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The Geography of Political
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science at Duke University, on
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Museums of the Past
into the Future: The
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University Symphony
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Revolver and more are featured
on the University Symphony
Orchestra’s final performance of
the semester
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WHEN: 8 p.m.
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among public universities.
Schlissel also remarked on
the
promising
fundraising
efforts and growth of the
University’s endowment, which
has reached about $11 billion.
“Your university, through
your efforts, is actually doing
spectacularly well,” Schlissel
said. “I wanted to give that
little bit of a pep talk because
we’re dealing with challenging
issues on the campus, but I
want to be sure we don’t forget
that our mission is of profound
importance
to
the
broader
society, and certainly to our
fellow citizens and friends
and neighbors in the state of
Michigan.”
Afterward,
he
fielded
questions
about
various
challenges facing the University.
The first question regarded
the current tax reform bill
and its provision about taxing
the tuition waivers that are
provided to doctoral students.
Schlissel promised that the
higher-education
community
is lobbying Congress to keep
this proposal out of the final
version of the tax code. He
cautioned that if it did pass, the
University would only be able
to financially support affected
students temporarily.
“I can imagine if there’s a
very short-term and immediate
change and our students are in
big trouble, we can step in and
help people,” Schlissel said.
“That’s a short-term, not a
longer-term solution.”
Schlissel
heard
questions
from faculty members at the
meeting on sexual assault and
harassment on campus. He
affirmed the University has
clear rules, procedures and
sanctions in place, but there
needs to be a culture where
people have confidence in the
reporting process.
“We have a scheme which I
think is a good one,” Schlissel
said. “What we have to work on
and share responsibility for is a
culture in which people who feel
as if they’ve been discriminated
against or they’re being treated
unfairly
or
they’re
being
harassed … we have to a culture
where that gets reported and
people have confidence that it
would be fairly and sensitively
investigated and adjudicated.”
Social
Work
professor
Robert Ortega, chair of the
Senate Advisory Committee
on
University
Affairs
and
Senate Assembly, subsequently
announced that representatives
from the Office for Institutional
Equity will be coming to SACUA
next
semester
to
discuss
reporting and the culture of
sexual misconduct.
Schlissel
then
fielded
questions
about
Richard
Spencer’s request to speak on
campus and the University’s
response.
He
justified
his
decision to consider Spencer’s
request and attempt to find a
time and location where the
event could be safely held. He
cited legal obligations and fear
over the University violating
the First Amendment as reasons
to permit Spencer to speak.
“Imagine the circumstance,
if, in the not too distant
future,
Michigan’s
behavior
in
rejecting
the
speaker
based on content gets used,
inappropriately, but used by
others to deny the speech
rights
of
a
marginalized
group,” Schlissel said.
Schissel
added
that
granting Spencer permission
would avoid a lawsuit and give
the University more leverage
on the time and location of
the event.
“The easy thing in the
short term would’ve been to
say no; everybody would clap,
we stood up for our values,”
Schlissel said. “We’d end up
in court, we’d lose, we’d have
much less control over the
ultimate event and he would
be a hero and there’d be even a
larger convening here of very
challenging people.”
Provost Martin Philbert
added that the University
will be sending resources out
to faculty for them to pass to
their students who may feel
particularly
vulnerable
in
light of Spencer speaking.
SCHLISSEL
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