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University Council assembled

Monday night to discuss the
University
of
Michigan’s

academic calendar and Election
Day.

The meeting started with

a
presentation
from
Sarah

Daniels,
associate
dean
of

students, Lisa Emery, senior
associate
registrar,
and

Christine
Gerdes,
special

counsel to the provost. They
spoke about the possibility
of
starting
the
2020-2021

academic year before Labor

Day. Without this revision, the
last day of the fall semester
could be as late as Dec. 24, 2020,
creating travel difficulties as
students scramble to get home
before Christmas.

The
conversation
then

turned to whether it would
be better to have a longer Fall
Break or a longer Thanksgiving
Break. Daniels asked the group
about their uses of Fall Break.
Public Policy senior Sammi
Lawrence, representative for
the Ford School of Public Policy,
spoke about how especially
as a freshman, Fall Break was
incredibly important.

“Thinking back to when I

was a freshman, that natural
break in the middle, where
everything is so hectic: starting
new classes, new environment,
massive school … To have just
a couple days was incredibly
beneficial,” Lawrence said.

For
freshman
and

upperclassmen alike, Fall Break
is vital for students’ mental
health. CSG Vice President
Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy
senior, emphasized this point.

“There is an extra push during

those two days for students to
take care of themselves,” Jawad
said.

Business senior Grace Nasr,

representative for the Ross

School of Business, and
Rackham student Kirstie
Hostetter, representative for
the School for Environment
and
Sustainability,
also

noted the importance of
Fall Break from a career
standpoint, as both schools
utilize those two extra days
to find internships and use
them as a career check.

Daniels
ended
the

presentation by highlighting
the fight to fit everything
into the calendar.

“It’s all part of one big

puzzle,” Daniels said. “We
are not in a place where
it’s a kind of ‘We’ll give you
this if we get this’ situation.
It’s not that give and take
per se, it’s kind of all these
things are on the table …
It’s (seeing) how we can
fit the pieces together so
that it fits the needs of all
constituents.”

The
second
half
of

the meeting focused on
Election Day, with Law
School student Tom Allen, a
representative for Promote
the Vote. The Fall Break

debate was revisited, since it
had been previously noted that
Election Day should potentially
be a day off, instead of one of
the two Fall Break days. Allen


noted the “pathetically low
voter turnout” among the age
group
composed
of
college

students.

The Council came to the

consensus this low turnout was
largely due to the three-hour
wait at the Michigan Union
or other local voting centers,
which interferes with classes
for students and professors
alike.

Allen said students are often

put in a situation where they are
“deciding between going to class
or waiting in line.” Allen further
spoke about other reforms to
Michigan election laws, which
he noted are some of the most
restrictive in the country.

“Students, for their first time

voting, have to be in person,”
Allen
said.
“This
revision

would allow anybody to get an
absentee ballot for any reason,
even if it’s just that you are
working all day and don’t have
time to get to the polls. It’s all
sort of common sense reform
… To make it as easy as possible
for everyone to vote.

University Council meets with admin
to discuss future calendar changes

Body of student governments also lobbies to cancel classes on Election Day

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