In the first hours of the
University of Michigan’s West
Quad Residence Hall’s armed
robbery in early December,
residents
and
staff
grew
concerned with the sudden
unexplained presence of police
vehicles outside of the dorm
and officers in the building.
Many residents turned to social
media and their friends to make
sense of the situation, and very
rapidly, a rumor about an active
shooter spread through campus.
Fortunately for residents, the
matter was determined to be a
robbery — not an active shooter
situation — but the incident has
students calling for a notification
system that will advise the
community about developing
stories.
For many college campuses
across the U.S., recent incidents
have
community
members
asking if relaying important
information to students, faculty
and community members as it
develops should take precedence
over communicating developed
crime alerts hours after the crime
has occurred. The verification
process is lengthy and police
departments are often afraid of
spreading misinformation by
reporting facts unless they are
absolutely certain.
There are tips on the DPSS
In honor of International
Data Privacy Day, the University
of
Michigan’s
School
of
Information and the Office of
Information Assurance hosted
Privacy@Michigan,
a
series
of interdisciplinary panels on
internet privacy Tuesday in
North Quad Residence Hall.
Approximately 100 faculty and
community members attended.
The
first
panel,
“Privacy
in a Connected World: An
Oxymoron?”
dealt
with
generational privacy differences
and online personal privacy.
Sol Bermann, interim Chief
Information
Security
Officer,
moderated
the
event.
Each
speaker discussed their personal
privacy research as well as their
common observances of privacy
in today’s world.
Prior to a question and answer
session, each speaker gave a
brief overview of their research.
Susan Gelman, a professor of
psychology and linguistics, spoke
about her research on people’s
feelings regarding a stranger
tracking their personal items.
She found a divide between the
children
and
undergraduate
students she studied.
According to Gelman, children,
up to about age six, did not have an
issue with — and sometimes even
liked — when a stranger was able
to track the number of items they
owned. However, undergraduate
students were almost entirely
opposed to strangers having the
ability to track their items, citing
an invasion of their privacy as the
main reason for the opposition.
She wrapped up her section of
the panel by pondering why
this division occurs and what is
significant about its timing.
The second speaker, Sarita
Yardi Schoenebeck, an assistant
professor
in
the
School
of
Information, spoke on issues
of privacy in social media. She
showed the extensive range of
ways parents have started to
share everything by citing the
specific nature of some parenting
blogs. This opened up her main
question of why parents post
so much information online, to
which she responded, “They feel
validated as a good parent.”
“For the first time in history,
children are growing up with
this online (presence) established
without their permission or
consent often started before
they’re even born,” Schoenebeck
said.
The
second
part
of
Schoenebeck’s talk focused on
older childrens’ comments about
their past online posts. She said
most undergraduate students on
social media tend to keep their
On Tuesday, the American
Enterprise Institute Executive
Council at the University of
Michigan — the University’s
branch
of
a
conversative
leaning think tank based in
Washington D.C. — held a
talk on the Iran Deal and its
consequences for Iran and the
United States. Michael Rubin, a
resident scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute and former
Pentagon official, led the talk.
Rubin’s talk focused on the
specifics of the Iran Deal and
Iran protests and how the U.S.
has reacted to the deal and its
effects in the past.
“Rather than simply engage
in the political fight between
Democrats
and
Republicans
about whether or not this deal
is a good thing, the fact of the
matter is we also need to be
forward-looking in regard to
our policy,” Rubin said.
One of the key points of the
talk centered on the premise of
the Iran Deal. The main focus
of this deal was to ensure Iran
reduced its nuclear facilities;
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DPSS alerts
seen as too
delayed by
community
Political groups and figures talk
goals, focus points for rest of 2018
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CRIME
After West Quad robbery, students
ask for continuous emergency updates
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& ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Reporters
DACA, economic policy, transparency important for politicians, students this year
As the year begins to kick into
gear, activist groups and politicians
are starting to implement goals for
2018. It will no doubt prove to be
another tumultuous year in U.S.
politics, as the federal government
will likely tackle immigration
and entitlement reform — two
long-standing
and
particularly
contentious issues that tend to
arouse high passions on either
side of the political spectrum.
Midterm elections in November
will certainly be equally hard-
fought, as Democrats attempt to
retake control of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
The Michigan political world
may prove just as exciting, as
the federal in 2018. Members of
the legislature will be working
to pass a budget during the first
several
months,
with
likely
Republican victories in store.
Michigan Democrats will use
their comparatively smaller, but
vocal, caucus to bring new issues
into the statewide debate. Voters
will choose a new governor on
Nov. 6, bringing an end to current
Governor Rick Snyder’s two terms
in office.
The Michigan Daily contacted
a number of local politicians and
MAEVE O’BRIEN
& RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporters
See IRAN, Page 3A
Ex-official
talks Iran
Deal future
and impact
CAMPUS LIFE
Michael Rubin says no
“magic formula” to solve
problems in Middle East
CORY ZAYANCE
Daily Staff Reporter
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J Alex Halderman, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, speaks about privacy and security in
celebration of International Data Privacy Day at the Privacy@Michigan panel in North Quad Tuesday.
Privacy@Michigan symposium covers
internet privacy, security, censorship
Panelists highlight their individual research, ponder the future of privacy
SAYALI AMIN
& MARIE HIGH
Daily Staff Reporter
& For the Daily
Tech takes a seat in
Ann Arbor
Why more tech startups
are choosing to pass on San
Francisco and laying roots in
the Midwest
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Tuesday night, the University
of Michigan’s Central Student
Government met to hear the “State
of the Campus” address from CSG
President Anushka Sarkar, an LSA
senior, and discuss critiques of
the recent Campus Affordability
Guide.
The assembly also hosted guest
speakers
from
the
Michigan
Refugee Assistance Programand
concerned campus bus-riders, and
concluded with passing resolutions
to ensure the transparency of CSG
and to help fund the Career Center
Suit Up event.
The evening began with a
presentation from LSA junior
Courtney Caulkins, an education
advocacy chair for the Michigan
Refugee Assistance Program, who
seeks to get refugees resettled in
the Washtenaw County area. After
summarizing the extensive refugee
process in the U.S., Caulkins
went on to discuss changes in the
refugee resettlement process under
the Trump administration.
“The president does decide
every year the ceiling for how
many refugees will come into the
See CSG, Page 3A
Resolution
addresses
openness
from CSG
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
State of Campus speech
focuses on sexual assault,
current campus climate
HALEY MCLAUGHLIN
For the Daily
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