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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

CGIS Study Abroad Fair

WHAT: CGIS advisors and 
alumni will provide information 
about the multitude of study 
abroad opportunities around the 
world.

WHO: CGIS

WHEN: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan League 
Ballroom

The Bee Lady Talks

WHAT: This study group will 
explore how bees work within a 
hive.

WHO: Osher Lifelong Learning 
Institute

WHEN: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Turner Senior Resource 
Center

Local Government 
Discussion

WHAT: Local government 
officials will host a discussion 
outlining Nov. 7 ballot proposals 
and observe a County Commission 
meeting.

WHO: Ginsberg Center

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: 220 N. Main St.

IOE 899 Seminar

WHAT: Molly Moore Jeffery 
from the Mayo Clinic will dig 
into the opioid epidemic as a 
public health emergency.

WHO: Industrial and Operations 
Engineering

WHEN: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Industrial and 
Operations Engineering Building

2017 Fall Career Expo 
Day 2

WHAT: Over 90 companies 
will be the the University to 
recruit for summer and full-time 
opportunities. Come to this first-
step event to find out more!
WHO: University Career Center
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union 

Film Screening: For the 
Love of a Man

WHAT: UMSI assistant 
professor Joyojeet Pal will 
present his self-funded and 
produced documentary on 
superstar Rajnikanth.

WHO: School of Information

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: North Quad - Space 
2435

Soul Food Dinner

WHAT: The Black Student’s 
Movement is hosting their first 
Soul Food Dinner for cooking and 
community.

WHO: Black Student Movement

WHEN: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Mason Hall — Room 
1448

LQBTQ Monologues

WHAT: The first annual student 
performance will give LGBTQ 
students the playform to share 
their stories.

WHO: Spectrum Center

WHEN: 7:30 to 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union - 
Pendleton Room

Every Wednesday, the 
Michigan Daily will be asking 
a University affiliate what 
the University’s bicentennial 
means to them. 

“Older people are coming in 
and are really excited about 
the Bicentennial, and it is 
a big deal. People come in 
specifically for that kind of 
stuff. When the bicenten-
nial products first came out 
we couldn’t keep it on the 
shelves. People were really 
excited.”

Jake Robideau, 
MDen manager

WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K

About a dozen students 

gathered 
in 
the 
lobby 
of 

Angell Hall Tuesday night for 
LSA dean Andrew Martin’s 
Student Town Hall, looking 
for 
administrative 
answers 

to recent racist incidents on 
campus.

Almost all the students’ 

questions revolved around the 
campus climate with many 
students 
expressing 
worry, 

lack of safety and inability 
to 
focus 
on 
school. 
LSA 

sophomore Arwa Gayar said 
coming to events like the town 
hall was especially important 
for marginalized students and 
groups to make themselves 
heard by institutional insiders.

“I 
feel 
like 
it’s 
very 

important to establish those 

institutional connections and 
administrative 
connections 

because 
ultimately 
our 

voices need to be heard,” she 
said. “But also I’m just very 
interested to see what the dean 
feels is most pressing to talk 
about right now, considering 
recent events. I just want to 
know what topics he’s going to 
discuss in general, just gauge 
what’s on his mind right now, 
what are his priorities right 
now?”

Austin McCoy, a Michigan 

Mellon 
Humanities 

Postdoctoral 
fellow 
who 

studies protest movements, 
has emphasized only doing 
so when it won’t create a 
confrontation, as he feels the 
safety of minority students is 
paramount.

“As a university, we create 

spaces 
for 
dialogue, 
and 

sometimes that dialogue we 
find horrific and offensive,” 
Martin said. “But it doesn’t 
mean that that stuff has to 
stay up in these settings, and 
I think that’s something that 
would be effective.”

Martin 
said 
he 
agreed 

with those who commented 
on the University’s lack of 
communication on how they 
are handling ongoing issues. 
He also stressed the legality 
of the of the vandalism was 
not up for debate but also that 
it was logistically difficult to 
release details of an ongoing 
investigation.

“To be clear, I don’t want 

to have dialogues about what 
happened 
in 
West 
Quad,” 

he said. “What happened in 
West Quad was ridiculous. 
It almost certainly violated 
Michigan ethnic intimidation 

law, and DPSS continues 
to investigate that event 
and similar events. The 
challenge is that one can’t 
be entirely transparent 
about the investigation 
that’s going on. And all it 
takes is one person with 
a marker or one person 
with a poster and a roll 
of tape to create a lot of 
hurt.”

Students 
later 
asked 

him how seriously the 
administration 
was 

taking demands to rename 
the C.C. Little Science 
Building, 
whose 
name 

honors a former president 
of the University who was 
an outspoken advocate of 
eugenics.

“Very,” 
Martin 
said. 

“We, 
as 
a 
University, 

put a process in place 
a couple years ago for, 
‘How are we going to 
go about thinking about 
renaming 
or 
removing 

a name from one of our 
buildings?’ And that was 
a thoughtful process, that 

LSA Dean Andrew Martin hosts town 
hall to discuss student concerns

About a dozen students gathered to hear administrative response, reporting options

ANDREW HIYAMA

Daily Staff Reporter

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