Students and faculty discussed
ways to manage the nation’s
energy requirement and protect
the
rights
of
both
Native
Americans and the environment
during
a
town
hall
hosted
Tuesday evening by LSA Student
Government.
The
town
hall
was sprouted out of the national
controversy
surrounding
the
Dakota Access Pipeline.
About 35 people met in the
Michigan League to listen to four
panelists: Mark Barteau, director
of the University of Michigan
Energy Institute, Philip Deloria,
professor of history and American
culture, who is an expert of
Native American studies, LSA
senior Jayson Toweh, president
of Students for Clean Energy and
Adam Simon, associate professor
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences.
LSA sophomores Sophia Leon
and Connor Kippe — respective
chair and vice chair of the sub-
committee of LSA SG called
Taking Responsibility for the
Earth and Environment — began
planning the event shortly after
the 2016 presidential election.
The
pipeline’s
proposed
route crosses under a lake
near the Standing Rock Sioux
Reservation in North Dakota.
Thousands of demonstrators
from
across
the
country
spent months camping on
the
reservation
in
protest
of the damage that could be
done by the pipeline to the
Sioux Tribe’s water sources.
In December, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers announced
the 1,172-mile pipeline would
be rerouted, but President
Donald Trump reversed the
decision with an executive
action on Jan. 24, ordering
construction to continue.
“We decided to organize
(the event) quite a while ago,”
Kippe said. “It’s taken a while
to get all of the professors
together,
but
we
started
planning the event back when
it was still really contentious
and in was up in the air a lot,
now it’s a little bit more subtle.”
Leon
stated
changing
policies and administrations
resulted in some challenges
planning the event.
“It’s interesting, because
we’ve seen a lot of changes
while planning the event in
terms of the administration
and
what
actions
they’ve
taken,” Leon said. “We just
hope people get a balanced
view and the different facets of
the problem.”
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Pie Day
WHAT: Dining halls will be
serving pie-inspired foods all day
to commemorate the infinite and
important number.
WHO: Michigan Dining
WHEN: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: All Dining Halls
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Panelists underscore environmental impact of DAPL on surrounding tribes
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Spring Career Expo
WHAT: Students will be able
to connect with organizations
that are both hiring interns and
looking for full-time employees.
WHO: University Career Center
WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Strings Showcase
WHAT: Faculty-selected soloists
and chamber music groups from
the SMTD will perform in this
showcase.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre
& Dance
WHEN:3 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V. Moore Building,
Britton Recital Hall
Object Oriented
Feminism
WHAT: This book panel will
discuss the implications of
objectification and will feature
work by Art & Design students.
WHO: School of Art & Design
WHEN: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Architecture Building,
Room 2417
Biopsychology
Colloquium Talk
WHAT: The role of insulin in
the brain and motivation will be
discussed in this presentation
given by Curtis Hazelwood.
WHO: Department of
Biopsychology
WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: East Hall, Room 4464
Why Big History?
WHAT: This lecture will discuss
how the Big History Project
can help us make sense of the
boundless information at our
fingertips.
WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Rave Theater, 4100
Carpenter Rd.
LGBTQ+ Wellness Week
WHAT: As a part of the LGBTQ+
Health and Wellness Week,
lectures on “Coping with the
Closet,” “Providing Affirmative
Care” and leadership will be
delivered.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League,
Room D
Design-a-Thon!
WHAT: Planet Blue
Ambassadors and the Student
Sustainability Initiative will
offer a prize for the design of a
sustainability-focused app.
WHO: Student Sustainability
Initiative
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Dana Natural
Resources Building
The University of Michigan’s
School of Information has
achieved a Platinum-level
certification for sustainability
from the Office of Campus
Sustainability.
All three UMSI locations
earned the platinum certification
—the highest certification
offered— and is the first
school within the University of
Michigan to do so.
UMSI’s locations in North
Quad, Maynard Street and North
University Avenue achieved
Silvers status in 2014 and Gold
status in 2015. These locations
are among the 165 certified
Sustainable Workplaces on
campus.
“Earning this certification
was truly an all-school effort, led
by a dedicated and determined
team of staff members who
worked with imagination and
commitment to improve our
Planet Blue status, year by year,”
said UMSI Dean Thomas Finholt,
according to the University
Record.
The standards set by the
Office of Campus Sustainability
in 2012 provide departments
with steps to certification,
including recommendations
on sustainable practices and
methods for identifying potential
issues.
UMSI trained all its new
employees with the Planet
Blue Ambassador program,
which made 85 percent of its
staff certified Planet Blue
Ambassadors and earned them
the Platinum-level certification.
Planet Blue represents the
University’s commitment to
becoming even more sustainable
by 2025.
Additional UMSI
initiatives contributed to their
Platinum rating, including
increasing reusable mug usage,
programming printers to print
double-sided, purchasing
rechargeable batteries, enabling
sleep mode on computers and
printers and installing timers on
hallway lights.
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