“This is the University’s 

way of making sure everyone 
on our campus has a chance 
to participate in the survey,” 
Broekhuizen said. “The results 
of the census survey offer 
individual 
schools, 
colleges 

and other units on campus 
findings unique to those units.”

Broekhuizen also said both 

surveys released are about 
the campus climate related to 
diversity, equity and inclusion; 
however, some questions may 
differ. 
The 
questions 
were 

written by the Office of DEI, 
campus community and survey 
research experts as well as 
other 
community 
advisory 

committees, according to the 
press release.

The DEI Office put forth a 

five-year strategy last year. 
According to the DEI’s online 
plan, its strategy to expand 
University 
diversity 
and 

inclusivity is three-pronged. 
The first strategy is to “Create 
an Inclusive and Equitable 
Campus Climate,” second is to 
“Recruit, Retain and Develop a 
Diverse Community” and the 
third and final is to “Support 
Innovative 
and 
Inclusive 

Scholarship 
and 
Teaching.” 

The press release on the DEI 
survey states its goal is to 
gather data and statistics as it 
relates to the campus climate 
on 
diversity, 
equity 
and 

inclusion.

In an interview with The 

Daily, 
University 
President 

Mark Schlissel discussed the 
progress of the DEI plan and 
his feelings on current campus 
climate. He articulated his 
excitement regarding a few 
of the upcoming initiatives 
in relation to diversity and 
inclusion, such as Wolverine 
Pathways, which works with 
secondary-school 
students 

in 
Detroit, 
Ypsilanti 
and 

Southfield, 
and 
provides 
a 

path to University admission 
and a scholarship — as well as 
the Go Blue Guarantee, which 
allows any in-state students 
whose households earn below 
$65,000 to have their tuition 
completely 
covered 
by 
the 

University.

“I think the initiative is off 

to a good start,” said University 
President Mark Schlissel in the 
interview. “But there’s a huge 
amount of work to be done and 
there are some things that are 

immediate and short term, and 
there are other things that we 
start now and we are going to 
have to be continued for a long 
time.”

Schlissel 
referenced 

postdoctoral faculty members 
in his interview, one of the 
targets of the DEI survey. He 
mentioned the effectiveness 
of 
the 
LSA 
postdoctorate 

program, 
potential 
faculty 

members who have completed 
their Ph.D.s but are not yet ready 
for an independent position, 
and its diversity plan. The 
LSA postdoctorate fellowship 
sets aside postdoctoral slots 
for those who study diversity 
and for those who create a 
more diverse and equitable 
community.

In 
an 
April 
2017 
press 

release, 
the 
University 

announced the creation of the 
LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral 
Fellowship Program. As part 
of the DEI’s five-year strategic 
plan, the LCPFP looks to 
promote faculty and research 
diversity 
throughout 
the 

institution.

“We 
have 
made 
a 

commitment 
to 
ensure 
a 

scholarly 
environment 
that 

will meet the needs of our 
diverse community,” said LSA 
Dean Andrew D. Martin in 
the press release. “Through 
LCPFP, we hope to recruit 
outstanding individuals that 
will view LSA as an academic 
home and who will positively 
impact the very culture and 
structure of our university, 
college and individual units.”

The 
survey 
targets 
the 

greater postdoctorate program 
as well as consists of nearly 
1,500 current postdoctorates 
distributed 
among 
the 
21 

separate 
schools, 
colleges, 

institutes and 155 departments, 
according to Matt Nelson, the 
director of communications of 
Rackham Graduate School.

“We 
at 
Rackham, 
who 

support 
postdoc 
fellows 

and oversee the quality of 
postdoctoral training across 
the university, wholly embrace 
a commitment to enhancing 
diversity,” Nelson said.

Chief 
diversity 
officer 

Robert Sellers, and vice provost 
for equity and inclusion, will 
oversee this survey and has 
overseen similar DEI surveys 
in the past.

The survey will stay open 

until Dec. 8 and the results will 
be released by spring 2018. 

