Regents to appoint a committee to 
investigate “the ethical and moral 
implications” of investing in such 
companies. SAFE’s activism on 
divestment — a movement in 
its 13th iteration on campus — 
ramped up in the last month, 
with groups like Latinx umbrella 
organization La Casa supporting 
SAFE in full force last week. The 
resolution failed last year with a 
vote of 34 to 13.

University 
of 
Michigan-

Dearborn’s student government 
passed its version of the resolution 
in March.

CSG convened the assembly 

on the Diag with the intention 
of gathering perspectives and 
spurring 
discussion 
on 
the 

body’s ongoing campus climate 
initiatives. The meeting changed 
course when LSA senior Hafsa 
Tout, CSG representative and 
co-author 
of 
the 
resolution, 

submitted the resolution with 
SAFE this past Sunday. SAFE 
said during the meeting Tuesday 
they were unaware assembly 
would not meet the week of 
Thanksgiving, and had to rush 
the resolution as a result.

Gathering 
on 
the 
Diag 

approximately 30 minutes before 
the meeting, SAFE members and 
allies encircled CSG’s tent on the 
Diag with Palestinian flags and 
signs with messages like, “Divest 
is anti-racist” and “CSG listen to 
marginalized voices.” 

— undisclosed by the CSG 
body — announcing CSG does 
not support the #UMDivest 
movement 
and 
resolution. 

The member allegedly then 
held 
a 
conversation 
with 

another student regarding the 
movement in which he asserted 
CSG’s opposition to divestment.

This email and conversation 

would 
fall 
under 
the 

classification and improper use 
of CSG clerical services and the 
power in the Compiled Code, as 
well as the inappropriate use 
of CSG resources and power, 
as CSG had not voted upon the 
issue of divestment at the time 
of the alleged email statement 
nor conversation. 

The situation is reminiscent 

of a past controversy with 
then-LSA 
sophomore 

Jesse Arm, a former CSG 
representative. 

CSG members could not 

confirm at the time of this 
publication 
whether 
the 

resolution was based off of a 
public Facebook status posted 
by LSA senior Gabe Colman 
that originally claimed LSA 
senior Joe Goldberg — who 
is also on the Hillel board 
and has historically spoken 
against divestment — was 
convincing a representative 
to vote against divestment. 

The post has since been 

edited to remove Goldberg’s 
name, however, Facebook edit 
history and screenshots of the 
original post obtained by The 

Daily show Colman’s original 
text. A CSG member stated 
the identity of the member 
in question is not being 
disclosed “to preserve the 
integrity of the investigation 
and presume innocence of the 
individual(s) in question.” 

CSG Business Rep. Lauren 

Ward, 
a 
Business 
junior, 

commented on the post stating: 
“CSG 
prides 
ourselves 
on 

bringing in the best Michigan 
has to offer. Rest assured, we 
are 
investigating 
into 
this 

situation as this type of rhetoric 
is absolutely deplorable and not 
representative of CSG’s beliefs 
or values.”

The 
Daily 
could 
not 

confirm Ward’s investigation 
is the same as the ethics 
committee’s investigation. 

“These two individuals are 

entitled to their opinions, 
but what is shocking are 
the words he used,” the 
post read. “He said there 
are ‘not enough white men’ 
and ‘Jewish people’ (on the 
assembly), 
which 
alludes 

to the idea that there are 
too many black and brown 
people. 
He 
said 
because 

there are more people of 
color on the assembly, the 
Divestment resolution would 
pass. He then told the woman 
something about checking 
her Facebook friends to make 
sure she was truly on his 
side-- in my opinion, a very 
threatening thing to say.”

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who wants to come and 
speak, and try to find a way 
that they can speak in a time 
and a place and a manner 
where we can assure the 
safety of the community. 
And, if we can get to that 

point, then anybody would 
be able to come and speak,” 
Schlissel said. “If we can’t 
get to that point, where 
we can assure the non-
disruptive nature and the 
safety of our community, 
then the person won’t get to 
speak. So that’s the balance. 
And we’re not there yet. We 

don’t know what’s going on 
yet, other than the fact that 
we’re content neutral when 
it comes to speakers.”

