MI officials and University 
professors speak on Russia

Donald Trump Jr. 
tweets out proof 
of meeting with 
Russian official 
during campaign

By JENNIFER MEER and 

NISA KHAN

Summer Managing News Editor and 

Summer Editor in Cheif

The 
Michigan 
Daily 

administered a survey to 1,000 
randomly selected respondents 
at the University of Michigan 
campus. 
There 
were 
135 

respondents. 

The following article includes 

data collected in this survey, 
particularly 
with 
to 
student 

reactions to the Trump presidency 
and possible connections to the 
Russian government. 

“You need to think about it from 

the standpoint of Republicans 
in Congress right now, this is 
a president whose supporters 
still really admire him,” Charles 
Shipan, University of Michigan 
Professor of Social Science, said. 
“If they take on the president of 
their own party, they, at this point, 
need to worry about what they’ll 
impede for their political careers.”

On July 7, President Donald 

Trump 
met 
with 
Russian 

President 
Vladimir 
Putin 
to 

discuss U.S. elections and Syria — 
a relationship met with criticism 
for those who worry about the 

foreign government influencing 
United States policies. 

This week, his son has tweeted 

out proof of meeting with Russia 
in order to find incriminating 
evidence on former Democratic 
candidate Hillary Clinton. 

In the Michigan Daily survey, 

approximately 79.21 percent of 
students responded that they 
disapprove of Trump’s actions 
thus far by selecting either a 1 
(being not at all) or 2 on a scale 
of 1 to 5 when asked whether 
they 
approve 
of 
Trump’s 

performance 
as 
president; 

uncertain 
was 
an 
option. 

Additionally, approximately 48.51 
percent indicated they believe 
impeachment of Trump would be 
appropriate on the same scale. 

According to Gallup, Trump’s 

approval rating from January 20 
to July 11 is 40 percent.

The U.S. - Russia situation 
In June 2016, a hacker — later 

reported to be associated with 
the state of Russia — leaked 
the 
Democratic 
National 

Committee’s research file on 
Trump. Since July 2016, the 
FBI has been investigating ties 
between Russia and the Trump 
campaign; Congress has also 
been investigating the situation. 
Allegedly, the state of Russia 
interfered in the 2016 election in 
order to benefit Trump; whether 
Trump himself was involved in 
this disturbance is unknown.

However, even prior to the 

election and the inauguration, 
Trump and his campaign were 

subjected to scrutiny due to the 
alleged ties. 

According to the Washington 

Post, Michael Flynn, director of 
the Defense Intelligence Agency 
under former President Barack 
Obama, 
served 
as 
Trump’s 

National Security Advisor for 
merely 24 days, before he was 
forced to resign under contentious 
circumstances. In December 2015, 
Flynn joined a panel discussion 
on Russia Today — a Russian 
news channel — and reportedly 
increased communications with 
Sergey 
Kislyak, 
the 
Russian 

ambassador to the United States. 
He is also known to support the 
Turkish government and Turkish 
business interests, which are tied 
to Russia. 

The FBI began investigating 

Flynn in April 2016. Attorney 
General Jeff Sessions, formerly an 
Alabama senator, is also known to 
have been in contact with Kislyak 
on multiple occasions, though he 
denies any conspiracy.

In July 2016, private Democratic 

National 
Committee 
emails 

were exposed by Wikileaks. In 
October, the directors of national 
intelligence and the Department 
of Homeland Security warned 
the country of potential Russian 
interference in the election, saying 
Russia was involved in the release 
of the emails. 

After 
the 
election, 
in 

December, 
Flynn 
and 
Jared 

Kushner, 
Trump’s 
son-in-

law and senior advisor, met 

ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY SIX YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Ann Arbor, MI

Weekly Summer Edition
michigandaily.com

INDEX

Vol. CXXVII, No. 80 | © 2017 The Michigan Daily 
michigandaily.com

NEWS ....................................
OPINION ............................... 
ARTS ......................................
CLASSIFIEDS.........................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................

NEWS
Democrats

Gubernatorial candidate 

and congresional candi-

date speak in Bloomfield. 

>> SEE PAGE 3

NEWS
Research

University research links 

mental illness to discrimi-

nation in Black men. 

>> SEE PAGE 2

OPINION
Normalizing war

“the American public has 

been almost unaffected by 

the wars...”

>> SEE PAGE 4

ARTS
Movie Review: 
“Spider-Man” 

Latest installment 

impresses casual and 

diehard fans alike.

>> SEE PAGE 6

SPORTS
Recruiting trail

Harbaugh has put together 

a class that 247Sports 

ranks No. 19 nationally.

>> SEE PAGE 11

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Business owners, 
students cope with 
difficulties, hoping 
for long-run returns

By CHETALI JAIN

Summer Daily News Editor

Downtown Ann Arbor has 

been a medley of bright orange 
construction barrels and torn up 
asphalt this summer as a result 
of the drastic road work being 
done in many busy downtown 
areas.

Not long after students had 

packed up their things and 
exited Ann Arbor after taking 
their finals, streets were blocked 
off and detour signs were posted 
around Catherine Street, South 
State 
Street, 
South 
Division 

Street and Fourth Avenue to 
name a few. The construction 
has impacted both students and 
local businesses.

Information 
junior 
Jessica 

Vu 
is 
currently 
living 
in 

University Towers, located at 
South 
University 
and 
South 

Forest avenues and said the 
construction has added some 
difficulties to her day-to-day 
life. Vu has a car on campus and 
revealed the roads were never of 
particular concern to her before 
the work started.

“The 
construction 
has 

complicated my commute to 
work and classes,” Vu said. “The 
loud construction has become 
my new alarm clock. I often 
wake up to it at around 7 a.m.”

Much of the work consists of 

road resurfacing and sidewalk 

ANN ARBOR

See RUSSIA, Page 3
See SOUTH U, Page 3

GRAPHIC BY ISHAN VASHISHTA

Road work
to cement 
South U as
vibrant Ann 
Arbor spot

