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FRIDAY:

Behind the Story

WEDNESDAY:

This Week in History 

MONDAY:

Looking at the Numbers

THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk

TUESDAY:
By Design 

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: THE MICHIGAN FRATERNITY SYSTEM NO.1 

 Jan. 19 1969

Voted so by the National 

Interfraternity 
Conference 

Dec. 5, 1968

For good reason

1. Michigan fraternity men’s 

grade point average is higher 
than that of non-fraternity men 
at Michigan.

2. Michigan fraternity system 

has 
the 
highest 
scholastic 

rating of all American and 
Canadian colleges..

3. The Michigan fraternity 

system 
has 
initiated 
an 

educational trust to strengthen 
their scholarship programs and 
study facilities.

4. Michigan fraternities offer 

courses within their houses 
to 
supplement 
University 

curriculum.

5. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

have aided the Ann Arbor Free 
School in offering non-credit 
courses not offered by the 
University.

6. Michigan fraternities offer 

speakers from the university 
community 
within 
their 

houses for members and other 
interested students.

7. The Michigan fraternity 

system also offers national 
speakers 
on 
contemporary 

subjects 
for 
the 
entire 

University 
community 
-Fall 

1968- Leroi Jones and the Black 
Arts Theatre, Muhammed Ali, 
Timothy Leary, and Bill Baird.

8. Michigan fraternities offer 

open dances for the student 
body as well as concerts

9. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

present an all campus Dad’s 
Day in the fall and an all 
campus Mother’s Weekend in 
the winter.

10. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

maintain a half million dollar 
student buying cooperative.

11. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

have sought to increase services 
of this cooperative (Fraternity 
Buyers Association) by hiring a 
full-time manager.

12. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

have envolved themselves in the 
Ann Arbor Community Center 
teaching and entertaining the 
city’s underprivileged youth.

13. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

sponsor a charity drive in the 

fall for the United Fund.

14. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

sponsor the bucket drive for the 
American Cancer Society every 
winter.

15. Michigan fraternities run 

the Student Blood Bank which 
supplies blood to graduates and 
undergraduates in emergencies.

16. 
Michigan 
fraternities. 

sponsor parties for orphans, 
retarded children, and crippled 
children.

17. Michigan fraternities aid 

international charities (Korean 
Orphans Clothes Drive).

18. Michigan fraternities are 

working to initiate a program 
to bring high school graduates 
from the inner city to this 
University.

19. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

house and feed foreign students 
and 
other 
visitors 
to 
the 

University.

20. 
Michigan 

fraternities 
publish 
a 

quarterly 
magazine 
(THE 

MICHIGAN 
FRATERNITY 

COMMENTARY) 
containing 

campus 
news, 
features 
by 

university 
and 
national 

celebrities.

21. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

publish 
a 
bi-monthly 

newsletter (THE MICHIGAN 
REPORTER), 
containing 

campus news, art and poetry 
features, and varying editorial 
opinion.

22. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

present radio programming for 
the University students.

23. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

aid university orientation by 
contacting incoming students 
and their parents during the 
summer.

24. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

present 
programs 
to 
high 

school seniors explaining the 
University.

25. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

sponsor tours and trips.

26. Michigan fraternity men 

individually and collectively 
participate 
and 
support 

all 
campus 
programs 
and 

institutions 
(Homecoming, 

Labor 
Day 
Weekend, 

Creative 
Arts 
Festival, 

Michi-

gras, 
University 

Activities Center, Course 
Evaluation 
Booklet, 

Student 
Government 

Council, and THE MICHIGAN 
DAILY).

27. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

helped 
fight 
the 
tuition 

increase.

28. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

have worked for better relations 
with Ann Arbor officials.

29. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

present the IFC Sing, a program 
of popular song every year.

30. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

are 
continuing 
to 
improve 

and 
expand 
their 
houses, 

experimenting with new living 
conditions (apartment living 
and coed structures).

31. 
Michigan 
fraternities 

pay attention and continue 
to 
inform 
the 
alumni 
of 

this 
University 
of 
current 

events. These efforts help the 
University maintain their high 
level of alumni contributions.

32. The Michigan fraternity 

system 
has 
initiated 
the 

National 
Congress 
of 

Interfraternity 
Organizations 

which 
gives 
undergraduates 

across the country a greater 
voice in national fraternity 
affairs.

33. The Michigan fraternity 

system 
is 
growing. 
One 

fraternity was chartered this 
year. Another fraternity has 
become a fraternity colony, 
and 
other 
fraternities 
are 

expressing great interest in

establishing themselves in 

Ann Arbor.

There are 47 fraternities on 

The Michigan Campus. Most of 
these fraterities take more time, 
effort, and money to maintain 
than 
Student 
Government 

Council. Yet fraternities still do 
more. 

That is why we’re the best. 

MSU trustees appoint John Engler as 
interim president of the University 

The announcement received mixed reviews from Nassar survivors, MSU and state communities

It 
is 
anticipated 
the 

Michigan State University 
Board 
of 
Trustees 
will 

appoint John Engler, former 
governor of Michigan from 
1991 to 2003, as interim 
president of MSU following 
the resignation of Lou Anna 
Simon.