Spencer has also spoken 

and requested to speak 
at several other college 
campuses. 
After 
the 

University of Florida was 
threatened with a lawsuit 
after 
initially 
denying 

Spencer’s request following 
the white supremacist rally 
that left one woman dead, 
the 
university 
allowed 

him 
to 
come, 
spending 

$600,000 on security for 
the event. Michigan State 
University, after denying 
a request from Spencer at 
about the same time, was 
hit with a lawsuit from 
Spencer and was recently 
ordered by a judge to enter 
mediation with him.

In the email he sent, 

Weiser wrote, “The courts 
are 
not 
our 
friends,” 

appearing to reference the 
recent court order.

In an email to The Daily, 

Regent 
Andrea 
Fischer 

Newman (R), who is also 
the senior vice president 
for government affairs for 
Delta Air Lines, agreed 
with Weiser, saying she 
“would be happy to defend 
a lawsuit.”

“I hope Richard Spencer 

is not allowed to speak on 
Campus,” she wrote. “I have 
expressed my sentiments 
to the President. I do not 
think it’s a good idea for 
Richard Spencer to speak 
on campus.”

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DIVEST
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“We 
never 
developed 

that real close relationship 
because everyone was always 
constantly rotating in and out 
of the whole unit, which was 
difficult, especially when you 
got home and you wanted to 
talk about what had happened, 
but 
there 
wasn’t 
anybody 

to talk to,” Throneberry said. 
“Your parents, your family, your 
friends, they’d hear the story one 
time and that was it. They didn’t 
want to hear it again.”

Lawrence 
Dolph, 
another 

panelist, said he felt World War 
II veterans bonded through a 
common victory and national 
support, while their service and 
return from Vietnam felt more 
isolating and defeating.

“We never experienced what 

the World War II guys described 
in various terms — I think a term 
they would never use today is 
‘bromance,’ but they seem to be 
very close to one another,” Dolph 
said. “We had to sort of manage 
it just because of the sheer 
carnage.”

The panelists also noted that 

while World War II veterans 
were 
welcomed 
home 
to 

celebrations and praise, Vietnam 
veterans returned to a charged 
political 
environment, 
often 

attracting criticism for events 

outside of their control.

“I think that’s one of the 

things that’s most damaging for 
some of these people’s psyches,” 
Throneberry said. “That you 
did everything you were told 
to do, you did it the best you 
could, saved as many people as 
you could possibly save, and you 
were still just a piece of garbage 
to some people when you got 
home.”

Though receiving backlash 

for their service was upsetting, 
Dolph said many veterans also 
felt conflicted and confused 
regarding the politics of the war.

“Many of us were indifferent 

about the war,” Dolph said. 
“Many of us frankly opposed it.”

Panelist Skip Davis said since 

people were discouraged from 
speaking out about their war 
experiences, 
many 
veterans 

repressed their feelings and 
memories.

“When I got back home, 

I didn’t come home to any 
parades, no pat on the back. … 
Several days later I applied to 
go work for the Detroit Edison, 
and I learned from that day 
to 
compartmentalize,” 
Davis 

said. “I had my work, I had my 
family, I had my working out and 
conditioning, and never once did 
I unlock everything that was in 
my braincase.”

Though most veterans came 

back and were able to start 
new jobs, get married and 
lead relatively normal lives, 

the panelists said they were 
encouraged to repress their 
highly 
impactful 
wartime 

memories from Vietnam.

“The old vets of World War I 

and World War II believed that 
if you didn’t talk about it, you’d 
forget it,” Dolph said. “They’d 
actually tell you that: ‘If you don’t 
talk about it, we’ll forget it.’ Well, 
sometimes you can’t forget it. So, 
I think it’s good to talk about it.”

After 30 years of near silence, 

the panelists said veterans have 
begun to share their stories and 
publicly support each other. 
While limiting conversation of 
Vietnam War experiences may 
have created the illusion that 
most people have forgotten, 
many veterans are now healing 
through more open discourse.

“I still kept everything locked 

down in my head up until a 
few years ago one day when 
everything crept up,” Davis said. 
“It was time for me to go seek 
help. I actually got help at the 
(Veterans Affairs) Hospital, and 
pretty much am aligned with a 
support group of Vietnam vets.”

