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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See IFC, Page 3A
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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.