Simon released a statement 

of resignation after criticism 
surrounding 
the 
case 
of 

Larry Nassar, a former MSU 
and USA Gymnastics doctor 
who received 40-175 years in 
prison for sexual abuse.

During 
Nassar’s 

sentencing in Ingham county, 
The Detroit News released 
a report stating Simon and 
thirteen other high ranking 
MSU officials had knowledge 
of Nassar’s misconduct. 

“To the survivors, I can 

never say enough that I 
am so sorry that a trusted, 
renowned 
physician 
was 

really such an evil, evil 
person who inflicted such 
harm under the guise of 
medical treatment. I know 
that we all share the same 
resolve to do whatever it 
takes to avert such tragedies 
here and elsewhere,” her 
statement read. 

Last week, the Detroit 

Free 
Press 
reported 
the 

succession 
plan 
with 

potential candidates BVfor 
interim president including 
Engler, along with former 

Michigan 
governors 

James 
Blanchard 
and 

Jennifer Granholm. The 
board will convene at 9 
a.m. Wednesday, where it 
is expected Engler will be 
appointed.

Rachael Denhollander, 

the 
first 
woman 
to 

publicly 
announce 
her 

allegations 
against 

Nassar, took to Facebook 
to write she is “beyond 
disappointed” with the 
selection of Engler.

“Engler 
is 
a 
deep 

political insider at MSU,” 
Denhollander 
wrote. 

“At a time the university 
desperately needs, and 
survivors 
pleaded 
for, 

outside 
accountability 

and leadership, the Board 
chooses one of the most 
entrenched 
insiders. 

Despite the Board’s words 
about accountability, it is 

business as usual. I sincerely 
hope the Board reconsiders.”

In 
a 
later 
post, 
she 

acknowledged 
the 

expectation 
that 
Engler 

will indeed serve as interim 
president, 
expressing 
her 

hope that “he will act with 
leadership and integrity.”

The decision to appoint 

Engler has received criticism 
from 
Democrats 
across 

the state, while Michigan 
Republicans 
have 
praised 

the 
selection. 
Michigan 

Republican Party Chairman 
Ron Weiser stated he feels 
Engler 
will 
provide 
the 

experience necessary during 
the transition period in a 
previous 
interview 
with 

MLive.

“Governor Engler is an 

excellent 
choice 
to 
lead 

MSU in this difficult time. 
Both his pride for his alma 
mater and his reputation as a 
reformer will serve this great 
institution well as they seek 
to right the ship,” Weiser 
said.

Both 
state 
Sen. 
Curtis 

Hertel, D-East Lansing, and 
Michigan Democratic Party 
Chair Brandon Dillon have, 
according to the report from 
MLive, spoke on Engler’s 
connection 
to 
Attorney 

General Bill Schuette and his 
investigation of MSU, a tie 
that may create a conflict of 
interest. According to Dillon, 
Engler’s 
previous 
position 

as Governor allowed him to 
assist 
Schuette’s 
political 

career following his defeat 
for a position in U.S. Senate.

“I think it’s just another 

problem for Bill Schuette,” 
Dillon said. “Another day, 
another conflict of interest.”

JORDYN BAKER
Daily Staff Reporter

Civil rights activist and 

writer Shaun King endorsed 
Abdul El-Sayed for governor in 
a press release distributed by 
El-Sayed’s campaign Tuesday.

“(Abdul) cares about all of 

Michigan and will put the state 
on the path to be being a beacon 
of equality and fairness,” King 
said in the press release. “I 
believe in Abdul and will fight 
my heart out to help him help 
Michigan!”

King rose to prominence 

after his coverage of the 
shooting of Michael Brown 
in 2014. He has since written 
extensively 
about 
various 

civil rights issues and is now 
a columnist for The Intercept. 
King is known for utilizing 
social 
media, 
particularly 

Twitter, to advocate for social 
and political causes such as the 
Black Lives Matter movement.

The 
El-Sayed 
campaign 

believes 
King’s 
support 

indicates 
that 
El-Sayed’s 

platform is consistent with the 
national progressive agenda.

“Shaun is one of our nation’s 

leading voices for equity and 
racial justice,” El-Sayed said in 
the press release. “His support 
tells us that our progressive 
ideals and policy ideas for 
Michigan are consistent with a 
broader progressive movement 
toward a more just, equitable, 
and sustainable country.”

King’s 
endorsement 

arrives 
after 
El-Sayed 

released 
an 
urban 
agenda 

on Monday, which includes 
policy 
proposals 
aimed 
at 

strengthening 
Michigan’s 

cities. In the urban agenda, 

El-Sayed 
outlines 
his 

approach 
to 
bettering 

Michigan’s economy, housing 
market, public transportation, 
environment, criminal justice 
system and auto insurance.

“Our cities can be places 

that 
generate 
growth 
and 

prosperity, 
but 
that 
will 

require a new vision and 
new policies: policies that 
prioritize people over profits 
and doggedly pursue equity,” 
the urban agenda stated.

MAEVE O’BRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter

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