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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
Daily Staff Reporters
& Daily News Editor

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names, discuss LEO bargaining

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

NESMA DAOUD

For the Daily

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

