Approximately
400
Ann
Arbor community members
embarked
in
unseasonably
warm
temperatures
to
raise awareness for suicide
education
and
prevention
by participating in the Out
of the Darkness community
walkSaturday morning in West
Park.
Out
of
the
Darkness
community walks took place
nationwide this weekend with
the aim of raising awareness
about suicide prevention as
well as funds for the American
Foundation
for
Suicide
Prevention
to
implement
education
and
awareness
strategies.
The Ann Arbor walk was
one of more than ten Out of the
Darkness walks that took place
in the state of Michigan over
the weekend. According to
Patricia Wheeler, chair of the
walk and board member for
the AFSP southeast Michigan
chapter, this year’s Ann Arbor
walk reported record breaking
funds
—
surpassing
their
original goal of $30,000 dollars
by raising over $50,000.
“For this walk, today we
have
raised
more
money
than any walk in Ann Arbor,”
Wheeler said.
The money raised came
from donations from local
organizations
as
well
as
funds raised by participating
teams and individuals. All the
funds raised are used to raise
awareness about suicide and to
develop methods of education
directed
toward
suicide
prevention.
“Fifty
percent
of
the
funds raised today stay in
the southeast Michigan area
to help with local education
and
prevention
measures,”
Wheeler
said.
“The
other
half goes to the national
organization,
which
is
collectively the largest funder
of suicide research.”
Most participants were Ann
Arbor community members
including Ann Arbor residents,
high school and University
students, all of which were
present to support the AFSP’s
efforts to raise awareness.
LSA senior Taylor Rovin
joined the walk to show her
support for suicide prevention
and participated on behalf
of her feminist sorority, Zeta
Omega Eta, which included the
walk as part of their rush week
events.
“All of the rush events for
my sorority are optional but
I thought this one was really
cool and an important event to
be a part of,” Rovin said.
On mornings with home football
games, collegiate men and women
across campus rifle through piles
of maize and blue clothing in an
attempt to put together the perfect
game day outfit.
A game day outfit could be
the most important form of garb
University of Michigan students
wear throughout their time at the
University. Captured by Snapchat,
Instagram, Facebook and the
like, what one wears on Saturday
football lives on eternally in the
realm of social media. Now, this
demand for Michigan spirit wear
could soon be leading to changes
with local retailers.
The Michigan Daily conducted
a campus survey on student spirit
wear choices to 500 randomly
selected students, of which 56
students responded.
Based on the survey results,
56.14
percent
of
respondents
suggested their primary source
of tailgating clothing was campus
retailers, such as the M Den or Moe
Sport Shops.
The M Den, a staple University
clothing store on State Street,
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See GAMEDAY, Page 3A
A look at
choice of
game-day
ensemble
BUSINESS
Licensed retailers, online
clothing sellers among
most popular for students
RACHEL LEVY
Daily Staff Reporter
ROBERT BUECHLER/Daily
Ann Arbor residents participate in the Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevntion in Ann Arbor Saturday.
Community members walk to raise
awareness for suicide prevention
Students and city residents collect over $50,000 for mental health education
ALEXIS RANKIN
Daily Staff Reporter
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The Leadership Engagement
Scholarship, approved in January
by Central Student Government
and designed to provide assistance
to students who wish to become
more involved on campus but may
not have the financial means to
do so, continues in its fundraising
process despite no longer being a
CSG initiative. The fundraising is
led by LSA senior Micah Griggs,
former CSG vice president, and
Business junior Arathi Sabada,
former
CSG
chief
operating
officer.
At the beginning of their terms as
CSG President and Vice President
in 2016, David Schafer and Griggs,
respectively,
administered
a
demographic report to members
of CSG, and found the results to
be economically homogenous— 75
percent of the student governing
body comes from homes earning
over $100,000 a year. This report
was one of several that made the
CSG administration aware of
how the University, specifically
regarding students in leadership
positions, lacks financial diversity.
When CSG passed a resolution
See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 3A
CSG votes
to continue
fundraising
program
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The 2017 Leadership
Engagement Scholarship
aims to assist with finances
JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter
Recreational
marijuana
is now closer than ever to
becoming
permitted
by
law
in Michigan. A ballot petition
being circulated by the Coalition
to
Regulate
Marijuana
Like
Alcohol is “well past” 250,000
signatures,
according
to
the
group’s spokesman Josh Hovey.
The state of Michigan requires
252,523 valid signatures for the
initiative to make it onto the ballot
in November 2018.
