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The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted to remove the name of the C.C. Little Science Building Thursday afternoon.
RESEARCH
Board votes unanimously to change names of C.C. Little, West Quad’s Winchell Hall
The
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization filled the room of
The University of Michigan Board
of Regents March meeting, as the
board voted to remove the names
of the C.C. Little Science Building
and West Quad Residence Hall’s
Winchell
House
on
Thursday
afternoon. Before the meeting, LEO
hosted a grade-in with around 75
lecturers packing the lobby of the
Michigan Union and their assembly
did not go unnoticed, with several
regents responding to their calls for
higher wages and greater benefits
during the meeting.
The meeting room had about 40
people in attendance with additional
overflow congregating in a separate
viewing room. Regents Michael
Behm, D, Shauna Ryder Diggs, D,
and Denise Ilitch, D, attended the
meeting by telephone.
C.C. Little and Winchell House
renaming
The calls from the student body
and faculty to remove the names of
problematic figures from the C.C.
Little building and Winchell House
have carried on for years, with
recent protests and forums bringing
the issue to the forefront of campus
conversation.
After two separate petitions
to rename the buildings were
proposed last year, the President’s
Advisory Committee on University
History began its deliberations
on the figures the buildings were
named after, diving into primary
documents and weighing the impact
these figures on current students.
Little, a former president of the
University, was a strong supporter
of
the
eugenics
movement,
perpetuating
the
ideology
of
removing “unwanted traits” from
the gene pool through ethnic quotas
and anti-immigration legislation.
He was also a large supporter of
the tobacco industry, which the
committee found to be in opposition
AMARA SHAIKH,
JORDYN BAKER &
MATT HARMON
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& Daily News Editor
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In late March 1965, more
than 3,000 people gathered on
the University of Michigan’s
Ann Arbor campus to protest
and
discuss
United
States
involvement in the Vietnam
War.
The
overnight
event,
which included lectures, music,
informational movie screenings
and more, was the brainchild of
several University professors who
had been growing increasingly
frustrated with the escalation of
conflict in Vietnam. Originally,
the professors had planned to
stage a strike, but concerned
about administrative backlash,
they instead planned 12 hours
of campus-wide learning and
activism.
Though
controversial,
the
event,
dubbed
a
“teach-in,”
proved
very
impactful.
The
idea was rapidly adopted by a
multitude of other colleges and
universities. Similar teach-ins
appeared across the country over
the next several years.
More than 50 years later —
as part of University President
Mark
Schlissel’s
Academic
Innovation Initiative — the Office
of Academic Innovation and a
group of collaborators decided
to revamp the teach-in idea by
bringing it online.
Schlissel officially announced
last March that the Office of
Academic
Innovation
would
be releasing a series of online
learning experiences through
Coursera and edX. The initiative,
called the Teach-Out Series,
consists of modular mini-courses
featuring
interviews,
written
pieces and other informative
multimedia
from
University
experts. Each Teach-Out extends
over a few hours of content about
a timely topic over the course of a
week, then participants are asked
to answer questions and discuss
the material.
Coursera and edX are Massive
Open Online Courses, also known
as MOOCs. These web-based
educational platforms allow users
to disseminate ideas more quickly
than in a physical classroom. Since
Two
weeks
ago,
LSA
sophomore
Lauren
Fokken,
a student at the University of
Michigan, sent a Snapchat of
herself
and
another
student
in black face masks captioned
“#blacklivesmatter.” The photo
was screenshotted and circulated
around social media, with the
incident receiving attention from
many students on campus who
deemed it as blackface and racist.
Since then, there has been little
progress from the University
and the Bias Response Team in
addressing the occurrence and
the students involved. However,
student groups and leaders have
commented
on
having
more
discussion
surrounding
racist
incidents.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel, in a recent interview
See BIAS, Page 3
Employees
see delay in
response to
racist Snap
CRIME
Despite Bias Response
Team efforts, Victors staff
say more must be done
SONIA LEE
Daily Staff Reporter
At one year anniversary, ‘Teach-out’
creators reflect on series’ historic roots
Tim McKay hopes online courses become more accessible, have broader impact
ALICE TRACEY
Daily Staff Reporter
See TEACH, Page 2
Speaking on what it means
to be a person of color abroad,
the University of Michigan’s
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student
Affairs hosted a talk Thursday
night in North Quad Residence
Hall featuring a diverse group
of
panelists
who
provided
anecdotal stories of how their
race shaped their experiences
both
studying
and
serving
abroad.
About
50
students
and faculty members were in
attendance at the event, which
was also sponsored by the
International Center, Spectrum
Center and the Center for Global
and Intercultural Study.
The talk focused on students
of color experiences abroad and
highlighted the small percentage
of students of color who study
abroad compared to 71.6 percent
See ABROAD, Page 3
Students of
color share
advice for
int’l travel
CAMPUS LIFE
Students discuss how to
manage axieties, fears
about studying abroad
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ROSEANNE CHAO/Daily
Richard
and
Susan
Rogel
committed a $150 million gift
to the University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center,
according to a University press
release
announced
Thursday.
This donation is the single largest
ever given to Michigan Medicine
and one of the largest given to the
University, making the couple
the second largest donor to the
University.
To
recognize
the
Rogels’
commitment to the University, the
Board of Regents unanimously
approved a renaming of the
center in the couple’s honor on
Thursday. The gift will allow for
collaborative research in cancer
care and will work to draw in
top researchers from around the
globe to the University.
With this most recent gift,
the Rogels have donated $188.5
million to over 17 areas of the
University. Richard Rogel will
serve as the co-chair of the
Victors for Michigan National
Campaign Leadership Board, the
University’s $4 billion fundraising
campaign which is currently
chaired by Stephen M. Ross —
the University’s largest donor —
along with his other positions as
the chair of Michigan Medicine
Victors for Michigan and Victors
for Michigan Global Student
Support Committee. He also
serves on many other advisory
boards across the University.
Susan Rogel serves on multiple
medical and alumni committees
as well.
The Rogels’ motivation to
contribute to cancer research
stems from the way cancer hit
their family, said the release.
Richard Rogel, motivated by the
loss of his father from pancreatic
cancer, said he hopes for new
research which will develop
earlier
detection
and
better
treatment for patients. Susan
Rogel lost her parents to cancer,
and the couple lost their daughter
Ilene to a particularly vicious form
of lung cancer five years ago. The
Alum, wife
make record
donation to
‘U’ medicine
Richard and Susan Rogel donate
$150 million gift to cancer center
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
See DONATION, Page 3