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Reflecting
on
wartime
experiences
as
well
as
assimilation
and
treatment
after service were six veterans
who participated in a panel
on the Vietnam War Tuesday.
The event was one of many
offered throughout Veterans
Week, which the University
of Michigan’s Veteran and
Military Services offers this
Monday through Friday to
celebrate
and
educate
the
public about the sacrifices of
veterans.
The
six
men
served
in
various
positions
on
the
ground and in the Air Force
during the Vietnam War. One
panelist, Ted Spenser, said he
continued his military work in
a lifelong career.
While each of the veterans’
jobs varied greatly, when asked
by an audience member about
soldier camaraderie, they were
all in support of one another.
Panelist Dale Throneberry,
however, said a distance was
maintained
between
fellow
servicemen.
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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 26
©2017 The Michigan Daily
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CROS SWO R D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CITY
Vets outline
challenges
of serving
in Vietnam
CAMPUS LIFE
Veterans Week event panel
highlights isolation felt
after veterans’ returns
JULIA FORD
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See VETERANS, Page 3A
In an email obtained by The
Michigan Daily, University of
Michigan Regent Ron Weiser
(R) expressed his desire to
deny the request of prominent
white
supremacist
Richard
Spencer to speak on campus.
“Spencer is a disgusting and
dangerous man. This has been
expressed by many members
of the University community,”
Weiser wrote. “I hope we are
successful in keeping him off
Campus.”
Weiser’s statement is, so
far, the clearest opposition
to Spencer’s request by any
member of the University’s
administration.
In
recent
interview
with
The
DailyUniversity
President
Mark
Schlissel
said
the
only
thing
the
University
was
considering
regarding
Spencer’s
request
was
the
University’s ability to ensure
community safety and a lack of
disruption.
“What
the
University
will do is it will speak to the
representatives of the person
See WEISER, Page 3A
UM Regent
Weiser:
Spencer is
disgusting
ADMINISTRATION
Potential Richard Spencer
visit sparks outrage among
Regents, email shows
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
Tuesday’s Ann Arbor City
Council elections concluded with
Jane Lumm, Jack Eaton and
Chip Smith emerging as winners,
affirming the status quo in the
legislature. This Tuesday was
the final odd-year election in Ann
Arbor, as residents voted in 2016
to move councilmember term
length from two to four years.
Ward 2 — WINNER JANE
LUMM
Incumbent Jane Lumm won
handily in the Ward 2 elections
earning 2548 votes, or 64.2
percent of the 3968 votes cast.
Her opponent Jared Hoffert
earned 1420 votes, or 35.8 percent
of the total votes cast. This will
be Lumm’s fourth term on City
Council.
Ward 2 encompasses the east
and far northeast of Ann Arbor,
containing large parts of Nichols
Arb and institutions like the
Washtenaw Community College.
Lumm could not be reached
for comment at the time of
publication.
Hoffert said though he lost, he
was proud he managed to capture
more than a third of the vote with a
quarter of the fundraising Lumm
had. He also pointed out he won
in student-heavy Precincts 1 and
2, even though he was virtually
unknown prior to running.
“I won Precincts 1 and 2, which
is very student-based, so I think
City Council
election 2017:
See COUNCIL, Page 3A
Status quo affirmed in A2 as Lumm,
Eaton and Smith remain seated
ISHI MORI &
MAYA GOLDMAN
Daily Staff Reporters
AYUSH THAKUR/Daily
Students gather during the CSG meeting on the Diag to promote divestment Tuesday.
Claude
Steele,
a
psychologist known for his
work on stereotype and social
identity threat, gave a keynote
address Tuesday afternoon for
the Office of Diversity, Equity
and
Inclusion’s
diversity
summit.
The
weeklong
summit,
marking
a
year
since the five-year Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion plan was
launched, first kicked off on
Monday with a debrief of the
results of its sample climate
survey. Steele spoke to over
100 faculty and staff, though
not
many
students
were
present.
Steele, professor emeritus
of psychology at Stanford
University,
has
previously
held
positions
at
the
University of Michigan and
University
of
California,
Berkeley. His address focused
on the topic of how to achieve
a
successful
and
diverse
community
Before the event, assistant
Vice Provost Katrina Wade-
Golden
told
The
Daily
believed
Steele’s
address
would contribute to the values
of the summit.
“(His address) points up to
what our ultimate goal is for
the summit,” Wade-Golden
said. “That all can contribute,
thrive
and
grow.
That’s
the foundation not only for
the summit but for the DEI
initiative as a whole.”
Robert Sellers, vice provost
for
equity
and
inclusion
and chief diversity officer,
introduced
Steele
and
addressed the importance of
moving forward in today’s
society.
“We are no longer standing
still,” he said. “We are moving
forward.
We
are
moving
forward even in the face of
really really troubling and
disturbing
times.
We
are
moving forward in a period of
time which there is probably
greater
divisiveness
than
many of us have seen, and this
divisiveness clearly is much
broader than our community
and
often
originates
off
campus, but like anything, has
an impact on our campus.”
Steele echoed Sellers on
the changing sociopolitical
milieu in America.
“In a way of background,
we are in the middle of a
real demographic shift in
the population of the United
States,” Steele said. “And as
a society it brings challenges,
KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Dr. Claude Steele discusses his work on stereotypes at the Diversity Summit Keynote Address in the League Tuesday.
Stanford psychologist delivers DEI
keynote speech on harm of stereotypes
Dr. Claude Steele says stereotyping and prejudice feed into each other, erode trust
ANNA HARITOS
Daily Staff Reporter
See KEYNOTE, Page 3A
Ward 2
Ward 4
Ward 5
64.04%
Jane Lumm Jared Hoffert
35.69%
26.73%
72.60%
Jack Eaton
48.36%
Ali Ramlawi
51.47%
Chip Smith
Dianne Giannola
CSG debates #UMDivest on Diag
Hundreds circle CSG Diag Day meeting
to lobby in favor of and against divestment
Body investigates alleged anti-divestment
statements by executive CSG member
In support of Palestinians
and the #UMDivest movement,
Students Allied for Freedom and
Equality and more than 250 allies
formed a human circle around the
Diag proceeding Central Student
Government’s first assembly in
an open space in near-freezing
weather. The crowd also included
a large cluster of anti-divestment
University of Michigan students
who countered with their own
lobbying and speeches against
the resolution.
SAFE introduced the resolution
to divest University funds from
corporations allegedly complicit
in human rights violations against
Palestinians. The resolution calls
upon the University’s Board of
University
of
Michigan’s
Central Student Government
voted
early
Wednesday
morning
to
convene
an
investigative committee — a
select committee on oversight
— to review the “improper use
of CSG materials” by a member
of the executive team.
Debate
extended
past
midnight
on
two
separate
investigations. The final vote
count stood at 33 for, one
against and three abstentions.
According
to
reports
compiled
by
the
ethics
committee as stated during
CSG assembly, a member of the
executive team allegedly sent
an email statement to a recipient
DYLAN LACROIX
Daily Staff Reporter
MORGAN SHOWEN
Daily Staff Reporter
See DIVEST, Page 3A
See INVESTIGATES, Page 3A
statement
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