attending the speech had to
have their bags and belongings
searched
prior
to
entering
Palmer Commons, and they
were
once
again
searched
before entering the room where
the speech would be held.
LSA senior Ben Decatur,
co-chair of the AEI Executive
Council
at
the
University,
introduced Murray and spoke
on the right of free speech and
the importance of that right. He
went on to discuss the potential
for protest and invited any
protesters to engage with the
speaker instead of attempting to
prevent Murray from speaking.
“If the hosts of tonight’s
program, in collaboration with
University
representatives,
believe
that
the
protesters
are interfering unduly with
the
speaker’s
freedom
of
expression,
those
protesters
will be warned by a University
administrator,” Decatur said.
“If warnings are not heeded
and interference continues, the
individuals responsible may be
removed from the building.”
Decatur turned the podium
over to Murray, who was met
with a mixture of cheers and
boos. As Murray began to speak,
a student in the audience began
playing the theme song for the
introduction of Darth Vader in
the Star Wars movies.
The audience raised signs
accusing Murray of being a
white supremacist and a racist.
Students in the back of the
audience began to set off alarms
on their phones to drown out
the words of Murray. After only
10 minutes, the speech was
brought to a grinding halt, as
the protesters turned off the
lights and projected the words
“White Supremacist” behind
Murray as they chanted “Racist,
Sexist, KKK, Charles Murray go
away.”
Students began taking turns
to scramble up to the front of
the room to interrupt Murray
and read pre-written speeches
of their own. After the first
protester read off their speech
accusing Murray of wanting
the protester dead because of
his Iranian heritage, LSA senior
Farid Alsabeh confronted the
protesters for denying him the
right to listen to what Murray
had to say.
When
the
event
had
concluded, Alsabeh spoke on
why he felt the need to speak
out.
“When I saw that people’s
first instinct was to infringe
on my right to listen to a
public intellectual at a public
institution I felt like I just had
to say: ‘Listen, you’re making it
too much about yourself. Can
we please think about the other
people who are just here to
listen to ideas?’” he said.
In an interview prior to
the speech, Murray pushed
back on what he thinks are
misunderstandings
and
mischaracterizations
of
his
work and his beliefs.
“The
characterization
of
me as a white supremacist or
a white nationalist or any of
the various other things is
unaccompanied by any direct
evidence that I believe any of
that stuff,” Murray said.
Murray
said
the
reason
college
campuses
have
become hostile to speakers,
such
as
himself,
can
be
attributed to the anger that
has arisen from the election
of President Trump. Murray
also stated college students
have become more sensitive
over the past decade and he
believes this is primarily due
to the rise of identity politics.
Murray spent the next
portion of the event debating
with a student of color at the
podium over whether “The
Bell Curve” supports the idea
that Blacks are less intelligent
than whites.
After
the
student
left
the podium, the audience
turned to a different tactic to
attempt to disrupt Murray’s
speech. Instead of chanting,
the audience instead tried to
completely ignore Murray by
putting in earbuds, reading
books and opening copies of
newspapers in front of their
faces.
being led by Facebook, Google
and Microsoft,” Pennebaker said.
“What is beginning to happen now
is we are getting these two groups
of people who are now at this point
where we are able to start talking
to each other and take advantage
of generations of really solid social
science that has not been informed
by giant data.”
Information graduate student
Kristen McGarry was in attendance
and
echoed
Pennebaker’s
sentiment
specifically
with
the collaboration between the
research and corporate spheres.
McGarry noted how the corporate
sponsors of the symposium such as
TD Ameritrade and Mercury Fund
demonstrate the corporate interest
in data science.
“Data is growing so much, you
kind of need both people to join
together to continue progressing,”
McGarry said.
Rackham
student
Jeff
Lockhart, assistant organizer of
the symposium, expressed how
this interdisciplinary future of
data science is a central mission of
MIDAS and the symposium.
“MIDAS has twin goals of
getting researchers together in
the same room from different
disciplines and … it funds a lot of
projects,” Lockhart said.
Lockhart
described
how
MIDAS has been successful in
bringing people together and
funding projects in its short
existence.
A poster showcase at the event
featuring more than 50 research
projects across the University
relating to data science emphasized
the scope of the symposium.