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The organization is involved 

in 
various 
philanthropies 

and 
events, 
but 
for 
IASA 

co-president Bavica Gummadi, 
an LSA senior, IASA’s impact 
culminates at this cultural 
show.

“I think the biggest message 

that I want everyone to take 
away from our show is the 
passion 
that 
our 
dancers 

bring and the passion that our 
membership brings,” Gummadi 
said. “It’s almost unreal that 
every single member has the 
level of passion, energy and 
enthusiasm 
that 
they 
do, 

and that’s what keeps our 
organization running at 150 
percent.”

Each year, the show’s title in 

based on a word from Sanskrit, 
an ancient Indian language 
from 
which 
many 
modern 

Indian languages are derived. 
This year’s word, “Sarani” is 
the Sanskrit word for “path.” 
Johri 
believes 
this 
word 

perfectly reflects the goal of 
the show.

“It’s kind of symbolic of our 

path that we’re taking through 
India, as we tour through the 
different 
places, 
highlight 

the 
different 
subcultures 

and 
watch 
these 
amazing 

performances,” he said.

Standing under beams of 

orange, 
white 
and 
green, 

colors of the Indian flag, a total 
of 240 dancers took the stage 
to perform ten dances, each 
highlighting a different aspect 
of Indian subculture. Five of 
these dances, performed by the 
groups South Indian, Village, 
Bhangra, Raas and Bollywood, 
were cultural dances, aimed 
at 
embodying 
the 
more 

traditional customs of various 
Indian cities.

The 
other 
five 
groups, 

Fusion, Evolution, Filmi, all-
male Fusion and all-female 
Fusion, 
were 
fusion 
dance 

performances, 
aimed 
at 

combining the music and dance 
styles of Indian and American 
culture. Musical performances 
were 
dispersed 
throughout, 

one of which coming from 
South Asian a capella group 
Maize Mirchi.

Co-president 
Kshema 

Chirra, an LSA senior, noted 
the importance for the dancers 
and the audience of tying in 
elements of American music.

“We really try to mix the 

American and Indian music 
to 
captivate 
our 
audience, 

because 
obviously, 
our 

audience isn’t just the South 
Asian community; it’s a lot 
more than that,” Chirra said. 
“So, I think the ultimate goal 
of 
whatever 
performance 

we 
put 
on 
today 
at 
Hill 

Auditorium is just to capture 
the unique cultural mix that 

our organization embodies of 
being Indian American.”

In 
the 
moments 
before 

the performances began, the 
audience felt the energy from 
behind the stage curtains amid 
cheers of excitement could be 
heard from among the dancers. 
The first dance, performed by 
Filmi, immediately conveyed 
the 
weight 
that 
cultural 

mixing would have on the 
show, with traditional sounds 
of Indian music being fused 
with distinctly hip-hop beats.

Later, 
a 
dance 
by 
All-

female 
Fusion 
highlighted 

the intersectionality of being 
an Indian American woman, 
and 
provided 
a 
distinctly 

feminist 
performance 

where the soundtrack fused 
Beyoncé’s “Run the World” 
and customary Indian music. 
The crowd cheered as loudly to 
popular Indian songs as they 
did to dances that involved 
fidget spinners and the now-

famous “Backpack Kid” dance.

The 
choreographed 

moves 
were 
the 
kind 
of 

accomplishment 
that 
could 

only come from 10 months 
of preparation. For audience 
members who had seen IASA’s 
cultural 
show 
before, 
this 

year’s performance was among 
the most impressive they’ve 
seen.

Engineering 
senior 

Christopher Scott particularly 
enjoyed the cultural dance of 
Bhangra.

“A lot of color, a lot of 

movements,” Scott said. “This 
is the second time I’ve been 
to this, and it’s gotten even 
better.”

Halfway 
through 
the 

performances, 
members 
of 

IASA’s 
community 
service 

core came out to discuss their 
partnership with the Vidya 
Project. This initiative aims 
to bring online tutoring and 
mentorship 
to 
children 
in 

India and urge them to become 
“change-makers”: 
socially 

impactful global citizens.

