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

