The 
Sixth 
Circuit 
Court 

of Appeals struck down the 
University of Michigan’s sexual 
assault 
investigation 
model 

Friday, saying that universities 
“must give the accused student 
or his agent an opportunity to 
cross-examine the accuser.” The 
current U-M sexual misconduct 
policy does not require a hearing 
or 
cross-examination 
of 
the 

student making the accusation.

This decision is an appeal 

of U.S. District Judge David 
Lawson’s ruling in the 2017 court 
case Doe vs. Baum. In this case, 
Lawson dismissed a lawsuit filed 
by Deborah Gordan Law on behalf 
of a former University student 
who violated the University’s 
Student Sexual Misconduct Policy 

yet argued his due process was 
denied.

According to the court opinion, 

the 
University 
of 
Michigan, 

as a public university, failed to 
comply with the holding that 
accused students must have the 
opportunity to cross-examine 
their accuser when credibility is 
in question.

“Thirteen years ago, this court 

suggested that cross-examination 
may 
be 
required 
in 
school 

disciplinary proceedings where 
the case hinged on a question of 
credibility. Flaim v. Med. Coll. 
of Ohio, 418 F.3d 629, 641 (6th 
Cir. 2005),” the opinion read. 
“Just last year, we encountered 
the credibility contest that we 
contemplated 
in 
Flaim 
and 

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Ribbon cutting ceremony launches 
new Campus Wi-fi Upgrade project

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University of Michigan CFO Kevin Hegarty, IT Vice President Ravi Pendse, Universiy President Mark Schlissel and CSG President Daniel Greene attend the Wi-fi on 
the Diag ribbon cutting ceremony at Hatcher Friday.

Judge rules University must allow cross-
examination in court hearings

KAELA THEUT
 Daily News Editor

On the first day of classes, about 106,000 devices connected to University Wi-fi

After a heavily anticipated 

upgrade, students will now be 
able to get connected at the 
heart of campus. University 
and 
Student 
Government 

leaders gathered at the steps of 

the Hatcher Graduate Library 
last Friday to cut the ribbon 
and officially completion of 
the Campus WiFi Upgrade. 
The project brings wireless 
internet access to the Diag and 
upgrades internet connection 
in more than 250 buildings on 
campus.

Ravi 
Pendse, 
vice 

president of the University’s 
Information and Technology 
Services, 
opened 
the 

ceremony by sharing details 
of the project.

“We 
upgraded 
Wi-Fi 

coverage 
for 
close 
to 
16 

million square feet,” Pendse 

said. “If you want to think in 
terms of football, that’s about 
300 football fields, or if we’re 
thinking Big House, maybe 
275.”

Tuesday, on the first day 

of 
classes, 
about 
106,000 

devices were connected to the 

SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter

The work of Naomi André, 

a 
women’s 
studies 
and 

Afroamerican 
and 
African 

studies 
professor 
at 
the 

University of Michigan, in 

the humanities and the work 
Matthew 
Diemer, 
a 
U-M 

education 
and 
psychology 

professor, is in the social 
sciences, but both professors’ 
work relate to the pressing 
issues 
of 
diversity, 
equity 

and 
inclusion. 
That’s 
no 

coincidence. André and Diemer 

are both part of the Diversity 
Scholars Network, a network 
of professions dedicated to 
researching social issues and 
their consequences.

While you were away this 

summer, you may have missed some 
big stories from Ann Arbor. The 
Daily will be publishing recaps of the 
summer’s breaking news.

Over the summer University of 

Michigan researchers developed a 
system that can detect fake news 
better than a human. The system, 
pioneered by Rada Mihalcea, a 
professor of computer science and 
engineering, identifies linguistic 
cues such as grammar, diction and 
sophistication level in fake news 

University 
touches on 
hot button 
research

RESEARCH

Scholars make strides on 
gun violence, fake news 
and autonomous vehicles

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LIZZY LAWRENCE

Daily News Editor

“When I was your age, I was 

very conscious of myself as a 
Vietnamese American and Asian 
American, and I knew I was a 
refugee but I didn’t like go around 
calling myself that because I knew 
that there weren’t a lot of stories 
about any of these populations 
that I was a part of.”

Michigan in Color had the 

opportunity to sit down with the 
Pulitzer Prize winning author 
Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss his 
work and his upcoming lecture at 
the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 
on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m about his 
Vietnamese heritage and history. 
The conversation turned toward 
the complexities of the Asian 
American and Asian identity as 
well as its place in the greater 

discussion about self-perception 
and belonging in the United 
States and the world.

Nguyen specifically identifies 

as a refugee, rather than an 
immigrant, acknowledging the 
label makes many uncomfortable 
because it challenges the standard 
expectation of arriving to the 
country to pursue the American 
Dream. His work is slowly 
expanding the notion of what it 
means to be Asian in the United 
States. Nguyen is the author of the 
New York Times bestseller “The 
Sympathizer” and is a prominent 
figurehead and scholar for Asian-
American studies. Currently, he is 
a professor of English, American 
Studies 
and 
Ethnicity, 
and 

Comparative Literature at the 
University of Southern California 

The conundrum of 
Asian Americans

MIC

Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen 
discusses identity and in lead up to Tuesday talk

NISA KHAN & 

CHRISTIAN PANEDA

Senior MiC Editors

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