Throneberry 
said 
modern 

technology 
has 
made 

reconnecting 
with 
fellow 

veterans increasingly possible.

“The 
camaraderie 

part 
actually 
came 
later,” 

Throneberry said. “As much as I 
hate social media, this is where 
it came from, because you were 
finally able to connect with 
these people 40, 50 years later.”

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and it raises the question of 
why it’s so important to achieve 
a racially diverse community.”

Steele also noted the issues 

of prejudice and stereotypes 
were not just restricted to race, 
but to gender as well, noting 
the example of Sandra Day 
O’Connor, the first woman on 
the U.S. Supreme Court bench.

Steele 
welcomed 

uncomfortable feelings as signs 
of breaking the boundaries of 
a 
homogeneous 
educational 

community.

“We have to recognize that 

the sense of discomfort isn’t 
something that’s temporary,” 
he said. “It’s a feature of trying 
to bring together a diverse 
community. … When you have 
a very diverse population with 
people coming from a lot of 
different histories, you realize 
that the way we used to educate 
students might not transfer to 
this new population.”

Steele’s most salient piece 

of 
advice 
centered 
around 

building relationships between 
social groups.

“At the heart of it all is trust,” 

he said. “It’s very hard to trust 
across lines. If I’m overstating, I 
might say that I think it’s much 
more important for institutions 
to focus on building that trust 
than to focus entirely on bias. 
There needs to be an ongoing 
effort to build trust within our 
community.”

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Spencer is a 

disgusting and 

dangerous 
man. This 
has been 
expressed 
by many 

members of 
the University 

community

that says something,” Hoffert said. 
“I would love to have the students’ 
voice count.”

Hoffert recalled being humbled 

by running for office and learning 
about the everyday issues that 
affect Ward 2 residents. He said he 
realized that to be able to be a good 
councilmember, he had to be able 
to represent the concerns of every 
resident in the ward.

“For the first time I’ve ever run 

for office, nobody knew who I was; 
I think if you look at it that way it’s 
rather respectable,” Hoffert said. 
“We’ll see what happens in three 
years, if I feel like coming back to 
the table.”

LSA 
junior 
Jacob 
Caruso 

volunteered 
on 
the 
Hoffert 

campaign, knocking on doors and 
calling voters leading up to election 
night and then running back and 
forth between polling places to 
hear results. He got involved after 
his roommate, who also worked 
on the campaign, persuaded him 
to, but what really drew Caruso to 
the campaign was Hoffert’s desire 
to officially classify Ann Arbor as a 
sanctuary city.

“There’s some ups and downs,” 

Caruso. “It was a good experience 
overall.” 

Ward 4 — WINNER JACK 

EATON

Incumbent Jack Eaton, D-Ward 

4, was victorious in Ward 4 earning 
2371 votes, 70.2 percent of the 3376 
total ballots cast. Independent 
candidate Diane Giannola earned 
26.73 percent of the ward with 873 
votes. This will be Eaton’s third 
consecutive term in City Council.

Eaton told The Daily he is ready 

to get back to the City Council 
chambers. He plans to focus on 
pedestrian 
safety, 
affordability 

and the Gelman plume in the next 
three years, as well as openness and 
transparency initiatives.

While he’s excited at the outcome 

of the election, he isn’t shocked.

“I’m pretty pleased,” Eaton 

said. “I’m not surprised that I won 
because my opponent didn’t run 
a very vigorous campaign but I’m 
pretty pleased with the margin 
of victory. I’m looking forward 
to getting back to work. … It’s a 
privilege to represent the 4th Ward 
and I’m really quite grateful for the 
support they’ve given me.”

Giannola could not be reached 

for comment.

Ward 5 — WINNER CHIP 

SMITH

Incumbent 
Chip 
Smith 

emerged as the winner in Ward 
5’s contentious City Council race, 
defeating Jerusalem Garden owner 
Ali Ramlawi by a small margin. 

Smith won with 3008 votes to 
Ramlawi’s 2826. This will be Smith’s 
second term on City Council. 

When the results were first 

reported, Smith spoke in front of 
a crowd of people at a watch party 
he co-hosted downtown with the 
Hoffert campaign. He thanked his 
family and constituents for their 
support, expressing how proud 
he was of his campaign team. 
In an interview with The Daily 
afterward, he said he was exhausted 
but excited to keep working.

