an
associate
professor
of
accounting at the Ross School
of Business, brought up the
Leadership Crisis Challenge,
a leadership simulation for
Business students that puts
students in the seat of a
business leader or executive
during a crisis of any kind.
Students then must handle the
crisis, talk to reporters and
maintain their public persona.
Wright said this program could
be adapted for faculty to teach
them how to respond to campus
crises through their leadership
positions at the University.
The
posters
found
at
Stockwell last week highlighted
the low enrollment rates of Black
students at the University and
at Michigan State University,
and
connected
these
rates
to alleged differences in IQ
levels between Black and white
students. A similar comparison
was made last year when other
racist flyers were found around
campus.
University
faculty
released a statement on the
LSA
Diversity,
Equity
and
Inclusion page debunking this
relationship between race and
intelligence.
Szymanski said a University-
wide statement from Schlissel
regarding the faulty logic of
these
posters
would
show
students
the
University
is
dedicated to combating racism
through academics.
“A lot of research about race
and race issues comes out of
the University so I’m thinking
of things of, in the scientific
area, where there are a number
of articles in recent years in
the scientific journals pointing
out that race is not a scientific
category,” Szymanski said. “I
think that’s something that our
students often don’t understand
and they need that pointed out
to them and if it comes with the
voice of their whole University,
I think that’s a strong point.”
Schlissel
also
responded
to the suggestion of putting
closed-circuit
television
cameras in the hallways of
campus dorms to find the
culprits
behind
any
future
racist acts like the graffiti in
West Quad. He said cameras
are already positioned at the
entrances and exits of most
residence halls but he said
he’s wary of putting cameras
in
residence
hall
hallways
because he wants to protect
student privacy.
“Many
things
go
on
in
dormitories that I think if
students really thought about
it, they’d prefer not to be on
video,” Schlissel said.
Ortega replied to queries
from students about why the
University hasn’t caught any
of the people committing these
acts by saying victims must deal
with the burden of continuing
to interact the police and
University administration until
the perpetrators are caught.
“The extended period of time
to pursue some of these matters,
even when they know who the
students are or they have some
idea, it doesn’t erase the pain of
the students who are victims of
this and so there’s some sense
on their part to do something
more
urgent,”
Ortega
said.
“They’re set saying, ‘So where’s
the justice for us as victims?’”
Schlissel went on to provide
SACUA with an update on the
proposed name changing of the
C.C. Little Science Building.
He said the formal request
made last month is now being
reviewed by the President’s
Advisory
Committee
on
University History.
The
proposal
is
being
compared
to
a
rubric
the
committee
developed
last
year for renaming University
buildings.
Some
principles
for
name
changes
include
respecting
the
University’s
commitment to pedagogy and
considering the original name
within its historical context.
Schlissel said this second
principle
is
important
in
the example of C.C. Little
because of Little’s confirmed
belief in eugenics, a method
pseudoscience that promotes
human
progress
through
selective breeding.
“What (the name) meant
to people 100 years ago or 80
years ago might have been quite
different than what it means
now even if we’ve learned
nothing over the interim but
these two ideas of looking,
in context, ‘Was this person
representative of their times or
were they, in some fashion an
outlier, an extreme version of
something that we would not
want to be associated with,’”
Schlissel said.
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has gained national attention
to the project. Most recently,
the
U.S.
Secretary
of
Transportation, Elaine Cho,
unveiled new guidelines for
the testing site.
The
Center’s
marketing
specialist,
Jane
Sugiyama,
explained the scope of the
student’s work at TechLab.
“The students are required
to
attend
lecture
that’s
two hours once a week,”
Sugiyama said. “In the first
couple weeks they’re learning
project management, business
models, ecosystem mapping
and basically all the tools that
you would need to help launch
a startup and create a valuable
value
proposition.
Then
later we bring in some guest
speakers.”
Sugiyama
detailed
the
experience
and
work
that
students are doing with Tome,
the Detroit-based company.
“They’re going to be doing
B-to-V
testing
which
is
bicycle-to-vehicle testing so
the students will actually be
doing the bicycle-to-vehicle
detection out at Mcity on the
test track,” she said. “The
students are really engrained
within the companies and
treated
just
like
a
team
member.”
The companies also test
software and work on data sets
that are less track-intensive,
as
track
time
at
Mcity’s
facility can be exclusive and
expensive.
