Retention Coordinator at Portland
State
University,
obtaining
proper treatments is imperative
for a transgender individual’s
wellbeing.
“Let
me
be
clear,
these
procedures are not cosmetic;
they’re
medically
necessary,”
Seale
said.
“The
American
Medical Association has agreed on
this for a decade. Living in a body
that fits with what you feel is right
for you can save your life.”
According to the 2015 U.S.
Transgender Survey Report of
nearly 28,000 trans individuals
across the nation, 55 percent of
trans people requesting insurance
coverage for help with gender
affirming surgery were denied,
23 percent of the respondents
avoided their physician out of
fear of mistreatment, 40 percent
of
transgender
individuals
have attempted suicide in their
lifetimes and 7 percent of trans
people attempted suicide in the
past year.
According to Rackham student
Vidhya Aravind, GEO Solidarity
and Political Action Committee
co-chair,
GEO
attempted
to
contact
University
Human
Resources six times over the
course of several months before
the office agreed to conduct
negotiation
sessions.
Despite
extensive bargaining discussions,
Human Resources only agreed
to speak about trans health care
coverage five times over a span of
three years.
“In
that
first
conference,
we asked for a list of all the
trans health care providers at
University of Michigan Health
System organized by procedure,
so we could plan for our future
negotiations,” Aravind said. “After
delaying for three months, HR
finally sent us a copy of our own
benefits document, a link to the
public facing and information
devoid UMHS trans health care
site, and a copy of a document we
brought on our own to the first
meeting. Worse than a failure
to meet our request, this was
insulting.”
The Comprehensive Gender
Services
Program
is
the
University’s center for transgender
medical care, providing services
ranging from family care to plastic
surgery. However, members of the
transgender community in Ann
Arbor are reportedly unsatisfied
with CGSP’s level of care.
According to Carta Monir,
a
local
transgender
woman
currently seeking care through
CGSP, the University advertises
the center as a one-stop shop but
does not deliver quality care.
“I’m hopeful that HR will
begin to understand how poorly
the CGSP is regarded by the Ann
Arbor trans community, and
how low their standard of care is
compared to other universities,
even,” Monir said. “This is not a
world-class transgender health
system, and it’s my hope that HR
would like it to be one, instead of
the poorly-functioning hindrance
it is right now.”
When
obtaining
hormones
and seeking genital surgeries, the
process can allegedly take months
despite the time-sensitive nature
of the treatments.
“The CGSP required a letter
from my therapist and then
went silent for weeks,” Monir
said. “In the end, I waited
months for something that could
have been done in one or two
days … Getting hormones isn’t
anything compared to any of
the more specific trans medical
necessities.”
However, according to CGSP
Director Sarah Wiener, the time
frame completely depends on
each case and how quickly they
receive the therapists’ letters.
“The time frame is really
dependent on how quickly those
letters come in,” Wiener said. “If
they come in right away we can
look at them and help the person
get connected to a provider. It
just really depends on the letters.
We take up to 10 business days
to review letters … So that people
aren’t waiting too long for us to
review a letter.”
Wiener emphasized all 20
of
CGSP
providers
function
under the World Professional
Association
for
Transgender
Health
Standards
of
Care,
requiring either one or two letters
from mental health professionals
depending on the level of care.
This model is more extensive
than informed consent, entailing
the individual seeking treatment
to simply agree to the care and
procedures. In addition to these
standards, the CGSP’s lack of
multiple providers for various
surgeries limits patients’ options.
teaching one another in person.
“I teach one course which is
a lecture course, every other
course I teach, I come to teach
it by discussion, I don’t do much
lecturing, and students tend
to love that kind of course,”
Marwil said. “I want discussion
to happen within the four walls
of the classroom rather than
the walls of the web; (students)
teach each other in class.
History is a subject in which
there aren’t any answers, just
questions.”
For
students
at
many
universities,
logging
onto
Canvas is an essential part of
their day. The Canvas tool, for
most courses, has all of the
information
students
need,
including syllabi, assignments,
and grades, bridging ridges the
relationship between students
and teachers by creating a
resource in which students can
submit and receive feedback
and
collaborate
with
one
another
through
discussion
posts. For most students, this
tool is invaluable. However,
some University of Michigan
professors feel their course and
their students benefit from not
using Canvas.
English
professor
John
Whittier-Ferguson
chooses
to
use
Google
Drive
over
Canvas because Google Drive
allows students to access their
classwork beyond their time
at the University. In an email
interview,
Whittier-Ferguson
said using Google Drive allows
him to easily change things
throughout the term and leave
comments for students on work
that remains owned by the
student.
“The
overhead
of
every
(educational)
platform
I’ve
checked out (CTools, Canvas,
Blackboard) gets in the way
of my working with students
on
their
writing
and
also
gets in the way of my sharing
materials with them through
my syllabi,” Whittier-Ferguson
wrote. “For the work I do with
students, I see nothing at
all
that
would
recommend
any
proprietary
education
company
platform
over
my minimalist, free, easily
accessed approach.”
