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Tuesday evening, Central 

Student Government President 
Anushka 
Sarkar, 
an 
LSA 

senior, and CSG Vice President 
Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy 
senior, 
sent 
a 
school-wide 

email 
condemning 
neo-Nazi 

and white supermacist Richard 
Spencer’s potential visit to the 
University of Michigan campus.

Fearing an unsafe atmosphere 

on campus, Sarkar and Jawad 
asked students to sign a petition, 
which Sarkar plans to present to 
the Board of Regents Thursday.

The statement emphasizes the 

possibility of violence that would 
accompany Spencer’s visit.

“This is our home and we 

have the right to our safety 
and security, above all else. We 

did not choose to attend the 
University of Michigan only 
to fear violence and the unsafe 
atmosphere that come with 
Richard Spencer and the people 
that follow him,” it reads. “We 
did not come to the University 
of Michigan to put our lives on 
the line. We did not come to the 
University of Michigan to live in 
fear of being harmed.”

The statement also references 

the incidents regarding Spencer 
at the University of Florida, in 
which three white supremacists 
shot at counter protesters. It 
also mentioned Heather Heyer, 
a protester killed when struck 
by a car driven by a neo-Nazi at a 
Charlottesville, N.C. for another 
Spencer-led event.

“As the people who are 

at the highest risk of harm 
should Richard Spencer and his 
followers come to campus, we 

oppose Richard Spencer being 
on campus because he and his 
followers have a demonstrated 
track record of inciting fatal 
violence, to which we refuse 
to be subjected,” the statement 
reads. “We are looking to you 
to protect your constituents, 
your 
community, 
and 
your 

paying stakeholders against this 
violence.”

Safety has been one of the 

biggest concerns for students and 
professors on campus regarding 
Spencer. At last week’s CSG 
meeting, social justice group By 
Any Means Necessary asked the 
student assembly to condemn 
Spencer’s visit. Sarkar, however, 
said 
the 
possible 
resolution 

should focus on physical danger 
rather than conflict of thought.

“It’s 
pretty 
likely 
that 

University will go to court 
regardless,” she said. “If we 

pass a resolution that says 
that we reject him speaking 
here because of the content 
of his speech, they will use 
that to win the lawsuit. The 
resolution should focus on 
the fact that Spencer and 
his followers bring about 
violence.”

During the #StopSpencer 

teach-ins, history professor 
Anne Berg referenced the 
outbreaks of violence that 
have followed Spencer on his 
college tour.

“There is very recent 

historical 
precedent 

that when he shows up 
and 
speaks, 
things 
go 

wrong,” Berg said. “And 
the fact that our national 
administration 
has 
sort 

of responded in a sort of 
‘two sides’ kind of way, and 
Trump in particular saying 
‘there are always two sides 
to a story,’ no, as historians 
there are many more sides 
to any story than just two 
sides, but what is crucial 
here is that one side is 
looking for a fight.”

2A — Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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CSG leaders send statement, push 
students to unite against Spencer

CSG President Anushka Sarkar, VP Nadine Jawad condemned a visit

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hey @DarrenCriss if you shave 
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@NCampusTurkey

Fyi: today is “hang out by Ann 
arbor cemetery and have creepy 
mumurations over campus” day. 
Me and 11,000 crows cordially 
invite you to join in. Bring beer. 
#umich #goblue #justbirdthings

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@Samer_Saab

With a 33% obesity rate, 
really everyone in Michigan 
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eat a salad instead #GoBlue

Futures of Free Speech, 
Safe Space, and Political 
Expression 
WHAT: Another panel as part 
of Crisis Democracy, discussing 
participation in relation to free 
speech.

WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme 
Semester

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
Library - Gallery (Room 100)

Free Pilates Class

WHAT: Pilates instructor and 
Ross partner Hannah Keltner will 
teach a free class for students

WHO: Maize Pages Student 
Organizations 

WHEN: 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm

WHERE : imx Pilates and fitness - 
1713 Plymouth Road

ISP Films. The Short 
Films of Larissa Sansour

WHAT: A screening of three 
of Sansour’s short films, each 
following the theme of “Muslim 
Futures”

WHO: Islamic Studies Program

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Weiser Hall - 555

Homelands of the 
Imaginary

WHAT: STAMPS professor 
David Chung will discuss his 
work as an artist and filmmaker 
in relation to projects on Korea.

WHO: Nam Center for Korean 
Studies

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Weiser Hall - Room 
555

The influence of gender 
stereotypes on begavior 
and identification among 
students in engineering 
group project teams
WHAT: A talk given by Dr. 
Denise Sekaquaptewa on her 
research of the subject
WHO: Engineering Education 
Research
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Pierpont Commons - 
Boulevard Room

Finals Carnival

WHAT: Student organiations 
host free activities, such as a 
photobooth, food, and stres relief 
activites for students before 
finals

WHO: Maize Pages Student 
Organizations

WHEN: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union- 
Pond Room

Art of Islam. “Crumbs: 
Toppling the Bread 
Cartel”

WHAT: A screening of the 
documentary followed by a Q&A 
with the director, Richard F. 
Gergory

WHO: International Institute
WHEN: 6 pm to 8 pm
WHERE: Arab American 
National Museum, 13624 
Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI

Future of Law and 
Political Inclusion

WHAT: A panel discussing 
participation in democracy as 
part of the LSA Bicentennial 
Theme Semester Symposium: 
Crisis Democracy

WHO: LSA Bicentennial Theme 
Semester

WHEN: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Hatcher Graduate 
Library - Gallery (Room 100)

ALEXIS RANKIN/Daily

WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K

Every Wednesday, The Michigan 
Daily will be asking a University 
affiliate what the University’s 
Bicentennial means to them. 

“The first Filipino college 
students in America came to 
the University of Michigan, and 
that big history — the fact that 
they chose this school — just 
shows the inclusiveness of the 
school. They saw something 
in the University of Michigan 
that they didn’t see in any other 
school, and as Filipino student, 
that tradition is something I 
hold dear to my heart. “

LSA freshman Jor-El Santos