Between 
dance 

performances, audiences were 
also given a taste of what it’s 
like to be a member of IASA. 
Parody videos in which IASA 
board members re-created a 
favorite scene from the TV 
show “The Office” or lip-
synced in a car in the style 
of James Corden’s “Carpool 
Karaoke” demonstrated the 
bonds 
created 
within 
the 

organization.

Beyond the choreography, 

clothing 
and 
musical 

sequences, 
organizers 

said 
audiences 
left 
Hill 

Auditorium 
with 
the 

understanding 
of 
IASA’s 

ability 
to 
bring 
students 

together. As Gummadi said 
of lessons learned during her 
time with IASA, “If you want 
to go fast, go alone. But if you 
want to go far, go together.”

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program 
has 
divided 
city 

residents from its inception 
three years ago. Supporters, 
including 
University 
of 

Michigan 
biologists, 
assert 

it is the most effective way 
in 
dealing 
with 
vehicle 

collisions, risk of Lyme and 
chronic wasting diseases, and 
ecological damage stemming 
from 
deer 
overpopulation. 

Opponents 
criticize 
the 

program as violent and accuse 
City Council of not being 
transparent 
in 
its 
public 

dealings.

According to a 2016 survey, 

54 
percent 
of 
residents 

approved 
of 
using 
lethal 

methods. Every City Council 
member 
shares 
this 
view, 

each of whom voted against 
a 
budget 
amendment 
that 

would have defunded the deer 
management program earlier 
this year. Forty-five percent 
of residents were opposed. In 
addition, according to the same 
survey, 61 percent of residents 
supported nonlethal methods 
such 
as 
contraception, 

trapping 
and 
sterilization, 

regardless of their views on 
employing lethal methods.

Last year, the city expanded 

nonlethal 
methods 
to 

accommodate residents who 
were opposed to the cull. The 
city also commissioned the 
Michigan 
State 
University 

Office for Survey Research 
to conduct a new survey this 
year and aims to reach a 75 
percent satisfaction rate from 
residents.

However, 
the 
city 
not 

only increased the projected 
number of deer it will cull 
this year, but also decreased 
funding 
for 
nonlethal 

operations. 
Moreover, 
City 

Council 
eliminated 
a 
rule 

in 
which 
sharpshooters 

cannot shoot within 450 feet 
of an occupied building or 
residence without the owner’s 
permission, heightening fears 
that bystanders may be injured 
or killed.

City councilmember Jason 

Frenzel, D-Ward 1, explained 

Council did away with the 
rule, mandated by the state 
of Michigan, because only 
“hunters” 
fall 
under 
its 

purview, not “sharpshooters.” 
He said however strict safety 
rules must be put in place 
before any shooting starts.

“We must put into effect 

safety protocols that make 
sure that we’re not shooting 
towards 
people,” 
Frenzel 

said. 
“In 
my 
mind, 
any 

specific distance is in some 
ways arbitrary. Therefore the 
decision on what that distance 
is is more about the other 
precautions that take effect.”

Frenzel also said funding 

for 
the 
lethal 
program 

increased 
comparatively 

because Council pulled money 
from future operational funds 
to reduce the net amount spent 
on the multi-year cull and 
said the body has not given 
up on exploring non-lethal 
alternatives.

“Evidence 
shows 
that 

moving the reproduction base 
to a lower amount as soon as 
possible will also reduce our 
funding obligations into the 
future,” Frenzel said.

Ann Arbor resident Valerie 

Carey wrote in the comment 
section of the petition page 
she felt uncomfortable with 
sharpshooters walking around 
in her neighborhood.

“I was walking my dog 

last winter in a park & got 
disoriented on a trail toward 
late afternoon and ended up 
being in the park’s wooded 
area 
later 
than 
intended 

coming perilously close to 
the time when the shooting 
was to begin in that park,” 
Carey wrote. “It was not my 
intention to be there that late, 
but it happened and I was 
very worried for the safety of 
myself & my (leashed) dog.”

However, 
White 
Buffalo 

Inc., the contractor the city 
hired for culling operations, 
maintains 
the 
nonprofit’s 

sharpshooters have operated 
in other areas without the 450-
foot rule without incident over 
the past two decades.