Whittier-Ferguson
feels
not
using
Canvas
makes
things easier for students, as
it allows them to gain access
to course materials without
logging in and makes it easier
for him to communicate with
his students. He also finds the
other
educational
platforms
slower, more cumbersome and
more complex.
“I
don’t
need
postings,”
Marwil said. “I can contact
students
through
Wolverine
Access and they can contact
me. I live in a simpler world,
that’s why I don’t use Canvas,
and
when
the
world
gets
complicated, I will adjust to it.”
Marwil has seen success
with his style of teaching. He
said he rarely has a student
ask why he doesn’t use Canvas.
Both Marwil and his students
consider him a harsh grader
but despite his grading, he said
his students give him positive
teaching evaluations and he
considers that a testament to
his teaching style.
“It’s not that my classes are
simple — they are not — but I
have a certain simplicity and
understanding
about
what
teaching is about,” Marwil
said. “It’s not rocket science
and I think people who make it
rocket science don’t know what
they are doing. You should be
able to walk into a classroom
with a book and teach.”
LSA
freshman
Andrew
Armstrong, one of Marwil’s
students, said he enjoys the
course and feels the course is
enriched without the use of
Canvas as it keeps students on
their toes.
“I sometimes will look at
Canvas and feel like I can slack
a little,” Marwil said. “When
you are not using Canvas, you
can’t
slack
on
assignments
and you have to give it your all
because you don’t know your
grade.”
Like
Armstrong,
LSA
sophomore
Lillie
Heyman
likes
the
alternative
communication
systems
in
her Gender and the Law class,
taught by Asian Languages
and Cultures professor Allison
Alexy. The class uses Canvas,
but most course information is
located on a separate website.
“I really like the website,
I think it is much easier to
navigate,”
Heyman
said.
“I think that her website is
much
more
organized
and
information
is
much
more
accessible,
however,
since
every other class is on Canvas,
my whole course load is not
in
one
central
location...
(Also) the website is way more
aesthetically pleasing, which is
important to me.”
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wise
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stars to three,
say
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and bread, in
song
18 “You think
anyone cares
about MY
opinion?”
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22 HBO miniseries
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people
24 Boatload (of)
27 Caramel-filled
candy
28 “Hold the
Hellmann’s”
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acid
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Calcutta
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novelist Shute
36 Texter’s #1 pal
39 “Let’s see here ... ”
41 Finish
42 “You win”
44 Ophthalmologist’s
concern
46 Myanmar, once
47 Gives the
go-ahead
51 Scent
52 Overall concept
of the universe
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directive
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co-host Couric
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9 Kauai garland
10 Exasperating
11 “Holy smokes!”
12 Drop by,
colloquially
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shrubs
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grass
21 Wood strip
25 Glasses and
goggles
26 Achy
27 Acted without
restraint
30 Overused, as
jokes
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33 Foxy
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as __”
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protection
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in CFC
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the 1960s-’80s
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gem
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ships
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was submitted to Schlissel last
September.
According to the request,
the committee found Little’s
research
and
advocacy
on
eugenics, coupled with his
support
for
the
tobacco
industry, was not a history the
University could support and
memorialize, especially given
the building’s connection to the
field of science. The building
currently houses the College
of
Pharmacy,
among
other
departments.
Associate history professor
John
Carson,
who
was
a
member of the group that
originally requested the C.C.
Little
building’s
name
be
removed, said he was enthused
to hear of President Schlissel’s
recommendation on Monday.
“I think it’s exciting. I was
very excited to receive a letter
today from the president’s office
saying that he had come to a
decision and was recommending
to the regents that the name be
changed,” Carson said. “There’s
a long way to go, but all steps
matter, and this seems to be an
important step in reminding us
that history is an ongoing thing,
and that making the University
welcoming and open to the
community is going to be a
constant struggle.”
Protests
erupted
around
the C.C. Little building last
semester in conjunction with
a
series
of
bias
incidents
attacking Black students on
campus, as students, faculty
and staff picketed multiple
times to remove the name.
LSA senior Anushka Sarkar,
Central Student Government
president, first officially brought
the matter to the regents’
attention at their meeting last
October. Ultimately, Schlissel
agreed the name should be
changed.
“The committee emphasized
that
Little’s
support
and
participation
in
these
campaigns had serious negative
consequences noting that ‘his
1920s campaign for eugenic
measures
while
University
President
—
immigration
restriction,
sterilization
of
the ‘unfit,’ anti-miscegenation
laws — and the 1950s campaign
sowing doubt about the links
between smoking and cancer
negatively affected the lives of
millions,’” Schlissel’s statement
read.
LSA Associate Dean Angela
Dillard, who was also involved
in the initial effort to change
the name of the building, said
she felt this decision showed the
positive change that can come
from conversation and protest
on campus.
“I thought it was a really
important moment not only
for the University itself, but
to
demonstrate
the
power
of public history, the power
of the humanities, to be able
to help to shape debates and
controversy, and then to help
the University figure out how
to do the right thing,” Dillard
said. “It shows that it’s worth
having conversation, debate,
even protest, to get people to
think carefully and critically
about our history — what are
we celebrating, what are we not
celebrating, whose name is on a
building, whose name isn’t on a
building.”
