Acclaimed
criminal
justice
attorney
Bryan
Stevenson
received
the
University
of
Michigan
Wallenberg
Medal
Tuesday evening at a packed
Rackham
Auditorium
filled
with more than 1,000 attendees.
Stevenson, the head of the Equal
Justice Initiative and author
of
best-selling
memoir
“Just
Mercy,”
delivered
a
keynote
address narrating his experiences
in criminal justice reform and
urging attendees to craft hopeful
narratives.
According to John Godfrey, the
assistant dean for international
education
at
the
Rackham
Graduate School and member of
the medal selection committee,
the Wallenberg Medal is an
annual award given to a person
who demonstrates a commitment
to human rights.
“We look for someone who
has upheld the values of Raoul
Wallenberg,”
Godfrey
said.
“Someone who is outspoken in the
defense of human rights, who has
put himself or herself in the front
lines for justice protecting those
who are oppressed and who have
really sought to make a difference
in the world.”
Previous
winners
of
the
Wallenberg
Medal
include
Russian journalist Masha Gessen,
an outspoken Putin critic; U.S.
Rep. John Lewis (D–Ga.), a civil
Lambda
Chi
Alpha
fraternity held a candlelight
vigil Tuesday night in honor
of their brother, Peter Hart,
who took his own life in
February before Spring Break.
Hundreds gathered on the
front lawn of the fraternity to
share stories and remember
Hart.
LSA
sophomore
Daniel
Greene, president of Lambda
Chi Alpha and Hart’s social
big,
spoke
to
the
group
gathered on the front lawn in
memory of Hart.
“Peter Hart will always
be loved, will always be
missed,” Greene said. “But as
his big, as his president, as
his friend, most importantly
as his brother, I ask that
you continue his legacy in
challenging yourself to be
slightly more honest with
the world; to be slightly more
open-minded.”
LSA sophomore Michael
Wysong, a member of the
Sigma
Kappa
fraternity,
attended the vigil to show
support for other members of
Greek life and for his friends
who knew Hart personally.
“I think it’s affecting us
really hard since a lot of …
guys deal with depression,
so we all just want to let
everyone know that you can
always
talk
to
someone,”
Wysong said. “It’s basically
a way just for everyone to
realize that there’s always
someone next to you.”
LSA freshman Anna Fedder
met Hart during orientation,
and said she has been in
shock since hearing of Hart’s
passing.
“I saw him … two weeks ago,
or something like that, just
walking around, on my way
back from class,” Fedder said.
“It’s tough. I wish I had known
more, I guess … but obviously
you can’t go back and fix that.”
LSA junior Andrew Sharon,
a brother at the fraternity,
said
since
Hart’s
passing,
members
of
the
Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity have
been trying to process the
tragedy,
celebrating
Hart’s
membership in the fraternity
and knowing him.
“Obviously
everyone
is
really upset,” Sharon said. “But
more importantly, we’re happy
we had Peter around. He was
always the most committed.
I live at the house and he was
always at the house more than
I was. He literally just wanted
to be in everything — he ran
for positions, he was always at
every party, every event, every
brotherhood event.”
“Pa’Delante” is a saying often
used in Latino communities, in
English translation it’s commonly
translated to mean “pick yourself
up, dust yourself off, and keep
moving forward.” This type of
resilience was a prevailing theme
among speakers at a panel hosted
Tuesday
evening
discussing
immigration, specifically for the
Latino community and in relation
to recent immigration policies set
by President Donald Trump.
Nearly 50 students, faculty and
community
members
gathered
to hear from five panelists with
experiences
including
working
with and assisting immigrants,
providing
employment
with
seasonal and migrant workers and
studying healthy equity within
immigrant communities.
Panelist Rudy Flores, co-chair
of the Migrant Resource Council
of Southeast Michigan, explained
that in the past 48 hours in his town
of Adrian, there have been three
different ICE raids. In which raids,
three people were detained.
“These are situations that we
anticipated but didn’t expect,”
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Civil rights
attorney
given medal
for activism
Black community responds to DPS
applicants’ fear of discrimination
See MEDAL, Page 3A
DESIGN BY: MICHELLE PHILLIPS
ACADEMICS
Acclaimed criminal justice lawyer Bryan
Stevenson received the Wallenberg Medal
RIYAH BASHA
& TIM COHN
Daily News Editors
Renaissance High School student published an OpEd on racism before experiencing the ‘U’
Cydney
Gardner-Brown,
a
recently accepted applicant to the
University of Michigan, is having
difficulty deciding whether she
wants to be a Wolverine. The
debate does not center around the
price of admission or housing, nor
is she concerned about leaving
home for the first time. Gardner-
Brown is more concerned about her
safety as a Black student.
In an op-ed published in the
RHS Stentor — Renaissance High
School’s student news publication
— titled “Should I fear attending
the
University
of
Michigan?”
Gardner-Brown investigates the
emotional cost in adjusting from a
predominantly Black high school to
a predominantly white campus — a
transition she describes as “going
off to spaces without guarantee of
our safety.”
The Stentor is part of Dialogue,
a
quarterly
publication
that
incorporates student contributions
from several Detroit high schools.
It is jointly supported by Crain
Communications, a Detroit-based
publishing conglomerate, and the
Michigan State University School
of Journalism.
In the article, Gardner-Brown
cites recent events including the
hacking of Computer Science Prof.
JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
See PANEL, Page 3A
Panel talks
reactions
of Latino
community
CAMPUS LIFE
The speakers discussed
policy, uncertainties under
Trump administration
JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily
Brothers of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity gather for a candlelit vigil in honor of Peter Hart at the Lambda Chi Alpha
chapter house on Tuesday.
Hundreds attend Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity’s vigil in memory of brother
The community gathered to celebrate life and accomplishments of Peter Hart
COLIN BERESFORD
Daily Staff Reporter
michigandaily.com
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See APPLICANT, Page 3A
A resolution to support an
academic holiday on Election Day
for 2020 and all even-numbered
years after that passed during
Tuesday night’s Central Student
Government meeting with 30
in favor, five opposed and none
abstaining.
The
resolution
faced
pushback
from
some
representatives, who said the
resolution only featured the views
of students in CSG and wasn’t
reflective of the student body in
general.
While
introducing
the
resolution, Engineering freshman
Mario Galindez, a member of the
Engineering Student Government,
talked about how voter turnout
has historically been much lower
in student-populated areas as
compared to more residential, non-
student populations.
He also mentioned how long
lines, especially in areas like the
Michigan Union, were caused by
the lack of student and faculty
volunteers who could have aided
the process. These individuals
could have helped, however, if they
had the day off.
See CSG, Page 3A
CSG body
supports
Elections
as holiday
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The resolution hopes to
increase student voter
outcome in future years
RHEA CHEETI
Daily Staff Reporter
statement
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