
from yourself, and me being 
different is a new avenue for 
students who look like me. My 
identities haven’t been represented 
before. I want them to know this is 
a real thing you can do.”

“I forced myself to break the 

homogeneity,” Sarkar said. “Some 
people told us not to run together 
as two women of color, and that 
to me was the most empowering 
thing. We can still win … we know 
how important it is to bring people 
who look like us to the table.”

Current CSG Rep. Arlyn Reed, 

an LSA junior, hasn’t endorsed 
eMerge, but lauded Sarkar and 
Jawad’s credentials.

“Even talking to my friends, a lot 

of people are asking if they can do 
it,” she said. “And they absolutely 
can. I think representation is 
important, and that this is really 
cool.”

In a year fraught with racial 

tension and political anxiety, 
eMerge hopes to foster unity and 
collaboration, 
following 
much 

in the footsteps of Schafer’s 
stated goals. Many of its short-
term policy proposals, labeled 
“hold us to it,” were crafted 
with the entire student body in 
mind. Such initiatives include 
stronger Wi-Fi on the Diag and 
off campus, improved bathroom 
facilities and making phone and 
computer chargers available at 
on-campus study spots. Campaign 
Communications Director Cassie 
Fields, an LSA junior, said the 
goals are simple, but tangible.

“We want to make it easier for 

students to be students, and (make) 
campus more accessible,” she said. 
“There’s no false advertising.”

Jawad agreed small barriers to 

accessibility can often amount to 
significant hurdles. She strives to 

create a centralized hub for 
students to find both resources 
and avenues to lobby for 
even more. This year, Jawad 
helped launch the Leadership 
Engagement 
Scholarship, 

which 
is 
geared 
toward 

alleviating 
the 
economic 

burden 
of 
extracurricular 

activities. 

“Coming from economic 

hardship, 
I 
know 
how 

important it is to convey 
those resources,” she said. 
“The economic disparity is 
really reflected in student 
engagement.” 

eMerge 
accordingly 

weaves inclusion into most 
of its broader goals: creating 
mentorship 
programs 
for 

non-traditional, multilingual 
and first-generation students; 
connecting students to service 
opportunities and expanding 
in-state tuition benefits to 
undocumented graduate and 
non-traditional students. 

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