The MIDAS Initiatives Panel
featuring leaders within MIDAS’s
research initiatives continued the
symposium’s
interdisciplinary
focus.
Carol Flannagan, the principal
investigator
of
MIDAS’s
Transportation Challenge Project,
spoke during the panel about
how it has helped her research
on
transportation
safety
to
include perspectives from the
social
sciences,
statistics
and
engineering.
“One of the very cool things
about what MIDAS is supporting
and encouraging is these very
large multidisciplinary teams,”
Flannagan said. “I am working
with people from all over campus,
from different schools and colleges
and people I have not worked with
previously.”
MIDAS members are excited
for the future of the institute as
the symposium came to a close at
the institute’s new space in Weiser
Hall.
While
Hero
accounted
for
the weather being a key reason
attendance
was
lower
than
expected,
he
also
expressed
excitement for the global audience
of more than 4,000 viewers
the
symposium
attracted
via
livestream. A sign, he believes,
of the growing number of people
interested in the work of MIDAS
and the future of data science.
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Immigration
Symposium
WHAT: Three University
professors will present on
the historical experiences of,
and discrimination against,
immigrants in the United States.
WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme
Semester
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Angel Hall, Room 3222
Let’s (not) Talk About
Sex, Habibi
WHAT: The first Chai Circle
of the year will cover sex and
relationships in the Middle
Eastern and North African
diaspora.
WHO: Middle East and Arab
Network
WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Sophia B. Jones Room
Microsoft Excel Pivot
Tables
WHAT: Attendees will learn
about Excel as a management
platform, as well as sorting skills,
filtering and data validation.
WHO: Engineering Human
Resources
WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon
WHERE: Duderstadt Cemter,
Advanced Training Lab 2
Leaders and Culture
Workshop
WHAT: A workshop for
supervisors and managers to
motivate and empower their
team members with University
resources. Registration required.
WHO: Engineering Human
Resources
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WHERE: Lurie Engineering
Center, Johnson Rooms A, B
and C
happening here,” Case said. “Part
of this is how to turn what some
call the Rustbelt into much more of
a startup-belt.”
Business
graduate
student
Connor Burleigh thought the
amount of venture capital Ann
Arbor received was significant.
“Ann Arbor gets half of the
venture of the state; that’s huge,”
Burleigh said. “Communities can’t
be separate, it has to be Southeast
Michigan as a single ecosystem.”
Gov. Rick Snyder agreed with
Case, and discussed Michigan’s
ingenuity
and
leadership
in
combining the IT field and
automotive industry.
“We have that Midwestern
humility, but we need to be louder
and prouder,” Snyder said. “We
need ambassadors for our city and
state to speak up and tell our story.”
After an introductory breakfast,
tour members of Rise of the Rest
set out to begin a string of visits
with Ann Arbor startups. They
spent time at Mcity, Duo Security,
A2 Engage, FarmLogs, NutShell,
CaHoots and TechArb.
In Case’s opinion, one the most
important methods to propel a
startup community to higher
levels of success is telling the
community’s story.
“Not only do most people in the
community not know what the
success stories are, but the vast
majority of people outside of those
communities don’t know what
those stories are,” Case said. “Ann
Arbor is doing really, really well
and most people in other parts of
the country don’t know how well
it’s doing.”
Later in the day, Case and a
panel of business experts held a
“fireside chat” to discuss in more
detail the importance of startup
communities and the challenges
they face in expanding and
developing. Dan Gilbert, founder
of Quicken Loans Inc., and J.D.
Vance,
best-selling
author
of
“Hillbilly Elegy,” joined Case on
the panel. Mary Grove, director
of Google for Entrepreneurs, was
another panel member.
One key topic of discussion
was the relationship between
Ann Arbor and Detroit. Panelists
noted innovation, while one of
the main focuses within each city,
has not managed to bring the two
together. They commented on the
importance of bridging the gap
between Ann Arbor and Detroit
and how this coalition can bring
prosperity to the region.
Business
graduate
student
Tobi
Ogundipe
agreed
with
the panelists and believes this
connection is important to draw in
investors.
“My biggest takeaway was Dan
Gilbert honing in on the threads
of connection between Ann Arbor
and Detroit,” Ogundipe said. “The
talent is here and the companies
are coming to Ann Arbor and
Detroit; it makes sense to combine
these together.”
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