Close to 200 University of Michigan students — including members of the Black Student Union and Students4Justice — gathered Wednesday night on the steps of the Michigan Union to protest racially charged incidents on campus in the past week. University President Mark Schlissel, University Police Chief Robert Neumann and other administrators met the group upstairs in the Rogel Ballroom, where students demanded answers to questions on investigations into racially charged incidents from this week, and in the past year. Schlissel addressed students for 20 minutes before allowing the others to also answer questions. As President Schlissel left the Union meeting early, protesters began to march after him along South University Avenue. White students stood arm in arm along the intersection of South University Avenue and State Street as allies, forming a path for protesters to walk. A man stepped out of car and approached the crowd of protesters. He yelled profanities, leading to a physical altercation. Protesters expressed outrage the arrestee was not escorted away in handcuffs, and many were originally under the impression the man had not been arrested. Diane Brown, Division of Public Safety and Security spokeswoman, confirmed Wednesday evening a 24-year-old man not affiliated with the University had been arrested. This was the only arrest and incident of the night, Brown said. As of 10:30 p.m., she was unsure whether DPSS had released the man, or who he attacked. Eyewitnesses, however, claimed the man punched multiple students. Black students said he called them “n------” repeatedly. The crowd then proceeded down South University Avenue to Schlissel’s home, where protesters began posting signs with Black Lives Matter and #BBUM — the viral hashtag “Being Black at the University of Michigan” students used to voice their experiences being a student of color at the University in 2013. Students said a critical mass of racially charged incidents pushed them to protest Wednesday. On Sept. 17, three Black student’s name tags were defaced with racial slurs in West Quad Residence Hall. Schlissel sent out a tweet denouncing the incident, but a number of Black students said Schlissel needed to take a more public stand. The same day, Ann Arbor community members discovered racial slurs on a building on Liberty and State streets reading “Free Dylann Roof” and “I hate n--- ---.” Earlier this year, students discovered anti-Latino and pro- Trump graffiti on the Rock, a University landmark. In February, Engineering students received anti-Black and anti-Semitic emails — later discovered to be spoofed — from a University professor’s account hailing “the return of the KKK” and Nazis. And this month a year ago, racist flyers propagating white supremacist messages claiming proof for “racial differences in intelligence” littered posting walls around campus. LSA freshman Tyler Washington, one of the protest organizers, said she did not see Schlissel’s tweet until a few days after the incident, and believes an email would have been more appropriate. She went into the meeting expecting action, but restated afterward administrators’ responses remained disappointing, and students would take matters into their own hands. “I literally said the ideas, and The University of Michigan announced a $50 million donation from notable alum Stephen Ross — the current largest donor to the University — to the Ross School of Business Wednesday afternoon at a State of School event. According to a University press release, the contribution will assist with student career development programs, recruiting qualified junior faculty and Business School campus maintenance. The Business School’s dean, Scott DeRue, held the event for Business students, faculty and administration in which he briefly praised the donation and instead spoke about the future of the Business School for the majority of the speech. “Steve Ross, his generosity is unparalleled,” DeRue said. “The majority of that (donation) is for students and faculty and investments in the educational experience.” Business students, though, are worried accepting the donation will send a negative message to their fellow students and the country, as the U.S. Tax Court ruled against Ross in August for “grossly” overestimating the value of a tax-deductible gift to the University. The case between the IRS and Ross pertained to a Southern California property donated by Ross — a real estate mogul — to the University. Though the University sold the property for $2 million, and later valued it at $5 million, Ross and his business partners claimed a $33 million charitable tax deduction. The IRS took issue with the discrepancy in its own valuing of the property at $3.4 million, almost 10 times what Ross filed the tax deduction as. After 10 years in court, U.S. Tax Judge James Halpern sided with the IRS and imposed maximum civil penalties on Ross and his associates. James Hines, Richard A. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Economics in the Law School, said taking cases to Tax Court is less common, but not unheard of. “These tax disputes are very common,” he said. “It’s not that common to go to Tax Court because people only go to Tax Court if they think they’re right and the government thinks it’s right and most of the time, these cases are resolved through some kind of negotiation without going to Tax Court … there are a lot of complicated situations.” A new Amtrak station may be coming to a University hospital near you. The city of Ann Arbor released a draft environmental assessment report on Monday detailing options for the new Amtrak station, which has been mired in more than a decade of delays. The report names Fuller Park, near the University of Michigan Hospital, as the preferred location for a new train station and parking facilities. Jim Kosteva, University director of community relations, predicted that if the Regional Transport Authority’s plan to implement a rigorous Southeastern Michigan commuter rail program succeeds, having a station so close to the hospital would be an immense benefit for the 26,000 employees and 10,000 to 12,000 or more patients and visitors who come to the hospital on a daily basis. michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday, September 21, 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. 94 ©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 CROS SWO R D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Students call on Schlissel, ‘U’ administration to respond to racist incidents in dorms, around campus KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Black Student Union members protest in front of the Union Wednesday evening. KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily Schlissel addresses students at the protest. One man arrested, hundreds of students later postered President’s home with Black Lives Matter and #BBUM signs SOPHIE SHERRY, RIYAH BASHA & MOLLY NORRIS Daily News Editors and Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor considers new plan for Amtrak CITY The new train station would be situated near the University hospital ISHI MORI Daily Staff Reporter KATELYN MUCALHY/DAILY Scott DeRue gives the State of School Address in Robertson Auditorium on Wednesday. Students respond to $50 million gift made to Ross at State of School event Stephen Ross becomes largest ‘U’ donor one month after the end of his tax court case MATT HARMON Daily Staff Reporter michigandaily.com For more stories and coverage, visit Churches and synagogues throughout Washtenaw County are teaming up to house undocumented immigrants facing threats of deportation. The project, called the Washtenaw Congregational Sanctuary, was formally announced earlier this month at the Church of the Good Shepherd as a collaboration between the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice and the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights. It has not yet received anyone, but is ready to provide shelter immediately for those who need it. Becky Dean, a University alum and social worker, said the idea came in February after she was done tolerating President Donald Trump’s controversial rhetoric against immigrants, something that accelerated as immigration enforcement and raids increased across Washtenaw County. Churches to shelter immigrant families ANN ARBOR Efforts in response to County immigration raids, political climate ISHI MORI Daily Staff Reporter See PROTEST, Page 2 Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com