Presidents of several University
of Michigan fraternities convened
at a meeting Thursday night
to discuss the future of the
Interfraternity Council — the
governing
body
of
National
Interfraternity
Conference
fraternity
chapters
at
the
University. Those in attendance
at the meeting voted to suspend
all social activities and new
member pledge terms pending
investigation of several incidents
in Greek life.
In the meeting, attended by The
Daily, the IFC executive council
outlined several events that have
taken place in fraternities across
campus that led to the decision
to suspend all social events. The
allegations include: claims of
sexual misconduct cases involving
fraternity brothers, six incidents
of reported hazing, more than 30
hospital transports for students
during the weekend of the
football game against Michigan
State as well as seven called
during Halloween weekend, an
unauthorized “Champagne and
Shackles” event — in which dates
at a party are handcuffed to one
another until the two people
finish a full bottle of champagne
— which transpired this past
weekend, multiple allegations of
drugging members in undisclosed
fraternity chapters and three
specific
hazing
allegations
reported
this
week
where
fraternity members were put in
alleged near-death situations.
The suspension includes a ban
on social events like mixers and
date parties, hazing activities with
new pledges — including lineups
—
and
general
brotherhood
meetings involving alcohol.
After the IFC meeting ended,
The Daily obtained two emails
that were sent to Delta Phi
On
election
night
2016
students and citizens across the
country glued themselves to
screens in anxious anticipation
of who would be their president
come 2017. As the night wore
on, it became more apparent
now-President Donald Trump
was pulling ahead following
wins in key states Ohio and
Florida. The election was called
early Wednesday morning, with
an upset victory for Trump.
A Trump supporter from
the
beginning,
Engineering
sophomore
Lincoln
Merrill,
press correspondent for the
University
of
Michigan’s
chapter of College Republicans,
remembers how he felt when
the results from the election
began to show Trump pulling
ahead.
“He was in Grand Rapids
the night before and I was
there with a couple of the other
(College Republicans) members
and so we saw the crowd there
and we were like, ‘There’s no
way he’s going to lose,’ ” Merrill
said. “And then as the night
progressed, it was just honestly
disbelief, joy, elation.”
College Democrats had a
different experience that night.
A
two-day,
six-panel
Bicentennial
symposium
titled “Impact on Inequality”
commenced Thursday afternoon
with several sessions held that
were dedicated to highlighting the
work of social science researchers
trained at the University of
Michigan.
Sessions
covered
topics
ranging from race, gender and
empowerment to paths having an
impact on society.
The
symposium
united
research
experts
in
fields
including psychology, political
science, public policy, social work,
education and sociology. On the
theme of “Impact on Inequality:
Contributions
of
Michigan
Social Science,” panelists shared
their research on the issues of
education, gender, race, poverty,
inequality and economic mobility.
Laura Perna, a University
of
Pennsylvania
professor
and University alum, shared
her
research
on
systemic
and
structural
barriers
to
opportunities in higher education.
“I really focus on trying to
understand what is the role of
public policy in improving college
access and success, especially
for students in underserved and
underrepresented groups,” Perna
said.
Perna
discussed
her
dissertation on understanding
different forces, outcomes and
opportunity in education.
Odis Johnson Jr., an associate
professor
of
sociology
and
education
at
Washington
University in St. Louis, discussed
how the University laid the
foundation
for
his
research
regarding how neighborhoods,
schools
and
public
policies
relate to social inequality, youth
development and the status of
African American populations.
“There are very few barriers
for you to go explore different
disciplines and courses, and so
(at the University) I just really
flourished with all of the resources
and the opportunity to craft a
truly interdisciplinary vision of
some of these social problems and
some of their remedies,” Johnson
said.
Johnson referenced research
on the zero-tolerance policy
in schools and shared a story
regarding how some policies
have backfired. He discussed
how to circumvent automatic
suspensions
and
expulsions
from school systems and using
discretion in doing so.
LSA senior Lloyd Shatkin
attended Thursday’s symposium
as part of his Philosophy 244
class on democracy. He worked
to connect the concepts from the
symposium to the topics he had
been studying in class.
“All of the policies put in place
Two weeks after the 2016
presidential election, in a speech
to 200 of his supporters at the
National Policy Institute’s annual
conference
in
Washington,
D.C., Richard Spencer declared
“America was until this past
generation
a
white
country,
designed for ourselves and our
posterity.”
It is our creation, it is our
inheritance and it belongs to us,”
he said. “Hail Trump, hail our
people, hail victory!”
Following “hail victory” — a
translation of the German “Sieg
Heil,” a chant and greeting
adopted by the Nazi Party in
Germany during the 1930s —
Spencer raised his arm in what
appeared to be a Nazi salute,
which
was
enthusiastically
returned by many in the audience.
The stated mission of the
National
Policy
Institute,
of
which Spencer is president, is
“To elevate the consciousness of
whites, ensure our biological and
cultural continuity, and protect
our civil rights.” Spencer has also
called for the creation of a white
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One year in:
how policies
have shifted
with Trump
See IFC, Page 3A
See YEAR, Page 3A
DESIGN BY ROSEANNE CHAO
CAMPUS LIFE
GOVERNMENT
In a meeting, IFC executive council
outlined claims of sexual assault, hazing
A look at how the Trump administration
has impacted students, life on campus
MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter
COLIN BERESFORD
& CARLY RYAN
Daily Staff Reporters
See SPENCER, Page 3A
University
deliberates
permitting
Spencer
ADMINISTRATION
Administration weighs
legal consequences of
denying speaker’s request
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily Staff Reporter
Panelists discuss DEI, inequalities in
education at Bicentennial symposium
IFC suspends
all social events
amid allegations
The two day symposium highlighted work of social researchers on inequity
REMY FARKAS
For the Daily
Into the Spotlight
Junior center Moritz
Wagner will lead Michigan,
which lost three starters
from last year’s team that
made it to the Sweet 16 of the
NCAA Tournament, into the
2017-18 season.
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See SYMPOSIUM, Page 3A
On Nov. 10, 2014, Aura Rain
Rosser, a mother of three and
an artist who lived in Ann
Arbor, was fatally shot by Ann
Arbor Police Officer David Ried.
To commemorate her life and
advocate for justice for her death,
community members gathered
Thursday evening at the Ann
Arbor Justice Center to hold a
vigil. The vigil fell the day before
the three-year anniversary of
Rosser’s death.
The vigil was organized by
various groups including the
Ann Arbor Alliance for Black
Lives and Ann Arbor to Ferguson
and offered a platform for Black
women to speak about Rosser
as well as voice their thoughts
on the injustices facing their
community.
About 30 community members
lit candles and huddled together
to listen to several speakers. Once
the speakers finished, everyone
had a chance to contribute to an
art piece in Rosser’s honor.
Shirley Beckley, one of the
speakers as well as an Ann
Arbor
community
member
See VIGIL, Page 3A
Vigil held
for Rosser
three years
after death
ANN ARBOR
Community members
gathered to remember
Rosser, call for justice
AMARA SHAIKH
Daily Staff Reporter
DANYEL THARAKAN/Daily
Odis Johnson, Jr., Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Education at Washington University in
St. Louis speaks on educational disparities in the U.S. at the Bicentennial Symposium in Rackham Thursday.