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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.”
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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