Back in October, students
shut down the transit center
named
after
Little.
LSA
sophomore Nando Felten told
The Daily the name was a point
of contention for him and many
other Black students.
“How would it be if you were
going to say, if you were Jewish,
and you say, ‘I’m going to Adolf
Hitler bus stop?’ That’s not
cool,” Felten said. “For Black
people, this is not cool because
if our great grandparents had to
deal with him, we wouldn’t be
here right now.”
University
student
governments including CSG,
LSA student government and
Rackahm student government
also vocalizedtheir support for
the remaining of the C.C. Little
building,
passing
initiatives
to show the student body’s
support.
Until a new name can be
established,
the
University
Policy for Naming of Facilities,
Spaces and Streets mandates
“the building will be referred to
by its street address, 1100 North
University Avenue, or by a
functional designation that will
be determined by the Associate
Vice President for Facilities and
Operations.”
Schlissel also requested the
West Quad Residence Hall’s
Winchell House be renamed
due to Alexander Winchell’s, a
professor at the University in
the late 1800s, racist academic
studies at the University.
Winchell was a professor
of
engineering,
physics
and geology as well as a
regent during his time at
the University. While at the
University, he published many
academic pamphlets and papers
that connected brain power
to race and claimed white
individuals were positioned to
be the superior race.
Public Policy junior Kevin
Sweitzer
submitted
the
request
in
February
2017
and the committee approved
the
renaming
unanimously
last September. The committee
primarily
focused
on
Winchell’s novel “Preadamites;
Or a Demonstration of the
Existence
of
Men
Before
Adam,” which they found to be
dangerous racist rhetoric and
supportive of current white
supremacist movements.
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recommended last September
that Winchell be renamed, and
last January the investigation on
Little followed suit.
In response to inquiries about
why these announcements came
so late after the committee
had already submitted their
recommendations, Schlissel said
he spent those months gathering
advice and seeking opinions from
University figures and consulting
previous examples of changing
building
names
from
other
universities in order to make his
decision.
“When I get things, I discuss
them with my executive team
and others whose advice I
rely on,” Schlissel said. “I’ve
discussed this with students that
I’ve met on various occasions,
alumni, just wanting to educate
myself. It’s not something the
University’s done before but
other universities have done this,
so I wanted to read up and look
at and talk to people who have
gone through similar thought
processes at other universities
before becoming comfortable
recommending
that
we
do
something that we hadn’t done
before.”
While many students see
Schlissel’s recommendation as
a gateway to dialogues about
other buildings and honorary
names on campus for people
with problematic pasts, Schlissel
made it clear he did not want this
action to become the norm. He
said these two cases provided
a unique case for renaming
University buildings.
“This sort of thing will be
exceptionally
rare,”
Schlissel
said. “These might be the only
two cases where we ever do
this. It’s not clear. It depends
what comes forward and the bar
should be set very high. We don’t
want the names of things to be
changing as fashions change.”
Sexual
Assault
and
Misconduct
Moving on to the issues of
sexual assault and misconduct,
such as those that have come
to the forefront of national
conversations with movements
such as #MeToo, #TimesUp
and the recent Larry Nassar
trials, Schlissel addressed the
recent
legislation
passed
by
the Michigan Senate to extend
the statute of limitations on
cases in which sexual assault
survivors are under the age of
16, increase Title IX resources
to survivors and expand sexual
assault prevention and education
programs.
Many raised concerned about
a request from the Michigan
Association of State Universities,
of which the University is a
member, that came days before
voting to delay the legislation.
While the bill received support
on both sides of the aisle,
MASU argued it would have
“profound impact.” Legislators
like
state
Sen.
Margaret
O’Brien, R-Portage, claimed the
prolonging would “delay justice,
or maybe the hope is to stop it
entirely.”
Schlissel stated this request
did not signal any opposition
to the legislation, but was put
forward in order to ensure all
aspects of the legislation were
considered before quick passage.
“The
University
doesn’t
necessarily oppose any of that
legislation, nor does the MASU,”
Schlissel said. “There just wasn’t
a thoughtful analysis done of that
full package of legislation.”
When looking at the part of
legislation that would increase
the statute of limitations for
reporting
sexual
assault
or
harassment, Schlissel argued this
sort of proposal should be studied
before coming to conclusions
on possible benefits, due to its
impact on trial proceedings.
“Amongst the things they
included
was
an
extreme
lengthening of the statute of
limitations which in effect would
say that if you had an event that
happened 25 years ago you could
bring forward a claim tomorrow,”
Schlissel said. “Before suggesting
that such a law would help us, it
should be analyzed and there just
was almost no time. There was
a day, a half a day of hearings,
and then it was brought forward,
voted on and approved.”
Schlissel went on to reference
the trials of Larry Nassar, a
former MSU and USA gymnastics
doctor, and around 250 survivors
who came forward with proof of
endemic sexual abuse.
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