“I can say ‘I’m gay’ so easily
now, but for the majority of
my life those words held me
hostage,” one performer said.
Public Policy junior Lena
Dreves
recently
started
approaching
student
groups
and organizations for support
to create a LGBTQ Monologues
event
happen,
which
was
ultimately co-sponsored by the
Spectrum Center and LGBT+
Michigan. Dreves wanted to
bring to light the experiences of
members of this community, and
saw this come to fruition at the
first annual event Wednesday
night.
LGBTQ Monologues consisted
of 11 student speakers detailing
their experiences as members of
the community and the different
struggles they have faced. Dreves
emphasized people need an
outlet to express the range of
emotions associated with coming
out.
“Not
only
is
this
event
beneficial for the people sharing,
but for the people hearing, I
think it really puts a face to the
LGBT community,” Dreves said.
“I think a lot of times we hear
about statistics and everything’s
institutionalized and political,
especially around this topic
today. I think by hearing stories,
when people are reading these
statistics
they’re
going
to
remember a face and a story.”
Speakers talked about the
different intricacies associated
with coming out, focusing on
topics such as parental dynamics,
acceptance
and
reconciling
identity with faith. LSA senior
Michael
Miller-Perusse,
who
was a co-chair of the event and
is the community outreach chair
for LGBT+ Michigan, mentioned
the importance of attending
monologue events and holding
supportive events for community
members.
“We thought Coming Out
Week would be a great time
to
do
this,”
Miller-Perusse
said, referring to the week of
Oct. 4 to Oct. 11. “I think it’s
really beneficial for students to
hear different people in their
community
with
different
backgrounds and life experiences
and really listen to their story,
as well as attend events held by
people from communities I’m not
a part of and learn more about
their experiences.”
Public Policy junior Daniel
Greene spoke about coming out
and dealing with unexpected
backlash after a Michigan Daily
article about his experience
as a gay man in Greek life ran
the same day. He changed his
monologue after the article was
released.
The
Ann
Arbor
chapter
of
Puerto
Rico
Rises,
a
nonprofit organization from
Florida,
will
be
collecting
donations for those affected
by the catastrophic damage
of
Hurricane
Maria.
The
Category 4 hurricane, which
struck the island on Sept.
20, has created a total power
outage across the nation and
left only 20 percent of the
island with water service. As of
right now, seven percent of the
island has power back and 47
percent have access to potable
water.
Puerto
Rico
Rises
Ann
Arbor is composed of local
Puerto Ricans related to the
University of Michigan as staff,
graduate students, alumni or
through some other affiliation.
According to a press release,
drop-off locations will be on
campus to provide students
and faculty with direct access
to donate until Oct. 12.
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Community
increases
aid given to
Puerto Rico
CAMPUS LIFE
Organizations work to
collect household items
through drop-off locations
JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter
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Ford junior Lena Dreves speaks at the LGBTQ Monologues at the Union Wednesday.
LGBTQ monologues bring to light
concerns of safety, inclusion on campus
Students spoke about their experiences as a member of this community at Michigan
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With the two Jewish High
Holidays — Rosh Hashanah, the
Jewish New Year, from Sept. 20
to 22, and Yom Kippur, the Day
of Atonement, from Sept. 29 to
30 — only 10 days apart this year,
Jewish University of Michigan
students have been struggling
to juggle academics and their
religious
responsibilities.
The
University’s long-standing policy
regarding the religious holiday
schedule is outlined on the Office
of the Provost’s website; however,
while many Jewish students are
able to accordingly compromise
with their professors to work
around their religious schedules,
some say they find their professors
to be rather unaccommodating.
Public Policy professor Paul
Courant, former interim provost,
emailed the University’s religious
holidays policy to faculty and
staff in late August. The current
policy states the University does
not cancel classes for religious
holidays but does require faculty
and
staff
to
work
together
in
accommodating
students’
academic
needs
with
their
Concerns
voiced over
holy day
flexibility
CAMPUS LIFE
Jewish students discuss
many inconsistencies with
religious accommodations
ALEX COTT
Daily Staff Reporter
Wednesday afternoon, the
University of Michigan settled
its FOIA lawsuit with the
Mackinac Center for Public
Policy to release University
President
Mark
Schlissel’s
personal
emails
from
his
University
email
account
during and following the 2016
presidential election.
Prior
to
the
election,
Schlissel’s
concerns
about
Trump were prevalent, as the
emails indicate.
“I realize that some may
interpret this as anti-Trump
although
there
is
nothing
explicit
in
the
remarks,”
Schlissel
wrote
to
Lisa
Rudgers,
the
University’s
former vice president for global
communications and strategic
initiatives, on Aug. 24, 2016,
discussing why his freshman
convocation
speech
was
planning to be heavily focused
on the election. “I would
feel awful if Trump won the
election and I was too afraid of
appearing political to make any
effort to encourage our students
to thoughtfully participate.”
In one of the emails, Schissel
remarked
on
conservative
students’ feelings to Daniel
Little,
the
University
of
Michigan-Dearborn’s
chancellor.
“An
(sic)
also
some
compliants
(sic)
from
our
minority of Trump supporters
who now feel marginalized and
ostracized in our campus milleu
(sic) and post election activity,”
he wrote on Nov. 11. “Ironic.”
The emails later revealed
Schlissel’s anxiety during the
aftermath of Trump’s election,
citing this as a pivotal moment
of
his
term
as
University
president.
‘U’ releases
Schlissel’s
emails harsh
on President
Hundreds rally at Blake Transit
Center for teen arrested by AAPD
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Protesters respond to last week’s violent arrest of a teenager by an Ann Arbor police outside the Blake Transit Center downtown Wednesday.
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Fallout from violent arrest due to miscommunication, concerns of police brutality
Hundreds
of
Ann
Arbor
residents
marched
Wednesday
night from the Blake Transit Center
to City Hall to protest last week’s
violent arrest of Ciaeem Slaton, a
Black 16-year-old who was waiting
at the BTC for a bus home.
According
to
University
of
Michigan
alum
Anna
Lemler,
an organizer with local activist
group Collective Against White
Supremacy, the arresting officer
was responding to reports of a fight
that had occurred there earlier.
“It sounds like there was some
high energy because of that fight
and so he got there for a different
reason, to take the bus home, and
the cop said, ‘You need to leave,’”
she said in an earlier interview. “So
he started to walk away from the
crowd and the cop came up and
approached him again, and that’s
when he asked for his ID.”
At that point, Slaton told the
officer he didn’t have any ID because
his school had not yet issued them.
It is unclear if anything transpired
in between, but the officer then
proceeded to arrest Slaton, putting
him face-down on the ground and
pinning him with his knee. In the
video, Slaton’s friends can be heard
telling him not to move, and others
saying, “F--- 12.”
Ahead of the march, DaQuann
Harrison, a friend of Slaton’s who
organized the rally, noted the
historical context of police brutality
against young Black men, and the
history of police brutality in Ann
Arbor.
“(Ciaeem) is one of many youth
of color who are targeted by police
in here. His situation is also one of
many that has historically appeared
here in Ann Arbor,” Harrison said.
“And we cannot forget the many
young Black people who have been
brutalized around the country
by police: Tamir Rice, Jordan
Edwards,
Oscar
Grant,
Mike
Brown, Freddie Gray, just to name
a few. And here in Ann Arbor, Aura
Rosser, a Black woman shot and
killed while in crisis by an AAPD
officer.”
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
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