Sustainability on campus is
more than the recycling bins you
find in Mason Hall. In reality,
University of Michigan student
organizations, departments and
local nonprofits are focusing their
efforts on outreach and staying
green in a number of ways.
One example of these outreach
efforts is EarthFest. The 21st
annual event was held on the
Diag Thursday, and, hosted by the
Office of Campus Sustainability,
allowed students and staff to
browse through dozens of booths
and learn about how to get
involved with sustainability on
campus.
OCS
Sustainability
Representative Barbara Hagan
said EarthFest provides new
possibilities
for
students
previously
unaware
of
environmental
organizations’
activity on campus.
“Students are very interested in
sustainability and how to protect
the planet and how to make the
world a better place,” Hagan said.
“It’s our way of match-making
students with a group that they
may want to participate in.”
University
spokeswoman
Dana Elger said the event sends
a message that anyone can be
involved in making the University
a more environmentally friendly
place.
“People want to get engaged,
they’re just not sure how to do
it,” Elger said. “You have new
students,
returning
students.
I have seniors coming up and
saying, ‘Hey, I want to get
involved. I care about this and I
want to learn more about it.’ ”
The booths were divided
into sections relating to each
organization’s goal: greenhouse
gas reduction, transportation,
sustainable food, protecting the
Huron River, waste reduction
and
community
awareness.
Many were interactive, handing
out free food samples and
engaging students in activities.
Michigan Dining, for example,
offered students free bruschetta
with a display showcasing their
sustainable food practices.
LSA
freshman
Yasmeen
Shakour said she learned valuable
information
about
Michigan
Dining’s efforts to source their
food locally.
“I always wonder where they
got their food, or whether it’s
GMO-free, organic or local, so it
was cool to learn about that,” she
said.
LSA
senior
Ben
Iuliano,
co-president of the University’s
Sustainable Food Program, said
he hoped to get more people
interested in the environment
through food and expand on the
University’s
sustainable
food
program together.
“Thinking of new ways to
Michigan state Sens. Tonya
Schuitmaker,
R-Lawton,
and
Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, are
leading efforts urging Congress
to pass immigration legislation
aiming to cut funding for sanctuary
cities
and
increase
penalties
on
undocumented
immigrants
attempting to return to the United
States. The resolutions passed
through the House June 29 and
was received in the Senate Sept. 10.
The bill, known as Kate’s Law
or U.S. House Resolution 3004,
increases penalties on immigrants
who have been deported and are
caught attempting to return to the
United States. The law is named
after Kate Steinle, a resident of
San Francisco who was killed by
a man who had been deported
and re-entered the United States
several times.
In a press release discussing the
legislation, Schuitmaker stressed
the resolution as critical to all
American citizens.
“This man should never have
been here and Kate should still be
with her loved ones,” Schuitmaker
said.
“This
was
a
senseless,
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GOP bill
pushes for
immigrant
penalties
GOVERNMENT
Funding for sanctuary
cities in Michigan will
also be cut if bill passes
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
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Common Cycle helps repair student bikes as a part of EarthDay on the Diag Thursday.
Earthfest showcases sustainability
projects, organizations on the Diag
Students and faculty find ways to get involved with environmental causes
ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
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See EARTH, Page 3
At a school as large as the
University of Michigan, it can be
hard to keep up with the never-
ending, cleverly titled Facebook
invitations,
the
Diag-wide
food festivals and your favorite
fraternity’s themed late-nights.
Business junior Mark Dager and
Information junior Rachel Sartori
are bringing an app to campus that
could provide a solution.
Turn Uh is an app allowing
students to view and add events
that are happening on and around
campus. The platform — created
by Bucknell University students
Will
Szamosszegi
and
Lucas
Gregory — launched at Bucknell
last year and is now expanding
to other schools, including the
University of Michigan.
