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Dancer Raieswari Sainath performs Indian Classical Dance at the Program Nrithya Kadamba for the Society for the Promotion of Indian
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on a panel at Arab and Latinx Wolverine Day Friday.
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MomentUM appeals Central Student Judiciary
Decision, delays certification of election results
ANDREW HIYAMA
Daily News Editor
Incoming Central Student
Government
representatives
may not be able to officially
gather until a week or more
after
their
intended
first
meeting April 3 due to pending
election
litigation
that
prevents the certification of
election results.
The
case
in
question
is
MVision’s
allegations
against
Engineering
junior
Michael Nwansi, the elected
MomentUM
Engineering
representative.
MVision
reportedly
observed
and
photographed
Nwansi
influencing a student while
voting in the CSG election,
a violation of CSG’s election
code.
In a written decision dated
March
28,
the
University
Elections
Commission
ruled
against
Nwansi
and
MomentUM,
issuing
Nwansi four demerits and
the MomentUM party one
demerit, reducing Nwansi’s
vote count by 12 percent and
MomentUM’s vote count by
three percent. According to
CSG Election Director Brian
Koziara, a law student, the
demerits would cost Nwansi
the seat he won, though the
runner-up is also a member
of MomentUM. Koziara said
the one demerit issued to
MomentUM would not affect
any other representatives.
MomentUM
is
now
appealing the decision to the
Central
Student
Judiciary
on the grounds that the UEC
issued its decision outside
the
36-hour
time
frame
following a hearing. Koziara
said MomentUM argued the
36 hours should have begun
at 9:15 p.m. on March 26, after
the UEC heard MVision vs.
Nwansi. But Koziara argued
the 36 hours began at 1:00 a.m.
on March 27, after all cases
had been heard. MomentUM
is also challenging the UEC’s
issuance
of
a
preliminary
order ahead of a full opinion,
which Koziara said they had
to do because they also had to
rule on a number of “frivolous”
cases.
“MomentUM was one of the
parties that brought a lot of
cases right before the deadline,
so it’s funny that they’re
complaining that we didn’t
get them their full opinion
within 36 hours when all
of their complaints that
they brought were part
of the reason we were so
swamped
with
work,”
Koziara said.
In an email to several
members of the current
CSG
executive
board,
Koziara
emphasized
MomentUM was “free to
withdraw their appeal at
any time,” which would
allow the UEC to certify
election
results
and
expedite
the
transition
process for the next CSG
assembly.
Law student Tom Allen,
who is serving as counsel
to MVision, said because
the case has been appealed
to the CSJ, MVision no
longer had the option to
drop the case themselves.
“Although we definitely
stand
by
the
decision,
just in terms of getting
the assembly in as soon
as possible is of a much
higher interest to us than
really any case,” Allen said.
“But the ability to drop has
been taken out of our hands,
and at this point the election
director is defending his own
decision.”
Representatives
of
MomentUM
declined
to
provide comment before the
case was resolved.
Incoming
CSG
President
Daniel
Greene,
a
Public
Policy junior and member
of MVision, said while he
respected MomentUM’s and
Nwansi’s right to due process,
he was concerned about the
consequences of not being able
to convene the new assembly
until April 10 or later.
“It’s now a weird –– I don’t
want to say unprecedented,
but an abnormal situation
because the seventh assembly,
or the individuals who served
this past semester, were told
that last Tuesday was their
last meeting,” Greene said.
“So what’s really happening
is that this case pending will
likely result in CSG not having
quorum on Tuesday, rendering
it ineffective and unable to
take any actions.”
Greene
said
the
appeal
delays his official confirmation
along with the nomination and
confirmation of other CSG
executives, meaning he can’t
meaningfully reach out to
student organizations.
“Unfortunately, the student
buy-in
and
willingness
to
meet, considering upcoming
finals, is different from just
the candidate who won versus
Central Student Government
formally
reaching
out
to
student organizations, and I’d
prefer to use CSG executive
resources in terms of the
listserv information and the
contact people, which I can’t
get until the official transition
begins,” he said.
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ON THE DAILY: WILD YET MILD
In the immediate minutes after
the Michigan men’s basketball team
claimed its spot in the NCAA Cham-
pionship game after beating Loyola
University Chicago Saturday night,
hundreds of University of Michigan
students and fans flooded the inter-
section of South University Avenue
and Church Street to celebrate.
LSA junior Mikayla Easley was at
Garage Bar watching the game with
friends when the Wolverines won.
After the game ended, she and her
friends, along with many patrons of
Garage Bar and other nearby bars,
headed to the streets to celebrate.
“After we won, everybody at
Garage Bar poured out of Garage
and just into the streets, and every-
one from Rick’s was pouring out,
Charley’s, Cantina was pouring out
and just running to the center where
Church (St.) is,” Easley said.
LSA sophomore Jack Finkel was
headed to Pizza House on Church
St. to celebrate after watching the
game at home with his friends. He
describes a scene of mass rejoic-
ing and unity as students and fans
gathered to chant U-M sayings such
as, “Who’s got it better than us?” and,
“It’s great to be a Wolverine!”
“All the cars were honking, people
were just running, people were
screaming one thing or another,”
Finkel said. “On the corner of South
U. and Church, right under the street
light, there must have been maybe
300, 400 students chanting the usual
chants.”
According to a Detroit News
article, there were four arrests for
disorderly conduct as well as a trash-
can and couch fire, which prompted
the arrival of the Ann Arbor Fire
Department. However, on-duty Ann
Arbor Police officers said the couch
fire was extinguished before the fire
department arrived.
Despite the several arrests and
brief fires, the Ann Arbor Police
Department sent a tweet out around
10:30 p.m. Saturday night thank-
ing the Ann Arbor community for
celebrating responsibly.
Easley said the gathering was
very orderly and after most of the
fans had left the area, she saw people
picking up trash from the streets.
“It was very much a celebrating
thing — no one was angry at any-
body,” Easley said.
LSA sophomore Taylor King
echoed Easley’s statements and
described how proud she felt to be a
Wolverine on Saturday night. King
was present during the celebrations
in the streets, but she said despite
the excitement and moments of
chaos, fans knew how to celebrate
but remain in control at the same
time.
“I was expecting people to be a lot
crazier than they were,” King said.
“Like I know people were climb-
ing light poles and other people’s
shoulders, but compared to how
other schools have done it, I think
we did a pretty good job. We know
how to rage, but not destroy the
whole town.”