LSA senior Aaron Brodkey, 

co-president of the Michigan 
Animal 
Respect 
Society, 

shared the petition on multiple 
social media pages, including 
pages for the class of 2018, ‘19 
and ‘20. He said he has worked 
with FAAWN since a member 
of the organization contacted 
him after a protest in January 

to bring awareness to the issue.

Brodkey 
said 
the 
issue 

directly 
affects 
students 

because 
of 
the 
location 

where some of these culling 
operations are happening.

“The University of Michigan 

owns a lot of the city’s parks, 
for instance the Arb and 
North Campus and these are 
places that a lot of students 
go and so they should know 
that (there are) most likely 
(to) be sharpshooters on these 
parts of campus killing deer,” 
Brodkey said. “It’s important 
for public safety reasons that 
students are aware of this.”

“If 
(students 
are) 
not 

okay 
with 
having 
hired 

sharpshooters 
on 
these 

premises, they should sign the 
petition and tell the City that 
they would much rather value 
the City looking towards non-
lethal options,” he added.

However, 
Jim 
Kosteva, 

community relations director 
for the University, told The 
Daily in a previous article 
involving 
a 
separate 
anti-

cull petition that University 
property 
has 
suffered 

environmentally 
and 

financially 
unsustainable 

damage through deer grazing.

“The Nichols Arboretum, 

which 
is 
expected 
to 
be 

a 
showcase 
and 
living 

laboratory of diverse species, 
has been unable to establish 
many seedlings due to the 
overgrazing 
of 
the 
deer 

herd,” Kosteva wrote. “The 
University has also incurred 
a significant loss of landscape 
materials, 
particularly 
on 

North Campus, that have been 
consumed or damaged by deer. 
Replacing that material has 
required a costly diversion of 
funds that otherwise could 
support more mission centered 
activities.”

CEREN DAG/Daily

An earthenware sphinx from 1890-98 AD is part of the Excavating Archaeology exhibit at the Kelsey Museum 
of Archaeology from October 18th to May 27th.

SE E HISTORY

eight of those attempts for 56 
yards, and added a touchdown 
pass on a throwback screen to 
sophomore tight end Sean McKeon 
on Michigan’s opening drive.

As for the Golden Gophers, 

well, their offensive success 
ended after their second series.

Minnesota 
answered 
the 

Wolverines’ first touchdown 
by using 10 plays to go 75 yards 
— nine of which yielded 59 
rushing yards. Rodney Smith 

provided 
the 
exclamation 

point, rushing 10 yards into the 
end zone to cap it all off.

From there, though, the 

wheels fell off — or at least 
Michigan forced them to.

Minnesota 
mustered 
36 

second-half yards, finishing the 
night with just 164 total while 
adding a field goal in the final 
two minutes. Redshirt junior 
defensive end Chase Winovich 
and sophomore VIPER Khaleke 
Hudson’s 
combined 
third-

quarter effort highlighted the 
dominant defensive showing.

On 
2nd-and-10 
from 

Michigan’s 42-yard line, Hudson 

got to Minnesota quarterback 

Demry Croft for a strip sack. 
Winovich pounced on the loose 
ball, and Higdon notched his 

second touchdown of the night 
on the ensuing possession.

Evans 
added 
his 
second 

only a drive later, and the 
Wolverines had put the game 
well out of reach before the 
fourth quarter even started. 

“A couple times, I’m blocking 

my guy (for) a couple seconds, 
waiting 
for 
the 
whistle,” 

McKeon said. “All of a sudden 
the crowd starts roaring. I look 
up, and Chris or Karan is gone.” 

So it went for the duo, and 

so Michigan went. Higdon 
and Evans got the blocks they 
needed, then they took care of 
the rest.

We must put 

into effect 

safety protocols 

that make 

sure that we’re 
not shooting 

towards people. 
In my mind, any 
specific distance 

in some ways 

arbitrary. 

All of a sudden, 
the crowd starts 
roaring. I look 
up, and Chris or 
Karan is gone.