“At
each
of
the
schools
(Szamosszegi) has hired interns,”
Dager said. “We reached out to
every relevant business on campus
— a discount, or a concert, or a play
— stuff that students can’t find on
their own, things that students
would want to go to and would
want to hear about.”
Sartori discussed how useful
See APP, Page 3
App tracks
concerts,
parties in
Ann Arbor
BUSINESS
Turn Uh brings to campus
business promotions and
party, event invites
RACHEL LEVY
Daily Staff Reporter
Gov.
Rick
Snyder
signed
a
campaign
finance
bill
Wednesday,
extending
the
ruling of Citizens United v. FEC
to the state of Michigan. This
allows state representatives and
candidates to collect campaign
money through super PACs,
which then permit them to
collect unlimited amounts of
money.
The
bill
received
little
opposition from Republicans,
passing through the state House
on the back of the Republican
majority — only one Republican,
state Rep. Martin Howrylak,
R-Troy, voted against it. State
Sen. David Robertson, R-Grand
Blanc, introduced the bill in the
state Senate last April.
“This
legislation
codifies
the Supreme Court’s ruling in
Citizens United which affirms
corporate and unions’ ability to
exercise their First Amendment
rights of free speech,” Robertson
told the Detroit Free Press.
The Citizens United ruling
allowed for unlimited donations
from corporations and unions to
political candidates. Though the
ruling did not change the rules
in state races, many states have
since amended their campaign
finance laws.
In
2010,
following
the
Citizens United ruling, 24 states
were forced to amend their
campaign finance laws barring
corporate and union donations.
Now that Snyder signed the bill,
there are six states that allow
such contributions.
State Rep. Yousef Rabhi,
D-Ann Arbor, opposes the law,
seeing it as a way for corporations
to exert unprecedented influence
over Michigan races.
“It
empowers
corporation
and special interest groups to
have unlimited power over the
political process and that’s not
what our democracy was ever
supposed to be,” Rabhi said. “It
was supposed to be a democracy
of, by and for the people and this
has created a situation where, to
even a greater extent than we
Bill allows
Super PAC
donations
in Michigan
Recognition and healing: How the
‘U’ copes with racist incidents
See BILL, Page 3
KATELYN MULCAHY/EMMA RICHTER/Daily
GOVERNMENT
Governor Snyder signs bill with little
opposition from Congress Republicans
COLIN BERESFORD
Daily Staff Reporter
Following recent events, campus leaders and administration respond to hate
Over the past year, members
of the University of Michigan
have both seen and responded to
countless acts of hate directed at
communities of color and other
marginalized
groups.
Though
the administration and campus
organizations have reacted with
activism and messages of support,
students — along with some faculty
and staff — continue to call for more
action.
On Sunday, an incident of racist
vandalism occurred in West Quad
Residence Hall: Racial slurs were
found on the dormitory doors
of three Black students in the
Michigan
Community
Scholars
Program.
University
President
Mark Schlissel tweeted to condemn
the incident, but Black students still
called on the president to take a
more prominent stand against hate.
That same day, racial slurs were
spray-painted onto East Liberty and
South State Street buildings.
These hateful incidents are not
new. In September 2016, racist
flyers featuring white supremacist
messages were found on campus
posting
walls.
In
February,
engineering
students
received
anti-Black and anti-Semitic emails
bolstering hate groups such as
the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis.
Earlier this September, anti-Latino
and pro-Trump graffiti was found
scrawled on the Rock, a University
landmark.
On
Wednesday
night,
the
Black
Student
Union
and
Students4Justice led a protest,
calling on Schlissel to respond to
the racially charged incidents of
the past week. Afterward, a man,
unaffiliated with the University,
was arrested during a fight that
broke out, in which he called
students “n------.”
On Thursday evening, Schlissel
released a statement expressing
sadness for the hateful acts, but
pride for how the University has
come together to respond.
“The Black Student Union issued
a strong statement regarding the
KAELA THEUT,
JENNIFER MEER &
AMARA SHAIKH
Daily Staff Reporters
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