Students
and
faculty
convened
Sunday
in
the
Annenberg
Auditorium
for
the
first
annual
WeListen
fall
conference,
a
day-long
event focused on maintaining
open
communication
among
individuals
from
different
political backgrounds.
WeListen, a University of
Michigan student organization
aimed at bridging the political
divide
through
bipartisan
discourse on pertinent political
issues,
supports
healthy
political discussion rather than
heated debate.
Co-president
of
WeListen
Nicholas Tomaino, a Public
Policy
junior,
shared
the
organization’s goal for the first
conference.
“Since
its
inception,
WeListen has been advocating
for a space wherein students
from all political persuasions
may talk about the things that
matter in our civic sphere, ” said.
“WeListen’s first annual Fall
Conference will convene 100
students from the University of
Michigan to do just that: engage
in
dialogue,
find
common
ground and work to bridge the
American political divide.”
The keynote event featured
a discussion between Neera
Tanden and William Kristol
— esteemed political analysts
from opposite sides of the
political spectrum.
The University of Michigan
Law
School
community
organized a rally of more
than 70 students and faculty
member
called
“Respect
Women, Respect Survivors and
Respect the Court” Friday in
support of survivors of sexual
assault at the conclusion of a
week highly focused on the
Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh allegations.
Kavanaugh
was
publicly accused of sexual
assault
in
September
by
Palo
Alto
University
professor
Christine
Blasey
Ford and Deborah Ramirez.
The
confirmation
hearing
concluded Friday afternoon,
after beginning on Thursday
with
testimonies
from
Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh
and
questioning
from
the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
The University of Michigan
has appealed a court ruling that
mandates the University allow
students
accused
of
sexual
assault
to
directly
question
their accuser. The University
claims the ruling will not only
discourage
survivors
from
coming forward but will also be
unfair to students with lower
incomes.
In the federal Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals ruling, the
court held the University partial
against students accused of
sexual misconduct. The ruling
claimed the University violated
the due process rights of a
male student accused of sexual
assault because it did not allow
him to directly question his
accuser.
Deborah Gordon, the accused
student’s
attorney,
said
the
University is making exceptions
for students accused of sexual
misconduct
rather
than
following their long-standing
process.
“The
University
provides
everyone
with
cross-
examinations except students
accused of sexual misconduct,”
Gordon said. “Why would it
be any different for them? It’s
a longtime policy, but now
the University says you can’t
do that (direct questioning of
accuser) when you’re accused
of sexual misconduct … Yet,
students
accused
of
sexual
misconduct
have
the
most
severe punishment.”
The
three-judge
panel
ruled the cross-examinations
can take one of two forms —
either allowing the accused
student to directly question
the accuser or allowing an
“individual aligned with the
accused
student”
to
cross-
examine the accuser.
In the court appeal, the
University found several issues
with the two options.
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regarding sexual assault
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Keynote event featured discussion between Neera Tanden and William Kristol
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Michigan had to overcome
a 17-point deficit against
Northwestern to move
its winning streak to four
games.
In an effort to highlight
the
current
scientific
data
surrounding medical marijuana
by
world-class
researchers,
scientists and physicians, the
first Green Wolverine Science
Symposium took place Saturday
at the Ross School of Business —
ending precisely at 4:20 p.m.
Student
organization
Green
Wolverine
arranged
lectures and panel discussions
where speakers debated the
professional
study
of
THC
and CBD, the active chemical
ingredients
in
marijuana.
Speakers were given time to
explain their research and sit
in on panel discussions where
audience members asked their
own questions in response.
Green Wolverine President
Abigail Kennedy, a Business
senior,
emphasized
the
informative role the organization
plays and how this event was
created to educate students
and community members about
scientific features of cannabis.
Following the death of longtime
economics
professor
John
DiNardo last summer, about 40
friends, colleagues and students
gathered in his honor to present
and discuss a series of 10 research
papers regarding modern labor
economics.
The event, hosted by the Ross
School of Business and Ford School
of Public Policy, took place this past
Friday and Saturday. According to
Paula Lantz, associate dean of the
Public Policy School, prominent
economists
from
around
the
country were in attendance to
listen in and speak about various
papers highlighting labor issues
and policy.
“Some of the most prominent
labor economists are here,” Lantz
said. “There’s 10 papers being
presented and they’re all being
presented by very well-known
labor economists working on really
important policy issues of the day.
Every presenter is someone who
worked with (DiNardo), people
from his dissertation committee,
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In honor of John DiNardo,
students and faculty
discussed his research
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