Sulfaro has since filed complaints with the University, MSU, MPSA and two other professional organizations. After filing the complaint with the University, Sulfaro said Elizabeth Seney, U-M deputy Title IX coordinator, contacted her but never followed up with her or her witnesses. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald stated the University does not confirm nor deny the existence of the investigation against Jacoby by the Office of Institutional Equity. Rebecca Gill, an associate professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was also propositioned by Jacoby for a relationship. Following a presentation of her paper at a 2001 conference, Jacoby approached Gill and gave positive remarks on her work. Jacoby encouraged her to take an ICPSR course he taught in the summer of 2002 at Michigan, and she did. After the last day of Jacoby’s course, Gill, Jacoby and others went to a pub to celebrate the end of the session. Jacoby told Gill about “how mysterious and good- looking she was” and that they would both be working together at MSU. Jacoby then asked Gill to consider having an affair with him, implying the relationship would be a way to advance her career at MSU. Gill spoke to Jacoby once after this incident, soon before her graduation from MSU. According to Gill, at the time Jacoby’s wife was the graduate director of Gill’s doctoral program. The program’s policy required that Ph.D. students with specializing in American politics had to have Jacoby on their doctoral committee. Gill requested not to have Jacoby on her committee because of her discomfort with him, and when meeting with Jacoby, was told she was mistaken about the pub incident. “I expected him to say, ‘Oh I never meant to make you feel that way,’” Gill said. “But, he just said, ‘That didn’t happen. You must be mistaken.’” Gill told The Daily she graduated late from the program, finishing after Jacoby’s wife’s role as the Graduate Director ended in 2007. 3 NEWS Thursday, May 3, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com City Council votes to repurchase property on South Fifth Avenue At a special session councilmembers supported affordable housing for downtown By RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Summer Daily News Editor During their fourth and final decision on the “Y lot” repurchase, Ann Arbor City Council voted 11-0 to purchase the lot for $4.2 million at 350 South Fifth Avenue. The special session on Tuesday comes after postponing the decision in previous meetings. The city had sold the lot to local real estate developer Dennis Dahlmann in 2014 for $5.25 million with a promise to create affordable housing and commercial developments on the lot. The lot is still vacant, and Dahlmann has sued the city in order to extend his own- ership of the lot for another four years. Many residents called for the afford- able housing prices to be based on medi- an income instead of a fair-market value. The fair-market rent is determined by the market value of a unit, but many residents voiced their preference for rent to be based off Ann Arbor’s median income to make the units more afford- able. According to the 2016 census, Ann Arbor’s median income is $57 ,697 and the city’s poverty rate is at 23.4 percent. In the city’s decision, rent will be based on a fair-market rent of 110 percent of fair market range. The city has not yet determined the number of units to be built on the property. Ann Arbor resident Sharon Ongaro called upon City Council to repurchase the lot to help those who work in the downtown area have affordable housing. “There’s opportunity for the city of Ann Arbor to step in, take control of that lot and hand it to a developer with the requirement that some number of the units be affordable housing,” Ongaro said. “We all know that it’s needed. We all know that gentrification has taken place and shoved people out of their homes through the years and we need to have affordable housing so the people that are making our downtown tick have a place to stay.” Ann Arbor resident Sandi Smith, a local realtor and president of the Washt- enaw Housing Alliance, was also in favor of City Council repurchasing the lot as a way to address housing affordability issues in the city. “Y ou (City Council) need to take some action,” Smith said. “This won’t solve everything, but you need to take some action to make sure that you get some money into the affordable housing trust fund. A good way to find affordable units is to use government-owned land. It’s smart.” Councilmember Zachary Ackerman, D-Ward 3, sponsored the resolution as a means of improving Ann Arbor’s afford- ability and quality of life for citizens. “I think as we build a community with a high quality of life and a sustain- able economy, we need to look to that same premise that intentionally pro- moting affordability is critical to sustain quality of life and a healthy economy,” Ackerman said. Councilmember Sumi Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, also supported the resolution, expressing a desire to see the city stick to its project plans and not turn the prop- erty into a luxury facility. “We have seen way too many proj- ects that are being built that are being called affordable units but are really not affordable at all,” Kailasapathy said. “I don’t want to get into a situation of voting on this and then later on saying ‘it’s not financially (liable). We are going to put luxury units for affordable units which are $1600 for a two-bedroom apart- ment.’ Affordable for who? That’s more than the mortgage I used to pay.” Despite voting for the resolution, Councilmember Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, supported the city’s attempt to repur- chase the property but did not support the specified resolution proposed at the meeting because of the project’s expens- es. “Building affordable housing units on the city’s most expensive real estate does not make economic or financial sense,” Lumm said. “It is also not the most cost- effective way to leverage taxpayers’ dol- lars in adding affordable housing units.” Protesters from organizations such as Ann Arbor Ozone House were present at the meeting calling for the city to repur- chase the lot and construct affordable housing units. COMMENCEMENT From Page 1 MISCONDUCT From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com Freedom of speech — especially in the context of racism and hate speech — has been a linchpin for the campus community this year in light of controversy over a potential appearance by white supremacist Richard Spencer. “If we don’t trust our ideas enough to sail them out of harbor once in a while, they remain unformed, untested,” he said. “Rather than wrapping ourselves in a security blanket … we raised a collective voice against those who lack collective decency.” Martin ended his remarks with the notion that, “in the long run, good ideas triumph over bad; integrity beats dishonesty.” Public Policy now-graduate Nadine Jawad, outgoing Central Student Government vice president, discussed the importance of service, following the example of the Ford School of Public Policy’s eponym, Gerald Ford. “When I think of the University of Michigan and the Ford School, I think of the will to overcome challenges and in that will I see a very distinct opportunity,” Jawad noted, discussing the challenges of the year and her college tenure but importance of looking toward change.“There is nothing more important than my service to those around me.” University President Mark Schlissel mentioned his special connection with this year’s graduates, as he began his tenure at the University of Michigan in 2014 when the 2018 graduates were starting their University careers as freshmen. He noted many of the athletic triumphs at the University in the past four years, gaining cheers from the audience with references to teams’ runs in the Final and Frozen Four championships, among other noteworthy events. Schlissel discussed graduation as a turning point for a “new community of scholars.” “Class of 2018, today you graduate into an increasingly global society where the challenges are enormous and there are no simple answers,” Schlissel said. Schlissel expressed the importance for graduates to live their lives embodying the “Michigan difference.” “I believe we all change the world in ways large and small, and each of us through our Michigan experience finds a way to make an impact,” he said. Following Schlissel and other speakers were presentations to four honorary degree recipients, including: Jeanne Craig Sinkford, who received an honorary doctor of science; Penny Stamps, who received an honorary doctor of fine arts; David Walt, who received an honorary doctor of science; and main speaker Woodson, who received an honorary doctor of laws. Woodson, the 1997 Heisman Trophy winner who led the Wolverines to the 1997 co-national championship, then addressed the graduates. Woodson made lighthearted jokes noting, “You’re all stuck with me … but at least this year you have a speaker.” This referred to student disappointment surrounding last year’s commencement, at which no specific speaker was named in exchange for a Bicentennial-themed ceremony. Woodson began by drawing several parallels between him and Desmond Howard, another famed Michigan football player, Heisman Trophy awardee and national championship winner. “Once you get here, you get to witness the tradition of Michigan,” Woodson said. “…When you leave here, that’s the time when you’re really going to appreciate your time being here.” Woodson also made a few politically-charged allusions about a hypothetical wall between Michigan and Ohio — his home state — taking on commentary against President Donald Trump. “If we built that wall, neither me nor Desmond (Howard) could have come here...so scratch that.” He later shifted to a message about service. Speaking about his childhood being raised by single mother of three, Woodson said he wasn’t alone, and he couldn’t have gotten where he is without others. Then, Woodson touched on the recent anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King 50 years ago this month, and the significance of King’s activism and commitment to racial justice. “Dr. King cared about people, and he gave his time, he gave his energy, and ultimately Dr. King gave his life,” Woodson said. “But those things that were happening to people, it never stopped him from trying to help others. He helped people he knew, he helped people that he didn’t know and that’s because of one major quality that I believe that he had that I hope all of you have as you go through your life. ” He made a request to the graduating class: to look around and see people as they are. “I guarantee you, if you can begin to see people that way, just as human beings, you will begin to treat them differently,” Woodson said. “You will begin to understand their points of views … I’m asking you — I’m begging you — do not carry the hate forward.”