how those felt.”

John Pollack –– Consultant
John 
Pollack, 
an 
author 

and Ann Arbor native, began 
the presentations by speaking 
about the role of analogies in 
government, 
innovation 
and 

daily lives. Pollack served as a 
speechwriter for former President 
Bill Clinton and now works as 
a consultant for Fortune 500 
companies, philanthropies and 
non-profit organizations.

In an interview with The Daily, 

Pollock described the importance 
of analogies in seeing problems 
from a new perspective.

“We’re in a world of hurt: we 

need new solutions and new ideas, 
and new ways of bridging divides,” 
Pollack said.

Piotr Westwalewicz –– 

Professor

Piotr 
Westwalewicz, 
Slavic 

Languages 
and 
Literature 

professor, 
spoke 
about 
his 

experiences 
growing 
up 
in 

Soviet Poland during a time of 
censorship and strict curfews, 
which reinforced his belief in the 
connections between protest and 
fun. Westwalewicz focused on 
his involvement in the Orange 
Alternative — a form of peaceful 
protest 
through 
absurd 
and 

nonsensical 
elements 
— 
and 

redefining what is traditionally 
considered rebellion.

“Competitive success doesn’t 

depend on clenched fists and grim 
faces,” Westwalewicz said.

Keiana Cave –– Student and 

Inventor

Engineering 
sophomore 

Keiana Cavé spoke about how she 
stopped setting long-term goals, 
as they curbed her spontaneity 
and could potentially prevent her 
from following her dreams. Cave’s 
journey began with her research 
on the 2010 BP oil spill, and has 
since has published two research 
papers and been honored in the 
Forbes 30 Under 30 “Energy and 
Cleantech” category.

“Maybe it’s a good thing when 

people laugh –– if your idea is so 
crazy and out of this world, maybe 
it’ll revolutionize an industry,” 
Cave said.

Joe Holberg –– Businessman
University alum Joe Holberg 

then went on to speak about the 
disparities 
among 
Americans 

regarding financial knowledge. 
Holberg owns Holberg Financial, 
a company that helps people 
improve their financial health and 
wellness.

During 
his 
presentation, 

Holberg 
explained 
many 

Americans do not have a basic 
understanding of personal finance 
and wonder if they are handling 
their finances correctly.

“It 
doesn’t 
matter 
where 

you’re at on the socioeconomic 
spectrum...everyone 
wants 
to 

know, ‘am I doing it right?’” 
Holberg said.

Marcus Collins –– Lecturer
Business 
lecturer 
Marcus 

Collins discussed his experience 
being Black in his career and in 
American society, using a black 
sheep 
metaphor 
to 
promote 

“unity of humanity.” Collins 
explained growing up in the 
Detroit public-school system, 
where he swam competitively 
and attended band camps. He 
said he felt he did not live up 
to the image society portrayed 
him to be.

“When I’m among white 

people, I was too Black, 
couldn’t be any Blacker,” 
Collins said. “Among my 
own people, I wasn’t Black 
enough.”

In an interview with The 

Daily, Collins said he hopes 
the audience learned how to 
become more accepting of 
differences in the world.

“If everyone was just 1 

percent better to each other, 
if everyone was just 1 percent 
more inclusive than they 
were exclusive, imagine what 
that would be in aggregate,” 
Collins said.

Huda Essa –– Author
Alum and author Huda 

Essa 
then 
presented 
on 

the importance of learning 
the 
history 
and 
correct 

pronunciation 
of 
names. 

Essa now works as a cultural 

competency consultant.

During her presentation, Essa 

addressed the development of bias 
and how it can limit relationships 
among different groups of people.

“Regardless of our backgrounds, 

from a very young age, we begin 
and continue to form unconscious 
biases based upon what we’ve been 
exposed to,” Essa said. “When it 
comes to various groups of people, 
we will find that what we’ve been 
exposed to is usually limited and 
often biased.”

 
Save Farah speaks at the Ted 

x UM event at the Power Center 
Friday. Buy this photo

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Sava Farah –– Restaurateur
Sava 
Lelcaj, 
Ann 
Arbor 

resident and restaurant owner, 
spoke about her family’s escape 
from communist Albania, and 
how Albanian hospitality and 
hustle influenced her to open her 
restaurant Sava’s.

“These 
values 
have 

underpinned my life story that I’ve 
written for myself, with the belief 
– the insane belief – that each and 
every one of us has the power to 
write our own story,” Lelcaj said.

 Chris Gatti speaks at the Ted 

x UM event at the Power Center 
Friday. Buy this photo

Chris Gatti –– Gymnast
University alum Chris Gatti 

talked about overcoming societal 
pressures and personal struggles 
throughout his life. Gatti was 
drawn to gymnastics at a young 
age to detract attention from his 
stutter, which he said often made 
himself and those around him 
uncomfortable.

Gatti studied Industrial and 

Systems 
Engineering 
while 

serving as captain of the University 
men’s gymnastics team and signed 
a contract with Cirque du Soleil 
just weeks after defending his 
thesis. He has since found a way to 
combine his talent in engineering 
with his passion for performing, 
to find both success and happiness.

“I felt pulled down this path 

where I should be doing something 
that was good at rather than 
something I loved,” Gatti said.

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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 presentation also included 
statistics gathered from the 
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. 
According to the survey, 33 
percent of trans people who 
saw a health care provider 
stated they had negative 
experiences regarding their 
health, 24 percent had to 
teach their medical provider 
about their health as a trans 
individual and 23 percent did 
not consult a doctor at all for 
fear of mistreatment because 
of their identity.

After repeated calls from 
citizens and the HRC for 
council to improve oversight 
over local police, the council 
approved a $200,000 review 
of policing practices conducted 
by Chicago consulting firm 
Hillard Heintze, LLC. The firm 
released a report calling for a a 
“co-produced policing 
committee,” and many 
residents considered the 
results unsatisfying, and even 
counteractive.

With a total budget of $56.8 
billion, a 0.6 percent increase 
from the year before, K-12 
schools would see an increase 
from $120 to $240 in 
foundation allowances per 
student. This increase is twice 
as large as the budget 
approved by lawmakers last 
year.

SafeRide struggles to 
stretch resources to 
meet demand

Gov. Snyder's $56.8 
billion budget 
recommendation 
emphasizes education 
and infrastructure

City Council amends 
police review task 
force 
Sexpertise addresses 
transgender sexual 
health

Michigan universities 
facing a decline in 
international 
enrollment
AAPD recommends 
Skeeps lose liquor 
license

“It ended up taking 30 to 50 
minutes, or something 
outrageous like that,” (Music, 
Theatre, and Dance freshman 
Kamryn) Thomas said. “And it 
kept updating the ETA, and I 
was like, ‘Is my phone broken 
or something?’ I didn’t want to 
cancel the ride in case they 
were coming soon or 
something. So I just sat there 
and waited.”

Despite these challenges, 
U-M’s Ann Arbor campus has 
held up well, with the number 
and percentage of international 
students growing almost 
uninterrupted for 10 years. In 
2008, the percentage of 
international students at the 
University's Ann Arbor campus 
was 11.55, growing to 15.14 
percent in 2017.

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