Anne Berg, a University of Michigan lecturer of History, and Rackham student Andrea Gillespie discussed the facts and stigmas of the current refugee crisis at a dinner and lecture Saturday evening at Rackham Assembly Hall. The Michigan Refugee Assistance Program hosted the event, which illustrated the details of the refugee resettlement process and the impacts of the Trump administration on the crisis. Gillespie, the vice president of external affairs of MRAP, works with many refugee resettlement organizations and currently focuses on refugee and forced displacement studies. Gillespie stated there are 22.5 million refugees currently registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 20 people are displaced every minute. According to Gillespie, most refugees leave the top “source” countries of Syria and Afghanistan with the goal of fleeing to host countries, including Turkey and Pakistan. Lebanon is also a major host country — she stated one in four people in Lebanon are refugees. The Ann Arbor Police Department is recommending Scorekeepers –– a bar which, thanks to its popularity among University of Michigan students, is the most Ubered-to destination in the state of Michigan — lose its liquor license when it expires on April 30, according to a report from MLive. The recommendation, made at the Jan. 12 meeting of the Council Liquor License Review Committee, was based on the more than 150 service calls to the bar in 2017. According to a memo signed by AAPD Sergeant Bill Clock and presented to the committee at its Feb. 2 meeting, the AAPD also filed 81 case reports for the location last year. Case reports, Clock wrote, are made for all criminal violations “and some non-criminal offenses.” The memo lists the content of several reports, including one in which an officer issued Minor in Possession citations to two patrons who were drinking though each had an “X” written on their hands by bar staff, indicating they were minors. In another report, officers discovered the bar was displaying an expired liquor license, and in a third, officers issued an MIP to a patron who they determined had never been asked for identification by staff. “Based on the number of overall incidents in 2017, and the listed violations, The Ann Arbor Police Department does not support renewal of this liquor license,” Clock wrote. One student, who requested to remain anonymous out of fear of legal consequences, said Skeeps’ reputation as a haven for underage customers was widely known. The bouncers were strict about asking for ID, the student said, but not always as strict about making sure it was genuine. “Everyone basically at Skeeps is underage, but they use a fake ID to get in,” the student said. “Everyone shows some sort of ID, whether it’s a fake ID or someone else’s ID, to get in.” The bar has also received attention for its practice of selling “Skeeps cards” –– $3,000 cards that give their owners VIP status, allowing them to cut the line and enter without providing proof of age. According to a 2014 Spoon University article, the Skeeps card was originally given to patrons who accumulated a $1,000 tab and tipped 20 percent, but the bar had to raise the price several times to match demand. The anonymous student said she bought a Skeeps card her freshman year. As of January 2018, students minoring in Community Action and Social Change through the School of Social Work are now eligible for a Poverty Solutions, Action & Engagement certificate. The certificate is sponsored by Poverty Solutions — an initiative that seeks to develop new strategies to fight poverty — and would allow for a more focused study within the CASC minor with additional resources from Poverty Solutions. Because Poverty Solutions is a multidisciplinary initiative on campus, it adds and strengthens programs already available on campus. Julia Weinert, the assistant director of Poverty Solutions, said the CASC minor coordinated well with the initiative because they had similar goals. “We partnered with the CASC minor,” Weinert said. “They’re very much aligned with their mission and their work to identify ways to act on issues of social justice.” michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, February 5, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Student org hosts talk to destigmatize refugee crisis All four Democratic candidates for governor debate in Ann Arbor AHAD BOOTWALA/Daily 2018 Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidates wait to speak at the Deomcratic gubernatorial forum at Washtenaw County’s Learning Resources Center Saturday. CAMPUS LIFE Michigan Refugees Assistance Program talks resettlement process, criminalization REMY FARKAS Daily Staff Reporter Candidates talk politicians failing the working-class, field constituent questions The state of Michigan’s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidates gathered at Washtenaw County’s Learning Resources Center on Saturday morning while attendees packed the hallway, exceeding the venue’s 250-person capacity. The candidates, William Cobbs, Shri Thanedar, Gretchen Whitmer and Abdul El-Sayed, answered audience questions regarding their economic, environmental and health care policies. Candidates differed on several points of policy during the debate, but all claimed the state of Michigan has failed its working-class constituents in recent years, often taking aim at Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and the GOP-led legislature for these failures. On the economy, most candidates the decried tax cuts and abatements for large corporations during Snyder’s governorship as a failed policy. Cobbs, former vice president for Xerox, supported this sentiment. ALON SAMUEL Daily Staff Reporter Certificate available for CASC students ACADEMICS Community Action and Social Change minor collaborates on program SAYALI AMIN Daily Staff Reporter ALEC COHEN/Daily The Ann Arbor Police Department recommends that Scorekeepers, a bar popular with University students, lose its liquor license when it expires on April 30th. AAPD says Skeeps should lose liquor license after 156 incidents in 2017 Review committee will decide whether to renew license expiring April 30 ANDREW HIYAMA Daily News Editor Gutting one out Michigan escaped with a 76-73 overtime win over Minnesota on Saturday » Page 1B Following controversy surrounding the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, state Rep. James Lower, R-Cedar Lake, introducedlegislation Thursday to change the way higher education board members are elected. Currently, members of the state Board of Education and the boards of the University of Michigan, MSU and Wayne State University are selected through a statewide popular vote after being nominated by political parties. For many other universities in Michigan, board positions are already appointed by the governor. If the legislation passes, Michigan’s three biggest universities would be under more government control through a constitutional amendment. It requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Michigan State Congress to be put on a ballot. The plan would call for the boards to be terminated at the end of 2018, allowing the governor to appoint eight members on Jan. 1, 2019. The state Senate would be able to provide advice and consent. 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