Though the innovations are
important and applicable, Fay
prioritizes the talent pipeline
that is made up of TechLab’s
students.
“(Google and Ford) could
have
great
autonomous
vehicles on the road, but
what I really want is that
machine
learning
company
that supplies both of them to
be here in Michigan,” Fay said.
Engineering
junior
Matt
Jankowski
spoke
to
the
benefits and drawbacks of
doing independent study work
as opposed to a traditional
co-op. He expressed his desire
to work for mobility startups
in the future.
“I think being in a co-op is
still more of a real workplace
experience because it shows
you what working full time
is like,” Jankowski said. “A
work-study
course
doesn’t
allow for that.”
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possibly could.”
While a student at the
University and student body
president,
Armstrong
was
subject of an anti-gay blog, run
by then-Michigan Assistant
Attorney
General
Andrew
Shirvell,
which
defamed
Armstrong.
“Me and my community,
we
were
suddenly
being
tested with this outing —
where people were finding
themselves having to interact
with being outed,” Armstrong
said. “And that power and
privilege of coming out (being)
taken away from them.”
Following
the
keynote
speech,
five
students
and alumni of the LGBT
community,
including
Armstrong, gathered for a
panel discussing coming out,
allies and intersections of
identities.
LSA freshman Juan Orozco
was interested in the discussion
of different identities and the
representation of each as a
Latino student.
“The intersectionality from
being a brown person and also
being queer was kind of cool to
see,” Orozco said.
University
alum
Steph
Parrish, who uses gender-
neutral pronouns, discussed
coming out and realizing their
sexuality.
Parrish
realized
they weren’t like the rest of
their soccer team when they
began to realize they were
attracted to the girls on the
team.
“I’ve always kind of known
I was different, to use the
cliche, both with my gender
and my attractionality, but it
really wasn’t until the very end
of high school that I started to
realize that there were words
and language out there for
people like me,” Parrish said.
“I came to realize, wow I
have a crush on half my team.
That’s awkward. But I started
to realize that’s a thing, that’s
OK.”
The panelists talked about
people who have supported
them in their coming out,
which varied from friends to
parents to siblings. University
alum S. Kerene Moore spoke
about her sister, who is also
gay, and how she helped her
come out, especially when it
came to their parents.
“It’s still important to me
today to have this older sister
that I can call and clear things
with or talk to my parents
for me because I’m not good
with that,” Moore said. “And
you know, I come from a very
Christian household and I
was actually president of my
high school Christian club
... but I still can’t have those
conversations with my parents
that she can because she’s
just older and more willing to
stand up to them.”
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established
through
the
removal of Potawatomi people
from this land and the treaty
of Fort Meigs, as well as the
establishment of the U of M
Biological Station, which was
established subsequent to the
burning of an Ottawa village
in Burt Lake by the County
Sheriff,”
MInode’e
said.
“Several people died, and that
happened in 1902 and the bio
station was established in 1907.
So we went to different points
around campus and discussed
their historical significance.”
The
march
stopped
at
the School for Environment
and Sustainability, a plaque
commemorating
the
Native
American “land gift,” and the
Michigan Union, to discuss
Michigamua — now known as
the Order of Angell — a senior
honor society that came under
fire for appropriating Native
artifacts and rituals.
The other goal of the march
was to articulate demands
towards
the
University
regarding
their
treatment
of
the
Native
American
community, which makes up
0.8 percent of the student
body.
“The treaty of Fort Meigs,
which established the land on
which this University sits, has
a clause in it that guarantees
education for Native American
youth,” MInode’e said. “So
our
concern
is
increasing
American Indian enrollment,
and we want the University
to establish a position in
admissions or another relevant
department
to
work
with
tribal communities, schools
and colleges in order to recruit
and retain Native American
students.”
MInode’e also said a goal
of the march was to build
up the community of both
Native
American
students
and people of color more
broadly. To accomplish this,
they
reiterated
Students
for
Justice’s
demand
the
University establish a Central
Campus multicultural center.
Issa, who was instrumental
in the passing of the CSG
resolution, said she found the
demands of today’s march very
reasonable.
“The
University
of
Michigan prides itself on being
inclusive and making people
feel welcome, and if these
demands can be met, as long
as they’re not hurting other
people, then why not?” Issa
asked. “There’s a bad history
there, and if the U of M can
do its part in sort of helping
indigenous students feel more
welcome, then I think this is a
great thing. I think this is an
amazing initiative.”
