E NGINE E RING CARE E R FAIR

University of Michigan alum
Darren Criss won his first
Emmy during the award show
Monday night, but he assured
the University of Michigan
community
he
still
hasn’t
forgotten his roots.
“Congratulations to all of
you, thank you to the Television
Academy and Go Blue!” Criss
ended his acceptance speech.
Criss graduated in 2009
from the School of Music,

Theatre
&
Dance
with
a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater
performance, quickly rising
to fame in 2010 on the cast of
“Glee.” He won the Emmy for
Lead Actor in a Limited Series
for his portrayal of Andrew
Cunanan, the murderer of
iconic fashion designer Gianni
Versace, in “The Assassination
of Gianni Versace: American
Crime Story.”
The FX series was produced

by Ryan Murphy and is the
second season in the “American
Crime
Story”
production,
following “The People v. O.J.
Simpson.” Murphy was also the
producer of “Glee.”
Songwriting
duo
Benj
Pasek and Justin Paul, who
graduated from the Music,
Theatre & Dance School in
2006 with degrees in musical
theater,
were
nominated
for Outstanding Music and

Lyrics for their writing on
“A Christmas Story Live!”. If
they had won, they would have
become the youngest recipients
ever to win an Emmy, Grammy,
Oscar and Tony award.
Criss’s
Emmy
win
also
marked the first ever by a
Filipino American.
He called the win “the most
extraordinary moment of my
life, thus far.”

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September 19, 1972--
About 35 persons picketed
the Flame, said to be a gay bar,
on Washington St. Saturday
night from midnight until
about 2:30 a.m., demanding
that its owner stop alleged
discrimination against “drag
queens.”
The demonstration was
planned by a group of Gay
Libera-tion Front (GLF)
members, but “other gay
people, who do not generally
come to GLF meetings”
were present and picketing,
according to Jim Toy, GLF
member and the University’s
Gay Student Advocate.
Also present were several

members of the Human
Rights Party (HRP), including
Jerry De Grieck and Nancy
Wechsler, the two City
Council members from that
party.
Although the major
complaint of the protesters
was Flame owner Harvey
Blanchard’s alleged barring of
“drag queens” (transvestites),
a leaflet handed out to
passers-by also called for
“improvement of the physical
environment of the Flame —
a dance license and room to
dance, bet-ter music,” and
“no selective harassment o
r discrimination a g a i n s t
people by Harvey (Blanchard)

or other employes.”
Blanchard, who says he
is “looking into” a dance
license,” maintains he does
not discriminate. “I have
barred a couple of people
because of their behavior in
the bar, not because they’re
gay,” he said.
He added that he ordered
people dressed in drag out of
the bar because “there were
only a
few, and they were going
into the women’s john.”
He said he is checking
into the law with regards to
transvestites and “if they do
have a point that it is legal,”
he will let them back in.

State law forbids men
dressed in women’s clothing,
but organizers of the protest
say the city’s human rights
ordinance, which forbids
discrimination on the basis
of sex in matters pertaining
to housing, employment, and
public accommodations, will
apply.
According to Harry
Kevorkian, GLF member, if
Blanchard refuses to allow
“drag queens” into the bar,
protesters may force a test
case under the ordinance,
which was passed by City
Council during the summer.
Kevorkian also accused
Blanchard of “hassling gay

women, and straight people.”
“He wants a white middle
class straight gay bar,”
Kevorkian said. “Everyone has
to look like white middle class
males.”
Blanchard asserts that
he bars people because of
“behavior it has nothing to do
with whether they’re gay or
straight.”

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Also present were
several members
of the Human
Rights Party
(HRP), including
Jerry De Grieck
and Nancy
Wechsler

Students Allied for Freedom

and
Equality,
a
Palestine
solidarity organization at the
University of Michigan, released
a
statement
on
Facebook
Tuesday evening stating the

organization stands in solidarity
with the students and staff
members
boycotting
Israeli
universities.
The
statement
came
in
response to an incident in
which University professor
John
Cheney-Lippold
rescinded his offer to write
LSA junior Abigail Ingber
a letter of recommendation
for a study abroad program
in
Israel.
The
email
exchange was posted to
Facebook in a screenshot
Sunday by Club Z, an
organization
that
works
to empower and network
Jewish students who are
committed to Zionism.
Cheney-Lippold
has
received
backlash
and
claims
of
anti-Semitism
from
students
and
community
members
regarding his decision to
revoke his recommendation
letter.
SAFE’s statement begins
by presenting examples of
the human rights violations
on Palestinian land, writing
“there is no question of
the violence and inequity
perpetuated
by
settler-
colonial Israeli apartheid.”
“We support and affirm
Professor
John
Cheney-

Lippold’s right to boycott Israel,”
SAFE statement reads. “His
actions are the same demanded
by Palestinian civil society, and
serve to recognize and resist
forces committing human rights
violations. To punish Professor
Cheney-Lippold for his actions
would curtail his own academic
agency.”
SAFE also points out how
quickly the University responded
to this incident. The statement
says students have been placed
on
a
political
blacklist
for
speaking against human rights
violations in Palestine, and the
University has never released a
statement on that issue.
“There has been no University
statement on the matter. This
blacklist is just one of several
tangible barriers for students
that will prevent them from
engaging in not just study
abroad programs, but academic
programs, jobs, and admittance
into Palestine/Israel.”
The University of Michigan
Public Affairs issued a press
release in response to the email
Monday evening, condemning
the boycott of Israeli institutions
of higher learning.
Ignber was unable to comment
to The Daily earlier this week
due to waiting on proceedings
with the University.

SAFE releases statement after prof. revokes
rec. letter for student to study in Israel

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