Hovey says the group’s goal is to
collect 350,000 signatures, to give
themselves a cushion for invalid
signatures — signatures that
cannot be traced to a registered
voter or signatures from a voter
who has already signed — and
they aim to have everything
submitted to the state by Nov. 22.
If they are able to reach their
goal, and the state validates at least
252,523 signatures, the initiative
will then go to the legislature
for a vote. If the bill fails in the
legislature, it will then go on the
ballot in Nov. 2018 for residents of
Michigan to vote.
Though he isn’t sure how it
will fare in the legislature, state
Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor,
is optimistic about the proposal’s
chances if it goes to the ballot in
2018.
“I support the bill,” Rabhi said.
“In terms of whether or not it is
viable, I think that you are seeing
unprecedented support, frankly,
for this bill statewide. I think that
the petition drive is going really
well. I think that people are ready
Coalition
petitioning
for legal use
of marijuana
Students, faculty confronted by
internet racism speak against hate
See PETITION, Page 3A
GOVERNMENT
State must validate 252,523 signatures
for initiative to be on the ballot in 2018
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
LSA sophomore Kori Thomas
was confronted with two unpleasant
surprises one Friday morning in
October of her freshman year.
The first was a collection of
racially charged flyers she found
posted outside her dorm, with
subjects like “Black and White IQ
Distributions” and “Lifetime Risk of
HIV Diagnosis by Race/Ethnicity.”
The second was the flood of
aggressive and threatening replies
she received after tweeting pictures
of the posters.
“You cant escape the meme
magic. It wont stop until every
white man and woman is woken up.
#MAGA #AltRight,” another tweet
read.
Thomas was not expecting the
high volume of replies, she said.
There were 192 in total — some
supporting her, but most reinforcing
the message on the posters. In
retrospect, she said, she might not
have tweeted those pictures if she
had known the reactions she would
receive.
“I thought it might be a couple
people, but it was so much, so I just
kind of blocked it out,” Thomas said.
“After that happened I just didn’t
know how to deal with it. So if there
was a better way not involving that
(tweeting the pictures), I would
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
See ONLINE, Page 3A
Racist Incidents on Campus
March 30, 2016
"#StopIslam", "Trump 2016"
written in chalk on the Diag
September 26, 2016
Racist posters ("reasons
why women shouldn't
date black men") found in
Mason and Haven halls
October 2, 2016
Online faculty petitions
condemning the racist posters
are erased by an unknown
individual, replaced with phrase,
“All of the Communists Will
Hang on the Day of the Rope.”
The quote comes from “The
Turner Diaries,” a political fiction
novel that features a race war.
October 3, 2016
White supremacist posters
cited websites arguing race
determines intelligence and
anti-Muslim sentiments
found posted near Diag
October 21, 2016
More racist posters
("Black and White IQ
distributions") found
outside South Quad
November 9, 2016
Violent messages were
written on the Rock after
Trump’s win. The messages
were covering pro-Clinton
decorations.
November 14, 2016
Posters in Union encouraged
students to report
undocumented individuals
and displayed white voting
statistics of the 2016 election
along with phrases such as
“He’s Our President.”
January 20, 2017
Racial slurs directed at
Black student in
prospective students'
Groupme
February 6, 2017
someone urinates on Muslim
prayer rug in Shapiro Library
February 7, 2017
Emails threatening Black and Jewish
students sent to engineering students'
listserv
April 25, 2017
Black Law Student Association board
- Graduate Employee Organization
posted on that Facebook page there
were far-right chalkings on the
campus and on the Black Law
Student Association board.
April 25, 2017
West Hall Arch and CC
Little - White supremacist
group posts anti-Semitic
stickers on Black Lives
Matter posts. BLM posters
were also torn down,
although it is unknown if
they are related.
August 2017
University Biological Station - Racist graffiti
appeared in the bathroom of University
Biological Station near Pellston. University
President Mark Schlissel reported this in an
email to students.
September 2, 2017
Anti-Latino and Pro-Trump graffiti were
found on the Rock before classes
started.
September 17, 2017
Central Campus posting column - A
poster reading “Free Dylann Roof”, the
white mass shooter who entered a
historically Black church and killed nine
people, was posted on the cylindrical
vents on campus.
September 17, 2017
Downtown mural was defaced with
graffiti supporting Dylann Roof. The
graffiti also had anti-Black slurs.
September 17, 2017
Three Black students had
racial slurs written on
their dorm room doors in
West Quad
September 20,
2017
Man arrested
outside Union after
punching and
shouting n-word at
at least one
student
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