MInode’e said he found the
march today to be an uplifting
experience
and
seemed
optimistic for what the future
held.
“I’ve been really humbled
and amazed by how dedicated
students are on this campus,
particularly students of color,
to fighting for justice and
not settling for any less,”
MInode’e said. “I think that
it’s a beautiful thing when
we support each other, and
I’m really indebted to all the
organizers who worked to
make tonight a possibility. And
I would encourage the rest of
the student body to participate
in
civil
disobedience
and
protest
whenever
possible,
because it’s what makes our
democracy
worth
fighting
for.”
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you want to go,” Bennett said.
“The end goal doesn’t matter.
What matters is that you put
the effort in. Accept your past
for what it is and don’t let it
affect you in your current
journey.”
In her speech, Business
professor
Amy
Young
mentioned an anecdote about
a former student with a speech
impediment who overcame his
hurdle in a public speaking.
Her story struck a chord
with LSA sophomore Rachel
Mazzotta.
“I thought that Professor
Young’s
presentation
one
of her student and how he
fostered a sense of reimagining
the
possible
even
with
a
stutter,” Mazzotta said. “He
really seems to have taught
her more about her teaching
abilities and touched everyone
in his class.”
Wrapping up the panel was
Business senior Sam Orley,
the
executive
director
of
Wolverine Support Network,
who discussed how events in
his personal life led him to get
involved with mental health
matters on campus.
“In 2013 as I was entering
my senior year of high school,
and my brother was a junior
at Michigan, he took his life,”
Orley said. “This is of course
had
a
profound
traumatic
impact
on
my
life
both
being with him and not. But
experiencing from a distance
his time at Michigan, and how
his experience with mental
illness was largely affected
by the climate around him.
It’s not that there weren’t
people or outlets to get help
— it’s just that he didn’t feel
comfortable doing so. That’s
why I’m here today, and that’s
what motivated me to join
Wolverine Support Network.”
Other speakers at the event
included
Patrick
Borchert
and Lars Gruss, exchange
Ross
MBA
students
from
Copenhagen,
and
Mark
St.
George,
principal
at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP and board member for
National Alliance on Mental
Illness.
“He said ... ‘I don’t see
how many people can be
depressed if all I see is smiling
Wolverines.’
After
hearing
this disconnect between the
University and the students,
we decided we needed to host
a week of events.”
According to Ball, chair
of LSA SG’s Public Activities
Committee, this is the second
annual Mental Health Diag
Day, but the first year an entire
week has been scheduled to
promote awareness.
“We felt like last year,
when we would just do a
single day, it wasn’t enough
to increase the amount of
awareness that we wanted to
bring to mental health and
positivity,” Ball said.
While
Ball
is
excited
about the other mental health
awareness events, she said she
loves the Diag Day because of
the energy it brings to campus.
“Personally,
I
have
a
personal
attachment
to
Mental
Health
Diag
Day
because I feel like it’s the
most lively,” she said. “But
I’m definitely excited for the
City Health Forum that we
have. We’re also going to be
having a TEDx talk which is
really exciting. But honestly,
all of it’s great. As long as it’s
celebrating
mental
health,
that’s all that matters.”
Aside from LSA SG’s table,
several other organizations
had booths set up around the
edges of the diag. LSA senior
Emma Abed attended as a
representative from CAPS in
Action, the student-run mental
health group connected to
CAPS. The group, which is
in its third year, wanted to
let students know about its
action-based
programming
and the support people can
find within different mental
health groups.
“We’re the only student
mental health org on campus
that has a direct connection to
CAPS, which gives us a really
unique position and a lot of
different resources than other
student orgs,” Abed said. “I
hope that students learn that
there are so many resources on
campus and people that want
to support them. So if they
are struggling or they know
people who are struggling,
just learn who’s out there and
who they can talk to.”
LSA sophomore Ammar
Affan stopped by the CAPS in
Action booth to learn about its
workshops and mental health
on campus. He said he thought
the Diag Day was a good way
to get the word out about
mental health awareness.
“I’ve been studying since
morning and I just needed a
break and I think that mental
health is pretty important
so I just wanted to see what
the University does,” Affan
said. “We always talk about
physical health but I guess it’s
equally important because it’s
still health, all in all.”
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These are
terrible times to
live in
I’ve been really humbled and
amazed by how dedicated
students are on this campus,
particularly students of color,
to fighting for justice and not
settling for any less