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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

For the Daily

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

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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