The
Michigan
Daily
Administration News Beat will
be conducting interviews with
the incumbent and challenging
candidates
for
University
of
Michigan Board of Regents prior to
the November midterm elections.
Our second interview is with
incumbent Regent Andrea Fischer
Newman (R).
Newman is an alum of the
University and has served on the
board for the last 24 years. Recently
retired, Newman was senior vice
president of Government Affairs for
Delta Air Lines. She has served on a
number of boards and committees
in her career. The regent most
recently
made
headlines
for
connection to a potential conflict
of interest in donations, recieving
campaign
contributions
from
donors who have ties to University
investments.
The Michigan Daily: You’ve
been on the board for a decent
amount of time and seen the
University go through changes, so
what made you decide to run again?
Andrea
Newman:
The
University is an exciting place. It has
been amazing to be a part of seeing
it grow the way it has and expand
and do all the things it’s doing today.
There’s so much we’re doing that I
want to see through. This isn’t a full
time a job … It’s a lot of work but we
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, October 26, 2018
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Supporters and opponents debated
the merits of Proposal A, a ballot
measure that could throw a wrench in
plans to build a17-story high-rise on the
lot adjacent to the Ann Arbor District
Library, at a forum Thursday hosted
by the League of Women Voters. More
than 75 people were in attendance.
Proposal A would require the lot,
known as the Library Lot, to remain
city-owned land in perpetuity and be
developed as an urban park and civic
center commons.
Will Hathaway, an Ann Arbor
Central
Park
Ballot
Committee
member, spoke in favor of the proposal.
He called on Ann Arbor to retain the
Library Lot in order to make the land
into a public park, and said the lot is
the best candidate for Ann Arbor’s
public square.
“Ann Arbor’s downtown lacks public
open space — it has not been a priority
since Liberty Plaza first opened in
1977, over 40 years ago,” Hathaway
said. “Even though the downtown
population has increased, the amount
of public open space has remained
static.”
Hathaway said the lot, if Proposal
A passes, could be “Ann Arbor’s own
Diag.”
In April 2017, City Council voted in
favor of selling the Library Lot to
Chicago developer Core Spaces, and
more than a year later, the city signed a
purchase agreement for $10 million to
allow the developer to build a 17-story
high-rise that would include a hotel,
apartments, office and retail space and
an outdoor plaza.
City
Councilmembers
Sumi
Kailasapathy, D-Ward 1, and Anne
Bannister, D-Ward 1, then sued the
city of Ann Arbor, Mayor Christopher
Taylor and City Clerk Jacqueline
Beaudry, accusing them of violating
Ann Arbor’s charter when they signed
a
development
contract
without
consulting City Council first. The
lawsuit is ongoing.
If Proposal A passes, it will halt the
development proposed by Core Spaces.
Jessica Letaw, a board member of the
Ann Arbor Downtown Development
Authority and member of Yes In My
BackYard, spoke on the panel against
Panel of advocates consider benefits, drawbacks
of Ann Arbor’s Library Lot ballot Proposal A
Proposal would keep the Library Lot as city proprty for future public square and green space
LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter
See LIBRARY, Page 3
Susan
Reed,
managing
attorney
at
the
Michigan
Immigrant
Rights
Center,
spoke Thursday about topics
ranging from the history of
immigration law to systems of
white dominance to a crowd of
about 40 students.
Reed prefaced the meeting
by addressing her experience
in the field and how she would
use this as a tool to inform the
audience throughout her talk.
“I can only give you my
perspective which comes from
my experience,” Reed said.
“What I can promise you is
every fact I’m going to tell you
about the law or about a case
I’ve worked on or what I’ve
experienced is true.”
Before
moving
into
a
question-and-answer
session
with audience members, Reed
gave
a
brief
presentation
surrounding
the
history
of
Migration
system in
U.S. biased,
says lawyer
CAMPUS LIFE
Attorney waxes on the
history and challenges of
justice in immigration
ATTICUS RAASCH
Daily Staff Reporter
MADELINE HINKLEY /Daily
Alan Haber discusses his proposition on Proposal A during a panel hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library
Thursday evening.
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“My Latinx is ...” event celebrates
community through art, dance
Patrick Mullen-Coyoy reads one of his poems at the “My Latinx Is...” open mic and performance event in Hatcher Library Thursday night. The event invited
participants to define and reflect on their own Latinx identities through performances.
Event featuring poetry readings, music and open mic performance for identity building
Filled
with
music,
food,
poetry and dance, the “My
Latinx is…” event Thursday
night created a space to discuss
and share experiences of Latinx
identity. About 50 students and
Ann Arbor residents attended
the event in the Harlan Hatcher
Graduate Library. It was hosted
by the University of Michigan’s
Latino/a Studies Department,
the University Musical Society,
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs,
La
Casa
and
the
Trotter
Multicultural Center.
University alum Christina
“LadyFire
Tide”
Perez
moderated the event and shared
her own poetry. The featured
performer for the night was
Omar
Aragonés,
a
Detroit
based musician. Silvia Pedraza,
professor
of
Sociology
and
American Culture, was also
present.
One
of
the
participants,
LSA sophomore Pilar O’Hara,
shared
a
poem
about
her
experiences with having her
name mispronounced and made
fun of.
“At home, after school, I
asked my mom why she didn’t
name me Amy,” O’Hara said.
“On the first day of school,
before they attempted to say
Pilar, ‘Oh, I’m going to butcher
this one.’”
Ann
Arbor-based
dance
group Reflejos Latinos also
performed,
sharing
two
different
types
of
dances
originating
from
different
regions in Latin America.
Kinesiology
freshman
Moisés Salgado also shared
his poetry with the group.
Salgado’s poetry utilized the
metaphor of a white canvas as
a college campus. According
to the Office of the Registrar,
Latinx undergraduates make up
5.72 percent of the winter 2018
population while white students
account
for
54.62
percent.
Latinx
students
have
been
organizing in greater numbers
in the last two years around
improving
the
community’s
experience on campus—a list of
demands sent to adminstrators
last winter semester called
for
more
representation
in
administrative
levels
and
curriculum,
more
student
services
for
the
Latino
community and a less hostile
campus environment.
“What if I told you that
canvas is a campus, a college
SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter
See BIASED, Page 3
Incumbent
Newman
discusses
Regent race
Republican Andrea
Fisher Newman outlined
her affordability platform
SAYALI AMIN
Daily Staff Reporter
See LATINX, Page 3
See FINANCE, Page 3
The
University
of
Michigan
Central
Student
Government hosted a panel
discussion
on
the
finance
sector and gender, continuing
a series that highlights women
working
in
traditionally
male-dominated fields. Five
panelists spoke to a group of
about 30 students Thursday
evening
about
working
in
finance in the #MeToo era and
overcoming obstacles women
still face in the field.
LSA
sophomore
Amanda
Kaplan, CSG vice chair of
Finance, said she hoped the
panel
would
enable
young
women to seek out mentors
and make connections with
women who have worked for
notable organizations. Kaplan
also said she reached out to
Debotri Dhar, lecturer in the
Women’s Studies Department,
to moderate the panel because
she wanted to include history
and feminist theory in the
discussion.
“As a woman, as someone
new to the finance committee
and as someone applying to
minor in Ross, these are all
things I’m interested in and
I wanted to figure out a way
to bring out the women’s
studies, women’s narrative of
Women in
finance talk
challenges,
disparities
Panel continues assembly
series on women working
in male-dominated fields
LIAT WEINSTEIN
Daily Staff Reporter
See NEWMAN, Page 3