After 
President 
Donald 

Trump 
signed 
an 
executive 

order last week to reverse carbon 
emission regulations on coal-
fired power plants enacted by 
former President Barack Obama, 
members of the University of 
Michigan community reacted, on 
the whole, with criticism.

University spokesman Rick 

Fitzgerald said University leaders 
are working to understand the 
full implications of Trump’s order, 
and are still working toward a 25 
percent decrease in greenhouse 
emissions.

“As we work to understand 

the implications of the executive 
order, sustainability remains an 
important topic for our university 
community,” 
Fitzgerald 
said. 

“We’ve invested significantly in 
this area, and are in the process 
of implementing key efforts to 
increase progress toward our goal 
to reduce carbon emissions by 25 
percent by the year 2025.”

Engineering 
Prof. 
Richard 

Rood teaches a class on climate 

change, and said he considers the 
regulation rollback to be harmful 
and will degrade progress made 
to reduce carbon emissions under 
Obama.

“Many climate scientists find it 

hurtful and also a very backward 
stepping political position,” Rood 
said.

Rood 
said 
he 
considers 

Trump’s actions to be a strong 
political statement to the coal 
industry, but said he ultimately 
believes the bringing back coal 
jobs — one of Trump’s campaign 
promises — will not happen 
because of the economy moving 
toward alternate forms of energy.

“From my point of view, its 

position that it will reinstate coal 
jobs is not something that’s going 
to happen, that’s driven more by 
economics,” Rood said. “In that 
regard, I think it (the executive 
order) is hollow.”

Ross also said he believes 

Obama’s 
executive 
orders 

accelerated the development of 
renewable energy sources, but 
the United States could now be 
at a disadvantage with Trump’s 
reversal of the order.

“I think what it does is it takes 

Chants of “Free the Weed!” 

could be heard and cannabis 
flags were raised high on the 
Diag on Saturday afternoon 
as an estimated 6,000 people 
gathered to participate in the 
46th annual Hash Bash. Leading 
activists, medical researchers, 
community leaders and citizens 
spoke on behalf of the support 
and legalization of marijuana 
consumption, followed by live 
music.

One 
of 
the 
speakers 
at 

the 
event 
was 
30-year-old 

Zahra Abbas, a University of 
Michigan-Dearborn 
student 

who, after being prescribed 
medical 
marijuana 
for 
her 

severe 
epilepsy, 
has 
been 

seizure free for almost two 
years. Abbas left the University 
three years ago because of her 
medical condition, but said she 
was able to return to her studies 
this past fall because of medical 
marijuana.

“I was never seizure free 

without the cannabis,” Abbas 
said. “The most I made it 
seizure free before was three 
months and that was right after 
brain surgery. Without brain 
surgery, I would only make it 
a week or something at a time, 
and that would be a good week, 
but on the 13th, it’ll be two years 
seizure free.”

Abbas said, as a student, 

she has been met with an 

overwhelming 
amount 
of 

support 
from 
faculty 
and 

students who support the use of 
medical marijuana.

“I even had one teacher that, 

he was really happy about it,” 
she said. “He was a psychology 
teacher and his wife used it.”

Richie 
“Free 
the 
Weed” 

Clement, the legislative assistant 
to Detroit City Councilmember 
George Cushingberry Jr. (D–
District 2), spoke at the event, 

urging 
people 
to 
vote 
for 

representatives who support the 
legalization of recreational and 
medical marijuana usage. 

“If you don’t support weed, 

you’re not the one we need!” 
Clement chanted.

Clement 
discussed 

the 
significant 
amount 
of 

misunderstanding 
he 
feels 

surrounds the plant and the 
implications of its consumption.

“F—k the box, think outside 

the box,” Clement said. “It’s 
time that people wake up and 
put to rest all the lies that’ve 
been told about the plant, it’s 
time to get away from this 1939 
bullshit mentality.”

Jerry Spencer, director of 

Great Lakes Bay Region of the 
National Organization for the 
Reform of Marijuana Laws, an 
organization 
that 
advocates 

the legal use of marijuana, 

A wide variety of visual and 

written art created to highlight 
gender- 
and 
sexuality-based 

violence 
were 
displayed 
in 

West Quad Residence Hall as 
hundreds of students walked by 
Friday evening.

The 
Networking, 
Publicity 

and Activism Program housed 
within 
the 
Sexual 
Assault 

Prevention 
and 
Awareness 

Center organized this event, 
called “rEVOLUTION: Making 
Art for Change,” which aimed 
to promote stories of survivors 
and educate observers on gender, 
sexism 
and 
empowerment. 

This is the 12th year SAPAC has 
hosted the show.

Along with multiple rooms 

containing student submissions, 
a separate area was devoted to 
SAPAC resources encouraging 
participants to pursue healthy 
relationships and reach out if 
necessary.

LSA senior Alyssa Dunbeck 

and 
LSA 
junior 
Srinidhi 

Subramanian 
served 
as 

coordinators of the event.

“We hope that this event 

michigandaily.com
Monday, April 3, 2017

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

GOT A NEWS TIP?
Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail 
news@michigandaily.com and let us know.

INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 58
©2017 The Michigan Daily

N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SPORTS..........B-SECTION

‘U’ admin.
denounce
new climate
change order

See CLIMATE, Page 3A

GOVERNMENT

Students express uncertainty over effects 
of Trump’s reversal of Obama progress

CALEB CHADWELL

Daily Staff Reporter

DETROIT — For the seniors, 

for a banner and to prove the 
NCAA 
selection 
committee 

wrong — these three reasons 
urged the Michigan women’s 
basketball team forward during 
its postseason appearances.

