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A Newly Discovered
1790 Detroit Map
WHAT: Brian Dunnigan,
curator of maps at the Clements
Library, will analyze and discuss
a recent library acquisition of a
manuscript plan of Detroit.
WHO: William Clements Library
WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: William Clements
Library
Over 50 students and faculty
gathered
Monday
afternoon
at the University of Michigan
International Institute for a panel
discussing the struggle between
democracy and corruption, as well
as climate change, in the Maldive
Islands and worldwide.
Before
the
event
began,
the documentary “The Island
President,” which explored then-
President Mohamed Nasheed’s
struggle
against
the
political
powers and the rising sea levels
in the Maldives, was screened.
Nasheed came to Ann Arbor as a
featured speaker, explaining his
ongoing aspirations as a political
activist for human rights and
combating climate change.
The panel began by detailing his
experience, including his chaotic
administration
and
numerous
arrests. His most recent arrest,
which has lasted thirteen years
and resulted in his seeking asylum
in order to escape the authoritarian
political regime in the Maldives,
is due to his involvement with
politics.
“There is a lot of work to do
before we can start living a more
happy life in the Maldives,” he
said, explaining how his more
democratic views were challenged
and then later used against him
by his rivals. “I just couldn’t
confess. And I couldn’t capitulate.
I couldn’t give myself to the state.”
Nasheed
became
the
first
democratically-elected president
of the Maldives in 2008, after
his consistent work in peaceful
activism against the government.
He was forced to resign and was
put in prison in 2012 after a coup
by a group of individuals that was
loyal to the former president.
He shared with the crowd that
he plans to run for president again
in 2018.
Nasheed’s
lawyer,
Jared
Genser, a UM Law School alum,
has been heavily involved with
human rights. In particular, his
organization,
Freedom
Now,
has worked to free prisoners of
conscience who hold politically
charged views.
Their paths crossed while
Nasheed was imprisoned in the
Maldives — Genser worked on
his case and aided in his eventual
release in 2016 to the United
Kingdom, where Nasheed was
granted
asylum
and
medical
treatment.
“Having been involved with
this work for more than 16 years,
what I find most remarkable is that
freedom is a universal value across
all cultures,” he said.
Panel
member
Rebecca
Hardin, associate professor in
the School of Natural Resources
and
Environment,
praised
Nasheed’s motives for activism.
She stated his life changed her
own perspective as an American
citizen, emphasizing the growing
relevance of Nasheed’s case to in
political atmosphere of the United
States today.
“We are listening to you in
some ways as a mentor,” she said.
“I think that changes the energy
that we can find between where
you are sitting, where you’ve been,
your journey and the one that
many of us now feel that we are
beginning in earnest for the first
time in our own country and its
relationships pulling away from
multilateralism.”
The top of climate change
dominated the remainder of the
panel discussion, with a distinct
emphasis
on
the
connection
between Nasheed’s work in the
Maldives and the methods he uses
to battle climate change globally.
Former Maladives President speaks
for political freedom, climate change
50 students gather for lecture featuring President Mohamed Nasheed
KATRINA SOURINE
For the Daily
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
UM Slam Poetry
Presents: A Crosstown
Classic
WHAT: Members of CUPSI
teams from the University
and EMU will perform their
newest work in this slam poetry
collboration.
WHO: Center for Campus
Involvement
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Ballroom
Of Cheese and Curds in
China
WHAT: Chinse Studies Prof.
Miranda Brown will discuss the
biological and cultural factors that
have cause cheese to be left out of
the typical Chinese diet.
WHO: Center for Chinese Studies
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work,
Room 1636
Race and the Though
Pictures of the
Caucasus
WHAT: The Caucasian racial
indentity will be examined
uusing photographs of Circassia.
WHO: Department for
Afroamerican and African
Studies
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School, West Conference Room
Musical Exchanges:
Shanghai and Ann Arbor
WHAT: Professors from the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
will hold a workshop on Chinese
musical instruments.
WHO: Confucius Institute
WHEN:7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: East Quad, Keene
Auditorium
Air Pollution and
Autism: Causal or
Confounded?
WHAT: Marc Weisskopf,
associate professor at Harvard’s
School of Public Health, will
discuss his work on air pollution
and autism.
WHO: Center for Midlife
Science
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: School of Public
Health, Room 1755
Banner Ballads: The
Many Lyrics of “The
Star-Spangled Banner”
WHAT: Musicologist and Prof.
Mark Clague will discuss the
different lyrics associated with
“The Star-Spangled Banner” and
the anthem’s history.
WHO: Gerald R. Ford Library
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Gerald R. Ford Library
Politics, Policy and
Poverty in Brazil
WHAT: Postdoctoral fellow
Elizabeth Kaknes will discuss
her research on anti-poverty
policy and economic inequality
in Brazil.
WHO: Weiser Center for
Emerging Democracies
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work
1636
Although the Ford Field LED
display and LED streetlights
in Detroit were heralded as
achievements of innovation and
safety, the light pollution they
produce could cause the city some
problems.
The LED streetlights, which
were installed in December, were
described by Mayor Mike Duggan
as a “sign of hope” for the city’s
rebirth, but despite all the attention
they received, little conversation
surrounded their adverse effects.
One of the more perceptible losses,
starry nights, has been disheartening
for many, including Charles Nielsen,
president of the University Lowbrow
Astronomers Club in Ann Arbor.
“There would have been a time
that even in downtown Ann Arbor,
you would have been able to see
the Milky Way,” Nielsen said in an
interview with the Detroit Free Press.
“You have to get to a fairly dark site
now to see it.”
The light pollution could have
ecological effects as well, as evidence
suggests that large-scale deaths in
bird and insect populations have
occurred because of the influx of
blue-toned light. Additionally, the
internal clock of the human body
needs darkness to function, but
the prevalence of screens and LED
fixtures makes darkness is a rarity.
John Barentine, program
manager for the International Dark
Sky Association, told the Detroit Free
Press, these large-scale changes are
not unprecedented.
“Like in many other ways, as
humanity, we have caused great,
landscape-scale changes to the world,
particularly in the last century or
so,” Barentine said. “One of the ways
is, we’ve fundamentally altered the
nighttime landscape through the use
of artificial light. That has so many
impacts, and it goes beyond just being
able to see stars in the night sky.”
The Ford Field light display,
which cast a purple glow in the
Detroit sky, faced many complaints
about light pollution, prompting a
petition that received over 1,200
signatures. The chief complaint was
that the multi-million dollar display
was not productive, causing major
light pollution with no benefit other
than its aesthetics. The light show
was dimmed down in response.
Christopher Kyba, a scientist
at the German Research Center for
Geoscience in Potsdam, told the
Detroit Free Press the goal of
decreasing light pollution is simply to
make it productive.
“The goal with all of these things
is not to make things dark; it’s to have
the right light, in the right place, at
the right time,” Kyba said.
- CARLY RYAN
ON THE DAILY: LED LIGHTS SPARK CONTROVERSY
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School of Music, Theatre and Dance senior Eric Rothacker performs “If You Should Go” by
William Grant Still in the Moore Building on Monday.
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