“Nobody’s going to outwork my 

team,” Smith said. “We’ve worked 
really hard right down to the end. … 
We knocked 6,000 doors, we made 
4,000 phone calls, we talked to a 
lot of people and I think that my 
policies reflect that and I’m glad I 
had the confidence of the voters of 
the 5th Ward to keep doing that, but 
that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop 
doing that.”

On the other side of town at his 

own watch party, Ramlawi said he 
was disappointed with the results 
but proud of the close election. He 
was still counting it as a victory and 
said he doesn’t feel ready to give up 
just yet.

“When you get that close it’s 

heartbreaking; you feel like, ‘Wow,’ 
” Ramlawi said. “And then after 
a while, you look at (all these 
people) that voted for me. I’m an 
independent who put a campaign 

together in under three months and 
nearly knocked off an incumbent 
supported by everyone in the 
Democratic party, including the 
mayor knocking on doors for him — 
you’ve got to look at it as a victory. 
You’ve got to keep your head high 
and no regrets. We don’t regret 
a thing; I’m glad we did this. We 
might be back next year.”

Ward 5 contains Ann Arbor’s Old 

West Side, as well as parts of Liberty 
Street. The Gelman dioxane plume 
affects groundwater in the area, but 
development is the biggest issue for 
the residents of the ward.

Smith said he’s going to focus 

on development and affordability 
in the next three years; both issues 
were key parts of his platform. 
When asked about his ideal vision 
for Ann Arbor in the next three 
years, Smith said he hopes the city 
will become a leader in bicycle and 
pedestrian safety, a role-model 
worldwide for what we’re doing 
to curb climate change and a place 
people of all income levels can 
afford to live.

“It’s a lot of work to do. I’m up 

for the work, I’m excited to do the 
work, I’m honored that I’m being 
sent back to do it,” Smith said.

The New Council
Though three incumbents won, 

there will be a new face at the City 
Council meeting this Thursday 
as Anne Banister (D) became the 

new representative of Ward 1 
after defeating incumbent Jason 
Frenzel in the Democratic primary 
in August. Banister is opposed to 
the Library Lot deal and is worried 
about the proposed high-rise.

This means the supermajority 

of eight councilmembers needed 
to pass controversial items like the 
Library Lot deal has disappeared 
from City Council, putting Mayor 
Chris Taylor (D) and his allies in 
a tight spot if they want to push 
through with big plans like the new 
Amtrak station and new housing 
developments.

Taylor said he hopes to work 

effectively with the new council 
to solve pressing issues facing Ann 
Arbor such as affordable housing 
and rising costs for services.

“I think that the issues that 

face us continue to face us,” Taylor 
said. “Those pressures are going to 
continue and so I expect that we’ll 
continue to have a conversation 
about how we make sure that 
Ann Arbor is sustainable and 
affordable.”

Councilmember Julie Grand, 

D-Ward 3, is also excited to 
be working with her familiar 
colleagues again. She worked on 
Smith’s campaign and is especially 
happy he’ll be back on City Council 
with her.

“I’m thrilled about it,” Grand 

said. “I took most of the day off 

today to make phone calls for Chip 
and I hung door hangers in the 
rain on Sunday. It’s really just that 
part of what I love about serving on 
council is that I have these really 
thoughtful, excellent, committed 
colleagues.”

In addition to the three contested 

City Council races, ballots also 
included a millage to increase 
funding for mental health and 
public safety in Washtenaw County. 
The millage passed overwhelmingly, 
much to the surprise of Conan 
Smith, the Washtenaw County 
commissioner for District 9 and a 
lecturer at the Ford School of Public 
Policy.

At Smith and Hoffert’s watch 

party, Smith thanked voters for 
passing this millage, which will 
provide Washtenaw County with 
$15 million to improve public safety 
and mental health. After steady cuts 
from the mental health budget from 
the state of Michigan, Washtenaw 
County wanted to take matters 
into their own hands. According to 
Smith, the majority of the population 
in the Washtenaw County jail face 
mental health challenges and he 
expects this increase in funding 
to greatly improve the services 
available to them.

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