After a tumultuous first
month with racist incidents
and controversial speakers,
student
governments
on
campus are taking steps toward
finding possible solutions to
amending the campus climate.
LSA senior Anushka Sarkar,
president of Central Student
Government, released sent an
email Wednesday afternoon
announcing
the
first
Diag
Assembly, in which the CSG
body will host its Tuesday
night meetings on the Diag.
The governing body will
be “debating and discussing
campus
climate-specific
resolutions” and there will
be
time
for
students
to
voice their concerns to their
representatives. Members of
the University of Michigan
administration will be present.
“Our
commitment
to
a
better Michigan must start
with
the
acknowledgement
that our campus is not perfect
— we’re not,” the email reads.
“It’s not true to say that ‘hatred
has no place here’ because it
evidently does have a place
here; as long as we are passive
about hatred’s presence here,
as long as we rely on the same
people to demonstrate against
it time and time again, hatred
will continue to show up in our
classes, at our doors, and on
our street corners.”
After
passing
its
own
resolution
to
support
the
rename
the
C.C.
Little
Science Building, LSA Student
Government
is
currently
attending
other
meetings
and garnering support from
other student governments on
campus. The LSA governing
body started discussions on the
renaming of the building mid-
summer. At the same time, but
separately, an initiative started
by History professor John
Carson and LSA senior Joshua
Hasler led to the creation of a
20 page proposal on renaming
the building. Upon learning
this,
LSA
SG
President
Nicholas Fadanelli explained,
decided to lobby on behalf of
the proposal.
The
science
building
is
named after former University
President
Clarence
Cook
Little, a known eugenicist. Last
month, LSA SG hosted a panel
with academics on renaming
— the event was taken over by
protesters wearing bloodied
white gowns to demonstrate
the violence of eugenics.
CSG is currently discussing
its own resolution, introduced
by Fadanelli and Rep. Kristen
Ball,
LSA
junior,
on
the
renaming of the C.C. Little
Science Building. The body’s
Twitter, however, posted a
The Leinweber Foundation
has donated $8 million to
the
Michigan
Center
for
Theoretical Physics in LSA,
according to a press release in
Michigan News. The new funds
will be used to attract more
highly qualified physics staff
members,
expand
research
efforts and dive deeper into
the topics of particle physics
and cosmology.
As a thank-you for the
gift,
the
Michigan
Center
for Theoretical Physics will
be renamed the Leinweber
Center for Theoretical Physics.
The gift also establishes the
Leinweber Fellows program
in the Department of Physics
and supports student physics
fellowships.
Larry
Leinweber
and
Claudia Babiarz of Bloomfield
Hills, Mich., are the heads
of the foundation and have
previously
donated
to
the
University
of
Michigan
to
establish
the
Leinweber
Software
Scholars
Program
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Leinweber
Foundation
gifts $8 mil.
to Physics
CAMPUS LIFE
Donation to fund hiring
of new faculty and staff,
research and fellowship
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The C.C. Little Building.
Student governments navigate C.C.
Little building renaming, ‘U’ racism
LSA Student Government has been at the forefront of recent petitioning
ABBY TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
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See STUDENT GOV, Page 3
Confidence
is
essential
in golf — especially when
up against some of the best
competitors in the nation.
It is even more important —
yet harder to find — when you
are a freshman.
But freshman Ashley Kim
didn’t have that problem over
the
weekend,
leading
the
Michigan women’s golf team
at the Ruth’s Chris Invitational
in
Chapel
Hill,
N.C.
The
Wolverines finished in 12th
place out of a strong 18-team
field, with a three-day score of
875. Duke won the tournament
with a score of 833.
Michigan
struggled
in
Friday’s
opening
round
and sat in 14th place with a
substandard score of 299 at the
end of the day. It was not the
start the Wolverines had hoped
for, particularly considering
that they have found trouble in
their last few tournaments.
“We
certainly
didn’t
do
ourselves any favors in the first
round,” said Michigan coach
Jan Dowling. “We kind of dug
See GOLF, Page 3
Women’s
golf places
12th in
invitational
SPORTS
Duke won tournament
with a score of 833,
Michigan scored 875
ROHAN KUMAR
Daily Sports Writer
Artist Mark Dion discussed
his work “Waiting for the
Extraordinary,” which was
influenced by the original
blueprint of the University of
Michigan, Wednesday night
at the Penny Stamps Speaker
Series at the University of
Michigan Museum of Art.
The event was part of
a series and was held in
collaboration
between
the
Institute for Humanities and
the UMMA with the goal of
showcasing the innovation
and art that exists across a
wide range of disciplines.
Dion is an internationally
lauded artist whose work
centers
on
the
interplay
between public institutions
and our understanding of
the world. Dion’s current
installation at the Institute
for Humanities is a restaging
of his original work, “Waiting
for the Extraordinary,” which
was commissioned by the
University in 2011.
In
his
lecture,
Dion
cited
University
founder
Augustus
Woodward
as
the inspiration behind the
original piece. Dion said the
distinctive language devised
by Woodward to explain the
13 disciplines he believed
the
University
should
be
organized around caught his
attention.
“He
was
absolutely
fascinated by mixing Latin
and Greek, as though they
were cars approaching each
other 60 miles an hour and
crashing in the middle,” Dion
said.
Amanda Krugliak, curator
for the Institute for the
Humanities,
emphasized
the sense of whimsy and
spontaneity in Dion’s work
while retelling her experience
accompanying Dion on his
initial research in 2011.
“(It was an) expedition as
a treasure hunt,” she said.
“This
huge
university
of
systems and silos and rules
Exhibit on
‘U’ founder
explored in
presentation
University library faces lawsuit
for refusing to disclose documents
See EXHIBIT, Page 3
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
The Bentley Historical Library.
ANN ARBOR
Bicentennial-geared event showcased
innovation between range of disciplines
MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter
Bentley Historical Library maintains seal on anti-immigrant activist records
The University of Michigan
is allegedly blocking the release
of records donated by retired
ophthalmologist John Tanton,
an
activist
who
opposes
immigration
and
founded
the Federation for American
Immigration Reform, according
to the Detroit Free Press.
FAIR says it is a nonpartisan
organization
representing
“concerned Americans” on the
topic of immigration, while
Tanton is considered by the
Southern Poverty Law Center to
be the “architect of the modern
anti-immigrant movement.”
Beginning in 1984, Tanton
donated
several
documents,
many of which express his
anti-immigration
views,
to
the Bentley Historical Library
at the University. However,
only 14 of the 25 boxes he has
donated are open to the public;
11 are classified until 2035.
According to the Free Press,
in December 2016 immigration
attorney Hassan Ahmad filed
a Freedom of Information Act
request to gain access to the 11
boxes; he argued the records
should be made public seeing
as
Tanton’s
anti-immigrant
sentiments are relevant to the
views and policies of President
Donald Trump, which tend to
negatively
affectimmigrants.
When Ahmad was denied these
documents, he filed a lawsuit
with the Michigan Court of
Claims.
Ahmad told the Free Press
it is important for the public
to know about Tanton’s racist
actions and the effects they
could have on immigrants in
the United States.
“The organizations founded
by Dr. John Tanton are currently
informing
U.S.
immigration
policy,” Ahmad said. “I think
the public interest is served by
investigating the connection
between his thought and the
current immigration policies.
The rise of white nationalism,
as we’ve seen in Charlottesville,
seem to make this all the more
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
See LIBRARY, Page 3
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