It’s for those three reasons 

that the Wolverines, led by 
Michigan coach Kim Barnes 
Arico, battled Kent State, Wright 
State, St. John’s, Virginia Tech 
and Villanova to get to Saturday’s 
contest against Georgia Tech. 

And, most importantly, it’s 

for those three reasons that 
Michigan is going to get to hang 
its first banner in Crisler Center, 
after 
defeating 
the 
Yellow 

Jackets in triple overtime, 89-79. 
It was the first time in history 
that a WNIT final went into 
even a single overtime.

“Our mood was ‘We have 

another quarter,’ ” said senior 
guard Siera Thompson. “They 
keep giving us another chance 
to win this game and we never 
had any doubt in our mind. We 
kept fighting, we came this far, 

and we weren’t gonna lose this 
game.” 

The Wolverines (28-9 overall) 

hosted Georgia Tech (22-15) 
at Detroit Mercy in Calihan 
Hall on Saturday. The last 
time Michigan and the Yellow 
Jackets met was on Dec. 1 for the 
Big Ten/ACC Challenge, where 
the Wolverines broke away with 
a 92-52 victory. But, like Barnes 
Arico warned after the Villanova 
game on March 29, this would be 
a completely different team.

With nine seconds left in 

the game, the Wolverines were 
down by three. Junior guard 
Katelynn Flaherty, though, had 
the ball, took a deep three and 
made the shot. It was tied at 67 
with 9.6 seconds left. 

“I took the shot,” Flaherty 

said. “I knew we didn’t have 
much time left. I figured it was 
the best shot to take and it just 
happened to go in.”

Georgia Tech still had a 

chance to claim victory, and with 
0.6 seconds left in the game, a 
foul was called on Michigan. An 

excruciating minute later —in 
which the referees reviewed the 
play — it became clear that the 
game was going to be decided 
by a pair of free throws. But 
the 
Yellow 
Jackets 
couldn’t 

capitalize and went 0-for-2, 
sending the game to its first 
overtime. 

Five minutes were put on the 

clock, and sophomore center 
Hallie Thome beat out Georgia 
Tech’s center in the tip-off, 
leading to a personal layup not 
long after. Williams then went 
1-for-2 on free throws, pushing 
Michigan ahead, 70-67. 

With a minute to go, the 

Yellow Jackets hit their own 
three. Again, the game was 
tied. Thompson took the ball 
downcourt, and a timeout was 
called with 10.9 seconds left to 
go, but Michigan couldn’t put 
the game to bed.

The Wolverines went into 

their second overtime. It was 
76-74 with 14.1 on the clock, 
and a Georgia Tech player broke 
away for a layup, leaving senior 

guard Danielle Williams on the 
floor and the Wolverines with 
possession. Michigan couldn’t 
take the game, though, and — 
once again — it was pushed into 
its third overtime. 

This time, sophomore guard 

Jillian 
Dunston 
predicted 

her team would win by 10 — a 
prediction that pushed the team 
through.

“We 
knew 
this 
was 
it,” 

Flaherty 
said. 
“We 
were 

running out of gas. We knew 
they were tired. We just pushed 
through. 
(Dunston 
said 
it) 

at the beginning of the third 
overtime. It happened, and we 
just believed her.”

After four points by Thome 

and two apiece for Flaherty 
and Munger, the game had 
19.5 seconds left and Michigan 
was sitting with a 10-point 
advantage. 

Barnes Arico threw a thumbs 

up to the crowd, the clock 
wound down and Michigan had 
a championship victory on its 
resume.

See ART, Page 3A

Student-led 
display hall
showcases
poetry, art

CAMPUS LIFE

SAPAC event highlights
gender- and sexuality-
based violence, assault 

ARIELLA MELTZER

For the Daily

ROBERT BUECHLER/Daily

Safer Michigan Coalition co-founder Chuck Ream speaks in front of a large crowd at Hash Bash in the Diag on Satur-
day. 

Over 6,000 attend annual Hash Bash, 
advocate for legalization of marijuana

Attendees urged to vote for, support recreational, medical marijuana legislation

DYLAN LACROIX & 

AARON DALAL
Daily Staff Reporters

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See BASH, Page 3A

See WNIT, Page 3

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell 

(D–Mich.) 
and 
Val 
Boreland, 

executive vice president of Content 
Strategy 
for 
NBC 
Universal, 

spoke on gender disparities in the 
workplace and the importance of 
mentorship in instilling confidence 
in young leaders at the Lean 
In Leadership Summit at the 
University of Michigan this past 
weekend.

Alongside the two keynote 

speakers, the summit featured 
an interactive panel as well as 
breakout discussion groups, where 
conversations 
revolved 
around 

various methods for students to 
assert themselves and gain valuable 
advice from mentors around them.

LSA junior Natalie Andrasko, 

co-director of Internal Operations 
for the conference, highlighted the 
importance of the summit in terms 
of fostering dialogue about gender 
in the workplace.

“I think there’s a big problem 

where there’s a lot of career 
resources on campus, but it’s hard 
to start a dialogue about issues 
facing women, especially at our 
age when we’re just entering the 

See SUMMIT, Page 3A

Leadership 
forum aims 
to support 
mentorship

CAMPUS LIFE

Summit draws Debbie 
Dingell, Val Boreland for 
female empowerment

RHEA CHEETI
Daily Staff Reporter

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Michigan wins 

first WNIT 

championship

Michigan outlasts Georgia Tech in triple overtime, 

becomes WNIT champions

SYLVANNA GROSS

Daily Sports Editor