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Thursday, June 21, 2018

INDEX

Vol. CXXVII, No. 121 | © 2018 The Michigan Daily
michigandaily.com

NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS.......................................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................

MICHIGAN IN COLOR
When Justice
isn’t served
“I’m afraid, our communi-
ties are afraid, it’s time to

step our laws up.”


>> SEE PAGE 9

NEWS
Schlissel interview

Schlissel clarifies the role

of the Bias Response Team.

>> SEE PAGE 3

OPINION

Ignorance in idols

Audrey Gilmour examines

the precarious relationship

society has with

politicians.

>> SEE PAGE 5

ARTS

Beyoncé returns

EVERYTHING IS LOVE finds

the Carters at their most

extravagant

>> SEE PAGE 6

SPORTS
Michael Woods

The former Michigan run-

ner ended his track career

after multiple injuries and

found a new outlet in pro-

fessional cycling

>> SEE PAGE 11

inside

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U-M prof seeks to eliminate
STEM programs for women

Mark J. Perry

says programs like

GEECS violate
Title IX and state

constitution

By GRACE KAY

Summer Managing News Editor

In
an
article
currently

circulating Facebook, Mark J.
Perry, an economics professor
at the University of Michigan-
Flint, calls readers to act against
female-oriented programs in order
to encourage “diversity, equity
and inclusion and end gender
discrimination in Michigan.”

According
to
Perry,
the

University needs to eliminate
women-only programs on the
grounds that they are “illegally
discriminating against men and
gender non-conforming students,
faculty and patients.”

Perry challenges 11 different

University programs, initiatives,
organizations, scholarships and
fellowships at U-M Ann Arbor,
including groups such as Girls
in Electrical Engineering and
Computer
Science,
the
OCH

Initiative for Women in Finance
and the Barbour Scholarship.

In Perry’s article, published

on
the
American
Enterprise

Institute website, he claims the
programs violate the University’s
Nondiscrimination Policy, Title
IX and the state of Michigan
Constitution.

“It’s important to note that

university programs, scholarships,
initiatives, fellowships and medical
programs that are for gender
exclusionary (‘women-only’) are
potentially illegal for excluding and
violating not just the civil rights of
men, but are also potentially illegal
for violating the civil rights of
students, patients and faculty who
have non-binary gender identities
that are not exclusively male or
female, and would include those
who are transgender, transsexual,

genderqueer,
gender-expansive,

bigender, dual gender, pangender,
trigender, genderfluid, or agender,”
Perry writes.

Student organizations such as

GEECS and the Ensemble of CSE
Ladies were originally designed to
create a support group for women
within the STEM fields. However,
Perry argues, these programs not
only exclude men but violate their
civil rights. He cites the Michigan
state Constitution’s portion about
affirmative action programs in his
argument:

“The University of Michigan,

Michigan State University, Wayne
State University, and any other
public
college
or
university,

community college, or school
district shall not discriminate
against,
or
grant
preferential

treatment
to,
any
individual

or group on the basis of race,
sex, color, ethnicity, or national
origin in the operation of public
employment, public education, or
public contracting.”

Retired prof
found dead

AAPD investigate

potential homicide of

Robert Sharp

By ALICE TRACEY

Summer Daily News Editor

The Ann Arbor Police Department

is
investigating
the
suspected

homicide of Robert Sharp, a 76-year-
old retired University of Michigan
professor. The victim was found
dead Monday night in the basement
of his house on Alpine Drive. Sharp’s
death, which police believe involved
foul play, happened at some point
between Sunday and Monday. Police
arrived after Sharp failed to appear
at a community meeting, concerning
other
residents
of
his
housing

complex.

Sharp retired from U-M faculty

after teaching in the chemistry
department for 39 years. He earned
his doctorate from Case Western
Reserve, studying Multidimensional
and
Multiquantum
NMR
of

Paramagnetic
Systems,
and

completed his postdoc at Oxford
University before starting at the
University of Michigan in 1969.

Over the course of his career, Sharp

researched and published numerous
papers on the paramagnetic behavior
of electrons in NMR spectroscopy.
Most recently, his team focused on
using oriented polyacrylic gels to
map electron spin. The victim’s son,
David Sharp, told MLive his father
was passionate about learning.

“He knew so much about so many

things that you could talk to him
for hours and continually learn
something new,” Sharp said.

Police have not made any arrests

yet, but they are actively looking
into the crime. The Ann Arbor Police
Department tip line can be reached
at 734-794-6939 or tips@a2gov.org.

DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN

ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

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