There were a few Snapchatt-

able 
moments 
on 
campus 

Thursday.

One of them was a visit 

from University alum Steve 
Horowitz, vice president of 
technology at Snapchat, who 
gave the annual School of 
Information’s 
Homecoming 

lecture as part of the William 
Warner Bishop Lectureship 
Fund. 
Horowitz 
discussed 

the 
tech 
provider’s 
new 

advancements 
and 
his 

professional experience.

In 
his 
lecture, 
attended 

by more than 250 students, 
faculty, alumni and community 
members, 
Horowitz 

highlighted a continuous need 
for 
visual 
communication, 

the importance of creativity 
and innovation in technology, 
specifically with the camera.

“Showing 
is 
so 
much 

more 
compelling 
than 

telling someone something,” 
Horowitz said. “With a simple 
‘snap,’ you can express far 

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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

The 
University 
of 

Michigan’s 
Victors 
for 

Michigan 
fundraising 

campaign has raised more 

than $5 billion, University 
President 
Mark 
Schlissel 

announced 
Thursday 
to 
a 

crowd of about 200 people 
during his annual Leadership 
Breakfast at the Ross School of 
Business.

As Schlissel told the group, 

the record is a nationwide 
first.

“I’m thrilled to announce 

here today that the University 
of Michigan is now the first 
public university ever to raise 
$5 billion in a fundraising 
campaign,” 
Schlissel 
said. 

“It’s 
the 
most 
successful 

campaign in our history and 
in the history of public higher 
education.”

Schlissel’s 
predecessor, 

former 
University 

President 
Mary 
Sue 

Schlissel announces $5 billion record 
for 5-year Victors fundraising campaign
At annual Leadership Breakfast, pres. also vaguely commits to carbon neutrality

LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter

See SCHLISSEL, Page 2A

Nearly 200 students and 

representatives 
from 
four 

student organizations at the 
University of Michigan came 
together in Jeff T. Blau Hall 
Thursday night for “Cultural 
Crossroads,” an event designed 
to unite minority groups across 
lines of race, religion and 
cultural heritage. LSA senior 
Yezenia Sandoval, the external 
director for the Latinx Alliance 
for Community Action, Support 
and Advocacy, had the original 
idea 
for 
the 
event, 
which 

included a mixture of cultural 
foods, dances and dialogues.

“The main point of this 

event 
is 
to 
highlight 
the 

intersectionality 
between 

different 
communities 
on 

campus and just celebrate our 
cultural differences,” Sandoval 
said. “We thought it would 

Minority 
orgs come 
together at 
Crossroads

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UAAO talk intersections 
in show of solidarity

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& ZAYNA SYED
Daily News Editor 

& Daily Staff Reporter

DANYEL THARAKAN /Daily

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Stand With Survivors protests Kavanaugh 
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Protestors march chanting pro-survivor and anti-Kavanaugh slogans at the Stand with Survivors rally against the Kavanaugh confirmation originating on the Diag Thursday. 

Hundred gather for rally, protest in University Diag ahead of Senate confirmation vote Friday

More than 100 students and 

community members gathered 
in the Diag Thursday evening 
to stand with survivors and 
protest 
the 
nomination 
of 

Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. 
Supreme Court. The rally was 
one of dozens taking place 

nationwide, all organized by 
the group Women’s March.

Thursday 
morning, 
the 

White 
House 
announced 

the 
FBI 
had 
concluded 

an 
investigation 
into 

accusations of sexual assault 
and 
misconduct 
against 

Kavanaugh. The investigation 
was 
launched 
following 

testimony 
by 
psychologist 

Christine Blasey Ford, who 

asserts Kavanaugh assaulted 
her at a gathering in the 
summer of 1982. Ford is one of 
three women to publicly accuse 
Kavanaugh of sexual assault or 
misconduct.

Kavanagh has vehemently 

denied 
these 
accusations, 

claiming they are a partisan 
attack on his nomination.

At 
marches 
across 
the 

country, survivors and allies 

cried out for justice. Lindsey 
Brown, a sophomore at Eastern 
Michigan University, came to 
Ann Arbor to be a part of the 
rally.

“I think when we look back 

we are going to see a clear 
divide of who was on the right 
side of history and who was on 
the side of history that didn’t 
want to listen to survivors 
and the people who have been 

systematically 
oppressed,” 

Brown said.

Rally 
organizers 
LSA 

sophomore Michael Briggs, a 
member of Progressives at the 
University, 
and 
Washtenaw 

County 
Commissioner 

Michelle 
Deatrick, 
an 

organizer of Women’s March 
Ann 
Arbor, 
opened 
by 

SOPHIE SHERRY
Managing News Editor

See CROSSROADS, Page 3A

See PROTEST, Page 3A

FootballSaturday

You don’t know Andrew 
Robinson. He’s fine with 

that.

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Snapchat 
exec talks 
future of 
technology

VP of Tech Steve Horowitz 
address crowd of 250 
at annual UMSI lecture

ALEX HARRING

For the Daily

See SNAPCHAT, Page 3A

Schools in the Ann Arbor 

Public Schools district have 
been found to have elevated 
levels of lead in their drinking 
water.

Multiple schools measured 

well over 15 ppb, including 
sites at Angell Elementary 
School, 
Clague 
Middle 

School, Skyline High School, 
Forsythe 
Middle 
School 

and Burns Park Elementary 
School—the last two logging 
lead levels of 120 and 320 
ppb, respectively. According 
to the Center for Disease 
Control, lead exposure can 
negatively impact the nervous 
system and brain development, 
especially in young children. 
The Environmental Protection 
Agency 
recommends 
that 

action be taken when there is 
more than 15 parts per billion 
of lead in water. 

Jerome 
Nriagu, 
emeritus 

professor 
of 
Environmental 

Water tests 
show high 
lead levels 
at AAPS

13 public schools had at 
least one water source 
above EPA action level

RACHEL CUNNINGHAM

Daily Staff Reporter

See LEAD, Page 3A

