Four years ago, the Black
Student Union launched the
online campaign #BBUM, or
Being Black at the University
of Michigan, and gave the
University
seven
days
to
respond to seven demands.
Some of the demands included
more
affordable
campus
housing, an increase in Black
representation on campus and
a digitization of documents
in the University’s Bentley
Historical Library.
Now,
four
years
after
BSU put forward its initial
demands,
the
organization
and the Bentley Historical
Library have completed the
project to digitize over 66,000
records from the Department
of Afroamerican and African
Studies.
The formal demand from
BSU stated: “We demand for
increased
exposure
of
all
documents within the Bentley
(Historical)
Library.
There
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Amid questions of election security and
potential system hacking in the upcoming
midterm elections, Engineering prof. J.
Alex Halderman spoke at the University of
Michigan Alumni Center Thursday night
about vulnerabilities in U.S. voting systems.
Last June, Halderman appeared before the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to
testify about such.
“Hacking the Vote” was presented by the
Alumni Association, the Center for Local,
State and Urban Policy, the Gerald R. Ford
School of Public Policy and the College of
Engineering. Halderman, who has studied
voting systems for over a decade — and last
made news on campus when his email was
spoofed in a racist email scandal — was
joined by LSA professor Walter Mebane, an
expert on detecting electoral fraud. Steve
Friess, a former Knight-Wallace fellow
and freelance journalist, moderated the
discussion.
The professors discussed the reasoning
behind election security, past and current
issues with voting systems, public response
to elections and recounting votes and
the federal government’s role in making
elections
Professors discuss election security, voting
systems in panel as midterm elections approach
Hacking the Vote event tackles Russian involvement, “election forensics” and security progress
ALEX HARRING
For the Daily
See ELECTION, Page 3A
Nigel Poor, a photography
professor at California State
University-Sacramento,
spoke
at
the
Michigan
Theater
Thursday night for the Penny
Stamps Distinguished Speaker
Series. About 200 University of
Michigan students, faculty and
Ann Arbor residents came to hear
Poor speak about her work within
San Quentin State Prison, a men’s
detention facility in California.
At San Quentin, Poor teaches
an art history class to inmates
and produces her podcast “Ear
Hustle,” which details life inside
the walls of prison.
Poor became involved in the
San Quentin State Prison in 2011
through the Prison University
Project, a program in which
professors
from
Northern
California universities volunteer
to teach college courses to
inmates.
According to Poor, the prison
Nigel Poor
discusses
role of art
in prisons
CAMPUS LIFE
Podcast host speaks to
crowd of 200 at Penny
Stamps Lecture Series
CALLIE TIETELBAUM
For The Daily
MADELINE HINKLEY /Daily
University professors J. Alex Halderman and Walter Mebane discuss how safe the U.S. voting system is as the midterm elections approach at the Alumni Center Thursday night.
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increase, Power Plant schedule
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CSG Vice President Izzy Baer speaks during the Board of Regents meeting at the U-M Flint Thursday.
The Board of Regents also approved model portfolio for long-term investment plans
The University of Michigan
Board of Regents approved
the
construction
schedule
and schematic design of the
Central Power Plant expansion
and discussed the University’s
endowment $1 billion increase
at its Thursday meeting in Flint.
Eucharia Ganda, president of
the U-M Flint student body, and
Izzy Baer, vice president of U-M
Ann Arbor’s Central Student
Government,
also
addressed
their
student
government
initiatives and concerns.
In March 2017, the Board
of Regents approved the $80
million Central Power Plant
expansion,
a
12,000-foot
addition expected to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by
100,000 tons per year. The
new addition is intended to
move the University closer to
its 2025 sustainability goal —
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions by 25 percent below
2006
levels.
Though
the
project is projected to reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
some question whether a long-
term investment in fossil fuel is
the best solution.
In a Public Affairs report,
Kevin
Hegarty,
University
executive vice president and
chief financial officer, said the
goal will help the University stay
on target for reducing emissions
as well as keeping track of
finances.
“Our
targeted
greenhouse
JULIA FORD
Daily Staff Reporter
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Years after
#BBUM,
documents
digitized
Bentley Historical Library
converts over 66,000
documents from DAAS
RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter
See REGENTS, Page 3A
See SYRIA, Page 3A
In a blended mix of English,
Arabic, spoken word and rap,
musician
and
activist
Omar
Offendum presented to a group of
over 200 students and faculty on
Thursday about his experiences
as a Syrian-American hip-hop
artist. Offendum spoke and rapped
about growing up in his diverse
Northern Virginia neighborhood,
as well as the difficulty of weaving
together his multiple identities into
a coherent whole.
Offendum’s presentation, which
took place during a lecture of the
Introduction to Arab-American
Studies course at the University of
Michigan, touched on themes of
loss, political activism and rising
xenophobia. Offendum said his
experiences and musical style have
changed over the years as tensions
in the Middle East have become
more visible to the American
public.
“I liked to think I was this
ethnically ambiguous dude named
Omar prior to 9/11 on campus —
people didn’t really necessarily
Offendum
highlights
importance
of culture
Syrian American rapper
performs for more than
200 students and staff
LIAT WEINSTEIN
Daily Staff Reporter
See DAAS, Page 3A