The University of Michigan
Central Student Government
met
Tuesday
night
and
discussed the introduction of
many
resolutions
including
reducing meal prices for Pell
Grant students. Public Policy
senior
Alexandrea
Somers,
the author of the resolution,
said she hopes to pass this
resolution by early November
after modifications are made
by the assembly.
The
resolution
proposed
would be a pilot program
to combat food insecurity.
Somers discussed how the
program
would
allow
Pell
Grant recipients to apply for
a reduced meal plan through
University dining halls.
Fifty Pell Grant students
per semester would receive a
subsidized meal plan and pay
only $7 per meal instead of
the current rate of $16 a meal
in the dining halls. Pell Grant
recipients come from families
who earn an income of less
than $50,000 a year. Somers
emphasized the importance
of the initiative as it was one
of the issues she promised
to address in her election
campaign.
“When I ran for CSG, one
thing that ran out to me was
that people said that they
wanted to have (Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program)
benefits for the dining halls,”
Somers said. “I thought well,
SNAP benefits are complicated,
so what’s an easier way to start
making those steps towards
getting near that goal. Dining
hall accessibility is valuable
to off-campus and Pell Grant
students, so that is the first
step to make things happen.”
Some questioned whether
Somers would be willing to
extend the benefits to people
who don’t qualify for the Pell
Grant such as undocumented,
international
and
graduate
students.
Somers
said
she
would be open to the idea, but
recognizes her time is running
short as a senior.
“Things
need
to
move
quickly for me,” Somers said.
“I’m a senior, and it’s almost
the end of the first semester.
This is a big need. As a low-
income student, I think it’s
important that students aren’t
starving. This university has
Scott
Vetere
resigned
as
assistant
coach
for
the
Michigan
women’s
gymnastics
team
Oct.
15
following
a
misdemeanor
charge for alleged indecent
or
obscene
conduct
in
public, as indicated by a case
report
obtained
through
the Michigan Courts website.
Vetere, 39, and an 18-year-
old student at the University,
were each charged on Oct. 8
after officers found Vetere
and the student engaged in
sexual activity in a parked
car outside of an apartment
complex at 625 Hidden Valley
Club
Drive,
according
to
MLive. Vetere was arraigned
Friday, Oct. 19 in Ann Arbor’s
15th District Court, and his
pre-trial is scheduled for Nov.
14. The student’s arraignment
is scheduled for Nov. 14, also
according to MLive.
The
Daily
confirmed
Vetere’s resignation Tuesday
evening. Associate athletic
As part of a Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion initiative to start
conversations about diversity
within
different
fields
of
study, Dialogues on Diversity
in Science was held Tuesday
evening at the University of
Michigan Power Center.
Dialogues on Diversity, a
social justice theater company,
helped host the event, with
executive director Ron Jones
asking the audience questions to
combat preconceived notions of
diversity and privilege.
The end of the discussion
consisted of scenario skits and
discussion of how to handle
situations
such
as
sexual
harassment, racially charged
comments and bad reputations.
While the event was scheduled
to last from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
discussion
about
scenarios
lingered
for
thirty
minutes
longer than expected.
Some attendees said those
in
the
sciences
not
value
conversations
on
diversity,
equity and inclusion, but instead
regards them as “distractions to
the lab.”
“There’s a culture clash when
a minority or non-dominant
culture come to an environment
where it’s mostly a dominant
culture,”
Rackham
student
Omari
Baruti
said.
“They
don’t value conversations on
diversity or you talking about
diversity as much as the non-
dominant culture. Some things
they say is that, ‘I’ve never had
to experience these issues, so I
feel like I shouldn’t have to talk
about this.’ Or, ‘I feel like this
is something we shouldn’t talk
about in the lab. I don’t want to
talk about it here. Maybe you
guys can go elsewhere and talk
about it, but not here.’ They feel
like it’s a distraction from the
productivity of the lab.”
Rackham
student
Angela
Carter
said
that
she
has
experienced
microaggressions
in her work and that the pressure
of representing Black women to
her peers and superiors takes an
emotional toll.
“There’s
a
lot
of
microaggressions,” Carter said.
“You go into the department, and
you’re the person representing
whatever identity you conform
with. Me, being a Black woman,
I’m representing Black women.
Anything that I do wrong or
do correctly is representing
all Black women. So I have to
always be correct and always
right and always perfect. You
have to be 100 percent on all the
time.”
Rackham
student
Kaylin
White said she was happy to
see the number of people in
attendance, but wished more
faculty members were present.
State
Rep.
Yousef
Rabhi,
D-Ann Arbor, proposed a bill
last week to require all utilities’
energy in Michigan to come
from renewable sources by 2050.
The state of Michigan currently
requires 10 percent of energy to
come from renewable sources
such as wind and solar, and
this number will increase to 15
percent by 2021.
Under
Rabhi’s
proposed
legislation, House Bill 6466, this
standard of renewable energy
requirements would increase to
25 percent by 2025, 50 percent by
2032, 75 percent by 2040, and 100
percent by 2050.
The
bill
follows
a report released by the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change that warned
of the dangers that will face
ecosystems and human health
if global warming is not soon
limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“Part of the timing on this
is we saw the International
Commission that issued its dire
predictions of what was going to
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resigns amid
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CSG proposal would subsidize
meal plans for Pell Grant students
See GYMNASTICS, Page 3A
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Students speak at the Central Student Government meeting Tuesday evening.
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Scott Vetere, an assistant women’s coach
charged with obscene public behavior
BENJAMIN KATZ &
MIKE PERSAK
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Senior Alexandrea Somers hopes to implement food insecurity program by Nov.
CATHERINE NOUHAN
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See ENERGY, Page 3A
Rep. Rabhi
introduces
renewable
energy bill
GOVERNMENT
Proposal would mandate
100 percent renewable
energy in MI by 2050
JORDYN BAKER
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Dr. Rob Seller speaks about the importance of discussing diversity at the Dialogues on Diversity in Science at the
Power Center Tuesday.
Dialogues on Diversity holds event to
bring social justice issues to sciences
Hosted by the theater company and DEI, skits applied equity issues to labwork
ZAYNA SYED
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”I just got really good
at covering up how I
feel”
Read the experiences of gay
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» Page 1B
See DIVERSITY, Page 3A
David
Pilgrim,
founder
and
curator
of
the
Jim
Crow
Museum
at
Ferris
State
University
spoke
at
the University of Michigan
Museum of Art Tuesday about
promoting social justice and
tolerance through the artifacts
in the Jim Crow Museum,
the nation’s largest collection
of racist artifacts. The Stern
Auditorium was packed with
students
and
Ann
Arbor
residents.
Pilgrim is the vice president
for Diversity and Inclusion
at Ferris State and an expert
on issues related to diversity,
multiculturalism
and
race
relations. In the mid-1990s,
Pilgrim donated his personal
collection of 2,000 artifacts
to the university. In 2012,
he was able to open the
Jim Crow Museum due to a
donation made by DTE Energy.
The museum now receives
hundreds of relic donations
annually and consists of over
9,000 objects.
The
museum
houses
See JIM CROW, Page 2A
Founder of
Jim Crow
Museum
talks race
CAMPUS LIFE
Curator emphasizes
importance of artifacts
in teaching about racism
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