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Vol. CXXVII, No. 59
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The sea of over 950 maize
and blue chairs in the Diag
and the ticker-tape sign above
the Michigan Union’s doors
are just two of the seven
installations
of
Stumbling
Blocks that will have students
walking through history on
campus for the next week.
These pop-up art exhibits
are
scattered
throughout
Central, Medical and North
Campuses and were created
by
the
Future
University
Community to commemorate
some challenging aspects of
the University of Michigan’s
history
as
part
of
the
bicentennial celebration.
The exhibits are designed
to
attract
attention
to
sensitive issues surrounding
the University’s history that
could otherwise be overlooked
during
the
bicentennial
celebration.
These
include:
the Native American land
gift of 1817 that served as
a source of income for the
University’s
endowment,
equity for women on campus,
Proposal 2 — the state’s ban
on race- and gender-based
affirmative action — and
Following weeks of activism
and pressure on the part of Ann
Arbor residents, City Council
passed an ordinance Monday
evening
intended
to
protect
undocumented
residents
from
federal involvement.
The Solicitation of Immigrant
Status ordinance, which prevents
local police and city officials from
asking residents about immigration
status, passed with an 8-1 vote,
with only Councilmember Jane
Lumm (I¬¬¬–Ward 2) opposing
the ordinance.
The ordinance was originally
crafted in response to President
Donald Trump’s executive order,
signed in January, that aimed
to cut funding for jurisdictions
that
do
not
cooperate
with
federal agencies in identifying
and
detaining
undocumented
immigrants. The city was urged by
residents over phone, email and in
public hearings to support those in
danger of deportation and to resist
cooperation with federal agencies
like the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agency.
“This ordinance isn’t perfect,”
See CITY, Page 3
Citizens
protected
by new city
ordinance
CITY
City Council ordinance to
prevent police from asking
about immigration status
ALON SAMUEL
Daily Staff Reporter
JOSHUA HAN/Daily
The University sets up 950 empty maize and blue chairs as part of the President’s Bicentennial Colloquium movement
Stumbling Blocks to help imagine minority students who did not attend the University after Affirmative Action was
deemed unconstitutional at the Diag on Monday.
Stumbling Blocks display
showcases lost diversity at ‘U’
Installation dedicates itself to students of color after Prop 2
ANNA HARITOS
Daily Staff Reporter
See DISPLAY, Page 3
Q: You guys ran on a
platform
of
diversity,
having
very
specific
experience
with
the
ramifications
of
a
lack
of
diversity
can
have
on mental health. How
do
you
see
this
play
out over the course of
your
administration,
particularly following this
November
presidential
election?
David Schafer: To start, I’m
just extraordinarily proud
of the strides that we’ve
made in working to ensure
that CSG (Central Student
Government)
is
more
inclusive and representative
of the student body. We
commissioned
the
first-
ever demographic report in
September, which showed
how much work we really
needed to commit ourselves
to in the future.
I think it’s a commitment
that
all
future
CSG
administrations
need
to make, as well as the
University
(of
Michigan)
administration to enhancing
the diversity of our school
as well as the inclusivity
and equitability. I think a
public
college
education
is
the
best
vehicle
for
personal
and
professional
advancement in the world
and everyone deserves an
equal opportunity to realize
the ability to achieve a
college degree and a college
education.
And
I
think
it’s
the
responsibility
for
each
and every member of the
Michigan
community,
regardless
of
what
our
identities are and what our
background is to stand up in
support for each and every
member of our community.
And to never forget that an
offense against one is an
offense against all.
Q: One thing I want to talk
about is the Bystander
Intervention
Training
through
SAPAC
(Sexual
Assault
Prevention
and
Awareness
Center),
I
just want to know, so you
planned this for leaders
seeking funding of — I
believe — over $1,000, so
what were the concrete
benefits you’ve seen so far?
Schafer: I am so unbelievably
proud of the work of everyone
involved in the Bystander
Intervention
Training
policy. I think special credit
and honor is deserved to
the folks at the SAPAC
Bystander Intervention and
Community
Engagement
Cohort
Program,
folks
in
Wolverine
Wellness,
specifically PULSE, all of
SOFC (Student Organization
Funding Commission), the
Student Health and Safety
Commission
within
CSG
and all of the members who
volunteered their time and
gave their energies and deeply
believed in this program and
helped the staff throughout
this
past
semester,
and
it
personally
exceeded
my
wildest
expectations
about how successful and
impactful it would be. We
reached
more
than
315
students from more than 205
student organizations across
the
campus
community,
many of whom had never
gone
through
a
SAPAC
or
Wolverine
Wellness
training
around
sexual
violence prevention, around
mitigation of alcohol and
other drug hard reduction
and general risk.
Being a student leader at
the University of Michigan
is a responsibility and it’s a
privilege and we need to set
the example for every student
on this campus, especially
younger students, right? The
way in which we act, in many
ways will guide their future
at Michigan and will either
inspire them or will turn
them off, so this training
imparted to a lot of student
leaders the importance of
their role and the importance
of serving as good role
models to every member of
the Michigan community,
as well as the importance of
relaying information about
consent
education,
about
best policies and practices
to reduce alcohol and other
drug risk to members of their
Schafer and
Griggs say
goodbye to
Student Gov.
Edward Cho accepts Golden Apple
with lecture on benefits of passion
MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
LSA professor Edward Cho gives a lecture titled, “The Unexpected Benefits of Pain, Passion, and Pets” before he is awarded the Golden Apple Award at Rackham on
Monday.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
With the end of the year nearing, the
President and VP reflect on their term
JACQUELINE CHARNIGA & NISA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter & Daily News Editor
Economics professor also discusses relationship with cat, chronic illness and teaching
As the winner of the Golden
Apple Award, an award given
to one outstanding University
of
Michigan
professor
each
year, Economics Prof. Edward
Cho took the stage of Rackham
Auditorium on Monday night to
tell a crowd of adoring students
and community members about
his upbringing, his struggle
with a repetitive strain injury
and his legendary cat, Munchy.
The award, which is the
only student-selected teaching
award at the University, is in its
27th year. Every professor who
receives the distinction gets
the opportunity to give a “last
lecture” — their ideal class.
According to LSA senior Allisa
Newman, one of the co-chairs of
the award committee, the award
is inspired by the teachings of
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos,
and celebrates teachers who
give every lecture like it’s their
final one.
“It’s based on an old teaching
from the Rabbi … he advocated
that you should get your life in
order one day before you die, and
this is for outstanding teachers
who teach every lecture like it
was their last,” Newman said.
The audience was made up
largely of Cho’s students, like
LSA senior Sindhu Devineni,
who wanted to hear more about
his life — and his cat.
“He has such a great energy
that I really felt compelled to
come,” Devineni said. “I just
really want to hear more about
his positive outlook on life. And
he’s going to talk about his cat,
Munchy, and she’s his world, so
that’s really the highlight for a
lot of people.”
Cho found out he had won
the award when the committee
burst into his Economics 102
lecture in March. He said before
Monday’s lecture that the reality
of the award didn’t sink in until
a few days later, but he had put
a lot of thought into what to say
since then.
“It didn’t really hit me until
a few days later,” Cho said. “At
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
See CHO, Page 3
AARON BAKER/Daily
See INTERVIEW, Page 3